Abstract: A powered sliding-door system of an automobile with a sliding-door drive device A and an automatic door closer B. The sliding-door drive device A has a case body 1 opening downward, a case cover 2 covering the opening of the case body 1. A pair of guide pulleys are rotatably supported by axes, and each axis stands on the front end and the rear end of the case in slanting posture. A loop of cable is arranged between the pair of guide pulleys so that a working side is arranged outside of the case body and a return side is arranged in the case body. The loop of cable is driven by an motor driven actuator 12.

Abstract: A rope-operated device includes a wire rope and an arrangement for guiding the wire rope. The wire rope itself is a stranded rope having a core strand which is a parallel lay strand. The core strand and the side strands are each composed of 19 wires stranded as Warrington type strands. A silicon lubricant is used for lubricating the wire rope and the arrangement for guiding the wire rope.

Abstract: A seat-lifting device having a pair of left and right units 3, 4 arranged on both sides of a stool 1 in a toilet. The units 3, 4 are connected mutually by a connecting frame 5. Each unit 3, 4 has a guide portion 7 and a cable-driving portion 10 which are connected with a pair of conduits for guiding a cable. The guide portion 7 has a static guide 11, 14, a sliding plate 13 slidably supported with the static guide, a seat-supporting member 15 tiltably mounted on the sliding member, and a gas spring 17 urging the rear portion of the seat-supporting member. The sliding plate 13 is driven by the cable-driving portion through a loop of cable.

Abstract: An end plate with clip (1) which has a main body (2) and a clip (3). The main body (2) has a disk-like base plate (7) having a center hole, a tubular supporting portion (8), a bush (9), and a projection (13) having an engaging groove for engaging the clip (3). The clip (3) is made of a three-dimensionally bent metal wire.

Abstract: An engine control device for a boat, ordinary operated with power-assisting actuator, and manually operated through control cable at emergency state. The actuator has a rotary shaft supported by a casing, a slide gear mounted on the rotary shaft in axially slidable and non-rotatable, an output lever fixed on the rotary shaft, a manual input lever co-axially rotatable with the shaft. The slide gear has peripheral teeth for meshing with reduction gear and an engaging portion capable of engaging with the manual input lever.

Abstract: A rope comprising a plurality of wires (2, 3, 4) made of a steel wire being twisted together; at least the wires which are arranged in such a manner as to be disposed on an outer surface of the rope (1) being made of a plated steel wire wherein a corrosion resistance is superior; at least said wires which are located in a center of the rope not being made of the wire wherein the corrosion resistance is superior.

Abstract: An actuating system for accelerator comprising: a main body comprising a motor for driving said accuating system, a reduction gear including a means for locking connected to an output shaft of said motor, and a pulley for winding or supplying a cable, said pulley having an internal gear engaged with a gear provided on said output shaft; a control cable comprising a tubular conduit and an inner cable which is slidably inserted into said conduit, wherein an end portion for driving said pulley of said inner cable is wound by said pulley; a bracket for fixing said main body to a car body, wherein said pulley is rotatably carried by said bracket, wherein said bracket is connected to an end part of said conduit; a casing in which said body and a means for controlling said main body are enclosed together with said bracket in a manner that an elastic body is interposed between said main body and said bracket, wherein an opening for directing said cable is formed on said casing, wherein said opening retains a part of

Abstract: An operation device for an accelerator composed of an output pulley, having an engaging latch and two engaging projections, for winding an output cable; a first pulley having a "C" shaped first engaging hole, for winding a first cable; a second pulley having a "C" shaped second engaging hole, for winding a second cable; and an accelerator lever having an engaging piece. The first engaging projection is moved within the first engaging hole and the second engaging projection is moved within the second engaging hole. The engaging projection is engaging with the engaging piece when the output pulley is rotated.

Abstract: A control cable adjusting arrangement for a gear shift locking arrangement includes a holder portion which accepts an inner cable of a control cable in one end thereof. An outer cable encasing the inner cable is retained by a bracket. The other end of the holder accepts an end of a control rod associated with a gear shift lever. Disposed around the holder is a slider portion movable between a locked and unlocked position determined between two stopper flanges formed on the outer circumference of the holder. The holder and slider are made of an elastic material such as rubber and an end of the holder which accepts the end of the control rod has a flared outer circumference.

Abstract: Provided is a marine engine control system of small size with a very high operation efficiency, good responsiveness and improved safety.

Abstract: An actuator for an accelarator includes a casing and a driving part having a reversibly revolvable motor disposed in the casing, a decelerator for decelerating revolution of the motor, and an output pulley, connected to the decelerator, for taking up or letting out a control cable cable. The actuator also includes a control part composed of an operation part, and a control mechanism for controlling the revolution of the motor on the basis of a deviation between a position of the operation part and a position of the output part,wherein the driving part and the control part are integrally coaxially connected to each other.

