Abstract: A cutter for an auger type icemaker including an auger shaft with an auger edge to scrape and guide upward the ice formed on the inner surface of a refrigerated casing, an extrusion head fitted to the upper end portion of the auger shaft and provided with ice compressing passages, and a cutter attached to the upper end of the auger shaft over the extrusion head for breaking the ice from the ice compressing passages. A positioning portion is disposed on the upper end of the auger shaft to position the cutter at a predetermined circumferential location. The cutter is provided with a cutter edge supporting portion with an attaching portion which is attached to the positioning portion and which can change the positioning location of the cutter in cooperation with the positioning portion.

Abstract: A triple loop heat exchanger for an absorption refrigeration system is disclosed. The triple loop heat exchanger comprises portions of a strong solution line for conducting relatively hot, strong solution from a generator to a solution heat exchanger of the absorption refrigeration system, conduit means for conducting relatively cool, weak solution from the solution heat exchanger to the generator, and a bypass system for conducting strong solution from the generator around the strong solution line and around the solution heat exchanger to an absorber of the refrigeration system when strong solution builds up in the generator to an undesirable level.

Abstract: In a vacuum generating system having a liquid ring vacuum pump preceded in a gas flow path by a precompressor and followed by a liquid separator, the precompressor is driven by steam produced in a heat exchanger in contact with the working fluid of the vacuum pump. The working fluid is kept at a temperature exceeding the boiling point of water.

Abstract: An apparatus for condensing cryogen (e.g., helium) boil-off in a confined space such as the neck tube of a helium cryostat comprising a Joule-Thompson heat exchanger and valve disposed around a displacer-expander cryogenic refrigerator so the thermal gradient in the heat exchanger matches that of the refrigerator.

Abstract: Non-woven, multi-layer biased structural fabric is disclosed, which is comprised of at least three layers of parallel structural fibers, with no secondary yarns or fibers in the plane of the layers to hold said fibers in parallel relationship. Both the vertical relationship of the layers and the parallelity of the fibers within each layer is maintained by vertical stitching. The fabric may be made into a structural composite by saturation and subsequent curing with a curable, crosslinking resin. An apparatus and method for forming that fabric and composite is also disclosed, which is comprised of aligned weft lay down carriages arranged sequentially and further aligned with a stitching machine. A means for advancing the fibers from each weft lay down carriage into the stitching machine passes along the weft carriages. As each layer is laid down on top of the previous layer, it is engaged by the advancing means and so brought into the stitching machine, where the layers are vertically stitched through.

Abstract: An apparatus for wet-heat treating a cloth continuously, comprising a high temperature liquid generating chamber maintained at a constant high temperature and pressure by supplying high temperature and pressure steam therein and provided with a treating solution heating pipe and a water heating pipe, and a wet-heat chamber provided with a plurality of guide rollers for transporting a cloth to be treated zigzag forming snaky undulations through the chamber and a plurality of nozzle pairs respectively arranged adjacent to both sides of the cloth and communicating to the treating solution heating pipe and/or the water heating pipe.

Abstract: The generally pie-shaped capacity decreasing insert plates are designed and shaped for easy insertion into and removable through the access door to the rotating cylinder. When positioned in the rotating cylinder, the capacity decreasing insert plates reduce the normal volume of the rotating cylinder so that a reduced quantity of textile articles may be dyed with a corresponding reduced amount of dye liquid in the dye machine. The capacity decreasing insert plates thus permit the selective variation of the volume of the rotating cylinder between a full capacity and a reduced capacity.

Abstract: A lock assembly features a removable cylinder plug. The cylinder plug is rotatably disposed in an outer body portion of the lock assembly that is itself movably positionable in a lock housing. The removable plug is only removable when the outer body portion of the assembly is disengaged from the housing. The body portion is disengageable when the inner plug member is rotated within the body portion after insertion of a key.

Abstract: A guard for protecting the cylinder of a door lock from removal comprises a substantially rectangular plate having a first portion including a section adapted to fit over the lock cylinder and a second portion offset from the first portion, the second portion traversing the gap between the door and the doorjamb for protecting the bolt.

