Abstract: Means are disclosed for dissipating supercharge pressure in a hydraulic system including a reversible pump (18) directly connected to a hydraulic cylinder (22). Supercharge pressure results from unequal areas on either side of a piston (24) of a single-ended hydraulic cylinder (22). When the piston moves towards the blind end of the cylinder (22), more fluid is displaced from the cylinder than is admitted to the cylinder on the opposite side of the piston. Means responsive to a pressure at a first port (82) of the pump (18) opens a passage between the second port (76) of the pump (18) and a fluid reservoir (16), allowing fluid in excess of the pump's intake requirements to pass to the reservoir (16). In a first embodiment of the invention, a rocker mechanism (60) is actuated by a piston (66) responsive to pressure at the first port (82) pressing against a first end (20) of the rocker mechanism (60), the second end (74) of the rocker mechanism (60) displacing a check ball (38) of a keep-full valve.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motive device adapted to convert a variation in temperature to which it is subjected into mechanical energy, constituted by a piston mounted to slide by one of its ends in a first chamber and by the other of its ends in a second chamber, said chambers being connected with each other so as to define in the first chamber a first closed volume and in the second chamber a second closed volume, particularly larger than the first, each of said volumes being filled with elastomer under pressure so that each chamber and each corresponding end of the piston constitute a spring involving the hydrostatic compression of the elastomer. The invention is applied to the construction of devices for thermally regulating the functioning of a mechanism.

Abstract: A hydraulic circuit (10) has a fluid supply source (12) to a work element, such as a control valve (14) for a work implement, connected by a first fluid pathway (18). A second work element (16), such as a master cylinder reservoir of a brake system, has a fluid level (36) which is desirably maintained against leakage in the system to prevent problems in using the brake system. The master cylinder reservoir (16) is associated with the hydraulic circuit (10) by apparatus (38,42) which initiate pressure conditions in fluid pathways (22,24) positioned in fluid communication with the master cylinder reservoir (16) to maintain the desired fluid level. The pressure conditions create a pressure differential which initiates or induces a fluid flow from the hydraulic circuit (10) to the master cylinder reservoir (16) to maintain the reservoir fluid level and substantially prevent undesirable braking characteristics which can result from an improper fluid level.

Abstract: This invention relates to the reheating of a cold cryogenic fluid by heat exchange with a warm liquid, commonly water. The cold cryogenic fluid first flows into a descending tube and then into a rising tube whereas the water trickles along the tubes and from an upper supply, as far as a base manifold. The invention is particularly applicable to the reheating and revaporization of liquified natural gas.

Abstract: A refrigerator comprising in which a trap is provided between the outlet of a liquid receptacle and the outlet of a cooler via a normally-closed valve, a flow passage for connecting the lower portion of said trap to the outlet of a condenser is provided, and a flow passage switching mechanism for shifting, when starting a defrosting operation, the inlet of said cooler from the admission port of a compressor to the discharge port thereof, and the inlet of said condenser from the discharge port of said compressor to the admission port thereof, and for switching said normally-closed valve to open state is provided.

Abstract: A portable, flexible, refrigerating pouch for carrying and storing insulin needed by diabetics to prevent it from deterioration is disclosed. The pouch comprises an insulating layer and a liner whose structure provides separate compartments for a refrigerating agent, a vial of insulin and a syringe.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an absorption chiller using water as refrigerant and aqueous lithium bromide or the like as absorbant, provided with one or more horizontal tubes through the absorber serving as conduits for water, subdivided into a plurality of individual compartments by means of seals substantially perpendicular to said tube or tubes, a purge line and a drain line being provided leading from each of the compartments. According to one embodiment, a liquid seal is provided for each of the compartments preventing horizontal flow of water vapor and non-condensables.

Abstract: The invention relates to a row counter for a manual knitting instrument, the counter comprising essentially two separable elements; the first element comprises a slotted conical portion which defines an opening at the apex of the conical portion through which the shank of the knitting instrument is passed, the conical portion terminating at its opposite end in a first connector part. The second element comprises a body portion defining a second connector part and a cap containing the counting mechanism, the second connector part being adapted to be nested within the first connector part after the first part is fitted on the knitting instrument, the second element including an operating knob for actuating the counting mechanism.

