Abstract: A toy simulating a walking animal that includes a body on which axles are mounted in spaced relation, wheels being mounted on the axles for rotation therewith. Levers simulating legs of an animal are secured to the wheels in offset eccentric relation and are reciprocably movable upon rotation of the wheels. A spring assembly is interconnected to the front axle and is responsive to the withdrawal and release of a draw-string for producing rotation of the front axle and a corresponding propelling movement of the body. The legs as secured to the wheels are constructed and arranged for reciprocable movement upon rotation of the wheels and propelling movement of the body for imparting a simulated walking action of the toy animal.

Abstract: This disclosure pertains to a hot cap fabricated from two precut sheets of semi-rigid plastic or paper stock material. Each sheet resembles an isosceles triangle with the apex portion removed along a line parallel to the base of the triangle. Two flaps are formed along a horizontal fold line at the narrow end of the triangle, separated by a central knotch having a vertical axis. A series of holes are placed parallel and close to the base line. The four flaps are folded together in locking position in similar fashion to a conventional cardboard container and have ventilation holes passing through the flaps in each corner of the horizontal surface formed thereby. The holes adjacent the base line are utilized for securing purposes and ventilation, if so desired, when the lowermost edges are formed into generally circular shape and are depressed into the earth. The flaps are readily opened or closed providing a variable degree of access for ventilation and watering purposes.

Abstract: A humidifying plant table which is composed of a housing having an internal liquid receiving chamber therein, within the top surface of the housing is located a plurality of spaced apart openings, a mist producing device in the preferred form of a electrically driven motor is attached to the housing and extends within the confines of the internal chamber, the mist producing device extracts liquid from the tank and expels the liquid in the form of a fine droplet mist which, in turn, is expelled into the ambient through the openings provided within the top surface and thereby in contact with any plants which are placed upon the top surface.

Abstract: A door operator for moving a door between a closed position wherein the door extends substantially vertically and closes a door opening and an open position wherein the door extends substantially horizontally and is disposed adjacent the upper edge of the door opening. The operator includes an elongated guide which extends in a substantially horizontal direction away from the door opening. A carriage is engaged with the guide and is movable therealong. A drawbar assembly is connected between the carriage and the door, and a motor is drivingly interconnected to the carriage for moving same along the guide to result in movement of the door between the open and closed positions. The drawbar assembly includes a first arm member hingedly connected to the carriage at a first pivot axis, and a second arm member hingedly connected to the door at a second pivot axis which is substantially parallel to but spaced from the first pivot axis.

Abstract: Apparatus for surface cleaning of workpieces by blasting comprising an elongated rotatable cage having longitudinally spaced rings through which the workpieces are conveyed axially, while they are being blasted, by means of oscillating arms extending between the cage rings and engaging the workpieces.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a grinding unit supported on and movable along a transversal beam provided in a wagon which is movable along a pair of spaced rails. The grinding unit includes a stationary frame on which a transversal beam is movably supported. A shaft member is rotatably mounted in a hollow member secured to said transversal beam and has fork-shaped frames fixed to the lower end thereof. A frame is pivotably supported between the lower ends of the fork-shaped frames and has a shaft bearing sleeve secured to a front portion of said frame. A grinder wheel shaft carries a grinding wheel and is rotatably received in the shaft bearing sleeve. There is provided means for swinging said fork-shaped frames about an axis of said shaft member. Cam means are mounted on the underside of a base member secured to the top of the hollow member to define a gap therebetween.

Abstract: Lapidary device for making composite jewelry from various combinations of stone pieces. The device has opposed jaws for holding two pieces of material together. By reciprocating one jaw a lap-grinding action is created which fits the two pieces together to give finely matched pieces of stone.

Abstract: A finishing device in the form of an annular bowl adapted to house media and parts to be finished and means for imparting vibratory energy to the bowl to cause the media and parts to progress in agitated movement about the bowl, means for unloading the parts without removal of media from the bowl in which use is made of barriers introduced to extend angularly into the bowl with the barriers spaced one from the other across the bowl by an amount greater than the maximum cross-section of the media but less than the cross-section of the parts whereby the parts are retained by the barriers and caused to travel up the inclined barriers while the media continues through the barriers for continued excursion about the bowl.

