Abstract: A four cylinder spark ignition internal combustion engine has an exhaust emission control system including means for admitting fresh air into the exhaust system in order to promote a further combustion of partly burnt components in the gases coming from the combustion chambers, this means include a "reed" valve connected to the exhaust ports leading from the first and fourth cylinders (numbering from one end of the engine) through internal passages within the cylinder head; the system also comprises an exhaust gas recirculating system comprising a pneumatic valve which opens, when the conditions are appropriate, to draw off a proportion of the exhaust gases from the exhaust side of the engine and admit them to the induction side of the engine taking exhaust gases from branches of the exhaust manifold carrying exhaust gases from the second and third cylinders; in addition there is a system for admitting supplementary air to the induction manifold downstream of the carburettor during engine overrun conditions e

Abstract: Fouling which occurs in the heat exchangers of a thermal energy conversion power plant causes the heat transfer between the circulating fluid and working fluid to be degraded, diminishing the efficiency of the plant. The invention provides for optimizing the net power level of the plant by perturbing the flow of circulating fluid individually to the heat exchangers to identify the direction of flow change which results in an increase in generated net power level and adjusting the flow of circulating fluid to each heat exchanger. This optimization may be carried out periodically. In another case, when temperature differential of the circulating fluid across at least one of the heat exchangers falls below a predetermined level, only the circulating fluid of the related heat exchangers need be altered to optimize the net power level generated by the plant.

Abstract: A thermal engine employing a temperature differential to move a constant recycling fluid through a turbine. The density differential in the fluid caused by variation in temperature is used to power a turbine. The device is rotated to increase the relative difference between densities in the fluid. The engine is compactly arranged with a centrally located turbine surrounded by a heat transfer mechanism including heat transfer elements extending through the walls of the several cavities employed. A number of individual fluid cycles may be employed to increase the efficiency of the mechanism.

Abstract: A transpiration air cooled combustor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes an annular liner of laminated metal with an inner sheet and an outer sheet having a plurality of mechanically formed holes therein on either side of a mechanically pressed waffle patterned core sheet with offset depressings and dimples on either face thereof; the dimples have raised lands bonded to the inner and outer sheets; small cross passages are drilled in the core sheet so that the margins of the cross passages are located in spaced relationship to the land surfaces thereby to prevent burr formation disruption of the bond joints; the core sheet has a total metal mass equivalent to the orginal metal mass prior to press displacement of metal to form the depressions and dimples therein except for the metal removed by formation of the cross passages which communicate offset depressions on opposite sides of the core sheet to form a tortuous intercommunicating flow path through said annular liner between holes in the inner and out

Abstract: A means and method for reducing and/or eliminating the drag and power loss imposed on a vehicle engine by air conditioning that is driven thereby, during selected load and power demand situations, both to conserve and have added power available and to provide improved fuel economy, and which includes; a vacuum responsive switching device provided in the electrical line operative of the air compressor clutch, means for readily adjusting the responsiveness of said switch to different and varying load conditions, and use of a fast idle connection that is inoperative when the air conditioner compressor is cut-out and also inoperative.

Abstract: An absorption refrigeration system responsive to variant load demands provides a conventional absorption unit and a control system which adjusts the operation of the unit according to the load demand. The absorption unit has an evaporator-absorber section where refrigerant is flash cooled in a near vacuum and absorbent solution absorbs the refrigerant vapor; a generator-condenser section where the solution diluted with refrigerant is heated vaporizing the refrigerant to be condensed and returned to the evaporator; a condenser fluid supply which supplies condenser fluid to the absorber and condenser for heat transfer and carries away heat dissipated therein; a heat source supply which heats the solution in the generator; and, a chilled fluid supply which supplies a chilled fluid to the evaporator for the flash cooling heat transfer and carries the cooled chilled fluid to fan coil units for refrigeration purposes.

Abstract: A defrost control, including a vertically extending evaporator positioned in thermal contact with the back wall of a chamber. The defrost sensor is arranged above the evaporator and within the boundary layer thickness of air in natural convection so that the sensor will terminate the defrost operation relative to the temperature of the evaporator.

