Abstract: The apparatus has a strip cutting device (6) in which the sheet piles (1) are cut into bundle strips (8), a bundle cutting device (16) for cutting the bundle strips into banknote bundles (17) and therebetween a banding station (9) for the bundle strips (8). This banding station (9) has as many synchronously operating banding devices (9a, 9b, 9c, 9d) as there are banknote positions per strip and a band detector system (30,31,32) which indicates the absence of a band (10) or an incorrectly performed banding operation by means of a fault signal which switches off the apparatus. Simultaneously an indication is given at which individual banding device (9a, 9b, 9c, 9d) the fault has occured. Each of these banding devices can be set in operation by means of an associated switch member (34a, 34b, 34c, 34d) for carrying out an individual late banding operation. Then the apparatus can be restarted to continue the automatic operation.

Abstract: A self-propelled lawn mower (2) has an engine (4), transmission (8), two drive wheels (10) and a rearwardly and upwardly extending handle (18). A pivotable and rotatable control bar (20) is mounted on handle (18). The pivotable and rotatable bar (20) provides individual or simultaneous engagement of drive wheels for ground traction, gradual or zero radius turns, and braking. Thus a single control bar (20) provides a multitude of functions.

Abstract: Lawn clippings are pelletized and distributed back onto the lawn directly, for example, as part of a mowing operation. For this purpose the lawn clippings are supplied into the top of a chamber wherein compression rollers press the clippings through a stationary apertured plate for extruding the clippings in the form of compressed strands. A rotating distribution disk is arranged below the plate for breaking up the strands into pellets and for throwing or distributing the pellets over the lawn as it is being mowed. The pressure applied to the grass clippings is adjusted to be sufficient for the extrusion, but insufficient for squeezing the natural juices out of the grass clippings. To avoid clogging and positive extrusion at all times during the operation, the compression rollers are preferably driven positively by a double drive system for rotation about a vertical and horizontal axis.

Abstract: A crop harvesting machine having a pivoted drawbar forwardly extending harvesting apparatus is disclosed wherein the drawbar can be positioned in a transversely extending direction to permit a transportation of the harvester in a transverse direction when mounted on a mobile carrier. A support plate on which stops are provided to limit the operative range of pivotal movement of the drawbar is selectively movable to change the position of the stops relative to the frame of the harvester and permit the drawbar to be pivoted to a transversely extending position. By positioning the harvester upon a mobile carrier the harvester can be transported in a transverse direction without disconnecting the drawbar from the prime mover.

Abstract: A mechanical fruit picker includes a vacuum-operated picking tube which is operably mounted to a tractor and which is designed to pick and deliver fruit to a trailer pulled behind the tractor. The vacuum in the tube is created by a blower mounted to the power take-off of the tractor, while foam rubber paddles are provided within the tube to slow the movement and thus prevent bruising of the fruit. An operator using the tube stands on a platform which is hydraulically adjustable in both horizontal and vertical directions and which is mounted on the top of the tractor. The tube is selectively retractible and extensible at both ends so as to facilitate the picking of fruit in difficult to reach locations and to control the distance that the fruit must fall into the fruit storage trailer. The trailer must be lined with foam rubber to further lessen the likelihood of the fruit damage during the picking operation.

Abstract: A spinning aggregate is disclosed for spinning wrapped yarn. A drivable hollow spindle carrys a corotating sleeve with a binding yarn wound on said sleeve, a corotating positive false-twisting device into which the binding yarn and a sliver enter, said sliver being fed by means of a delivery mechanism having a pair of delivery rollers forming a nip, and a pair of withdrawal rollers following the hollow spindle. It is provided that the distance of the false-twisting device from the nip formed by the pair of delivery rollers of the delivery device is shorter than the median staple length of the sliver to be wound.

Abstract: A device for use in loading a rotary stranding machine of the so-called fork construction comprises an L-shaped loading platform located laterally adjacent to the stranding machine to receive wire supply bobbins resting thereon. The loading platform is mounted for rectilinear upward sliding movement upon mountings which are in turn mounted for pivoting movement about a horizontal axis parallel to the rotary axis of the stranding machine. A jacking means is linked between a fixed anchorage and a part of the loading platform spaced from the horizontal pivotal axis whereby upon extension of the jacking means the loading platform is first tilted about the horizontal axis and then moved rectilinearly to bring the ends of the bobbin into alignment with loading pintles of the stranding machine.

