Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus for the determination of chemicals in a sample flow, which includes in combination a hollow conical chamber having large and small diameter portions. An entrance conduit communicates with the large diameter portion of the chamber to introduce a sample flow into the chamber in a generally tangential direction and the sample travels in a generally spirally extending path to the small diameter portion. A first axially extending conduit is connected to the small diameter portion to provide for the exit of a heavier fraction of the sample flow from the conical chamber. A second exit conduit is connected in an axial manner to the large diameter portion of the conical chamber to exit a lighter fraction of the sample flow from the conical chamber. First and second spaced electrodes are positioned in the first exit conduit.

Abstract: A tear open and relockable cardboard container is disclosed comprising a first and a second top member having a first and a second top fold and a first and a second top edge which top members are secured in an overlapping relationship to form a top of the container. The first top member has a container aperture perforation with a locking projection extending toward the first edge. Locking slots extend from the sides of the container aperture perforation. The second member has a first and a second perforation with a lift tab fold line extending between the first and second perforation defining a lift tab therebetween. A lift tab perforation is located on the second top member and intersects the lift tab fold line forming a reopen tab. The container is opened by raising the lift tab to expose the container aperture.

Abstract: An electrical grounding system for grounding the ignition system of an internal combustion engine on a tractor or the like to prevent the starting of the engine and to stop the engine when operating unless switches of the grounding system are so set by operating conditions and positions of parts of the tractor or the like. The grounding system is arranged so that unless switches in an electrical circuit of the grounding system are set or maintained in proper position by operations of the tractor or the like, (such as the clutch of a grass cutting unit carried by the tractor or the like, such as the clutch of the drive mechanism of the tractor or the like, such as by the occupancy or non-occupancy of the seat of the tractor or the like, or such as the connection or dis-connection of a grass catcher to the tractor or the like) the ignition system of the engine is grounded or short circuited and the engine is inoperative.

Abstract: The invention is directed to the combination of a mower having a rear discharge opening and a catcher for receiving cut grass and air mixed with the cut grass blown rearwardly through the discharge opening of the mower. There are means provided for affecting the deposit of cut grass in the catcher and for permitting the egress of air therefrom. Unique means are provided for delivering cut grass and air blown by the rotating cutting blade of the mower back through the mower and into a catcher carried at the rear of the mower. Baffle and deflecting means are provided for aiding in separating of the cut grass in the catcher to be deposited therein and the escape of air therefrom. 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: Means for mounting an engine to a tractor or the like to minimize transmission of vibration between the engine and the tractor or the like, wherein metal to metal contact is avoided and the engine is firmly held down in position on the tractor or the like and against lateral movement. 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: In an ignition system for an internal combustion engine comprising a power source, an ignition coil including a primary coil portion and a secondary coil portion with said primary coil portion supplied with a primary current from said power source and switching means to break said primary current in time with revolution of the engine whereby a high voltage is induced across said secondary coil portion of said ignition coil, a device for preventing the engine from revolving at more than the predetermined speed including a semiconductor controlled switching element connected in parallel to said primary coil portion of said ignition coil; and a control circuit to control said semiconductor controlled switching element so that it is non-conductive upon said engine revolving at less than the predetermined r.p.m. for normal operation of the ignition system and so that said semiconductor controlled switching element is conductive upon the engine revolving at more than said predetermined r.p.m.

Abstract: A system for purifying heated exhaust gases discharged from an internal combustion engine, a furnace, or the like. The system includes a novel rotating finned tube heat exchanger of generally cylindrical configuration. The exchanger has a plurality of longitudinally extending conduits which direct the exhaust gases back and forth between opposite end chambers of the heat exchanger. The gases are additionally passed, as required depending upon the type of pollutants they contain, through a series of purification devices which may include a novel afterburner to rid the gases of entrained unburned fuel, one or more water bath devices to cleanse the gases, and a separator to removed unburned compounds.

