Abstract: During starter motor operation, an electronic meter is not supplied with electric power so that the meter does not operate whereby fluctuating and flickering indications of the electronic meter are prevented. When other meters are illuminated, the electronic meter is also illuminated, thereby avoiding the incongruity that the electronic meter is dark whereas other meters are illuminated.

Abstract: A fuel injection apparatus for an internal combustion engine has at least one fuel injection valve. An annular or ring-shaped electrode is mounted near the fuel injection valve to encircle the injected fuel. A high voltage generator produces an electric field between the electrode and the fuel injection valve as well as a surrounding wall which are both connected to the ground. Electrified fuel particles are finely atomized and prevented from attaching onto the surrounding wall to improve the operation, starting characteristic, and transient response of the engine.

Abstract: A control device for an FM car radio in which low frequency characteristics of the audio output signal are switched so that stereophonic music programs can be reproduced with enough bass sound and monaural speech or news programs can be reproduced without much bass sound but with desirable articulation. One embodiment of the device comprises a capacitor-resistor filter connected in series between the amplifier and the speaker for attenuating low frequency characteristics of an audio output signal only when monaural broadcasting is being received, a transistor for shorting the filter to send bass sound directly to the speaker only when stereophonic broadcasting is being received, and a pilot signal discriminator which outputs pilot signals to turn on the transistor only when stereophonic broadcasting is being received.

Abstract: A structure for fitting a tank in an engine compartment of a vehicle body comprises a fitting member for partitioning the engine compartment, and a bracket fixed on the fitting member, the bracket having a first engaging portion for positioning the tank in its longitudinal direction, a second engaging portion for positioning the tank in its lateral direction, and a third engaging portion for positioning the tank in its vertical direction, the first, second and third engaging portions of the bracket being so designed as to engage with the opposite side walls of the tank thereby to hold detachably the lower portion of the tank relative to the vehicle body when the tank is set in position onto the bracket.

Abstract: A method of preparing an inflatable pad for a face mask in which a former (3) is coated with a curable composition which is cured to provide an elastic air-impermeable sheath (4) of rubber or like polymer which does not adhere to the former, thereby defining an inflation chamber. The former comprises a sheet of flexible material, e.g. polymer foam and remains within the pad in use thereby avoiding the conventional operations of slitting the air-impermeable sheath, removing the former and resealing the air-impermeable sheath.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aerial transport system which comprises an aerial track having therealong a pair of electric current-carrying cables in a parallel relationship with respect to one another and with respect to the track, and self-propelled carriages. Each carriage has an electric current collector to collect electric power from the current-carrying cables and to supply the power to an electrical driving mechanism mounted thereon for driving wheels engaging with the track. The current-carrying cables are separated at longitudinal given intervals so as to define respectively independent electric power supply zones. The transport system further includes a system for controlling electric power supply for the vehicle or carriage including a mechanism for detecting a vehicle or carriage position in the track provided in each power supply zone.

Abstract: A soot treatment device for a Diesel engine comprises a soot collector arranged in an exhaust gas system including a cyclone, wire nets and an atomizer for spraying engine oil into exhaust gases passing through the soot collector, an oil supply circuit for supplying the engine oil to the soot collector, an oil feed circuit for feeding the engine oil containing soot collected in the soot collector to a fuel system of the engine and control means for actuating these circuits at determined timing, thereby again burning the collected soot together with fuel in the engine.

Abstract: This patent specification discloses an engine exhaust gas reflux apparatus constructed so as to purify exhaust gas coming out of various engines mounted on vehicles or ships for preferably preventing NO.sub.x from being discharged in the atmosphere.The engine exhaust gas reflux apparatus has a technical construction which removes dust particles and impurities contained in exhaust gas by means of a dust collector installed at the discharge port of the exhaust manifold, draws purified exhaust gas into the intake manifold and lowers combustion temperature produced when the engine fuel burns to eliminate NO.sub.x out of exhaust gas coming out of the exhaust manifold.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mechanism for providing air-supported floating lightballs as moving targets in shooting galleries in which the height of the lightballs is constantly changed by varying the current passing through associated air pumps that produce air jets for lifting the lightballs in the air by changing the resistance of the current path by means of a rotating rheostat disc, thereby providing the lightballs with an unpredictable and capricious nature.

Abstract: A control device for preventing a nut from loosening, comprises a first member having an external thread portion, a second member having an internal thread portion screwed with the external thread portion and an opening, a locking coil which is wound around the external thread portion of the first member and has at its both ends bent portions to be selectively engaged with the opposite sides of the opening of the second member, and a third member which is rotatably fitted in the second member and engaged or disengaged with the bent portions of the locking coil.