Abstract: Food defrosting apparatus comprising a refrigerator, a pair of thawing and storage water tank evaporators which cooperate with the refrigerator to form independent first heat exchanging circuits, respectively, a pair of thawing and storage water tanks in which are contained the thawing and storage water tank evaporators, respectively, a pair of thawing and storage heat exchangers which cooperate with the thawing and storage water tanks to form independent secondary heat exchanging circuits, respectively, and a common cabin in which are contained the thawing and storage heat exchangers, whereby freeze food in the cabin can be first thawed and subsequently preserved in readiness for further processing.

Abstract: A refrigerated show case has a cold air flow circulated along its bottom wall, rear wall and top wall and across its front opening between an ejection port and a suction port disposed along the upper and lower edges, respectively, of the front opening to refrigerate the interior of the show case. There are provided a by-pass port in the top wall for by-passing a part of the cold air flow, a heat-exchanger disposed on the top wall and communicated with the by-pass port, and an ejection port of a moderated air flow communicated with the heat-exchanger and disposed outside of and in parallel to the ejection port of the cold air flow, the moderated air flow being formed from the by-passed cold air flow by heat-exchange with a hot ambient air above the refrigerated show case through the heat-exchanger.

Abstract: An ice receptacle support for use in a refrigeration apparatus, such as a freezer, wherein ice bodies are stored in an upwardly opening receptacle. The receptacle is removably carried on a support which is swingably mounted by a front pair of links and a rear pair of links so as to be gravity biased forwardly against a small access door carried in the main door of the freezer. When the small access door is opened, the receptacle swings forwardly as a result of the forward gravity biasing thereof by the supporting link arrangement so as to place the receptacle automatically in an ice access position. The links are arranged to provide a controlled limited force of the gravity biasing so as to effectively avoid undesirable opening of the freezer doors by the gravity biasing force. The front pair of links may be pivotally connected to a front upper portion of the receptacle carrier and the rear pair of links may be pivotally connected to a lower rear portion thereof.

Abstract: A heat pump arrangement includes an evaporator, a first condenser and a compressor connected in a circuit containing a heat-carrying medium. The compressor is arranged downstream of the evaporator and the first condenser is arranged downstream of the compressor as viewed in the direction of the flow of the medium, whereby the compressor receives medium in the vapor phase from the evaporator and delivers medium in the liquid phase to the evaporator through the first condenser. The heat pump arrangement further has an expander, a second condenser connected downstream of the expander and a pump arranged between the output of the second condenser and the evaporator.

Abstract: An absorption refrigerating machine for operation encountering differences of heat energy and refrigeration requirement over a period of time. A storage unit for storing of refrigerating medium-fluid is provided in the flow direction of the refrigeration medium after the condenser for liquefying of refrigerating-medium-vapor; a storage unit for storing of weak refrigeration medium-solution is provided in the flow direction of the solution in a bypass conduit after the solution heat exchanger and the automatic expansion or relief valve. The bypass conduit is connected with a continuous line or conduit by two distributor valves, and a storage unit for storage of rich refrigeration medium-solution is located in the flow direction of the solution after the absorber.

Abstract: A conventional centrifuge refrigeration system is modified by connecting a capillary sized line between the expansion valve and the evaporator. This permits the expansion valve to be located at a point within the centrifuge remote from the rotor. This facilitates the easy removal of the expansion valve for repair and yet reduces icing of the expansion valve. Further, the system capacity may be improved by wrapping the capillary line about the suction line to effect subcooling of the refrigerant before it passes to the evaporator. This enhances system capacity.

Abstract: A coupling interposed between a driving shaft and a driven shaft for transmitting torque from the driving shaft to the driven shaft. The coupling comprises a tube which is non-circular in cross section, a solid body inserted in the tube to create a clearance having a certain width between the inner periphery of the tube and the outer periphery of the solid body and a plurality of impact absorbing members made of elastic material such as rubber and fixed to certain portions of the outer periphery of the solid body. The impact absorbing members are positioned so as to prevent contact of the inner periphery of the tube and the outer periphery of the solid body when torque transmitted from the driving shaft is under a predetermined level and permit contact of the inner periphery of the tube and the outer periphery of the solid body when the torque is at or over the predetermined level.