Abstract: A device for preventing the theft or unauthorized use of an outboard motor, of the type having a remote fuel tank and a detachable fuel line, locks to the fuel line coupling of the outboard motor, thereby preventing the unauthorized connection of the fuel line to the fuel line coupling so that the motor cannot be used. The device includes a body having recesses or sockets therein for receiving and covering members, including a fuel nipple, which extend from the fuel line coupling; an engaging member that selectively engages with a projection on one of such members, or another facet of the motor or housing; and an arrangement for lockably holding the engaging member in engagement with the projection or facet. One version of the device fits an Evinrude or Johnson outboard motor; another version fits a Mercury outboard motor.

Abstract: The lock for bags, brief-cases, shoulder bags and the like comprises two components, one being provided with an eyelet, tooth or stirrup and fixed to the rotatable flap of the bag or the like, and the other being connected to the fixed part of this latter and provided both with an aperture into which said eyelet is inserted and a knob connected to a slider so as to be able to move this latter against a spring, in order to enable a slider appendix, which acts as the bolt and is located in a position corresponding with said aperture, to be withdrawn from the eyelet which is inserted into this latter and so enable the bag or the like to be opened. Opening is facilitated by resilient means which tend to eject the eyelet from the aperture into which it is inserted when the bag is closed.

Abstract: A combination lock of the dial and sleeve type has a scramble feature enabling a hasp to be engaged with a latch of the lock even when the dials and sleeves are not on-combination, by independent movement of the latch relative to manual actuating means of the lock. When the hasp is engaged, it supports the latch in a position in which the latch is adapted to engage a blocking element that prevents the latch from being moved out of its hasp-engaging position independently of the manual actuator. This arrangement effectively prevents the lock from being forced open when the hasp is engaged.

Abstract: A dial and sleeve type combination lock is provided with a shift member to move the sleeves out of coupling engagement with the dials for changing the combination of the lock. The shift member is operated by depressing a manual actuator portion thereof in an opening in the lock casing and the shift member includes a cam surface which moves the sleeves out of coupling engagement with the dials responsive to depression of the manual actuator portion by reaction of the shift member with an internal surface of the lock casing.

Abstract: A dial and sleeve type combination lock is provided with a shift member to move the sleeves out of coupling engagement with the dials for changing the combination of the lock. The shift member includes a manual actuator extending through an opening in the face plate of the lock which opening extends obliquely to the axis of the sleeves and movement of the actuator in the opening effects axial movement of the sleeves by a camming action effected against an obliquely extending surface of the opening.

Abstract: A lock with a stator and a rotor having a key slot or channel for receiving a flat key has four tumbler rows with pin tumblers, the rows extending in the axial direction of the rotor. The planes containing two of the tumbler rows are inclined by identical angles on opposite sides of the median longitudinal plane of the key and intersect a narrow edge surface of the key adjacent the corners so that the recesses in the key to receive the pin tumblers open on both the narrow side and the flat side key, making it possible to reduce the constructional size of cylinder lock.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing long bars, round, square or flat, employing multi-tandem type roller dies mechanism in which each roller gap is controlled by the roller gap adjusting mechanism, and apparatus preferably applicable that method. The apparatus is provided with a plurality sets of roller dies, controllers for outputting a respective target roller gap for each roller dies, roller adjusting mechanisms capable of shifting, in accordance with the commanding signals from servo devices based on the output target roller gap, each roller of each set of roller dies symmetrically about the axial line of the die hole formed by the roller dies, roller position sensors for measuring the respective roller gap in order to feed back the measured results to the servo devices, and a propelling mechanism for imparting a deformable blank propelling force.

Abstract: A heat shield arrangement for strip material employs insulating panels of thin-walled composite construction. The panels include an upper series displaceable upwardly by power actuation means to avoid damage by buckled or lifting material. Protective members projecting below the upper panels are associated with pressure sensors to actuate the raising of the upper panels and can have a limited displacement before the raising of the upper panels is actuated. The power actuators can themselves act on the sensors to determine the minimum force from the material that causes raising of the panels. A control device displaces the panels in response to the sensed transverse temperature profile to maintain the profile more uniform and some of the panels may have heaters for this purpose.

Abstract: An improved continuous hydrostatic extrusion process and apparatus for metals is disclosed. In order to reduce the leaks of viscous fluid through the clearances between the rotor and the stator, which clearances are necessary for operation of the apparatus, the drive fluid used in the groove of the rotor to cause forward movement of the blank is of a higher viscosity than the fluid in the isostatic chamber in which extrusion pressure is present. The pumping power is acccordingly greatly reduced and it is possible to avoid the use of expensive and delicate pressure multiplying means.