Abstract: An electrical upsetting method for upsetting a cylindrical metal material, which is durable against wear and tear due to high temperature as well as vigorous friction under heavy pressure during the upsetting work, wherein a space gap is provided between the outer peripheral surface of the workpiece and the inner peripheral surface of the shaping die to prevent the die from direct heat from the workpiece generated by electric conduction across the electrodes, or wherein a space gap is provided between the outer peripheral surface of the anvil electrode and the inner peripheral surface of the shaping die, and an inert gas is filled in the space gap to protect the die from oxidation due to its exposure to the external atmosphere, or air, as well as to maintain the die in a cooled condition by the inert gas.

Abstract: The braking channel comprises a fixed channel section for each strand of bars, provided with two open-bottom chambers which are normally covered up by the sliding surfaces of a pendulum structure, the effect of which will brake the bars and let them come to rest. For bar discharge on to the cooling bed, the pendulum structure is swivelled rhythmically toward the right and left to positions in which the discharge openings reach underneath a pair of chambers. The kinematic inversion could also be applied, in which case the sliding section would be in a fixed position and the channel sections would move in pendulum fashion.

Abstract: After extrusion in an indirect metal extrusion press a removal arm, the end of which carries a holding sleeve for a die, a discard and a closing plate, is swung into the press axis between the billet carrier and the closing ram. The sleeve is divided into two transversely to the press axis. One part is fixed to the arm and clamps the die, while the other part receives the discard and the closing plate and can be displaced axially in the direction of the closing ram from the fixed sleeve part, the discard and the closing plate attached thereto being released. An hydraulically displaceable clamping seat provided on the removal arm and comprising respective pairs of grippers moves from below up to the closing plate and the discard and embraces them. During the operation to shear the discard from the extruded billet present in the clamped die the discard and the closing plate are moved downwards in a controlled manner.

Abstract: A beaded edge is formed on a plate member, which has an upstanding outer edge bent with a predetermined radius of curvature, by placing the plate member on a lower die and applying a uniform force against the free edge of the upturned portion at an approximately 45.degree. angle to turn the outer portion inwardly to form an angle of about 45.degree. with the plate member, and then pressing the free edge downward into contact with the plate member while maintaining a substantially constant curvature of the bend region to produce a beaded edge.

Abstract: An improved rotational viscometer for testing drilling muds is disclosed. In a preferred and illustrated embodiment, a rotatable tubular sleeve is driven by a pulsed stepper motor. The drilling mud couples to a bob of cylindrical shape supported on a shaft. The sleeve is rotated or torqued, applying rotation to the shaft which is monitored by an optical encoder. The stepper motor is driven for a programmable sequence of specific intervals at specific speeds, and the mud coupled rotation at the encoder shaft is observed. The data obtained is scaled to provide an indication of viscosity and other measurements of the drilling mud indicated by an output LED display or other display type as desired. The mud is tested by a specified sequence of test procedures sanctioned by the American Petroleum Institute.

Abstract: The luminosity probe includes an elongated tubular member having a bore extending therethrough. Within the bore is a light pipe having a diameter less than the diameter of the bore so as to create an annulus therebetween. Such annulus is filled with epoxy.

Abstract: The volume of clay within earth formations is determined throughout the vertical extent of a borehole using measurements of the natural gamma rays emitted from these formations comprised substantially entirely of clay. The clay volume determination is used for evaluating the volume of potassium oxide present in the formations. The percent of expandable layers present within the formations is determined, as a direct indicator of potential clay swelling difficulties and thus sensitivity to formation damage sensitivity, based on an extropolated and normalized potassium oxide volume. The percent expandable layers determination is used for determining the cation exchange capacity of the formations.

Abstract: A meter for measuring the rate of flow of a fluid comprises an inlet and outlet for the fluid, a surface intermediate of said inlet and outlet over which the fluid will flow in passing from inlet to outlet, a second surface maintained at a different temperature to the first surface and being connected thereto by means of a thermal bridge and means for measuring the temperature of fluid flowing over the first surface, the second surface and at an intermediate point on the thermal bridge, so as to provide a measure of the thermal insulative effect of the boundary layer formed by the flow of fluid over the first surface and hence of the rate of flow of the fluid.

