Abstract: A loading device for a goods vehicle comprises a lifting platform which can be raised to the height of the loading surface and then pivoted into a vertical position to form a tail gate. The rear end of the lifting platform can also be tilted downwardly when the lifting platform is at road level or a loading surface height. The lifting platform is supported and operated by two hydraulic rams in conjunction with two lifting arms and two guiding arms. The rams are hingedly connected with the lifting platform differently so that both serve to raise the platform and one serves to pivot the platform to vertical position after the platform has reached loading surface height.

Abstract: An excavating and loading machine mounted on a wheeled type vehicle comprising front and rear frames having wheels rotatably mounted thereon, said front and rear frames being adapted to rotate relative to each other, and a vehicle body having an implement for effecting excavation and loading operations which is rotatably mounted on either of said front and rear frames.A pair of hydraulically operated cylinders are provided between said front and rear frames for controlling steering of the vehicle.

Abstract: A versatile mobile high lift loader characterized by an extendible telescopic boom carried by a longitudinally extendible transfer carriage. The transfer carriage travels on stepped fore and aft longitudinal transfer rails for greater operator visibility. The transfer rails are stepped laterally to provide for maximum width of the operator compartment and to permit the use of dual front wheels. The transfer carriage and boom extension travel on cam roller non-friction bearings for cycling demands of the fork lift transferring boom. The transfer rails include readily replaceable hardened wear surfaces on a unitized frame. The loader includes modular drive train fabrication for less expensive manufacturing cost and easier servicing. It is provided with drive line disc brakes and locking differential for easy servicing, non-power assist and positive braking with and without load. The telescoping boom includes a novel hose reel assembly for transfer of internal hosing within the boom.

Abstract: An automated refuse container discharge station is disclosed in which a refuse container is emptied such that its volume decreases as an essentially constant function of time. The unloading station includes a support assembly on which a carriage assembly is adapted for longitudinally sliding motion. The carriage assembly includes container opening apparatus at one end and container discharging apparatus at the other end. The carriage assembly also includes apparatus for unlatching a container tailgate portion and releasably securing the container to the carriage. A hydraulic cylinder advances the carriage assembly with respect to the support assembly and hydraulically damps movement of the carriage and container at the end of the advancing stroke. The carriage assembly includes an hydraulic discharge cylinder which may be intermittently advanced into the container. Part of the discharge cylinder is supported by guides carried by the carriage and aligned guides carried by the container.

Abstract: Apparatus for article deposit and/or removal from carrier cases and comprising a pair of endless carrier conveyors operatively positioned on an upper portion of a frame in adjacent parallel relationship for movement through a fixed course extending longitudinally of the frame; a plurality of positioning members or carrier bars for article grippers are operatively connected to the carrier conveyors for movement therewith, which positioning members extend transversely of the frame and have the article grippers depending therefrom; and a pantograph that extends longitudinally of the frame is present for each set of carrier bars corresponding to the array of articles in the cases to be processed, the pantograph has a leading and a trailing end with different ends being secured to different ones of the conveyors for movement therewith.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved semi-trailer for transportation and handling of standardized containers.The semi-trailer comprises a main chassis 1 and a pivoting chassis 4 connected to each other by front connecting rods 5 and rear connecting rods 6, the latter comprising a transverse spindle 16 which slides in apertures 18 in the chassis 4, itself provided with a bracket 21-22 whose free end is provided with a transverse pivot bar 33 intended to engage on the front upper corner fittings of the standardized container.

Abstract: Lifting and depositing equipment for cabins, shelters or the like that are movable on the loading surfaces of trucks or similar vehicles, comprising a plurality of jacks detachably fastened by trusses to the side walls of the cabin. A detachable, laterally displaceable roller system and a guidance system are mounted on the trusses for at least two of the jacks that are mutually oppositely disposed in the transverse direction, whereby upon a truck moving beneath the cabin, the roller systems glide off the upper rims of the upright side walls of the truck and support the cabin so as to maintain a space between it, the truck loading surface and the side walls. The guide systems cooperate jointly with the side walls to ensure simultaneously a lateral aligning of the cabin with respect to the loading surface and side walls to effect a central positioning of the cabin on the loading surface of the truck.

