Abstract: An improved fuse assembly having a unique structure comprising a rigid tubular member having preformed solder-receiving recesses on its outer surface at each end of the tubular member. A fusible element is stretched between the ends of the tubular member and a preformed notch on the rim at each end of the tubular member serves to pick up each end of the fusible element and bent thereover for embedding it into the preformed outer recesses of the tubular member.

Abstract: A flame cutting machine is provided having a CNC control with a programmable memory wherein the memory is programmed to cause automatic cutting of rows of pieces continuously in succession, and wherein the memory also includes selectively actuatable instructions to prevent the torches disposed at a termination point from automatically proceeding to the next row, but instead to cause the torches to automatically proceed directly to the start-pierce point of the row just completed. The torch or torches which have properly cut a complete piece are turned off, while the remaining torch or torches which have involved a lost cut are re-activated at the start-pierce point so, as the row cutting cycle is repeated, the previously lost portions will now be cut. The memory is also programmed to selectively instruct the machine to reverse from the cut termination point if desired.

Abstract: A beverage making appliance operable automatically or manually, and also providing a hot water faucet. The appliance has a cold water basin located over a hot water tank with a cold water tube extending down into the hot water tank from a basin drain opening whereby cold water discharges into the lower portion of the hot water tank and displaces hot water either through a faucet, or a spray head onto the contents of a brew funnel. When operated in its automatic mode, cold water is delivered to the basin through a conduit connected with a supply of cold water under pressure. The conduit has both flow control and solenoid valves whereby a predetermined volume of cold water is delivered on each actuation of a timer. A level control circuit, together with a water level sensing probe disposed within the hot water tank, also actuates the solenoid valve to maintain a predetermined water level in the tank as hot water is drawn through the faucet.

Abstract: A device for the paraxial kinetic control of a boom that can be swivelled perpendicular to the rotatable platform of a mobile lifting machine wherein there is provided at least one coupling rocker which is pivotally mounted on the boom and provides a pivotal connection for a plurality of points of application of force, two points of application of force being linked to the platform of the lifting machine.

Abstract: The cutting tool includes a cutting insert retention pin with an intermediate radial flange adapted to engage a crescent-shaped bottom wall or shoulder in a specially-configured pin-receiving cavity in the toolholder insert pocket and thereby cause the retention pin to tilt in an insert locking direction in the cavity. The pin-receiving cavity is formed by first and second intersecting circular counterbores and a tapped hole with the first counterbore and tapped hole being coaxial and the second counterbore being offset toward an abutment surface in the toolholder pocket and deeper than the first counterbore.

Abstract: A method of reinforcing netted materials composed of spaced apart strands consisting of extruding a pair of plastic strands, either or both of which may include a steel core wire, respectively at opposite sides of a sheet of the net material, and fusing the strands together intermediate the strands of the net sheet while the former are still in a highly plastic, nearly molten condition, immediately after their extrusion.

Abstract: A hydraulically powered mixing aerator rides on an upright beam member for submersion in a body of water such as an equalization basin, oxidation ditch or sludge holding tank used in sewage treatment plants. The aerator employs a submersible, hydraulically powered mixing motor driving a propeller which is mounted on the beam member by a slidable bracket for height adjustment. The beam member is swingably supported to allow adjustment of the vertical plane angle. Because the beam member is also mounted for rotation, substantially any attitude or position of the mixer can be selected for creating an efficient flow pattern within the body of water. The speed at which the propeller is rotated, and therefore, the rate at which the water is circulated and aerated, is selectively adjustable. The hydraulically driven motor provides for a low speed and high torque rotation of the propeller without the use of a reduction gear.

Abstract: This disclosure illustrates and describes a filler valve assembly including a fluid pressure-activated upper control valve, a spring for urging the control valve closed, a fixed lower flow control valve, a nozzle slidably mounted in the lower end of the valve body, a second spring for normally urging the nozzle into a capillary seal relationship with the lower flow control valve, and spacer means extending between the nozzle and the upper control valve. Upon receiving a measured volume of fluid under pressure from an external source, the upper control valve is opened, causing the nozzle to move relative to the fixed lower flow control valve and thereby discharge a measured volume of fluid product into a container therebelow.

Abstract: Servo control circuits particularly suited for electric discharge machining apparatus to provide the input to the servomechanism which actuates the tool feed during machining.These circuits respond to a setting of desired gap emf and an input of actual gap emf to control tool movement so as to equalize these inputs. They respond to abnormally low gap emf during the machining "on" pulse to retract the tool to allow the gap to clear of debris.The gap emf during the "on" period of the pulse cycle is stored in a small capacitor coupled to a high-impedance input to power circuits of the servo control, which capacitor normally retains most of its charge during the "off" time of the cycle. Logic circuits responding to the pulse generator and the gap emf discharge this capacitor when abnormally low gap emf occurs during cycle "on" time.

Abstract: A six-wheel armored vehicle has each wheel driven by an engine mounted between the front wheels and to the side of a driver's station disposed in the beveled shaped nose of the vehicle. Terrain in front and to the sides of the vehicle may be viewed by a driver from within the vehicle by a plurality of periscopes. Alternatively, a hatch opening in a forward sloping surface of the nose immediately behind the periscopes permits the driver to raise his head out of the vehicle in order to view the terrain. A fuel storage tank is formed integral with rear portions of the vehicle's hull and comprises a plurality of interconnected fuel cells defined by double wall construction of the hull body. A fresh air inlet and deflector arrangement in the upper horizontal surface of the hull delivers fresh air forwardly to an engine compartment for cooling the engine, and warm air generated by the engine is reversed in flow direction and exhausted via a conduit through an outlet opening immediately adjacent the fresh air inlet.

