Abstract: A door device for furniture, which has a plurality of door members provided laterally in opposition to each other in a front opening of a furniture body, longitudinal sliders capable of moving the door members in the longitudinal direction with respect to the furniture body, and a lateral slider capable of moving the door members in the lateral direction with respect to the furniture body, the front opening being opened by sliding one of the door members forward and then sideways to superpose the door member on the front surface of the adjacent door member, a plurality of support rails fixed to the portions of the furniture body which correspond to the door members, and a support roller which is adapted to engage a support rail on the side of the door member adjacent to the door member to be opened, when the lateral slider is extended to more than a predetermined extent during the lateral sliding of the door member to be opened to cause the lateral slider to be inclined slightly due to the load of the same do

Abstract: A telescoping torque transmitting shaft comprising a shaft having at least three longitudinally extending circumferentially spaced guide grooves and a sleeve axially slidably surrounding the shaft and having an inner counter groove opposite each guide groove. Torque is transmitted between the shaft and the sleeve by a row of balls for each guide groove, each ball being partially received in its guide groove and partially received in the counter groove opposite its guide groove. At least certain of the balls in one row are of resilient elastic material; all others are substantially harder. Bias imposed upon the shaft by the resilient balls, urging the shaft in one lateral direction relative to the sleeve, maintains every ball in torque transmitting contact with both the shaft and the sleeve, while the harder balls in the other rows, by such contact, maintain the elastic balls compressed for exerting such bias.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for operating a large motor-driven refrigeration gas compressor which has independently movable suction and discharge slide valves to prevent undesirable, possibly damaging hydraulic pressure build-up caused by sealing oil remaining in the gas compression chambers during compressor start-up. While the compressor is started and brought up to full speed, the suction slide valve is disposed in fully unloaded position to fully open the gas suction port and the discharge slide valve is disposed in position to fully open the gas discharge port to enable excess oil in the gas compression chambers to exit freely through the compressor gas discharge port before oil pressure build-up can occur. When the compressor is at full speed, the suction slide valve is positioned to maintain a desired gas suction pressure and the discharge slide valve is positioned to equalize gas pressure between the gas compression chambers and the compressor gas discharge port.

Abstract: A developing method of developing an electrostatic latent image in an alternating electric field in a noncontact manner wherein a reversal development is conducted by setting the rate of feeding a developer to a developing region within a range of 0.01 to 0.04 g/cm.sup.2. The developing is carried out with a two-component developer consisting of a magnetic carrier and a non-magnetic toner.

Abstract: Liquid crystal cell having a homeotropic structure, with compensated birefringence for said structure.The cell comprises a liquid crystal layer which can have a hometropic structure and electrodes located on either side of the layer and whereof at least one is transparent. It also comprises means for compensating the birefringence of the liquid crystal layer in its homeotropic structure, so that the cell has a high contrast for said structure, in the case of an oblique observation made in a given observation plane.Application to the construction of data display means.

Abstract: A motion toy consists of a toy body and a power feeder. The toy body contains a driving mechanism for driving a movement mechanism and a fixed terminal on one side thereof. The power feeder is provided independently of the toy body and formed in a desired shape and has a connection terminal which can be detachably connected to the fixed terminal. The driving mechanism for driving the movement mechanisms is provided within the head of the toy body, and the fixed terminal is arranged within the mouth of the toy. The power feeder is shaped like a feeding bottle containing batteries, and the connection terminal thereof is shaped like the mouthpiece of the feeding bottle.

Abstract: In a device for cutting shielding of shielded cable, comprising an elongated cable carrier of U-shaped cross-section and an elongated saw carrier hinged to the cable carrier, cable is releasably locked into a lengthwise extending, sidewardly opening groove in the cable carrier by means of a lever pivoted to it and having plural lobes that project radially from the axis about which the lever swings, the lobes having rounded tip portions at different distances from that axis. As the lever is swung in a locking direction one of the lobes, depending upon cable diameter, cammingly engages a cable in the groove defined by the cable carrier and locks it to the cable carrier for cutting.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for controlling automatic soldering system in which respective units of the automatic soldering system are controlled preparatorily to reduce the waiting time until main driving to zero. In the soldering driving time, the temperature of the work itself is precisely controlled to the predetermined value by means of directly measuring the temperature of the work and controlling the preheater to bring the soldering characteristic in the next soldering step into the most optimal value in compliance with the size and the like of the work to be soldered.

Abstract: A turntable wherein a base member supports rotatably a rotatable member through a shaft and a bearing. The bearing consists of a plate member positioned between the base member and the rotatable member and rollers which are rotatably held in a plurality of roller retaining bores formed in the plate member. The shaft is inserted rotatably through the plate member. The bores extend radially around the shaft.