Abstract: A concentric rod and tube sensor for a thermal mass flow controller or flow meter is disclosed. The flow meter has a flow passage therethrough for measuring the flow rate of a fluid and includes a heater for heating the fluid flowing therethrough. The flow meter senses the temperature rise of the fluid flowing through the flow path heated by the heater and then generates a signal in response to the temperature rise of the fluid with this signal being proportional to the mass flow rate of the fluid flowing through the flow path. The flow meter includes an inlet bushing having at least one opening therethrough, an outlet bushing having another opening therethrough, a tube extending between and being received by the bushings, and a rod disposed concentrically within the tube.

Abstract: Monitoring and signaling device having at least one tape for indicating a measurement value of a measuring unit and for actuating a signal transmitter, the tape having a section thereof stretched over spatially separated guides and having a travel proportional to the measurement value and a coating effecting actuation of the signal transmitter which is displaceable parallel to the section of the tape extending between the guides, including an indicator for indicating a set nominal-value signaling point, the indicator and the signal transmitter being integrated in a signal head, and two bars extending parallel to the section of the tape and carrying the signal head, the section of the tape being displaceable past the signal transmitter in direct vicinity thereof and between the signal transmitter and the indicator.

Abstract: An unbalance measurement device is provided for a balancing machine for determining the unbalance of a rotor according to position and magnitude. The balancing machine has a drive motor, transducers, a spindle supporting the rotor to be balanced, and an increment disc fixed to the spindle. Filter circuitry for analog signals is provided for the purpose of reducing extraneous signals by means of a filter whose mid-frequency is controlled by a high control frequency. Due to this filtering, changes in the rotational frequency of the rotor to be balanced do not influence the determination of the position of the unbalance. In addition, in the case of correction in several planes, interference of the measurement in one plane caused by the preceding measurement in the other plane is prevented.

Abstract: A method of measuring a contact stress at contacting surfaces of solid masses of a same kind or different kinds by utilizing an ultrasonic wave, including the steps of causing an ultrasonic wave to impinge onto the contacting surfaces; comparing an acoustic wave of the ultrasonic wave reflected from the contacting surfaces with an acoustic wave of the ultrasonic wave transmitted through the contacting surfaces (4); and measuring the contact stress using the value of the comparison as the index of evaluation, whereby measuring non-destructively, easily, quantitatively and with a high precision, the contact stress of the contacting surfaces of parts or members constituting, for example, a machine or equipment in their stationary as well as dynamic conditions.

Abstract: In an acoustic microscope device using an acoustic surface wave, a plurality of interdigital electrodes are provided on an acoustic surface wave propagating medium in a linear or circular manner, and these electrodes are selectively connected to a transmitting signal source via a multiplexer and respective delay lines having such delay times that the acoustic surface waves generated from the selected electrodes are focused at a focal point on the medium. The selection of the electrodes and the delay times of the delay lines are so changed that the focal point is moved two-dimensionally over the medium surface. The acoustic surface waves reflected at the focal points are received by the selected electrodes and electric signals from the electrodes are summed through the delay lines to derive an image signal at the relevant focal point. In this manner, a tomographic image of a specimen near its surface which is made in contact with the medium is formed.

Abstract: A variable delay memory system (200) has an addressable memory means (66-1) having a data input port and a data output port. A counter (206) is connected to supply a write address on bus (212) for storage of data supplied to the data input port on bus (64-1). A subtracter means (214) is connected to receive the write address as one input on bus (210) and a second input proportional to a desired delay time on bus (72-1). The subtracter means (214) is connected to supply its output as a read address on bus (216) for data stored in the memory means (66-1) to be supplied at the data output port on bus (76-1).

Abstract: In a method of measuring the flow velocity of a suspension by ultrasonic echo pulse technique, two or several ultrasonic transducers, located at a distance from each other, are placed on the surface of the pipe conducting a suspension flow. An ultrasonic pulse is transmitted from the transducers through the pipe and an echo of the ultrasonic pulse is received after a time determined by the depth of the suspension. The echo pulses are received, and a low frequency signal contained in such pulses, caused by fibres or other particles in the suspension, is amplitude-detected. A second, or later, echo from the opposite wall of the pipe is utilized if a received echo is masked by the transmitted pulse. The signals derived from the transducers are compared by correlation and the flow velocity of the suspension to be measured is thus determined. The second echo from the opposite wall of the measuring pipe is preferably used.

