Abstract: The present invention relates to a clamp (1) for clamping or bracing high-frequency cables (2 and/or 3). The clamp (1) comprises an indicating device (21) that determines whether a spring (12) on the clamp (1) has been brought to exert the desired pressure or tensional force during assembly and maintain said desired pressure or tensional force thereafter.

Abstract: A connector having a stinger and a receiver. The receiver is cocked by applying counter-acting torques to separate sections of the receiver. The counteracting torques compress a spring member. In the cocked position, the stinger is inserted into the receiver. When the counter-acting torques are released, the spring decompresses and locks the stinger in the receiver.

Abstract: A treadmill for walking exercise or medical testing has the the usual frame mounting rollers around which an endless belt is driven through a lower course and an upper course, the upper course of the belt being supported by an improved deck particularly adapted to rest on longitudinal support members of the frame.One improvement lies in connecting one end of a planar deck to a anchor member by a flexible hinge, the member being attachable to the frame and the flexibility of the hinge allowing the deck to yield to the impact of a user's tread both vertically and longitudinally of the deck.Many available treadmills are designed to receive a standard deck which is essentially a rectangular plank bounded by flat surfaces which enclose a prismatic volume. The present deck is rectangular and planar but has recesses rabbetted along its underside opposite the supporting frame members, the recesses being filled with strips of compressible, elastomeric material located within the cubic volume of the standard deck.

Abstract: Several improvements relating to hexapods are described. The improvements relate to universal joints and ball and socket joints where two struts meet at a common focal point, two axis gimbals which are used for ballscrew drives in universal joints and a micro positioning device incorporating a hexapod structure. The universal joint (1) includes two part spheres (13, 14) connected to one strut (12) and a rotatable ring (15) connected to another strut (11). The two part spheres (13, 14) are secured together by fasteners (25) with the ring (15) secured therebetween so as to form a sphere. The ring (15) is preloaded and rotatable about a common axis (17) of the sphere.

Abstract: According to the invention, in order to obtain hinges which, even if small-sized, can create a great rotational torque and, moreover, permit ready alignment of details with the rotational moment of an opening/closing body, such as a lavatory seat or lid or accentuation of any part of the action thereof, there is provided a pair of composite torque hinges each consisting of; a rotating cylinder disposed to be rotatable around a fixed shaft; a cam mechanism which is provided within the rotating cylinder and on which a compression spring is caused to work so as to control the rotational torque of the rotating cylinder; and a torsion spring which is also provided within said rotating cylinder and functions in a direction to cancel the rotational torque of the rotating cylinder in a specific rotational direction.

Abstract: A cable safety barrier has means for disengagement of the cable from an anchor portion of the cable safety barrier when certain vehicle impact conditions are met. Disengaging of the cable may involve allowing a cable end fitting to escape from an open ended slot, when the cable is deflected upwards, or causing the cable fitting to fail.

Abstract: Shaft, for the transmission of torque, comprising first and second engagement elements. The shaft is divided in its longitudinal direction into a first and second section, wherein the first and second sections are concentrically joined to each other by a friction-welded joint. The first section is case-hardened and comprises the first engagement element, and the second section is tough-hardened and comprises the second engagement element which is induction-hardened and placed on or in a peripheral surface on the second section which lies at an end facing away from the first section.

Abstract: An energy absorbing guardrail crash attenuator system comprises a row of two or more compressible sections comprising left and right curved, metal side panels. The row of compressible sections extends in an axial direction from a front end and terminates in a back end that is engagable with a rigid backup. When the row is impacted by a vehicle in the axial direction, the compressible sections bend outwardly and absorb energy. When the row is impacted in a direction that is off of the axial direction, the row redirects the vehicle so as not to hit the "coffin corner" of the rigid backup. The front ends of the left and right metal panels are flexibly joined while the back ends are pivotly joined to the rearwardly adjacent section. The panels may have panel bending modifications for facilitating the axial compression of the sections. The row may have an axial movement guide to restrict lateral movement of the row of compressible sections.

Abstract: An arrangement for remote-control fast hooking by use of flexible single or multiple cables, including a lever, capable of receiving the end portion of at least one cable and that can be swung with respect to a box element connectable to an external structure of an operating machine, the box element presenting at least one opening for the passage of a cable and the positioning of a reaction sheath housed into a containment bush, the bush having on its external surface bayonet elements for hooking which protrude and can be inserted, still being removable, inside the opening that presents engagement elements with/and holding elements of the elements for bayonet engagement. The elements for hooking include at least two teeth that protrude inside the bush and that are placed on opposite positions of a flange so that the positioning can be realized on both sides of the box, and appendices to limit the transverse movement of the cable.

Abstract: Disclosed is a triceps exercising apparatus. A support harness comprises a neck band and pectoral flaps extending from the neck band in each direction. The neck band and pectoral flaps may be configured together as a unitary structure or as separate structures. In either case, the neck band is placed at the rear of the base of the user's neck, and the support harness is draped over both of the user's shoulders, so that each pectoral flap rests over one of the clavicles. Attached to each pectoral flap and descending therefrom is an elongated elastic element, such as a bungee cord. The lower end of each elastic element is secured to a D-shaped hand stirrup. In embodiments in which the elastic elements are bungee cords, the upper hook of one cord is looped over a hook secured to the lower portion of each pectoral flap, and the lower look is looped over the top of the respective hand stirrup.