Abstract: A circular knitting machine in which for switching from continuous rotary motion to reciprocating motion and vice versa there is provided a coupling member rotatively rigid with a shaft and axially displaceable between two pinions, idly arranged on the shaft. One pinion is constantly reciprocated by a reciprocable toothed sector, while the other pinion is constantly rotated. The coupling member is alternately engageable with a respective one of the pinions, so as to cause the shaft, which is operatively connected to the needle cylinder(s), to reciprocate or rotate. A control lever is pivoted to the stationary structure of the machine and has one end slideably engaging the coupling member and the other end slideably engaging two rotatable cams, which provide angular displacement of the control lever to cause axial displacement of the coupling member. The cams can be uncoupled from a cam driving shaft rotated by the main drive of the machine.

Abstract: A home knitting machine is provided with a read only semiconductor memory device which has a plurality of patterning instructions, electric signal generator means for generating carriage position indication signal in response to movement of the carriage during knitting, an electronic control system for reading out instructions from the memory device in response to the carriage position indication signal, needle selectors energized pursuant to read out instructions from the memory device to provide design patterns in a fabric, and an input unit for determining reading out sequence of the electronic control system so as to select a design pattern by manual operation of a user.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in an externally held cylindrical spreading means for tubular material, particularly for the treatment of the material with a fluid treating agent, with a central carrier for radially displaceable supports and segment-like guide elements carried by the supports, the improvement comprising body means at each end of the central carrier, each of said body means being tapered in the longitudinal direction, said guide elements extending in the longitudinal direction of said spreading means between said body means, and supporting and transporting roller means mounted against the exterior of said body means, said roller means having a profile adapted to the form of said tapered body means.

Abstract: A tube has a longitudinal slot extending over the entire working width of the apparatus, and at least one cover element is arranged on the side of the fabric web remote from the slotted tube. The cover element extends over the entire length of the slot, and also extends over a substantial portion of the path of the fabric web, immediately preceding the slot, and over another substantial portion of the path of the fabric web immediately following the slot. A guide surface for the fabric web is provided on the same side of the web as the slotted tube, which surface forms with the cover element a flow space for conducting the working fluid, which flow space extends from a point in the path of travel of the fabric web lying substantially ahead of the slot to a point in the path of the web lying substantially beyond the slot.

Abstract: A door lock system for the rear doors of the trailer of a tractor-trailer rig is disclosed. The lock system includes a locking bar fixedly secured to one door and attachably secured to a second door. A pin projects from the second door so that it may pass through an opening in the locking bar. A pin cover locks over the pin for securing the bar to the second door. In a preferred embodiment the pin is formed identical to a conventional trailer king pin or coupling pin so that the pin cover may be used either to lock the trailer doors or as a theft prevention device covering the king pin to prevent unauthorized coupling of unattended trailers.

Abstract: A locking mechanism for effectuating locking of a wheel includes at least one rotatable arcuate jaw which is in opposition to an opposed jaw. Contact by the wheel with the rotatable jaw causes the rotation thereof into mating interengagement with the opposed jaw. The mating interengagement causes the jaws to envelope or encircle the wheel thereby locking the wheel in place.

Abstract: The invention disclosed in the application is a time lock for bank vault doors and the like having a plurality of timer units of the settable dial type with a clockwork mechanism which includes a slip clutch in the gear train which permits the main winding stem to be rotated in an unwinding direction to move the dial in a descending time direction if it has been overdriven to a higher time setting than desired, and which includes a kicker arm mechanism to be abruptly kicked by spring force against a carrier assembly for the time lock unit to shift the carrier to release position when the dial reaches zero time.

Abstract: To operate a rolling mill to roll metal strip with a satisfactory degree of flatness, signals from tension detecting means located downstream of the mill rolls are used continuously to determine the best symmetrical parabola which fits the shape of the strip and a parameter of the parabola is used to bring about an adjustment of the bending of the mill rolls in such a sense as to change the parameter substantially to zero. Signals from the detecting means may be used in addition to control the steer of the mill and adjust the temperature of the roll assemblies along their length.

