Abstract: The present invention is a process and apparatus for making a dosage unit by direct tableting of shearlite particles. The present invention also includes the dosage unit itself. Shearlite particles, which are prepared by subjecting a feedstock material to liquiflash processing, can be directly fed from a shearlite device to a tableting apparatus without the necessity of any intermediate steps or additional ingredients to facilitate flowability or tablet formation.

Abstract: The present invention is a process for manufacturing polydextrose polymerizate by subjecting flowable new polydextrose feedstock to flash shear under conditions which provides instantaneous formation of separate masses of solid polydextrose. The present invention also includes the product resulting therefrom.

Abstract: A device for measuring the quantity of light in a tank is disclosed, including three level sensors housed within a tank in a predetermined relative position. Alternative processors are disclosed for processing information supplied by the level sensor, wherein the information depends on the liquid level sensed by each of the sensors. An indicator, controlled by the processor, indicates the quantity of liquid contained in the tank.

Abstract: Formed on the doctor element, between a chamber mouth and the paper web respectively the backing roll supporting it, is an application space which relative to the doctor element, that is, on the entrance side of the paper web, is defined by a baffle plate and kept at a pressure which exceeds atmospheric pressure. Between the baffle plate, this application space 2 is subdivided toward the doctor element (coating blade) 1, creating between the end of the vane 2 and the coating blade 1 a gap whose width ranges between 4 mm and 10 mm. This makes it possible to produce a flawless coating application also in the case of very light basis application weights.

Abstract: An automatic method for preventing wheel skidding during braking and acceleration is disclosed, in which an instantaneous rotational wheel speed is sensed and an instantaneous absolute speed variation is calculated therefrom. During braking, the brake is released automatically when rotational speed either reduces so that speed variation is greater than a predetermined maximum permissible value, or when rotational speed approaches zero with the vehicle still moving. The brake is applied during braking when rotational speed increases to a predetermined time-varying value after brake release. During acceleration, the brake is applied when rotational speed increases so that speed variation is greater than the aforementioned maximum permissible value, and is released when rotational speed falls to a predetermined time-varying value after the brake application. The brake remains unaffected when speed variation is less than the maximum permissible value.

Abstract: An electromagnetic injector featuring an anchor integral with a plunger and which is attracted, against the action of flexible means, towards a core having an electric winding; the injector itself presenting a casing housing the core and plunger, and which is divided, at the anchor, into two independent elements connected coaxially integral with each other, and between which is inserted a spacer element of nonmagnetic material, such as titanium or brass.

Abstract: The active support substance and the adsorbent for chromatography, which have got all of the properties desired for affinity chromatography, can be constituted by a porous copolymer comprising gel copolymer which is principally composed of (A) a glycidyl monovinylester or glycidyl monovinylether and (B) alkyleneglycol divinylester, and combination groups to be bound to ligands through a covalent bond, the (A) component being crosslinked by the (B) component, and the combination groups being bound to epoxy groups of the (A) component.

Abstract: A scroll-type hermetic compressor is disclosed including a compressor mechanism having a fixed scroll member. The fixed scroll member includes a plate portion that is subject to forces causing deflection thereof. A housing cover plate is attached to the back surface of the fixed scroll member so as to define a discharge pressure chamber therebetween for exposing a partial area of the back surface to compressed refrigerant fluid. The discharge pressure chamber also serves as a discharge muffler. Also disclosed is a method of assembling a compressor wherein a compressor mechanism is mounted to a top cover plate before the top cover plate is attached to an open-ended shell to form a hermetically sealed housing. The compressor mechanism is suspended from the top cover plate and extends into the interior of the housing.

Abstract: A valve comprising a body having a cylindrical sliding seat and an opening for the passage of air; a plunger sliding axially inside the aforementioned seat, for regulating the aforementioned air supply opening; and an electromagnet, the core of which presents a rod fitting through an axial hole on the plunger. According to the present invention, the plunger is connected elastically to the rod by means of two springs, each designed to exert elastic force on the plunger in the opposite direction to that of the other spring; regulating means being provided for enabling predetermined preloading of both springs.

Abstract: A panel connection apparatus useful in a multi-panel system includes features which improve the rigidity and simplicity of construction and ease of installation of the panel system. The features of the panel connection apparatus relate to a panel top cap assembly, a panel interlock assembly and panel top and bottom connector assemblies which interconnect and support frame structures of adjacent panels at adjacent portions of their top and bottom edges and opposite side edges.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine having a flywheel attached to the crankshaft externally of the crankcase. A permanent magnet is affixed to the flywheel proximate the periphery thereof and has a flat exposed face toward the crankcase. The flywheel has fan blades attached thereto for generating a current of air which flows generally radially away from the flywheel and is directed across the engine cylinder by a blower housing. A solid state ignition module is attached to the crankcase axially spaced from the flywheel toward the crankcase so as to be situated substantially free of the air flow generated by the flywheel. The ignition module has a ferromagnetic core with legs extending parallel to the crankshaft and lying in a plane perpendicular to a radius of the crankshaft. The core legs each have a flat end face disposed parallel to the flat face of the permanent magnet, and are adjustable with respect thereto.

