Abstract: A cable reel control valve and associated system for controlling the operation of a hydraulic motor unit coupled to a reel mounted on a vehicle, such as a mine car or the like and wherein the reel is adapted to automatically wind electrical cable thereon as the mine car moves toward the point where the cable is connected to the source of power, and to automatically pay-out the cable as the mine car moves away from the electrical cable connection to the source of power.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed which is useful in cutting and beveling selective lengths of plastic pipe. The apparatus is supported on the pipe by reason of a closed frame which is releasably locked around the pipe. Rollers are provided in the frame for contacting the pipe. A roller slide is selectably positionable within the frame at a finite number of radial positions. The roller slide serves to adjust its rollers to accept and support the frame on the standard pipe sizes. Opposite the roller slide is a cutting and beveling blade which is radially adjustable into the center of the closed frame.

Abstract: A process for the extraction or separation of lignin from waste black cooking liquor resulting from the kraft and sulfite paper pulping process. After the lignin is separated, it is reacted with a chemical system to produce unsaturated end groups on the lignin molecule which are epoxidized to produce a lignin-epoxide resin.

Abstract: A speed sensing tachometer is built into the end bracket or end bell of a variable speed dynamoelectric machine such as a DC motor. The tachometer is completely recessed and close to the bearing supporting the shaft to occupy a minimum of longitudinal space in the machine. Multiple poles are provided on the rim of the tachometer rotor fastened to the machine shaft and these poles cooperate with first and second Hall effect switches. An electrical circuit is also provided in the same recess in the end bracket and connected to the Hall switches so that the output from the stator of the tachometer includes both a digital and an analog signal output with rotational direction sensing. Such built-in tachometer permits the DC motor to be a double shaft extension motor so that a load, fan or brake may be mounted at each end.

Abstract: An apparatus for reducing acoustical pressure in a tubing is disclosed comprising a first molded plastic member having a first support with an orifice extending therethrough and having a first side forming a substantially saucer shaped member. A plurality of first walls are molded into the first member to extend from the first support radially spaced about the orifice and interposed between the orifice and the first side. A second molded plastic member, which is smaller than the first member, includes a second support and a second side. A plurality of second walls extend from the second support radially spaced and interposed between the center of the second support and the second side. A tubing having acoustical pressure is receivable in the orifice of the first member. The first and second members are mounted to one another forming a labyrinth passage between the orifice and the first and second sides of the first and second members.

Abstract: An electronic measurement system for monitoring and measuring indicated horsepower (IHP) of piston type engines which may be spark-ignition, diesel, steam or other power type, based on two or more cycles of operation. Indicated horsepower (IHP) is computed for each engine cylinder in sequential fashion and is based on measurements of cylinder pressure and crankshaft angle of rotation versus time. The system hereof is also operable to measure revolutions per minute of the engine shaft, as well as combustion and compression pressures (just before ignition).

Abstract: An encoding transmitter is disclosed which includes a modulator providing a means to modulate a carrier wave selectively with a first or a second modulation frequency or pattern to provide first and second modulation patterns respectively. Also a third modulation pattern may be established by providing successive portions of the first modulation frequency and the second modulation frequency during a given time period. A data selector is controlled by data select control signals which are obtained from a counter counting from the first modulation frequency signal. Programmable means include a multi-position switch to program the input channels of the data selector so as to control whether the first or the third modulation pattern is that which modulates the carrier wave during any given unit of time.

Abstract: An improvement in a powder metallurgic manufacturing process where metal powder is compressed and heated in a mould and heat is produced by conducting electric current through the mould and the metal powder as well as through at least one electrically resistive fireproof body in actual contact with the mould where heat produced in the body is transferred to the mould and the metal powder. The improvement comprises maintaining electric tension between 2 and 200 volts; the current efficiency per unit volume of the mould between 20 and 200 W/cm.sup.3 ; and the resistivity of the electrically resistive fireproof body between 0.03 and 100 ohm .times. cm.

Abstract: Fair-leads for a control wire of a Bowden type cable to be run through a hollow tube of a tubular structure or frame such as the frame of a bicycle or other vehicle whereby the wire is carried and protected interiorly of such tube, the fair-leads being retained in position in a side wall of the tube by the tension of the wires extending through the fair-leads. This is an abstract only of the specific illustration of the invention given by way of example and is not to be used in the interpretation of the claims nor as a limitation on the scope of the invention.

Abstract: A method of measuring temperature utilizing resistance temperature detectors (RTDs) is disclosed. A number of RTDs are sequentially scanned and their resistance values are processed by zeroing and linearizing circuit techniques so that an output signal directly proportional to the temperature of each RTD is obtained. The scanning technique incorporates constant current excitation so that complete linearization of the resistance versus temperature function is made possible with very few high tolerance components.

Abstract: A foundry molding machine is disclosed wherein a core or mold is molded from moldable material such as sand in first and second mold boxes having a cavity. The cavity is filled with the sand and is then cured to form the mold. The first and second mold boxes are separated so that the mold remains in the first mold box with a downwardly facing cavity. Any of several means may be used to assure that the mold remains in this downwardly facing cavity. A transfer conveyor is then moved to a position closely beneath the mold. The first mold box is then moved upwardly as ejection means acts on the mold to eject it downwardly onto the closely spaced transfer conveyor. The transfer conveyor then moves out from underneath the first mold box to remove the completed mold and the cycle repeats.

