Abstract: A shower/tub seat that includes a pair of inverted U-shaped hangers adapted to be removably received over a horizontal bar affixed to a shower/tub wall so as to have inner hanger legs adjacent to the wall and outer hanger legs remote from the wall. A platform is pivotally mounted to the lower ends of the outer hanger legs so as to pivot between a vertical position adjacent to the outer hanger legs and a horizontal position for use. The platform has an end edge adjacent to the wall that engages the wall and the lower ends of the inner hanger legs in the horizontal position of the platform so as to hold the platform in horizontal position and support the weight of a person or objects placed on the platform. A pair of adjustable abutment feet are mounted on the lower ends of the inner hanger legs for adjusting horizontal orientation of the seat within the shower stall or over the bathtub.

Abstract: A movable member supported for movement on a track has a pressure receptor portion which faces laterally outward. An accelerating device in a horizontally held particular track portion of the track, at the upstream side thereof, acts upon the pressure receptor portion to apply high speed transport force to the movable member. A decelerating device at the downstream side of the particular track portion acts upon the pressure receptor portion to decelerate the movable member. The accelerating device acts upon the pressure receptor portion at the downstream side of the particular track portion, whereby high speed transport force is applied to the movable member so that the movable member may be transported at high speed on the horizontally held particular track portion. The decelerating device acts upon the pressure receptor portion of the movable member being transported at high speed, whereupon the movable member is decelerated.

Abstract: A carrying in-and-out device is provided with four posts which are disposed in a distributive arrangement. The provision of the four posts ensures sufficient strength of the device even if the posts are formed thin, and the distributive disposition of the posts minimizes the turbulence and swirls of clean air to be caused when the clean air collides with the posts. As a result, there is little agitation of dust particles inside a passage. The dust particles are carried along without being scattered, and thus, loads can be prevented from adhering to the dust particles. Dust particles produced in an upper frame are sucked by upper fans and then discharged into the posts. The dust particles on the posts are further sucked by lower fans to be discharged downward.

Abstract: A suture passer including a stainless steel cylinder that has a rubber gasket at one end adapted to provide a seal through which laparoscopic forceps may be inserted. The suture passer further includes a thin stainless steel guide fastened to the other end of the cylinder and having a laterally extending eye through which a suture may be passed for use.

Abstract: A main conveyer structure 3 incorporates a controller 40 having function to control rotation of conveyer rollers 2. The controller 40 incorporates a plurality of I/O ports 42 for exchanging data signal with respective controllers 40 of conveyer units 1 adjoining in four directions. The I/O ports 42 stores the numbers registered for respective conveyer units 1 in the course of transmitting and receiving the registerable number to and from the controller 42, and then, based on the registered numbers stored in the I/O ports 42, the controller 40 prepares a table for designating direction of driving respective conveyer units 1. By referring to the prepared table designating registered numbers of the start conveyer unit 1 and the destination conveyer unit 1, the controller 40 correctly determines the direction of driving the rollers 2 based on data for conveyance yielded from the table.

Abstract: A pressure relief venting lid for sealing an opening and providing pressure regulation of a container. The lid has a support plate attached by four angularly spaced spring assemblies to a port cover for sealing a filler opening in a manway cover for the container. The support plate overlies the port cover for fixedly supporting the spring assemblies and cover while protecting the springs and cover from impact or shock. The spring assemblies are disposed between the support plate and port cover for sealing the cover against the opening and allowing the cover to unseat from the opening to regulate the pressure within the container. The spring assemblies are offset equal distances from the center of the port cover to minimize bending moments that the cover may be subjected to. The generally circular port cover has a convex dished portion for strengthening the port cover to maintain the seal with the opening while under load.

Abstract: A press with both prehemming and final hemming tools or steels each driven by the same prime mover. Each steel is mounted on a separate carrier driven through separate toggle joints to advance and retract the steels for prehemming and final hemming of an upturned flange along an edge of a steel panel. To facilitate synchronizing the operation of at least two presses, the prime mover may be a screw and servo motor drive assembly.

Abstract: A vibrating apparatus for vibrating a mold 1 by an electrohydraulic stepping cylinder 5 through a link mechanism 3 is characterized in that when a driving signal delivered into a drive unit 26 for the stepping cylinder 5, the actual acceleration of the mold 1 is fed back to a target waveform signal for the mold 1 and compensating signals for cancelling the operation delay of the stepping cylinder 5 and the signal transfer lag due to elastic deformation of the link mechanism and the like are added thereto to make feed-forward compensation.

Abstract: A roof vent comprising a one-piece plastic body including a base wall with air guiding vanes to ventilate the interior of a building. A plurality of spaced intermediate transverse supports are provided along the central longitudinal axis of the plastic body. The intermediate supports are adapted to facilitate folding at the center of the vent to maintain a straight line bend and to provide support for the central portion of the vent to improve stiffness and appearance. The supports overlap to accommodate different roof angles. Additionally, the roof vent has a tongue and groove arrangement on the end walls at each end for an interlocking connection to an adjacent roof vent. One embodiment of the roof vent is adapted for use on a hip roof. In this embodiment, a separate wall is used to deflect entry of snow or rain. The supports have notches to accommodate the separate wall.

