Abstract: A distributor board or panel for compressed air monitoring systems including an integral die-cast distributor housing and a plurality of flow detectors. The housing has a longitudinal opening and surrounding structure to which the flow detectors are mounted for registry with a longitudinally extending common compressed air line through respective air supply lines which extend at right angles from the common compressed air line, and to respective air outlet lines which have cable connections associated therewith. The individual air supply lines and air outlet lines are also formed in the distributor housing. In each air supply line there is mounted an automatic closing stop valve which can be opened by a control pin mounted within the respective flow detector.

Abstract: A double contact, crossed roller or ball bearing assembly with roller paths inserted in supports made from another material in which each support has a single groove per row for balls or roller members and has mounted by deformation therein a single open ring formed from a bearing steel section having two enlarged portions joined by a thinner axial rib. The two bearing surfaces of each foller path are machined in the two enlarged portions of each ring.

Abstract: An off-photometric-range indicating device for photometric circuits for cameras visually indicates to a photographer when the brightness of an object to be photographed is off the set photometric range of the photometric circuit. The indicating device includes a detection circuit to detect the brightness of the object and to produce an output signal when the detected value of the brightness is out of the photometric range of the photometric circuit, a switching circuit connected to the detection circuit and operated by said output signal, and a circuit connected to the switching circuit and actuated by the operation of the switching circuit to scale out the indicator, which may be visually observed by the photographer.

Abstract: Manufacture of double or plural pane insulating packages by placing panes together with a spacer, thereby leaving an interspace at the periphery into which cement is injected. Two nozzles are used to inject cement into the interspace, starting from a common starting region and working in opposite directions around the periphery to a common terminal point. Conveyors and control systems are provided to mechanize the process.

Abstract: A tool forming an attachment to the dipper arm of an excavator, especially for processing scrap automobiles, which includes an extension member that is fixedly connected to the dipper arm and projects beyond the free end portion of the latter. The free end portion of this extension member forms a gripping and shearing structure with a ripping tooth member which preferably forms a two-arm lever pivotally supported by the free outer end of the dipper arm. The longer arm of the two-arm lever cooperates with the extension member while forming a gripping device therewith, whereas the shorter arm of the two-arm lever cooperates with a shearing member supported by the extension member and forms a shear therewith.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting leakage of water molecules through a defective portion, if any, of a container which comprises a vessel having a flange at the periphery thereof and a lid heat sealed to said flange and is filled with water-contained materials, such as foodstuffs, thereby detecting said defective portion, said apparatus comprising a chamber for receiving said container such that an enclosed space is formed along and in the vicinity of said sealed flange portion, partitions provided on said chamber for partitioning said enclosed space into a plurality of enclosed space cells, a plurality of humidity sensitive devices each provided individually associated with said enclosed space cells, a vacuum tank connected to said enclosed space cells for exhausting the air therefrom, a vacuum pump connected to said vacuum tank, and an electric circuit connected to said humidity sensitive devices for threshold detecting the outputs therefrom.

Abstract: In apparatus, such as a fluorometric microscope, for measuring two different fluorescences in a sample, the sample is irradiated by light modulated at a first frequency and having a first wavelength for causing a first fluorescence and also is irradiated by light modulated at a second frequency different from the first frequency and having a second wavelength for causing a second fluorescence. A photoelectric element is responsive to the light emitted by the sample during both fluorescences for generating an electrical signal representative of the combined intensities of the two fluorescences. From this electrical signal, a demodulator derives first and second signal components having the first and second frequencies, respectively, and having amplitudes representative of the individual intensities of the first and second fluorescences, respectively.

Abstract: In a device for rectilinearly guiding a stage carrying thereon a sample, a stationary race is integrally formed with a stationary member and has at least two surfaces forming a certain angle with each other. A movable race is provided and movable with the stage in a predetermined direction with respect to the stationary member, and has at least two surfaces opposed to the surfaces of the stationary race, respectively. A drive assembly is provided for driving the stage-moving movable race. Stage-moving sliders comprising a plurality of roll bearings and base plates supporting the bearings are disposed between the opposed surfaces of the stationary race and the stage-moving movable race. Pressing elements are provided for causing the opposed surfaces of the stationary race and the movable race to impart pressure forces to the roll bearings simultaneously.

Abstract: A fishing reel has a slide movable selectively against the action of a return spring into a locked position. The slide is used for shifting a gear wheel of the drive without engagement with a shaft for driving a spool, whereby an input gear wheel driven by a crank is provided with a stop which releases the locking of the slide when the input gear wheel is rotated. The invention is particularly characterized in that the stop is provided upon a separate structural part which is swingably connected in the circumferential direction for a limited movement with the inlet gear wheel.

