Abstract: Bottle filling machines are known in which bottles travel in a circular path and, while doing so, are filled with liquid under pressure, e.g. beer, by individually associated filler mechanisms. If, because of the pressure, a bottle explodes, glass fragments can adhere to the associated filler mechanism and it is important that these be removed, to keep glass from entering the next bottle coming in. Resort has been made to using water sprays but heretofore such means have been relatively ineffective and in some cases, very messy in operation. The present invention provides apparatus which can thoroughly clean a filler mechanism in the event of an exploding bottle. A broken bottle sensor is located between the infeed mechanism and outfeed mechanism on the bottle filling machine.

Abstract: An intake port means for extracting engine exhaust gas for recirculation having an extracting aperture placed in a stream of the engine exhaust gas and a cover having its closed end lying on the upstream side of said aperture while having its open end facing the downstream side from said aperture, so that the engine exhaust gas is extracted through trailing portion of the open end of the cover.

Abstract: An emulsion is stored in pressure containers and is ultimately forced from one container and then the other to a pump which pumps the emulsion against back pressure of the food product into a long Teflon tube of large diameter. The tube passes through cavities in plural microwave ovens and is cured by microwave energy from two magnetrons in each oven operating at about 2,450 megahertz and 1,000 watts each. The flow rate is controlled by the pump so that the food product remains in the microwave energy field for about 4 to 5 minutes whereupon it is fully cured. The continuously flowing food product in the tube is surrounded by a hot oil heat exchanger which heats the surface to about two to five hundred Fahrenheit, while the product is radially constrained and is under back pressure. The tube passes through a cooling heat exchanger immediately after the heater whereupon the surface is cooled to about 40.degree. Fahrenheit while radially constrained and under pressure, thus forming a smooth self-skin.

Abstract: The invention provides a device for printing and advancing tickets from a roll with various advance distances achieved with the aid of a single cam and cam follower together with an electronically operated stop which limits the movements of the follower at required moments.

Abstract: A manure removing machine carried by a vehicle having a mechanically driven feeder screw for taking up manure and other waste material where the machine includes an elongated horizontal casing around the feeder screw and a receiving mouth axially disposed in the casing. The casing at one end is connected to a tube directed vertically upward and guided into a tube socket that is fixed to the vehicle. The socket is in communication with a collection box carried by the vehicle. The feeder screw and casing are rotatable outward from under the vehicle to a position perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

Abstract: A motor vehicle door lock comprises a ratchet locking mechanism, behind the preferably bolt-shaped catch of which there can engage the flanks of two locking teeth which are arranged one behind the other and which are arranged on a pivotable locking lever which is pressed into the locking position by spring pressure and which, upon a movement of the catch relative to the lever during the locking of the door, can be pivoted by the catch against the spring pressure. For the opening of the lock there engages in the locking lever (9) or is secured thereto, a driving member (28), by means of which the locking lever can be removed from the catch (2) to such an extent that the respective abutting tooth edge becomes disengaged.

Abstract: A means for forming a protective or like device, wherein a development member is provided which forms the contoured surface of the device and the means by which the protective or like device is retained on the particular body member. The novel construction of the development member simplifies construction of the protective or like device and provides a contour which enables the protective or like device to more nearly approximate the hand position which is assumed during use of the protective or like device. Various modifications are adapted to cover various protective devices for the hand, wrist, arm and elbow.

Abstract: Method for the use of flue gas desulfurizing gypsum occurring in flue gas desulfurizing installations operated on a lime basis, characterized by mixing the flue gas desulfurizing gypsum with dehydrated natural gypsum after its partial or complete dehydration.

Abstract: A multi-plate friction clutch for a motor vehicle to automatically engage normally driven wheels with wheels which are not normally driven includes a fluid pressure piston/cylinder for engaging the plates connected to a pressure line and a discharge line through two rotary valves. One valve is formed by an inner plate carrier rotatable on a drive shaft through an angle .alpha. and the other valve is formed by a sleeve around the shaft and rotatable with respect to a fixed housing through an angle .beta.. The cylinder is selectively pressurized or de-pressurized through bores, ducts, ports and line systems in dependence or the relative rotary movements of the valves.An over-ride valve is provided.

