Abstract: A fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines having a plurality of pump elements 2, 3 disposed in a line, the injection quantity control of which is effected via a control slide 9 that is axially displaceable on the pump piston 9 and by controlling a relief conduit 22-25 of the pump work chamber 18, the control slides 9 being surrounded by partial suction chambers 8 that discharge into a main suction chamber 10 receiving a torque shaft 12 for axially actuating the control slides 9. These partial suction chambers 8 each have a separate partial inflow conduit 39 of defined length and cross section, which communicates with an inflow conduit 33, so that the same volumetric flow is metered to each partial suction chamber in the manner of quantity division, while the main suction chamber 10 is retained and the torque shaft 12 is disposed in it.

Abstract: A heat radiation sensing device is provided, which comprises two receiver surfaces which are exposed to the radiation, one of which comprises a high absorption ability with respect to the heat radiation by means of a black coloring, while the other has a low absorption ability by means of a covering which reflects the heat radiation. These two receiver surfaces consist of NTC resistor material and are combined to form a bridge circuit with two cermet resistors which are independent of temperature. The four resistors are applied to a ceramic substrate and are connected with conductor path which, in turn, end in the four required connections. The ceramic substrate is fixed in a frame which carries a covering which is pervious to heat radiation to a great degree and which, in turn, carries a layer having a window over one of the two NTC resistors the layer is made of a material which reflects the heat radiation to a great degree.

Abstract: Fuel-injection jet for internal combustion engines, with a needle movement sensor which is provided with an induction coil (30) with a coil core (36), an anchor bolt (38) being connected with the valve needle (18), a magnetic inference element (25) encompassing the induction coil (30) on the outside and two two feeding wires (40,42) which are fed out of the jet support (10) through a cable conduit (90). In accordance with the invention the cable conduit (90) consists of a central conduit segment (90) coaxially mounted with respect to the induction coil (90) and two subsequent bores (94,96) in a truncated angle (a) which discharge in the jacket circumference of jet support (10). The feeding wires (40,42) are fed in the area of the central conduit segment (92) through a cable feeding element (44). With this arrangement the needle movement sensor can be easily inserted as a premade structural unit into jet support (10).

Abstract: A fitting is provided for enabling a plurality of high and low voltage conductors to be activated thereby at a selected in-floor location therefor. A substantially flush top portion of the in-floor fitting enables efficient access to receptacles pre-wired for enabling connection of high voltage conductors thereto, and prevents tripping thereon. Fire retarding elements mounted in the fitting retard and prevent transmission of excess heat and flame through the fitting and through the floor opening in which the fitting is adapted to be mounted. Movable side plates in the substantially flush top portion of the fitting are automatically biased together so as to cover the top high voltage conductor outlet portion of the fitting when not in use, and are adapted to be readily separated such that openings therein are aligned with openings in the top outlets enabling connection of high voltage conductors thereto.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for the adaptation of mixture control for an internal combustion engine which is set up from operating quantities of the engine such as throttle flap angular position .alpha. and rotational speed n. The characteristic field provides a precontrol quantity governing the quantity of fuel to be metered or injected. The method includes the steps of: influencing the precontrol quantity by at least one adaptively changeable corrective quantity (structural adaptation, global adaptation); detecting the negative change velocity (-d.alpha./dt) of the throttle flap position angle (.alpha.); comparing the negative change velocity (-d.alpha./dt) with a predetermined threshold value [-d.alpha./dt(SchAd)]; evaluating a quantity (.DELTA..alpha.) indicative of the throttle flap change in angular position when the threshold value [-d.alpha./dt(SchAd)] is exceeded, the quantity (.DELTA..alpha.

Abstract: Fuel injection nozzle for internal combustion engines includes a first closing spring which acts continuously on the valve needle by means of a central pressure pin and, in addition, a second closing spring which acts continuously on the valve needle by means of a pressure piece after covering the distance of an initial stroke. The pressure piece is supported at the nozzle body by means of an intermediate bush during the initial stroke. The initial stroke is limited by means of the shoulders at the valve needle and the intermediate bush, whereas the total stroke is limited by means of the shoulders at the intermediate bush and the intermediate disk. Accordingly, the initial stroke can be adjusted very accurately to a desired magnitude merely by means of grinding the valve needle and does not change during the assembly of the injection nozzle.

