Abstract: A waste container assembly (10) comprising a housing (11) adapted for engagement with a tipping apparatus capable of raising the housing to an elevated tipped position, and one or more mobile containers (12) located within the housing, the housing and mobile container(s) co-operating to hold the mobile container(s) captive within the housing, the mobile containers are emptied into a refine collecting vehicle.

Abstract: An exhaust apparatus for a combustion engine having a combustion chamber and an exhaust pipe for conveying exhaust gas in an exhaust stream from the combustion chamber wherein the exhaust apparatus includes a fan member disposed within the exhaust pipe and driven by the exhaust stream so as to create an area of low pressure between the fan member and the combustion chamber whereby extraction of exhaust gas from the combustion chamber is facilitated.

Abstract: A labeler for the placement of self-adhesive labels onto compact disks, having a positioning cone with a cylindrical extension, a flat surface with a diameter greater than that of the cylindrical extension, and a tapered end opposite the cylindrical extension, a positioning plate having a central positioning hole, and a surface upon which a self-adhesive label can be placed, and a base supporting the positioning plate, having a hollow space below the positioning plate.

Abstract: A control system for a chassis dynamometer for bench testing vehicular performance, comprises at least one roller rotatably coupled with a vehicular wheel the roller to be driven by driving torque transmitted from the vehicular wheel therefrom, at least one dynamometer coupled with the roller to be driven by driving torque transmitted through the roller, a first monitor for monitoring preselected control parameters for providing first chassis dynamometer control data, a second monitor for monitoring rotary components in a system associated with the dynamometer including the dynamometer per se, for providing second chassis dynamometer control data, and a control signal generator for receiving the first and second chassis dynamometer control parameters for deriving a dynamometer control signal generating a control signal to the dynamometer for providing a rolling resistance to the vehicular wheel at the roller simulating a predetermined vehicular driving condition.

Abstract: An apparatus for continuously vulcanizing a rubber molding extruded from an extruder is disclosed in which a single or plural microwave heating apparatus is arranged within a heating bath. The microwave heating apparatus can generate internal heating of the rubber molding so that a surface temperature of the rubber molding can be held at a temperature substantially equal to the internal temperature of the rubber molding. Thus, uniform vulcanization of the rubber molding occurs. In addition, when both the microwave heating apparatus and an external heating source are arranged within the heating bath, an infrared ray radiator, arranged within the heating bath, radiates infra-red rays according to energy absorbed from the microwave heating apparatus and the external heating source. Thus overall heating efficiency can be increased.

Abstract: A pump comprising a pump body having a control valve for controlling working fluid flow from the pump body to an actuator through a joint. The joint is connected mechanically to the pump body through a washer made of a material different from that of the pump body. The washer has a side surface held in contact with the pump body at a galvanic junction. The pump also includes an annular seal member provided to keep the junction from exposure to the environment.

Abstract: In a device for moving a loading tailgate or similar swivelable body on, for example, a loading platform (1) of a vehicle, the loading tailgate is connected to a drive (3) via struts (5, 6) or support struts. In this case, at least two struts (5, 6) are to have, on the one hand, separate linkage points (7, 52) with the loading tailgate (4) and, on the other hand, they are to be connected to coupling profiles (30, 31) of the drive (3) rotating about a longitudinal axis (11).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a ceramic body suitable for use in molten metal filtration applications having a built-in preheat indicator and method for forming such a ceramic body. The preheat indicator comprises a dye having a burnoff temperature substantially equal to the desired preheat temperature applied to a surface of the ceramic body. In a preferred embodiment, the dye comprises an aniline dye such as Backmeier's crystal violet.

Abstract: Injection molding apparatus and process characterized by feeding a supply of thermoplastic material to a shooting pot from a supply of thermoplastic material by a hot runner system, delivering a first charge of thermoplastic material from the shooting pot to a mold cavity, and delivering a second charge of thermoplastic material from the shooting pot to the mold cavity.