Abstract: Gas flow metering using a capacitance measurement and comprising a taut elastomeric membrane, preferably tubular in form, which expands or contracts as a function of flow rate past it to an extent determined by Bernouilli's principle. The thus changing distance between this membrane and one or more external electrodes measured by capacitance change or other means is correlatable with the instantaneous flow rate and such measurement can be made essentially without regard to entrained solids or liquids in the gas flow, phase and temperature changes (moderate) within the gas flow or mixture or changing composition therein and with rapid response and low back pressure.

Abstract: A load measuring apparatus for determining a load affecting a predetermined point of a mechanical system including a solid state member to which the load is directly transmitted and an integrated monolithic sensor, connected with the solid state member, with directional sensitivity to deformation, the sensor producing an electrical signal proportional to the load. The solid state member includes a unilaterally fixed rigid flexional beam having a freely protruding end portion thereof under load stress and a section thereof close to a fixing point which contains in locking contact the sensor which is sensitized in the direction of the maximum inner deformation of the flexional beam.

Abstract: A gas sampling extractor for extracting a stack gas sample for analysis. The gas sampling extractor includes a filter housing and an eductor in combination with gas conditioning apparatus for sampling and conditioning the emission pollutant content of a gaseous medium in a stack prior to introducing the sample gas to a measuring instrument for further analysis thereof.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a valve particularly suitable for sampling internal combustion engine lubricating oil while being used within the engine and consists of a valve body placed within a pressurized oil conduit. The body includes an orifice having a valve element movable between open and closed positions by a sample collecting receptacle wherein one hand operation is readily achieved. The valve element includes a proboscis suitable for piercing the sample receptacle diaphragm, and a spring produces a positive biasing force on the valve element toward the closed position. A removable cover protects the valve element and proboscis when not in use.

Abstract: A needle assembly for feeding a carrier gas into a sample vessel during the head-space analysis of a sample includes a lateral outlet passage for conveying the gas.

Abstract: A power transmitting device for an oil well pump of the type which utilizes a rotating power source and provides an input capable of operating a pair of cranks for driving a reciprocating pump. The power transmitting device includes a first speed reducer having an input shaft with a pinion bevel gear mounted thereon with the input shaft being operably connected to the power source. The first speed reducer also includes a ring bevel gear in meshing engagement with the pinion bevel gear which is fixedly mounted on a intermediate location of a rotatable output shaft. The output shaft operates a second speed reducer at each end thereon which is capable of providing an output which can be directly coupled to the cranks. The invention includes a method of manufacturing utilizing a number of existing components.

Abstract: Carriage drive means having cables or belts for transmitting drive force and a spring for tensioning the cables or the belts. A rigid member interposed between the spring and the cable or belt, the rigid member constituting a self-locking mechanism which allows the member to move, when elongation occurs in the cable or belt, to a position in which the elongation is absorbed by the tension of the spring, but does not allow same to move in a direction in which it is restored to its original position.In the aforesaid self-locking mechanism, the rigid member may be in the form of a segmental cam which engages with suitable friction the shaft of a pulley mounted for movement while having the cable wound thereon, or the rigid member may engage with suitable friction a pivotal member for supporting in a position remote from the pivot the pulley having the cable wound thereon.

Abstract: A concentric pulley drive assembly is disclosed as having a central pulley mounted to a motor axle and rotatably driven therewith by a drive motor. A partial pulley in the form of a partial annulus is positioned about a portion of the periphery of the central pulley concentrically with respect to the motor axle. A tape strip coupling the two pulleys transmits torque from the central pulley to the partial pulley to induce annular rotations of the partial pulley about the motor axle commensurate with the annular rotation of the central pulley. An antenna or sensor support platform is coupled to the extremities of the partial pulley for pivotal positioning about the motor axle in conjunction with the annular rotation of the motor axle.

Abstract: An infinitely variable traction roller transmission with traction rollers arranged between, and in engagement with, opposite toric discs for the transmission of motion therebetween includes traction roller support trunnions pivotally mounted in a transmission housing which has partially cylindrical housing cavities formed behind the trunnions, the trunnions having support cavities receiving pressurized fluid for floatingly supporting the trunnions on the cylindrical housing cavities to permit friction free pivoting and axial movement of the trunnions for adjustment of the transmission ratio.

