Patents Issued in January 16, 1979
  • Patent number: 4134280
    Abstract: A lock and cover therefor. The lock has a laterally extending rib on its forward face which wraps around to join a pair of lengthwise ribs extending down each side wall of the lock, forming a T-shaped configuration at each side wall. The cover is constructed from flexible, resilient material which substantially surrounds the forward, rearward, side, and bottom walls of the lock. The inner forward panel of the cover has a laterally extending channel which wraps around to join a pair of lengthwise channels extending downwardly along each inner side panel of the cover for mating with the ribs on the lock. The cover also includes a lengthwise channel on an inner surface thereof extending from an edge of said cover for permitting insertion of a key and retention thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Lark Luggage Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph Y. Pelavin
  • Patent number: 4134281
    Abstract: A door lock, particularly well suited for releasably retaining a pivotally mounted truck door in a closed position, includes a shaft and its operating means mounted on the door, and a pair of keeper members mounted on the door frame. A pair of cam members are secured to opposite end regions of the shaft. The shaft has a central portion which projects through openings formed in opposite sides of a pan-shaped housing. A handle is secured to the central portion for rotating the shaft to bring the cam members into and out of latching engagement with the keeper members. The handle is moveable between a nested position wherein the handle is nested within a recess defined by the pan-shaped housing, and a projecting position wherein the handle projects forwardly from the recess. A latch mechanism is carried by the housing and includes a latch member mounted for pivotal movement between latched and unlatched positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: The Eastern Company
    Inventor: Albert L. Pelcin
  • Patent number: 4134282
    Abstract: A device for preventing the stealing of a motor vehicle of the type having a steering wheel mounted in front of a panel such as the instrument panel or dashboard of an automobile or motor boat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Inventor: Brian W. Callahan
  • Patent number: 4134283
    Abstract: A strip-processing line for the continuous after-rolling of metal strip between a pair of bridles. According to the invention the drive motors of the upper and lower cold-rolling rollers are hydraulically driven, the rollers are controlled by the speed of the strip in one phase of operation and by the pressure or force with which the rollers are urged against the strip in a second phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: BWG Bergwerk- und Walzwerk-Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Oskar F. Noe
  • Patent number: 4134284
    Abstract: Hollow bodies are produced from deformable plane or conically shaped blanks by rotating the blanks about an axis extending at least approximately through the cross-sectional center of gravity of the hollow body to be formed and simultaneously forming undulations in the blank. The undular shaping involves continuous formation of a propagating wave having a directional component extending in a circumferential direction, with the wave being transposed by repeated undular shaping in a direction generally radially of the body to be formed. The waves are transposed exclusively parallel to the original plane of the blank and in a single directional sense toward the hollow body to be formed. In the formation process, the material is worked out of its original plane in a deflection zone annularly surrounding the cross-sectional center of gravity of the hollow body in the formation of the hollow body wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Inventor: Achim Nitschke
  • Patent number: 4134285
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming pulleys or similar cylindrical objects having three or more V-shaped peripheral grooves from a single piece of material is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an inner support assembly which includes at least two rotary support rolls joined together by spring means so that they may move axially relatively of each other. The method and apparatus also includes utilization of conventional exteriorly mounted preliminary preforming and final shaping rollers having the appropriate number of shaping members and with the inner rolls cooperating with the exterior rolls and being capable of moving toward and away from each other as the metal is drawn down by the exterior final shaping rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: The Rogers Mfg. Co.