Abstract: A device for blasting descaling slurry jets against the surfaces of sheet metal is disclosed, thereby descaling the same prior to cold rolling.

Abstract: An improvement to the method of making a structure by superplastic forming, wherein portions of a preform are expanded, in the superplastic condition, against a forming member, is disclosed. The improvement comprises the step, prior to expanding the preform, of providing a lower coefficient of friction between the portions of the preform to be expanded and the forming member than which exists between the portions of the preform where expansion is intended to be minimal and the forming member. The two values of coefficient of friction are obtained by applying first and second release coatings to the portions of the preform to be expanded and those where expansion is to be minimal respectively, with the first release coating having a coefficient of friction less than the second release coating. Alternately, the first and second release coatings can be applied to the forming member. The preferred first and second release coatings are boron nitride and yttria respectively.

Abstract: A rotary pipe bending machine employs a single hydraulic motor to drive clamp and pressure dies toward the bend die and to rotate the bend and clamp dies. The motor piston is connected via a chain to drive a clamp die carrier toward a rotatably mounted bend die and toward a bend die shaft actuator. Upon continued motion of the clamp die carrier, it engages the actuator to rotate the bend die together with a clamp die mounted on the carrier. The motor cylinder is movably mounted and connected to a pressure die carrier so that as the motor piston drives the clamp die carrier and the bend die, the cylinder, reacting to the driving force of the piston, drives the pressure die carrier, together with a pressure die thereon, toward the bend die with a force that is produced by reaction to the required bending force. Thus the pipe is frictionally tensioned according to the magnitude of the bending force.

Abstract: A machine for forming corrugated plate from a flat sheet defined by a plurality of serially arranged corrugating stands. At least one stand has cooperating corrugating rolls defined by a plurality of disc shaped dies which, during corrugating, are rotated at differing rates so that the peripheral speed at a selected diameter, of each such disc substantially equals the linear speed of the plate being corrugated. The discs can be constructed of disc shaped die halves, the axial position of which can be varied so as to vary the corrugation pitch or the profile while maintaining the pitch constant. Drives for the corrugating rolls and, in particular, for the disc dies can power rotate all dies or only some of them while others are free wheeling.

Abstract: An improved conduit bender of the type having a curved rocker base portion formed by a pair of laterally spaced, arcuate-shaped side walls which define longitudinally extending conduit-receiving groove means therebetween. A hook formation is formed at one end of the base portion and a treadle member is formed at the opposite end. The improvement includes the formation of two pairs of curved surface sections on the inner surfaces of the side walls which form a pair of vertically spaced overlapping conduit-receiving grooves therebetween to enable the improved bender to be used for forming bends in the four types of electrical conduits presently used in the building industry. The inner groove is used to bend the single type of thin-wall conduit (EMT) and the outer groove is used to bend the three types of rigid or heavy-wall conduits. The starting and ending points of the arcuate bending surfaces of the two grooves are offset 15.degree.

Abstract: A test agent generator system capable of producing a controlled concentran of chemical agent vapors and aerosols under variable, controlled temperature and relative humidity conditions for use in a method of calibrating and testing agent sensitivity of a point-source alarm system.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the accuracy of a sphygmomanometer whereby the user attaches the sphygmomanometer pressure gauge in an airtight manner onto one end of an air passageway located in a stand, draws a known volume of air through a venting valve attached to the other end of the passageway and into a syringe attached to the venting valve, injects the known volume of air into the sphygmomanometer pressure gauge via the passageway and determines the pressure reading on the face of the pressure gauge. If necessary, the user adjusts the bellows of the pressure gauge to correspond with the reading marked on the syringe and repeats the procedure for different air volumes and pressures.