Abstract: A process for the prevention of the propagation of errors in a security processor having processing circuits which carry out arithmetic and logic operations on given operands, and detection devices for detecting single definite breakdowns occurring in these processing circuits in which single ambiguous breakdowns resulting in the weakening of a signal are detected by the detection of the single definite breakdowns, by using signal interpreting circuits which make the weakened signals definite, whether or not correct. In addition, definite or ambiguous breakdowns of these interpreting circuits are also detected by the detection devices.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel consumption testing arrangement for use in the analysis of internal combustion engines having fuel carburation device, including a fuel source, a constant rate fuel pump communicating with the fuel source to receive fuel from the fuel source and deliver a selected rate of fuel, fuel pressure regulator to receive fuel from the fuel pump and supply the fuel at a selected pressure, a fuel flow transducer device communicating with the outlet of the fuel pressure regulator to measure the rate of flow of fuel from the fuel pressure regulator and having an outlet including a connector to connect the supply from the flow transducer to the carburetor of the internal combustion engine to be tested, a source of electrical power to deliver a smooth flow of current to drive the fuel pump, speedometer to sense the speed of rotation of the internal combustion engine under test, and a computation device to inter-relate the speed of rotation of the internal combustion engine under test an

Abstract: The drawings and description disclose a radiator having top and bottom tanks with their respective headers, and a core assembly therebetween. The latter includes a group of fins and tubes, wherein each tube has a flattened, oblong body section, cylindrical end sections for connection with the respective headers, and transition sections between the flattened body and the cylindrical ends. Reinforcement means is provided for preventing collapsing or pinching at the ends of the flattened body section due to stressing of the tube or flexing of the headers. The reinforcement means is in the form of various shaped pairs of outwardly extending reinforcement ribs formed on opposite sides of the transition section, or inwardly extending dimples formed on opposite sides of the flattened body section adjacent the transition section.

Abstract: The vehicle panel, such as a door panel with a pull handle, is formed from a skin with a cover portion (18) and a loop portion (12) connected by spaced sides (32). A reinforcement member (24) is disposed inside the loop portion (12) and supported by a support panel (22). Cellular material (30) is disposed along the cover portion (18) of the skin and through the channel of the spaced sides (32) into the loop portion (12). The spaced sides (32) of the skin and the cellular material (30) disposed therein are removed to define the loop portion (12) integral with the body portion (14). Cover plates (38) are secured to the reinforcement member (24) to cover the exposed areas of cellular material (30) where the spaced sides (32) of the skin and cellular material (30) have been removed.

Abstract: The invention disclosed relates to cutters for automatically cutting strips of material such as wire rope, electrical cable, or any other desired cylindrical, linear material. The apparatus proposed is best suited for cutting wire rope having a diameter of from 1/4 inch to about 1 inch. The cutting apparatus includes a controlled turntable upon which a roll of wire rope is mounted, the wire rope is directed through the tubular guide into two oppositely disposed rollers which are adjusted to size for feeding the wire to a cutter. Adjacent the cutter a V-groove platform is provided in which the wire rope lays during cutting. The V-groove is formed by adjacent doorsections that pivot to permit the cut piece to fall through the opened doors to a container below the table. The apparatus is provided with a suitable electrical circuit for operating the cutter motor, the grip roller, the turntable and controls for movement of the cutter and opening the V-groove doors.

Abstract: An adjustable thermostat is disclosed which has an operating temperature range and in which detent means is provided to establish a plurality of detent positions of a rotatably adjustable shaft for selected operating temperatures of the thermostat. The detent means includes a radially extending, arcuate flange rotatable with the shaft and cooperating with a post on the base. The flange has a plurality of radial notches to establish the plural detent positions in engagement with a projection on the post. The flange is integral with an arcuately extending wall, the wall having inner and outer arcuate surfaces, and the entire wall is deformed and stressed by radial camming action as the shaft is moved from one detent position to another. 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: Shapes with circular corrugations are produced by spinning a sheet metal blank under the action of oppositely directed deforming and backing forces. The blank is given the configuration of an envelope of revolution with a continuously diverging flare and is secured at the end nearest to the geometrical apex of the flare, and the circular corrugations are formed sequentially from the smaller towards the larger diameter by applying a concentrated deforming force to the inside surface of the blank, the deforming force being directed along the blank axis.

Abstract: A single to dual indexing carton transfer mechanism involving a turret and conveyor, wherein the turret includes equally spaced mandrels which index at a first predetermined rate, and wherein the conveyor indexes at one-half the rate of the mandrels. Partially formed paperboard cartons are stripped from the respective mandrels as the latter index to their 6:00 o'clock position, and set on a stationary rail. A pusher mechanism is cammed to alternately transfer odd numbered cartons to the conveyor during the latter's dwell period, and even numbered cartons to the conveyor while it is indexing, thereby increasing the production rate along a single conveyor line.