Abstract: An electromagnetic metal melt pump for pumping and delivery molten metal from a furnace, having a ground plate, an inductor attached to the ground plate, an inductor attached to the ground plate and including a laminated iron body having slots in which a multiphase winding is placed. A metal melt tank made of magnetizable material is provided with heat insulation and is attached to the laminated iron body. A suction tube (7) is coaxially placed in the metal melt tank (3), the suction tube (7) comprises three main parts: the first part is a suction tube (7c) having a volume (V.sub.4) for closing the magnetic circuit of the inductor between points A and B which determine the immersing depth; the second part is a buffer tank (7b) having a volume (V.sub.1) to produce a reduced pressure space between points B and C; the third part is a suction tube (7a) having a volume (V.sub.2) for creating a reduced pressure in the suction tube (7) immersed into the metal melt of the furnace.

Abstract: An adjustable automatically controlled pneumatic pump device includes an air pump, an electric motor adapted for being energized by a power source to drive the air pump, an air hose member with an exhaust port at one end, and an other end of the hose member connected to the air pump, a pressure gauge with a pressure setting pointer which can be adjusted in advance according to the predetermined air pressure desired and a pressure indicating pointer which is capable of contacting with the pressure setting pointer when the air pressure through the air hose reaches the predetermined air pressure, and an electric logic circuit device which is electrically associated with the motor and the pressure gauge and arranged in that the electric logic circuit can control the motor for pumping air into an enclosed space.

Abstract: A control system for a variable displacement pump or pumps driven by a vehicular engine for supplying pressurized fluid to implement actuators via implement control valves. Included is a servomechanism comprising a servoactuator section coupled to each variable displacement pump for varying the per cycle displacement thereof, a servovalve section for operating the servoactuator section by fluid pressure from a fixed displacement pump, and a control section for actuating the servovalve section. The servomechanism control section has a control piston displaced by variable fluid pressures from the variable displacement pumps against the effect of at least two springs. The springs are so arranged that their spring constant changes as the control piston travels to a predetermined position intermediate the opposite extreme positions thereof, in order to make possible the constant torque control of each variable displacement pump for the effective use of the engine output horsepower.

Abstract: A double-lobe liquid ring gas compressor includes a port member having two circumferentially spaced intake ports and two circumferentially spaced discharge ports. The intake ports are axially offset from the discharge ports. The intake ports are connected to a common intake passage in the port member, and the discharge ports are similarly connected to a common discharge passage in the port member. These passages respectively communicate with intake and discharge manifolds in a head member which can be identical to the head member of a single-lobe liquid ring vacuum pump.

Abstract: A wind pump has a liquid supply pipe connected with a convex pipe through a Venturi pipe open to wind, and a delivery pipe connected with the convex pipe and provided with a pumping-out element for elevating a liquid portion drawn into the convex pipe, and the pump is provided with a liquid supply delaying element for delaying the liquid supply from the inlet pipe into the convex pipe and subsequent completing the liquid portion in the latter during periods of weak wind. The delivery pipe is composed of a plurality of vertical pipe portions interconnected by intermediate accummulating container elements.

Abstract: A fluid pressure energy translating device comprising a housing defining a cavity and a drive shaft having a portion thereof rotatably mounted in the housing and extending into the cavity. The cavity has an open end remote from the drive shaft and a valve block closes the open end of the housing. A removable rotating group cartridge is positioned in the cavity between the valve block and drivingly engaged with the shaft. The cartridge comprises a valve plate engaging the valve block and an angle block, a rotatable cylinder barrel interposed between said valve plate and said angle block in abutment with the valve plate and in driving relation with the drive shaft. The cylinder barrel has a plurality of piston cylinders, each of which has a port for communicating the cylinders with a face of the valve plate, a piston in each cylinder, shoes connected to the pistons and engaging an inclined surface on the angle block. The valve plate and angle block are interconnected to form a removable cartridge.

Abstract: A gas refrigerant compressor comprises a shaft having a first portion and an offset portion. A body supports the first portion of the shaft for rotating movement around an axis of rotation and defines a compression chamber. A compression member is adapted for reciprocating movement within the compression chamber. The compression member is connected to the offset portion of the shaft such that rotating the shaft draws gas refrigerant into the compression chamber upon movement of the compression member toward the axis of rotation and exhausts compressed gas refrigerant out of the compression chamber upon movement of the compression member away from the axis of rotation.

Abstract: A fluidic pumping system comprises a reverse flow diverter positioned below the level of a liquid to be pumped and inserted between a charge vessel and a delivery pipe. A control system including pressure-responsive devices effects alternate pressurizing and venting of the charge vessel for pumping the liquid. Passage of liquid from the charge vessel into pipes leading to a compressed air supply and the reverse flow diverter generates pressure changes which are detected and the electric output signals are used to operate the control means.

Abstract: The invention comprises supplanting the usual, single, electrically-operated, blowdown valve, located on the receiver/separator tank of a gas compressor system with a pair of valves operatively arranged in parallel. The one valve operates normally in the manner of the supplanted valve, albeit with reduced venting capacity, and the other is held closed on starting of the compressor. This restricts the venting of the tank and causes its quick pressurization, to induce prompt oil injection for the compressor. A sensor detects the injection oil temperature and when the latter has achieved a given setpoint, the other, vent-restricting valve is opened. Accordingly, the method comprises sensing the temperature of the oil injected into the compressor and holding one of the paired venting valves closed until the oil temperature reaches the aforesaid given or predetermined setpoint.