Abstract: In a multi-spool turbo machine, a first shaft of the low pressure spool is supported for rotation with respect to a second shaft of the high pressure spool and is located with respect to the second shaft by means of a roller bearing. Rollers of the bearing are inserted between an internal ring mounted on the second shaft and an outer ring mounted by a ring support assembly carried by the first shaft. The ring support assembly includes a ring support member which comprises, at its outer periphery, a first toothed element cooperating with a second toothed element carried by retaining means. The ring support member is held axially by a channel-section member.

Abstract: An exhaust gas cleaning device for collecting and burning off particulates within exhaust gases discharged from an internal combustion engine of an automobile or the like is disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an exhaust system of an internal-combustion engine includes a resonance chamber having its terminating end closed and communicating with an intermediate portion of an exhaust passage of the engine, and a stop valve provided at the inlet of the resonance chamber for opening or closing the inlet in a predetermined operation region of the engine. The stop valve is actuated to effect its opening/closing operation in accordance with a predetermined operation region of the engine by means of a governor mechanism actuated in response to the rotation of a crankshaft of the engine. Through the opening/closing control effected by the stop valve, the natural frequency of the exhaust system is controlled in accordance with the operating conditions of the engine, thereby allowing the intake efficiency of the engine to be raised over a wide operation range, from low speed to high speed. Accordingly, a high output is maintained at all times.

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission (2) is constructed utilizing a constant displacement pump (4) of fixed fluid power stroke, rather than a variable displacement pump with a variable pump stroke. A fluid motor (14) is driven by the pump and has an output stroke. Means (22) are provided for varying the output stroke without varying the input power stroke.

Abstract: Geothermal fluid is pumped up through a production well applying the following process. The produced geothermal fluid is separated into steam and brine in a separator tank or a flash tank. A part of the separated steam is compressed by a steam compressor and brought into the production well. The steam acts as a pump by its bubble effect and pumps up the brine. The other part of steam and brine are utilized for driving the power generating apparatus such as a turbine, total flow turbine or the like.

Abstract: A steam turbine control system which includes a manual panel with pushbuttons for operator control of the steam admission valves. Each valve has its own control means and is responsive to pushbutton activation to govern its valve movement. If a pushbutton indicating valve opening or closing gets stuck, the operator pushes a pushbutton indicating opposite movement and the control means switches to a special control mode after a predetermined period of time. In the special mode valve movement stops after removal of the operator's finger pressure and valve movement is accomplished by activation of predetermined pairs of pushbuttons.

Abstract: A split cycle cryogenic cooler system of the Stirling split type comprises a compressor which is positioned in a sealed casing, the drive for the compressor being constituted by an electro-motor positioned outside the casing, magnetic torque coupling transmitting rotational movement from the motor to the piston of the compressor via a crankshaft.

Abstract: Provided is a water heating device of heat pump type which comprises a compressor, an evaporator, a duplex-pipe condenser and a blower means, characterized in that the blower means and the compressor are laid horizontally and, at the back of this arrangement, the evaporator is disposed, and the duplex-pipe condenser wound in a slender elliptic form is disposed on tops of the evaporator and blower means.

Abstract: A contact freezing apparatus comprises a plurality of freezing plates in which freezing medium is circulated in the interior, movably connected at a predetermined interval in an elevational direction, first elevation cylinder for raising the uppermost freezing plate until the respective plates are suspended and lowering the same so that the adjacent plates make contact with freezing pans, second elevation cylinder for raising or lowering at least one specific freezing plate in the state that respective plates are suspended to dispose the lowermost freezing plate at a predetermined position in height, and engaging or disengaging mechanism for engaging the specific plate with or from the second elevation cylinder in response to the position in height of the specific freezing plate. Thus, a worker can load or unload the freezing pan on or from the freezing plate at a predetermined position in height.

