Dpg USA Inc.

Other

Schumacher Electric Corporation

John C Olson

Nikhil Gupta

Ronald Carl Farnum

Mark F Kurth

Patrick J Clarke

John S Whiting

Oluwadurotimi Solola

Donald Anderson

Randall Lawson

David O Meyers

T-pin

Charging connector

Charging station

A thread conditioner dispenser is provided as well as a method of conditioning thread. The dispenser has a base with two longitudinally extending sidewalls attached which are joined by two transverse sidewalls. A receptacle for thread conditioning compound is defined interior thereto. Notches are formed in each transverse sidewall. The point on each notch closest to the base defines a saddle point. An adhesive layer is attached to the base such that the dispenser may be removably attached to a solid surface. Thread may be passed through one of the notches and withdrawn through the opposed notch.

Dispenser for thread treatment compound

A handheld loop former for beading wire is provided. The loop former comprises a cutting lever, a slotted forming platform, a forming lever, and two scissors links. The cutting lever has a combination shear blade/forming die at its distal end. The slotted forming platform has a medially located slot, a shearing ledger, and a forming stanchion. The forming lever has a second forming die at its distal end. The cutting lever, forming platform at the medially located slot, and forming lever are journaled together with a pivot pin. Each of the forming lever and the cutting lever is journaled to one of the scissors links. Both scissors links are journaled to the forming platform. The sheer blade/forming die passes closely to the shearing ledger and with the second forming die envelops the forming stanchion when the forming lever and cutting lever are urged together. The forming platform is drawn proximally.

Handheld loop former for beading wire

A thread conditioner dispenser is provided as well as a method of conditioning thread. The dispenser has a storage and dispensing unit and a cap unit. The storage/dispensing unit has multiple resilient plinths and a generally planar base defining a cavity. Notches are defined between the plinths. Multiple linear channels are defined in the base. One channel connects each notch with a diametrically opposed notch. The plinths define a cylindrical sidewall. The cap has a cylindrical sidewall defining an outwardly flaring mouth to engage the plinths. One of the cap inner sidewall and the storage/dispensing sidewall has an annular recess. At least one lug is formed into the other sidewall for engagement with the annular recess. Thread may be passed through one of the notches and into one of the channels and withdrawn through the diametrically opposed notch while the cap sidewall is engaged with the storage and dispensing sidewall.

A tool is provided for bending wire for use in earrings. The tool has a two handles; an anvil plate; two terraced floating bars; two forming links, each having a stanchion projecting therefrom and a forming link rod projecting from the first forming link; an upper and lower linkage arm; a translating pin; and a planetary gear having an eccentric forming rod projecting from its lower face. The anvil plate has a longitudinal slot and arcuate minor and major forming slots formed therethrough; a circumferential gear formed on one side of the anvil plate, adjacent and exterior to the major forming slot, spanning less than 360&#xb0;; and a retaining wall and a forming anvil formed on the other side of the anvil plate. The handles are pivotally joined to the anvil plate such that the forming link rod and a stanchion engage a wire lying against the retaining wall.

Manual tool for precision forming of ear wires for jewelry

Handle

A support fixture is provided for holding chain to facilitate addition of pendants thereto. The fixture comprises a polymeric base and a pair of inter-nesting uprights pivotably mounted therein at opposed ends of the base. The uprights can be stably disposed in either an upright usage configuration or a nested horizontal configuration. The base has an upper surface with a generally planar periphery and a major centrally located recess formed therein. The upper extremity of each upright is provided with a retention pin and a padded clamp. Each clamp is formed from a '7' shaped portion and an inverted 'L'-shaped arm pivotably joined thereto, with horizontal portions of the &#x201c;L&#x201d; shaped arm and the &#x201c;7&#x201d; shaped portion defining the jaws of the clamp. A resilient spring is disposed between a vertical leg of the &#x201c;7&#x201d; shaped portion and a vertical leg of the inverted &#x201c;L&#x201d; shaped arm.

Bi-stable support fixture for addition of pendants to jewelry chains

Scissors

Detachable open-ended wrench head

The invention comprises a method and apparatus for repairing a ruptured sidewall in a truck tire which eliminates bulging. The method includes the inventive step of removing the sidewall reinforcement pad from the interior of the repair area after curing the tire. The apparatus used to perform this operation comprises a sidewall reinforcement pad having a metal layer disposed between two layers of rubber. In one preferred embodiment, the metal layer is comprised of longitudinally disposed metal cords. The metal cords give additional strength to the section repair patch and prevent bulging of the ruptured repair area during the curing process.

Method for tire sidewall repair

An envelope expander for mounting an annular envelope of a flexible resilient material upon a tire supported upon a tire support with the tire axis in a horizontal position includes a vertically disposed rigid gate-like frame having a central opening of a diameter exceeding that of a tire. A plurality of expander members adapted to grip the envelope at spaced locations along the edge of a circular opening in one side of the envelope are mounted on the frame for coordinated power driven movement radially of the frame opening between radially inner and outer end limits. With the expander members at their radially inner end limits, the envelope opening is slightly stretched and manually mounted on the members. The expanding members are then driven to their radially outer end limits, expanding the envelope opening to a diameter greater than that of the tire. Relative movement between the frame and tire support is then utilized to move the tire through the expanded envelope opening into the interior of the envelope. The expander members are then returned to their radially inner end limits and disengaged from the envelope.

Tire envelope expander

An envelope expander for mounting an annular envelope of a flexible resilient material upon a tire supported upon a tire support with the tire axis in a horizontal position includes a vertically disposed rigid gate-like frame having a central opening of a diameter exceeding that of a tire. A plurality of expander members adapted to grip the envelope at spaced locations along the edge of a circular opening in one side of the envelope are mounted on the frame for coordinated power driven movement radially of the frame opening between radially inner and outer end limits. With the expander members at their radially inner end limits, the envelope opening is slightly stretched and manually mounted on the members. The expanding members are then driven to their radially outer end limits, expending the envelope opening to a diameter greater than that of the tire. Relative movement between the frame and tire support is then utilized to move the tire through the expanded envelope opening into the interior of the envelope. The expander members are then returned to their radially inner end limits and disengaged from the envelope.

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Livingston, TX, United States of America

John C Olson