Abstract: A window wiper comprising an arm having an end rotatably mounted near a window glass, a sliding member reciprocally slidable along the sliding member, a loop-like control cable connected to the sliding member, a mechanism for actuating the arm to reciprocally rotate, and a mechanism for actuating the control cable to reciprocally circulate in synchronized with the motion of the arm, whereby the window glass can be swept with single arm.

Abstract: A window wiper comprising an arm having an end rotatably mounted near a window glass, a sliding member supporting a reciprocally slidable along the arm, a loop-like control cable connected to the sliding member, a mechanism for actuating the arm to reciprocally rotate, and a mechanism for actuating the control cable to reciprocally slide the sliding member in synchronization with the motion of the arm, whereby the window glass can be swept with a single arm.

Abstract: A control cable having an inner cable, a conduit for slidably guiding the inner cable, a tubular liner in the conduit and an interposition. The conduit has an outer spring coated with a synthetic resin. The outer spring is made by spirally winding a steel wire around the liner with remaining a clearance between an inner surface of the outer spring and an outer surface of the liner. The interposition is set in the clearance in order to keep a suitable clearance and to provide a suitable resistance for a relative motion between the liner and the outer spring so that thermal expansion and contraction of the liner is not hindered and the liner cannot easily slip out of the outer spring.

Abstract: A control cable including a conduit having flexibility, the inside surface of which is fitted with a liner, and an inner cable having an inner coat, which is inserted into the conduit so that the inner cable slides slidden in the conduit. The liner is made of a thermoplastic resin dispersively containing 13 to 20% by weight of organopolysiloxane which in turn is made of 45 to 85% by weight of an organopolysiloxane having an ultra-high viscosity of which kinematic viscosity is 1,000,000 to 50,000,000 cSt at 25.degree. C. and 55 to 15% by weight of an organopolysiloxane having a lower viscosity of which kinematic viscosity is 25 to 10,000 cSt at 25.degree. C. The inner coat is made of a thermoplastic resin. The control cable shows excellent load efficiency and can be smoothly operated for a long period of time.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a marine engine comprising an operating lever inserting into an opening from the back side to the fore side of hull board and disposed in the fore side of the hull board to control the marine engine by rotating a main body which is disposed in the back side of the hull board to transform a rotational movement of the operating lever into an operational force of a control cable and a set block installed on the fore side of the hull board to fix the main body to the hull board, the main body having a shaft which is connected with the operation lever to transmit movement of the operational lever and a plurality of first installation holes which are arranged radially, the set block having a slit for receiving the shaft in the lateral direction and a plurality of second installation holes arranged, along with a circle having the same diameter as a pitch circle of the first installation hole and part of which are located in the position accorded with the first installation holes when the shaf

Abstract: A window opener composed of a motor retained in a casing, a damper for vibration isolation suitable interposed between the motor and the casing, a worm and a worm wheel which are concentrically connected to an output shaft of the motor, and pinion which is concentrically projected from the worm wheel, an output gear engaged with the pinion, a shaft projected from an upper surface of the output gear and a link mechanism for transforming a rotational force in one direction of the shaft into an opening force and transforming the rotational force in another direction of the shaft into a closing force of the window; being characterized in that the worm and worm wheel and the output gear are arranged in such a manner as to be superposed.

Abstract: A driving device for a cable type window regulator. The device has a housing, a drum for winding and unwinding cables for actuating a window glass and a balance spring for urging the drum. The device further has a rotatable member which is separated from the drum, and a set of gears for transmitting a torque between the drum and the rotatable member, and the spiral spring is arranged concentrically with the rotatable member so as to directly urge the rotatable member in a rotational direction.

Abstract: A friction mechanism for control apparatuses is for use in a control apparatus provided with a discoidal accelerator wheel supported in a freely rotating manner in a housing member and for applying frictional resistance to the said accelerator wheel. The said friction mechanism consists of a friction block supported in the housing member so as to mate with the accelerator wheel in the vicinity of its rim, a pressing member for pressing the friction block supported in the housing member in a direction axial to the accelerator wheel, and a conversion mechanism for converting the pressing force of the said pressing member (a chief constituent of which is the inclined surface formed on the friction block) from the said axial direction to a direction inclined toward the center of the accelerator wheel.

Abstract: A transmission operating device comprises a frame, a selecting operational member and a shifting operational member which are provided on a frame so as to extend in the fore-and-back direction of the frame, and are arranged substantially parallel to each other, a selecting shaft supported on the back side of the frame so as to rotate around a first axis crossing obliquely with a plane perpendicular to an axis extending in the fore-and-back direction, the selecting shaft having a connecting member, which is a part thereof and is located in a plane crossing with the vertical axis, and a change lever extending vertically and being connected with the selecting shaft so as to be rotatable around a second axis crossing with the first axis and extending in right and left direction of the frame. The selecting operational member has a free end connected with the connecting member and the shifting operational member has a free end rotatably connected with the above-mentioned change lever.