Abstract: A pilfer-proof closure for use in combination with a standard container having a threaded neck portion and a collar below said threaded portion, comprising a body having an internally threaded upper portion followed by a lower skirt portion for protecting a flexible locking member attached to the inside of the body by frangible connectors situated on the outside circumference of the locking member. The locking member extends partially below the skirt portion so that it may be easily viewed. The skirt, however, extends past the frangible connectors to protect the connectors from tampering and severing. The flexible locking member carries a top surface which engages beneath the collar when the closure is threaded onto the container. When the closure is unthreaded from the container, the frangible connecting means are broken to completely disconnect the locking member from the threaded portion of the closure.

Abstract: A cylindrical vessel of large size and integral molded construction is provided having a depressed well which accumulates sludge formed in the course of storage of hydrocarbon fuels. A hole positioned in the top of the vessel directly above said well permits insertion of a pipe which, by suction means, removed the accumulated sludge. Pedestal means, positioned below the tank and adjacent each end, causes the entire vessel to be tilted downwardly toward the well, thereby causing gravimetric migration of sludge toward the well.

Abstract: Master cylinder reservoir comprising a housing having two adjacent reservoir sections separated by a transversely extending double wall partition having windows offset laterally from one another with a space between the walls.

Abstract: A drawn and ironed can body with integral bottom and a drawn and ironed can seamed with a top closure at the opening end are designed for packaging pressurized beverages and made of a sheet material thinner than that heretofore used for conventional drawn and ironed cans, and the top closure and the bottom resist buckling as might be caused by the actual internal pressure produced therein.

Abstract: A pressure relief device for a high pressure gas cylinder of the type that is usable for oxy-fuel torches. The device comprises an aperture in the wall of the cylinder and a eutectic solder filling the aperture. The aperture and plug are also positionable in a substantially planar wall portion that is depressed below the surrounding cylinder wall to protect the plug from dropped objects or inadvertent poking and scraping by the user.

Abstract: The specification discloses a valved closure for a heat exchanger, such as the radiator of a liquid cooled vehicle engine, such radiators usually having an upper liquid chamber with an upstanding, flanged filling neck. The valved closure includes an annular adaptor on the upper end of the filling neck and having a valve seat, upstanding guide bearings on opposite sides of the adaptor, a valve element having a spherically curved portion in sealing engagement with the seat and having a through passageway generally chordally of the spherical portion and rotatable to shift the passageway into communication with the neck, aligned shafts extending from the valve element for rotation in respective guide bearings with the valve element when the latter changes position, and resilient tension means connected between the shafts and adaptor to urge the valve element into its seat sealing relation.

Abstract: A rim seal is provided for a floating roof tank to fill the space between the floating roof and circumferential wall of the tank. The seal is a compressible toroid of approximately the diameter of the tank and has a cross-sectional diameter greater than the largest opening between the floating roof and the circumferential wall or an existing seal and the circumferential wall. An inner tube is provided which encapsulates the toroid; an outer tube is provided which is elastic and encapsulates the inner tube. Slits in the outer tube adjacent to the circumferential wall are disposed substantially circumferentially with respect to the toroid.

Abstract: Means for hinging or removably attaching a cover to a chassis comprising a retainer device including a pair of arms spring-urged away from one another. The retainer device is fixed to the chassis with the ends of the arms extending outward into openings in the cover. The arms can be manually pinched to disengage them from the cover openings to thereby permit the cover to be removed from the chassis. Utilization of a pair of retainer devices on the chassis enables one of the devices to be disengaged while the other remains engaged to thus hinge the cover relative to the chassis.

Abstract: A serving dish having a selectively divisible colander member and cover adapted to closure either or both the dish and/or colander.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a fluid product dispenser. The dispenser includes first and second containers. The second container is positioned within the first container. The product is placed in one of the containers and a dispensing nozzle or opening is in communication with the product. The second container has a flexible wall adjacent the product. Fluid is introduced into the other container. A force is applied to the flexible wall to urge the product outwardly through the dispensing nozzle or opening.

