Abstract: Closely spaced cultivating tools are mounted along a tool bar and each tool may be locked in a raised position relative to the ground or may be lowered into floating engagement with the ground during use of the implement. A small tool bar is mounted parallel to a larger tool bar and the cultivating tools are slidably clamped on the small tool bar. Improved mounting structure allows each cultivating tool to be mounted on the small tool bar without having to slide each cultivating tool onto or off of the tool bar from the ends of the tool bar and without having to disassemble the mounting structure. The tool bar assembly includes row indicia for indicating where the tools are to be located along the tool bar and which tools should engage the ground and which tools should be raised away from the ground for various cultivating operations on row crops. A tool angling mechanism allows selective adjustment of the angle to the line of draft of each tool without the use of wrenches or other hand tools.

Abstract: A hydraulic impact device in which a hammer member having a piston portion is reciprocally disposed in a cylinder, a reciprocating sleeve valve is disposed within the cylinder and surrounds the hammer member. The sleeve valve has a first peripheral seal with an upper portion of the cylinder and a second peripheral seal with the lower portion of the cylinder so that an annular cavity is formed between the first and the second peripheral seals. The bottom portion of the sleeve valve forms a single seal with the upper portion of the piston section. A pressure relief valve is situated between the inlet to said annular cavity and an annular cavity below the piston portion to insure that the pressure in said annular cavity is greater than the pressure in the cavity below the piston portion and the sleeve valve thus effecting a sealing force between the sleeve valve and the upper face of the piston portion. An energy storage means is provided for receiving energy from said ram member during its upward stroke.

Abstract: A tool intended for use in conjunction with carrier machinery, primarily a rockbreaker, comprising two axially aligned elongated members, one of which may be introduced into the carrier machinery with one end and into a recess in the other (second) member with its other end. A third member surrounds the second member and is suspended by the carrier machinery. When the carrier machinery is in operation it impacts the engaging end of the first member, thereby impacting the second member, which may operate as a plunger for producing holes in the ground. The second member is driven into the ground in consequence of a series of short impacts of the carrier machinery on the first member. The second member is provided with means for engagement by the third member to enable the second member to be pulled out of the ground when the hole has the required depth.

Abstract: Drilling operations are run in a riser pipe, e.g., 20 inches in diameter, which extends from a ship to an anchored wellhead assembly on the ocean floor. Various strings of casing for lining the borehole wall are run down through the interior of the riser pipe. The first string of casing run is of relatively large diameter, e.g., 9-5/8 inches in diameter. Each successive string of casing which is run in this particular well is progressively smaller in diameter. Ideally, one would need a new and smaller riser in order to maintain about the same drilling fluid upward velocity. A high upward fluid velocity can be maintained by placing sleeve inserts in the annulus space between the drill string and the riser pipe interior wall. Additional strings of sleeves may be run inside the original sleeve to obtain a multiple effective sizing of the riser pipe.

Abstract: An upper stabilizer and a lower reamer are mounted on an integral or one-piece body adapter to be connected in a tubular drilling string for drilling well bores.

Abstract: A drill bit is disclosed for maintaining a desired direction of drilling or to reduce the deviation already established. The drill bit includes a plurality of legs with each leg having a cone cutter rotatively supported thereon. A plurality of annular rows of cutting inserts are circumferentially mounted on the conical surface of each cutter. Each cone cutter further includes a heel portion adjacent the base of the conical surface. The heel portion is of sufficient mass to support the gage row of cutting elements. The gage row of each cone extends further out from the cone axis than any of the intermediate adjacent rows in such a manner that the annular area of the hole bottom cut by the gage inserts is lower than any other area cut by the intermediate rows of cutting inserts. This extended gage row construction enables the gage inserts to cut into any sloping wall to produce a sharp corner and bring the hole back into line with the drill string.

Abstract: A high speed weighing machine, for determining the weight of a package "on-the-fly", with respect to a predetermined weight range, as the package travels across a weigh cell weighing platter, incorporates apparatus for interpreting multiple samplings of the weight bearing on the weighing platter for determining the interval during which the package is fully on this weighing platter and for calculating the average weight registered by the weighing platter during that interval wherein three periods are defined for each weighing operation.