    Inventors: Frank A. Iaconetti, G. Michael Gnora, Carl J. Novak
  • Patent number: 4134286
    Abstract: A method of expanding a tube into engagement with a header wherein the expander is permitted to move longitudinally a predetermined amount relative to the tube while the expander is being rotated and expanding the tube into engagement with the header. The tube expanding apparatus includes a rotatable expander for insertion into the tube to be expanded, a stop collar that engages the header, a thrust collar that is fixed relative to the expander and a spring disposed between the stop collar and thrust collar permitting the thrust collar and expander to move relatively into the tube as the expander is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Dresser Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul W. Martin
  • Patent number: 4134287
    Abstract: A tube which has been expanded in a support such as the tube-sheet of a heat exchanger is subjected to diametral deformation of controlled intensity and direction in the transition zone between the expanded portion of the tube and the portion which has a nominal diameter by means of an axially displaceable and radially expandable tool having a bullet-nosed shape or by means of a tube-expander of the type comprising a mandrel fitted with rollers or by means of a fluid under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Electricite de France
    Inventors: Georges Le Huede, Guy Zacharie
  • Patent number: 4134288
    Abstract: Apparatus comprising an interchange which receives a sphere from a meter prover loop after a meter prover run and which launches the sphere into the loop to commence a run. An assembly within the body of the interchange is movable between sphere receiving and sphere launching positions. When in sphere launching position it provides a seal which prevents flow through the interchange. Means is incorporated which prevents hydraulic shock when the assembly is moved from sphere receiving to sphere launching position. Also the apparatus has improved means for detecting leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Daniel Valve Company
    Inventor: Kee W. Kim
  • Patent number: 4134289
    Abstract: A gas sampling system is provided having a combustibles detector and an oxygen detector supplied from a common sample line by their own individual aspirators. The aspirators are sized to allow the one aspirator to overpower the second aspirator whenever the common sample inlet is blocked a predetermined amount to thereby cause oxygen rich supply air to flow through the oxygen detector causing the oxygen detector to register an abnormal condition as an indication of blocked sample inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Bailey Meter Company
    Inventors: Thomas L. Bohl, Robert E. Pocock
  • Patent number: 4134290
    Abstract: In a system employing flowing liquid metal as a heat transfer medium in contact with tubular members containing a working fluid, i.e., steam, liquid metal leaks through the wall of the tubular member are detected by dislodging the liquid metal compounds forming in the tubular member at the leak locations and subsequently transporting the dislodged compound in the form of an aerosol to a detector responsive to the liquid metal compound. In the application to a sodium cooled tubular member, the detector would consist of a sodium responsive device, such as a sodium ion detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventor: James E. Bauerle
  • Patent number: 4134291
    Abstract: To determine the characteristics of resistance to movement of an automobile vehicle several test runs are made with the internal combustion engine and transmission replaced by a working electric motor and drive to the wheels, and dummy engine and drive components to simulate the airflow resistance of these parts. Two separate tests at the same speed are made with and without a tare weight and from the power absorbed by the electric motor, in each case measured in terms of the electric power fed to the motor, and taking into account the efficiency of the motor and of the drive transmission connecting it to the drive wheels, the delivered power is determined. Subtraction of the delivered power values gives an indication of the power loss due to the effect of the tare weight on the rolling resistance, and hence the rolling resistance coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Inventor: Jean A. Gregoire
  • Patent number: 4134292
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for testing the nonuniformity of rotating bodies, and especially motor vehicle tires, in which the rotating body is pressed against a test drum and the radial and lateral reaction forces are measured at several locations on the drum. At each location a value proportional to the radial force is added to the lateral force to correct for the inductive disturbance of the lateral force measurement caused by the radial force. The corrected lateral force can then be used to determine the cone and angle effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Gebr. Hofmann G.m.b.H. KG, Maschinenfabrik
    Inventors: Herwig Honlinger, Friedrich Wenz
  • Patent number: 4134293
    Abstract: The invention relates to pressure differential indicating apparatus in a hydraulic measuring bridge which includes a measuring chamber that is provided with a valve means that emits a throughflow quantity into the chamber to be measured thereby and a further valve element for discharging the throughflow quantity from said chamber. The measuring chamber is associated with a pressure differential sensor having a movable wall which controls the volume of the measuring chamber and is acted upon by the pressure of a measuring medium that pulsates at slightly different pressures. Further, the pressure differential sensor is provided with a signal transmitter for controlling the measuring chamber volume and includes a cylinder having a wall provided with a piston means associated with a piston rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Handtmann, Gotthold Raabe
  • Patent number: 4134294
    Abstract: A device for simultaneously measuring various parameters such as the flow rate, the density and the temperature of the drilling mud issuing from a well during the drilling operation, and for recording said parameters, comprising a V-shaped measuring conduit the upstream portion of which is connected to the upper portion of a chute through which said mud flows and which opens into the atmosphere, while the downstream end of said measuring conduit is connected to a down spout directing said mud to oscillating screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignees: Geoservices, Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine (Production)
    Inventors: Jean Patillet, Olivier Issenmann
