Abstract: A volume control for a multi-nozzle rotary pump filling system in which a plurality of rotary pumps are driven from a common drive. Each pump is connected with its own nozzle by way of a connection that includes a volume control operable to adjust the back pressure on the rotary pump to thereby vary the amount of product dispensed by the nozzle. In case of more viscous products, a by-pass line which includes a relief valve is also provided between the inlet side of the control unit and the in-feed side of the pump.

Abstract: Several embodiments of venting arrangements for the lubricant pump of a two-cycle, crankcase compression internal combustion engine for an outboard motor and having a positive lubricating system. In each embodiment, the lubricant pump is provided with a vent passage that extends from an upper portion of a chamber of the pump for venting air from it. In each embodiment, an arrangement is provided for permitting air flow from the fluid pump without returning to the fluid pump. In some embodiments, this means comprises a check valve and in another embodiment, it comprises a restricted orifice.

Abstract: A coupling device for use in diesel fuel injector pumps having a plurality of rotary pumps connected to a drive shaft and positioned in a housing along a longitudinal axis and having a generally cylindrical weight retention housing for rotatably supporting a plurality of flyweights which are coupled to a fuel control system. The coupling device employs an annular drive ring adjacent to the weight housing for engaging the drive shaft and a plurality of drive pins connected to the weight housing and projecting through elongated apertures in the drive ring. A plurality of resilient inserts are positioned within the elongated apertures immediately adjacent to the drive pins so as to occupy substantially all aperture volume not occupied by the pins.

Abstract: A stabilizing mechanism for a follower guide axle of a vehicle trailer. The wheels of the axle are mounted on the axle body of the latter via respective knuckle arms, and the wheels are interconnected via respective guide levers and a tie bar. To improve the stabilizing mechanism, respective pressure mountings are disposed between each of the knuckle arms and the axle body, with the pressure mountings having cooperating sliding surfaces that have a wavelike configuration. Each of the pressure mountings includes an upper pressure disk that is attached to the axle body, and a lower pressure disk that is attached to the knuckle arm. Springs are provided for stabilizing the pressure mountings in a starting position that is associated with straight-ahead travel.

Abstract: Apparatus for the separation of solid materials of different specific gravities comprising a vertical separator tube having a material inlet port, a light material discharge port located above the inlet port, and a heavy material discharge port located below the inlet port; a holding tank having a top opening for receiving the solid materials to be separated and a bottom opening connected to the inlet port of the separator tube by a feeder tube; a pressurized water source, as by a pump; and a conduit connecting the water source to the separator tube at or below the heavy material discharge port. The holding tank is located at such a height as to allow water coming into the tank from the separator tube to reach a predetermined static level within the tank. The heavy material discharge port is located substantially below the water static level in the tank and adjacent the pressurized water intake so that heavy material may be rapidly removed by water moving at a high velocity.

Abstract: A pneumatically operated pump for dispensing controlled shots of paste material includes a disposal paste syringe tube having a ferrule with an axial dispensing hole centered in the bottom. An axial movable plunger extending through the length of the syringe normally fits into and blocks the dispensing hole, but when the punger is lifted a predetermined amount, the paste under a small pressure flows into the space and, when a driver returns the plunger to its normal position, the paste column is shot through the dispensing hole. The driver for moving the plunger includes a spring loaded diaphram center connected to the drive end of the plunger. Applied air pressure against the diaphragm lifts the plunger and compresses the spring. On release of the pressure, the spring rapidly drives the plunger back to its normal position to dispense a small column of paste.