Abstract: Apparatus for use in expanding tubes into holes in tubeplates including walls of drums and headers especially in boilers in which an annular body of elastomeric material is compressed axially and expands radially to force the tube into close engagement with the wall of the hole. The elastomeric material is supported at its ends by radially expansible supports each made up of pieces sliding on adjacent pieces, the sliding surfaces being forced together by the applied force, the pieces being located on reduced diameter end portions of the body. The invention enables applied pressures of the order of 70,000 psi (4830 bar) to be used to stress the tubeplate beyond its elastic limit without damage to the body caused by extrusion.

Abstract: A cold roll forming apparatus for forming a slat for a shutter having forming rolls successively disposed along a path line of the material and a pattern embossing roll disposed along the path line is shown. Metal band sheet fed through the apparatus is formed into a predetermined slat configuration and simultaneously repeated patterns are embossed on the flat surface of the slat.

Abstract: Present day tool-holders or tool-holder systems for general work-shop or hobby-room use are generally manufactured from a large number of different blanks, e.g. one blank for each tool-holder configuration. This invention relates to tool-holders manufactured from a respective one of three starting blanks or strips cut therefrom and having arranged therein at least two mutually adjacent rows of openings. The openings of one row may be of greater area than the openings of the other row, or an opening of a given row may be of greater area than another opening in said row. A blank is cut and/or folded in a particular manner to form a holder for supporting a variety of tools, such as hammers, screw-drivers, and holemaking or piercing tools, or for supporting a single kind of tool.

Abstract: A double action draw press having inner and outer rams reciprocal with respect to a fixed base for forming two piece containers such as beverage or food containers from metal sheet stock. The apparatus includes a pressure system carried by the outer ram and adapted to hold the material during the drawing operation. The apparatus also includes a drawing horn secured to the inner ram and movable independently of the pressure sleeve system. The drawing horn has an inwardly directed recess in its outboard end which communicates with an internal air passage leading to a source of air pressure. This structure permits air pressure to be applied to the interior surfaces of the drawn container as the press opens to move it out of the press for further processing. The horn is capable of being rotated about its longitudinal axis and fixed in any desired position so that this air passage is capable of being precisely directed whereby the air applied to the container will direct the container in a predetermined direction.

Abstract: A metal forming tool useful to form internal and external impressions of various configurations upon two piece can bodies of round, oval, triangular, rectangular or irregular and unsymmetrical cross-section.

Abstract: A power press in which low inertia motors with speed control circuitry are connected to a cam which acts upon a lever or cam follower which, in turn, cooperates with a force-storing element which has a spring action and is coupled, e.g. by the same lever, to the tool of the press. Accordingly, in the rotation of the cam, the force-storing means stores potential energy which is transformed into kinetic energy of the ram in another region of the cam at which part of the energy can be delivered to the low inertia motors. Hence the speed control of the motor will, in part, regulate the rate at which the stored force is delivered to the workpiece.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a portable leak standard assembly which is capable of providing a stream of high-purity reference gas at a virtually constant flow rate over an extensive period of time. The leak assembly comprises a high pressure reservoir coupled to a metal leak valve through a valve-controlled conduit. A reproducible leak valve useful in this assembly is provided by a metal tube crimped with a selected pressure loading for forming an orifice in the tube with this orifice being of a sufficient size to provide the selected flow rate. The leak valve assembly is formed of metal so that it can be "baked-out" in a vacuum furnace to rid the reservoir and attendent components of volatile impurities which reduce the efficiency of the leak standard.

Abstract: A gas comparison probe contains first and second sensor elements isolated om each other. Air is drawn across a surface to be monitored and directed onto the first sensor element. Air is drawn from a location spaced away from the surface to be monitored and directed onto the second sensor element. A flow constrictor in the air flow path to one of the sensor elements is used to calibrate the outputs of the two sensor elements under known conditions before attempting to monitor air flow which may contain a gas to be detected.

Abstract: The invention relates to a test device, by means of which power poles are tested for hardness or rot depth. The device comprises a frame portion and a test needle or corresponding member located therein or thereto. The test needle is to be exposed to an actuation force so as to penetrate into the pole material. The degree of penetration for a definite actuation force is a measure of the hardness or rot depth. The test device further comprises means to be exposed to actuations, for example manual ones, by which means the actuation force to the penetration portion can be produced. The frame portion is provided with a part, which entirely or partially can be driven into the ground base adjacent the pole. The exposed means extend with upper portions above the ground surface in order to permit actuations to produce the actuation force. At the upper portions of the exposed means indicating means are located which indicate the degree of penetration for a definite size of the actuation force.