Abstract: A collapsible container having rigid bottom and top walls of equilateral polygonal shape, quadrilateral side walls laterally endlessly connected with each other and joined with the opposing sides of the top and bottom walls, and a dispensing mouth provided at the center of the top wall. The side walls are foldable along outwardly creased ridges which demarcate them from each other and from the top and bottom walls and along diagonal inward creases running from one top corner to the non-adjacent bottom corner of the respective side walls. A holder-stand for the container is also provided within which the container can be disposed for dispensing material.

Abstract: A device for dispensing fluids employs a manually actuated pump mounted in the neck of a conventional container. The pump includes a stationary piston and a shiftable cylinder which form a pump chamber. The piston includes a check valve which controls the fluid inlet to the pump chamber. The cylinder is spring biased in a direction which pressurizes the fluid in the pump chamber. An upwardly extending neck of the cylinder is exteriorly threaded and carries a discharge valve. A cap which fits over the container neck, cylinder neck and discharge valve has an internally threaded tubular portion which can be engaged with the thread on the cylinder neck. The cap can be turned with the threads engaged to lift the cylinder against the bias of the spring and draw fluid into the pump chamber. With the cap removed, the discharge valve can be opened to allow fluid in the pump chamber to flow through the cylinder neck and exit from the discharge valve.

Abstract: This invention is a toy soda jet for use by children and which is structurally generally similar to a commercial beverage dispenser fountain such as is placed upon a counter of a store; the present invention including a small electric operated motor having a magnet attached to the motor shaft, a transparent bowl on top having another magnet with a rotor which sends soda up through a tube, so the soda is seen streaming downward on the inner surface of the top of the bowl.

Abstract: A dispenser device which has the contents under pressure so that they can be dispensed by actuating a valve similar to an aerosol unit. The contents are maintained under pressure by using a movable piston element driven by external air pressure against the contents which are contained in an enclosure within an evacuated vessel. The dispenser can be filled and sealed at atmospheric pressure and normal temperature and activated by evacuating the unit.

Abstract: A combined charging and product dispensing unit is provided for reception in the mouth of a container in sealed relation with the unit, including a valve body having a container of liquid gas carried thereby. The valve body is provided with a valve assembly for manually controlling the flow of gas under pressure out through the valve body into the container to pressurize the interior of the container. The unit also includes a discharge tube which is connected to a discharge nozzle carried by an actuator for the valve unit.

Abstract: An aerosol dispenser in which the material to be expelled is carried within a container in communication with a spray nozzle. An air compressor carried by the container supplies compressed air to the container to pressurize the said material. The compressor is operated by the normal vertical shaking of the assembly. The compressor may be carried within the container or attached thereto during use. In one embodiment the container may be refilled. In a second embodiment the container is separable from the compressor and may be discarded after use.

Abstract: A jewelry wristband is characterized by a flexible section adapted to conform to the wrist of the wearer with spring clips at each end to permit positive but releasable connection of jewelry or watch tips which are adapted to be placed at opposite ends of the watch. In addition, an intermediate expander section comprising arcuate plates hinged together is interposed in the flexible section to facilitate adjustment of the length of the flexible section to conform to the size of the wrist. The spring closure at each end of the flexible sections has a closed end of arcuate configuration and broad flat, generally rectangular leaf spring portions which diverge away from the connecting ends of the flexible section within the closed end, one spring portion being biased into a closed position within the return portion of the closed end so as to securely retain the ends of a watch tip or the like in place.

Abstract: A collapsible hand carrier for carrying one or two side-by-side grocery bags or the like has a U-shaped, inverted handle member between the lower ends of which are pivotally secured inner end portions of a pair of opposed rectangular bottom panels the outer ends of which have pivotally secured thereto lower end portions of opposed side panels. The upper end corners of the side panels are linked to each other and to central portions along the length of the handle member at each side to provide substantially parallel guide mechanism operation of the side panels with respect to the plane of the handle, thereby to permit compact collapsing of the bottom and side panels against each side of the handle member.

Abstract: In a web reel system including a rotatable reel drum and reel spool, the improvement comprising reel threading means operatively associated with the spool and drum and including at least one Coanda nozzle adapted to induce a gaseous flow about the periphery of the drum for entraining a web introduced into the gaseous flow and directing same between the drum and the spool.