Abstract: A lockable vegetation pot and saucer is disclosed comprising a plastic pot having a pot base and integral pot sides diverging from the pot base. The pot has a plurality of pot stops extending from the inside surface of the pot sides. The angle of the diverging pot sides enables stacking of the pot with similar pots when the pot base engages the pot stops of an adjacent similar pot. A plurality of locking apertures are located in the pot sides each aperture having a locking side adjacent the pot base. The invention includes a plastic saucer having a saucer base and integral saucer sides diverging from the saucer base. The saucer has a plurality of saucer stops extending from the inside surface of the saucer. The angle of the diverging saucer sides enables stacking of the saucer with similar saucers when the saucer base engages the saucer stops of an adjacent similar saucer.

Abstract: A combined thermostatic switch and tilt switch is disclosed which is of the stack type with slow make and break contacts. A temperature responsive element such as a bimetal actuates a set of contacts and an attitude responsive means such as a swingable pendulum also actuates a set of contacts. These two responsive means may actuate the same set of contacts or may actuate different sets of contacts in various embodiments of the invention, but a second set of contacts is provided in the switch as a standby set of contacts which may be actuated by one of the responsive means in the event that the first set of contacts fails to be actuated, e.g. by being welded together or some other malfunction. 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: An adjustment device for mounting a metal disintegrator head to a support is described comprising a first and a second housing with the first housing being mounted to the support and the second housing being mounted to the disintegrator head. One of the first and second housings has a mounting member and a plate member. Means are provided for relatively journaling the mounting member and the plate member about a first axis. A hinge interconnects the first and second housings enabling movement between the first and second housings about a hinge axis which is substantially perpendicular to the first axis. Locking means is provided for locking the position of the first housing relative to the second housing about the hinge axis. 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 bag machine is disclosed wherein bags are supplied from a bag holder such as a bag magazine to a multi-station bag filler whereat they are filled and are then supplied to a bag closer which closes and seals the filled bag. The multi-station bag filler is shown with four stations with bags being supplied to a bag pickup station therein from the bag closer. The bag filler includes a frame rotating on a base with gripper hands carried on arm means. The gripper hands grip face-to-face over the two top corners of a bag in the pickup station. A motor is provided to index the frame into the four different stations with a second station being a bag opening station whereat the gripper hands move toward each other and move upwardly to move the opened bag up onto an openable spout. A third station is a bag-filling station whereat material is delivered from a hopper via the spout to the opened bag. The fourth station is a bag-discharge station to the closer-sealer.

Abstract: An electrical switching device is disclosed comprising a first and a second support member engageable with one another forming a housing. A plurality of first and second contacts are mounted to the support housing and urged to be in contact with one another. A switching member such as an insulator having a plurality of contact apertures and a plurality of indexing apertures is movably mounted to the support housing and interposed between the first and second contacts. The insulator switching member separates some of the first and second contacts and allows electrical engagement of the others of the contacts through the contact apertures. The invention includes indexing means comprising a solenoid and an indexing member having an indexing arm to engage with an indexing aperture to move the switching member and the contact apertures to cause engagement or disengagement between the plurality of first and second contacts.

Abstract: A device to control the transfer of energy via resonant circuits from a D.C. source of electric energy to a load. The device confines the resonant currents to near the magnitude needed to accomplish this controlled transfer within prescribed limits, independent of variations of the source voltage or of the load. The voltage stresses imposed on the individual circuit components are contained accordingly. An electronic control system governs the electronic power switches to conform to a pattern of operation which confines the average currents in the resonant circuits to preset levels and therewith confines the series capacitor voltage amplitude to predictible and restricted magnitudes. The rms content of the resonant current is restricted to predictible and moderate deviations from a design norm for specified conditions of system operation.

