Abstract: An improved ventilated filter tip cigarette is provided utilizing a unique combination of porous filter plug wrap having a porosity of from about 300 to 4000 Filtrona air permeability units with a microperforated tipping envelope having perforations averaging less than about 0.01 mm.sup.2 each in open area. The relationship of plug wrap porosity combined with the size of microperforations in the tipping envelope provide cigarettes with maximum selective reductions in carbon monoxide yields and only minor reductions in nicotine yields as compared to constituent yields heretofore obtained in the smoke from ventilated cigarettes.

Abstract: A filter is formed by placing increments of glue in spaced apart relation on a moving stream of plug wrap paper and thereafter depositing alternating fibrous filter sections on the glue increments. Particulate marterial is then deposited between the fibrous filter sections and the plug wrap paper wrapped about the filter sections to form an endless rod. Two-filter filter plugs are severed from the rod by cutting through the unglued fibrous filter section and thereafter the charges of particulate filter material are compacted by moving the unglued outer filter sections of each plug inwardly. Each plug is then joined to two tobacco columns and cut in half. The resultant filters each have a fibrous filter section at the exposed end glued to the plug wrap paper, a compacted particulate section and an unglued fibrous filter section at the tobacco end.

Abstract: Teat cups are connected through a milk transport conduit to a receptacle communicating with a vacuum source, and a storage tank having a drain outlet is adapted to receive milk from the receptacle by way of a pump. A unit for controlling a cleaning procedure is connectable to the receptacle through the milk conduit. The pump can be connected selectively to either the control unit or a sprayer for cleaning liquid which opens into the storage tank; and the drain outlet of the tank can be connected selectively to either the receptacle or a discharge line.

Abstract: Apparatus for emptying successive sample containers, by inverting the containers, one at a time, draining the contents of each container, washing, again draining each container and restoring each container to its initial position. Each container is held in a holder mounted for rotation in a vertical plane about a hinge near the bottom of the holder. A hook is adapted to engage a holder and pivot about a separate hinge bringing the holder and its container to an inverted position where a nozzle sprays washing fluid into the inverted sample container. After draining, the sample container is restored to an upright position.

Abstract: A dishwasher water distribution system with a lower wash arm assembly and an upper wash tower, the wash arm assembly including a rotatable wash arm releasably fastened to a unitary distributor structure, the entire wash arm assembly with its distributor being telescoped on a lower stationary water inlet component and rotated and lifted by water pressure to sealingly engage and rotate the wash tower, the wash arm assembly being guided in its vertical shift by a bearing rod about which the entire wash arm assembly, as well as the wash tower, rotates. The lower wash arm assembly can be lifted from the bearing pin and the wash arm can be removed from the distributor by releasing clips integral with the unitary distributor structure.

Abstract: A flow valve mechanism comprising a rotating shaft with a valve body mounted on the shaft for rotation therewith and a valve member mounted for radial movement with respect to said body and said shaft. The valve member has a weighted head and a pressure differential head mounted in a fluid cavity. The pressure differential head divides the cavity into a pair of chambers and an orifice is provided in the pressure differential head communicating with said chambers. A fluid inlet supplies fluid under pressure to one of said chambers, and a fluid outlet is connected to said other chamber whereby the flow of fluid through said orifice and to the outlet will be proportional to the speed of rotation of the shaft.

Abstract: An arrangement is disclosed for use in conjunction with an antitheft locking fuel line shutoff valve for automotive vehicles which prevents efforts at bypassing or tampering with the valve in attempts to circumvent the locking fuel line shutoff valve. The antitamper arrangement includes a spring-biased fuel line blocking plug disposed within the fuel line and positioned just behind the vehicle fuel pump inlet stem, the blocking plug being restrained from blocking engagement with the fuel pump by means of a flexible cable connected to a rod integral with the blocking plug, the cable passing down the length of the fuel line and anchored at the locking fuel line shutoff valve.