Abstract: An improved dosimeter designed for individual use that has a filter for collecting particles or vapors present in an air stream being pumped through the dosimeter, a variable drive pump that draws the air stream through the filter, an electric motor coupled to the variable drive pump, an electric power source for the motor, an air reservoir connected to the pump, an orifice position in a tube attached to the air reservoir which creates a pressure drop in the air stream, a differential pressure switch positioned before the orifice that is activated by a change in air pressure and creates a low voltage electrical input signal; an integrator circuit that uses the low voltage input signal of the pressure switch and integrates this signal, an amplifier circuit which amplifies the signal from the integrator circuit and feeds the signal to the electric motor thereby controlling the speed of the motor driving the pump in relationship to the signal generated by the pressure switch to maintain the air stream at a const

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for continuously recording the relative humidity and/or the vapor pressure of a gaseous component of a material within a gaseous mixture utilizing a relative humidity sensor having a curvature changeable with respect to changes in the relative humidity of said gaseous mixture alone or coupled to a saturation vapor pressure sensor having a linear dimension changeable with respect to changes in the saturation vapor pressure of the material and a means to contrast the linear dimension of saturation vapor pressure sensor to the span of the relative humidity sensor, the resultant value representing the actual vapor pressure of said material.

Abstract: A fluid pressure passageway (14) such as a high pressure fuel line in a fuel injection system is pressurized to an upper predetermined value. Then, the passageway (14) is isolated and the length of time for the pressure to drop to a lower predetermined value is measured. The greater the degree of leakage, the shorter the measured length of time. An alarm (24) is energized when the measured length of time is shorter than a predetermined length of time.

Abstract: A carburetor having a fuel reservoir containing fuel therein has a fuel inlet valve for controlling the admission of fuel into the reservoir, a float urges the inlet valve shut when the fuel level within the reservoir attains a preselected level, an idle fuel passage including a fluid restrictor communicates between the fuel within the reservoir and the carburetor induction passage, a conduit generally in parallel with the fuel inlet valve has one end communicating with the reservoir and an other end effective for communicating with a source of fuel, an auxiliary valve is situated in series with the fuel inlet passage upstream of the fuel inlet valve, a relatively low flow-rate valve is serially situated in the parallel conduit, and a fuel level indicator is responsive to the actual level of the fuel in the reservoir, the auxiliary valve is opened to fill the reservoir through the fuel inlet valve to a preselected level and have the float shut the inlet valve after which the auxiliary valve is closed, and the

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the downhole force applied to a cable suspending a well-logging apparatus in a borehole according to the invention is connected between the cable and the well-logging apparatus. An elongated sensitive element has a strain gauge integrally bonded upon it for measuring the downhole force, and the strain gauge includes at least one sputter deposited strain gauge. The apparatus is provided with elements for compensating for pressure and temperature changes in the borehole, wherein an envelope is sealingly disposed about the strain gauge means and is formed to allow the sides of the envelope to deflect inwardly and outwardly from the strain gauge in response to changes in pressure and temperature in the borehole. The envelope is filled with oil.

Abstract: On-line samplers using a piston having its rod reciprocally mounted in a tubular member which reciprocates in a passage, at least the piston and its rod adapted to project out of said passage into the line in which fluid to be sampled is flowing. Upon return of the piston and the tubular member into the passage, a constant volume of sample between the annular faces of the piston and the tubular member is taken into the passage, from which the sample is discharged under positive pressure by moving one of said annular faces into substantially face-to-face contact with the other annular face.

Abstract: A non-destructive test apparatus for obtaining advance warning of impending mechanical failure by the detection and analysis of ultrasonic frequency signals which are generated internally by the equipment being tested. The detector apparatus of the present invention receives and displays in audible and/or visual form a primary carrier frequency which indicates wearing surfaces and which is characteristic of an incipient mechanical malfunction. The detector apparatus is further capable of recording signals received for subsequent evaluation and use by maintenance personnel as part of an integrated planned maintenance program.

Abstract: An ultrasound sensing apparatus suitable for human body scanning, particularly regions which are difficult to scan with larger ultrasound heads. The ultrasound transducers are mounted for rotation in an off-axis configuration. With this configuration, transmission and reception of sound occurs without the sound being normal to the membrane contacting the body. This eliminates reverberation problems and permits viewing of shallow tissue with a relatively small apparatus.