Abstract: A method for controlling and regulating the working cycles of a machine tool on a workpiece, including the steps of measuring the workpiece during the machining and programming the feed speed of the tool depending on another variable quantity, which foresees generating a signal responsive to the elastic strains suffered, during the machining, by the kinematic chain comprising the workpiece and the tool, as a consequence of the tool thrust. The signal is used for controlling the feed speed. An apparatus for controlling and regulating the working cycles of a machine tool including a measuring device for the measurement of the sizes of the workpiece being machined, a stepping motor, a digital counter, a digital analogue converter and adapter responsive to the position of the tool relative to a reference position, a differential amplifier, a program unit for programming the feed speed of the tool and a control unit for varying the feed speed.

Abstract: A work support for a centerless grinder or the like comprises an elongated floor-supported guide tube adapted to extend along beneath a work piece to be machined in the grinder with a plurality of V-shaped supports arranged on the guide tube in spaced relation therealong and having at their ends a pair of work supporting booty rollers mounted in confronting cooperative work supporting relation on opposite sides of the work to be supported with the axes of the rollers skewed to the axis of the work, each such roller having a booty axle having angularly related roller receiving and axle mounting portions with the latter supported on the V-shaped arms to extend parallel to the axis of the work to be supported, and with means supporting the axle mounting portion on the arms for adjustable rotation about their axes and for locking the axles in adjusted rotated positions, thereby providing for adjustment of the skew angle of the booty rollers relative to the work to be supported.

Abstract: A method of grinding a metal billet by supporting a group of grinding wheels in a circular array above the slab, bloom or billet, rotating the grinding wheels individually, and orbiting the grinding wheels about a central axis extending transversely of the workpiece. The workpiece is moved back and forth under the grinding wheels and the grinding wheels are preferably tilted one way and then the other as the workpiece moves back and forth so that the wheels will grind at a negative rake. The grinding wheels are supported in a manner such that they can float and thus follow the contour of the material being ground.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a grinding unit supported on and movable along a transversal beam provided in a wagon which is movable along a pair of spaced rails. The grinding unit includes a stationary frame on which a transversal beam is movably supported. A shaft member is rotatably mounted in a hollow member secured to said transversal beam and has fork-shaped frames fixed to the lower end thereof. A frame is pivotably supported between the lower ends of the fork-shaped frames and has a shaft bearing sleeve secured to a front portion of said frame. A grinder wheel shaft carries a grinding wheel and is rotatably received in the shaft bearing sleeve. There is provided means for swinging said fork-shaped frames about an axis of said shaft member. Cam means are mounted on the underside of a base member secured to the top of the hollow member to define a gap therebetween.

Abstract: A hub structure for a rotary finishing wheel having a rotational axis and being adapted for replaceably mounting a plurality of circumferentially-spaced pack units each of which includes a flap-like member of fill material having a radially outer finishing portion for engaging a workpiece and a radially inner slot-engaging portion for mounting the pack unit. The hub structure includes a plurality of substantially identical hub sections which may be fitted together to form a generally cylindrical hub wall whose outer surface is provided with a plurality of integrally formed, circumferentially-spaced, quasi-cylindrical, key-hole-type slot formations each having a longitudinal slot axis parallel to the rotational axis. Each slot is adapted to telescopically and replaceably receive the slot-engaging portion of a flap-like member for mounting the pack units for limited hinge-type pivotal movement about the slot axis.

Abstract: A device is provided for anchoring a trailer or mobile home. This comprises a belt formed of a plurality of woven nylon ropes preferably interlaced with wire and anchored at its ends to transverse metal bars. The belt extends over the trailer and down along the sides thereof. The bars are anchored by cables to anchor blocks imbedded in the ground.

Abstract: The waiting station comprises at least one wall structure composed of vertical columns, horizontal beams and a mullion, each of said members being contituted of aluminum tubing. Such tubular members are provided with pairs of cooperative interlatching elements, each of such pairs comprising a flanged latch plate that is wholly contained within the opening at one or both ends of a tubular member so that the outer surface of such latch plate is flush with the terminal end of the tubular member, and a Z-shaped catch having one end portion secured to the exterior surface of the wall of a tubular member and having its their end portion interlatchable with the latch plate. In such interlatched condition the two interlatching elements are entirely concealed by the connected end of one of the tubular members and the wall of the other connected tubular member.

Abstract: Expansion joint means for bridging structural joints in a flat roof that is to be covered with a roofing material such as roofing felt the means being in the form of a strip and having a stretchable central portion and integrally formed parallel side portions of elastically flexible material such as synthetic rubber.

