An improved valve system for obtaining access to a container of fluid. In a container of fluid, and particularly a keg for beer, a valve assembly receiving member or keg neck extends from the top of the container. A sealing mechanism is provided to secure the valve assembly in sealed relationship with the keg neck and to allow access to the fluid contained by actuation of the valves. More specific...

PURPOSE:To reliably transfer a lead frame and correct the position thereof by disposing opening and closing upper and lower finger members adapted to move along guide rails between guide rails for a lead frame transfer device of a semiconductor assembling machine. CONSTITUTION:A lead frame pushed out by a pusher 100 is brought into a closed upper finger 25A and a lower finger not shown to be posit...

PURPOSE:To facilitate transferring a different kind of a lead frame and correction of a position by bringing a push-out lead frame into contact with finger members to be positioned and then opening, moving, closing and returning the finger members in a lead frame transfer device for a semiconductor assembling machine. CONSTITUTION:The leading end of a lead pushed out by a pusher is brought into co...

Articles, for example soft packages, moving on a conveyor belt are diverted into a storage device and subsequently returned therefrom onto the conveyor belt. The storage device comprises a reversible cleated belt which is wound in a spiral on a roller to define closed compartments for the articles.

The invention relates to a feed and delivery system for documents such as envelopes, in a high speed batch printer. It comprises a hopper (10) with input (30) and output (32) sections to hold the envelopes to be printed and the printed envelopes respectively, separated by a spring loaded bail (34). A picking wheel (90) having a picking lip engages the bottom edge of the rearmost envelope (104) in ...