Abstract: An electronically controlled carburetor comprises a main control system provided for correcting the air to fuel ratio in comparison with the target value thereof and an additional control system provided for correcting the controllable range of the air to fuel ratio in comparison with the target value thereof, the speed of response of the latter control system being settled far lower than that of the former control system, so that a quick and stable response of correction can be obtained without hunting.

Abstract: A method for processing pork skins in which a liquid smoke and a curing solution are applied to the skins after which they are continuously passed on a conveyor belt through an enclosure containing heat which is regulated so that the skins are cured and smoked. The temperature of the skins is controlled so that the skins are cured and smoked but are not rendered or popped.

Abstract: There is provided an adjustable-rate, constant output infusion set connectable in-line in an intravascular infusion system. The infusion set comprises a connector piece connectable to a container for the infusion liquid and a head piece rotatably attached to the connector piece and connectable at its lower end to a tube leading to the infusion recipient. An elastically stretchable diaphragm is interposed between the connector piece and the head piece. The connector piece forms with the diaphragm a first chamber in direct communication with the container via an inlet port, and the head piece forms with the diaphragm a second chamber in direct communication with the recipient via a control port. The head piece is rotatably attachable to the connector piece for adjusting the flow rate therethrough. The set further comprises an annular member interposed between the connector piece and the head piece, and a passageway which connects the first chamber and the second chamber.

Abstract: A seat and cover assembly for a toilet bowl including a seat member and a cover member pivotally mounted to a mounting block for movement relative to the bowl between an upright position and a lowered position. Springs are provided for biasing the seat member and the cover member into an abutting relationship in both the upright and lower positions of the members, and a magnetic latch assembly quick-releasably secures the cover member in its upright position.

Abstract: A device for detecting steering angle and steering direction of a steering wheel in an automotive vehicle, includes a pair of fixed contacts and a movable contact. The movable contact is arranged in connection with the fixed contacts in such a way that, when the steering wheel rotates in one direction, the movable contact engages only the first fixed contact, and when the steering wheel rotates in the opposite direction, the movable contact engages only the second fixed contact. Upon the basis of signals produced whenever the movable contact contacts one of the fixed contacts, the steering angle and steering direction are detected.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine with direct fuel injection is disclosed which comprises at least one combustion chamber fitted with a fuel injection valve. A charging electrode is disposed in the combustion chamber near the fuel injection valve and is supplied with a high DC voltage from a voltage source so as to charge the particles of fuel injected from the injection valve and thereby to disperse them.

Abstract: Control apparatus for an electric windshield wiper motor to permit a plurality of desirable windshield wiper system features to be realized including continuous and intermittent wiping operation with variable dwell, and coordinated manual or automatic wash and wipe operation. Some of the circuits implementing the control apparatus include a Zener diode and require only a single capacitor.

Abstract: A shift control device for an automatic transmission is disclosed.

Abstract: In a lighting fixture, a light source is partially surrounded by a reflector system mounted in a housing to direct light from the light source out through an aperture in the front of the housing. The reflector is cylindrically and parabolically shaped to provide a cut-off above a selected vertical angle and to provide a decreasing intensity with decreasing vertical angles from a maximum intensity to effect uniform distribution. A lens is provided in the aperture to achieve uniform distribution through a wide horizontal angle. The reflector system and the light source are pivotable within the housing about a fixed horizontal axis to adjust the vertical cut-off angle and the angle of the maximum intensity. A fixed reflector is mounted near the top of the aperture on the front wall of the housing to get more sideways distribution of the light when the light source is pivoted toward the back of the housing.

Abstract: A system for controlling the water level in a boiler, including a liquid level adjuster, conduits connecting the liquid level adjuster to the boiler through housings mounted on the boiler and membranes positioned between the boiler and the conduits to transmit fluid pressure from the boiler to the liquid level adjuster while preventing fluid communication between the boiler and the liquid level control system. Valved bypass ducts extend from the housings to the top of the boiler so that expansion of the water in the liquid level control system due to the firing of the boiler is accommodated by overflow into the top of the boiler rather than by rupture of the membranes. Graduated water columns are provided to permit calibration of the liquid level adjuster, and valves are included in the liquid level control system adjacent to the liquid level adjuster so that the liquid level adjuster may be isolated from the rest of the system and checked for proper operation at any time.