Abstract: A pressure valve is proposed which is installed in the supply line which leads from a fuel injection pump to a fuel injection valve. The pressure valve has a return-feed collar provided with a throttle connection and a relief conduit is provided parallel to the return-feed collar and to the valve closing member sealing face. Via a check valve and a throttle, the relief conduit establishes the communication between the supply line toward the injection pump and the supply line toward the injection valve. By means of the combination of the return-feed collar having a throttle with a check valve acting as a pressure maintenance valve, a desired residual pressure can be established in an adapted manner in the supply line toward the injection valve, and the injection duration in particular can be adapted to the requirements of a fuel injection pump which pumps at a reduced feed rate during idling operation.

Abstract: Apparatus for identifying the position of the movable portion of a fifth wheel which is useful on a multi-axle vehicle relative to the fixed rail portion (24) thereof. The apparatus includes sensing element (34) positioned on the movable fifth wheel portion for recognizing the successive, teeth-like elements (22) of the rail portion, and a signal processor (30) which is responsive to the sensing element (34) for determining the direction of movement of the fifth wheel and for counting the number of teeth (22) recognized by the sensing element (34).

Abstract: An electric potentiometer used for conversion of a rotating movement into an electrical value. The potentiometer has a wiper passing across a resistance path and, on the other end, the wiper is rotatingly coupled with a bearing shaft. The resistance path is disposed on a mounting plate next to which is disposed on the intake pipe wall an elongated plug, made of plastic by injection molding, in which are embedded contact prongs, which are connected on the other side in an electrically conducting manner with connecting contacts extending generally perpendicular to the contact prongs.

Abstract: The elongated drum guide (1), on which the two drum-shaped parts of the drum arrangement around which a magnetic tape is guided in one helical turn are held in place, has pairs of seating ribs running circumferentially in a cylinder-arc cavity for seating the two drum parts in the proper alignment and at the proper spacing from each other to allow a head wheel to revolve in the slot between the parts (2, 3) Screws (20) pass through the drum guide (1) and through the seating ribs for holding the drum parts in place in such a way as to provide no strains producing long-term deformation, while at the same time assuring precision of reassembly after demounting the scanning device for replacing the magnet heads of the head wheel. The drum guide is made of a light metal alloy and the seating surfaces of the internal ribs are machined by electric spark erosion to provide the necessary precision and also a hardening of the surface.

Abstract: A fuel injection system is proposed which serves to adapt the fuel-air mixture as precisely as possible to operating conditions of the internal combustion engine. The fuel injection system includes metering valves, each of which is assigned a regulating valve whose movable valve element can be exposed on one side to the fuel pressure downstream of the respective metering valve and on the other side to a control pressure line defined on one end by a control pressure valve of the nozzle/impact plate type and on the other end by a control throttle. The control pressure valve has a permanent magnet and an electromagnet, the magnetic fluxes of which are guided via an armature in such a manner that in at least one air gap the magnetic fluxes of the permanent magnet and of the electromagnet extend in the same direction, while in at least one other air gap the magnetic fluxes of the permanent magnet and of the electromagnet extend in opposite directions.

Abstract: A pump/nozzle unit having a piston injection pump and an injection nozzle which includes a pump piston that is driven via a drive tappet and is rotatable via a regulating sleeve. The regulating sleeve is inserted into a recess on the end face of the pump housing and is axially secured in its installed state by means of a guide bushing. The guide bushing comprises a guide part for the drive tappet and a flange radially protruding beyond the outer diameter of the tappet spring, the flange being secured on the pump housing by a holder mechanism. The forces exerted upon the pump/nozzle unit during operation are absorbed by a securing arrangement.

Abstract: A coil for an electric motor, which is to be inserted into a pole shoe and is wound, before the insertion, in a template, includes two cases of insulating material, which are positioned in mirror-inverted relationship with one another. Pockets are provided laterally of the cases to receive contact terminals therein. The pockets form limiting surfaces for limiting the insertion of the coil into a pole shoe. Each case is closed, after the coil winding has been completed, by connecting two upper portions thereof to each other by welding or glueing.

Abstract: An exhaust gas return control system for internal combustion engines is proposed, which includes an apparatus case 19 in which a servo motor 45 is disposed, which through a driving gear 47 and a driven gear 36 drives a threaded spindle 35 on which an exhaust gas valve closing member 41 is disposed which cooperates with an exhaust gas valve seat 27 on a tubular exhaust gas valve seat body 24. The apparatus case has on the side of the servo motor an air inlet of an air duct 13, 15 leading to the air induction pipe 2 of the internal combustion engine and, on the exhaust gas valve side, an exit from this air duct through which the proportionally fed exhaust gas is also led. A guiding collar 44 diverts the entry of the exhaust gas to an exhaust pipe 30 provided for the purpose.

Abstract: A central locking system for use in a motor vehicle includes a pressure source generating preferably an under pressure and an over pressure. The source is connected to a series of pneumatic control units each including a pressure chamber, a control element arranged in the chamber for movement between two control positions, an opening in the chamber communicating with a space enclosing a valve which normally closes the opening and the space being provided with a discharging nipple which is coupled via the subsequent series connected control units to an indicator device. The indicator device is arranged in the field of view of the car operator. In this manner, the operating condition of locking devices which are outside of view of the operator can be reliably checked.

