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Flexair, Inc.

Flexible Steel Lacing Company

Mark R Atkins

William Robert Wawczak

Roman J Mudry

A flow restrictor includes an exterior tube and an interior tube disposed within the exterior tube. A first flange is disposed at a distal end of the interior tube. An annular rib extends proximally from the first flange and has an interior diameter greater than an exterior diameter of the exterior tube. A second flange is disposed at a proximal end of the exterior tube. A ring member is disposed around the exterior tube between the annular rib of the first flange and the second flange.

Flow restrictor

A fully integrated drying or heating system utilizes forced air and electrical heaters. A solid cartridge heater is enclosed within a heater cavity of a block. The block includes a separate air cavity in heat transfer communication with the heater through a solid portion of the block. The blocks are shaped and configured to be used in banks of plural blocks, with the operating controls and all the components of the air distribution system and air heating system fully integrated into a modular package.

Compact air drying system

A power operated belt splicing system is provided. In one form, staples are driven through a belt and clinched in a final set using a power driven tool and a force applying member having multiple drive punches. A lower force applying end on a punch preferably has a first portion to drive the staple and a second portion to drive a leading edge of the belt fastener against the belt thereby distributing the drive force over both the staple and the belt fastener. Preferably, the second surface is shaped similarly to the outboard edge of the upper plate. A pair of adjacent punches can substantially simultaneously drive two pairs of preset staples with each pair of preset staples being associated with one of a pair of adjacent hinged belt fasteners thereby attaching a pair of belt fasteners to a belt in a single operation. The initial and final staple set may be done with the same power tool.

Power tool and method for connecting fasteners to belts

A fully integrated drying or heating system for the printing, coating, or painting industries that utilizes forced air and electrical heaters. The method for heating the forced air incorporates a solid cartridge heater within a specially designed air distribution system. The nature of this invention allows the operating controls and all the components of the air distribution system and air heating system to be fully integrated into a singular compact package, thus requiring only a pressurized air source and electrical power means to be supplied to the unit.

Compact integrated forced air drying system

A fully integrated drying or heating system utilizes forced air and electrical heaters. A solid cartridge heater is enclosed within a compact air plenum with a circuitous air path arranged within the plenum in heat transfer communication with the heater. The plenums are shaped and configured to be used in banks of plural plenums, with the operating controls and all the components of the air distribution system and air heating system fully integrated into a modular package.

&ldquo;Ghosting&rdquo; and leakage problems in a doctor blade assembly are minimized or eliminated in a construction that includes a reservoir ( ) partially surrounding a transfer roller ( ) wherein a surface of the roller ( ) is within the reservoir ( ) for at least 180&deg; of its rotation. The reservoir ( ) is desirably split into two segments ( ), ( ) which are mounted for relative movement so as to allow access to the interior of the reservoir ( ) as well as to the roll ( ). Chambered end plates ( ), ( ) house seals ( ) and receive parts ( ) of the ends of doctor blades ( ), ( ) which extend past the end ( ) of the roll ( ) to promote good sealing at the ends of the assembly.

Doctor blade assembly

Water damage to buildings which will use masonry cavity wall construction is prevented by placement of a masonry holding fluid conducting medium between the wythes of a masonry cavity wall during construction. The air space of a masonry cavity wall is substantially filled with fluid conducting medium such as a coarse polymer mesh which will hold masonry and prevent construction debris from entering the cavity air space while allowing air and water to flow with minimal resistance. Reliable drainage of moisture from the air space is assured because cavity wall drains or weeps will not become obstructed either during or after wall erection because the potential obstructions are excluded from the cavity air space by the fluid conducting medium. By assuring that the cavity wall air space and weeps do not become obstructed, potentially severe water damage is prevented. Mortar usage will be reduced and productivity increased by use of the mortar holding fluid conducting medium system disclosed by the inventor.

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St. Charles, IL, United States of America

Mark R Atkins