Abstract: A pipeline apparatus has a body configured to fit inside a pipeline. A flow channel is formed within the body and includes an inlet, an outlet, and a bypass channel connecting the inlet and the outlet, the inlet being configured to receive a portion of a fluid flowing through the pipeline, and the outlet being configured such that the fluid flowing through the bypass channel flows out of the bypass channel through the outlet. A flow control valve is attached to the body and has a sleeve configured to move to vary a flow rate of the fluid flowing out of the outlet. A motor is provided in a chamber in the body and is configured to move the sleeve.

Abstract: A pipeline apparatus has a body configured to fit inside a pipeline. A flow channel is formed within the body and includes an inlet, an outlet, and a bypass channel connecting the inlet and the outlet, the inlet being configured to receive a portion of a fluid flowing through the pipeline, and the outlet being configured such that the fluid flowing through the bypass channel flows out of the bypass channel through the outlet. A flow control valve is attached to the body and has a sleeve configured to move to vary a flow rate of the fluid flowing out of the outlet. A conduit is connected between the flow control valve and a back face of the body and configured to communicate a high pressure of the fluid to the flow control valve.

Abstract: A pipeline apparatus has a body configured to fit inside a pipeline. A flow channel is formed within the body and includes an inlet, an outlet, and a bypass channel connecting the inlet and the outlet, the inlet being configured to receive a portion of a fluid flowing through the pipeline, and the outlet being configured such that the fluid flowing through the bypass channel flows out of the bypass channel through the outlet. A flow control valve is attached to the body and has a sleeve configured to move to vary a flow rate of the fluid flowing out of the outlet. A conduit is connected between the flow control valve and a back face of the body and configured to communicate a high pressure of the fluid to the flow control valve.

Abstract: A pipeline apparatus has a body configured to fit inside a pipeline. A flow channel is formed within the body and includes an inlet, an outlet, and a bypass channel connecting the inlet and the outlet, the inlet being configured to receive a portion of a fluid flowing through the pipeline, and the outlet being configured such that the fluid flowing through the bypass channel flows out of the bypass channel through the outlet. A flow control valve is attached to the body and has a sleeve configured to move to vary a flow rate of the fluid flowing out of the outlet. A motor is provided in a chamber in the body and is configured to move the sleeve.

Abstract: This simple, inexpensive cleaning tool consisting of a partially flattened tube with a spade or wedge shape guiding tip, and holes, slots or nozzles on one or both flattened sides can be inserted between heat exchangers or radiators as used on motor vehicles or can be used in other limited access areas. The tube can be connected to a pressurized liquid or gas source for cleaning or coating in confined spaces such as the stacked heat exchangers, radiators, as described above, but also electric motors or electrical panels, appliances, computers and so forth, eliminating the need for time consuming and expensive disassembly. The device can be made of a variety of materials, and in a variety of lengths and widths depending on pressure needed, type of equipment being cleaned and fluids or gases being used. Equipment cleaned in this manner can be returned to optimal service quickly and cheaply.

Abstract: An apparatus for actuating a valve includes a rotatable control shaft connected to the valve and a gearbox wheel is secured to the control shaft. A worm intermeshes with the gearteeth of the gearbox wheel such that when the worm is rotated, the wheel and the shaft are rotated for moving the valve between the open and the closed disposition thereof. A housing defines an enclosure for the reception therein of the gearbox wheel and the intermeshing worm. Bearings are slidably disposed within recesses so that location of the worm into intermeshing relationship with the gearteeth is facilitated. A multi-turn power drive is secured to the flange and is drivingly connected to the first extremity of the worm for rotating the worm so that the valve is controllably moved between the open and the closed disposition thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus for actuating a valve is disclosed. The apparatus includes a rotatable control shaft which has a first and a second end, the first end of the control shaft being connected to the valve such that when the shaft is rotated, the valve is moved between an open and a closed disposition thereof. A gearbox wheel has a first and a second side, the wheel being secured to the second end of the control shaft such that when the gearbox wheel rotates about a rotational axis of the control shaft, the control shaft is rotated for moving the valve between the open and the closed disposition thereof. The gearbox wheel defines a plurality of gearteeth which are disposed around a portion of a periphery of the wheel. A worm has a first and a second extremity, the worm having an axis of rotation which is disposed angularly relative to the rotational axis of the control shaft.

Abstract: This invention relates to a device that provides controlled release of a fragrant or deodorizing substance: the fragrant or deodorizing substance being solublized with an appropriate carrier solvent within a polymeric matrix. The layers function as protective barriers, semi-permeable membranes, fragrance reservoirs, and adhesives. The device is capable of delivering a fragrance at a controlled rate for a prolonged period of time through the gradual diffusion and release of fragrant material carried by a solvent from a reservoir system to the semi-permeable UV curable, oligomer composition acting a fragrance release regulator. Additionally, the UV curable, oligomeric composition that forms the reservoir and regulating layer can be engineered to be adhesive through cure inhibition. The method of cure inhibition can also be utilized to create internal areas of high and low cross link density to further control the release rate of a fragrance.

Abstract: A photoreceptor assembly and a xerographic cassette for a printing or copying machine, the cassette including a photoreceptor drum, a drum cleaner, a waste toner container, for storing waste toner; and a waste toner conveyor for conveying waste toner cleaned off said photoreceptor drum by the cleaner into the waste toner container characterized in that the waste toner container is positioned in the interior of the photoreceptor drum and is reversibly removable therefrom. The conveyor typically includes a flexible helical wire which acts as an auger. Once filled with waste toner, the waste toner container is removed from the drum and is replaced by a fresh container.

Abstract: A sheet stacker, e.g. for a photocopier, providing accurate trail edge registration includes co-acting driven output rollers associated with a sheet guide for directing sheets in an upwardly inclined direction. An output tray for receiving sheets exiting the output rollers has a support face inclined upwardly in the direction of sheet travel at an angle greater than that imparted to the approaching sheets such that the leading edges of the sheet contact the support face before the trail edges exit the output rollers. The output tray also includes a base edge support which, in the plane of the support face, is inclined downwardly and comprises at the lower end a corner registration stop. A fulcrum is provided at the upper end of the base edge support and is arranged such that after exiting the output rollers the sheets slide under their own weight, trail edge first, down the support face and abut the fulcrum intermediate their edges remote from the registration corner stop and the center of the sheets.

Abstract: A wire stitcher in which a piece of wire is cut from a supply of wire W fed to a stitcher head and formed and driven through a set of sheets to bind the sheets together. The wire is guided into position relative to the driver and former by a guide mechanism arranged in the path of the former and which is resiliently mounted so as to be displaced by the former during forming.