Abstract: The interior of a differential pressure cell is exposed to the pressure in the intake pipe of an internal combustion engine. An absolute pressure cell is exposed to the ambient air pressure. The movable membrane of the differential pressure cell carries a plate on which are mounted two permanent magnets whose North poles face one another. A Hall generator fastened to the center of the movable membrane of the absolute pressure cell moves in the gap between the two magnets. The effective magnetic field applied to the Hall generator thus varies with the relative position of the Hall generator and the magnets. Adjustment of the spring constants of the two membranes allows any linear combination of differential and absolute pressure to be formed. Embodiments of different complexity and different degrees of linearity are illustrated.

Abstract: A method for determining the thermal conductivity of the earth in situ is based upon a cylindrical probe (10) having a thermopile (16) for measuring the temperature gradient between sets of thermocouple junctions (18 and 20) of the probe after it has been positioned in a borehole and has reached thermal equilibrium with its surroundings, and having means (14) for heating one set of thermocouple junctions (20) of the probe at a constant rate while the temperature gradient of the probe is recorded as a rise in temperature over several hours (more than about 3 hours). A fluid annulus thermally couples the probe to the surrounding earth. The recorded temperature curves are related to the earth's thermal conductivity, k.sub..infin., and to the thermal capacity per unit volume, (.gamma.c.sub.p).sub..infin., by comparison with calculated curves using estimates of k.sub..infin. and (.gamma.c.sub.p).sub..infin.

Abstract: In a radiation heat loss detector, radiation from an extended surface area is detected with a sensor having a wide field of view closely matching that of an associated camera. By simultaneously photographing the surface area of interest and detecting the radiation from that same area, a clear record is provided for future use. A wide band radiation sensor is used. Compensation for environmental radiation is made by first viewing the environment with the sensor and holding the sensed signal and then subtracting that signal from the flux detected when the sensor faces the extended surface area. The date and time are also recorded on the photograph. A sonar device positioned on the camera provides a distance indication which, with a known field of view, allows for a determination of the total flux from the surface area, a determination of convective heat losses from the surface and a correction for atmospheric absorption of the radiant energy.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the flow of air through the air intake manifold of an internal combustion engine. A controller regulates current to a bridge circuit having a first temperature-dependent resistor which is disposed in the air flow within the manifold, and whose resistance is a function of the current flow therethrough and the flow rate and temperature of the air. A second fast-responding temperature-dependent resistor, which is disposed in the manifold and supplied with a very small current so that its resistance is essentially a function of the air temperature, provides an air temperature signal which is amplified and/or differentiated and supplied to the controller as a precise correction signal for the bridge diagonal voltage signal which is also an input signal to the controller, so that the current output of the controller is an accurate measure of the air flow.

Abstract: A device for displaying the level of a fluid in a tank includes a housing, a membrane being positioned within the housing to separate the housing internally into a first portion and a second portion, which are fluid tight from one another. Fluid communication between the tank and the first portion of the housing is provided by conduit or the like. A pipe, at least a portion of which is transparent or translucent, is in fluid communication with the second part of the housing. A display liquid of given substantially fixed volume is held within the pipe. A spring within the second portion of the housing is in contact with the membrane on that side thereof which is in contact with the display liquid. A nut fixed to the housing has a screw extending through it into the second portion of the housing, the screw being in contact with the spring to adjustably compress it. Marks for determining the instant relative position of the screw with respect to the nut are provided on the nut.

Abstract: A temperature sensing probe is provided including a probe shaft rigidly mounted on a handle and having a temperature sensing tip at the distal end of the shaft. A disposable cover is provided in the form of a unitary elongated tube constructed of heat conductive material and having an open proximal end arranged to slide over the probe shaft and a closed distal end arranged to tightly engage the temperature sensing tip of the shaft in order to retain the cover on the shaft and provide a positive conduction of heat to the temperature sensing tip. For the purpose of selectively ejecting the cover after temperature measurement, the probe handle includes a movable ejection button for manually driving the cover forwardly with sufficient force to disengage the cover from the tight engagement with the temperature sensing tip.