Abstract: Device for oil cooling forming part of a mixture of compressed gas and oil from a compressor and directed to separator in a compression unit comprising an evaporator connected to said compressor, said separator being connected both to a condenser, in turn connected to said evaporator, and to said compressor by a conduit for oil supply to the compressor, characterized in that said conduit is connected by a line comprising an ejector to the conduit connecting the compressor to the separator, means being provided connecting the tank of the refrigerating fluid from the condenser to said ejector, so that a portion of oil from the separator passes through said ejector where vacuum is built up drawing a portion of the refrigerating fluid which is accordingly mixed with said mixture of compressed gas and oil to suitably cool down the oil forming part of said mixture.

Abstract: The invention concerns a wool washing arrangement whereby the washings are divided into a wool-wax containing line and two sludge-containing lines of which the first sludge containing line contains wax-bearing sludge and the second contains wax-free sludge, the first sludge is treated for separation of the wax and the sludge and the second for separation of the sludge, the supernatant liquor from the latter being mixed with at least a portion of a flow containing a high concentration of soluble salts.

Abstract: A machine for liquid treatment of fabrics in rope form forming a closed loop, which includes a mechanical draw device for cause the continuous advance movement of rope to a device for merely impregnate the rope with the treatment liquid and for producing a folded configuration to the impregnated rope, and conveying means synchronized with the draw device for carrying the folded rope from the impregnation and folding device to a point at which the rope is drawn up by the mechanical draw device.

Abstract: The dimensions of a product passing through the finishing block of a roll rolling mill are measured. Where the dimensions of the product exiting the last finishing stand are out-of-tolerance, a calculation is made to determine the extent to which the roll parting of the work rolls of one of the two last finishing stands must be adjusted to bring the product into tolerance. Based on the calculated adjustment, progressively smaller adjustments are made to the roll partings of the work rolls of the upstream finishing stands to distribute the work which must be performed on the product to bring the product into tolerance.

Abstract: The roll-forming machine includes a series of roll-forming stands for shaping a flat workpiece into a desired configuration, a device for monitoring the positioning of the workpiece at the entry side of the roll-forming machine, and a control unit for sending signals to each roll-forming stand to effect transverse movement of the forming members according to a predetermined roll-forming pattern. The roll-forming stand may have either driven contoured rolls or nondriven forming rollers.

Abstract: Hot-rolled metal strip is pickled and then, before oiling and coiling, is subjected to a rolling operation of the skin-pass and/or bend-leveling type. If the strip is to be longitudinally split in half, the rollers of the skin-pass assembly--which preferably consists of two stages--may include a substantially barrel-shaped roller pair designed to impart a symmetrical cross-section to each of the two strip halves.

Abstract: Apparatus for the hydroplastic processing of tubular products which finishes the inner surfaces of such products while attaining exact outer dimensions thereof. The apparatus employs a vertical hydraulic press having a movable slide and a work table therebeneath. To the slide there is attached a device for the hydroplastic processing of tubular products, and on the workpiece of the press there is secured a positioning fixture bearing at least one die adapted to have a billet introduced thereinto. Secured to the slide of the press is a carrying plate and beneath the carrying plate and spaced therefrom there is a base plate upon which there are mounted a vertical broaching rod and, laterally spaced therefrom, a knockout rod.

Abstract: A shaper for the coils of large rotary electric machines bends an elongate loop coil blank so that the inwardly-directed faces (15) of the straight parallel sections are turned downwardly so that the ends (14) of the coil "kink" downwardly, thereby making possible a downwardly directed mallet blow for initiating kinking of the ends 14 in the correct direction.

Abstract: A strip (10) of delicate foil is advanced longitudinally along a substantially flat path such as along a platen (104) for printing patterns of lead clusters (12) in photoresist on the foil. A margin (28) of strip (10) is formed into a guiding member such as a standing ridge (98), leaving a residue portion (29) in a desirably flat condition. Ridge (98) has a convenient reference edge (102) and a structural angle is formed by ridge (98) with adjacent foil portions. Such angle is sufficiently strong that advancing strip (10) receives no unacceptable deformation as the reference edge (102) is contacted such as to a reference wall (100) for guidance. Strip (10) is biased so the reference edge (102) maintains contact with guiding apparatus so located that the strip follows the desired path. For example, a flat member (122) is biased downward upon the residue portions (29) of strip (10) and the flat path while a side of member (122) is biased against ridge (98) and the reference wall (100).

