Abstract: There is disclosed an air conditioning unit for location in the wall of a room and which comprises a heat exchanger, an external supply fan operable to blow air into the room through the heat exchanger and an extract fan operable to draw air out of the room through the heat exchanger, in which the heat exchanger comprises a stack of thin flexible plates which are spaced apart from each other so as to define between opposed faces of adjacent plates extract air flow paths and supply air flow paths through the heat exchanger, with the spacing apart of the faces defining the extract air flow paths being greater than the spacing apart of the faces defining the supply air flow paths whereby the depth of the extract air flow paths initially is greater than the depth of the supply air flow paths, but during operation any tendency for the flexible plates to deform under differential pressure action results in the depths of the extract air flow paths and supply air flow paths being substantially equalized, which provid

Abstract: A room ventilator for insertion within a wall of window of the room comprises two fans mounted side by side, and a heat exchanger located inwardly of the fans. The construction of the heat exchanger is such that counter flow heat exchange occurs between the incoming and outgoing air streams.

Abstract: Accurate and consistent location of jointed textiles within a mold is achieved by inserting the outer surfaces of the joint (12) into the cavity of an elongate, generally U-shaped member (20) and securing the joint to the meter, e.g. by sewing (21). The joint/channel member assembly can then be automatically gripped and placed in the desired position in the mold. The method is of particular application to processes involving vacuum member molding.

Abstract: A light-weight track for a track-laying vehicle in which a flexible belt (11;64) has rigid driving members (28;61) secured to its inner surface for engagement with a drive sprocket (40,75). Successive driving members are staggered relative to the longitudinal center line of the belt so that successive driving members engage opposite sides of the sprocket, this arrangment helping to avoid trapping of loose stones or debris between the driving members and the sprocket.

Abstract: A flexible belt, particularly suitable for use as a track for a track-laying vehicle, is constructed from segments having overlapping faces provided with traction-transmitting formations (16-20; 21-24). The formations may be ribs formed along their side edges with teeth 25 and recesses 26 which interlock with corresponding formations on an adjacent segment.

Abstract: A flexible coupling for connecting two rotatable components, for example driving and driven shafts, to transmit torque from one of the components to the other and also to accommodate relative axial movement between the components comprises at least one torque transmitting element having a pair of integral limbs each connected to a respective one of the components via a bearing. The limbs extend in a generally radial direction relative to the axis of rotation of the coupling so as to be fixed relative to one another in a circumferential direction for transmitting torque but allow rotation of each limb about the axis of the other limb to accommodate axial movement between the components.

Abstract: A flexible coupling for connecting drive and driven shafts comprising four radially extending bushes uniformly spaced in a circumferential direction with respect to the axis of rotation of the coupling. Opposed pairs of bushes are connected to a respective one of the shafts and alternate pairs of adjacent bushes are connected by a respective web. The webs serve to transmit torque and accommodate axial movement between the shafts.

Abstract: The disclosure illustrates having a turbocharger housing and a turbine wheel shaft rotatable relative to one another and in which one of the members has a cylindrical surface and the other member contains an annular groove, a sealing ring being located in the annular groove and engaging the cylindrical surface. One of the radially extending walls of the sealing ring includes a chamfered portion such that the axial dimension of the radially inner surface of the sealing ring is less than the axial dimension of the radially outer surface of the sealing ring, the annular groove including a complementary shaped wedging surface for cooperation with the chamfered surface of the sealing ring.

Abstract: The disclosure illustrates a sealing assembly for two relatively rotatable members, such as a compressor housing and a shaft for a compressor wheel. The first has an internal cylindrical surface and the second has an external cylindrical surface with an annular groove therein. The second member is disposed and rotatable within the first member and a sealing ring is disposed in the annular groove. The sealing ring is a continuous member having no circumferential gaps and made from PTFE which has sufficient elasticity to enable the radially inner diameter of the ring to be temporarily increased. It is also capable of working at the temperatures to which the assembly is subjected in use and has a low coefficient of friction.

Abstract: The disclosure illustrates a turbocharger wastegate valve comprising a cylindrical chamber connected through a radial inlet to the gas stream upstream of the turbine. High pressure air is selectively directed across the inlet through a nozzle to prevent or permit flow into the chamber which is connected to a point downstream of the turbine. The pressure of the air delivered to the nozzle may be varied to proportion the gases bypassed around the turbine.