  • Patent number: 4134295
    Abstract: A force and direction transducer system employs means providing a varying impedance in response to applied force. Further, the direction of the force is determined by the location where a ball of mercury, carried within a drag body, settles in a manner to couple an elongate resistance element between first and second connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Inventor: William Alexander
  • Patent number: 4134296
    Abstract: A flow meter in which a bluff body of elongated cross-section extends substantially normal to the axis of a conduit through which a fluid, which may be a liquid or a gas, passes so that vortices or whirls alternatingly breaking away from the body are formed in the fluid to opposite sides of the body, and in which the frequency of the alternatingly breaking vortices is proportionate to the speed, respectively the volume per time unit, of the fluid passing through the conduit. This frequency is measured by at least one feeler arranged in a measuring conduit located outside the first-mentioned conduit and in which the measuring conduit communicates through bores with the interior of the first-mentioned conduit to opposite sides of the bluff body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Bopp & Reuther GMBH
    Inventor: Hans-Jurgen Kastner
  • Patent number: 4134297
    Abstract: A two-wire transmission system for a vortex-type flowmeter adapted to measure the flow rate of fluid passing through a conduit by generating fluidic oscillations giving rise to periodic pressure pulses whose repetition rate varies in accordance with flow rate. The system includes a pressure-responsive resonator element that is included in the tuned circuit of a high-frequency carrier oscillator whose frequency is determined by the normal resonance characteristics of the element in the absence of the pulses. The pulses applied to the element cause the oscillator to yield a carrier that is frequency-modulated in accordance with the repetition rate of the pulses to produce a frequency-modulated carrier that is demodulated to yield an output signal whose frequency is a function of flow rate. This signal is converted into an analog voltage that is conveyed over a two-wire transmission line to a remote station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Fischer & Porter Company
    Inventor: Peter J. Herzl
  • Patent number: 4134298
    Abstract: A turbine wheel is insertable in a line to intercept fluid flowing therethrough. A pickup coil senses the rotation of the turbine wheel. Responsive to the pickup coil, the speed of rotation of the turbine wheel is reduced when it exceeds a predetermined safe limit. Preferably, the speed reduction is accomplished by turning the turbine wheel 90.degree. to the direction of fluid flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Flow Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: James F. Guthrie
  • Patent number: 4134299
    Abstract: Cooking thermometer with a bimetallic spiral for turning a pointer around a scale marked on a circular dial, comprising a watertight housing with a base and a transparent cover hermetically fitted to the said base, the base being made of a thermally conducting material and being capable of being mounted in a thermally conducting manner on the lid of a cooking vessel, means of fixing the base to the lid of a cooking vessel, and a drum located inside the housing and supporting the dial, said drum being mounted so as to rotate about an axial hub rigidly fixed to the base and being in frictional contact with the hub, such that the position on the drum may be adjusted in order to calibrate the thermometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Rueger SA
    Inventor: Rolf Rueger
  • Patent number: 4134300
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for reducing the pressure in and then collecting medium samples in containers such as test tubes sealed by a resilient stopper at substantially atmospheric pressure, comprising piercing the stopper at or shortly before the time of collection of a medium sample by a first cannula, connected at one end to a pressure-reducing device, thereby connecting the interior of the container with the pressure-reducing device via the first cannula; evacuating the container to a desired subatmospheric pressure; withdrawing the first cannula; penetrating the stopper by a second cannula connected at one end to a medium source to be sampled, thereby connecting the source with the interior of the container via the second cannula; and then sucking a sample of medium into the container under the influence of the subatmospheric pressure effected in the interior of the container by the pressure reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Inventor: Jan A. Svensson
  • Patent number: 4134301
    Abstract: A volumetric fuel meter is included in a fuel system whereby the measurement is compensated to express fuel flow in units of weight such as pounds, grams or in units of energy such as BTU's or calories (grams). The meter measurement is associated with an automatic compensator which compensates the measurement for variations in the gravity of the fuel. Temperature and pressure sensing devices are associated with the measuring systems. Two separate measuring systems are employed for engine fuel systems which return unburned fuel from the injector. One system employs a single volumetric meter with a bubble remover or cooler while the second system employs two volumetric meters. The present measuring system has embodiments that provide for mechanical compensation and electrical measurement and subsequent compensation of the gravity of the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Inventor: Curtis L. Erwin, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4134302
    Abstract: A pulser circuit for providing electrical exciting pulses to a transducer in an ultrasonic testing apparatus in which a transducer transmits ultrasonic energy corresponding to the pulses into a test specimen. The pulser circuit includes a capacitor connected in series with a source of charging potential and a load impedance. A pair of switching transistors are connected in parallel and to the capacitor and the charging potential. A second switching transistor is connected directly across the capacitor. The first switching transistors turn on and cause the charged capacitor to develop the leading edge of a pulse across the load impedance. The leading edge turns on the second switching transistor which provides a direct discharge path for the capacitor and thereby shapes the pulse. Diode means is connected across the load impedance to assist in rapid recharging of the capacitor. The diode means is forward biased to provide a clamped reference potential for the pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: TRW, Inc.
