Abstract: A self-contained automatic lubricator for automatically dispensing fluent lubricant over a period of time is provided. The lubricator comprises a cylinder having a front wall with a discharge outlet, a rear wall and cylindrical side walls. A piston is movable within the cylinder from a rear position to a forward position. The piston and the side and front walls of the cylinder define a variable volume chamber for containing the lubricant to be dispensed, and a spring for moving the piston from its rear position towards it front position to reduce the volume of the variable volume chamber over a period of time for expelling lubricant through the discharge outlet. The lubricator further comprises a controller including gearing and an escapement mechanism, for controlling the transfer of energy from the spring to the piston and an electrical element controlling operation of the escapement mechanism (12).

Abstract: In the inner and outer surfaces of the retainer 34b, there are formed recessed grooves 40a, 40a which serve as lubricating oil flow passages for allowing lubricating oil to flow into pockets. Where the axial-direction depth of the recessed groove 40a, 40a is expressed as H and the circumferential-direction width thereof is expressed as 2L, 0.29≦H/L≦0.88 can be satisfied. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a toroidal-type continuously variable transmission which can prevent the damage of a retainer 34b incorporated into a thrust rolling bearing for supporting a power roller and also can enhance the lubricating efficiency of the present thrust rolling bearing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotation joint, especially for medical instruments, with a proximal and a distal part that are coupled to one another by means of a gear work and can be adjusted in relation to one another between a non-deflected starting position and an angled end position, where the gear work is housed in an intermediate part situated between the proximal and the distal parts and all three parts have at least one hollow center channel. In order to create a rotation joint that can be actuated by a non-angled position and can be secured in the deflected position, the invention proposes that the proximal part consists of two tubes that are arranged coaxially inside one another and can rotate in opposite directions around their longitudinal axis, where at least the outer tube is connected with a handle on its proximal side.

Abstract: A steering column has a jacket including relatively axially slidable, telescoping, upper and lower jacket members. An anchorage pivotally supports the lower jacket member for vertical tilt movement of the steering column. Locking mechanism locks the steering column in vertically adjusted position and locks the upper jacket member in axially adjusted position relative to the lower jacket member.

Abstract: A shift lever device which includes a housing, a shift lever, a knob, a rod with a key and a locking mechanism. The shift lever has a tube and a supporting member provided with a pivot supported by the housing on the vehicle body and a base block to which the tube is connected. The knob is connected to the tube. The rod inserted through the shift lever, is movable in an axial direction by operating the knob button of the knob. The key has a detent engaging portion to engage with a detent plate of the housing. The locking mechanism has a lock lever with a locking portion at its tip. The lock lever swings so that the locking portion is interposed between the base block and the key to lock movement of the rod, thus maintaining the engagement of the detent engaging portion with the detent plate.

Abstract: A gear stage assembly having a gear stage with two meshing gearwheels for mechanically transmitting a torque includes individual magnets arranged in the form of a ring on each of the gearwheels in a manner corresponding to that of the teeth of the gearwheels, for producing magnetic forces in the gear stage, individual magnets of respective ones of the magnets formed in a ring being arranged with alternating polarity in the direction of rotation and forming a stage of magnets in a ring disposed parallel to the gear stage, for producing a preload torque in the gear stage; and a varnishing unit including the gear stage assembly.

Abstract: A slot cover for an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has a moving carriage and a member connected to said carriage which travels in a slot. The slot is defined by a top member, a bottom member and a pair of side members. Each side member has a connection means extending therefrom and a slot cover joining the connection means. The carriage has a cover guide connected thereto which moves with the carriage. The cover guide causes the connecting means to become separated from said slot cover as the cover guide travels along the slot. The separated portion of the slot cover is pressed into engagement with the connection means as the cover guide continues to travel along the slot.

Abstract: A starter motor for cranking an internal combustion engine includes an electric motor, a planetary gear device for reducing a rotational speed of the electric motor, and a shock-absorbing device that absorbs excessive impact transmitted from the engine to the starter motor. The planetary gear device has an annular member contacting a separating plate that separates the planetary gear device from the electric motor. A depressed portion such as a circular groove is formed on an axial end surface of the annular member. Lubricant retained in the depressed portion lubricates the end surface that rotates relative to the separating plate to absorb the excessive impact transmitted from the engine, and thereby abrasion wear of the end surface is suppressed.

Abstract: A brake cable assembly includes a cable movably received in a sheath and an outer tube is mounted to the sheath and has an aperture defined through a wall of the outer tube. A shoulder extends inward from an inner periphery of the outer tube. A lubrication sleeve is received in the outer tube and contacts an end surface of the shoulder. Lubrication liquid is dropped to the lubrication sleeve via the aperture. The cable extends through the lubrication sleeve so as to be lubricated during operation. A seal member seals the aperture.

Abstract: A casing (1) for a transmission mechanism constituted by two half shells (1A, 1B), contains at least one clutch control member (3) moved angularly by a control lever (4) external to the casing (1) The control lever (4) includes a split sleeve (5) insertable within a receiving bearing (6) of the casing (1), this sleeve (5) defining at least two fingers (7A, 7B) that are resiliently deformable so as to be able to be immobilized axially in the receiving bearing (6), a portion (3A) of the body of the control member (3) being disposed in the assembled condition of the half shells (1A, 1B) of the casing (1) in the slots (8) provided between the fingers (7A, 7B) to render the lever (4) undisassembleable.