Abstract: A color television signal processor for signals reproduced from magnetic tape converts the signals to digital form at a sampling rate substantially equal to three times the color carrier frequency, incorporates a timing system that locks the sampling rate into step with the picked up synchronizing signals in which a digital pulse generator of high stability is utilized having other possible applications, an additional demodulator separately switched is used to recover synchronizing signals for the first line of each segment, a ramp signal is provided during the blanking interval to assist in accurate timing of the sampling pulses, velocity errors are corrected for each line by a measurement of the period of a previous line and discontinuities (jumps in alternating directions) related to the switching between heads are also measured and compensated for.

Abstract: In a pressure sensor for detecting the air pressure in the interior of tubeless tires of motor vehicles, on a rim having two edge beads extending around its outside and a drum-like base, to facilitate mounting and provide malfunction-free, exact detection of pressure it is provided that the pressure sensor (10) is disposed in a bore (9) of the preferably radially inner section (5) of a bead (3), and in particular the longitudinal axis (43) of the pressure sensor (10) forms an acute angle with the axis (44) of the rim.

Abstract: A headlight arrangement for vehicles, particularly for power vehicles, comprises a light source with a light reflector forming a light beam which illuminates a roadway with a predetermined light distribution, and at least one adjustable element for changing the light distribution.

Abstract: A copyholder device 11 for supporting at least one sheet comprises an elongate strip 12 of plastics material divided into a first arm portion 13 for receiving a sheet and a second arm portion 14 having hook and loop attachment means (Velcro) 15, 15' for enabling said elongate strip 12 to be attached to a surface of an apparatus, said first arm portion 13 having holding or gripping means 16 for securing and suspending at least one sheet from said first arm portion 13 with said first arm portion 13 being such that, in use, it extends beyond the side of said surface; wherein said strip 12 is divided into the two arm portions by being twisted at 17 about its longitudinal axis so that, in the position of use, said first arm portion 13 lies in an obliquely angled (angle B) or substantially vertical plane when said second arm portion 14 lies in a horizontal or substantially horizontal plane. Preferably, the portion 13 is inclined at angle A to portion 14.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump is proposed in which the fuel supply quantity supplied to the injection location is determined by metering the quantity of fuel aspirated. The metering of the aspirated quantities is effected with the aid of at least one magnetic valve which is located in the fuel supply line leading to the fuel injection pump and with the aid of a control edge moved in synchronism with the rotation of the fuel injection pump, which controls the communication between the fuel supply line and the pump work chamber in series with the magnetic valve. The opening times of the two control locations are each longer than the maximum metering time, the overlapping time of the two control times determining the opening time of the communication between the fuel supply and the pump work chamber. The metering time is thus determined on the one hand by the switching time of the control edge moved in synchronism with the rpm and the other by a switching process of the magnetic valve.

Abstract: A valve control arrangement for controlling closing and opening time of a valve actuatable by a valve control cam of a cam shaft via an axially displaceable valve plunger, in a displacement piston-internal combustion engine, the valve control arrangement comprises a stroke transmitting chamber between the valve control cam and the valve plunger and arranged to be filled with a working medium, a controllable opening for supplying the pressure medium into the stroke transmitting chamber and withdrawing the pressure medium from the latter so as to change an axial dimension of the stroke transmitting chamber between the valve control cam and the valve plunger, device for controlling the opening so that a stroke of the valve control cam which acts with the beginning of a valve opening adjusts the opening to an unloading cross-section so that to a closing point of time of the valve, a partial quantity of the pressure medium can flow out of the stroke transmitting chamber.

Abstract: A wiping device for wiping cover plates of the headlights of motor vehicles includes a wiping arm carrying a wiper blade and swingable over the cover plate being wiped, and a drive shaft which is releasably connected to the wiping arm by means of an adapter. The wiping arm is comprised of two halves hinged to each other by a hinge the axis of which extends in a plane parallel to the cover plate being wiped. A spring is arranged between two hingeable halves of the wiping arm. The wiping device can be completely moved out from the path of light beams emitted by the headlight.