Abstract: The present invention provides an architectural block which comprises two opposed side walls and at least two parallel partitions positioned between the side walls perpendicular thereto. The partitions and side walls define chambers within the block, and a groove is formed in one edge of each of the partitions. The chambers are filled with a foaming agent comprising a lightweight heat insulator and moisture-proof material.

Abstract: A sheet metal face for a structural panel has at least one edge portion bent and folded to define a recessed double-thickness flange. A plurality of longitudinally-spaced slots in the flange are used for attaching mounting members having upwardly facing hooking projections receivable in a hook pocket integral with a wall-hanging structural unit. A non-metallic protector strip may be interposed between the hooking projections and hook pocket. The structural unit has bottom and rear sheet metal panels with an integral assembly flange and assembly hook. A load bar assembly may be interposed between the mounting members and the structural unit.

Abstract: Spaced panel bearing studs are vertically arranged to receive and support panel members defining a wall surface. The studs are maintained in a spaced apart relation by detachable spacer bars extending therebetween and releasably engaged therewith. The panel members can be adhesively secured to the studs or mechanically secured in place by separate batten strips or by skirt portions formed integral with the panel members. The batten strips and skirts are each provided with tongues having enlarged formations interlockingly engagable with clips detachably mounted on the studs. Axially adjustable extender clips are insertable in the upper ends of the studs for connecting the studs to ceiling channel members.

Abstract: A series of precast concrete links interconnect the upper ends of vertical wall panels and a precast roof. The links are formed with slots at their longitudinal ends for the reception of specially formed reinforcement members, as required by the design of the building under construction, and some of said links being formed with openings intermediate their ends.

Abstract: An insulative frame-strip assembly comprises metallic inner and outer side members splined together by a rigidly-acting insulating or frost-barrier splicing strip. These three main parts are extrusions assembled by transverse movements, instead of being threaded end for end or requiring molding of the splicing strip in situ. Inadvertent disassembly in handling is prevented by locking made effective by a pressed-in locking strip. The locking may use interlocking formations or only friction, and either may be aided by torsional pressure. The locking strip is inserted through the pane-receiving channel so that inserting the pane therein prevents removal of the locking strip and adds to its locking forces. Hooked webs on the two metal side members extend transversely in slightly spaced parallel planes, the end of each being a flange extending toward the other web and snugly engaging the spline strip to use its compressive strength.

Abstract: A ceramic element or fastener is provided for supporting flexible insulation in a furnace of the type designed for high temperature operations. The insulation is supported upon a ceramic element which projects outwardly from a structural supporting member, and retained upon the element by a ceramic washer. The washer is fastened in locking engagement upon the element near its outer end. The base of the element is retained within a metal socket, the base of which is fastened to the support member to provide a firm but non-rigid attachment of the element to the structural supporting member.

Abstract: A louvered hot and cold insulating window for admitting light to a building, characterized by the use of at least one pair of horizontally level superposed transparent panes sealingly held in spaced relationship to contain a layer of still air to serve as a heat and cold insulator, and structural means including light reflecting louvers arranged to sealingly support said transparent panes and to form a sash that can be selectively inserted in the walls of a building where in one position for use in cold weather the top of said pair of panes is facing the inside of said building and the underside is exposed to the outside of said building, and in a reversed position for use in hot weather said top is exposed to the outside of said building and said underside faces the inside of said building.

Abstract: A ventilated interlocking floor tile is disclosed comprising a heavy, substantially solid edge region provided with a plurality of interlocks for attachment with contiguous tiles. The solid edge margins define a cavity on the back side of the tile, and the cavity is provided with a plurality of knob-like projections to support the tile surface while providing open space within the cavity. The solid edge regions are provided with ventilating grooves to accommodate the flow of air to and from the cavity.

Abstract: An automatic, continuous barrel-filling method comprises the steps of supplying empty barrels, locating the bungholes of the barrels, inserting nozzles into the barrels through the holes, bunging the holes, and carrying the filled barrels out of the filler body, the empty barrels being sequentially and uninterruptedly passed through the foregoing steps thereby to be automatically filled with liquid and conveyed out.

Abstract: A carrier is disclosed for interconnecting and holding an array of cans or the like together as a unitary package. Preferably the carrier is made from a thermally shrinkable plastic sheet, and is formed to be placed around an array of cans then shrunk by application of heat to interconnect the cans and form the package. A machine is disclosed for performing this packaging operation efficiently and rapidly, the method including the step of preforming the plastic sheets to provide a cylindrical collar about each opening, thereby enhancing the hold and interconnection afforded by the carrier. A cover sheet may be employed with the carrier to keep the can tops clean. The method for performing this packaging operation also is disclosed.