Abstract: A rotary, segmented, expansible valve comprising a valve body having a fluid passage and a body opening intersecting the fluid passage, a valve member rotatably mounted in the valve body opening and divided into four quarter segments, the valve member having an opening to register with the fluid passage of the valve body, the valve member opening extending through one opposed pair of the quarter segments, the other opposed pair of the quarter segments being solid and forming fluid stops when registered with the fluid passage, a tube lining the valve member opening, the one opposed pair of quarter segments being slidably mounted on the tube and sealed with respect thereto, a valve stem and handle for rotating the valve member between open and closed positions, valve seats in the valve body opening where the opening intersects the fluid passage, and an expander for selectively expanding the opposed pairs of quarter segments outwardly against the valve seats to form a fluid seal between the expanded quarter segm

Abstract: The ratio between flow rates of divided flow streams established by a flow divider valve is selectively changed through a manually adjustable control valve to establish in adjusted ratio that is maintained constant for any adjusted position of the control valve. The relative flow areas of throttling passages are adjusted by the control valve to establish a predetermined pressure differential causing a corresponding change in restricted flow areas through which the divided flow streams are conducted under the constant flow rate ratio.

Abstract: An apparatus for braking a train of vehicles whereby a differentiated braking of the wheels is carried out by servo-mechanical means in such a manner that the rear wheels are the only ones activated directly by the driver during braking. The wheels of the immediately preceding vehicle are then activated in response to drawbar tension forces, and this applies all the way to the first of the train of vehicles. Thereby it is ensured that during braking a tension force is exerted throughout the whole of the train of vehicles, and in this way skidding and jackknifing or fishtailing of the train essentially can be prevented or avoided.

Abstract: A tractor driving system includes an overload coupling in which at least one latch plunger housed in one coupling part fits in a recess of a second part to establish connection. The plunger has or is part of a hydraulic system and can be forced out of the recess upon overload against the hydraulic pressure in the system and, in some instances, with the aid of centrifugal forces if the coupling is rotary. The plunger can be part of a unit that can be releaseably fastened in the coupling housing and set to trip upon torque exceeding a predetermined level on the coupling. Also, the plunger can have internal ducts or external conduits that include a pressure relief valve, as well as a spring return, which can effect connection upon reduced speed when centrifugal force factors are reduced. The pressure in the system can be set remotely with a piston that is spring loaded.

Abstract: A vehicle, such as a refuse collection vehicle, includes an engine and a transmission which are coupled to the vehicle chassis via a pallet-like structural support. Associated with the engine are suitable control linkages, including an accelerator control linkage and a transmission shift linkage. The engine support is mounted to the frame for substantially linear movement into and out of an operative position in which the engine is connected to the vehicle drive shaft; this movement capability includes the capability for movement of the support entirely out of the vehicle frame. An operator's station is mounted to the frame and includes actuators for the accelerator and transmission shift linkages. To facilitate ready removal or substitution of an engine and its support from the vehicle, mechanical couplings are provided in the accelerator and transmission shift linkages in association with the operative position of the engine support.

Abstract: A cabinet for improving the sound output of an amplifier including an upright housing with a speaker mounted on the front, the front having one or more baffle openings, a device herein called a sound lens inserted in the baffle opening, the vibration of the speaker serving to induce vibration of the sound lens by condensation and rarefaction, by the speaker, of the sound waves to either side of the housing so that the sound lens functions as a supplemental and complementary sound source.

Abstract: An acoustical reproducing apparatus is disclosed for high fidelity sound reproduction comprising a speaker unit in combination with a cabinet enclosure acting as a resonating chamber. The resonating chamber has a rhombic dodecahedron configuration having speaker-mounting openings located on two or more opposed rhombi, or with one or more corner thereof being truncated and terminated in a baffle plate having an opening for mounting the speaker unit, or with one or more elongated or shortened zone and provided with either of the foregoing means of mounting speaker units. The resonating chamber includes a plurality of rhombus-shaped and/or parallelogram-shaped panels.

Abstract: A multi-layer acoustic lining is of the type having core compartments rendered effective as Helmholtz resonators by means of resonator necks projecting from the core facing layer into the core compartments. In order to broaden the frequency response, those ends of the resonator necks which project into the core compartments are bevelled so as to give the necks a less well defined length. The acoustic lining is particularly for application to the jet pipe or fan duct of a turbofan aeroengine.

