Abstract: A remote controller disclosed herein may be usable in a device for adjusting the angle at which the headlight beams from a motor vehicle are directed down onto the road surface. It comprises a guide case, a slide member mounted to the guide case for axial movement but against rotation with respect to the guide case, and a rotatable shaft rotatably mounted to the guide case for rotation but against axial movement with respect to the guide case. The slide member is adjusted by the rotatable shaft which engages with a threaded portion formed on the slide member. In order to limit the extent of axial movement of the slide member, the extent of rotation of the rotatable shaft is limited by a stop fixed to the rotatable shaft and abutment means fixed to the slide member and cooperating with the stop.

Abstract: Improvements to devices for the remote control of a rearview mirror, adjustable from inside a vehicle, by means of a cable transmission.The body 1 is provided with two bearings inside which is pivotally mounted an axis integral with a crosspiece which carries one end of at least a cable, the said crosspiece having at least one bearing inside which is pivotally mounted an operating lever the axis of which is perpendicular to the pivoting axis of the crosspiece, the said lever being fast in rotation with a pivoting member on which are mounted the ends of two transmission cables.The invention is used for remotely controlling vehicle rearview mirrors.

Abstract: A handle assembly for attaching a decorative handle to a turning stem is disclosed. In one embodiment, a stem cap having outer and inner spline surfaces, a stop surface, and carrying surface is placed over a turning stem, and the stem cap is secured to the turning stem using an attachment screw. A handle knob having interior mating splines is then brought down upon the top of the stem cap and an assembly ring is brought up from under the stem cap thereby sandwiching the stem cap. The handle knob and assembly ring are then connected, thereby completing the construction.

Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for securing a wheel and shaft which comprises a collar rigidly mounted to the shaft having an annular peripheral surface formed with radially spaced recesses, and a ring having an annular inner surface formed with radially spaced projections keyed for removable placement within the collar recesses. The apparatus further comprises means for releasibly coupling the ring with the wheel when positioned about the collar.

Abstract: A device for damping vibrations of a drilling tube by the slip between the ube and a fly-wheel which surrounds the tube and is frictionally connected to the tube by a slotted sleeve which is axially displaceable by adjusting means for adjusting the frictional connection. The adjusting means are connected to the sleeve by bearings so that they can be actuated while the tube and hence the sleeve and the fly-wheel are rotating during drilling.

Abstract: A crankshaft and its method of manufacture involves a straight, one piece shaft, with eccentric journals and circular gear base pressed onto the shaft and secured thereto in proper angular orientation.

Abstract: An all plastic retaining member for fixing an annular cable housing sheath member relative to an apertured workpiece. The basic portions include a stud portion having at least three axially and radially extending leg elements which are connected at one end to a cylindrical body portion having protuberance or shouldered rib means at the opposite end thereof. The opposite end is insert molded in a head portion which is adapted to overlie the apertured workpiece and fixedly accept such sheet member with said stud leg elements engaging the margins of said aperture.

Abstract: An end fitting is disclosed for mounting a brake cable assembly in an opening contained in a fixed support, which brake cable assembly includes an inner cable member and a tubular concentrically arranged outer sheath member. The fitting includes a tubular body member formed of synthetic plastic material and containing a longitudinal through bore for receiving the inner cable member. At one end, a first counterbore is provided for receiving one end of the outer sheath member, annular seal means being provided at the other end of the body member for concentric engagement with the periphery of the inner cable member. In one embodiment, the annular seal means has a tubular configuration, and in another embodiment, the seal means comprises an O-ring. Convergent annular scraper means may be provided at the aforementioned other body member end for scraping engagement with the periphery of the inner cable member.

Abstract: A pedal for bicycle adapted to support a toe clip, having a shoe placing portion thereon, near the front treadle face of a pedal body. The pedal body is provided, on its top face, with a front treadle face and a rear treadle face. An engaging and disengaging means is provided on this toe clip to allow the shoe placing portion to enter and leave the front treadle face of the pedal body.

Abstract: When machine elements having a large mass are indexed, i.e. subjected to short, quick rotating movements, very great acceleration and deceleration forces must be transmitted via the driving means of the machine. Due to vibrations occurring, increasing the stresses on the driving means, the driving means must be dimensioned accordingly. The present invention provides a method and an arrangement for the compensation of the forces applied and thus for reducing the stresses which occur. This is performed by combining the indexing machine element with a cam disc which is contacted by a number of spring-loaded cam followers, whereby the cam disc has such a shape that the cam follower decelerates and accelerates the cam disc following the desired movement pattern of the machine element.

Abstract: A reciprocating piston machine, shown as having a crankshaft with a crank-pin offset from the axis of rotation of the crankshaft and a connecting rod pivotally connected at the end thereof remote from the crank-pin to a piston reciprocatingly received within a cylinder, has first and second eccentric bearings journalled with respect to each other and operatively collectively carried by the crank-pin and situated as to be generally between the crank-pin and the cooperating end of the related connecting rod; one of the eccentric bearings is rotated generally with the crank-pin and completely within the cooperating end of the connecting rod by the crankshaft during each full rotation of the crankshaft while the crank-pin undergoes one full rotation with respect to the other of the eccentric bearings for each full rotation of the crankshaft.

