Abstract: In the surge limit control for turbo compressors the amplification factor of the control device producing the control signal for a blow-off valve is varied according to the ascending gradient of the compressor's characteristic corresponding to the respective working point.

Abstract: Disclosed is a disposable safety syringe which comprises a reservoir and a tubular sheath. The reservoir serves to aspire therein or to inject therefrom a fluid, while the tubular sheath is integrally attached to and in fluid communication with the reservoir. In the sheath there is located a hollow needle and a needle-carrying means, suitably a bushing, which are axially slidable between a position of safety and protection for the needle within said sheath and an operative position in which the needle is fully protruding outside of the tubular sheath. When in this latter position, the needle is in air-tight fluid communication with the reservoir.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mixing valve for hot and cold water comprising a cartridge type body, two overlapping disks, one fixed and the other one movable, which interact in opening and closing the water ducts, and a rotating and pivoted control lever to displace and position the movable disk on the fixed one to open or close the water flow. Said control lever is assisted by a slide gate to control the maximum water output by limiting the oscillation of the lever and by a ring designed to adjust the temperature of the mixed water by limiting the rotation of said control lever.

Abstract: In an article sorting device equipped with a pair of endless chains that are arranged facing with each other, and are constructed so as to be driven to rotate in the same direction; a plurality of article conveying boards that are mounted on the endless chains in a condition slidable in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the pair of endless chains are driven, with sorting pins attached to the bottom surface of each of the boards; and a pair of sorting members that enter the moving paths of the sorting pins, and guide the subsequent sorting pins in predetermined directions; the article sorting device characterized in that a downward slanted part is provided at each end part that traverses the moving path of the sorting pin of the sorting members, the upper edges of the slanted parts are formed in a wedge shape, and the lower end parts of the sorting pins that correspond to the slanted parts of the sorting members are formed in a conical form.

Abstract: The invention relates to a negative mold containing a plurality of mold portions which can be detached from each other. It functions in particular for the manufacture of shapes consisting of plastic. The two mold halves enclose a molding chamber receiving the material to be shaped. In the chamber is arranged at least one insert abutting at least one projection which together form the negative for a surface depression to be produced in the shape. On the insert a fastening shank is arranged with the transition region being located in the region of the associated mold portion surface and being formed as gradation. Thereby the insert in contact with the mold half covers completely the orifice of the opening containing the shank and, in addition, projects beyond the opening edge.

Abstract: An iron assembly including a handle and an incorporated reservoir both formed of a single molded piece defining a reservoir cavity having a rear opening. An obdurator is provided fixable to the molded piece to seal the reservoir cavity rear opening. The single molded piece is formed with the handle portion to define an additional cavity with an opening at the rear. The single molded piece includes a front funnel-shaped opening which communicates with the reservoir cavity at a top portion of the reservoir cavity. The single molded piece includes a bottom opening communicating with the reservoir cavity. A cover is provided engageable with the single molded piece to close the bottom opening to define a fluid delivery opening. A heating plate is provided having a fluid chamber communicating with the fluid delivery opening. A heat dissipator is disposed between the reservoir cavity and the heating plate.

Abstract: A discharge machining apparatus adapted to quickly absorb the energy, which has been accumulated by an inductance component during discharge machining, during the non-discharge period. The accumulated energy is absorbed as it is caused to flow as a current in an equivalent resistor having a resistance varying function. With this invention, it becomes possible to increase the frequency of discharges per unit time since the energy is quickly absorbed without residue as the change in the resistance value of the equivalent resistor causes the current flowing in it to shift from an oscillating state to a normal damping state.

Abstract: A soldering iron comprises a tube and a soldering tip slipped onto the front or outer end of the tube with a close sliding fit. The soldering tip is fastened axially by means of a spring element which is fastened to an inner end of the tube. In order to secure the soldering tip from rotating, the diameter of the front or outer section of the tube is made smaller than the diameter of the far or inner end section of the tube and the soldering tip is connected form-fittingly with the tube by a web formed in the inner tube which engages in a slot of the outer tube.

Abstract: A device for the enrichment of respiratory air with oxygen, includes a supply gas to be enriched which is supplied to at least one concentrator and from there to a product gas line in an adjustable concentration of enrichment. The required concentration of enrichment is adjusted speedily and without loss to the changing amount which is used, and as high a concentration of enrichment as possible at an adjustable and low throughput of the concentrator is achieved by use of a partial flow of the supply gas through a throughput-adjustable bypass line. The bypass line bypasses the product gas line and at least one concentrator.

