Abstract: A hydraulic control system for simultaneously driving two hydraulic loads of a production machine by means of a variable delivery pump feeding drive fluid to the two loads through separate load lines, in accordance with independently controllable programs of flow rate and pressure, the two load lines being controlled by two proportional P/Q valves, the pump being continuously adjusted for a constant pressure gradient in the load line which carries the higher pressure, the other load line having a pressure imbalance compensating device in the form of either a flow rate measuring device, a pressure balancing valve, or a displacement-to-voltage converter connected to the associated load.

Abstract: A hydraulic control system for the operation of three linear and one rotary hydraulic drive assemblies of the injection unit of an injection molding machine, comprising a variable delivery pump supplying drive fluid at a constant pressure gradient to several supply lines controlled by two control units which are arranged in parallel and feature proportional P/Q valves and pressure transducers, a smaller pressure maintenance pump which is controllable by a third proportional P/Q valve and switchable into one of the supply lines, and a hydraulic accumulator for the temporary supply of a large quantity of drive fluid. The proportional P/Q valves convert automatically from their flow rate programs, controlled by displacement-to-voltage converters on the injection unit, to pressure programs controlled by the pressure transducers.

Abstract: A pipe coupling having an annular gasket deformed and compressed within a closed gasket chamber to form a seal for a pressurized hydraulic line, for example, one wall of the gasket chamber being formed by the outer surface of a pipe end portion which is to be connected either to a second pipe end portion or to a wall port. The axial width of the gasket chamber is determined by an abutment of the end face of the pipe end portion which transmits the abutment force to a threaded clamping sleeve or, as the case may be, to a coupling nut with the aid of a snap ring which engages a peripheral groove of the pipe end portion and a thrust shoulder of the threaded clamping sleeve. The pipe-to-pipe version of the coupling has two annular gaskets inside identical gasket chambers on opposite axial sides of a centering sleeve which surrounds both pipe end portions.

Abstract: A device for the indication of dirt accumulation on an air intake filter by measuring the negative pressure in the clean air space of the filter, the device having a spring-biased diaphragm piston driving a pointer shaft by means of a bell crank with a gear segment, the pointer shaft carrying two diametrically oppositely arranged pointers with vertical and horizontal length portions moving in axial and radial portions of a pointer gap defined between the housing cover and an indicator dial carried by the cover. A ratchet mechanism serves to retain the pointer readout by blocking return movements of the indicator mechanism, the ratchet mechanism being releasable by means of a reset button on the cover of the device. The device is calibrated by means of an adjustable bell crank spring.

Abstract: A vented cover assembly for a hydraulic fluid reservoir comprising a socket ring mountable in a large opening of the reservoir wall, a filter casing attachable to the socket ring by means of a first bayonet lock, and a cap attachable to the filter casing by means of a second bayonet lock, following insertion of a filter cartridge into the filter casing. The second bayonet lock has a higher release resistance than the first bayonet lock, for the removal of the filter casing, filter cartridge and cap from the socket ring as a closed filter subassembly. Air flowing into or out of the fluid reservoir is strained by the filter cartridge.

Abstract: A device for automatically latching together the two die halves of an injection molding die of a plastics injection molding machine, when the die is removed from the machine, the device comprising a guide sleeve in one die half having a guide portion cooperating with the guide bore of a guide bushing in the other die half, a latching plunger in the guide sleeve having a latching head cooperating with an end face of the guide sleeve to radially expand a split latch ring or a cupped latch disk into engagement with a groove of the guide bushing, when the latching plunger is freed to move from its depressed release position to its latching position, under the action of a preloaded plunger spring. The attachment of the die half to a die carrier member automatically disengages the latching device by depressing the latching plunger.