Abstract: A low-flow pump-off control device for deactivating a motor for a pump during conditions when a rate of supply of a source of fluid to be pumped by the pump is insufficient includes: a pipe section having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet being connectable to the source of fluid to be pumped through the pipe section; a plurality of plates disposed substantially perpendicularly in the pipe section, each of the plates defining at least one orifice through which the fluid is caused to pass; a differential pressure switch for sensing a differential pressure between a pressure upstream of a first one of the plates and a pressure downstream of a last one of the plates that is at or below a set point indicative of a predetermined low flow rate of the liquid; a first timer in communication with the switch for accumulating periods of time at which the switch senses the differential pressure; a motor activation and deactivation relay in communication with the timer for deactivating the motor when the accumulated period

Abstract: A rotation detecting device for a wobble plate type compressor comprises a front thrust race disposed on a flat end surface of a cam rotor and moveable therein. The front thrust race has two nail portions. A magnetic pickup is mounted on the cylindrical housing of the compressor and is positioned thereon opposite a portion of the locus of movement of the nail portions. When a nail portion passes opposite the magnetic pickup, a magnetic flux is produced. The magnetic pickup detects the magnetic flux and thus detects movement of wobble plate. Thus, the connection between the compressor and the driving source can be quickly interrupted in the event of compressor malfunction.

Abstract: A swash plate type compressor having a pair of axially combined front and rear cylinder blocks forming therein a plurality of cylinder bores and a swash plate chamber into which an oil-contained refrigerant is introduced from an air-conditioning circuit, a drive shaft centrally rotatably mounted in the combined cylinder block, a swash plate having sliding contact faces oblique to an axis of the drive shaft, and supported on the drive shaft so that the swash plate is rotated within the swash plate chamber, compressing double-headed pistons slidably fitted in the cylinder bores, shoes intervened between the swash plate and the pistons for causing reciprocating motions of the pistons in response to rotating motion of the swash plate, and a shoe and swash plate lubricator for constantly supplying a lubricating oil component contained in the refrigerant gas between the swash plate and the shoes.

Abstract: A slant plate type refrigerant compressor, such as a wobble plate type compressor, with a variable displacement mechanism for use in a refrigeration circuit is disclosed. The compressor has a control mechanism to control the pressure in a crank chamber responsive to the pressure in the suction chamber, and another control mechanism to control the pressure in the crank chamber responsive to the temperature of refrigerant gas in the suction chamber. Therefore, the capacity of the compressor can be more accurately controlled in response to changes in the air conditioning load, such as the temperature in a passenger compartment of an automobile.

Abstract: A swing stand for golf traning use includes: a first wedge leaf, a second wedge leaf and an intermediate wedge leaf pivotally secured with one another by a central hinge to form a collapsible board having the first and second leaves extended to form an upper sloping surface of which a slope of such an upper sloping surface can be adjusted by shifting the intermediate wedge leaf either rightwardly under the first leaf or leftwardly under the second leaf to variate the slope of the stand to simulate a rugged surface as found in a real golf course so as to enhance a golf playing skill and interest.

Abstract: The folded channel radial pump assembly (10) comprises a housing (12) having therein a stepped diameter bore (14) receiving a rotor (30). The rotor (30) is attached by way of a flexible coupling (50) with the output shaft (61) of an electric motor (60) attached to the housing (12). The rotor (30) includes one or more intake (26, 36) and exhaust (28, 38) ports, the ports (26, 28, 36, 38) being radially aligned and communicating with the stepped bore (14).

Abstract: A slant plate type compressor, such as a wobble plate type compressor, with a variable displacement mechanism for use in a refrigeration circuit is disclosed. Two passageways communicate between the crank chamber and the suction chamber in the cylinder block. A bellows is disposed in a first passageway and controls communication between the crank chamber and the suction chamber in the first passageway. The bellows operates in accordance with the crank chamber pressure. A control valve is disposed in the second passageway and controls communication between the crank chamber and the suction chamber in the second passageway in response to signal from an external sensor. This configuration enables the compressor to be operated at maximum capacity when the refrigeration circuit is turned on until the temperature in the passenger compartment of a car reaches a desired temperature without input from the pressure in the crank chamber.