Abstract: Pulsed light is applied through a plano concave lens to a thin metal film, which is evaporated on the concave side of the lens. The lens, which is formed of a high thermally insulating material such as glass, for example, and the film are disposed within a liquid such as water, for example. The pulsed light is absorbed by the metal film, which converts the thermal energy produced by the pulsed light into elastic waves in the form of acoustic waves and simultaneously focuses the acoustic waves on an object within the water at a selected focal plane. The metal film is as thin as possible, consistent with complete absorption of the light energy by the metal film, so as to utilize the high thermal expansion coefficient of the water.

Abstract: Biodegradable water washable composition in the form of a gel for use in non-destructive ultrasonic inspection of surface and subsurface flaws and discontinuities in bodies, and which is stable and heat resistant, such composition consisting essentially of a (1) a surfactant comprised of certain straight chain, primary, aliphatic oxyalkylated alcohols, particularly biodegradable surfactants comprised of the nonionic condensation products of linear aliphatic alcohols having from 10 to 18 carbon atoms, with ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, preferably in the form of a mixture thereof, such as the material marketed as Plurafac A-24, or in the form of certain ethoxylated secondary alcohols, particularly the biodegradable nonionic surfactants comprised of ethoxylates of a mixture of secondary alcohols having linear alkyl chains of from 11 to 15 carbon atoms, and (2) silica, particularly fumed silica, such silica employed e.g. in a proportion of about 15% by weight of the composition.

Abstract: In order to provide immunity against vibrations, a pressure sensor for detecting the prevailing manifold suction pressure in an internal combustion engine, for example, has a movable chamber which responds to the varying pressure and thereby changes the distance between a diffuse reflector and an optical detector assembly. The detector assembly includes a light source, a first light-sensitive detector and a second light-sensitive detector. The second detector is connected to a regulator which so controls the electrical power to the light source that the induced photo current in the second detector remains substantially constant independently of the distance between the reflector and the detectors. A number of embodiments is presented.

Abstract: A variable reluctance transducer assembly for measuring the strain deflection in a structural member includes an elongate housing which is mounted to a first lug extending transversely outwardly from the structural member. The housing supports a pair of magnetic cores in spaced parallel relationship to each other. Each core in turn supports a wire coil. The coils are wired to each generate a magnetic field when energized by an electric current. The transducer assembly is also composed of an elongate target mounted on a second lug extending transversely from the structural member at a location longitudinally spaced from the other lug. The target includes a plate portion which extends longitudinally toward the housing to lie nominally between the two spaced apart cores and their corresponding coils to form a portion of the path along which the magnetic lines of flux eminating for each of the two coils travels.

Abstract: Electrodes for an electromagnetic flow meter are mounted through a pipe wall using pairs of concentric electrodes electrically insulated from each other and from the mounting pipeline while electrically contacting a fluid in the pipeline being measured for flow rate. The electrode pairs are held on the pipeline wall on a line intersecting the fluid flow at a right angle and are electrically connected to supply signals induced by the fluid flow to a measuring circuit. The concentric electrode structure provides two electrode pairs at each electrode site on the pipeline wall.

Abstract: A flexure assembly for a dynamically-tuned, free rotor, two axis gyroscopic sensor wherein coplanar, concentric, cylindrical inner and outer gimbals are coupled between corresponding cylindrical axially spaced, inner and outer cylindrical members, to which are secured respectively the gyroscopic rotor and the rotor spin shaft, by means of flexures which provide substantially rigid axial and radial support of the rotor relative to the drive shaft and relative angular freedom of tilt of the rotor about orthogonal axes perpendicular to the drive shaft axis, wherein the flexures comprise separate thin strips fabricated from high-strength, spring-quality sheet metal which bridge gaps formed between the gimbal members and the rotor and rotor shaft members and are secured at their ends as by brazing, welding, cementing, etc. in receiving slits machined in these members.

Abstract: A closed-loop controller for controlling the frequency of the power applied to a gyroscope synchronous motor to rotate the seismic mass (wheel) of the gyro so as to compensate for movement of the gyro case about the spin axis of the gyro is disclosed. The controller includes a sensor for sensing fluctuations in the current drawn by the gyro, said fluctuations being directly related to the fluctuations in the load angle of the gyro caused by movement of the gyro case about the spin axis. The current fluctuations create an analog voltage, which is amplified by several orders of magnitude. The result is used to modulate the frequency of the applied power so as to compensate for the load angle fluctuations caused by case movement about the spin axis. In essence, the controller reduces the frequency of the hunting mode of the gyro to a level below which movement of the gyro case about its spin axis has substantially no undesirable effect.