Abstract: A chain guide, such as a fixed chain guide or a tensioner arm, includes a bracket adapted for being secured to an associated engine. The bracket includes a support surface, a leading end and a trailing end spaced from the leading end in a chain movement direction. A guide blade includes a leading end, a trailing end spaced from the leading end in the chain movement direction, a chain guide surface and an inner surface positioned adjacent the support surface of the bracket. The guide blade is selectively movable slidably on the support surface in the chain movement direction and an opposite direction between a first position where the blade is separable from the bracket and a second position where the blade is fixedly secured to the bracket.

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission including a rotatable scroll having an axis of rotation and having upper and lower faces, the upper and lower faces each being conical and each having a pitch, the rotatable scroll being alternately upwardly and downwardly skewable along its axis of rotation, the pitches of the upper and lower faces respectively decreasing and increasing upon upward skewing of the rotatable scroll, the pitches of the upper and lower faces respectively increasing and decreasing upon downward skewing of the rotatable scroll; including upper and lower rotatable wheels, each having an axis of rotation and each having a forward face, each forward face being conical; and including a support frame pivotally and rotatably mounting the upper and lower rotatable wheels with respect to the rotatable scroll, the support frame enabling pivotable motion of the upper and lower rotatable wheels to alternately upwardly and downwardly skew the rotatable scroll, the support frame further enabling the upper a

Abstract: A robot hand tool linkage device includes a locking mechanism and an actuation shaft driven between a lock position and a release position. A piston moves an actuation shaft upward and downward to cam outward a plurality push rods urging outward a plurality arc-shaped locking members. The locking members are captured under an arcuate surface of a tool plate which is thereby attached. A resilient member engages an outer groove in each of the locking members to urge them inward. When the outward force on the locking members is released, the resilient member moves the locking members inward to reduce their combined diameter sufficiently to disengage from the arcuate surface, and thereby to release the tool plate.

Abstract: A self-backdriving jackscrew apparatus including a biasing member connected to a screw portion of a jackscrew that exerts backdriving force on the screw to turn the screw in a rotational direction that returns a nut portion of the jackscrew to a home position on the screw.

Abstract: The toroidal-type continuously variable transmission comprises an input shaft rotatably supported, an input side disk, an output side disk, a plurality of trunnions, a plurality of power rollers, and a plurality of thrust rolling bearings 32, in which the mutually opposed inner surfaces of the input side and output side disks are respectively formed as concave surfaces each having an arc-shaped section, the peripheral surfaces of the power rollers are formed as spherical-shaped convex surfaces, and the peripheral surfaces of the power rollers are contacted with the inner surfaces of the input side and output side disks. In the thus structured toroidal-type continuously variable transmission, each of the thrust rolling bearings 32 is made of high carbon chromium bearing steel and is also carbonitrided.

Abstract: An adjustable control pedal for a motor vehicle includes an upper arm, a lower arm supported by the upper arm and operatively connected to the upper arm for selected movement relative to the upper arm, and a drive assembly operatively connected to the lower arm to selectively move the lower arm relative to the upper arm. A hall-effect sensor is located adjacent a drive screw and cooperates with a ring magnet rotatable with the drive screw to detect motion information. A controller receives the motion information and activates an electric motor upon initialization of the controller to move the lower pedal arm in a first direction until a first mechanical stop is engaged and establish a home stop position and to move the lower pedal arm in the other direction until a second mechanical stop is engaged and establish a travel stop position.

Abstract: In a power roller for a toroidal continuously variable transmission, temperature rise of a power transmission part can be prevented by suppressing the heat in a rolling contact part between a ball and an inner race groove. By setting a radius of curvature of an inner race groove less than a radius of curvature of an outer race groove, a Hertzian contact area between the inner race groove and the ball is set larger than a Hertzian contact area between the outer race groove and the ball. Further, the pitch diameter of the inner race groove is set to be less than the pitch diameter of the outer race groove. By doing so, the direction of the rotation axis of the ball can be set to a direction wherein the spin of the inner race is less than the spin of the outer race.

Abstract: A locking mechanism for a tiltable steering column includes a rod disposed within and selectively actuable along a longitudinal axis of a sleeve. A biasing member biased the rod into a locked position with the sleeve, the biasing member having a first end coupled to a mounting portion extending from the sleeve. A collar is arranged around a portion of the sleeve, the collar includes a dog tangentially extending from an outer wall of the collar and a groove portion formed between the outer wall and the dog for receiving the second end of the biasing member.

Abstract: A variable ratio sprocket assembly for providing improved transition between gears and eliminating derailing. The variable ratio sprocket assembly includes an axle, a bicycle wheel hub coupled to a rear wheel of the bicycle and designed to rotatably receive rotational force from a receiver, a receiver including a first diameter coupled to the bicycle wheel hub, a converter with a second diameter substantially greater than the diameter of the receiver slideably engages the receiver to provide a plurality of gear ratios with respect to the receiver, a driver includes a third diameter substantially greater than the second diameter of the converter and is slideably engaged by the converter such that rotating the driver in a first direction rotates the converter in a first direction which in turn rotates the receiver in a first direction which in turn rotates the rear bicycle wheel, and a sprocket coupled to an exterior surface of the driver designed for engaging a drive chain.

Abstract: A breather device for a power train of an electric vehicle including an electric motor and a gearbox connected to the electric motor. The breather device comprises: a breather chamber provided above a connecting portion connecting an electric motor housing and a gearbox casing; a first breather passage providing a communication between the breather chamber and an inside of the electric motor housing; and a second breather passage providing a communication between the breather chamber and a lubricating oil separation chamber formed in the gearbox casing.