Abstract: A valve assembly for use in building water systems where a hot and cold water supply line pressures vary, and having separate valve means for regulating the hot and cold water pressures. Independently mounted pressure equalizing means operated by the supply water pressures are connected to operate each of the valve means responsive to any pressure differential caused by changes in the supply pressures, to change the water pressure regulated by each of the valve means, with the magnitude and sense of the change reducing any such differential to zero and equalizing the pressures. The separate valve means and pressure equalizing means are contained in a cartridge having separate supply water chambers and hydraulic fluid chambers associated with each water chamber.

Abstract: A vacuum and atmospheric air pressure actuated valve assembly which prevents re-energization of the servomotor of a vacuum actuated vehicle road speed control system after the brakes have been applied and the road speed control system de-energized. The device requires manual opening movement of the throttle valve by movement of the accelerator pedal, or stopping of the engine, to decrease the amount of vacuum sufficiently to let the device re-set to a condition which will permit the road speed control system to be re-energized.

Abstract: This invention is a novel valve of the slidable-gate type. The valve is designed especially for long-term use with highly abrasive slurries. The sealing surfaces of the gate are shielded by the valve seats when the valve is fully open or closed, and the gate-to-seat clearance is swept with an inflowing purge gas while the gate is in transit.A preferred form of the valve includes an annular valve body containing an annular seat assembly defining a flow channel. The seat assembly comprises a first seat ring which is slidably and sealably mounted in the body, and a second seat ring which is tightly fitted in the body. These rings cooperatively define an annular gap which, together with passages in the valve body, forms a guideway extending normal to the channel. A plate-type gate is mounted for reciprocation in the guideway between positions where a portion of the plate closes the channel and where a circular aperture in the gate is in register with the channel.

Abstract: A safety device for sensing and monitoring pressure in oil or gas wellheads, flow lines, manifolds, pipelines, and the like, as well as other pressure vessels or apparatus requiring pressure sensing and monitoring, includes a pilot device having a transducer in operative communication with the source of pressure to be sensed or monitored; the transducer producing an electrical signal proportional to the magnitude of the pressure sensed. The pilot device further includes an electronic circuit which is adjustable to provide predetermined upper and lower values representing a range of magnitudes of pressure. The electronic circuit includes a memory circuit which permits the pilot device to indicate that an out-of-range pressure has been or is being sensed. The safety device also includes a means for visibly indicating the present value of pressure being sensed as well as out-of-range pressure conditions that may have occurred previously.

Abstract: A housing which can be employed equally for air service units such as a water separator, a pressure regulating valve and a filter/pressure reducer, includes a body member in the form of a cube having perpendicularly related first, second and third opposing sidewalls, the body member having a flow passage with an inlet and outlet thereof disposed co-axially and being respectively located in the first opposing sidewalls. A receiving chamber and valve seat are located in the path of the flow passage, and the bottom member has a bore for guiding the valve body of the pressure regulating valve or of the filter/pressure reducer for controlling flow through the passage as the valve body engages the valve seat. A bayonet connection union is located on one of the second opposing sidewalls for interconnection with a collector bowl of the water separator or of the filter/pressure reducer or for interconnection with a closure lid of the pressure regulating valve.

Abstract: A conduit coupling includes an improved plug assembly. The plug assembly has a valve which limits excess flow in the direction of normal flow and prevents backflow in the opposite direction. The valve includes a valve member which is operated from a first closed condition to an open condition in response to a pressure differential caused by normal flow. The valve member further moves to a second closed condition in response to a predetermined pressure differential across the valve member which would result in an excess flow in the downstream direction. The valve member operates from its open condition to the first closed condition whenever the difference between the upstream pressure and the downstream pressure is less than a predetermined amount, thus preventing backflow. A leak down passage is provided which allows fluid to flow through the valve assembly even when the valve is closed.