Abstract: A closure for a bartender's bottle trough comprises three hingedly connected flat panels. In an open position the three panels, in coplanar relationship, are disposed edgewise upright, serving as a rear wall of the bottle trough and vertically slidably confined in channels along the rear edges of the bottle trough end walls. The three panels can be raised and swung forward to a closed position in which the medial panel is horizontal and overlies the tops of panels in the trough and the other two extend down from it to close the front and rear of the trough.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for splitting pieces of material (1) into smaller units for further handling, whereby the piece of material (1) is split-up into preferably sector formed units which are placed on a rotatable solid or ringformed plate (10) built up from several sector shaped carrier discs (11) mounted in a pulling and guiding chain, and whereby the rotatable plate (10) upon actuation from the chain is rotated and the carrier discs (11) successively are rotated to a position substantially parallely to each other and are displaced in such parallel position to a station for further handling.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for extending a fly section of a telescopic crane boom which fly section does not have its own power unit to effect extension or retraction. The boom includes a base section, an inner powered section telescoping within the base section, an outer powered section telescoping within the inner section, and a non-self-powered fly section telescoping within the outer section. To extend the fly section, a load pin connecting the fly section to the outer section is released using a hydraulic cylinder mounted to the base section. The load pin is locked in the released position by a locking device. The outer section is then extended, taking the fly section with it. Upon full extension of the outer section, the inner end of the fly section is latched to the inner section or base section by latch pins actuated by a hydraulic cylinder. The outer section is then retracted, exposing the fly section and unlocking the load pin from its released position.

Abstract: A control device for producing electrical signals which correspond to manual movements of a stick part and which are used for adjustment of a controlled element has a relatively stationary body part with a hand supporting surface and a stick projecting outward from that surface to be embraced by an operator's hand. The stick comprises a laterally swingable outer stick part end-to-end with an inner stick part fixed to the body. A rod-like spring element in a chamber in the stick has an end portion fixed to each stick part to swingably connect the outer stick part of the inner one and bias the outer one to a neutral position. A signal emitting device in the chamber is mounted alongside the spring element and is operatively connected with it.

Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly comprises a support frame attachable to a vehicle cab floor by a guide/slide rail assembly. A manually actuatable horizontally swingable lever mounted on the guide/slide rail assembly alongside the seat releasably locks the entire seat assembly is selected fore and aft positions. A seat and pivotally interconnected backrest are pivotally, slidably and resiliently mounted on the support frame. The seat is horizontally shiftable fore and aft on the support frame to vertically tilt the backrest. A manually actuatable vertically pivotable backrest adjustment bar is mounted on and extends horizontally along the front of the seat and releasably locks the seat on the support frame so as to maintain the backrest in selected tilt positions.

Abstract: The molding apparatus of this invention produces a one-piece molded unit that provides a two-piece plastic fastener whereof one piece is a grommet having a head with a flat front surface and forwardly projecting legs defining a sidewardly and forwardly opening slot, and the other piece is a pin receivable through the head and forwardly slidable in the slot to an operative position holding the front ends of the legs flexingly diverged. As molded, a front end portion of the pin is connected with the head by a frangible flashing. A forwardly opening radially extending groove in the front of the head, opening from one side of the slot, defines a substantially flat forwardly facing groove surface that is rearwardly offset from and parallel to the front surface of the head and is flush with the front end surface of the pin. The molding apparatus comprises two die members, each having a flat surface to which opens a cavity defining one longitudinally extending half of the unit that includes a half of each leg.

Abstract: In a valve assembly receivable in an outwardly projecting neck in a keg, for normally sealing the keg and for cooperation with a detachable coupler by which the keg is tapped, the cylindrical spring retainer of the assembly has at its axially inner end deflector surfaces so liquid flowing inward along that cylindrical wall during filling of the keg through the gas passage of the valve assembly is deflected radially across the inner end edge of that wall as a sheet-like jet. This prevents upward spray out of the annular space between the siphon tube and the spring retainer, thus preventing overcarbonation, excessive foaming and underfilling of the keg.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser for paste-like products which is characterized by a simplified metering device and a simple an low-cost construction in combination with reliable operation and high metering accuracy. The head piece of the dispenser includes a pump chamber at the top of a supply container communicating with the supply of the paste-like product within the container, the communication between the container and the pump chamber being established by a lateral opening in a guide member of the dispensing piston, the opening being surrounded by a bell-shaped sealing body defining a sealed communication space between the outlet opening of the container and the lateral inlet opening in the guide member of the dispenser piston. The dispenser piston is slidably mounted within the actuator cap of the dispenser which at the same time includes the dispensing channel.

Abstract: A mounting device for a helmet wherein a hook section to be fixed on a wall surface for holding a circumferential part of a helmet wearing opening has a transverse bar. The transverse bar projects to the right and left sides of the hook section at a location with a predetermined space from the wall surface, and is long enough to abut on the circumferential part of the helmet wearing opening in case of hanging the wearing opening on said hook.

Abstract: The security device of this invention comprises a transparent panel normally locked edgewise upright in the plane of front edges of a pair of vertically spaced shelves of a selfservice rack, blocking forward removal of all but the lowermost one or a predetermined few of a stack of like articles on the lower one of those shelves. At its top edge the panel has a link connection with the front edge of the upper of those shelves. Its lower edge portion is received in an upwardly opening groove in a fixed bracket, and the bottom of that groove so supports the panel that the link connection cooperates with resilience of the panel and bracket to provide a snap toggle action between locked and unlocked or releasing conditions. From the releasing condition the panel can be raised edgewise out of the groove and swung up to an inverted position and hooked there, permitting free access to the space between the shelves.

Abstract: A jig for arraying and supporting a multiplicity of articles to be soldered wherein pairs of lower supporting wires are extended for supporting the lower side of respective articles between frame members adapted to be secured to a conveyor holder of a soldering line, pairs of upper supporting wires are arranged above the lower supporting wires in parallel with the latter along both side surfaces of respective articles, one end of each of the upper supporting wires being passed loosely through a hole formed on the frame member, and a gate member supporting the other ends of said upper supporting wires is provided movably up and down with respect to the frame member.