Abstract: A unidirectional mechanism slides along guides within a casing against a spring. A recess in one end of the unidirectional mechanism receives the head of an anchor bolt, and a cover on the casing near that end receives a nut on the anchor bolt.Turning the casing in a counterclockwise direction engages the one-way mechanism, turning both the anchor bolt and the nut. When the anchor bolt is secure, the casing is turned clockwise. The one-way mechanism automatically disengages and the nut is turned on the anchor bolt without turning the anchor bolt.

Abstract: A device for reading coded notches on keys, the device comprising a magnifier having parallel lines marked on one face, the lines being spaced apart in accordance with the code and each line being indicated by a coding index, the magnifier having a groove for the reception of a key and an abutment to locate the key in a correct position relative to the lines.

Abstract: The present invention is a process for preventing incrustations of surfaces which are in contact with aqueous solutions containing material prone to crystallize by forming a thin, protective film on the surface to be protected.

Abstract: The invention relates to anti-theft devices for automobile vehicles in which such devices are fixed on the steering column of the vehicle and the aim of the invention is to provide anti-theft steering device which can be adapted to steering column of differing diameters while retaining the necessary security of the fixing. The device comprises a casing containing a locking bolt operated by a security lock and a base to which the casing is secured by means of screws with breakaway heads. The base has a half bore corresponding to the steering column to be equipped with the device and is secured by a flexible member whose first end is selectively fixed by a pin at one of several discrete locations and whose other end is secured to the base in an adjustable manner.

Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-theft device especially but not solely for automobile vehicles which causes blocking of the gear-change lever.The gear-change lever is articulated about an axis substantially parallel with the floor of the vehicle and close to this floor. The floor has attached to it a lock device arranged to imprison the said lever after it has been pivoted down flat.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing movement to a fishing line comprising a plate attached to a shaft for rotational movement. An arm pivotally attached to the plate for pivotal movement about the axis of the shaft. Pin apparatus on the plate for restricting the pivotal movement of the arm relative to the plate. A pivotally mounted clip on the arm having spring biased jaws for holding a fishing line. As the plate is rotated the fishing line receives a slow upward movement followed by a fast sinking movement.

Abstract: A screen wiper blade with a replaceable rubber-blade comprises a deformable harness equipped with pairs of claws receiving the edges of a flexible vertebra on which a wiping blade rubber is mounted. The vertebra is constituted by an elongated thin metallic plate having a longitudinal slot over the major part of its length. The rubber blade is provided with a longitudinal bead turned towards the harness and separated from the body by a thin wall lodged in the said slot. Adjacent one of the extremities of the rubber blade and on the same side of the body as the bead is a nipple. The thin plate comprises at one extremity a cutaway portion forming a fork and the said nipple comprises in its lower part a groove facing the extremity of the blade rubber opposite to the said nipple, the said fork cooperating with the said groove.

Abstract: A saddle-bow made integrally with a substantially oval cambered part, forming a seat, extended by two elongated portions which are orientated in the same direction and which are separated one from the other by a hollowed-out region to form a gap into which the withers of the horse may fit.

Abstract: A sealant for the remedial sealing of self-sealing coke oven doors, or ordinary coke oven doors sealed with a conventional lute, or for sealing spigot joints in off-gas pipe lines in coke oven installations comprises a mixture of from 25 to 45% of a latex, (preferably a PVA-based latex) from 10 to 25% water, from 25 to 45% of a particulate filler (preferably a talc) and from 5 to 15% of an inorganic fiber (preferably an asbestos fiber). At least 40% of the fiber should pass through a British standard 100-mesh sieve.The sealant may vary from a flowable to a putty or paste-like consistency and may be applied by spraying or trowelling as appropriate. If the inorganic fiber is not an asbestos the sealant may also include a proportion of a water soluble thickener to enhance the compatibility of the mixture.

Abstract: A bearing has a self-lubricating liner including sheets of felted polytetrafluoroethylene fibers impregnated with cured phenolic resin having no surface bonding to the fibers. Sheets of fibrous fabric are felted to sheets of felted fibers. Sintered particles are dispersed in the low friction surface of the liner. Liners are formed by air drying resin-impregnated sheets of felted fibrous material. The resin may be cured in a heated platen press before assembly of the bearing. The bearing is assembled by deforming bearing members to form an interference fit between the members and a bearing liner disposed therebetween. Parting compound applied to one of the bearing members prevents bonding of the liner to that member when the liner is baked to cure the resin and bond the liner to the other member.Bushes and bushings having self-lubricating linings are disclosed. Arbors and mandrels form an interference fit between the linings and bushes and bushings during assembly.