Abstract: A ladder intended for use in boarding small boats has side rails and treads interconnected by integral and precut joint elements designed for ready connection and disconnection. The connected treads and rails are suspended from the deck or side of a boat by crank-like hangers pivotally and releasably secured to the side rails and having grooves enterable by one of the treads. Anchoring members on the hangers engage corresponding fittings permanently secured to the boat to suspend the ladder over the side of the vessel. One of the treads has braces which engage the sloping side of the boat to keep the ladder rails generally vertical.

Abstract: A foldable ladder having a plurality of rigid steps and of rigid links which steps and links are pivotally secured together with pivot pins to result in a rigid ladder in use, but capable of being folded for storage.

Abstract: An overload warning system for an industrial lift truck including a fluid supported rear suspension, pressure responsive switches communicating with the fluid suspension, and a mast height sensor. One pressure switch is actuatable by a first preset pressure in the fluid suspension to signal the presence of a lift overload with the lift mast retracted. The other pressure switch is actuable by a second preset pressure in the fluid suspension and coacts with the mast height sensor to signal the presence of a lift overload with the lift mast extended.

Abstract: An improved brake block shoe holder has a bottom, a pair of side walls, a front wall, but no rear wall, and on at least one of the opposite side walls a plurality of protuberances directed toward the front wall. The protuberances cut into a brake block pressed into the holder from the rear side thereof and prevent it from dropping out while permitting its easy replacement when worn.

Abstract: A spring-applied, electrically released drum brake which is self-energizing in one direction, and partially deenergizing in the other direction. Regardless of braking direction, the brake shoes are applied with substantially zero force, with the braking force being increased to decelerate and stop the drum within predetermined jerk and deceleration constraints.

Abstract: A box is designed in a size and shape which is convenient for holding any suitable equipment, such as camping and picnicking equipment and including such things as a tent and perhaps some simple cooking implements. The box has six panels which fit together in one manner to form a box and in another manner to form a table, which might be a picnic table, a bench and two spools, for example. When the panels are assembled in yet another manner, they form a compact luggage-type unit for easy carrying. A feature of the invention is that all parts are reusable and that the various configurations fit into preexisting geometrical constraints such as the trunks of cars, and the like.

Abstract: A torque wrench is presented having a pair of clutches in series. One clutch is a one way clutch, preferably reversible, which transmits the input force in one direction during torquing operations; and the second clutch provides friction restraint against movement in the opposite direction. When desired, force applied to the wrench in the opposite direction overcomes the friction clutches to release the wrench from the work.

Abstract: A vehicle brake system having service brakes and a transmission with internal brakes in the transmission including an output brake and a gear reaction brake system providing friction braking of the transmission output. The transmission has planetary gearing in a housing and a first ratio fluid-operated reaction brake for braking a reaction gear for first ratio drive, and second and third ratio fluid-operated friction devices for establishing second and third ratio drives. The service brake system engages the service brakes and provides an output brake pressure increasing with brake demand to engage the output brake to brake the output shaft in all ratio drives.

Abstract: A clutch releasing device for positively releasing a disc assembly from a flywheel and for providing a predetermined value of a distance between an engagement surface of the flywheel and a friction surface of the disc assembly, comprises a cylindrical member disposed between the disc assembly and an antifriction bearing supported on the drive shaft and the flywheel, and an annular resilient member disposed between the cylindrical member and the clutch hub.

Abstract: A thermostatically controlled fan clutch having input and output members journalled about a fixed support shaft. A series of clutch plates are alternately connected to the input and output members. An annular piston housing and piston rotate with the input member and are pressurized to engage the clutches. A bore extends through the piston and connects with an annular groove on its contact face to control clutch engagement and assist in disengagement.

Abstract: Disclosed is a card for the activation of automated machines for the rendering of services or dispensation of goods. The card comprises a support base, an authentication element, and a large-scale integrated circuit. The circuit includes a number of fuse elements, in a preferred embodiment arranged in a matrix, for storing a value attributable to the card which can be reduced by the machine in an amount equal to the goods dispensed or services rendered.

