Abstract: A pump and a filling assembly for a pump. The pump may generally include a flexible bladder configured to contain oil, the bladder having a bladder inlet and a bladder outlet; a pump mechanism in fluid communication with the bladder outlet and configured to dispense oil from a pump port; and a plug including a body extending along an axis and having a flange, a first stem extending from one side of the flange, and a second stem extending from an opposite side of the flange, the first stem being configured to extend into the bladder inlet, the body defining an oil passage and a separate air passage configured to allow simultaneous flow of oil into the bladder and air out of the bladder.

Abstract: A drive system for an industrial tool (e.g., a hydraulic torque wrench) includes a cylinder, a first piston, a first rod, a second piston, and a second rod. The cylinder includes a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The first piston is disposed within the cylinder and movable along the longitudinal axis. The first rod is coupled to the first piston and extends toward the first end of the cylinder. The second piston is disposed within the cylinder and movable along the longitudinal axis. The second rod is coupled to the second piston and extends toward the first end of the cylinder.

Abstract: A method for synchronizing data, via a broadcast network, which includes at least one fixed transmitter and a plurality of broadcast sites. The synchronization method uses the following acts, at at least one of the broadcast sites: obtaining a delay, referred to as an absolute delay, determined from the geographic location of the broadcast site; determining an additional delay, by subtracting the absolute delay from a fixed delay shared by the broadcast sites in the network; resetting at least one time datum or at least one portion of a data stream from the fixed transmitter, applying the additional delay to the time datum or to the portion of the data stream.

Abstract: A drive system for an industrial tool (e.g., a hydraulic torque wrench) includes a cylinder, a first piston, a first rod, a second piston, and a second rod. The cylinder includes a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The first piston is disposed within the cylinder and movable along the longitudinal axis. The first rod is coupled to the first piston and extends toward the first end of the cylinder. The second piston is disposed within the cylinder and movable along the longitudinal axis. The second rod is coupled to the second piston and extends toward the first end of the cylinder.

Abstract: A method for synchronizing data, via a broadcast network, which includes at least one fixed transmitter and a plurality of broadcast sites. The synchronization method uses the following acts, at at least one of the broadcast sites: obtaining a delay, referred to as an absolute delay, determined from the geographic location of the broadcast site; determining an additional delay, by subtracting the absolute delay from a fixed delay shared by the broadcast sites in the network; resetting at least one time datum or at least one portion of a data stream from the fixed transmitter, applying the additional delay to the time datum or to the portion of the data stream.

Abstract: A method for synchronizing data, via a broadcast network, which includes at least one fixed transmitter and a plurality of broadcast sites. The synchronization method uses the following acts, at at least one of the broadcast sites: obtaining a delay, referred to as an absolute delay, determined from the geographic location of the broadcast site; determining an additional delay, by subtracting the absolute delay from a fixed delay shared by the broadcast sites in the network; resetting at least one time datum or at least one portion of a data stream from the fixed transmitter, applying the additional delay to the time datum or to the portion of the data stream.

Abstract: A module for making a modular ferry and/or a floating bridge including a floatation tank, where the floatation tank is made in the form of two floatation half-tanks hinged together around a hinged line between an opening position in which the two half-tanks are substantially aligned and form the floatation tank, and a closing position in which a half-tank is folded back upon the other half-tank such as a lid thus forming a container box able to enclose all or part of the elements for making the ferry or floating bridge.

Abstract: A module for making a modular ferry and/or a floating bridge including a floatation tank, where the floatation tank is made in the form of two floatation half-tanks hinged together around a hinged line between an opening position in which the two half-tanks are substantially aligned and form the floatation tank, and a closing position in which a half-tank is folded back upon the other half-tank such as a lid thus forming a container box able to enclose all or part of the elements for making the ferry or floating bridge

Abstract: A safety apparatus for a tool driven by a motor removes motor power under certain circumstances. The tool includes a housing moveable over a ground surface for mounting the tool, and a ground-engaging member moveable relative to the housing and disposed to follow the ground surface as the housing moves over same. The apparatus further includes a sensor for measuring the relative position of the housing relative to the ground engaging member. Motor control apparatus selectively stops the motor upon the ground-engaging member and the housing reaching a predetermined relative position.

Abstract: A method of exposing an integral imaging element having: an integral lens sheet with opposed front and back surfaces; a light sensitive layer positioned behind the back surface; and an anti-halation layer between the light sensitive layer and the back surface; the method comprising the steps of: simultaneously exposing a major portion of the area of the light sensitive layer with light from behind the light sensitive layer, or simultaneously exposing the light sensitive layer to all of an integral image from behind the light sensitive layer.