Abstract: The openable end of a collapsed bag is aligned in an alignment station on the base of the bag aligner machine. The bag is removed from a bag pickup station by a pick-off arm and moved to a preliminary position. At this point the bag is transferred to a bag holder which moves upwardly relative to the base to move the openable end of the bag into a bag-edge locator. This locator includes first and second alignment members which are interconnected in generally a V configuration and the bag openable edge is moved by a first motor into the open V end between the first and second alignment members to abut the closed V end under the urging of the first motor and additional urging of resilient means. This positively locates the edge of the bag so that it may be subsequently gripped, opened and then filled at a subsequent filling station.

Abstract: A sewage treatment tank formed in upper and lower halves which engage each other along a parting line. The tank has an aeration chamber and an outlet chamber which are fluidly connected together at the bottom portion of the tank through an opening and also at the top portion of the tank at the fluid level by means of a surface skimmer. A tube settler is positioned in the outlet chamber and comprises a plurality of spaced and generally parallel plates each of which includes a plurality of spaced and generally parallel deflector members the surfaces of which are arranged at an acute angle to upward fluid flow in the outlet chamber. Holding members secure the plates in fixed position and have end portions held between the upper and lower halves of the tank at the parting line.

Abstract: An upflow filter adapted to be used with a home sewage treatment plant which includes a container which has a wall extending thereacross to divide the container into first and second filtering chambers. First and second gratings are located in the first and second chambers respectively and serve to divide each filtering chamber into top and bottom portions and each grating has filtering media covering the same. The container has an inlet and an outlet with the outlet located at a lower level from the inlet. First liquid conduit means are connected to the wall and provides for fluid communication from the inlet to the bottom portion of each of the first and second filtering chambers. Second liquid conduit means are connected to the wall and provides for fluid communication from the top portion of each of the first and second filtering chambers to the outlet.

Abstract: A unit for the assembling of modular electrical apparatus comprising a supporting element having a base wall defining a space for the lodging of modular electrical apparatus; the said surface having openings for the passage of electric wires for connecting to the apparatus; the structure of these latter having a wide front surface and being relatively thin so as to occupy all the space of the supporting element. Fixing means to releasably fix each electrical apparatus in the space of the mentioned supporting element are provided.

Abstract: An angle adjustment unit for mounting a disintegrator head to a support is disclosed comprising a first housing adapted for mounting to the support and a second housing adapted for receiving the disintegrator head. A nut including a nut body and an expanded portion is mounted to the second housing with the nut body journaling a housing aperture in the second housing and with the expanded portion engaging the second housing. A threaded member having external threads extends from the first housing. The nut is mounted on the threaded member for producing a frictional engagement between the first and second housings upon rotation of the nut in one direction to prevent relative rotation therebetween and for removing the frictional engagement between the first and second housings upon rotation of the nut in the opposite direction to enable relative rotation between the housings.

Abstract: A signal generator for use in a breakerless ignition system for an internal combustion engine, comprising a magnet rotor rotatable in synchronism with said internal combustion engine and a stator including a plurality of signal coils and a comb-like magnetic core member disposed adjacent to said rotor and having a plurality of teeth-like core portions around which said signal coils are wound, respectively, and a common yoke magnetically connected to said core portions, said signal coils constructed so that incremental voltages are established thereacross from the most advanced position toward the most retarded position and said signal coils divided into at least two series connections of at least alternate signal coils. Each series connection of signal coils has a diode connected in series to the corresponding series connection and the series connections of signal coils are arranged in a parallel manner.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a capstan device to a tape machine comprising a double walled sleeve including inner and outer sleeve portions, said outer sleeve portion having supporting means provided on the periphery of said outer sleeve portion and mounted on a chassis of said tape machine, upper and lower bearings fitted into said inner sleeve portion at the opposite ends thereof and a capstan including a capstan shaft rotatably extending through said inner sleeve portion and journalled on said bearings, said method comprising the steps of inserting said inner sleeve portion into said outer sleeve portion so as to provide an annular space between said inner and outer sleeve portions, arranging said inner sleeve portion with said outer sleeve portion so that the common axis of said bearings is substantially normal to the top face of said supporting means on said outer sleeve portion and securing said inner sleeve portion to said outer sleeve portion.