Abstract: An arrangement is described for registering stretchable lids with mating product-filled troughs of a heat-sealed product container prior to the heat-sealing operation. The troughs are preformed at first intervals on a first strip, which is successively indexed through the first interval into the heat-sealing station. The lids are defined between regularly spaced detectable markings on a second strip, which is moved into the heat-sealing station simultaneously with the first strip. The markings on the second strip are normally spaced by a second interval slightly smaller than the first interval. At the end of each indexing movement, a marking on the second strip comes into alignment with a photocell to generate a signal.

Abstract: Packaging apparatus of the form-fill-seal type having a plurality of scales each adapted to weigh out a batch of product for delivery to a package being formed, with means for marking on each package a code identifying the scale which weighed out the batch that went into that package.

Abstract: An arrangement for compressing a product to be packed in a package before evacuation of the package which comprises a transport device for carrying a package into which a product has been introduced but which package has not yet been closed, into the range of activity of a piston, means for lowering the piston into the package to act on the free upper surface of the product so as to compress the material in the interior of the package uni-directionally, means for subjecting the package after said compression to evacuation to further reduce the internal pressure of the product to be packed and means for sealing and closing said package.

Abstract: An automatic packaging machine for sanitary paper products such as rolls of toilet tissue, packs of paper napkins, towels, etc. The machine comprises an article feeding section, a bag-supporting magazine section, and a package sealing section. The feeding section includes a reciprocal device having a support surface for underlying a plurality of articles and pushing means for moving the articles or packs. The feeding device is shifted in one direction from beneath a selected quantity of articles or packs to displace the articles downwardly, and in a reverse direction to push the displaced articles or packs into a wrapper to form a package. Continued movement of the feeding device causes the package to be transferred to the sealing mechanism.A magazine section is provided for supporting an irregularly shaped stack of bags. The magazine includes hinged table sections which are automatically pivoted as the stack is raised.

Abstract: A conveyor mechanism having a conveying surface that is supported for movement along a rectilinear path and which is pivotable about a horizontal axis for positioning the conveying surface at various points in a container so as to facilitate filling thereof.

Abstract: A system for enabling X-ray films, of the type primarily used in the dental and medical fields, to be handled in daylight for exposure to X-rays. The system utilizes identical film sheets emulsion coated on one or both faces, each sheet having a notch, displaced from the sheet center line, formed in one edge thereof. A stack of sheets is packed in an opaque envelope with the sheets being alternated so that all of the notches lie along a common stack edge arranged in two parallel rows, the notches in adjacent sheets lying in different rows. The system includes a light tight dispenser which receives the envelope and is capable of being operated to strip the envelope from the film sheet stack. The dispenser includes a pair of rotatable selector cams, each aligned with a different row of notches. A spring mounted back-up plate urges the film sheet stack against the selector cams with the two selector cams respectively bearing against notched and unnotched portions of the top sheet.

Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing a packaging material and for packaging articles which includes a support for a roll of packaging material and a concave table for receiving articles to be packaged. The material is drawn over the table and by reason of the concavity, the articles are automatically centered on the material so that the material can be folded over the articles and sealed along the edges.

Abstract: A device for facilitating the saddling of a horse by making easier and more flexible the fastening of the strap between the rigging ring on the saddle and the cinch strap under the belly of the horse, is further improved by the addition of a novel wrench device. The rotary winch or roller which effects the tightening of the strap takes the form of a hollow cylinder and includes in its interior a novel cylindrical ratchet with an engaging pawl and a retractable, telescoping handle permanently positioned therein to provide ready and convenient access for operation, freedom from interference, and avoidance of loss or misplacement of the handle.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for harvesting crops in adjacent rows or swaths using a tractor-drawn crop harvester adapted for operation on either side of the pulling tractor. The crop harvester is provided with an arched hitching tongue extending from a location proximate to the transverse center of the harvester frame to the hitch of the tractor which is capable of swinging over the harvesting apparatus and of sufficient length to permit the harvester to be positioned by a control mechanism to operate on either side of the tractor.