Abstract: In a side-seam soldering machine wherein successive can bodies are fed and their side-seams progressively soldered by an applicator means, a solder deflecting member (which would otherwise interfere with an internal pre-stripe or coating) is mounted for cooperation with the can feeding means to insure that the member does not adversely affect the pre-stripe or coating, but does prevent solder from being introduced between successive can bodies and deposited therein.

Abstract: A lug box composed of two end walls of generally rectangular conformation, composed of plastic material, and a wrapper extending between and overlapping vertical side edges and bottom of the end walls. The end walls are cored-out for lightness, but also to provide multiple ribbed structures through which nails are driven from the outside to enhance the degree of securement of the wrapper to the end walls.

Abstract: Structure for maintaining article carrier handle elements in proper relative orientation during carrier formation and comprising a handle panel (8), a hand flap (11) struck from the handle panel and foldably joined thereto along a horizontal fold line (12), a connecting element (14) joined at one end to the handle panel and at the other end to one end of the hand flap, the upper (16) and lower (17) edges of the connecting element being angularly disposed to the horizontal fold line and downwardly inclined from the one end of the hand flap, and the hand flap being adapted to swing out of the plane of the handle panel during transport of the carrier and thereby to cause the connecting element to rotate.

Abstract: A packing bag, particularly suitable for use for light-sensitive materials, composed of a composite laminate which comprises a cross laminate film of two uniaxially stretched high density polyethylene films wherein the stretching directions of the two films cross each other at an angle of about 45.degree. to about 90.degree. C. and a low density polyethylene film containing a light-intercepting agent and an antistatic agent, wherein the bag is so constructed that the low density polyethylene film surface of the laminate film is the interior surface of the packing bag.

Abstract: A rural mailbox flag device for attachment to the mailbox by existing fasteners normally serving to secure a frictional latch member to the mailbox. A flag support member includes a horizontal flange with relieved areas which facilitates reception of the latch mounting fasteners. A flag is held upright by mailbox door structure. The flag is automatically repositioned from its upright position upon opening of the mailbox door to provide a signal to the mailbox owner of the visited-non visited status of the box.

Abstract: A continuously operating counterflow centrifugal extractor suitable for liquid-liquid extractions wherein solids can be separated with the heavier phase. The extractor (FIG. 1) includes a horizontally disposed drum 8, 9 rotated by pulley 15 which is mounted on hollow shaft extension 6. A transport screw 10 is mounted on a shaft 11 and is rotated by forces developed in the liquid at a rate different than the rate of rotation of the drum. The two liquids are introduced into opposite ends of a mixing zone A. After mixing the heavier phase passes through clarification zone C to outlet 20 and the lighter phase passes through the clarification zone B and on to pump 21 which is mounted on shaft 11 and rotates with the transport screw 10. The difference in rotation rates can be controlled by operation of a throttle 27.

Abstract: A carrier assembly for pivotal placement on a swinging carrier rotor wherein the carrier has a support member which maintains the carrier assembly in a centered location between the hinge pins on the rotor. The carrier assembly has a frame unit which holds a microtitration plate containing samples to be centrifugated. The support member in the carrier assembly is slidably engaged with the frame unit and eliminates the need for welds. Each end of the support member has a generally semicircular sleeve portion which provides for the easy placement and removal of the carrier assembly from the rotor hinge pins. Retaining means are positioned on the support member to prevent deflection of the carrier frame unit along the support member during centrifugation.

Abstract: A bar code recognition system in which a threshold value for discriminating each bar of bar codes is automatically corrected. Bar codes representing information are constituted by a combination of wide and narrow bars to be scanned and converted into a rectangular signal having a time width proportional to the width of each bar. In proportion to the total time widths of the rectangular signal generated in each scanning cycle, the threshold value with reference to which each bar width is discriminated is determined to enhance the recognition operation of the system.

Abstract: In a system for limiting power consumption during peak power consuming periods, a proportional demand limit controller is disclosed having a condition sensor for sensing the condition of air being supplied to a space, a reset circuit responsive to the condition sensor for controlling a load connected thereto for in turn controlling the condition of the air being supplied to the space, and a proportional demand controller for sensing load consumption of the loads within a building and for resetting the reset circuit in a manner to maintain the power consumption of the building loads below a predetermined demand limit.