Abstract: A wheel anti-blocking control system (ABS), in which, subsequent to a brake pressure drop, the first brake pressure rise pulse .DELTA.P.sub.2 is controlled, in dependence on the preceding brake pressure drop (.DELTA.P.sub.1) and on a quotient defined by the relationship: ##EQU1## in which +.omega..sub.m and -.omega..sub.m are representative of maximum angular acceleration/deceleration of the respective wheel being controlled and .alpha. is a factor somewhat less than unity, and which may vary in dependence on the direction of movement of the vehicle, for example whether the vehicle is moving in a straight path or is moving along a curve. If moving along a curve, so that angular acceleration is involved, the factor .alpha. is reduced.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an apparatus for controlling the operating characteristic quantities of an internal combustion engine. The apparatus includes a characteristic field for pre-controlling engine variables influencing the operating characteristic quantities. The characteristic field is made up of the operating characteristic quantities. The apparatus further includes a control arrangement for controlling to maximum power output of the engine. The control arrangement is superposed on the pre-control and includes means for determining corrective values from the control loop in a predetermined operating range of the engine. The corrective values are applied to influence all of the pre-control values of the characteristic field over all operating ranges. With the apparatus of the invention, it is possible in a simple manner to consider changes in the surrounding factors that influence the engine.

Abstract: A magnetic valve, in particular a fuel metering valve for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, is proposed which serves to measure the injection quantity and control the instant of injection. In a valve housing, the magnetic valve has an electromagnet and a valve closing element actuated thereby, which cooperates with a fixed valve seat. To damp the opening movement of the valve closing element against a fixed stop and to keep the hydraulic forces of adhesion between the valve closing element and the stop low, a damping chamber that is open toward the valve closing element is disposed on the stop. As the valve closing element approaches, fluid is positively displaced out of the damping chamber in the form of a squish flow between the stop face and the head element of the valve closing element, so that recoiling is avoided due to thus-generated damping.

Abstract: Safety closures resistant to (and evidencing) tampering comprising a snap cap or screw cap, a rotary safety ring, and a tear tab attached to the neck of the container, said closure requiring that the tear tab be removed before the safety ring can be lowered; the safety ring must be aligned with the cap in one angular position and pushed downwardly away from the cap before the cap can be removed from the container. These safety closures may include a tear pin, attached to the cap and to the ring, which must be broken before the cap can be removed from the container; the tear pin may be in addition to, or an alternative for, the tear tab. The tear pin and tear tab are made to be removable. This invention describes a tamper resistant and tamper evident closure comprising a cap having a depending annular flange with a slot therein, and an outwardly directed wing protruding through said slot; the cap cannot be removed without causing the cap to shear off the outwardly directed wing, which is made to be removable.

Abstract: A brake booster having one open and one closed brake circuit, in which a tight partition penetrated by a pedal tappet extension is disposed between the two pressure chambers of the brake circuits. During normal braking, the pressure distribution from the open brake circuit to the closed brake circuit is effected via a magnetic valve capable of being switched over for the initiation of ABS regulating functions, so that it is possible to realize a simultaneous control of pressure in both brake circuits for both normal braking and for the realization, by the simplest means, of ABS functions is possible.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and an apparatus for controlling the overrun mode of operation of an internal combustion engine, wherein instantaneous values of the relevant negative speed change of the internal combustion engine are sensed and evaluated to control the overrun mode. In this arrangement, a higher resume speed which is selected on commencement of the overrun mode and reduced to a lower speed limit after a predetermined time function, can be shifted additionally in dependence on the negative speed change. Further, to keep an internal combustion engine from stalling, the actual value of the negative speed change can be compared with a predetermined desired value; if it exceeds that value, the decision for a resume of fuel delivery can be made without delay.

Abstract: The holder for a filter which contains a supply of comminuted coffee beans in an espresso coffee brewing apparatus is separably connectable to the housing of the apparatus by a bayonet lock connection and is separably connected with the filter by a coupling or detent of the type having cooperating male and female elements with the male elements provided on the holder and the female elements provided on the filter or vice versa. The filter is provided with arms for retaining the remnants of the supply of comminuted coffee beans therein.

Abstract: In a motor driven circular saw, a saw blade drive is provided, by which a rotary movement of a saw blade, supported on a rotary blade shaft, is superimposed by a back and forth-movement in the direction of sawing to produce a forward stroke and a backward stroke of the blade and to thus improve cutting efficiency of the saw. The saw blade drive includes a pinion at the end of a motor shaft, a first gear meshed with the pinion and supported on the saw blade shaft, a second gear meshed with the first gear and having a cam and eccentrically positioned together with the cam on a stationary axle. A coupling rod connects the cam with the saw blade shaft to impart to the latter the back-and-forth movement.

Abstract: An electronic data processing pipeline system and method for processing encoded control points representing graphical illustrations. The pipeline comprises a number of separate micro-programmed circuit cards, each of which are programmed to perform a specific processing operation.A command is first sent to a matrix maker card defining a geometrical transformation to be performed on the graphical illustration. The matrix maker card, together with a matrix multiplier card, then calculates a transformation matrix representing the desired transformation.Electronic representations of control data points are then transmitted to the pipeline for processing. These control points are 3D points comprising both the vertices which terminate linear edges of the illustration and the control points corresponding to curved edges of the illustration. Each of the points is encoded to indicate whether it represents a vertex or a control point for a curved edge.