Abstract: A forward-reverse changeover apparatus for working vehicles which comprises frist and second multiplate clutches, and an input shaft and an output shaft arranged concentrically with and separated from each other. Output gears extending from the first and second clutches respectively have the same number of teeth, and the output gear from the second clutch is positioned closer to the input shaft than an input gear on the output shaft.

Abstract: The reverse drive gear wheel is mounted to be fixed in translation on its selector shaft (26). The gear ratio selector and engagement control element (20) comprises a peg (23) engaging directly with a notched yoke (31) fixed to the selector shaft (26). The peg is so designed that a reverse drive ratio engagement angular movement is roughly double that of another peg (22) used to operate the forward drive gear selector shafts.

Abstract: A brake operating device for a bicycle, comprising: a fixing member comprising a bracket member, a mounting member retained thereto, and a tightening band, and an operating lever; the lever being provided with a support member which supports a retainer at one end of a control wire, the mounting member being provided with an outer stop for an outer sheath guiding the wire, so that the wire and outer sheath are drawn out from below the bracket member toward a handle bar.

Abstract: A helicopter transmission system includes a gearbox comprising a gearcase (11) having a hollow stub axle (12) by which operational loads are transmitted from a main sustaining rotor to a fuselage structure. One or more input speed reducing gear trains (20, 21, 22, 23) are individually supported in hollow lobe portion(s) (14) supported from the axle (12), the or each lobe portion having an individual lubricating oil sump (18) and circulating means (31) adapted to circulate lubricating oil to the respective gear trains. Preferably, interconnecting means (33) are provided to connect the respective individual sumps, and valve means (32, 35) are adapted to maintain a flow of lubricating oil in the event of a loss of oil from one of the sumps.

Abstract: Means are provided for coupling at will a driven shaft (2), intended more particularly for adjusting the orientation of the blades of a boat propellor, either to the output shaft (1) of a motor or to a hand operable member (3). To this end there are provided three coaxial inwardly splined ring-wheels juxtaposed axially and integral respectively, the first two (13,14) with the two shafts and the third one (16) with said member, an outwardly splined hub (15), a tangent wheel (22) integral with said member and coacting with an endless screw (23) operable by means of a crank and screw means actuated by the rotation of a crank mounted on a head (28) and arranged so as to control the axial sliding of the hub by means of thrust bearings (32) and springs (33).

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission comprising driving and driven pulleys and a V-belt interconnecting these pulleys. A forward gear is rotatably mounted on a driven shaft and a multiple disc friction clutch is mounted within the driven pulley and operative to connect the driven pulley to the forward gear.

Abstract: An overdrive unit in an automatic transmission having a planetary gear set including a helical gear and a thrust bearing interposed between the sun gear and revolving carrier for supporting any thrust loads produced between the sun gear and the carrier, thereby reducing the amount of any external force to be exerted on the outer race of the one-way clutch and thus improving the durability of the one-way clutch.

Abstract: A differential drive mechanism (10) includes a driving member (12) and a driven member (16). A planetary gearset (64) drivingly connects the driving member (12) and driven member (16) to drive the driven member (16) at a speed lower than that of the driven member (12) when the electromagnetic actuator (46) is energized. When the electromagnetic actuator (46) is not energized, a clutching member (22) engages the driven member (16) to cause the latter to be driven at the same speed as that of the driving member (12).

Abstract: A servo drive for driving an output shaft of a valve comprises a gear housing on which is mounted an electric driving motor which drives an eccentric through back gears. A planetary gear train includes an externally toothed inner gear engaged on the eccentric and driven thereby. The output shaft extends through the eccentric. An internally and an externally toothed outer gear has an internal gear portion and engageable with the external gear of the inner gear and has an outer gear portion engaged with a worm in a fixed self-locking manner. A plurality of wound bolts of equal diameter are arranged in spaced circumferential locations along a first circle around the center of the inner gear and they are spaced from each other by equal lengths of arc which protrude in one axial direction. A perforated disc connected to the output shaft has a disc portion oriented parallel to the inner gear and has a plurality of circumferentially spaced round holes in the same number of the number of bolts.