    Inventor: Istvan M. Matay
  • Patent number: 4134303
    Abstract: A method and circuit for reducing by electrical runout subtraction, the runout signal portion of a composite runout signal and vibration signal, which runout subtraction signal is provided by a pre-programmed digital memory circuit module, PROM, that is selectively inserted into the circuit for a given rotating shaft. The PROM is accessed by a phase lock loop, master dynamic clock, synchronized to the tachometer signal, which provides the subtract signal in digital form that is changed to an analog signal and then fed with the composite signal to a differential amplifier circuit that subtracts the PROM waveform from the composite signal. In one mode the subtract amplifier circuit is inhibited in operation when the tachometer signal falls below a given CPM, or when the tachometer signal is lost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Spectral Dynamics Corporation
    Inventor: Robert D. Davis
  • Patent number: 4134304
    Abstract: This disclosure refers to an air pressure sensor using wafer thermisters and, in particular, an air pressure sensor considered indispensable for blood pressure measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Inventor: Tadayoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 4134305
    Abstract: A rotary transfer member carries means for picking up a sheet-like article from the top of a supply stack supported within a hopper having an open top and an open bottom. An indexing mechanism includes means for intermittently rotating an output shaft in response to a continuously driven input shaft, and the transfer member is supported for rotation with the output shaft and also for axial movement relative to the output shaft. The transfer member is moved axially in response to linear movement of a follower which engages a cam connected for continuous rotation with the input shaft. Supply stacks of articles are successively elevated into the hopper from an index table by a power driven jack mechanism, and a set of magnets are positioned adjacent the hopper for magnetically spreading and spacing the articles within the upper portion of the supply stack within the hopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Inventor: Charles F. Hautau
  • Patent number: 4134306
    Abstract: A rotary actuator for converting reciprocating motion to rotary motion including a housing having spaced-apart end plates connected by guide rods. A bellows is provided having opposite sides one of which is connected to one of the end plates, the bellows being adapted to be connected to a source of fluid under pressure so that the bellows expands from a collapsed to an expanded position. A guide plate is provided movably mounted on the guide rods with the other bellows side being connected thereto. A rack and pinion assembly is provided mounted on the other end plate, the rack being connected to the guide plate so that expansion and contraction of the bellows causes linear movement of the rack thereby imparting rotary movement to the pinion. A spring acts between the guide plate and the other end plate thus resisting expansion of the bellows and returning it to the collapsed position upon the release of fluid pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignees: Phd, Inc., Hughes Industrial Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Gunnar Grotness, Charles S. Smith, Robert H. Morris, Peter W. Boyer
  • Patent number: 4134307
    Abstract: For connecting one shaft to another, there are discs arranged on each of the shafts. A pair of elements project from each of the discs, being spaced from the axis thereof and angularly spaced around the axis. The elements project different distances from the discs in a direction parallel to the axes. The elements are connected by parallel rods which are articulatd at their ends to the elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: ASEA
    Inventor: Bengt Nilsson
  • Patent number: 4134308
    Abstract: A driven mechanism for a rotatory heat regenerator, in which a shock absorbing member is fitted around the outer peripheral surface of a discoidal rotatory regenerator having a honeycomb structure. A metal ring having teeth is set around the outer periphery of the shock absorbing member and held in position thereby. The ring is driven by at least one driving gear connected with a prime mover and transfers torque to the rotatory regenerator. Torque fluctuations on the driving gear are moderated by the elastic deformation of the ring and the shock absorbing member. Any difference in the amount of thermal expansion between the ring and the regenerator is compensated by the shock absorbing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Okano, Wataru Akai
  • Patent number: 4134309
    Abstract: A relatively stiff spring cooperating with an oil film resists inertial, gearing, and chucking loads and reduces the inertial forces generated by the operation of a rotatable shaft. The rotatable shaft is mounted directly in conventional ball bearings that in turn are mounted in engagement with the inner of two concentrically mounted cylindrical members, wherein the concentrically mounted members have facing walls radially displaced to form an annular cavity therebetween. The outer of the two cylindrical members is in engagement with and supported to the housing. Interconnecting the two cylindrical members is a flange spring that also serves as an end wall for a reservoir in communication with the annular cavity. The reservoir and the annular cavity are filled with a dampening fluid, such as a lubricating oil, to serve as a cushion for axially and radially directed force transfers between the two concentrically mounted members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Rodney W. Balke, Frank R. Oradat, Cecil W. Haga
