Abstract:
Can bodies are formed typically by drawing and wall-ironing a cup, introducing fluid between punch and dies as the cup exits the dies and then forming the desired base profile. The can bodies formed in the present invention are able to be produced from thin hard material such as double reduced steel and/or have stronger base profiles in terms of tighter radii and deeper countersinks than was hitherto possible without risk of splitting.
Abstract:
A protective retainer for a planar disc having an outer peripheral edge, an information containing area, and a central portion defining an aperture. The protective retainer includes a first cover having a first surface and a second cover having a second surface. The first cover also has a first and second layer. A retaining device includes a flange that is interdisposed between and retained by the first and second layers in order to prevent the retaining device from inadvertently becoming detached from the protective retainer after repeated use. The retaining device includes an outwardly projecting retainer button that is adapted to be engageable to the aperture of the disc so as to maintain the relative position of the disc and the first surface. The retainer button is also resiliently deformably detachable from the aperture of the disc when pressure is exerted on the retaining device. The retainer button includes a pair of opposing upright curved walls, each having a curved base and a curved rim. The curved rims have a radius of curvature greater than its respective curved base and define respective chords. Each of the chords and curved rims together define the periphery of a pair of opposed shoulders. The retainer button includes a central channel interdisposed between and interconnecting shoulders. The channel exerts outwardly directed pressure on the curved walls to maintain an engaged disc in position, while also being resiliently deformable to permit the retainer button to engage to and detach from the aperture of the disc.
Abstract:
The invention is a sealing apparatus and method of providing a seal for polished rods in oil and gas well applications. The sealing apparatus has a fluid responsive gland which forms a seal between the inner surface of a unitized housing body and a polished rod to effect a seal of fluids within a well. The fluid responsive gland comprises packing rings of supple and rigid materials, in alternating configurations to achieve a seal. The sealing apparatus is self-aligning, and the packing rings reside in a continuous and uninterrupted zone. The packing rings may be replaced without removing the sealing apparatus from the polished rod. The sealing apparatus may be aligned without external alignment apparatus or adjustment.
Abstract:
An article carrier container is formed from an elongated blank including top deck sections with apertures or holes therein, side walls and a lower deck together with an extension flap extending from one row of holes of the top deck, the extension flap having a tongue cut from a central portion thereof adjacent the row of holes and a further portion which is adapted to be folded back under at least one row of holes and thence downward to be secured to the lower deck, the cutout tongue also being adapted to be secured to the lower deck so as to form a plurality of tubular compartments of the extension portion and flap forming the device.
Abstract:
A lightweight, fiberboard file cabinet having a plurality of drawers slidably supported on vertically spaced, rigid drawer glides removably suspended on the upright side panels of a liner inside the cabinet outer housing. Each drawer glide is comprised of a horizontal, drawer-supporting runner and upwardly and downwardly extending retainer elements which bear against opposite faces of the liner side panels, the glides being attached to the liner through horizontal slots therein.