Abstract: A valve arrangement for automatically stopping the flow through a conduit section on the occurrence of a rupture or leak in the section, the arrangement comprising a closing or blocking valve including a movable closure device mounted at the inlet of the conduit section. The valve is normally open and offers the medium flowing therethrough a resistance resulting in a first pressure drop across the valve in response to the size of the flow. This first pressure drop is arranged to actuate the closure device to thereby close same. A flow sensing device is mounted at the outlet of the conduit section, and an orifice plate or venturi constriction is located between the inlet and outlet sides thereof, so that the medium flowing therethrough generates a second pressure drop in response to the size of the flow, this latter pressure drop being arranged to actuate the closure device in an opening direction.

Abstract: A module which integrates into a single block a process gas flow control system for precisely metering the flow of gas fed into a furnace diffusion tube or other utilization device. The block is formed of a chemically-inert body having cavities therein for nesting a gas filter, a pressure-regulator, a flowmeter, a pressure indicator and the other components of the system necessary to set the flow rate and pressure of the gas. These components are intercoupled by internal bores in the block which define flow passages that communicate with the cavities.

Abstract: To minimize loss of pressure energy in metering fluid flow by means of primary flow tube elements, the contour of the throat inlet section of the flow tube is that which produces a constant rate of acceleration of flow through the inlet to the throat section. The contour equation is given. At least in larger sizes of flow tubes, the inlet section is formed of thin metal such as stainless steel and arranged in such a way that it is not subject to mechanical stress in the installed assembly.

Abstract: A method of temporarily sealing off the open ends of a plurality of fluid transport conduits that terminate in a common header space. A sealant material in the liquid state, preferably enclosed in a flexible envelope of non-permeable resilient material, is introduced through an access opening into the header space of, for example, a multi-tube heat exchanger. Sufficient sealant material is introduced to at least partially fill the header so as to close off the openings to the desired number of fluid transport conduits (e.g., heat exchanger tubes). The sealant is subsequently converted to the solid state, thereby providing simultaneously a firm, vacuum-tight seal for the end of each conduit to permit, for example, the identification of a leaking tube by conventional vacuum testing techniques. Following completion of such test procedures, the sealant material can be removed from the header by first reliquefying it, and then draining the sealant material from the header.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a woven slide fastener comprises means for weaving a slide fastener stringer tape, a mandrel around which a monofilament is coiled as it is woven into the stringer tape, and a coiling rotor assembly having a pair of wheels rotatably mounted in a pair of housings and on a floating axle to which the mandrel is fixed, and having guide means rotatable for revolving the monofilament in an orbital path around the axle. A pair of plungers jointly or individually act between the floating axle and one of the housings along a path diametrically across said orbital path by which the axle is held immovably with respect to said one of the housings. The plungers are retractable one at a time out of the orbital path so as to allow the monofilament and the guide means to cross the path of movement of the plungers.

Abstract: The invention covers a mechanical device for moving, upwardly and downwardly, the lifters of a weaving machine and comprises two horizontal bars provided, at the respective adjacent sides, with a series of cantilevered parallel teeth inserted into one another and with vertical guides sliding in respective seats fixed to the side walls of the device. Each horizontal bar is connected to a connecting rod which is eccentrically pivoted to a rotating disc by means of a plate. The rotating disc is provided with a graduated sector having a radial slot so that it is possible to vary the movement of the two horizontal bars. Vertical bars are fixed to the horizontal bars and the free end of the vertical bars slides in a guide which is provided on each side wall of the device. The guides have a slanted vertical axis. The vertical bars are preferably of "T" shape.

Abstract: A belting with a single-layer central portion and two tubular edge portions is made on a needle ribbon weaving machine with one of the tubular edge portions woven as a single layer and then closed to form the tubular edge portion by exerting a pull on the weft thread; a knitting course maintains the tubular edge portion closed along its joint by means of a tuck thread and/or an interlocking thread which is buried in the fabric by feeding a greater length of tuck thread in the knitting course than usual or by laying in the interlocking thread into the head of the knitting needle from vertically above the knitting needle.