Abstract: An apparatus is provided which forms flanges on sheet metal for ventilation duct walling. The apparatus comprises a die support which contains a pressure die, a beam punch carrier mounted in low-friction manner on the die support, and a forming roller pivotally housed in a recess of the die support. Hydraulic drives are supported, each between the die support on the one hand and the beam punch carrier or the forming roller on the other hand, and these produce the movements necessary for edge folding and roll forming. The forces which arise are taken up directly at their point of origin by the mutually moving parts themselves.

Abstract: A mobile pipe bending carriage, for storing and transporting bending equipment used in making radius bends in pipe, conduit, tubing and the like, having a mobile carriage structure with:(1) mounting attachment means for mounting thereon any one of various makes of conventional three-point bending frame assemblies, in a stationary, vertical, operating position;(2) rack means for storing different sized bending shoes;(3) swivel-type casters for mobility;(4) leveling means for stability during bending operations;(5) cradle means for mounting a hydraulic pump, an electric motor and a locker for the storage of small tools and accessories used in bending operations;(6) a detachable leveling clamp, used with the bending frame assembly, for accurately gauging and aligning the bending of pipe, conduit, tubing and the like.

Abstract: A combination cable crimper and cutter. A frame mounts a piston for reciprocating axial movement. A reciprocating drive is connected to the piston. A pair of cable-crimping jaws is pivotally mounted on the frame and connected by links to the piston. A cutter anvil is mounted on the frame adjacent one of the jaws. A cutter is mounted on the jaw in cable-cutting relation to the cutter anvil.

Abstract: This invention is a method for providing an impression profile in a reference standard material utilized in inspecting critically stressed components with pulsed ultrasound. A die stamp (10) having an I letter, reference numeral (36), is used to impress a reference material (50) having a surface (52). The die stamp is placed against the surface (52) and struck with an inertia imparting member to impress the I in the reference standard material. Upset (54) may appear on the surface (52) as a result of the impression and is removed to form a smooth surface (52). The stamping and upset removal is repeated until the entire surface area of a depth control platform (30) on the die stamp uniformly contacts the material surface (52). The I impression profile in the reference standard material (50) is utilized for reflecting pulsed ultrasonic beams as a means for inspecting ultrasonically.

Abstract: Apparatus for stabilizing the pressure of air which is admitted into a cigarette testing device has a relatively large cylindrical vessel one end wall of which has an inlet receiving compressed air from a source by way of several pressure reducing valves and a flow restrictor. The inlet has a large number of openings and is surrounded by a first outlet which is also formed with a large number of openings and allows the major part of admitted air to escape from the vessel. The other end wall of the vessel has a single opening for admission of testing fluid into the testing device. The cross-sectional area of the passage which is defined by the flow restrictor for the flow of air into the vessel is a small fraction of the combined cross-sectional area of openings which form the first outlet, and the combined cross-sectional area of the openings which form the first outlet is a large multiple of the cross-sectional area of the second outlet.

Abstract: In a system for leak detection having many valves, it is desirable to have high vacuum valves operated by solenoids at opposite ends of a diffusion pump in order to isolate the diffusion pump during powr failure or during an intentional shutdown. A valve having a hard spherical ball fitting a vacuum seal and having a spring means to bias the ball in a closed position will close during a power failure. A bell-shaped actuator connected to a solenoid can be used to open the valve with built-in mechanical advantage. A circuit means can be used to supply high starting voltage to the solenoid and then lower voltage to hold the valve open.

Abstract: A viscosity meter comprises a straight metal rod having an end portion immersed in a fluid whose viscosity is determined. An intermediate portion of the rod is secured against movement and the other end portion is driven into transversal flexure oscillation by a coil. The coil is fed with an A.C. current at the natural frequency of the rod and the magnitude of the oscillation is measured.