Abstract: A changeover mechanism for a multi-band pushbutton tuner in which a plurality of button slides with push buttons secured thereto, respectively, have each a pair of auxiliary slide members disposed on opposite sides thereof, lock members are mounted on pivotal seats of the button slides so as to rock thereon, respectively, and a changeover plate has operative portions which are engageable with cam portions formed on the respective upper edges of the lock members, to change over the position of the lock members relative to the button slides by displacement of the changeover plate, which mechanism is characterized in that the changeover plate is provided with an operative projection which is engageable with an operative member rotatably mounted on a support frame provided over an area where the push buttons are disposed, the operative member is engageable, at opposite ends thereof, with interlocking links, respectively, and the interlocking links are connected to push-actuators provided on opposite ends of the s

Abstract: A coupling arrangement for detachably connecting a driven unit to a drive unit, which is connected to the housing of a power source. Mounted to the housing is a frame, having any desired shape, being open toward the center, and comprising two flat pieces which are connected to one another along their outer peripheral edges. The inwardly directed portions of the pieces are spaced from one another to form a slot. A locking slide open toward the center and having no bottom side is insertable in the slot. The sides of the slide and the inwardly directed portions of the frame have grooves which are uniformly dimensioned and symmetrically distributed essentially identically to each other. In at least one not fully inserted position of the slide, its grooves are aligned with corresponding grooves of the frame pieces. A drive gear is rotatably mounted to said housing in the vicinity of the open center of the frame and is operatively connected to the power source.

Abstract: A motion generating mechanism with a rotary output which comprises a support frame mounting a prime mover coupled through a gear reducer to drive a primary rotary member about a fixed first axis on which a sun gear is concentrically disposed. The primary rotary member carries one or more roller gears that are engaged by the sun gear such that the roller gears rotate about a second axis which is parallel to the fixed first axis and movable with respect to said first axis as the primary rotary gear is driven by the electric motor. Each roller gear has an upper portion on which is mounted a roller adapted to movably engage a slotted section formed in a plate member adapted to be driven by the roller for rotation about the aforementioned fixed first axis such that the motion of a selected point on the plate varies in a combined epicycloidal and harmonic manner relative to the velocity of the primary rotary member.

Abstract: An improved simple change gear transmission having an extended range and/or number of gear ratios and minimized center distance and/or axial countershaft portion length is provided. The improved transmission utilizes a single main shaft which is pivotally mounted at one end and guided for free floating movement at the other end and at least two substantially identical countershafts which are compounded. Each countershaft has a plurality of ratio gears mounted therein which are grouped with identical ratio gears on the other countershafts. A plurality of mainshaft gears are disposed generally concentric of the mainshaft, but radially movable relative thereto and are in constant meshing engagement with and supported by the countershaft gears. Preferably, the mainshaft is floatably retained at the end thereof closest the input of the transmission while the other end thereof is mounted in a pivotal manner.

Abstract: Conversion of an extended range mechanical fuel pump price variator for selectively substituting an optional $2 unit volume price adder for an optional $1 unit volume price adder.

Abstract: Arrangement for preventing incorrect shifting in a gearbox having a base portion and a two-speed range portion has a gear selector mechanism coupled to a shift unit and comprising a first blocking system coordinated with the shift unit of the range portion and the gear selector mechanism of the base portion to block shifting in the base portion during shifting of the shift unit in the range portion, and a second blocking system coordinated with means for sensing the rotational speed of the output shaft and with the gear selector mechanism of the base portion to prevent shifting to certain gears in the base portion when the rotational speed of the output shaft exceeds certain values. First and second blocking systems have a common blocking device. The first system has apparatus sensing the shifting movement of the shift unit and disposed to activate the blocking device to block the gear selector of the base portion in the neutral position during shifting.