  • Patent number: 4134310
    Abstract: This transmission has a first planetary gear assembly having first input means connected to an input shaft, first output means, and first reaction means, and a second planetary gear assembly having second input means connected to the first input means, second output means, and second reaction means connected directly to the first reaction means by a reaction shaft. First clutch means, when engaged, connect the first output means to an output shaft in a high driving range. A hydrodynamic drive is used; for example, a torque converter, which may or may not have a stationary case, has a pump connected to the second output means, a stator grounded by an overrunning clutch to the case, and a turbine connected to an output member, and may be used in a starting phase. Alternatively, a fluid coupling or other type of hydrodynamic drive may be used. Second clutch means, when engaged, for connecting the output member to the output shaft in a low driving range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Orshansky Transmission Corporation
    Inventors: Elias Orshansky, Jr., deceased, William E. Weseloh
  • Patent number: 4134311
    Abstract: A power transmission having two planetary assemblies, each having its own carrier and its own planet, sun, and ring gears. A speed-varying module is connected in driving relation to the input shaft and in driving relationship to the two sun gears, which are connected together. The speed-varying means may comprise a pair of hydraulic units hydraulically interconnected so that one serves as a pump while the other serves as a motor and vice versa, one of the units having a variable stroke and being connected in driving relation to the input shaft, the other unit, which may have a fixed stroke, being connected in driving relation to the sun gears. A brake grounds the first carrier in the first range and in reverse and causes drive to be delivered to the output shaft through the first ring gear in a hydrostatic mode, the first ring gear being rigidly connected to the output shaft. The input shaft also is clutchable to either the carrier or the ring gear of the second planetary assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Orshansky Transmission Corporation
    Inventors: Elias Orshansky, Jr., deceased, William E. Weseloh
  • Patent number: 4134312
    Abstract: When the accelerator pedal is fully depressed, shifting points at which the automatic power transmission shifts to another gear ratio are suddenly moved toward the higher vehicle speed to readily achieve the downshift of the transmission even during a relatively high vehicle speed. The downshifts are continued until the magnitude of the throttle pressure which is substantially proportional to the output of the engine is decreased to a predetermined level even when the accelerator pedal is permitted to return to its partially depressed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, Limited
    Inventor: Tetsuya Iijima
  • Patent number: 4134313
    Abstract: Automatic transmissions for automobiles include a hydraulic torque converter and a transmission gear mechanism which has a plurality of friction devices such as a clutch and brakes whereby a plurality of different driving stages can be provided through selective actuation of the friction devices. The automatic transmissions further include an over-drive system comprising at least an OD shift valve and a Low-High shift valve. The OD shift valve is applied through the L-H shift valve with a pressure sufficient to shift gear devices to a high speed position or a low speed position. A kick-down valve is disposed between the engine throttle position valve and the L-H shift valve to enable the pressure in the throttle line to increase when the kick down operation takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuo Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 4134314
    Abstract: Track wheels such as railroad wheels are trued or reprofiled by first turning or cutting over only a portion of the tread surface width of each wheel of a set, whereby the cutting depth for this initial turning is smaller than the cutting depth required for the truing. The diameters of the initially turned portions of both wheels of a set are then compared to provide a difference value. The lower diameter wheel is then turned in accordance with the respective lower diameter value. The higher diameter wheel, if any, is also turned in accordance with the lower diameter value plus in accordance with one half of said difference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: W. Hegenscheidt Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventor: Max Luzina
  • Patent number: 4134315
    Abstract: A lathe for forming contact lenses in a single cut includes a support member for hingedly mounting the tool holder turret. A lever arm extends from the tool holder turret and perpendicular to the rotational axis thereof for supporting two rollers, the first of which is positioned at the free end of the lever arm and the second of which is positioned intermediate the first roller and the axis of rotation of the turret. There is also provided a circular cam having a rising profile on which the first roller rides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Inventor: Alberto Bendini
