Abstract: This invention relates to barrier seal systems for sealing the annular space between a housing and a rotating shaft which extends through a bore in the housing. The seal system has inboard and outboard mechanical end face seals. The inboard seal faces have spiral grooves for pumping a buffer fluid from a buffer chamber between the two seals toward the high pressure side of the inboard seal. The primary ring of the inboard seal may be double balanced. For high pressure applications, the buffer fluid may be pressurized and a pumping ring may be included in the outboard seal to circulate buffer fluid. High pressure applications also require two hard seal rings and optimum dam and face widths. Buffer fluid can be supplied to the seal system by a reservoir connected by a gravity feed line. A buffer fluid containment device may be attached to the high pressure side of the seal to prevent process fluid from contaminating the seal faces or secondary seals.

Abstract: This invention relates to a multi-layer tubing assembly for use in fuel-line application. The multi-layer tubing assembly comprises an extruded inner layer of thermoplastic, an adhesive layer coextruded around the inner layer and a cover layer of a multiphase polymer coextruded around the adhesive layer. The multiphase polymer forming the cover layer comprises 0.5% to 20% by weight compatibilizers and rheology modifiers.

Abstract: A diaphragm assembly for use in a diaphragm type toilet room flush valve includes a diaphragm formed of a flexible material and adapted to separate an inlet and outlet of the flush valve. There is a bypass orifice in the diaphragm. A filter assembly is positioned on the flush valve inlet side of the diaphragm and upstream from the bypass orifice. The filter assembly includes a peripherally extending screen spaced from the underside of the diaphragm with the screen being secured to the diaphragm assembly about an inner peripheral portion thereof.

Abstract: A quick connector coupling comprises a hollow connector body and a male tube received and secured in the connector body. The male tube has a radially enlarged upset. A retainer is disposed in the connector body and has an inner base ring through which the male tube extends. The retainer also has compressive members which abut a shoulder formed in the connector body to secure the retainer in the connector body. The compressive members extend towards the base ring and terminate before reaching the base ring to define a space between the compressive members and the base ring. The upset is captured in this space thereby securing the male tube in the connector body. A chamfer is formed in the base ring to provide tolerance for a wider band of male tube dimensions.

Abstract: A multi-layer assembly for fluid and vapor handling and containment systems. The multi-layer tubing assembly comprises an extrudable layer of conductive fluoropolymer, a layer of modified fluoropolymer containing a reactive group extruded around the layer of conductive fluoropolymer and a layer of polar polymer extruded around the layer of modified fluoropolymer. The layer of modified fluoropolymer is bonded to the layer of polar polymer.

Abstract: A coupling assembly comprising a female connector body, a male member, a retainer and a dust barrier. The female connector body defines a bore extending axially inward into the connector body from an entrance. A radial face is defined in the bore axially inward of the entrance. The male member is received within said bore. The male member is formed at the end of a tube and includes a projection extending radially from the tube. The retainer has at least two locking beams extending between the radially extending projection and the radial face to retain the male member in the bore. The locking beams defines a slot between the locking beams. The dust barrier is slidably mounted on the tube. The dust barrier has at least one extension insertable within the slot so as to prevent inadvertent radially inward movement of the locking beams. Wherein upon sliding the dust barrier toward the female connector body, the dust barrier encloses the bore so as to prevent foreign material from entering the coupling assembly.

Abstract: A lubrication system for a railroad locomotive applies a lubricant with great accuracy in computer-controlled, precise quantities behind the last axle of the last locomotive such that the lubricant is consumed by the time the entire train has passed under all track, speed, temperature and train size conditions. Hydraulic pulse-width modulation (PWM or %PWM) controls the quantity of lubricant delivered. Time is divided into a series of windows each consisting of a few seconds. Lubricant delivered from a pressurized tank through long hoses to a solenoid controlled valve is then metered by the duration within this time window for which the computer computes and opens the valve. Compensation is provided for train tonnage and lubricant temperature as well as track curvature and train speed.

Abstract: In the field of medicine and medical engineering, in particular to methods and devices for diagnostics of the status of an alive organism basing on skin electrical conductivity, a method and device for monitoring galvanic skin reactions is usable in experimental and clinical medicine, as well as in psychophysiology, pedagogics and sports medicine. The device enables to eliminate interference caused by artifacts of a subject's movements as well as interference brought about by non-biological causes (various electrical noises and equipment drift). The method is featured by the fact that the shape of each pulse of the sequence of pulses is being analyzed in the phasic component frequency band. For this purpose monitored are the first and the second derivatives in time of the logarithm of skin electric conductivity. The value of the trend brought about by the tonic component is determined, and the value of the first derivative is adjusted through subtraction of the trend value from it.

Abstract: An electrical control system for operating a toilet flushing device includes an electric operator, a source of power for the operator and a detection system for detecting the presence of a user of a toilet device and upon detection thereof connecting the source of power to the electric operator. The detection system includes an infrared transmitter and an adjacent infrared receiver, with the receiver being sensitive to infrared radiation reflected from a toilet device user. There is a refracting element positioned in front of the transmitter and receiver to bend the transmitted infrared radiation beam to a desired angle relative to the initial direction of the transmitted beam and to bend a reflected beam from a toilet device user to a direction wherein it is generally parallel to the initial transmitted beam.

Abstract: A watercraft of the jet propulsion type comprising a steering mechanism, a throttle control mechanism, a thrust mechanism, a throttle regulator and a controlled thrust steering system. The steering mechanism has a straight-ahead position. The steering mechanism is able to rotate in a clockwise direction from the straight-ahead position and in a counter-clockwise direction from the straight-ahead position. The throttle control mechanism is biased toward an idle position. The thrust mechanism provides jet propulsion thrust for the watercraft. The throttle regulator regulates thrust provided by the thrust mechanism. The controlled thrust steering system causes the throttle regulator to increase thrust upon the steering mechanism rotating from the straight-ahead position.

Abstract: A reinforced multi-layer flexible tubing for use in fuel-line applications. An inner layer of fluoroplastic is provided. The tubing is manufactured by simultaneously wrapping a reinforcing fabric ribbon layer and extruding a cover layer of a multiphase polymer around the inner layer.

Abstract: A casing (1) for housing electrical and/or electronic components (6) surrounded by a cooling medium (10), the said casing consisting of a frame (2) and an upper and a lower closing-wall part (3, 4), is constructed in such a way that the frame (2) and/or one closing-wall part (3, 4) consists of electrically insulating, castable material and comprises electrical connecting parts (50) integrally cast in the said material, the frame (2) and the closing-wall parts (3, 4) jointly enclosing, in a pressure-tight manner, a housing space which can be filled with a coolant (10) for the boiling-bath cooling of the electrical and/or electronic components (FIG. 1).