Abstract: A hand brake for railroad cars comprising a winding drum journaled within its housing to be in concentric relation with the hand brake operating shaft. A brake chain wind up and let out control mechanism is interposed between the brake drum and the operating shaft, with the winding drum being journaled between a pair of annular bearing plates that are concentric with the shaft and fixed to the housing in spaced apart relation to receive the winding drum. The shaft is coupled to the winding drum by a sun and planetary gear reducer mechanism in which a plurality of planetary gear assemblies are mounted on one or more circular lands concentric with the operating shaft for free rolling non-journaled orbiting movement about the sun gear that is keyed to the operating shaft for rotation by same to effect wind up and let up of the brake chain. The sun and planetary gear mechanism has its parts oriented to provide a central drive input and output with balanced internal force applying and resisting characteristics.

Abstract: A resilient lever assembly which incorporates spring action whereby the resilient portion of the assembly constantly urges a rigid lever against a lever movement resistance member connected to the lever. The action is accomplished by securing the resilient support to the fixed member in a rotational position such that the resilient support is stressed in the proper direction. The resilient support is in the form of an extension of the lever having spring-like properties and secured at its outer end to a fixed member. The lever movement resistance member may be in the form of a stop adjacent the rigid lever, or the valving of a vehicle brake booster against which the lever is urged. In one version of the invention, the resilient lever extension is secured to the fixed member by means of a U-shaped bracket. In another version, the resilient lever extension is secured directly to the fixed member.

Abstract: A steering wheel for vehicles, comprising a steering wheel rim to which is firmly connected a steering wheel hub which is arranged for attaching the steering wheel to the upper portion of a steering shaft installed in a vehicle, the steering wheel hub mainly comprising a spoke hub and an inner hub which are concentric and engage with each other, being mutually displaceable in an axial direction. The spoke hub is firmly connected to the steering wheel rim, and the inner hub is intended to be rigidly mounted on the steering shaft. The spoke hub and the inner hub are connected to each other via a locking means which locks the respective hubs radially and allows mutual axial adjustment of the hubs, whereby the steering wheel can be caused to assume alternative positions in height relative to the steering shaft.

Abstract: A foot pedal of one piece construction is formed from a generally elongated member. An aperture is defined by a collar at one end of the elongated member. The inner surface of the collar acts as a bearing surface. At the opposite end of the elongated member, a generally planar surface defines a plate which can be foot actuated. A twisted portion of the elongated member connects the apertured end of the member with the plate. In one embodiment, a connector protrudes from the elongated member in the vicinity of the twisted portion. In another embodiment, the elongated member is made of aluminum and the connector is made of steel alloy.

Abstract: A fastening means for fastening a wafer to an article of merchandise and comprising a tack-like element whose shank passes through the merchandise and the wafer and a button-like fastening element which securely holds the shank of the tack-like element. The head of the tack-like element is freely rotated and tiltable on the shank to resist unauthorized efforts to release the fastening means.

Abstract: A bumper structure for a vehicle or the like, having a relatively long extension and retraction travel whereby the bumper may be sufficiently extended when the vehicle is in motion to provide a relatively very large shock or impact absorption, the structure readily being capable of extension for example, of 20 inches or more, and capable of being designed to provide a progressive shock absorbing action of widely varying characteristics. The construction is such that relatively long extension and retraction may be achieved in a structure taking up relatively little if any greater longitudinal space than conventional bumper structures, and even less space than many of the "so-called" shock absorbing bumpers now being introduced, which results are accomplished by the use of chain structures which are rigid in compression but which may be passed around cooperable sprockets whereby unextended portions of the chains may extend transversely to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

Abstract: A shift gate 22 allowing movement of a control lever 12 in a fore and aft plane is provided with a pivotable plate 46 having a recess 60 located in the midsection of said pivotable plate corresponding to a neutral position of a control lever. The control lever 12 will be locked in neutral when the pivotable plate is swung into position and an attached security knob 56 draws the pivotable plate 46 into a restrained position.

Abstract: An attachment slidably engageable with the handle of a chain tightener for supplementing handle leverage. An end fitting on the attachment has an opening along one side through which the handle end may move during release of the tightener to permit separation in a harmless manner. A stop limits the extent of handle insertion into the fitting to contribute toward desired separation.

Abstract: A control lever 10 is restrained in a neutral position through the interaction of a perforated hinged plate 24 with a horizontal rod 16 extending from said control lever 10. The hinged plate 24 is provided with a spring 44 to urge the plate 24 into engagement with the upwardly extending end portion 20 of the rod 16 attached to the control lever 10. The spring 44 also urges the hinged plate 24 into a disengaged over-center position when the lever trap is in a disengaged mode.