Abstract: A tubular fabric for use as a carcass for power transmission and conveyor belts. A plurality of longitudinal warp yarns and a plurality of transverse weft yarns are interwoven in a warp weave wherein the transverse weft yarns form adjacent pairs having upper yarns and lower yarns. The longitudinal warp yarns pass above a first upper yarn of a pair of transverse weft yarns, between a second upper yarn and a second lower yarn of a second pair of transverse weft yarns adjacent the first pair, below a third lower yarn of a third pair of transverse weft yarns adjacent the second pair and between a fourth upper yarn and a fourth lower yarn of a fourth pair of transverse weft yarns adjacent the third pair.From a planar view of the surface of the tubular fabric, the yarns are substantially perpendicular and have a weft weave which has the same configuration as the warp weave.

Abstract: The apparatus of the present invention comprises a vehicle having a cement carrying container and two water carrying containers. The cement container is V-shaped in cross section with outwardly, flared walls adjacent the apex of the V, and includes an auger screw conveyor inside the container extending along the V-shaped bottom thereof. The auger is adapted to convey the cement within the container along the length of the auger to an outlet opening adjacent the bottom of the container. A vertical conveyor carries the cement upwardly from the outlet opening to a third conveyor which carries the cement to the concrete mixer being serviced. Within the container below the auger conveyor are a plurality of fluffing means which introduce air under pressure to the cement to cause it to be fluffed and to prevent it from packing around the auger screw.

Abstract: A flexible diaphragm can be moved to line opposite surfaces of a vehicle container so that incompatible fluids alternately can be transported in the vehicle without the need for cleaning it. The container is loaded and unloaded in a manner which causes the diaphragm to neatly lie against the container surface without forming wrinkles, creases or bubbles. The movement of the diaphragm is controlled by the sequence and timing by which inlet and outlet conduits on opposite sides of the diaphragm are opened and closed.

Abstract: A coin operated vending machine for automatically making and dispensing snow cones in accordance with a method of sequentially activating a cup delivery mechanism, depositing flaked ice from a self-contained ice making machine into the cup through an ice retainer collar, activating an ice capping device, depositing a selected flavoring syrup onto the capped ice, and dispensing the finished snow cone and readying the machine to repeat the sequence upon deposition of another coin.

Abstract: An integrated apparatus or device for transferring, that is, pumping water from a water bottle to a water fountain having a reservoir with a dispensing faucet. A housing is provided carrying a stopper for insertion into the neck of a water bottle. Within the housing, there is a pump; a tube is connected to the pump discharge and extends through the stopper for pumping air into the bottle. A further tube passes through the stopper for transferring water from the bottle. The other end of this tube extends to fitting means which can be placed on the reservoir in a position normally occupied by the water bottle in an inverted position. This fitting carries a float valve which closes the end of the supply tube when the reservoir is filled.

Abstract: A container closure for a container having an opening and thread means formed thereon; the closure having an externally threaded skirt portion mating with the thread means and depending from a wide-mouthed flared body portion forming a compartment for a substance to be added to the container. The flared body has a threaded upper portion above its mouth closed by a screw cap and an open bottom. In one version of the invention, a cup is supported by its rim between the flanged top of the body portion and the bottom of the screw cap. In another embodiment, a spring-biased valve liftable by means of knob at the upper end of a stem extending through the screw normally closes the bottom of the compartment until its contents are required in the container. The present closure is particularly useful as a reserve fuel supply for a power saw. The wide mouth of the closure serves also as a funnel for pouring fuel into the container or tank.

Abstract: The device for making a groove in the edge of a panel or a stack of panels consists of a grooving saw supported by a structure which is movable from a rest position above the panel and remote from the edge to be grooved, to a starting position below the panel, to a subsequent working stroke directed upwardly, during which the groove is made, and again to the rest position. In order to exactly follow the contour of the edge, which may be rounded, the grooving saw is guided in its working stroke by a feeler roller which feels the outer contour of the edge.

