Abstract: Valve means for governing the flow of fluid to, and possibly also from a consumer, has a housing enclosing a movable main valve member, actuable by pressure fluid operable servo means. A flow control valve in a conduit supplying pressure fluid to the flow control valve is governed by an electric resistance body, e.g. a resistance wire, included in an electric circuit. By controlling the flow of electric current through the circuit the position of the main valve member may be determined within close limits.When the main fluid to be governed is pressurized the fluid acting upon the servo means may be branched off from the main flow.

Abstract: An automotive power plant includes three turbine rotors, of which one forms a spool together with the compressor, and the other two rotors are interconnected by a gearing. The first turbine rotor is undersized, and cannot provide the necessary power for driving the compressor at full load, although the spool does not have to drive any internal auxiliaries. A slim shaft, carried in air bearings and rotating at supercritical speed, also when the plant is idling, transfers power from the gearing to the compressor spool.The turbine casing is die-cast of a light metal alloy, and is internally clad with pre-formed ceramic insulation components, bonded to the metal walls. In a front drive vehicle the casing is mounted in arcuate guides having their centers at the vehicle wheel axles, whereby the casing may be swung about 90.degree., when the gas turbine is to be serviced.

Abstract: Apparatus for exposing an image of a desired pattern, such as a lead frame pattern for producing lead frames of IC devices, with a predetermined pitch on a photosensitive beltlike material consisting of a film carrier and a photoresist-coated metallic foil laminated on the carrier.Apparatus typically comprises a first means for positively supporting and accurately positioning the beltlike material at an exposing position, a second means for intermittently conveying the material and a third means for photoelectrically detecting the amount of the movement of the beltlike material to control the first and the second means.

Abstract: A cargo vessel suited for cargo handling in a horizontal plane has a deck and a submersible pontoon, subdivided into cells, and connected to the pontoon by a number of pillars. The pontoon can be trimmed to provide an excess of buoyant force but anchors will, during transfer of cargo, maintain the deck stable and level with an embankment. A side plating having openings, and hatches for temporarily closing the same, encloses a space between the pontoon and the deck to provide stability during a voyage.

Abstract: In a loom comprising a shedding harness with heald frames for forming two superposed sheds in incoming warp, weft inserters for traversing weft through said sheds, a reed for heating up the weft whereby to form upper and lower fabric, and a breast beam having upper and lower edges over which said upper and lower fabrics are taken off, respectively, there is provided a rectilinear elongate transverse member which may be a rigid rod or a tight thread and is supported through its two ends, for example by fixture thereof to two supports integral with the loom frame, across the space included, on the one hand between the two sheds and, on the other hand between the leading heald frame of the shedding harness and the location of the reed in the back position.