Abstract: An accumulator-dehydrator assembly for an air conditioning system comprising an accumulator housing defining an enclosed chamber including an inlet and an outlet in the upper end and a refrigerant and oil accumulator in the lower end, and a vapor drier canister assembly comprising a one-piece plastic body defining a closed top wall, a closed side wall and an open bottom. The canister includes an integral outlet projecting into and sealingly engaging the outlet of the housing. A vapor filter is associated with the outlet of the canister such that refrigerant flows through the filter before passing through the outlet. A perforated plate is provided in the bottom of the canister for holding desiccant within the canister. A refrigerant and oil tube is mounted externally of the canister and has a lower end extending to the bottom of the chamber of the accumulator housing and has an upper end extending into the outlet of the canister. A filter is associated with the lower end of the tube.

Abstract: An improved transmission fluid filter and a method of assembly wherein the filter comprises a plastic first member having a planar peripheral lip, and a sheet metal second member with a planar ledge and a continuous peripheral flange crimped over the cover lip and capturing the lip against the ledge. In accordance with the invention, a bead having an arcuate surface extends around the outside edge of the cover lip, and the flange is preformed in a continuous progressive bending or curling operation prior to engagement with the bead.

Abstract: In an oil pump inlet screen assembly adapted to be immersed in an oil sump and comprising a filter screen including a housing and a lift pipe adapted to be inserted at one end into an oil pump opening, the improvement wherein the housing and lift pipe are molded integrally of plastic material, and wherein the screen assembly further comprises a metal eyelet received over the pipe end and adapted to be press-fitted into the pump opening. The eyelet includes coaxial cylindrical portions respectively disposed internally and externally of the pipe end and an external flanged end portion which captures a circumferential rib on the outside of the pipe both to retain the eyelet on the pipe end and to function as a stop to limit press-fit insertion of the pipe end into the pump opening.

Abstract: In an oil pump inlet screen assembly adapted to be immersed in an oil pump and comprising a filter screen including a housing and a lift pipe adapted to be inserted at one end into an oil pump opening, the improvement wherein the housing and lift pipe are molded integrally of plastic material, and wherein the screen assembly further comprises a metal eyelet received over the pipe end and adapted to be press-fitted into the pump opening. The eyelet includes coaxial cylindrical portions respectively disposed internally and externally of the pipe end and an external flanged end portion which captures a circumferential rib on the outside of the pipe both to retain the eyelet on the pipe end and to function as a stop to limit press-fit insertion of the pipe end into the pump opening.

Abstract: A transmission fluid filter comprising a metal base pan and a filter frame of thermoplastic construction which supports a filter medium in spaced relation to the base pan. Axially aligned openings in the frame and base pan received bolts for mounting the filter to a transmission housing. In accordance with the invention, a metal eyelet is crimped around a circumferential bead in the filter frame and has a central flat portion for absorbing the clamping stresses exerted by the mounting bolts remotely of the bead and crimp to permit high bolt retention stresses while relieving the problem of plastic creep and deformation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a primary data processing system comprised of, for example, a main store, a storage unit, an instruction unit, an execution unit, a console unit and a channel unit for performing primary system programs. The console unit includes a secondary digital computer for performing secondary programs which functions to observe and/or alter the primary system. The functions performable by the secondary system include altering the primary system control state, causing primary commands to be executed, controlling primary data and addresses, and scanning out primary information. The console is connected through a command bus, an address bus and a data bus to the controls and data paths of the channel unit, of the instruction unit and of the storage unit.

Abstract: In an oil pump inlet screen assembly adapted to be immersed in an oil sump and comprising a filter screen including a housing and a lift pipe adapted to be inserted at one end into an oil pump opening, the improvement wherein the housing and lift pipe are molded integrally of plastic material, and wherein the screen assembly further comprises a metal eyelet received over the pipe end and adapted to be press-fitted into the pump opening. The eyelet includes coaxial cylindrical portions respectively disposed internally and externally of the pipe end and an external flanged end portion which captures a circumferential rib on the outside of the pipe both to retain the eyelet on the pipe end and to function as a stop to limit press-fit insertion of the pipe end into the pump opening.

Abstract: A drip-proof probe characterized by a telescopic stinger adapted to be connected with a closed system, inserted into a shipping container for toxic fluid for sequentially extracting the fluid from the container and delivering the fluid to the closed system, and thereafter employed for rinsing residue from the container, all without subjecting handlers to contamination through spillage or inhalation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a primary data processing system comprised of, for example, a main store, a storage unit, an instruction unit, an execution unit, a console unit and a channel unit for performing primary system programs. The console unit includes a secondary digital computer for performing secondary programs which functions to observe and/or alter the primary system. The functions performable by the secondary system include altering the primary system control state, causing primary commands to be executed, controlling primary data and addresses, and scanning out primary information. The console is connected through a command bus, an address bus and a data bus to the controls and data paths of the channel unit, of the instruction unit and of the storage unit.

Abstract: A method and a probe adapted to be inserted into a socket valve for an hermetically sealed container having confined therein a body of toxic fluid. The probe is characterized by a cylindrical configuration adapted to be telescopically inserted into a tubular sleeve of a socket valve and supported thereby for rotation relative thereto for thus opening and closing the valve, a container vent for introducing atmospheric pressure into the container as toxic fluid is extracted therefrom, and for washing residue from the internal surfaces of the container subsequent to extraction of the toxic fluid from the container.