Abstract: An improved variable capacity vane compressor has at least one second inlet port formed in a cylinder for communicating a suction chamber with at least one compression chamber during a suction stroke. An opening control device varies the opening angle of the second inlet port, and has a pressure receiving portion defining a first pressure chamber communicating with a high pressure side, and a second pressure chamber communicating with a low pressure side. The control device is angularly displaceable in response to a difference between a high pressure and a low pressure in the chambers for causing the opening angle of the second inlet port to vary. A pressure control device is responsive to at least one parameter representative of a thermal load on the compressor for varying at least one of the high and low pressures in the first and second pressure chambers.

Abstract: The unloader has a piston-operated valving element which opens and closes a compressor, air inlet housing, inlet port to load and unload the associated compressor. A control, pressured air supply is addressed to the piston to cause the latter to translate the valving element into port closure, and in the absence of the aforesaid supply, vacuum pressure and incoming air displace the valving element from closure of the ports. One spring seats the piston, and another moves the valving element into closure when the compressor is shut down, in one embodiment of the invention. A guide rod pilots movements of the piston and valving element. In the combination, the unloader is wholly confined within an aluminum die-cast air inlet housing.

Abstract: Fuel injection pump with a cam drive 3 effecting the feeding movement of a pump piston 1 which is provided with a rotating part 1,2 being rotationally connected with the pump piston 1 and a drive ring 21 for the pump drive being rotatable by about a certain angle for the purpose of starting the feeding change, whereby the rotating of the drive ring 21 is performed by an injection adjustment bolt 22 which radially penetrates the drive ring and which is pivotable by means of an injection adjustment piston 23 mounted tangentially to the drive ring 21, whereby the injection adjustment bolt 22 is provided with axial front faces 41,43 coacting in both axial directions with support faces 24,25 which are independent from the injection adjustment bolt for its axial securing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved connector assembly which is made of one-piece design and construction with two sections that can move relative to each other to thereby provide a connector assembly which can pivotally connect the adjoining end portions of an upper and lower string of sucker rods that are angularly disposed relative to one another within a tubing string of like angulation. Through use of the present invention one-piece connector assembly, the string of sucker rods can be inserted through various dog-leg sections in the well bore hole and further are able to absorb longitudinal forces which may be exerted on the sucker rod strings thereby permitting the sucker rod strings to reciprocate without being subjected to stress from numerous frictional forces.

Abstract: An improved pump is provided for pumping non-lubricating fluids at extremely high pressure while reducing galling and wear on components such as pistons and cylinders. The reduction in component wear and galling is achieved by modifying the piston-cylinder combination to provide a pressure area and a centering area that is axially displaced from the pressure area of the piston-cylinder combination. The pressure area of the piston-cylinder combination is modified by reducing the diameter of the piston or increasing the inside diameter of the cylinder or both to provide a 0.1 percent to 2.5 percent increase in clearance at the pressure end of the piston-cylinder combination than is provided at a centering area. The advantages of the invention are further enhanced by employing a release area disposed intermediate the pressure area and the centering area of the piston-cylinder combination.

Abstract: The liquid pressure capacity of a chemical injector pump is increased substantially by using high pressure gas to drive the gas motor. In one embodiment, the chemical injector pump includes a liquid pump end, a gas motor end, a low pressure position responsive valve, and a high pressure pilot operated valve manipulated by the low pressure valve for delivering high pressure gas to the gas motor. In other embodiments, the chemical injector pump includes a liquid pump end, a gas motor end, and a high pressure position responsive valve for directly delivering high pressure gas to the gas motor.

Abstract: A wobble plate type compressor is disclosed wherein each piston is reciprocated within its respective cylinder by a wobble plate driven by a cam rotor mounted on a drive shaft, and in which the wobble plate is held against rotation by a rotation restraining means that includes a slide plate supported within the compressor housing and extending axially thereof, a slot formed in the periphery of the wobble plate and having a pair of concave recesses in the opposed inner surfaces of the slot and a pair of hemispherical bearings seated in the recesses and slidably receiving the slide plate therebetween.