Abstract: A steering system for a boat, comprising a steering unit, at least one push-pull control cable and a pinion-rack unit. The pinion-rack unit has a rack casing having at least one inner cable guiding portion along at least one side wall thereof, a cable guide for outwardly guiding smoothly an inner cable of the push-pull control cable from the inner cable guiding portion, an end portion of the inner cable connected with the end portion of the rack, and a pinion meshed with the rack. The steering system can be easily mounted on a boat, does not require a wide space for mounting and for arranging a push-pull control cable, and can be applied to several types of boats, e.g. a boat which has two or more operator's seats.

Abstract: A boat steering mechanism for permitting a remotely mounted rudder control by means of a push-pull control cable, comprising a rack being formed with a groove for inserting an inner cable, a projection projecting from the center or its vicinity of a rack casing into which the rack is slidably inserted, an inclined hole for slidably inserting the inner cable, perforated through the projection into the groove, a triangular guide portion having an inclined plane which continues from the lower end of the inclined hole and projecting from the inner wall of the rack casing into the groove so as to be inserted into the groove and a fitting member for fastening on one end of the inner cable, secured to the rack at one end of the groove, whereby the push-pull control cable can be provided with a large curvature and the sliding resistance of the whole mechanism can be decreased.

Abstract: A guide rail for a window regulator which is light in weight and is high in rigidity, being formed from a hoop plate and having a double-bending portion which is raised at almost right angle with the hoop plate and in the longitudinal direction of the hoop plate. Furthermore, a slide-guide mechanism for a window regulator which is light and in which play is small when it is slidably moved, comprising the guide rail and a bracket which is slidably guided along the guide rail. The bracket has slide shoes arranged zigzag along the double-bending portion of the guide rail and provided with an oil groove on a side face coming into contact with the double-bending portion, and a guide shoe having a face to guide both side edges of the guide rail secondarily and a fitting member for securing a wire.

Abstract: A steering system for a boat, comprising a steering unit, at least one push-pull control cable and a pinion-rack unit.The above pinion-rack unit has a rack casing, a rack slidably inserted into the rack casing, a cable guide for outwardly guiding an inner cable of the push-pull control cable; the inner cable being inserted into an inner cable path formed in a surface of the rack, a small guide groove being formed in the inner cable path and a small projection piece slidably inserted into the small guide groove and is formed on the front bottom portion of the cable guide, whereby the inner cable can be very smoothly operated and the space for arranging the push-pull control cable can be saved.

Abstract: A boat steering mechanism for permitting a remotely mounted rudder control by means of a push-pull control cable, comprising a rack engaging with a pinion and being formed with a groove for inserting an inner cable, a projection projecting from the center or its vicinity of a rack casing into which the rack is slidably inserted, an inclined hole for slidably inserting the inner cable, perforated through the projection into the groove and a fitting member for fastening one end of the inner cable, to the rack at one end of the groove, whereby the push-pull control cable can be provided with a large curvature and the sliding resistance of the whole mechanism can be decreased.

Abstract: Apparatus and method are disclosed for delivering medication into the respiratory system of a person. The medication to be delivered is nebulized and supplied, with a series of gas pulses, to a person's respiratory system. The frequency rate of the pulses varies over a range which is broad enough to encompass the natural or resonant frequencies of the person's respiratory system.

Abstract: A fitting structure for a steering wheel mechanism to a dashboard comprising a flange provided to a top portion of a casing of the steering wheel mechanism, having a vertical plane and an slant plane on a front side and a reverse side, respectively, and clamping bores perforated perpendicularly to the vertical plane at an angle with respect to the slant plane; a C-shaped setting holder interposed between the slant plane of the flange and that of the dashboard; at least two bolts inserted through said clamping bores and arranged at reverse side of the dashboard; and a U-shaped clamping plate for clamping the dashboard with said flange and said mounting holder by said bolts.

Abstract: A steering apparatus comprising an operating unit having an operating pulley rotated by a steering wheel, a steering unit having a steering pulley rotated by two inner cables so as to steer a rudder means through a steering screw rotated by the steering pulley and a steering pipe moved by the steering screw, and substantially two pull cables having the two inner cables connecting the operating unit and the steering unit, whereby the rudder is operated by the steering wheel without the influence of waves, and further the steering apparatus can be constructed by combination of the plural operating units and the plural steering units.

Abstract: A wire-driving device for a window regulator comprising a first pulley secured to a shaft supported rotatably to a casing, a second pulley secured to the shaft so as to be rotatable and axially movable along the shaft, and a wire of which both end portions are wound round said first pulley and second pulley respectively in the opposite direction to each other, the wire being capable to transmit power when the shaft is rotated, and ratchet teeth being provided on each of facing side surfaces of the pulleys, whereby elongation of the wire is automatically absorbed when the shaft is rotated to wind and unwind the wire round the pulleys.