Abstract: A pile sizer for reducing the lateral extent or diameter of the upper end of a submerged pile. A vertically extending elongated anchor rod is threadedly secured to the upper end of the submerged pile along the central axis of the latter and an elongated tube is swingably secured to said anchor rod by arms to permit orbital movement of said tube about the centerline of the pile. An elongated shaft is rotatably supported within the tube and is formed with a milling cutter at its lower end for cutting the pile and is connected at its upper end to a motor mounted on the upper end of the tube. The operation of sizing the pile to a predetermined diameter can thus be performed from above the water line.

Abstract: A flexible, elongated restrainer means is shown for the temporary installation in the top opening of a golf bag for the firm, padded protection through and around a set of golf clubs while they are being stored and transported in the bag. This restrainer means would be the most useful when the golf bag and clubs are being transported in the trunk of a car or by plane when they are being subjected to travel vibrations and shocks. Before the use of the present invention, the heads of golf clubs were subject to self-damage during transportation by striking against each other in repetitive fashion for long periods of time. Golf clubs are expensive precision instruments and they should be protected from damage.

Abstract: A dynamic heat-exchanger with rotor having radial passages disposed, in relation to two circulation ducts, so that there flows radially therethrough, on one sector, a hot fluid flowing in one of the two ducts, and, on another sector, a cold fluid flowing in the other duct. This exchanger comprises a fluid jet cleaner provided for acting by blowing in the passages of the rotor, this blowing taking place between two facing outer and inner sealing zones disposed on the outer and inner cylindrical surfaces of the rotor. This exchanger further comprises a preheater for blowing heated gas through the passages to warm them before hot fluid flows through the passages.

Abstract: An air conditioning display system for a vehicle comprising a vehicle's air conditioner proper including a plurality of air intake ducts, a plurality of air discharge ducts, a plurality of dampers, and a fan unit, an air conditioner actuator actuating the dampers and the fan unit thereby introducing and discharging air into and out of the air conditioner proper, and a display device including a display panel carrying the picture of the vehicle body portions around the front seat for displaying the flowing patterns of air out of the air conditioner proper. Illuminating means is disposed behind the display panel and is selectively energized so that the occupant can readily visually confirm the flow air from the duct outlets.

Abstract: A spirally configured member, rotatably positioned within an elongated tube, the spiral member adapted to continuously clean the tube's interior wall when such member is caused to rotate. The spiral has one end rotatably anchored by a plug fixed to one upstream end of the tube and a swivel linking the plug and the spiral member.

Abstract: A technique is described for breaking the very strong emulsion of shale oil and water produced by an in situ oil shale retorting process so that separate shale oil and water phases can be recovered. The emulsion is broken by maintaining a volume of such emulsion at a bulk temperature of at least about 120.degree. F., and momentarily heating portions of emulsion to a temperature substantially higher than the bulk temperature of the emulsion. Preferably the emulsion of shale oil and water is held at a bulk temperature in the range of from about 120.degree. to 190.degree. F. in contact with heating means maintained in the range of from about 170.degree. F. to about 240.degree. F. Momentary localized heating of emulsion to a temperature substantially higher than the bulk temperature of the emulsion accelerates the breaking of the emulsion.

Abstract: A method for heating recovered crude oil at the site of recovery thereof and injecting at least a portion of such heated crude oil back into the oil formation in order to reduce the viscosity of oil remaining in the oil formation, the invention facilitates recovery of the remaining oil and renders the oil more easily handled through pumping operations. Apparatus according to the invention particularly provides for solar heating of a working fluid circulating through a closed heat exchange coil disposed within a crude oil storage tank located in proximity to one or more operating wells and normally used for temporary storage of oil pumped from the wells. Heat energy carried by the working fluid in the closed coil is transferred to the crude oil within the storage tank, the heated crude oil being then pumped back into the oil formation to heat the remaining oil in the formation, the viscosity of the remaining oil being reduced to allow a greater total recovery of the oil in the formation.

Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation to remove fines lodged therein wherein a mixture comprising an aqueous liquid and an immiscible fluid is injected into the formation at matrix rates to cause two-phase flow.

Abstract: An improved horseshoe of molded composition having a tread portion shaped to cover the entire bottom of a horse's hoof and a flexible upwardly extending envelope portion shaped to conform to the walls of a horse's hoof and having a pair of triangular folds in the front portion to provide contractile flexibility, and an adjustable tensioning member being a flexible cable which is fastened at its ends to the front portion and which loops back on both sides of the horseshoe to engage sleeves secured the opposed surfaces of brackets affixed to the inside of the side walls of the horseshoe, and over-center tensioning means secured to the front part of the horseshoe for engagement with the flexible cable for snugging the shoe securely to the horse's hoof, the brackets also having inwardly downwardly slanting projecting barbs for non-slipping engagement with the side walls of the horse's hoof when the shoe is snugged on the horse's hoof.

Abstract: An improved oscillatory separator for a tomato harvester includes an agitator assembly for decompacting the vines carried by a plurality of parallel conveyor chains of the separator to thereby permit loose tomatoes to penetrate the vines and fall between the chains and also for transmitting additional shaking forces to the vines to thereby shake more tomatoes loose from the vines than are shaken loose by the receiprocating conveyor chains alone. The agitator assembly includes a tubular member which is adjustably mounted between the reciprocatable side frame members of the separator to extend transversely below the upper reaches of the conveyor chains. A number of agitator bars are fixed in parallel relationship to the tubular member to extend upwardly at spacings thereon such that the bars are positioned between every other chain.

Abstract: A self propelled disk harrow having four gangs of disc members attached thereto which are rotated to propel the disk harrow and to thereby till the soil. Wheels are provided for allowing the disk harrow to travel on public roads and to aid in propelling the disk harrow. When the disc members extend too far into the soil or otherwise become ineffective in propelling the disk harrow, such as because of wet or sandy soil, the weight of the disk harrow transfers to the wheels and the wheels tend to primarily propel the disk harrow.

Abstract: A material ripping vehicle includes first and second traction units, and a frame having an upright pivot axis for steerably connecting the traction units. The second traction unit has a pair of spaced apart ground engaging members and a ripping apparatus is mounted on the frame and positioned between the ground engaging members.

Abstract: The percussive action pneumatic device for drilling holes in a soil by cocting same has a cylinder-shaped housing with a conically pointed head portion. This pointed head portion of the housing is engaged in the internal surface of the tail portion of a hollow tip with a pointed end. A transverse partition is provided internally of the hollow tip, in the tail portion thereof, the head portion of the housing is detachably connectable with the transverse partition.

Abstract: Means for emitting high-pressure jets of fluid such as water, and mechanical rock breaking wheels, are positioned on a rotary drill bit for cooperatively cutting an axially extending bore hole through earth material. A center core opening is cut into the drill face material of the bore hole by a jet of fluid crossing the axis of the bore hole at an acute angle. The material of the drill face annularly surrounding the center core opening is removed by cutting concentric slots in the material and by applying radially inward directed force for breaking each ring defined by the slots cut. At any given axial position or level, the slots are cut and the rings are broken in sequence from the radially innermost position to the radially outermost position of the bore hole.

Abstract: A scale construction comprises a pair of spaced substantially rigid plates offset with respect to each other and supported by means of flexure members extending therebetween. A strain gauge is carried between the plates. In one embodiment a flexure member carries the strain gauge means. Electrical bridge circuitry coupled to the strain gauge supplies a digital display of the weight supported on the top plate. In addition, one of the legs of the bridge circuitry is adjustable so as to be able to provide a representation that there is zero weight on the top plate when all weight has been removed therefrom in order to calibrate the scale.