Abstract: A scale wherein a platform is mounted on and is movable and/or deformable with reference to a base in response to the application of a load, such as the weight of a person standing on the platform. A strain gauge is mounted on a plate-like carrier on the base or directly at the underside of the platform, and its resistor is a thick film conductor whose resistance changes proportionally with the magnitude of the load which is applied to the platform. Such change of resistance is used to change the position of a pointer with reference to a scale which is calibrated to indicate the magnitude of the applied load.

Abstract: A textile fabric composed of natural and/or synthetic fibers and provided with a bar code. Labels consisting of such a textile fabric can be applied or attached to objects. A process for the manufacture of such fabric and labels is also described.

Abstract: A valve assembly for an anti-skid brake system has at least two valves disposed parallel to one another. Both valves are embodied in the manner of check valves having closing springs. To open the valves, there is an armature displaceable by an electromagnet; the armature opens the first valve automatically via a rigid opening tappet and opens the second valve, via another opening tappet and a spring associated with it, only when a pressure urging the second valve in the closing direction does not exceed a preselected pressure difference relative to an armature chamber. This has the advantage that despite the high pressure drop, the quantity of pressure fluid per unit of time that flows through the valve assembly does not exceed a preselected threashold value in the anti-skid regulation situation; on the other hand, without anti-skid operation, a rapid buildup of brake pressure is possible by furnishing a larger flow cross section.

Abstract: A lightweight ball-and-socket joint that is for instance capable of being assembled by a robot. The ball-and-socket joint has a ball head, a CIRCLIP and an outer structural part forming a socket, in which there is a circumferential groove the bottom of which forms a support face for the circlip. The support face is substantially defined by a hollow cone and surrounds the CIRCLIP like a jacket, and a flare angle of the support face opens toward the center of the ball head. The CIRCLIP presses with radial bias against the support face and therefore migrates in the direction of its largest diameter and hence toward the center of the ball head until it rests thereon.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for jacking basement walls which have moved out of alignment due to pressure from outside the wall. The apparatus includes a brace attached at the bottom by a bracket adjacent the wall to be jacked. The brace is then set vertically against the wall. A telescoping beam is attached to the floor a short distance from the wall, so that the beam is positioned upright, parallel to the brace. In one embodiment the upper end of the beam is extended and attached to the floor joists overhead in the basement. In another embodiment the upper end of the beam is secured to the lower surface on which the wall rests. Any suitable jack assembly is then slidably attached between the beam and the brace. The jack assembly is then positioned at the proper point and used to move the wall back into its proper place. Finally the top of the brace is anchored so as to prevent the wall from moving back out of position.

Abstract: A pressure sensing device utilizing force transducer ink comprises a resistive region deposited between a first and a second conducting region on a first insulating material, the resistive region electrically coupling the two conducting regions. On a second insulating material, a conducting region is deposited and a layer of force transducer ink is deposited over the conducting region. The two insulating materials are positioned in such a manner that the pressure transducer ink is in contact with the resistive region and separates the resistive and coupled conducting regions from the conducting region. A determination of the force applied to this configuration can be made by measuring the resistance between the first and second conducting regions. According to a second embodiment, a second resistive region and coupled conducting regions replace the conducting region on the second insulating material.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump of the distributor type in which to attain low injection rates in the idling range, longitudinal slits or longitudinal conduits are provided in the jacket face of the pump piston in accordance with the number of supply strokes of the pump piston. The slits or conduits are in continuous communication with an annular groove and the adjoining annular slide which is the quantity adjusting device of the fuel injection pump. The slits on conduits come in turn into communication with a control opening during the supply stroke of the pump piston via which opening the pump work chamber can be relieved whenever in the course of the pump piston stroke movement a second outlet opening of a relief conduit extending in the pump piston and communicating with the pump work chamber, comes into communication with the annular groove.