Abstract: A self-contained, wall-mountable cooling and filtering unit for hydraulic drive fluid featuring a coiled heat transfer pipe in a coil chamber which surrounds a drum-type filter cartridge, the hot fluid flowing through the coil chamber in the axial direction, before traversing the filter cartridge in a radial inward direction and exiting from the device. The heat transfer pipe is a finned pipe with an integral helical fin having is originally radial fin wall bent away at four folding lines in a rectangle, to form aligned fold segments in four longitudinal surface planes. The fold segments support superposed pipe turns in the heat transfer coil while positioning the latter against the walls of the coil chamber.

Abstract: An air release valve for sphygmomanometers in the form of a flow metering device in an air outlet duct comprising a length of a flexible tube as part of said duct and a pressure member which is displaceable against the valve tube by means of a pivot lever, so as to collapse one tube wall against the other to close the cavity of the valve tube and to produce an initially very gradual and later progressively greater opening response, when the pressure member is retracted and the valve tube is allowed to return to its open state. The valve tube may be an arcuate tube portion extending freely between two parallel spouts of the air outlet duct, or it may be a straight tube portion confined in a longitudinal groove of the valve housing. A U-shaped leaf spring between the valve housing and the pivot lever provides a valve closing force, finger pressure against the pivot lever produces a controlled valve opening action.

Abstract: An ejection device in a die closing unit of an injection molding machine in which the ejector piston rod, reaching from behind through the movable die carrier and into an engagement cavity in the back plate of the movable die half, is automatically engaged with, or disengaged from, the ejector plate, in the course of the movement of a die assembly into and out of the operating position, in conjunction with a mechanized die exchange procedure. A connecting socket at the extremity of the piston rod cooperates with a connecting plug on the back side of the ejector plate. A brief interruption of the transfer movement, obtained by means of a stop-start mechanism responsive to the die assembly transfer movement, allows for the piston rod to be extended into, or retracted from, the engagement cavity.

Abstract: A dual-cycle method of extracting juice from fruit and a juice extraction installation consisting of two angular presses in tandem arrangement in which the fruit mash yields first quality juice and pomace in the first press, and this pomace is immediately broken up and deposited on the horizontal run of the second press, under the addition of water which soaks and swells the pomace, before it passes through the second extraction press. The latter yields juice of second quality and twice-pressed pomace.

Abstract: A hoisting assembly with a quick-release shackle for the connection of a hoisting harness to an anchoring member embedded in a precast concrete building element, for the tilt-up and transport of the latter, the assembly comprising a ring part reaching through the central opening of the hoisting shackle and a link plate attached to the ring part at a split hub portion of the ring part which is welded after insertion into the hoisting shackle. The link plate, oriented perpendicularly to the ring part, is attached thereto by means of a weld, or by means of an internally threaded axial extension engaging a male thread on the hub portion of the ring part. The link plate extension may include a threaded sleeve and a connecting screw about which the link plate is rotatable.

Abstract: An oil-separating air filter assembly having a separator element arranged in a closed filter cartridge, the lower axial end cover of which has a female thread by means of which the filter cartridge can be screwed against the upper end face of a separator head. The latter carries a centrally located threaded sleeve and a standpipe forming part of the air outlet channel, the accumulated oil being drained through an annular gap between the sleeve and the standpipe. The air inlet channel is arranged radially outside the center of the separator head, having an annular channel portion in the separator head facing a plurality of inlet passages in the end cover of the filter cartridge.

Abstract: A dual-hopper supporting structure for the injection unit of an injection molding machine which has a transverse horizontal guide plate slidingly guiding a hopper carriage. To the upper side of the latter are bolted the base assemblies of two raw material hoppers, as well as a translation drive motor with a pinion which engages a drive rack on a longitudinal edge of the transverse guide plate. The transverse guide plate has a central charge bore coinciding with the operating position of the hoppers and equidistant evacuation bores in the two waiting positions of the hoppers. In addition to speeding up changeovers in the production setup, the novel structure gives the injection unit marbling capabilities.