Abstract: An earth handling vehicle is proposed which is capable of traveling forwardly or rearwardly to accomplish digging and loading operations, said vehicle having a chassis supported for movement on the earth by a track mechanism. The vehicle is further provided with an engine, transmission, a gearshift lever and a main clutch and further includes a maneuvering apparatus comprising front and rearwardly disposed interconnected actuators associated with steering clutches and lever mechanisms for operation of the actuators. Also, included is a supplemental clutch actuator lever which includes a portion that is operably interconnected with at least one actuator lever.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a variable displacement fluid pump and a variable displacement hydrostatic motor for driving the tracks of the vehicle. An auxiliary reversible motor may be actuated in one and the other directions to provide steering of the vehicle through planetary drives associated with the tracks of the vehicle.

Abstract: A crawler type travelling vehicle comprises in combination: an endless belt including a number of segments flexibly connected with each other to crawl on the earth; a sprocket wheel drivably engageable with the endless belt and having an axial wheel bore extending axially thereof; a motor housing inserted in said axial wheel bore to rotatably support the sprocket wheel through two bearings with the mid-circumferential plane of the sprocket wheel positioned between the mid-circumferential planes of the bearings; a fixed frame positioned axially inwardly of the sprocket wheel to securely support the motor housing and having an axial frame bore in axial alignment with the axial wheel bore; a hydraulic motor accommodated in the motor housing and having a rotary shaft; a reduction gear unit positioned axially outwardly of the sprocket wheel and within the width of the endless belt to operably be connected with one end portion of the rotary shaft in driving engagement with the sprocket wheel; a control block dispos

Abstract: A steering column switch mounting includes a sleeve which is insertable into the steering tube between the tube and the steering column which includes a portion which extends exteriorly of the tube forming a switch base plate and contact carrier. The interior sleeve portion includes a resilient strip which includes a locking stud which is biased against the steering tube and falls into a locking recess of the tube to hold the switch mounting in place.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for controlling the operation of a vehicle by electrical signals generated in a manner dependent on the road speed of the vehicle wherein the method comprises setting up a specific magnetic field in association with a normally unmagnetized component of the vehicle which rotates at a speed proportional to the road speed of the veicle and sensing variations in the magnetic field in a coil located on the opposite side of a ferromagnetic member of the vehicle to the component and amplifying the signal through a high gain amplifier.

Abstract: A speed shift indicating device is mounted in the driver compartment of a motor vehicle and is connected to the ignition system by a single wire which extends from the driver compartment through the firewall and into the engine compartment. The single wire derives from the ignition system an electrical input signal having a repetition rate indicative of engine revolutions per minute (RPM). The speed shift indicating device has an electrical circuit connected to the single wire for receiving an input electrical signal which has a repetition rate indicative of engine RPM. Trigger pulses are produced in response to the input electrical signal and are supplied to a timer. The output of the timer switches to a first state in response to each trigger pulse and remains in the first state only for a first time period unless another trigger pulse is received before the end of the first time period. The first time period is adjustable by the driver.

Abstract: The invention provides for a cartridge for lubricant which is designed for use in an air line lubricator. The cartridge comprises a rigid sleeve defining an outlet nozzle for lubricant at its one end, with the other end being open and directed in use into the stream of pressure air flowing through the lubricator. A flexible sock with its mouth region secured within the sleeve acts physically to separate lubricant in the sleeve from the pressurized air, the body length of the sock being sufficient to permit exhaustion of lubricant from the sleeve. The sock may be secured within the sleeve at the outlet end thereof, midway there-along, or at its open end. In the latter case a method of charging the sleeve in accordance with a further aspect of the invention comprises locating a second sleeve within the cartridge sleeve so that during the charging process the sock is folded back on itself through the action of the secondary sleeve. After charging the secondary sleeve is withdrawn.

Abstract: A disc brake of a tilting type wherein a caliper comprising a pad pushing mechanism disposed on one side of a disc and a reaction part disposed on the other side of the disc to receive a reaction force developed by the action of the pad pushing mechanism to push a pair of friction pads against both sides of the disc, the caliper being arranged to sway on a support shaft disposed in parallel with a tangential direction of the disc.