Abstract: A temperature sensing system for controlling the temperature of fill water in an automatic washer having an inlet hot water valve and an inlet cold water valve. The inlet hot water valve is continuously open during fill and the inlet cold water valve is normally closed during fill. A first predetermined temperature level of the incoming hot water is sensed and also a second predetermined level of incoming hot water is sensed, the second temperature level being lower than the first temperature level. A switch is provided to bypass the sensing of the second predetermined temperature level of the incoming hot water. This switch allows the user of the clothes washer to preselect either of two water temperature levels desired. When both the inlet hot water temperature is above the first temperature level and the sensing of the second temperature level is bypassed, the cold water valve is opened by a control.

Abstract: A fluid flow controller is disclosed particularly adapted for maintaining a variable value constant volume fluid flow through a conduit supplying fluid to a zone. A spring biased vane is disposed across the diameter of the conduit to provide a motion signal proportional to the average volume flow pressure across the diameter of the conduit. The motion signal from the vane and a transducer within a zone to which the fluid is being conducted responsive to an environmental parameter in the zone are connected to a controller assembly connected to control an actuator moving a damper within the conduit. The controller is adapted to position the damper to maintain the motion signal from the vane and the signal from the transducer within the controlled zone in balance.This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 711,066 filed Aug. 2, 1976, now abandoned.

Abstract: An air flow system for a disk file is disclosed in which air is pumped under pressure past the disk surfaces to remove contaminants and past a voice coil actuator to cool the motor and returned to an inlet in the pump. A thermostatically controlled air diverter is placed in the air circulating path to reduce the range of temperature change in the disks and thus minimize the track misregistration problems which might occur as a result of differential thermal expansion of the disks and related components. The thermostatically controlled diverter valve functions to control the volume of normally lower temperature ambient air entering the system by controlling the volume of air exhausted from the system in accordance with the temperature of the air being circulated.

Abstract: A method and structure for utilizing solar energy for heating utilizing a wall of masonry or other cementitious material having preferably vertical channels defined through the central portion thereof. An outer surface, preferably spaced from the wall, is provided with a radiant energy absorbing surface, and transparent or translucent panels are positioned adjacent to but spaced from the wall and outer surface. Inlets and outlets to the channels within the wall are defined in the lower inner and outer surfaces of the wall respectively, and outlets and inlets to such channels are defined at the upper inner and outer surfaces of the wall respectively. The inner outlets communicate with an air distribution system and the inner inlets serve as return air ducts. The outer outlets and inlets serve to convect heat from the radiant energy absorbing surface.

Abstract: A heating system comprises serially connected heating and holding coils connected in a closed heating liquid circulating circuit with a collector coil at the space to be heated. The heating and holding coils are disposed in a compartment wherein both are subject to direct heating by one or more gas burners, and flue gas is drawn through the compartment in heat exchange relation with the holding coil before being exhausted.

Abstract: A heat control system designed to control individual radiators in a heating system where there is only one boiler supplying steam, or one heated fluid source such as a utility steam supply, and where there is no separate condensate return line; each radiator or riser or both may be individually controlled by devices at and external of the radiator without the need for reconstructing the heating system itself or inserting any mechanical device within the system which will block return of condensates; there is an on-off control valve between the radiator and its vent valve and controllable preferably by a room thermostat; additional fuel saving controls may include a device that is responsive to the radiator becoming heated to a desired level or internal pressure in the radiator to provide an additional control for the control valve.

Abstract: A heat-saving attachment in the nature of a jacket surrounding the smoke pipe of a furnace located in a basement or other relatively unheated space. Air is drawn from the unheated space or other area into the annular space between the jacket and smoke pipe, absorbing heat from the exterior of the pipe as it is directed through laterally disposed baffle means within the annular space from whence it is directed through a warm air duct to a space to be heated. Electrical controls may be provided to establish predetermined time delays between turning on and off of the furnace burner and respective on and off controls of an intake fan for drawing air from the unheated space into the jacket.