Abstract: An engine is coupled to an automatic power transmission having a lockup device. The lockup device is in an operative position when the speed of the engine is higher than a preset lockup reference level, and is in a rest position when the engine speed is not higher than the lockup reference level. A deceleration sensor detects when the engine is required to decelerate. A speed sensor detects the speed of the engine. A fuel-control device is associated with the deceleration sensor and the speed sensor to supply fuel to the engine when the engine is required to decelerate and the engine speed is lower than an adjustable fuel-supply control level. The fuel-control device also serves to interrupt the supply of fuel to the engine when the engine is required to decelerate and the engine speed is not lower than the fuel-supply control level. When the lockup device is in the rest position, the fuel-supply control level is equal to a first preset value.

Abstract: A quick-change tool comprises a shank assembly and a cutting head cartridge detachably mounted on the shank assembly. The cartridge supports a cutting insert and is provided with a receptacle on the rear end thereof. The shank assembly comprises a shank body having an axial bore and a draw bar slidably held in the axial bore. The draw bar is provided with a plug on its front end. The shank body is provided with a step-like extension extending forwardly from the lower part of its front end surface below the axial bore. A key adapted to be snugly received between a pair of laterally opposed walls on the cartridge is fixed to the step-like extension. The receptacle is formed of laterally opposed side walls and a cross bar connecting the upper ends of the side walls. Laterally elongated upper abutment surfaces are formed on the rear end surface of the cross bar portion and on the front end surface of the shank body.

Abstract: Apparatus for successive cut-off operations at axially spaced locations along an elongated tubular workpiece wherein the workpiece is rotated during cut-off operations and successively advanced axially between such operations. The cut-off operations occur at a work station where a front portion of the workpiece is successively advanced, rotated and severed with an elongated portion of the workpiece extending rearwardly from the work station. A pair of elongated guide and support rails extend adjacent the rearwardly projecting portion of the workpiece and mount a workpiece supporting mechanism which is freely moveable therealong toward and away from the work station. The mechanism comprises a freely rotatable collet assembly adapted to grip and release the workpiece. Operating means for the collet assembly comprise a handwheel, a gear train, and a shell cam which is rotatable through a limited angle and axially moveable at the urging of the handwheel and gear train.

Abstract: A system for slitting a parent web to form grooved rolls including movable shear slitters and a Coanda nozzle device for removing trim segments from the shear slitters.

Abstract: Apparatus for trimming the lateral marginal portions of successive stacks of sheets of multiple unit width and for subdividing the trimmed stacks into stacks of unit width has an advancing unit which moves the stacks stepwise in a direction at right angles to their width, a trimming station where the marginal portions of successive stacks are trimmed, and two or more severing stations which are disposed one after the other, as considered in the direction of advancement of the stacks, and at each of which the width of the stacks is reduced by one unit width as a result of separation of discrete stacks of unit width therefrom. The stacks at the severing stations are moved sideways by the width of a stack of unit width prior to a separating step. The mechanisms at the severing stations employ knives which are aligned with one another, as considered in the direction of advancement of stacks, and are accessible at the outer sides of the respective severing stations.

Abstract: A wire saw which is simple in construction and which, in practice, can effortlessly handle workpieces of any dimensions, yet requires relatively little space, in particular with diamond chip studding on the reciprocating part of the saw wire; the wire saw includes two reels provided with thread-like grooves and arranged on respective shafts for receiving the finite saw wire whereby each reel is operatively connected with a rotary drive in such a manner as to assure synchronization in the direction of rotation and rotational speed; the sawing place is thereby located between the reels.

Abstract: A microtome, especially an ultramicrotome, is disclosed in which a forward-feed system for the specimen arm and/or knife of the microtome comprises a stepping motor which is controlled by a pulse generator and which shifts the specimen arm, and the knife, relative to each other by an appropriate amount of forward feed in accordance with a forward-feed value which is set at one of a plurality of preselector switches. In order to facilitate quick switching over from one forward-feed amplitude to another, permitting the selection of forward-feed amplitudes which differ by an order of magnitude, for example, if semi-thin sections are to be produced during a run of ultra-thin sections, the forward-feed amplitudes set by the preselector switches can be switched, according to choice, to the pulse generator for the stepping motor by means of a changeover switch. This arrangement enables the operator to alter the forward-feed amplitude by one manual action without disturbing the ongoing operation.

Abstract: An anti-kickback saw chain including a cutter link having a cutter portion which includes a shoulder located rearwardly of a cutting edge at the forward end of the cutter portion.