Abstract: A process for producing ornamental standing toys in which a rectangular laminated synthetic resin sheet comprising a foam synthetic resin core sandwiched in between a pair of weldable synthetic resin layers adhered to the opposite surfaces of said core and bearing a series of patterns of toys printed in symmetry with respect to the longitudinal center line is provided, a high frequency welder is applied against said sheet to cut selected portions of said patterns of toys from said sheet and simultaneously to weld said weldable layers sandwiching said core together along the peripheral edges of the selected portions of the patterns to form portions of the toys, said sheet is folded along said longitudinal center line and another high frequency welder is applied against said sheet to cut the remaining portions of said patterns of toys from the sheet and simultaneously to weld said weldable layers sandwiching said core together along the edges of the remaining portions of the patterns of toys to thereby complete

Abstract: A scale removal device for scraping off scale deposited on the inner surface of a tube section comprising a rotary shaft to be received within said tube section for advancement and rotation under the action of fluid under pressure pumped into the tube section and having a spiral blade thereabout, a scraper head detachably connected to the leading end of said rotary shaft and having resilient scraper blades thereabout for yieldingly abutting against the inner surface of said tube section and connector means detachably connecting said rotary shaft and scraper head.

Abstract: A lubricated bearing assembly with rollable elements such as balls is disclosed. The rollable elements may be in a bearing cage and disposed between inner and outer races as in typical ball bearing unit. The inner race is secured to a rotatable shaft and the outer race is mounted in a frame of a machine. A first grease cavity is provided on one axial side of the rollable elements and a second grease cavity is provided on the opposite axial side of the rollable elements. The grease is introduced into one of the cavities, for example, the first cavity and is directed in an axial direction toward the rollable elements and to the spaces between such rollable elements to make sure that grease is provided in such spaces. The opposite grease cavity, for example, the second grease cavity, is provided with walls forming vanes in a radial direction.

Abstract: An apparatus for making metal films comprises an air tight chamber; a rotatable cylindrical cage to receive substrates therein, said rotatable cage constituting an anode; and cathode means of sputtering metal material disposed coaxially of said rotatable cylindrical cage. When a sputtering power source such as DC power source or asymmetrical AC power source is applied across the cage and the cathode of sputtering metal material, metal atoms are sputtered from the cathode means and then deposited on the substrates in the cage. The cage may have partitions or radial walls provided in a circumferential direction about the axis of rotation, so that the substrates may be received in the cage in a separate manner. Alternatively, the cage may be open at the inner periphery and in this case, the cathode means may be disposed inside of the cage.

Abstract: A conversion unit is disclosed for converting a mold forming machine from a dry mold material forming process to a moist mold material mold forming process, to form a mold item. The conversion unit comprises mold material injection means having an aperture for injecting the mold material therefrom. The mold material injection means is moved adjacent an aperture in a moldbox of the mold forming machine to inject the mold material into a cavity of the moldbox. The mold material injection means is retracted from the moldbox enabling an aperture sealing means to be rotated between the apertures of the moldbox and the mold material injection means. The mold material injection means is again advanced toward the moldbox to seal the aperture of the moldbox by the aperture sealing means enabling a gas for curing the mold material to enter the mold cavity by gas ports internal the moldbox means.

Abstract: A machine for conveying similarly shaped articles in a single file is disclosed comprising drive and return conveyors with said drive conveyor having a loading portion and a discharge portion. A plurality of similarly shaped articles are loaded at the loading portion of the drive conveyor. A separator separates the articles in a single file on the drive conveyor and ejects articles from the drive conveyor which vary from the single file. The return conveyor forms an angle relative to the drive conveyor for receiving the ejected articles from the drive conveyor to return the ejected articles on the return conveyor to the drive conveyor.

Abstract: A plural slide machine is disclosed for machining a first and a second workpiece comprising a first and a second slide for respectively receiving the first and the second workpiece. The first and second slides are mounted on ways for movement in a substantially horizontal plane. A toolholder for holding a workpiece tool is mounted through a third and a fourth slide for enabling movement of the workpiece tool in a substantially vertical plane. Control means is connected to the slides for enabling machining of the first workpiece through movement of the first, third and fourth slide and for enabling machining of the second workpiece through movement of the second, third, and fourth slide. The foregoing abstract is merely a resume of one general application, is not a complete discussion of all principles of operation or applications, and is not to be construed as a limitation on the scope of the claimed subject matter.

Abstract: A machine is disclosed to bag powdery material wherein primary and secondary preconditioning chambers are used, having a volume sufficient to give enough time for the powdery material to become de-aerated. This de-aerated powdery material is then supplied to a bulk filling station and a dribble filling station. Bags spouted at the bulk filling station are filled to about 90 percent of their normal capacity and are then moved laterally to the dribble filling station whereat the bags are rapidly filled to a weight close to the desired exact weight and by automatic speed changing means filled to exact weight at a slower rate. The bags are supported at the top by grippers at both filling stations with the calibrated weight scale being actuated by weight on the grippers at the dribble filling station. An auger at the bulk filling station forces the powdery material down into a generally closed bag to force the bag open by the incoming material to thus keep air out of the bag as much as possible.

Abstract: An improved dynamo-electric machine such as an electric motor is disclosed including a novel commutator configuration and novel means for aligning a first machine housing relative to a second machine housing. The commutator includes an insulating member having a first and a second end with an outwardly extending member having a plurality of apertures therein extending from the first end of the insulating member. A recess extends partially through the insulating member from the second end of the insulating member. A plurality of electrically conducting members each having a first and a second mounting portion are established about a substantially cylindrical surface of the insulating member with the first mounting portions of the electrically conducting members extending through the apertures in the insulating member. The remaining portions of the first mounting members are bent radially outwardly to provide mounting terminals for connection with the rotor coils.