Abstract: A submersible motor pump assembly having an improved driving connection between the motor and pump. The motor shaft and pump shaft are disposed in end-to-end relation and a bolt extends through an axial passage in the pump shaft and the projecting end of the bolt is threaded in an axial opening in the end of the motor shaft. The outer or opposite end of the pump shaft is formed with a recess that communicates with the passage and the head of the bolt is fixed against rotation with respect to the pump shaft by a bolt retainer which is disposed with the recess. A shear pin interconnects the mating ends of the two shafts to provide a driving connection. The hand of the thread on the bolt is such that rotation of the motor shaft, after shearing of the shear pin, will cause the bolt to be unthreaded from the motor shaft to prevent locking up of the shafts.

Abstract: An ejector pump which is used with a suction disk for carrying an article. In the bore of a pump body, there are fitted a nozzle block having a nozzle opening and an ejector block which has an ejector opening aligned with the nozzle opening of the nozzle block, so that suction chamber formed between the nozzle opening and the ejector opening may communicate with a suction port which is formed in one side of the pump body. In the bore of the pump body, too, is disposed an electromagnetic valve which has a moving member for opening and closing the entrance of the nozzle opening with its leading end position.

Abstract: A flow indicator and a method for monitoring the operation of a chemical feed pump are provided. This indicator includes a housing defining a flow chamber and having an inlet through one end and an outlet through the other end. The inlet and the outlet of the housing are in communication with the fluid conduit of the pump, and the flow chamber is a vertical component of the flow path of the fluid flowing through the conduit. The housing contains two freely movable balls in the flow chamber, one ball having a specific gravity greater than that of the fluid and the other having a lower specific gravity. It is at least partially transparent to enable the operator of the indicator to observe the movement of the balls. The method for monitoring the pump involves placing the two balls in the flow chamber, connecting the indicator to the fluid conduit, operating the pump, and observing the action of the balls.

Abstract: The reversing of the direction of rotation of the motor of a fixed vane rotary compressor reverses the direction of rotation of the rolling piston. The rolling piston through viscous friction or frictional torque frictionally engages a reversing disk and causes the reversing disk to move between two positions depending upon the direction of rotation of the rolling piston. The reversing disk has a slot therein which forms the suction inlet and is moved by rotation of the reversing disk so as to be in fluid communication with the plenum which is serving as the suction plenum at that time.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device for controlling displacement of a variable displacement hydraulic pump comprising a displacement control system for receiving a discharge pressure of the variable displacement hydraulic pump and a discharge pressure of a fixed displacement hydraulic pump to control the displacement of the variable displacement hydraulic pump.

Abstract: A rotary hydraulic engine is disclosed having a stationary crankshaft with an eccentric crank portion disposed thereon. A housing is rotatable about the crankshaft. At least two pairs of cylinders are connected to the housing and extend quadrilaterally therefrom. A piston is slidingly disposed within each cylinder, and is connected to an oppositely disposed piston so as to move in tandem when propelled by a fluid under pressure. An external valve mechanism is provided which is connected to the cylinders so as to sequentially actuate the pistons contained therein when supplied with fluid under pressure. A scotch yoke assembly integrates the motion of the pairs of pistons into a balanced array of weight and force vectors rotating around the axis of the eccentric crank portion of the stationary crankshaft. This sequential reciprocation of the pairs of pistons imparts a rotary motion to the housing, the rotary motion in turn causing the housing to act as a flywheel.

Abstract: In a thrust vector control system of the type in which a solid-propellant s generator powers a turbine-driven pump for driving hydraulic actuators for controlling the direction of thrust, the improvement being a feed back control system in which a variable-area gas valve is disposed inline between the gas generator and the turbine. The turbine speed is fed back to an electronic controller where it is compared with a commanded turbine speed. The controller applies forward-loop compensation to provide a signal that adjusts the area of the gas valve to control the operating pressure of the gas generator to drive the turbine speed to the commanded value.

Abstract: A novel gas lift apparatus is described which is particularly useful for the dewatering of gas wells in which the gas pressure is low or for the lifting of oil from wells when mixed oil and gas are produced. Water or oil is allowed to collect in the tubing above the valve of the apparatus. Sensors provide indications of the water level or the hydrostatic head within the tubing, and of the gas pressure in the casing. The outputs of the sensors are fed to an electronic, pneumatic or hydraulic controller which at a predetermined differential pressure opens the valve. Alternatively, a timer can be used to energize the valve at a predetermined time.

Abstract: The invention relates to a supply circuit supplying two pressure-using members in parallel, by means of a power-regulated variable displacement pump. Manipulators, associated to the distributors controlling said pressure-using members are fed with a fluid whose pressure can vary as a function of the speed driving the pump and are of a potentiometric type. The invention finds an application in the supply circuit of a hydraulic shovel.

Abstract: A pressure control apparatus, which can be used for a braking force magnification apparatus for a vehicle or a door closing and opening apparatus includes a sensor for sensing a pressure within a vacuum booster. The sensor is of a transfer-contact-type including a medial movable contact and two stationary contacts. The movable contact makes contact with one of the stationary contacts connected to an alarm lamp but breaks contact with the other connected through a control circuit to a DC motor connected to a vacuum pump or a compressor when the absolute gauge pressure produced by the vacuum pump or compressor is below a first predetermined threshold value. The movable contact breaks contact with the one stationary contact to energize the DC motor when the absolute gauge pressure is below a second predetermined threshold value but is above the first one.

Abstract: Apparatus for controlling the operation of drilling or completion fluid pumps and a choke is disclosed. Control over the drilling or completion fluid pump can be independent of control of the choke. Control over the drilling fluid pump can be transferred to the choke control location. Pneumatic and electrical networks suitable for use with engine driven and electrically powered rigs are disclosed.