Abstract: A thermal connector adapted to connect a calorie dissipating support to a thermal drain. It comprises a deformable metal two-part clamp, each part of which is constituted by two webs conforming to the shape of the dissipating support, as regards one of said clamp-parts, and the shape of the thermal drain, as regards the other clamp-part. Said connector is also provided, between said two clamp-parts, with a housing for an actuating-key with longitudinal edges, said key having a position of rest at which said longitudinal edges do not exert any force whatever on the walls of said central housing, the webs of the end clamp-parts being then moved apart and said connector being unlocked, and a working position, obtained by causing said key to rotate by a quarter turn with respect to said position of rest; said key has then the function of moving apart the walls of said central housing and to draw the webs of each of said end clamp-parts nearer to each other, said connector being thus locked.

Abstract: A sheet-metal constructed container to facilitate the removal and disposal of ashes from solid fuel burning stoves and heaters, thereby eliminating dust and spilled ashes.

Abstract: A structure for arranging a harness within an instrument panel for an automotive vehicle having a vehicle body, the harness being composed of a first lead wiring and a second lead wiring, the former being provided to the vehicle body, the latter being provided to the instrument panel, comprises a plate for covering a large opening formed between the vehicle body and the lower edge of the instrument panel, a bracket extending along the lower edge of the instrument panel between and fixed at its ends to both sides of the vehicle body for fixedly supporting the instrument panel at its lower portion, a first connector attached to an end of the first lead wiring, a second connector attached to an end of the second lead wiring, the second connector being to be connected with the first connector, the lower portion of the instrument panel having a small opening near the bracket, the first connector being fixed relative to the bracket in such a way that the connecting point of the first and second connectors is positi

Abstract: In a tiltable window, especially to be mounted in a sloping roof, the lateral members of the sash and frame carry external cover rail sections which in the closed position of the window overlap each other in the area of the hinge device of the window. The hinge device consists of a frame part and a sash part and of an intermediate part connected with each of the two parts by means of two parallel pivot pins which in the closed position of the window are situated within the outer side of the window and are protected by the cover rail sections. During the opening movement of the sash, its hinge part is first rotated in relation to the intermediate part while this part is locked to the frame part by means of a latch, and after the forcedly controlled release of the latch, the sash part and the intermediate part together can rotate further in relation to the frame part.

Abstract: Trailer and trailer connector for tractor/trailer for carrying elongated, self-supporting load. Tractor has conventional swivellable front bunk for supporting front of load, and trailer has a wheeled rear bogey and a non-swivelling rear bunk for rear of load. The trailer connector has a flexible link and a forward connection which connects forward end of link to front bunk and a rear connection which connects rear end of the link to the trailer. Length of the link does not change while towing the trailer and thus maintains tractor/trailer wheel alignment prior to loading. Trailer connector is considerably lighter than conventional telescopic trailer reaches, thus increasing maximum payload of tractor/trailer, and is less costly and easier to maintain than trailer reach, and also provides a more stable load platform.

Abstract: A card clothing for carding machines, including a plurality of flexible card wires, which card wires consist of staple shaped wire sections including each a pair of legs integrally connected to each other by the staple crown, which staple legs define the teeth and which staple crown defines the base web of each card wire section, which teeth define lanes extending in the direction of the flow of the material to be carded relative to the card clothing, and which card wires are inserted in a pattern-like arrangement into a card fillet. At least two relative to the direction of material flow consecutively arranged teeth are located relative to each other at a distance extending laterally to said direction of flow which does not exceed the prevailing wire gauge of said card wire. Accordingly, the card clothing comprises no free lanes. The pattern-like arranged teeth define groups arranged consecutively with regard to said material flow.

Abstract: Every wire section provided with teeth of a plurality of card clothing wires is connected at both its ends by a welding to a carrier member. This carrier member is a base section of a U-shaped carrier member whereby a curvilinear extending section continues at both ends of the base section, which curvilinear sections lead into laterally extending leg sections. Every card clothing wire is welded to the curvilinear sections such that the face ends of every wire section is aligned with the outer surface of the weld beads and the outer surface with each leg section.

Abstract: A solar heating assembly includes a fluid receiver movable between a thermally insulated compartment and a transparent enclosure for exposure to the rays of the sun. The transparent enclosure is adjacent the reflecting surface of a reflector for focusing the rays of the sun on the fluid receiver. An insulated door is pivotally connected to the thermally insulated compartment and is movable between a position permitting communication between the thermally insulated compartment and the transparent enclosure and a position thermally sealing the insulated compartment. The receiver engages the insulated door for pivoting the door open as the receiver moves from the insulated compartment to the transparent enclosure, and a cable guided by a series of pulleys connects the receiver to the door for closing the door as the receiver moves from the transparent enclosure to the insulated compartment.

Abstract: Card support for carding layers, wherein the teeth are anchored in a base body made of resilient solid plastic, with reinforcing fabric layers embedded in the base body.This new type of construction is simpler to manufacture than known card supports, has better wear properties, and because of the improved recuperative capacity of the teeth leads to improved carding results.

Abstract: A multifunction electronic meter for a vehicle can display selectively plural measured informations of fuel amount, cooling water temperature, oil pressure, battery voltage and the like of a vehicle on a single display section, the displayed informations being accompanied respectively with combinations of symbolmarks and surrounding frames thereof for identifying and warning those informations.The principal information of, for instance, fuel amount is ordinarily displayed, while the remaining informations are displayed selectively as occasion demands, for instance, in response to the occurrence of an emergency. When plural emergencies are simultaneously caused, the information corresponding to the lastly caused emergency is displayed intermittently together with the symbolmark, while only the symbolmarks and the frames of the informations corresponding to the previously caused emergencies are displayed continuously.