Abstract: A quick release mechanism having a lifting ring (34) and a support ring (30) generally surrounds a shaft to be clamped (20). A cam or other lifting mechanism(32), operated by a handle (42), acts to separate the support ring and the lifting ring in a direction in line with the shaft. A restraint and adjustment nut(40) mounted on the end of the shaft in contact with the lifting ring acts to tension the shaft. The lifting mechanism is free to rotate about the shaft independently of the restraint and adjusting nut allowing the handle to be used in any orientation desired and preventing the handle from being used as a crank or wrench. Embodiments are provided allowing retrofit to existing shaft fastening applications, including those where access to the interior of the shaft must be maintained.

Abstract: An apparatus for sealing a rotary tube drum of a furnace to another furnace component. Two concentric resilient metal ring segments are provided on a disk to comprise the sealing elements of the present invention. A plurality of springs arranged as a ring apply pressure to the disk and ring segments to ensure a consistent and self-adjusting seal between the joined components. Links located circumferentially about the disk limit lateral movement, yet allow axial movement, of the seal. It is thereby possible, according to the present invention, to provide a resilient seal between a rotary tube and another component of a furnace that yields a self-adjusting gas-impermeable seal between the mating components.

Abstract: An exercise device comprises first and second members connected together by spring means so as to be movable towards each other by the application of a compressive force therebetween or to be movable away from each other by the application of a tensile force to said members. A sounder is provided on one member which, on contact with a striker surface on the other member, emits a warning sound. The striker surface is adjustable towards and away from said sounder so that the warning sound is emitted when a selected predetermined force is applied to the members.

Abstract: A breakaway guardrail post includes upper and lower post sections spaced apart but connected by a breakaway joint. The joint is attached at one end to the upper post by a first fastener set and connected at a second end by a second fastener set. The first fastener set has a failure strength less than that of the second fastener set. Upon impact forces being applied to the upper post section, the first fastener fails and the upper post section rotates downwardly.

Abstract: A cable socket wedge has two wedge halves held apart by at least three blocks, such that cutting the blocks allows the wedge halves to collapse inward, loosening the wedge and cable in the socket. Crushable inserts are located in the spaces between adjacent pairs of the blocks, between the wedge halves so as to provide sufficient crushable volume to allow the wedge halves to move toward each other when the blocks are cut. The wedge is employed with a socket having a window therein. The window is positioned in the socket such that, with a properly sized cable and wedge, the central of the three blocks is accessible through the window in the socket when a cable is secured and tightened with the wedge in the socket.

Abstract: A marine connector that facilitates docking of large floating objects during a sea state that produces significant relative motion between the two objects. A toggle nose is mounted on one floating object and a mating device, a toggle nose receiver, is mounted on the second floating object. The toggle nose contains a toggle mechanism that extends and retracts two opposed transverse pins having conical ends. The toggle nose receiver is provided with corresponding conical sockets to receive the ends of the pins.

Abstract: A split sleeve bushing for providing a tight fit between a support post and chair base comprises two hemi-cylindrical components which mount about the support post and are received within the support post receptacle of the chair base. The split sleeve bushing includes external stability rings and vertical ribs extending along the external surface thereof. The vertical ribs are tapered to match the draft angle of the support post receptacle of the chair base. The upper end of the split sleeve bushing includes a circumferential flange which is slotted for snap lock engagement with the chair base.

Abstract: Apparatus including an elastomeric gasket and a rigid holder therefor for resiliently connecting a sewer pipe in the wall opening of a concrete manhold to prevent leakage through the connection under extreme conditions of ground settling and overhead loading. The base of the gasket is anchored in the opening with its interior surface in flush alignment with diverging surfaces of the wall opening and having an inside diameter substantially corresponding to the outside diameter of the pipe for a press fit. The holder is preassembled with the gasket for casting of a port in a wall in situ.

Abstract: A thigh exerciser includes a primary elongated member made of resilient material, two curved supporters engaged with two ends of the primary elongated member, a secondary elongated member detachably fitted in the primary elongated member, and two straps each extending through two slots of each of the curved supporters, whereby the thigh exerciser can strengthen various body muscules and more particularly to thigh muscules.

Abstract: A lip seal for use in low torque, high pressure applications including a rigid retainer, a resilient body essentially covering the retainer and an inner support member. The inner support member provides spacing and orienting functions for the other elements. The inner support member has a radial dimension and outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of an outer axial wall of the retainer so that a gap is maintained between the retainer and the inner support member under a variety of pressure, torque and shaft deflection conditions. Gap maintaining elements, preferably in the form of axially extending guides, prevent contact between the rigid seal elements. The guides may further comprise nub portions at one end which contain the inner support member in the cavity prior to installation on the shaft.