Abstract: A portable power tool or appliance, such as a cordless grass shear, may be slidably received within a unitary stirrup. A flexible flap on the stirrup carries a detent button that is automatically snapped into a screw-hole on the clam-shell power tool housing, as the power tool is fully seated within the stirrup. The flap may be flexed manually to release the detent button, thereby facilitating quick disengagement between the power tool and the stirrup. The stirrup carries ground-engaging wheels to facilitate manual movement and guidance of the power tool during its stand-up operation. An extension handle in the form of a tubular wand is secured to the stirrup and extends upwardly therefrom. A top handle with a switch is provided on the end of the wand. An electrical cable is connected to the switch, extends downwardly therefrom within the wand, and exits from the stirrup above the power tool. The end of the cable carries a plug adapted to be received within a receptacle on the power tool.

Abstract: A hand rake with grasping tines is disclosed including a pair of multitined fork members, a frame assembly for pivotally holding the fork members in spaced facing relation, a handle assembly secured to the frame assembly for carrying the fork members, and a control mechanism for cooperatively varying the pivotal dispositions of the fork members from an open material raking condition to a closed material transporting condition.

Abstract: A device for splicing rope having a hard terminal end such as formed by melt cutting, comprising a hollow conical fid having an open slot along one face thereof, said slot decreasing in width along a major extent of such fid from the base to the apex thereof, said fid adapted to pierce and form an initial opening in a running length of said rope. A downwardly extending, generally flat tapered blade is adapted to be received in said slot for forcing said rope downwardly on the fid so as to progressively expand such opening so that a hardened end thereof may be passed therethrough and received by the slot. When the rope is upwardly removed from the fid, the narrowing taper of the slot wedges the hardened end therein, thus preventing its upward movement and thus enabling relative movement between the rope end and the running length thereof so as to result in automatic threading of the rope end through the opening to form a splice therein.

Abstract: The apparatus includes a plurality of bobbin transporting members for transporting bobbins from supply sources to belt-like conveyors extending along opposite sides of a spinning machine with which the apparatus is associated. During normal operation of the apparatus, oscillatorily-movable drive means imparts continuous, synchronous oscillatory movement to the bobbin transporting members. The stop-motion promptly halts operation of the apparatus in response to significant variation in regular oscillatory movement of any of the bobbin transporting members, which variation might be caused by a bobbin-jam within the apparatus. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the various switch elements of the stop-motion circuit are all mounted by a single bracket member for convenient positional adjustment and installation in an area of the apparatus distal from the paths of travel of the bobbins transported through the apparatus.

Abstract: A friction disc for an apparatus for the false twisting of threads such as, for example, for crimping synthetic threads, has a thread engaging surface with a high co-efficient of friction and a convexly curved asymmetrical profile which is divided into three portions, each portion forming an arc of a circle having a different radius of curvature, the portion at the thread entry face extending over an arcuate length of about 90.degree. up to the apex of the profile and having a radius of curvature equal to between 0.4S and 0.5S, while the intermediate portion of the profile has a radius of curvature substantially equal to S and the portion of the profile at the thread exit face has a radius of curvature equal to between 0.075S and 0.1S, S being the thickness of the disc.

Abstract: A Yarn is described composed of an untwisted staple sliver and of at least one filament wound around this sliver.The denier of the winding filamentary yarn is under 50 dtex, the elongation at break of the winding filamentary yarn is at least as great as the elongation at break of the staple fibers; the strength at a specific load of the winding filamentary yarn at 4% of elongation is at least 10 g. Moreover, the shrinkage factor of the winding filamentary yarn is within the same range as the shrinkage factor of the staple fibers. Also, at least 85% of the staple fibers are longitudinally orientated in the sense of the yarn direction.Furthermore, a process is described for the manufacture of a wrapped yarn by wrapping at least one filamentary yarn around stretched, highly oriented staple fibers being led through the hollow shaft of a rotating filamentary yarn bobbin. The winding filamentary yarn is withdrawn from the filamentary yarn bobbin and also led through the hollow shaft of this filamentary yarn bobbin.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine is described in which a compressor, combustor and turbine are arranged in series flow relationship. Pressurized air enters the combustion chamber with approximately the same swirl as imparted to it by the compressor rotor, through an annular inlet tangentially of and at the outer bounds of the combustion chamber which has a toroidal configuration. This creates a vortex which swirls annularly and in which combustion of fuel is maintained. Mixing action in this vortex is enhanced through the introduction of additional air through chutes formed in the combustion chamber liner. The hot gas stream is discharged from the combustion chamber through an exit also at the outer bounds and tangentially thereof. In one embodiment fuel is introduced by means of nozzles aligned with the discharge ends of the chutes. In another embodiment the combustion chamber inlet is in the form of a venturi passageway and fuel is introduced into the inlet air by ports at the venturi throat.

