Abstract: Apparatus comprising an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder which are telescoped with respect to one another to define between them an annular treatment chamber in which materials, such as textiles, are treated with a fluid medium. The ends of the annular chamber are closed by radial flanges on one of the cylinders, and clearances are sealed by pressurized seals. Material to be treated is wound onto the inner cylinder, and fluid medium is circulated through the chamber while one cylinder is rotated and the other remains stationary. At the conclusion of treatment, one of the cylinders is moved axially with respect to the other so as to expose the inner cylinder for unloading and reloading. Novel T-shaped seals of rubberlike material are mounted within annular grooves in the cylinder flanges, with the head of the T forming a diaphragm and the leg of the T projecting toward the other cylinder.

Abstract: A multiple spindle spinning frame has a plurality of tapered rotatable spindles carrying bobbins upon which fiber is wound, and each spindle has a disc below the bobbin which is movable axially with respect to the spindle. Below each bobbin is a vertically reciprocable plunger, the top end of which abuts against the underside of the disc to raise the bobbin from the spindle. The plungers are connected to a common bar, that is raised and lowered by one arm of a double-arm lever, the other arm of which is connected to a reciprocable bar, one end of which is connected to a pivoted lever arm. Also connected to the lever arm is a flexible tension member which is wound onto a winding reel driven by a reversible electric motor. A pivoted lever arm has one end that rides on the windings that are wound onto the winding reel, while the other end engages a first limit switch to shut off the motor when the windings have built up on the winding reel as the bobbins are ejected.

Abstract: There is provided a device for carrying flexible cables or pipes from a fixed connection point to a mobile consumer. The device consists of a flexible support tube which may be either formed from a profiled strip would on itself with intermeshing edges, or a corrugated tube. In order to limit the flexibility of the tube to one direction, there are provided a series of spacers keeping a longitudinally continuous zone of the tube at a substantially constant length. The tube can thus only bend by compression or extension of the zone immediately opposite the zone of constant length. The spacers may take various forms such as a continuous strip secured to one surface of the tube, or a series of individual spacers entering formations in the tube. The individual spacers may in fact be individually secured to the tube or they may be carried on a strip.

Abstract: An eccentric indicator in combination with a compound bow the compound bow has rotatable eccentric wheels at the ends of the bow limbs, around which cables forming part of the bowstring are trained. The indicator comprises a pair of rotatable indicator wheels mounted above and below a simulated arrow shaft, about three-quarters of the distance back from the front end thereof. Flexible cords pass around pulleys mounted on the sides of the indicator wheels, and one cord is attached at one end of the bowstring close to the upper eccentric wheel, while the other cord is attached at one end to the bowstring close to the lower eccentric wheel. The other ends of the cords are attached to elastic cords, which are fastened to the front end of the shaft. When the device is used in place of an arrow and the bow is drawn, the indicator wheels are turned by the cords as the latter are pulled by the elastic cords to take up slack due to rotation of the eccentric wheels.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the removal of an under-the-sink waste disposer; and more particularly relates to a tool for facilitating the removal of such a waste disposer that must be removed for replacement or for repair. The disclosed tool obviates the need for a plumber to crawl into a small cabinet, and to struggle with corroded and rusted fasteners. Instead, the disclosed tool permits the plumber to work from above the sink, where there is plenty of room.A portion of the disclosed tool is dropped into the sink drain; and cuts away the element that supports the waste disposer. In this way, the plumber may work with ease; and may remove the waste disposer from the under-the-sink cabinet when the disposer has been completely freed from the sink.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine having characteristics that lie between the Otto cycle and the Diesel cycle, plus the ability to burn any type of liquid hydrocarbon fuel. Air is compressed to the peak of the compression stage, at which point the high-pressure, high-temperature fuel vapor is injected into the combustion chamber where it mixes with the air and ignites to initiate the power stroke. Liquid hydrocarbon fuel is vaporized in a flash boiler and brought up to high pressure, well in excess of the compression pressure in the combustion chamber, and to temperature above the ignition point. At the peak of compression, a regulable valve opens to allow a metered quantity of the high-pressure vaporized fuel to be injected into the combustion chamber. The vaporized fuel, being already heated well above the ignition temperature, ignites as it mixes with the air in the combustion chamber and burns cleanly and efficiently during the power stroke.

Abstract: A disc brake comprising: a caliper housing having axially aligned first and second cylinder bores; a first piston slidable within the first bore and bearing against one of the friction pads; a second piston slidable within the second bore and having an internally threaded tubular piston rod projecting into the first bore; a threaded clearance-takeup member screwed into the piston rod and having a head abutting against the bottom of the first piston; springs acting against one side of the second piston in the direction to apply the brakes; a hydraulic fluid connection for applying pressure fluid to the other side of the second piston so as to release the brake and compress the spring; and a torsion spring having one end connected through a housing to the second piston, and its other end connected to a tubular sleeve that is nonrotatably connected to the clearance-takeup member.

Abstract: A device for use between the carburetor and intake manifold of an internal combustion engine, to produce a highly turbulent flow condition in fuel/air mixture, thereby causing better mixing and homogenization of the fuel and air, and breakup of the minute fuel droplets into even finer droplets. The device has a narrow outer conical ring contiguous to the inner surface of the manifold throat, with sides converging in the downstream direction. Helically twisted fins extend downwardly and radially inward from the outer ring, and are attached to a smaller-diameter inner conical ring located in the center of the manifold throat. Adjacent the inner ring, the fins are enlarged to form blades that are curved to impart a gyratory movement to part of the fuel/air mixture, while part of the mixture passes straight through the device without being given a gyratory motion.