Abstract: A fuel pressure regulator for a no-return fuel system for an automotive engine with fuel injectors having a housing with a flexible diaphragm between first and second chambers. The second chamber has a fuel inlet with a valve therein to admit fuel to the second chamber and an outlet to supply fuel to the engine. The second chamber is in continuous communication with the engine to accumulate any fuel expansion that may occur during engine deceleration or when the engine is turned off due to heating the fuel. The first chamber continuously communicates with the engine air intake manifold so that fuel is supplied to the engine fuel injectors at a substantially constant pressure drop across the injectors.

Abstract: A decorative molding for a corner formed by a ceiling and a vertical wall comprises a thin strip of flexible plastic and is secured to the wall by an attachment allowing the molding strip along its upper and lower edges to be flexible to conform with uneven surfaces in the ceiling and/or wall. In one form the strip is attached to the wall by an adhesive. In another form, a wall track and clip arrangement is utilized to provide easy removal from the wall for paint or wallpaper application. A corner element is provided in one form in which ends of the strips are adhesively secured thereto in overlapping engagement. In another embodiment, the strips are telescopically connected to the corner element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolyzer for treating an object liquid. A cylindrical anode plate is formed as an outer wall of said electrolyzer and a cylindrical cathode plate is coaxially arranged at a position close to an inner surface of said anode plate. An ion exchange membrane is coaxially arranged between both electrodes to form an isolating chamber for a selective electrophoretic separation and removal and a concentration. A liquid, which has been subjected to an aimed treatment in said isolating chamber, is uniformly flown out from a whole circumference through a circumferential passage provided in an upper portion of an electrode portion. Thus, anions, which have acted upon metal cations, are dissociated in said isolating chamber to selectively separate merely cations.

Abstract: An electric motor that includes a case having an axially oriented stamped steel endhead, a motor output shaft projecting from the endhead for coupling to a motor load, and a self-aligning spherical bearing mounted on the endhead for rotatably supporting the shaft. The bearing has a cylindrical extension that projects axially outwardly from the motor case coaxially with the shaft. The bearing extension is constructed and arranged to be engaged by the support structure and/or load coupled to the shaft for locating the same coaxially with the shaft. The bearing, including the extension, is of homogeneously integral unitary construction, preferably of lubricant-impregnated porous metal.

Abstract: An electrically operated fuel pump for automotive vehicles which utilizes a turbine pump rotor operating in an annular pumping channel having circumferentially spaced inlet and outlet ports. The pumping channel has opposed sides with a circumferential array of radially curved grooves axially opposed to the periphery of the impeller and extending radially inwardly from the impeller vanes. The pump has a main outlet leading to the engine to be supplied with fuel. A secondary outlet leads to a fuel jet positioned to direct fuel into a venturi passage to draw fuel from a pump inlet and discharge it into a reservoir in a main fuel tank, the pump being located in the reservoir. A biased valve in the secondary outlet opens when the pump outlet pressure reaches a predetermined pressure to insure adequate fuel flow to the engine upon cold start conditions before fuel is drawn by the jet and venturi and delivered to the reservoir.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a two-stage valve using a closed-loop control system, the system including a variable gain element, the method involving continually performing the steps of estimating the flow gain of the pilot stage of the valve; comparing the estimated flow gain with a reference flow gain; and in response to said comparison step, adjusting the gain of the variable gain element to maintain a substantially constant closed-loop gain.

Abstract: Expanding apparatus and method for sizing a one-piece drop-center wheel rim having first and second ganged arrays of rim sizing die segments insertable into the rim from one side thereof, and a third array of rim sizing die segments insertable into the opposite side of the rim, all three arrays cooperating to form a complete array of die segments for expansion sizing of the rim. A single wedge mechanism moves the arrays radially outwardly to individually size the inboard bead seat, outboard bead seat and drop-center well zones of the rim in response to relative coaxial movement of the wedge and arrays in a rim expansion working stroke along a longitudinal axis of the wedge. The wedge includes an expansion cone mechanism comprising first, second and third cone cams respectively individually operably associated with the first, second and third die arrays for radially expanding the same in such working stroke.

Abstract: A maintenance elevator 40 is employed in the case of an emergency situation such as a failure of the carriage 16 or in carrying out regular maintenance and checkup operations. An operator can get on the maintenance elevator 40 brought to a stop at its lowermost position. The maintenance elevator 40 is moved upward along a post 12 and is brought to a stop at any position in which, for example, a gangway 57 formed integrally with the elevator 40 is opposed to the carriage 16. Movement of the operator between the maintenance elevator 40 and the carriage 16 can be done by utilizing the gangway 57. Transfer from the maintenance elevator to the carriage and vice versa can be always made in an easy and safe manner by using the gangway. Provision of all the gangways at the maintenance elevator side realizes weight reduction at the carriage side, good energy saving, and cost reduction.

Abstract: A solid-liquid separator for sludge or the like comprising: a treating tank; means disposed in the treating tank for establishing a horizontal flow therein; and a plurality of stages of submerged filter systems arranged in the treating tank sequentially in the direction of the horizontal flow. This horizontal flow is used sequentially in the submerged filter systems so that the power to be consumed for establishing a scavenging flow can be reduced.

Abstract: A variable speed drive mechanism for transferring a workpiece in an accelerated and decelerated motion comprising a pair of spaced carrier arms driven by a main shaft that rotates through a fixed stationary gear. A set of pulleys is mounted between the carrier arms and a flexible drive member drivingly connects the stationary gear and the pulleys. One of the set of pulleys drives a pair of bellcranks each of which is operatively connected to a transfer arm through a roller and cam slot arrangement. The connection between the bellcrank and the transfer arm provides a more desirable acceleration and deceleration movement of the transfer arms.