Abstract: Multi-pin male and female contact bars with composite contact posts having U-shaped upper contact post portions with two spaced tines and a transverse web portion to which is butt-welded a pin with an enlarged attachment head. The tines serve as spring tines of female contact members, or as cable-penetrating contact blades of male contact members, the associated butt-welded pins being solder pins for connection to a printed circuit board or male plug pins, respectively. The upper contact post portions are produced as die-cut segments of a sheet metal strip which remain connected to a carrier strip, until inserted into the contact post housing of the contact bar and severed from the carrier strip by a break-away movement.

Abstract: A tie anchor for use in reinforced sandwich panels of cast concrete, to support a face panel on a carrier panel by reaching through an intermediate insulating panel, the tie anchor being a sheet metal stamping with a central A-shaped end portion on one axial end and a V-shaped recess flanked by two tapered end portions on the other axial end. Hook portions formed of the tapered end portions are engageable over a rod of a reinforcing steel rod mesh and attachable thereto by means of positioning rods which are inserted through transverse positioning bores in the hook portions.

Abstract: A dual-element disposable filter cartridge for air intake filters of machines operating in a dusty environment, the filter cartridge having a second pleated filter element arranged concentrically inside a first pleated filter element, the filtering paper of the second filter element, in comparison to the filtering paper of the first filter element, having a fractional effective surface area, a lesser density and a heavier gauge with wider and longer flow passages or pores which, due to the higher air flow speed therethrough, trap dust particles which, in the new state of the filter cartridge, pass through the outer filter element.

Abstract: A conveyor means including axles 14, on which the drums 17 for an endless conveyor belt 18 are rotatably mounted, and which extend within a chassis. The chassis includes a core 10 disposed between the upper and lower belt runs 18a, 18b of the conveyor belt 18 and between the drums 17, and two side walls 11 which are secured to the longitudinal sides of said core. A hydraulic drive motor is disposed between the belt runs 18a, 18b and extends parallel to a drum 17. This arrangement permits the conveyor means to be a compact, structural unit which can be completely assembled externally of the machine base, can be tested for reliable running and can then be inserted into the narrow discharge passage of the machine base.

Abstract: An insertion code arrangement for a bank of interchangeable circuit board modules in an electronic circuitry cabinet featuring a set of numbered pairs of code plates with permanently arranged code elements in the form of an integral code prong on each male code plate and a matching code slot on each female code plate, the male plates being snap-attachable to the contact edge of a circuit board module between upper and lower contact bars, and the female plates being clamped to the inside of the back panel of the circuitry cabinet. The laterally offset arrangement of the code elements on the code plates doubles the number of code patterns available from two identical sets of code plates, when one set of plates is rotated 180.degree..

Abstract: A cutting tool assembly comprising a tool holder with a clamping collet and an interchangeable tool insert with a clamping shaft engageable by the clamping collet, matching conical surfaces on the periphery of the tool holder and of the tool insert providing centering as well as axial and radial force transmitting functions, while cooperating spline profiles on the assembly components provide a separate tangential force transmitting function. The clamping collet and the clamping shaft engage each other with multiple conical coupling faces which, under a pulling action of a rod connected to the collet, produce an axial pull on the tool insert while spreading radially between the clamping shaft and the tool holder to produce a radial wedging action. These conical coupling faces may be part of axially spaced identical ridges, the clamping collet expanding radially to clear the ridges for insertion, or they may be flanks of cooperating threads, the clamping collet being rotatable.

Abstract: A safety cover arrangement for the die closing unit of an injection molding machine equipped with a program-controlled die exchange mechanism using a translation table with two die emplacements alternatingly moving into a central transfer position for the die assemblies, the cover assembly comprising a central stationary cover portion with a vertical panel portion and an adjoining horizontal panel portion, two rectangular access openings flanking the stationary cover portion on opposite sides, and two sliding covers with matching vertical and horizontal panels closing said openings, the covers being openable, one at a time, by moving behind and below the central stationary cover portion, following the release of a cover latching mechanism by a cam on the translation table. Each sliding cover carries a control rail for the actuation of a pair of limit switches shutting down the machine operation, when the cover is opened.