Abstract: Fluid links are interposed between manual levers which control the motions of a machine such as a construction crane and associated spool valves which regulate the machine motions. In normal operation within predetermined safe limits of machine motions, pressurized fluid delivery valve means connected with the fluid links is conditioned by a normal signal from a safe machine motion sensing means and delivers pressurized fluid to the fluid links rendering the links "hard" so that the manual levers are enabled to effect safe machine motions. When an unsafe machine motion is sensed by the sensing means, the valve means responds to the interruption of the normal signal from the sensing means and is conditioned to interrupt delivery of pressurized fluid to the fluid links thus rendering the links "soft" and thus disabling the manual levers from causing machine motions beyond safe limits.

Abstract: A stay, which may be used to retain the open position of the cover of a scase, for example, comprises a pair of arms which turn relatively about a pivot pin extending through overlapped ends of the arms. The pivot pin holds a spring plate superposed with the overlapped ends of the arms, and the spring plate is connected to one of the arms for turning movement therewith relative to the other arm. A detent ball supported in a socket on one arm and retained therein by engagement with the spring plate enters a detent dimple when the arms reach a limit of their relative turning movement.

Abstract: A combination lock which employs a plurality of dials and respective sleeve eans for each dial has a pivotally mounted bolt member related to the sleeve means so that the bolt member may be pivoted to respective "on combination" and "off combination" positions. A latch member cooperable with the bolt member is mounted for sliding movement in a direction which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft upon which the dials and their respective sleeve means are mounted. Cooperable means are provided by the bolt member and the latch member to block movement of the latch member toward release position when the lock is "off combination". The latch member is provided with means to allow by-passing the bolt member and movement of the latch member to release position when the lock is "on combination". The combination lock is particularly suited for briefcases or the like.

Abstract: A cylinder lock having a barrel with annular grooves, drivers aligned with the barrel grooves, key pins having slotted upper ends, at least some key pins having diametrically disposed chisel edges to cooperate with bitting cuts in the key for rotation of the key pins, and the drivers and key pins including provision for a magnetic interlock to prevent the drivers from hanging up on the shear line and the key pins from dropping away from the drivers, as in attempts at picking the cylinder. Projections adapted to enter into the pin slots and prevent rotation of the barrel except when the key pins are lifted to the shear line and rotationally oriented as needed are formed either on a gate or on the drivers.

Abstract: A self-aligning and end fixity connector for connecting a hydraulic cylinder piston rod to its respective boom section in a multi-section telescopic boom assembly wherein the piston rod end is rigidly and fixedly secured to a structural part of one boom section. The cylinder barrel has a lost motion connection with a next adjacent boom section whereby slight movement in a vertical direction can occur between the cylinder barrel and said next adjacent boom section. The arrangement significantly increases the column loading capacity of telescoping crane boom hydraulic cylinders and reduces significantly the tendency for cylinders to bind with their piston rods due to inevitable cocking of boom sections.

Abstract: A control device for a coin operated mechanism wherein the duration of the operating cycle of the mechanism is determined by the number of coins deposited in the device. Restraining structure is provided in the control device to prevent the inadvertent initiation of the operating cycle after the mechanism has completed a cycle of operation, or to prevent the unauthorized initiation of said operating cycle without first depositing the proper number of coins in the device.

Abstract: A self-aligning and end fixity connector for connecting a hydraulic cylinder piston rod to its respective section in a multi-section telescopic boom assembly wherein a pair of rectangular plates are secured to the free end of the piston rod, the plates being received in retainers secured to the boom section to thereby prevent the piston rod from rotating and thus providing end fixity to the rod. A clearance is provided between the plates and the retainers to allow a slight floating action of the rod in a vertical plane so that the rod connection point is substantially in alignment with the cylinder connection point to allow full retraction without binding of the boom sections.

Abstract: To facilitate transferring a massive boom assembly from a regular crane carrier vehicle to an independent transport trailer, retractable pivot pins and power means to actuate the same are provided on the boom support frame of the crane turntable. The pivot pins, when in their active positions, project through main journals on the crane boom suspension structure. Safety locking elements prevent accidental retraction of the pivot pins during normal operation of the boom on the regular carrier vehicle.

Abstract: To facilitate transferring a massive crane boom from a regular crane carrier vehicle to an independent transport trailer, pivot pins for the rear ends of boom lift cylinders are held removably in journal boxes which are recessed into the crane turntable and are normally held captive in the recesses by shiftable locking dogs adapted to be extended over the tops of the journal boxes and to be retracted therefrom. The locking dogs are operated by turntable mounted power cylinders and safety means is provided to block accidental retraction of the locking dogs during normal crane usage.