Abstract: Device for performing vibration measurement of parts, having at least one measuring instrument making contact with a measuring point under spring load, and a manipulating device operatively associated with the measuring instrument for bringing the latter to the measuring point including means for retracting the measuring instrument into the manipulating device while the measuring instrument is brought to the measuring point by the manipulating device, the measuring instrument being detachable from the manipulating device, except for yieldable connections, during vibration measurement at the measurement point, the measuring instrument having means for firmly fixing the position thereof at the measuring point.

Abstract: A sensor for sensing a property of a body, such as vibration or knocking of an internal combustion engine.

Abstract: Fluid pressure indicating apparatus which may comprise: a body assembly adapted for connection to a source of fluid pressure; an indicator assembly attached to the body assembly for indicating magnitude of the fluid pressure; a transducer assembly carried by the body assembly for translating pressure applied to one side thereof to linear motion at the opposite side thereof; and an amplification assembly carried by the body assembly between the transducer assembly and the indicator assembly for amplifying the linear motion of the transducer assembly to increased motion at the indicator assembly in predetermined relationship with the pressure magnitude of the source of fluid pressure.

Abstract: A compressive creep test fixture of box-like structure having a rectangular opening for testing a specimen and a pair of ports for applying a vacuum. Rigid or semi-rigid elements, spaced from each other in a uniform manner, support the specimen at the rectangular opening during testing. The vacuum in the fixture holds the tested specimen in place on the support elements, and together the vacuum and support elements prevent buckling of very thin sheet materials under conditions of edgewise compressive loading.A method for using a compressive creep test fixture to determine mechanical properties of sheet materials.

Abstract: The rheological properties of a viscoelastic material are measured by enclosing a sample of the material between two die members which have protrusions extending therefrom and intermeshing to form shear zones therebetween. The sample is sheared by displacing one member with respect to the other and the displacement force is measured.A die is provided for the test, and means to bias the die members toward each other, to seal them together, to move one member with respect to the other and to measure the force required for such movement are provided.

Abstract: This invention is a fluid flow meter with pulse output proportional to the fluid flow rate. The pulse is tranduced by means of a pick-off sensor from the by-passing of a ball which travels in a toroidal passageway at speed close to that of the velocity of the fluid. The fluid flowing into the device follows a loop-shaped circular passageway while the ball travels in a closed circular passageway. Fluid flow propels the ball to revolve continually at a rate directly proportional to the flow rate of the fluid.

Abstract: A flow rate measuring instrument comprising an oscillation assembly causing self-oscillation responsive to the flow condition of a fluid and a mechanism for adjusting the moment of inertia of the oscillation assembly in response to the variations in the flow condition and other conditions of the fluid, being capable of carrying out required corrections responsive to the changes in the density, level and the like of the fluid for obtaining the true flow rate of the fluid from a detected flow rate on the basis of the detection of the frequency of the oscillation assembly.

Abstract: Fluid flow measuring apparatus comprising first and second pipe portions, a housing positioned around the pipe portions, a chamber in the housing, an orifice plate, an orifice plate moving device for moving the orifice plate from a first position in which it is located between the pipe portions to a second position in which it is located in the chamber in the housing and for moving the orifice plate from the second position to the first position, and a sleeve seal for sealing the pipe portions when the orifice plate is in the second position, the housing being fabricated of metal in sheet and/or tubular form, the housing having a pivotable lid, and the orifice plate moving device being such that it can be pivotted to an inoperative position for allowing access to the orifice plate.

Abstract: A flow sensing apparatus having increased sensitivity is disclosed for sensing the flow of gas, particularly through a confined passage such as the ducts in heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems. The flow sensing apparatus comprises a tube divided by a wall into an upstream chamber and a downstream chamber. The upstream chamber can have a constant orifice but preferably the walls of the tube in the upstream end are tapered to form a tapered chamber section. A total pressure sensing probe is located in the center of the tube and has its opening in the upstream chamber of the tube. The total sensing probe has its opening parallel to the flow of gas and facing upstream, the opening of the total pressure sensing probe preferably being in the wall dividing the tube into the upstream and downstream chambers. A static pressure sensing probe is located in the downstream chamber. The static pressure probe may be located in the walls of the tube and have its opening perpendicular to the flow of gas.

Abstract: A pitot tube having a series of pressure sensing ports on the upstream side of the tube and a second series of pressure sensing openings on the downstream side of the tube. A longitudinal internal wall in the tube forms a pair of chambers, one of which communicates with the upstream ports and the second which communicates with the downstream ports. A plate attached to the end of the tube has diverging passages communicating with the two chambers, the plate forming a flange for connecting a manifold, a transmitter for indicating the flow pressures sensed by the ports, a gauge or the like.