Abstract: A refining unit treats light sweet charge oil with an N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone solvent, hereafter referred to as MP, in a refining tower to yield raffinate and extract mix. The MP is recovered from the raffinate and from the extract mix and returned to the refining tower. A system controlling the refining unit includes a gravity analyzer, a sulfur analyzer, and viscosity analyzers; all analyzing the light sweet charge oil and providing corresponding signals, sensors sense the flow rates of the charge oil and the MP flowing into the refining tower and the temperature of the extract mix and provide corresponding signals. One of the flow rates of the light sweet charge oil and the MP flow rates is controlled in accordance with the signals from all the analyzers and all the sensors, while the other flow rate of the light sweet charge oil and the MP flow rates is constant.

Abstract: System of transferring wane-edged boards through a control station for edging to detect the wane consistent and possibly other characteristics of the board automatically. The board is first aligned automatically by transporting each board separately and sequentially against a first group of fixed transversal stops to provide the same sawing line for each sequentially fed board; then each is moved sequentially from the transversal stops to and through a control station where the wane consistent and other features may be detected. The information is recorded in a data processing unit memory, and then the board is transferred to an edging station and aligned against a second group of transversely positioned adjustable stops. The movable stops are optimized on the basis of information supplied by the data processing unit based on quantities measured at the control station and other information so that each of the boards is transferred to the same sawing line.

Abstract: A conveyor system for conveying cigarettes or similar rod-like articles includes means for delivering cigarettes into a junction, and a reservoir including a reversible conveyor for delivering cigarettes to or from the junction to accommodate differences between the rates of supply and demand at the junction, characterized in that the reservoir is formed by a plurality of conveyors defining a zig-zag path extending substantially in a constant plane normal to the axis of the cigarettes and comprising at least two substantially horizontal runs with one or more connecting portions through which cigarettes pass from one run to another.

Abstract: In a turning and orienting apparatus of the type adapted to transport capsules in a plurality of pockets or the like, which pockets are formed in a continuously moveable transport conveyor, and wherein said apparatus is further adapted to rectify the capsules, which have body portions and cap portions of greater transverse dimensions than the body portions, and wherein a vacuum is provided to shift the capsules into the desired rectified position, a capsule positioning guide is provided to retain each capsule in its pocket immediately prior to its being subjected to the vacuum. The capsule positioning guide then releases the capsule as it is subjected to the vacuum. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the capsule positioning guide is pivotally mounted adjacent the capsule transport conveyor so that it can be easily moved out of its operative condition adjacent the transport conveyor for easy cleaning thereof.

Abstract: This application presents a method and apparatus for arranging and combining bottles standing on end which includes feeding a miscellaneous collection of the bottles toward a conveyor, receiving the bottles and conveying them in a direction along plural parallel paths spaced apart less than the diameter of the bottles, nudging the bottles toward these paths as the bottles move along, then guiding the bottles laterally inward of the parallel paths and again nudging the bottles onto the laterally inward paths.

Abstract: An infeed conveyor feeds logs lengthwise toward a sawing, chipping or other log processing machine. The infeed conveyor has two endless conveyor chains which circulate in an infeed conveyor path carrying flights along low-friction guides. To assist in obtaining optimum lumber recovery from logs, each flight has a load-engaging portion for cradling logs which is movable transversely of the infeed path so that a tapered log is laterally and angularly positioned as desired with respect to the centerline of the moving conveyor. Line bars along the conveyor, moved by manually or automatically-actuated cylinders engage the load-engaging portion of the flights to shift them and a supported log laterally to a desired alignment. The load-engaging portion of each flight is held in an adjusted lateral position after the line bars retract by friction blocks compressed between the load-engaging portion and the base portion.

Abstract: A self-timing automatic conveyor system including a low-friction conveyor belt, a holding mechanism actuatable to open and close for selectively controlling flow of goods along a conveyor belt; a control sensor circuit including a first sensor proximate the conveyor belt and adjacent the holding mechanism for monitoring the flow of goods along the conveyor belt to the holding mechanism; a transfer sensor circuit including a second sensor spaced downstream from the first sensor and proximate the conveyor belt for monitoring the flow of goods along the conveyor belt released by the holding mechanism; first gating means, enabled by the control sensor circuit upon the presence of goods at the position of the first sensor and by the transfer sensor upon the passing of goods released during the previous cycle of operation by the holding mechanism, for actuating the holding mechanism to the open condition to pass goods upon receipt of an external signal; and second gating means enabled by the transfer sensor circuit