Abstract: An electronic fuel control for a gas turbine engine having a gas generator and a separate power turbine includes gas generator and power turbine actual speed transducers, gas generator and power turbine desired speed signal generators, error amplifiers connected to the respective transducers and generators, a "low wins" gate for selecting the lower error, an acceleration control limiter passing the selected signal from the gate to an integrator and an output difference amplifier producing an output signal determined by the difference between the integrator output and that of the gas generator transducer to control the fuel flow to the engine.

Abstract: A regulating system for a prime mover, especially a single-spool gas turbine for use in propelling a motor vehicle or aircraft, in which system there is provided a first speed governor for controlling the fuel flow or input power and a second speed governor for controlling the power output. The two speed governors act concurrently in response to the speed of the prime mover and regulate the power input and power output independently of one another.

Abstract: Apparatus for suppressing infrared radiation emitted from hot metal parts at the aft end of a gas turbine engine and from the exhaust gas plume thereof is provided and such apparatus employs components which utilize an ejector principle to provide cooling action utilizing ambient air and such components may be provided with means for adjustment thereof to vary the amount of cooling ambient air.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine having a plurality of in-line cylinders is provided with a series of exhaust pipes each connected to receive exhaust gases from two cylinders of different exhaust timing. A first reaction chamber receives exhaust gases from each of the exhaust pipes. A second reaction chamber surrounds and encloses the first reaction chamber and said exhaust pipes. A deflector within the second reaction chamber extends continuously from a position adjacent the entrance end of the exhaust pipe at one end of the series to a position adjacent the entrance end of another exhaust pipe at the other end of the series, the deflector acting to cause exhaust gases moving through the second reaction chamber to pass over the major portion of the lengths of each of the exhaust pipes. Oxygen-rich exhaust gases from the engine are held at a high temperature for long residence time to oxidize HC and CO and thereby minimize the quantity of these pollutants discharged into the atmosphere.

Abstract: An exhaust reaction chamber assembly for use with an internal combustion engine having cylinders in line includes one or more chambers divided by a metal partition to form separate compartments sealed from each other. A downstream chamber which is not divided surrounds and encloses the divided chamber or chambers and also surrounds and encloses a major portion of the length of each of a plurality of exhaust branches which are connected to individual exhaust ports, respectively. In this way the temperature of the exhaust gases is maintained at a high level in order to promote rapid oxidation of HC and CO in the exhaust gases. Two exhaust reaction chamber assemblies are disclosed, one for a six cylinder engine and one for a four cylinder engine.

Abstract: An exhaust manifold reactor assembly usable for reducing noxious emissions from the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes a reactor casing having a generally longitudinal cylindrical shape in flow communication between the exhaust port of the engine and the exhaust pipe of the exhaust system. An internal concentric core of similar shape is fixedly connected to the reactor casing at the midpoint of its length, and a second connection enabling longitudinal sliding engagement between the core and the casing is provided at another location off-center from the casing midpoint.

Abstract: An air-operated engine system usable for driving a vehicle by means of compressed air from a rechargeable storage tank. The engine of the system has cylinders containing driving pistons connected to a crankshaft. Compressed air from the storage tank is supplied at regulated pressure to the cylinders for power strokes by means of intake valves and the air is exhausted from the cylinders at the ends of the power strokes by means of exhaust valves. The intake and exhaust valves are operated by dual lobe cams on a camshaft driven from the crankshaft. The air is compressed by a hydrovane compressor which has a constant flow of air operating under 100 pounds pressure with control valves which will take in 25 pounds per minute up to 200 pounds. The output pressure is controlled by the input pressure.

Abstract: The omnidirectional air driven power generating system is a system of valves and chambers which translate the potential energy of an air pressure differential into kinetic energy in the form of a compact air current of accelerated velocity. The valves relieve overpressure and assure one-way flow through an air driven power converter, regardless of the direction of the wind. The pressure differential is created across any convenient structure such as a house, church, cliff or mountain. A simple cruciform structure is disclosed which optimizes the pressure differential. There is no limit to the size or weight of the deflecting surfaces, and the power producing potential of the system increases as the projected frontal area which is exposed to the wind increases. The rotors of the air driven power converter are enclosed within a housing which provides a sheltered environment such that operation at its rated output power can continue through any extreme of wind or turbulence.