Abstract: This invention relates to concrete railroad crossings and a process of constructing such railroad crossings which are essentially isolated from all moving parts of the rail system through the employment of compressible foam material to separate the surface of the rails, ties, and other track handware normally in direct contact with a concrete crossing. The crossing is supported on the sub-grade between the rail ties.

Abstract: An extendible, collapsible spray drawbar device is disclosed comprising a triangular shaped frame structure adapted at the forward apex end for pivotal attachment to a prime mover and having wheels at the rear base end, transverse spray bar elements pivotally mounted to and extending from the base of the frame structure, wheels pivotally mounted to the outer end of the spray bar element, extension bar elements hingedly mounted to the outer end of the spray bar elements, and support elements pivotally mounted at one end to the transverse spray bar element and pivotally mounted at the other end about a horizontal and vertical axis to a brace member transversely extending across the triangular shaped frame structure. During the spraying operation, the transverse spray bar elements and the extension bar elements extend linearly from the base of the triangular shaped frame structure.

Abstract: Foam is produced when a reservoir is deformed by squeezing. When pressure is applied to the reservoir, a flexible washer seals a vent passage while liquid is forced up through a tube, a ball valve and outwardly through a radially slotted member, while air passes through orifices in the washer and along the outside of the slotted member to mix with the liquid. The mixture is then discharged when pressure is released, the valve is sealed and suction pulls the washer away from the vent to allow air back into the reservoir.

Abstract: A multiple emitter flow control which utilizes an irrigation flow tube provided with a series of outlets which receive a series of flexible emitters, the walls of each emitter being biased to form a flush flow passage extending radially inward from its corresponding outlet, the flush flow passage being collapsible, when the walls are subject to a bending force, causing the emitter to deflect angularly from its outlet, and also collapsible, when subject to water pressure above a preselected value, each emitter when collapsed by a bending force or by water pressure forming a drip flow passage from the interior of the irrigation tube through its outlet; the walls of the irrigation flow tube between irrigation cycles being biased to a normally flattened profile. An embodiment of the emitter being of greater length than the minor dimension of the flattened irrigation flow tube.

Abstract: A vertical roller mill is disclosed for grinding material. The roller mill includes a rotatable grinding table at least one grinding roller resting upon the grinding mill, a pressure frame secured to the grinding roller and a housing which surrounds these elements. A guide mechanism pivotally connected between the pressure frame and the housing resiliently restrains movement of the pressure frame with respect to the housing and thereby reduces the transmission of forces from the pressure frame to the housing.

Abstract: A pressure relief system for a gyratory crusher is disclosed in which two separate but interacting fluid assemblies function, respectively, to adjust the operating position of the crusher cone of the gyratory crusher and to control the pressure above which the pressure relief system is activated. The system operates to relieve excessive pressure caused by the introduction of uncrushable foreign matter into the crushing chamber and to facilitate the elimination of such matter from the crusher.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for coiling wire so that the finished coils are free from central cores or spools and the wire may be removed from the axis free from undesirable lay, comprising a frame having a plurality of rotating arms, each with a collapsing mandrel having a wire gripping means and index means for positioning the mandrel on the arm, wire delivering and directing means delivering wire to a mandrel at a loading station, inserting means at the loading station inserting wire into the gripping means, means rotating the mandrel to form a coil, a mandrel turning means for indexing the mandrel leaving the loading station and an unloading station including removing means for collapsing a mandrel and pushing a complete coil therefrom.

Abstract: A method for feeding a yarn to a textile machine selectively under conditions of positive and capstan feed. The method comprises wrapping multiple turns of yarn around a feed wheel and a smooth, straight-sided upstanding member alongside the feed wheel and inclined to the rotary axis of the feed wheel, and driving the feed wheel by frictional contact with a flexible tape that extends over only a part of the axial extent of the feed wheel. The positive feed mode is established by passing the yarn repeatedly through the nip of the tape and feed wheel. The capstan feed mode is established by feeding the yarn away from the nip. In either mode, separation of successive turns of yarn is achieved by the upstanding member, and when guiding the yarn from one mode to the other there is an axial movement of the yarn turns over the upstanding member to obtain free and unobstructed re-positioning of those turns on the said member.