Abstract: A feedstuff for cultivating Artemia as a feedstuff for larvae of cultivated fishes or crustaceans is provided, which feedstuff for cultivation is a product obtained by treatment of breaking the cell wall of monocellular algae, the thus obtained Artemia having a high survival rate, the body length thereof being large and the content of eisacopentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid in the total fatty acids therein being much higher than those of conventional feedstuffs.

Abstract: The present invention is a self-lubricating bearing for a vertical shaft engine. A stub disposed within the journal bearing has a downwardly facing pocket which propels oil upward by centrifugal force during rotation of the shaft. The upwardly forced oil serves to lubricate the bearing above the stub. The lubrication system can be employed in both stub shaft and through shaft bearings.

Abstract: A process for producing a cyclic diamine which comprises reacting a diamine of the formulaR--HN--R'--NH--R (II)wherein R represents a lower alkyl group and R' represents a lower alkyl group-substituted dimethylene group, trimethylene group, a lower alkyl group-substituted trimethylene group, tetramethylene group or a lower alkyl group-substituted tetramethylene group with urea in the presence of a polar solvent and at 180.degree. C. or higher, to obtain a cyclic urea ##STR1## wherein R and R' are each as defined above, the production yield being more improved by carrying out the initial period reaction at 140.degree. C. or lower.

Abstract: A vented fuel cap adapted to be removably attached to a filler neck of a fuel tank of the type commonly employed with small internal combustion engines is provided. The vented fuel cap comprises generally a generally cylindrical cap that is formed with inner threads, and is adapted to be threadedly engaged with the filler neck. A liner element is provided to fit within the cap, and is seated along the underside of the top of the cap. The liner element includes an axially inwardly-directed dome-shaped diaphragm portion that includes a slit formed substantially in its center. The cap and liner element allow for bi-directional venting of the fuel tank. The inwardly-directed dome-shaped diaphragm portion of the liner element allows outside air to vent into the fuel tank at a considerably smaller pressure differential than that required to vent outwardly from the interior of the tank.

Abstract: A wiring installation comprising a taping head (8), which installation is characterized in that the taping head (8) includes:A--exterior assembly (81) which rotates in relation to the general axis (XX') and which includes an assembly for guiding the cable before and after the taping with an input (82) and an output (83) arranged in accordance with the direction of the general circulation of the cable in the installation, this direction relating to the unwinding axis (XX'),B--an interior assembly (84) which rotates in relation to the general axis (XX'), independently of the exterior assembly (81) and including a taping assembly (85), where the input (86) and output (87) of the cable of this interior taping assembly (84) are arranged in a direction opposed to the general cable unwinding direction in the installation,C--an assembly for guiding the cable from the exterior assembly towards the input of the interior assembly and for taking up the taped cable at the output of the interior assembly to cause the cable

Abstract: The present invention is a lubrication system for an internal combustion engine. lubricating oil flows through a central bore of a camshaft, and the camshaft sprays oil into a journal bearing. The crankshaft and camshaft are configured so that they are in phase, whenever the camshaft is closest to the camshaft during a rotation, the camshaft sprays oil into the journal bearing. Since the crankshaft has twice the rotational velocity of the camshaft, two spray holes are provided in the camshaft so that a spray hole supplies oil on each cycle of the crankshaft rotation.

Abstract: A compressor and suction accumulator assembly wherein the suction accumulator is secured in close proximity to the compressor by way of a strap. The strap is engaged with the housing of the compressor and extends circumferentially around the accumulator casing. A spring loop is formed on the strap to establish spring tension at the engagement of the strap and the compressor housing. The spring loop has opposing sides spaced apart a predetermined distance, with each of the opposing sides having a hole disposed therein which is axially aligned with the hole in the opposite side. A screw is received in one hole and extends to the hole in the other side. Rotating the screw results in a constriction of the distance between the opposing sides of the spring. Spring tension is imparted to the strap and a tight connection is created between the accumulator and the compressor.

Abstract: A hermetically sealed twin rotary compressor is disclosed wherein a pair of rotary vane compressors are synchronously, coaxially coupled to respective axial ends of a drive motor by a quill disposed in a rotatable rotor thereof. The rotary compressor crankshafts are coupled to the quill with their eccentric portion oriented opposite one another with respect to the axis of rotation. Counterbalancing weights are mounted to the motor end rings oppositely the adjacent eccentric portion with respect to the axis of rotation. A suction accumulator is provided having a pair of tubes extending from fluid outlets on the accumulator to respective fluid inlets associated with the pair of compressors. The tubes pass through a pair of spaced apertures in the housing and effectively mount the suction accumulator to the housing. A method of assembling the compressor assembly, including accumulator, is also disclosed.

Abstract: A safety device for an internal combustion engine powered implement and for disabling the operation of the internal combustion engine by means of a brake. The safety device includes a braking lever and a control lever which are both mounted on a single pivot member. Two springs are provided, the first of which normally urges the braking lever into contact with the flywheel of the internal combustion engine to prevent rotation thereof. The second spring biases the control lever into a rest position wherein the deadman control lever assumes its normal non-operated position and allows adjustment of control effort. The braking lever and control lever are mounted on the pivoting member by means of bushings to permit independent pivoting movement of the levers when the deadman lever is operated. The control lever contacts the braking lever by means of an abutment surface thereby rotating the braking lever out of contact with the flywheel and permitting the engine to operate.