Abstract: A book block transport system having a plurality of block pincers continuously movable in a closed circular path, the block pincers comprising a supporting frame which includes a stationary internal clamping jaw. A swinging frame is rotatably suspended at one end from the supporting frame and has attached to the other end an external clamping jaw which is positioned so as to allow clamping of a book block between the internal and external clamping jaws. The internal and external clamping jaws are urged together by an elongated torsion bar spring. The swinging frame is rigidly attached to one end of the torsion bar spring and a cam lever is rigidly attached to the other end of the torsion bar spring. Movement of the external clamping jaw with respect to the internal clamping jaw is provided for by rotation of the cam lever. A cam follower positioned on the end of the cam lever fits within the groove of a stationary two-dimensional cam to provide for rotation of the cam lever.

Abstract: There is disclosed a backstacker-reclaimer apparatus which includes a frame having a combined stacking and reclaiming boom. A plurality of spaced stacking and reclaiming flights are longitudinally driven about the boom by an endless chain drive. A conveyor is provided which feeds material to be stacked to the lower reach of the boom so that flights traveling along the lower reach may push the material up onto the stack. The material is confined in the lower reach by side skirts which may be raised for a reclaiming operation.

Abstract: A coal-gathering assembly for a continuous miner in which a platform is disposed behind a rotatable cutter, and a coal-transporting conveyor is located adjacent the platform for delivering coal rearwardly of the miner. The assembly includes a base plate rotatively mounted on the platform on each side of the coal-transporting conveyor. A plurality of bars are carried by each base plate, each bar extending across its associated base plate intermediate the rotative axis of the base plate and the base plate periphery. Each bar has one end adjacent the next angularly adjacent bar and has the other end extending beyond the base plate periphery. Each angularly adjacent pair of bars provide a substantially inwardly closed pocket. More particularly, each bar extends across the base place and is spaced from and intermediate the rotative axis and the base plate periphery, and extends substantially transverse to a radial line passed through the rotative axis and intermediate the ends of the bar.

Abstract: A conveyor comprises a plurality of interconnected cradles and a rotatable member mounted in each cradle. The rotatable members extend above the respective cradle for rolling contact with an object placed on the conveyor to allow the objects to move relative to the conveyor.

Abstract: A conveyor system of the type which may be utilized with an apparatus comprising a plurality of treatment areas such as an oven system containing a proofer for conditioning dough and a baking oven downstream of the proofer for baking the conditioned dough. A plurality of carrying pans are attached to a conveyor that is continuously directed through the proofer and baking oven in a serpentine path. The residence time for a pan within either the proofer or the baking oven can be varied by a conveyor length adjustment system that functions to provide changes in length of the conveyor in the proofer and in the baking oven. The conveyor system comprises movable sprocket assemblies positioned within the proofer and within the oven. The sprocket assemblies are movable in equal and opposite directions for respective length adjustment of the conveyor within the proofer and the oven.

Abstract: A belt conveyor skirtboard apron assembly comprising at least two vertically oriented U-shaped brackets mounted at spaced positions on the skirtboard, preferably inclined inwardly toward the edge of the conveyor belt, a corresponding number of tension arms each mounted in one of the brackets by a wedge that extends through the bracket sidewalls and the tension arm, an apron-mounting channel extending between and affixed to the lower end of each tension arm, and a resilient, flexible apron replaceably mounted on the channel by means of two mounting strips affixed to the apron and slidably fitted into the channel; the vertical position of the apron is adjusted to compensate for wear, without requiring shutdown of the conveyor, by driving the wedges further into the brackets.

Abstract: An outer mailing jacket is made from a folded sheet of suitable material, such as corrugated cardboard. The jacket has corner panels for centrally positioning a product enclosed therein. The mailing jacket is especially designed for receiving and supporting phonograph records, without danger that a staple used to close the jacket might damage the record.

Abstract: An insert for a carrying case is adapted to receive and selectively store boxed tape cassettes and 8-track tape cartridges in one or more longitudinal troughs. Each trough includes side walls spaced to accommodate the width of an 8-track cartridge, a bottom wall, and a plurality of partitions projecting inwardly from the side walls toward one another, longitudinally spaced to accommodate the thickness of 8-track cartridges, forming a plurality of storage compartments adapted to receive 8-track cartridges. An arrayed plurality of pairs of shelves, each adapted to receive and store one boxed cassette, includes substantially congruent shelves recessed within each of the side walls located above the topmost extensions of the partitions. The longitudinal spacing between the side edges of each shelf accommodates the thickness of a boxed cassette, and the distance between the rear walls of each pair of shelves accommodates the width of a boxed cassette.