Abstract: Mass and force meter with a body, a load support, a load cell, an intermediate body mounted between said body and said load support and supported by said body over a number of supporting points, said load support being supported by said intermediate body over the same number of loading points, whereby said supporting and loading points are mounted pairwise in the same horizontal plane, said intermediate body consisting of two rigid parts linked by two horizontal, flexible parts mounted one below the other, said supporting and loading points being anchored to said rigid parts, said loading points being shifted horizontally by the same amount and in the same direction from said supporting points, whereby at least one spring, the resilience of which is much greater than that of said flexible parts, has one of its ends fitted into one of said rigid parts, its other end being linked with said load cell which is linked to the other rigid part.

Abstract: A load-cell balance having a parallelogram load cell body constituted by a stationary column, movable column and two arms connected between these columns, each arm having thin-walled flexible portions to which adhered are strain gauges. Each strain gauge is coated and sealed by a coating made of a material of butyl rubber group so as to be protected against moisture. The coating permits a free deflection of deflectable parts of the balance, even when the load is small, while maintaining a good moisture proof nature, so that the reliability of the balance is much enhanced.

Abstract: An electrical fluid force transducer for measuring the magnitude and direction of fluid forces caused by lateral fluid flow, includes a movable sleeve which is deflectable in response to the movement of fluid, and a rod fixed to the sleeve to translate forces applied to the sleeve to strain gauges attached to the rod, the strain gauges being connected in a bridge circuit arrangement enabling generation of a signal output indicative of the magnitude and direction of the force applied to the sleeve.

Abstract: A device for taking from a flowing suspension a sample-flow representative of said suspension comprises a first chamber (18) arranged to receive the flowing suspension, said first chamber communicating via a weir (23) with the upper part of a second chamber (22) having first and second openings (25, 26) arranged at the bottom thereof for removing the sample-flow and the remaining part of said suspension respectively. The openings, (25, 26) are separated from each other by partition walls (27) which extend transversely of the weir over the whole length of the second chamber and communicate with a respective outlet (15, 20; 21). The openings (26) for receiving the said remaining part of the suspension communicate with the associated outlet (21) via a substantially U-shaped passage and a second weir (29) which is located substantially on the same level as the weir (23) of the first chamber.

Abstract: A reversing attachment adapted to be applied to a diamond thread screw of the type having intersecting thread grooves, for effecting reversal in the axial direction of travel of a follower associated with the screw, the reversal occurring at any one of a number of predetermined points along the length thereof. The attachment is in the form of an abutment which is positioned at a groove intersection, and which is arranged to engage a driving element of the follower as the latter approaches the abutment so as to prevent passage of the driving element past the intersection. In accomplishing the reversal, the drive element is directly engaged by the abutment, and is caused to shift axially with respect to the follower such that the element transfer from one groove of the diamond thread screw to the oppositely-directed groove.

Abstract: A speed control device, which operates a control wire to actuate a derailleur and comprises a fixing member, a lever shaft, and a control lever, and a retaining mechanism for retaining the lever at one speed change position, the retaining mechanism between the fixing member and the control lever having releasing mechanism for releasing the retaining of the lever.

Abstract: A pull-type actuator for an automotive transmission shifter is disclosed comprising a stationary base adapted to be mounted in an automotive vehicle. One or more gates are disposed in the base. A pivotable upstanding shift lever extends from the base and detent means is mounted for reciprocal movement in the base adjacent the lower end of the shift lever. The detent means must be aligned with a gate to allow entry into a locked out gear position. A manually actuable pull is disposed on the upper end of the shift lever and a flexible actuator link extends from the detent means to the pull. The actuator link is tensioned between the detent and the pull by a rack of teeth disposed on the upper end of the actuator link and a tooth engaging means disposed on the pull for engaging the teeth on the actuator link in a one way ratchet-like fashion.

Abstract: A gyroscopic rotor device is designed to eliminate any spin bearing outer raceway distortion and/or axial preload changes due to centrifugal and thermal effects in a bimetal rotor assembly by means of judicial geometric shaping of the rotor components. The shaping of the heavy metal motor rim and/or the lower density metal rotor spin bearing support web interface includes a discrete number of stress concentrating pads and an equal number of holes formed in the bearing web opposite each of the pads for isolating any strain induced within the bearing web from the spin bearing outer race.