Abstract: System and method forms a lenticular viewing card having viewable depth or motion images by processing an original image into digital form and sampling and shifting the processed original image into at least two frames of images shifted perpendicular to the lenticular direction from each other by being sampled at different points. These frames of images are sliced and interlaced into a merged image that is printed and positioning into a viewing position with a lenticular lens sheet to permit a sequential viewing of the frames making up the merged image as a function of a user's viewing angle.

Abstract: The watercraft has an elongated hollow hull having a pair of integral outwardly and upwardly projecting outrigger wings, onto which are mounted oar mounting devices each having a flat casing attached to rods protruding out of the outrigger wings. The attachment of the casing to the rods is accomplished with sockets installed on the rods, which have spherical housings engaged by ball joint portions provided on the casing, to form a ball and socket joint. The sockets are longitudinally spaced-apart on the hull side edge portion, so as to allow the casing to swivel about an axis parallel to the watercraft longitudinal axis. The casing is engaged by a pair of oar members pivoted therein in the plane of the flat casing. A pair of wires interconnect the pivoted oar members inside the casing, to allow pivotal displacement of the oar members only in opposite directions.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided that includes at least one of a lenticular screen and a barrier screen, an image bearing member, and flexures coupled to the screen and the image bearing member that permit relative movement between the screen and the image bearing member. In one embodiment, an image retaining member is provided that includes a slot that receives the image bearing member. In this case, the flexures are coupled to the image bearing member via the image retaining member. A mechanism is provided to supply audio that is synchronized to the movement of the image bearing member relative to the screen. The audio is generated from audio data that is either stored on the image bearing member or on a separate storage medium. The audio data can be stored in magnetic form, optical form or as digital data in a semiconductor memory device. Accordingly, the observer is provided with audio that is synchronized with the image display.

Abstract: A method for forming an integral image on an image receiving medium which image is aligned or alignable with an integral lens sheet having a back side and a plurality of separate lens elements on a front side, and apparatus which can perform such a method. The method includes: directly sensing the location of each of a plurality of reference elements on the lens sheet which reference elements are separated in a same direction the lens elements are separated; and writing portions of the lenticular image on the image receiving medium each of which is associated with a corresponding lens element, in accordance with the sensed positions of the reference elements; wherein each of a plurality of image portions is written at a position which is a function of the directly sensed location of at least one selected reference element, the functions for at least some of the plurality of image portions being based on at least one different reference element.

Abstract: A system for producing an integral image includes a camera having spacially adjustable multiple lens for capturing different views of a scene on film and apparatus for forming an integral image of the captured views as a function of the camera lens spacing.

Abstract: A method of improving uneven illumination in a photographic printer having an original image position and a light source to illuminate the original image position, which light source may illuminate the original image position non-uniformly, the method comprising: first forming a mask by exposing a photographic element to the light source and processing the element to form a negative image of the light source at a filtering position between the light source and the original image position; and positioning the mask at the filtering position. A second aspect of the method uses an electronic processor and gathered illumination data, to generate a mask.

Abstract: A method for forming a lenticular image on an image receiving medium on the back side of a lenticular lens sheet, which sheet has a plurality of generally parallel lenticules on a front side:(a) at a sensing station, directly sensing the actual position of a reference element associated with a lenticule;(b) writing a portion of the integral image corresponding to a lenticule associated with the reference element the actual position of which was previously sensed in step (a), on the image receiving medium in accordance with the sensed actual position; and(c) moving at least one of the lens sheet and sensing station in relation to the other, in a transverse direction in relation to the lenticules, so that another lenticule can have its associated another reference element directly sensed at the sensing station. An apparatus which can execute the method is also provided.

Abstract: A method of improving uneven illumination in a photographic printer having an original image position and a light source to illuminate the original image position, and an exposure position at which a light sensitive element is positioned for exposure, wherein the exposure position may have an inherent non-uniform illumination absent the original image, the method comprising:inputting into a computer, data representative of illumination at multiple laterally spaced locations positioned in a direction from the light source to the exposure position;processing the data in the computer to form an illumination correction function with a visually indistinguishable resolution.The illumination correction function is typically applied to an original image signal so that when the original image is printed and positioned at the original image position, the inherent non-uniform illumination at the exposure position is reduced. This corrected original image is then typically printed on a support.

Abstract: A method of improving uneven illumination in a contact printer having an original image position and a light source to illuminate the original image position, which light source may illuminate the original image position non-uniformly, the method comprising: first forming a mask by exposing a photographic element to the light source and processing the element to form a negative image of the light source at a filtering position between the light source and the original image position; and positioning the mask at the filtering position. A second aspect of the method uses an electronic processor and gathered illumination data, to generate a mask.