Abstract: A compact and thin wire-driving device for a window regulator which absorbs elongation of wire automatically, wherein both ends of a driving wire are wound round two pulleys arranged parallel, i.e. a first pulley and a second pulley, in the same direction; a first gear is secured coaxially to the first pulley; a second gear is adjacent coaxially to the second pulley through ratchet teeth; the first gear and second gear are meshed to each other; and, when the wire is wound up round the first pulley, a slack of the wire is wound up round the first pulley and the second pulley remains stopped.

Abstract: A pump (10) is disclosed for use in pumping a fluid (14) from a borehole (12) to the surface. The pump includes a first and second pumping string (20, 22) extending into the borehole and a return string (26) extending from the borehole. First and second pistons (82, 94) are slidably mounted at the ends of the first and second puming strings within the borehole, respectively for reciprocation between extended and retracted positions. First and second pumping cylinders (56, 64) are secured in fixed relation to the first and second pumping strings (20, 22) so that the first and second pistons (82, 94) are slidable therein. The pistons and pumping cylinders define first and second pumping chambers (92, 104). Each of the first and second pistons includes a gear rack (88, 100) having teeth meshing with the teeth on a stroke return gear (106).

Abstract: In an inner cable comprising a core and teeth formed by spirally winding at least one metal wire on the outer surface of the core and inserted into a conduit, a hollow elastic member is disposed between the adjacent teeth in order to prevent the slidable contact of the teeth and the conduit during the operation of the inner cable, whereby the inner cable can be operated without generating the noise.

Abstract: A mechanism for absorbing elongation of a wire in a power transmission device comprising two coaxial pulleys, i.e., ratchet pulley and winding pulley, winding both end portions of the wire respectively in the opposite direction; a ratchet roller connecting with the ratchet pulley by means of ratchet and engaging to the winding pulley, whereby the elongation of the wire can be absorbed by winding only one end portion of the elongated wire around either the ratchet pulley or the winding pulley.

Abstract: A pumping system (10) is disclosed for pumping a fluid (14) from within a borehole (12) to the surface. A combustion engine (18) is employed to drive a pump comprising a pump barrel (28) and an auger pump shaft (32). The pumped fluid is carried from the borehole in a fluid return tubing string (42) having a standing valve (44) therein to prevent backflow into the borehole. A fuel-air mixture is provided to the combustion engine (18) through a fuel-air tubing string (22). A byproduct of the combustion of the fuel-air mixture is heat. The combusted mixture is exhausted from the combustion engine (18) through an engine exhaust tubing string (60). The engine exhaust tubing string includes a heating coil portion (64) forming a heat exchanger to transfer heat from the combusted fuel-air mixture to the fluid (14) adjacent the inlet of the pump to reduce the viscosity of the fluid to enhance the efficiency of the pumping system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cross linked resin composition, which comprises an oil being contained in cross linked polyethylene, and therefore can provide various sliding parts, which are excellent in wear-resistance heat-resistance and lubricity, such as liner of inner cable in control cable, high speed bearing or bearing sleeve.

Abstract: A stroke self-adjusting mechanism for a control cable comprising an adjusting member, such as adjusting lever or cam plate, having first and second locking pins and pivotally connected to the inner cable by a movable pin, and a lever provided with first and second surfaces; and therefore while the adjusting member is freely moved against the lever in the rest state of the lever to adjust an expansion or contraction of the inner cable, the first and the second locking pins being contacted with and being pressed against each of the above lock surfaces by the rotation of the lever to lock the adjusting member to the lever so as to be able to enoughly operate the inner cable.

Abstract: An emergency switch for preventing an accident in a mechanism employing a control cable, comprising a casing having a pair of contacts at opposite inner side surfaces thereof, and an insulator member having a movable contact, the insulator member being slidably and axially moved within the casing in connection with tensile force of inner cables, and when the inner cables become unoperable by trouble, the movable contact being touched to the contacts provided on the inner side surfaces of the casing to detect a trouble or to stop the movement of the mechanism.

Abstract: A control cable having a foamed elastic layer provided between an inner cable and a conduit, in which by the existence of the foamed elastic layer, the control cable is especially free from a noise generated when operated.

Abstract: An engagement device for a control cable comprising a connecting member having at one end an engagement hole for a fitting made of metal secured to the control cable and at the other end a threaded hole, and a fixing member having a threaded portion engageable to the threaded hole of the connecting member, the fixing member further having a fitting means so as to be engaged or pivoted at a specific position. The device can adjust the position of the end of the control cable on the side of a driven equipment over a large distance in the axial direction of the control cable.

Abstract: A process and apparatus are provided for recording electric signals corresponding to piano key operation and for reproducing the piano key operation. The process includes switching a discrete frequency oscillator corresponding to each piano key, algebraically adding the outputs of each oscillator, filtering the algebraic sum of the oscillator outputs through a low pass filter, recording the filtered signal, reproducing said filtered signal through a high pass filter, detecting each frequency in the high pass filtered signal, and energizing an electromechanical device so as to actuate the piano key which had switched the discrete frequency oscillator.