Abstract: A storage case, adapted to store a cassette of the type having at least one reel, is formed of walls which are closable to form the storage case. At least one hub engaging member is mounted on a wall for engaging the hub of the reel when the cassette is placed into the storage case. The hub engaging member includes a post extending from the wall and having a longitudinal slit therein parallel to the longitudinal axis of the post so as to form two compressible post portions, each portion having a finger projecting outward therefrom. A coil spring is positioned over and guided by the post, and a cap having a cylindrical wall, a top wall and an annular shoulder is positioned over the post. When assembling the cap to the post, the annular shoulder of the cap compresses the post portions to permit the fingers to pass through the annular shoulder and then to expand and lockingly engage the shoulder. The spring exerts an upward bias force on the cap.

Abstract: A shipping carton is made with a wrapper which is placed between the end frames of a reel. The wrapper has folded over flaps at the transverse edges which are biased against the end boards of the respective frames and abutted at the ends against the hook strips of the reel. The placement of the wrapper between the end frames and the abutment of the flaps against the hook strips serve to strengthen the carton.The winding machine includes inwardly directed clips on the outer ends of holders on the end frames for holding the hook strips in rigid condition during winding of a pile fabric on the reel.

Abstract: A nestable container in which identical containers are held together in a stack by holding means. The holding means comprise axially extending ribs on the outside of the container which engage a cylindrical surface on the inside of the container to hold the container together in the stack by friction.

Abstract: Blister package for medicaments safe from children consisting of a deep drawn plastics film provided with a plurality of recesses and a covering film that cannot be pushed through and is sealed with the plastics film, wherein incisions forming corners are made in the sealing edge.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for bulk sorting particulate material such as ore rocks. A conveyor belt carries the material in a continuous stream past a detector responsive to a required characteristic to produce a time sequence of detector signals dependent on degree to which material passing the detector possesses that characteristic. The material is projected from the downstream end of the conveyor belt into free flight trajectory and a deflector plate is moved across the face flight path so that material in some zones of the stream is deflected whereas material in other zones is not deflected. A control circuit monitors the detector signals and causes the deflector plate to move so that said zones are determined by the degree to which the material in them possesses the required characteristic.

Abstract: Tear-off closure caps shaped for distribution at high speed in channels, the caps each comprising two tear-off tongue portions disposed in a flat V-shape in the plane of the rim portion, at the bottom of its skirt portion. The tongue portions have the outer ends slightly bent upwardly, the bends obliging the rim portion of each cap to become engaged under the tongue portions of the cap which precedes it in a distribution channel. The distribution channel includes grooves in the opposed side walls which receive and guide the outer edges of the tongue portions, the outer edges being slightly divergent relative to each other toward their outer ends.

Abstract: A lid for closing a wide mouth bottle has a sealing disc with a depending peripheral skirt. The skirt has an internal helical thread which takes the cross-sectional form of an elongated trapezoid tilted toward the sealing disc. The thread is formed of a flexible material for being deflected away from the disc and wedged against the neck of the bottle by the threads on the neck as the lid is tightened on the bottle.

Abstract: An intermodal cargo container capable of being quickly and easily converted between a solid storage mode and a fluent storage mode is disclosed. Shell sections adapted to be either removed from, or pivoted within, an outer container are provided to support an impermeable liner in the fluent storage mode. Elements of both the inner and outer container may be of conventional construction for surface transport or of lightweight construction suitable for air as well as surface transport.

Abstract: A storage vault is disclosed herein having an integral container including opposite sides, opposite ends and an inter-connecting top and bottom. A central column is integrally joined at its opposite ends to the top and bottom respectively and an encircling rib integrally forms with the opposite sides and opposite ends midway between the top and bottom. Each rib portion associated with a side and an end is reinforced by a metal channel having a plurality of fasteners securing the channel thereto. Access openings and ports are provided the top and sides and integral depressions and indentations are provided in the container for structural strength.