Abstract: A vehicle mounted air conditioner controlling system is disclosed and of which system comprises a vacuum mode controlling switch (41) being controlled by depression of push-button switches (56) for each mode and mounted on a controller, a shift actuator (43) and vacuum selectors (42, 42'). The system is controlled by uni-directional vacuum signal and blower outlet doors and the air intake door are controlled by respective actuator provided individually therefor.

Abstract: A connecting device for an automobile seat belt including a tag, and a buckle comprising a base and a slider block slidably fitted with each other. The base comprises at least two latches slidable in directions substantially at right angles to the direction of insertion of the tang and urged away from each other by means of a spring fixed at the center of the base and integrally constructed with a spring forcing the tang out of the buckle when the former is released from the latter. The slide block is provided with a guide hole engaging the latches of the base and having guides for moving the latches toward each other in response to a movement of the slider block. The tang has a pair of guides for moving the latches toward each other in response to insertion of the tang into the buckle and a pair of anchoring portions adjoining the pair of guides for the latches.

Abstract: An emergency controller for an air conditioning system of an automotive vehicle which incorporates an electronic control circuit in the automatic temperature adjusting means to perform a proportional control over an air mixing door by the use of a vacuum power servo is operated to connect a vacuum source to the vacuum power servo or to cause the air to flow into the vacuum power servo so that the maximum cooling or heating operation can be achieved. Consequently, when a trouble occurs in the electronic control circuit during running in a high-temperature region or low-temperature region, the air conditioning system may immediately be fixed in the maximum cooling or heating operation without intervention of electric circuits.

Abstract: A digital display type tachometer for an automobile for numerically displaying a rotation speed of the engine comprises a numeric character display device having display sections for 1000's, 100's, 10's and 1's digits, the 1's digit display section being constructed to display always "0", a counter for counting pulses generated in synchronism with the rotations of the engine to produce a BCD signal depending on the rotation speed, and decoding/driver means for decoding the BCD signal into decimal numeric character signals for 1000's, 100's and 10's digits and driving the 1000's, 100's, and 10's digit display sections by these character signals, respectively.

Abstract: A digital safety device comprises a tubular member which fits snugly on the thumb or finger and includes a slot which quickly and securely receives the plunger of a conventional syringe. The slot is larger than the cross section of the plunger, but smaller than the head of the plunger, so that the plunger is retained in the tubular member and moves with the thumb in both the retracting and injecting directions. An inwardly tapering conical portion is defined at one end of the tubular member, so that the end fits snugly on the tapering portion of the thumb or finger. The slot allows quick and easy disengagement of the used plunger and syringe, while the safety device remains on the thumb or finger, ready to conveniently accept a new syringe with its plunger. An outwardly directed annular flange is provided on the tubular member to define a gripping formation, so that the digital device may be easily grasped for placement on or removal from the thumb or finger.

Abstract: A padded panel for a vehicle dashboard, console box or the like has an opening for mounting a desired article, such as an instrument, a switch, etc. The panel includes a base plate which is formed with a closed loop groove. A portion of a surface layer, which covers the base plate, is adhered to the surface of the groove to define a completely closed space therebetween. Foamable material is injected into the closed space and caused to foam and harden to form the pad. After completion of hardening of the pad, the base plate and the surface layer are cut along the inner periphery of the groove to form the opening. The bottom surface of the groove affords a seat to accurately position and positively mount the desired article.

Abstract: An electronically or hydraulically controlled automatic transmission system comprises three means for detecting the release of an accelerator pedal, for detecting the depression of a brake pedal and for detecting an excess of acceleration over a predetermined amount, and only in response to the simultaneous detections in all of those means, which are caused in running down a slope, an automatic engine braking can be effected by the electronically controlled down-shift of the speed range of the vehicle, and further on account of an appropriate delay of the detection of the released accelerator pedal, an unnecessary engine braking can be prevented in the ordinary running which is accompanied by frequent slight variations in acceleration on a flat road or a gradual up or down slope.

Abstract: An instrument board mounting structure for a vehicle includes an instrument board whose lateral ends are fixed to front pillars, each consisting of inner and outer pillars having a coupled portion of these pillars, so as to cover the coupled portions, thereby facilitating the mounting of the instrument board onto a vehicle body and making it possible to enlarge the instrument board in a transverse direction to provide a larger effective area for instruments and obtain a much more aesthetic appearance.

Abstract: An air conditioner of a vehicle having a selectively controlled conditioned air blowing outlet system using a shift actuator (20) equipped with a number of negative pressure supplying ports (a, b, c, d), in which selection of the operation mode of the conditioner is represented by the supply of a negative pressure signal to any one of the supplying ports, which causes displacement of a piston (31) of the shift actuator (20). The displacement is conveyed to selected one or more of doors provided at the outlets via a link mechanism to control the outlets according to a predetermined program.

Abstract: A signal from the speed sensor is extracted at a time period which is later than that for detecting a signal from the engine load sensor by a predetermined amount of time. The speed signal thus obtained is used to decide whether or not shifting of the automatic transmission is necessary, so that any incorrect changeover between two or more shift patterns or shifting between two or more of shift positions in a shift pattern is prevented from being selected due to a delay in the response of the vehicle speed relative to the depression of the accelerator pedal.