  • Patent number: 4134316
    Abstract: An apparatus for severing tire carcasses of any diameter through the tread portion to reduce the carcass to a plurality of annular disposable rings. The apparatus further provides a support for the tire carcass as well as a driving means therefor with the tire support urging the tread portion up into a knife that is disposed tangentially of the tread portion and counter to the rotation of the tire carcass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Inventor: Walter Bullinger
  • Patent number: 4134317
    Abstract: A vent plate for supporting a finger having a rivet portion is disposed intermediate adjacent core laminations in a dynamoelectric machine. A plurality of finger members secured to the vent plate cooperate with the core laminations to define a ventilation duct for circulation of a cooling gas through the core. The vent plate has a plurality of slot openings arranged to receive the rivet portions of each finger. The vent plate slots are characterized by a bow-tie outline defined by intersecting planar and curved side surfaces which permits variable orientation of rivet portions through a predetermined angular range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Rajeshwar P. Goel, Terry L. Vota, Thomas J. Lynch
  • Patent number: 4134318
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a battery grid casting machine for receiving grids one at a time from a grid trimming die and for arranging them in a horizontally stacked arrangement on a pair of pivoted rails. After a predetermined number of grids have accumulated on the rails, the rails are pivoted from a horizontal to a vertical position to deposit the grids as a vertical stack on an intermittently moving conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Wirtz Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert R. Rader, Ray Schenk
  • Patent number: 4134319
    Abstract: Apparatus for punching regularly-spaced apertures in film or tape includes a rotary ring carrying a plurality of radially-extending punches, a further rotary ring carrying a plurality of dies and a drive ring outwardly of the punch-carrying ring which is mounted eccentrically of the punch-carrying ring and serves to force the punches at a punching zone into corresponding dies and thereby punches the required apertures in the film or tape.To avoid damage to the surfaces of the film or tape infeed and outfeed guides are provided for directing the film along an in-feed path initially parallel to the axis of rotation of the punch ring and turning the film or tape about one of the guides rotatable about an axis approximately 17.degree. to the horizontal and in a plane at right angles to the axis of rotation of the punch ring. The out-feed guide is rotatable about a similarly inclined axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Racal-Zonal Limited
    Inventor: Derek J. Clark
  • Patent number: 4134320
    Abstract: In an electronic musical instrument, key switches are scanned sequentially and repetitively in a high scanning rate to deliver key data consisting of a pulse existence at an assigned time slot and representing ON-OFF states of the key switches. The key data is converted into key codes of digital notation. The key codes are assigned to and memorized in time-shared channels of a high time-sharing rate. A time-sharing rate converter reads out the key codes of digital notation and produces key gate control signals at corresponding ones of individual output terminal in a low time-sharing rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akiyoshi Oya
  • Patent number: 4134321
    Abstract: In an electronic musical instrument a demultiplexing audio waveshape generator, which accepts multiplexed frequency signals and generates a complex audio waveshape. This is accomplished by having a multiplexed frequency source with one or more outputs with each output being individually connected to a weighted resistor. The outputs of the resistors are connected in common to create a current source for presentation to an analog switch. The analog switch selects the multiplexed channels to be combined to produce the audio output signal, and through the use of gating signals can be made to create pulsed waveshapes. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention the signal from the analog switch is presented to a capacitance-resistance combination. The switched current presented to the capacitor causes an incremental charging and discharging of the capacitor which corresponds to the desired contribution of that particular channel to the audio output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Allen Organ Company
    Inventor: Robert P. Woron
  • Patent number: 4134322
    Abstract: Envelopes having moistenable gum on the seal flap and back gum adhering the sides and bottom are manufactured by a process comprising applying a back gum to either the bottom flap or the side flaps in the form of microcapsules. When the bottom and side flaps are folded and pressure is applied, the microcapsules rupture causing the back gum to adhere the bottom and side flaps. Gum in the form of microcapsules can also be applied to the seal flap allowing the end user to seal without moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Champion International Corporation