Abstract: The present invention provides a protective device for a working member, such as the piston rod of a piston and cylinder actuator, which is arranged at least partly in a receiving member and is able to be moved and more especially slid, along a curved or straight path so that it projects to a greater or lesser extent out of the receiving member. The device is provided with a plurality of sleeve-like guard sections which surround the working member projecting out of the receiving member along the full length of the working member so that whatever the position of the latter any two adjacent guard sections overlap each other and are able to be slid in relation to each other, one of said guard sections being stationarily arranged on the receiving member and another guard section being arranged on the working member so as to move therewith so that in accordance with the actual axial extent of the part of the member to be protected the sections are telescoped into each other to a greater or lesser extent.

Abstract: A pressure regulator for independent automobile heater fuel lines, particularly for connection upstream of a dosing pump. The pressure regulator includes an upper housing portion, and a lower housing portion which are connected together with a diaphragm being disposed between the upper housing portion and the lower housing portion. The diaphragm operates with the upper housing portion to form an air space and cooperates with the lower housing portion to define a pressure regulation space. An adjusting lever is positioned within the pressure regulation space attached to an adjusting piece which in turn is attached to the diaphragm. An inlet is provided opening into the pressure regulation space and an outlet is provided leading to a dosing pump or the like. A control member is positioned within the inlet having a sealing ring about it. The control member has a cylindrical shaft portion which is slightly smaller than a boring in the inlet connection.

Abstract: A sewing machine with an upper transport mechanism includes an arrangement with a pressing foot and a transport foot wherein the mass accelerations due to the movement of these members is reduced. A triangular lever member is provided with lever arms 34b, 34c which are linked with the presser foot and upper transport foot. The triangular lever member is linked so as to be angularly movable to an extent of the respective lever arms. Connecting rods of the presser foot and the upper transport foot are connected to the lever arms and are driven thereby. The movement of the connecting rods and the lever arms reduces the mass force of the respective transport foot and the presser foot. To further reduce the mass forces, the upper transport foot and the presser foot are spring loaded with respect to respective carrying elements of the upper transport foot and presser foot so that a damping action occurs.

Abstract: A remote control system comprises a central control station and at least one local station installed remotely from the central control station and connected thereto through a power transmission line. The local station has a plurality to devices connected in parallel to one another at the output. The power for actuating the devices is supplied from the central control station. For controlling actuation of the devices, binary control signals are serially sent from the central control station to the local station through the power transmission line in synchronism with clock pulses in a train including a start pulse. In the local station, the binary control signal are extracted in response to the start signal and converted into parallel control signals by utilizing the clock pulses to be applied to output circuits provided for controlling the devices.

Abstract: To generate different frequencies, two accumulations are performed using the same calculation routine. This simplifies the system configuration and permits the fabrication of the whole system as a one-chip LSI.

Abstract: A process for the measuring of flat discoloration zones of an indicator substrate, which is transported into a measuring position and treated with a gaseous test medium there, is improved with regard to the measuring dynamic and the construction of the apparatus by producing a flow of the test medium along the surface of the section of an indicator substrate held in a measuring position, by providing several optical control zones staggered in the longitudinal direction of the test flow and by connecting it with an electronic evaluation instrument for the production of the measurement in such a way that the actual measure value is formed from the measuring of the discoloration of the indicator substrate along the control zones.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process and a device for seeking and following a hollow weld during a shielded arc welding, especially welding with carbon dioxide gas. The welding torch is moved by a path-controlled manipulator, whereby prior to the welding the positional coordinates of one or more weld reference point of the hollow weld are found by mechanical contour probing and the actual position of the hollow weld found therefrom is saved in the path control. The lengthwise guidance is then done only through the appropriately corrected path control, only the height of the welding torch above the toe of the weld being adjusted in dependence on the welding current. The mechanical contour probing is done by contact sensing of the sides of the weld adjacent to the weld reference point, and the coordinates of the weld root point are computed from these data.

Abstract: A device for transporting and preheating fuel which is susceptible to cold temperatures comprises a pump which has an electromagnetic coil which is supplied with current to move a plunger for pumping the fuel so as to transport it. The plunger is returned for example, by a return spring and the electromagnetic coil is set out so that a maximum portion of the coil heats a fuel as it is passed through a pumping space. In accordance with the method of the invention, the coil has its own current supply control which advantageously may be set to supply a heating current which is in excess of that required for moving the plunger. A return spring set for returning the plunger may also be made stronger than necessary to effect return and the timing of the operation of the coil for moving the plunger may be set to be longer than necessary in order to keep the coil at a higher operating temperature and thus transform more heat to the fuel.

Abstract: A zoned heating and cooling system is controlled by a relay panel with a controlling thermostat in a first zone, and an additional thermostat in each additional zone. A relay corresponding to each first and additional zone, a relay to control the mode in which the system operates, and a fan relay, work in conjunction with the thermostats to: turn on system heating or cooling equipment; open dampers to provide conditioned air to those zones which call for heating or cooling; close dampers to block conditioned air from entering the zones which do not call for heating or cooling, when other zones do call; open all dampers when there is no calling; and provide for the manual or automatic control of a system fan.