Abstract: An in-line crimping tool having a U-shaped die holder carried by links connected symmetrically to pivotally connected arms, a ram being mounted on the arm pivot and the geometry of the parts being such that the closing together of the handle ends of the arms causes the ram to advance in a straight line, guided by the sides of the die holder, to crimp or compress an object interposed between the die and the ram.

Abstract: Trim alignment means for a mortise lock which includes a bushing screwed into the lock case, a trim aligner screwed onto the bushing, means for anchoring the trim aligner on the door face, a rose and rose bushing mounted on the trim aligner and a knob bushing fixed in the rose bushing, whereby the knob, spindle and trim are held in correct alignment with the hub of the lockset.

Abstract: A combination padlock has a plurality of permutation tumblers mounted on a ember shiftable in a cavity in the body of the lock to effect a change in combination. Limit means cooperate with the tumblers for preventing the member from being shifted except when the tumblers are set in the correct combination. The member can be shifted in response to movement of the shackle of the padlock, but only when the lock is open. The bolt of the padlock and the shackle are designed to permit the tumblers to be scrambled when the lock is open, thus concealing the correct combination from unauthorized persons, and preventing the combination from being changed while the lock is open.

Abstract: A telescopic extension jib for crane booms increases the reach of the boom and therefore increases the utility of the construction crane. To facilitate manual extension and retraction of the movable jib section relative to the fixed base section, a system of rollers is employed between the relatively movable jib sections. In the socketing area of the jib at full jib extension, upper and lower rollers are spring-mounted and can bear the dead weight of the movable jib section when the same is unloaded. Coacting bearing pads engage the top and bottom faces of the movable jib section under loading to distribute stresses over larger areas, the spring-mounted rollers retracting automatically to enable the movable jib section to engage the bearing pads in the socketing area. A locating pin is provided to lock the jib sections against accidental relative movement in both the extended and retracted positions of the jib.

Abstract: A removable funnel for a coin operated apparatus is disclosed which serves to catch coins deposited in the housing of the apparatus and direct said coins to a coin receiving location within said housing. The funnel is provided with hook members which engage with a support member positioned within the housing. Such engagement permits movement of the mounted funnel from a first position wherein the funnel is removable from the housing to a second position wherein the funnel is prevented from being removed therefrom. The funnel further includes a locking tab which projects through an opening in the support member, and which is disposed for bending movement from an unlocked position to a locked position when the mounted funnel is in its second position. The support member is provided with a blocking tab which is located to prevent bending movement of the locking tab to its locked position when the mounted funnel is in its first position.

Abstract: A system for monitoring a protected premises from a central station over telephone lines employs different audio tones sent back and forth over the lines. A random succession of audio tones from the central station interrogates the protected premises and is returned as a like succession of different tones to the central station where the latter tones are compared with the first to indicate a normal or a trouble condition at the protected premises or on the lines. When an alarm condition exists at the protected premises, still different tones are sent over the lines to cause an alarm alert at the central station. The entire system can be tested from the protected premises, including operation of the trouble and alarm circuits, without producing a trouble or an alarm alert at the central station.

Abstract: This ionization detector or combustion product detector includes a single radioactive source located in an ionization chamber, and the ionization chamber includes portions comprising a reference zone and a signal zone. Electrical circuitry connected to the reference and signal zones provides an output signal directly related to changes in voltages across the signal zone in relation to the amount of particulates of combustion present in the ionization chamber.

Abstract: Apparatus for indicating at a visually accessible location remote from an object whether the temperature of that object is then at or has at some time exceeded a certain predetermined temperature including a sensor assembly adapted to be fastened to the object, an indicator assembly located in the visually accessible location and a transmission member connecting the sensor and indicator assemblies. The sensor assembly includes in the preferred embodiment a pair of members releasably secured to each other by a fusible material whose fusion temperature is approximately that of the predetermined temperature to be indicated. The indicator assembly includes a plunger slidably disposed within a housing normally hidden from view and biased towards an exposed position.

Abstract: A wheel assembly is detachably connected to a mounting plate assembly that s attached to a corner of a luggage case. One assembly has a latch member resiliently urged into overlying relationship with an aperture that receives a tab on the other assembly, such tab having a cam surface that engages and displaces the latch member as the assemblies are being brought together, and a notch within which the latch member snaps after the assemblies are brought together thereby detachably retaining the one assembly to the other. An extension on the latch member is manually accessible allowing it to be manually displaced out of the notch to detach the assemblies.

Abstract: A roller unit for use as a caster for luggage, for example, has a sturdy -piece roller housing formed of sheet metal, the housing comprising a rectangular base with raised pads at opposite ends thereof and a roller-receiving shell defined by a pair of opposed U-shaped walls bent from opposite longitudinal edge regions of the base between the pads. Roller units are manufactured seriatim by metal forming operations that do not require deep-drawing.