    Inventor: Harold R. Lillibridge
  • Patent number: 4134323
    Abstract: Spatially separated high frequency tonal effects from an electronic musical instrument having less tone generators than keys selectable. A high frequency speaker system is provided in addition to the normal audio system. The audio signals produced by the tone generator are applied to a high pass filter-amplifier circuit before application to a tweeter switch. Digital logic is provided to demultiplex the note generator capture signal for note generator assignment information. The demultiplexer information is applied to the tweeter switches to effect the activation of a tweeter switch and permit the sounding of the tweeter speaker. Thus it may be seen that the present invention permits the separate soundings of the high frequency range in a directional fashion, creating the movement of sound sources and changing spatial relationships in response to key activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Allen Organ Company
    Inventor: Jerome Markowitz
  • Patent number: 4134324
    Abstract: A musical drum consisting of a generally cylindrical drum shell having openings at its upper and lower ends with a vibratable drum head covering at least the upper opening and a sound projector positioned below the lower opening, which sound projector is substantially a semi-hemisphere with an upper opening therein disposed adjacent the lower opening in the drum shell and with a horizontal opening therein facing in a direction substantially perpendicular to the openings in the drum shell. The half hemisphere sound projector may extend beyond the vertical center line of the shell and may be detachably secured to the shell and may be adjustable radially 360.degree. with respect thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Ludwig Industries
    Inventor: Alfred J. LeMert
  • Patent number: 4134325
    Abstract: A drum and pedal beater assembly in which a pair of beaters are connected to a pair of side-by-side pedals such that the performer can engage one pedal with his toe and the other pedal with his heel to independently operate the two beaters against a common drum skin. One pedal beater assembly has an adjustable length to accommodate the foot of the user. A pair of vertically adjustable rim clamps, each of which are rotatable through 360.degree., provide universal connectors to secure the adjustable drum beater to the drum rim in any desired location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Inventor: Michael E. Loftus
  • Patent number: 4134326
    Abstract: A device which is used for computing the transposition of musical chords and comprises a number of dials each of which is rotatable about a central axis. Each dial has a display of indicia thereon which indicate the steps of a chromatic musical scale. The dials can be moved relative to each other to a plurality of positions which indicate relationships which include chord indication and transposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Inventor: Peter G. Hutton
  • Patent number: 4134327
    Abstract: A rear door for a rocket launch tube provided to prevent rocket exhaust gas flow into an empty launch tube from an associated multiple-rocket plenum chamber. The door is maintained in a stored position while a missile is in the launch tube and is activated when the missile leaves the launcher. The door may be latched open and released by a sensor device at a selected position of the missile as it is leaving the launch tube. Preferably, gases from the launching missile power closure of the door, once the door is released from its open latched position. Once the door closes, a second latch locks it in place to seal off the launch tube from the plenum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: General Dynamics Corporation
    Inventor: Edward T. Piesik
  • Patent number: 4134328
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a missile launching assembly, and in particular to an apparatus for automatically separating a front cover of a missile launching tube with a reverberating shock wave created by missile propellants striking a rear cover of the tube, thereby avoiding direct contact between the front cover and the missile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget Bofors
    Inventors: Borje Asp, John-Erik Martinsson
  • Patent number: 4134329
    Abstract: A device for controlling two output elements pivotally mounted with respect to two stationary elements is provided with two coaxial rectilinear double action pressure fluid jacks. The two stationary elements are respectively secured to the ends of a stationary outer longitudinal elongated member while the two pivoting elements are respectively secured to the ends of pivotal inner longitudinal elongated member coaxially arranged in said outer member. The jacks are of annular configuration and formed between the outer and inner aforesaid members with a common median bottom and annularly slotted cylinder-heads remote from each other. The tubular piston rod of each jack extends in leak-tight manner through the annularly slotted cylinder-head and is angularly positioned on the one hand, with respect to the corresponding stationary element by a first set of guides and on the other hand with respect to the corresponding pivoting element by a second set of guides forming an angle relative to the first set of guides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Ratier Figeac
    Inventor: Pierre Belliere