Abstract: An electromagnetic trigger device for use with camera capable of automatic time exposure, comprises: a power supply; a motor; a trigger switch; shutter driving means driven by said motor for driving a shutter and movable between a fully closed position and a fully open position, said shutter driving means fully opening the shutter when it is at the fully open position and fully closing the shutter when it is at the fully closing position; engaging means movable between a latching position and a non-latching position, said engaging means being adapted, when moved to said latching position, to latch said shutter driving means which occupies one of the fully open and closing positions; a motor switch which is closed for electrically connecting said motor to said power supply, when said engaging means is in said non-latching position; a starting coil for attracting said engaging means, when energized, to move said engaging means to said non-latching position; a switching circuit for connecting said starting coil

Abstract: An electronic flashlight may be removably assembled to a camera. The camera is provided with a mounting member, an indicator lamp for indicating the readiness of the electronic flashlight for flashing, and contact means connected with the indicator lamp. The electronic flashlight is provided with a mounting member for engagement with the mounting member of the camera removably to secure the flashlight to the camera, and contact means. The contact means of the camera and the contact means of the flashlight may automatically be connected together upon assemblage of the flashlight to the camera electrically to connect the indicator lamp with the flashlight. The indicator lamp is located for observation through the viewfinder of the camera.

Abstract: The invention disclosed relates to fabricated rigid sheets profiled for engagement with adjacent similar sheets for assembly as a panel having sufficient rigidity to enable sufficiently large areas to be produced for the construction of van bodies, domestic and other building, caravans and road signs. Each sheet is of substantially rectangular shape with rearwardly extending flanges at each of the opposed longitudinal edges arranged supportingly to engage a corresponding flange of an adjacent similar sheet in assembly. One of the flanges is formed with at least one and preferably a plurality of spaced openings and securing means is associated with the other of the flanges for engagement in the openings of an adjacent similar sheet.

Abstract: A removable foot adapted to friction fit on the ground-contacting shank of a conventional cycle kickstand has a base with a top surface from which a sleeve projects, and a sole that is larger than the ground end of the kickstand. The sleeve fits on the shank and is angled with respect to the foot sole to contact properly the ground for support in accordance with the angle or shape of the kickstand shank.

Abstract: A device for testing the voltage of a voltage source comprises a bridge circuit, a differential switching circuit and an indicator element. The bridge circuit includes a first circuit comprising a first resistor; a second circuit comprising first diode means connected to the first circuit; a third circuit comprising a second resistor connected to the first circuit, the junction between the third and first circuits being connected to one terminal of the voltage source; and a fourth circuit comprising a serial connection of second diode means and a third resistor. One end of the fourth circuit is connected to the third circuit and the other end is connected to the second circuit. The junction between the fourth and second circuits is connected to the other terminal of the voltage source.

Abstract: A data photographing system has a flash capacitor which is charged by a power source and discharged through a flash tube in response to a trigger signal for illuminating data, and has a control circuit for producing the trigger signal only if the flash capacitor has been charged to a predetermined voltage level. The control circuit includes a voltage detector, such as a Zener diode, and a synchronizing switch adapted to be closed in response to actuation of the shutter release mechanism of the camera. The control circuit may also include a trigger capacitor which is charged by the power source and which is discharged through the primary winding of a transformer to produce a trigger signal of stepped-up voltage across the secondary winding of the transformer. The trigger capacitor may be discharged directly through the Zener diode and the synchronizing switch or through an SCR controlled thereby.

Abstract: A muffler for internal combustion engines, compressed air tools and the like, has a tubular core with one end having a connection with a source of exhaust gases and the other end closed or valved in such manner as to prevent build-up of back pressure with an increase of exhaust gas flow above a selected maximum. Intermediate its two ends a length of the core is perforated around its entire periphery. A succession of dished annuli are fitted about a perforated area of the core with alternate annuli reversed so that they are arranged in several pairs with the peripheral edges of each pair converging to form between them an attenuation chamber from which gases entering the chambers through the central core escape at the peripheries of the chambers, the larger circumference of the gas escape passages at the peripheries of the chambers in relation to the gases entering the chambers through the perforations in the tube relieving the pressure while the sound is attenuated to a greatly reduced level.

Abstract: A curvature measuring optical system in an ophthalmometer comprises a first and a second lens group and rotary prisms disposed between the two lens groups. The first lens group has the focal point thereof lying at the location of the virtual image of an index projected on the cornea of an eye to be examined. The second lens group focuses on the focal plane thereof a light beam made parallel by the first lens group. The rotary prisms separate the image into two images and are rotatable in the opposite directions from each other.

Abstract: A briquetting press roll is disclosed which includes a plurality of removable mold segments and means for attaching the mold segments to a cylindrical central core. The mold segments have, on their side walls, connecting means for engaging annular retaining rings. The annular retaining rings span the interface of the mold segments and the central core. The annular retaining rings engage the mold segments and the central core thereby affixing the mold segments to the central core.

Abstract: A depositing mechanism deposits wire bottle closure elements sequentially onto a conveyor. The conveyor transports a continuous supply of closure elements to a bottle wiring station. Closure elements which are not utilized at the wiring station return on the conveyor to the depositing station. To avoid duplication of closure elements on the conveyor a sensing system scans the conveyor at a sensing station located ahead of the depositing station. If no closure element is detected the depositing operation proceeds as usual. If a closure element is detected, the depositing operation is interrupted. The depositing mechanism includes a magnetic transfer device for transferring closure elements onto the conveyor and which is particularly suited to high-speed operation.

Abstract: A method of preparing a phosphor by injection of activator ions which become luminescent centers into crystals of a base material of the phosphor comprising the steps of generating ions of an activator, accelerating the activator ions by giving kinetic energy thereto, irradiating and injecting the accelerated activator ions into the base material, and agitating the base material.