Abstract: An ultrasonic coagulation monitor for measurement of prothrombin times and related coagulation times includes at least one piezoelectric crystal operated at a fixed frequency near its resonant frequency. A sample of material to be analyzed is placed in acoustic communication with the crystal. The voltage across the crystal is monitored in order to detect a voltage change, preferably a drop, that occurs upon coagulation of the sample. A timer is included that is turned off at a predetermined voltage drop corresponding to a particular stage of coagulation desired to be timed. In an alternative embodiment of the invention a second crystal is included and is mounted a predetermined distance from the first crystal to define a cavity therebetween. One crystal is driven by the frequency oscillator circuit and the material the coagulation of which is to be measured is placed in the cavity. A voltage sensing device senses the voltage across the second crystal and controls a timer as in the first embodiment.

Abstract: A method to measure the real contact surface area of a connector or pin is disclosed. The pin and the connector is Gold plated. The pin or the connector is coated with platinum. The pin surface and the connector surface actually comprise a multitude of peaks and valleys, termed asperites. If the pin is chosen to be coated with the platinum, the platinum coated pin is mated with a connector. A portion of the pin surface contacts a corresponding portion of the connector surface. The portion of the pin surface and the corresponding portion of the connector surface is termed a real contact surface area. The pin and connector are separated. The platinum formerly adhering to the real contact surface area of the pin is removed and adheres to the real contact surface of the gold plated connector. Using a metallograph or a scanning electron microscope, the real contact surface of the connector or pin is studied and observed.

Abstract: An engine position transducer device includes first and second discs adapted to be coupled to a rotary part of an engine. The first disc has a plurality of vanes equal in number to the number of engine cylinders. The leading edges of the vanes are equi-angularly spaced about the axis of the disc but the trailing edges are arranged so that each vane has a different length. The disc has a larger number of equally spaced marks 14. Transducers are associated with the discs and a signal processing device is provided which counts the number of marks on the second disc which pass the associated transducer while a vane on the first disc is passing the associated disc. The processing device contains stored information and can compare the count values with the stored information to provide a recognition signal. In addition the processing device is able to determine whether or not the engine is rotating in the correct direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus enabling assessment in real time of the effectiveness of a treatment of a hydrocarbon well which is being applied by introducing fluids under pressure into an injection line. The apparatus comprises a computing unit provided with connections for connection to pressure and flow pickups mounted on the injection line at the surface, and connected to a data acquisition unit receiving data relating to the well, to the petroleum-bearing stratum and to the treatment, and a visual display unit which is controlled by the computing unit and which is adapted to display flow relative to the well bottom pressure.

Abstract: A failure detection system for hydraulic pumps each having displacement varying means. The system includes displacement command generating means for generating a command value for causing the displacement varying means of one of the pumps to be displaced a predetermined amount, sensor means for sensing the amount of a displacement of the displacement varying means, comparator means for comparing the absolute value of the difference between a command value generated by the displacement command generating means and the amount of the displacement sensed by the sensor means with a predetermined allowable value, and output means for outputting a failure signal for indicating that the pump is out of order when it is found by the comparator means that the allowable value has been exceeded by the absolute value.

Abstract: A system for remote measurement of wind velocity in the atmosphere, operating from ground level. An array of acoustic transducer elements which provide for transmitting a beam of acoustic energy along a path and receiving such transmitted energy as scattered by wind in the path. The system includes signal transmitting means for driving the arrays, and signal receiving means, with a switching system for connecting the elements of the array to the transmitting means and to the receiving means, for operation as a monostatic system. Phase control for the transmitted signals comprising phase shifters and switches for selectively connecting driving signals to the elements of the array for driving selected elements at different phases to produce first, second and third beams in sequence at three different predetermined angles from a single antenna.

Abstract: An enthalpy control circuit has a humidity responsive capacitive element in one leg of a bridge circuit and a temperature responsive resistance element in another leg. The circuit is powered by a pulsating DC voltage of 1 kilohertz frequency for providing DC output, from an integrator connected to the output of the bridge circuit, indicative of enthalpy. A feedback from an integrator output to the bridge circuit is provided by chopping the DC output into appropriate AC for rebalance. Another feedback circuit around an amplifier provides a reference point compensated for offset voltages brought about by conditions such as temperature affecting circuit components.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for monitoring the bond condition of a fine aluminum wire being ultrasonically bonded to an electrode pad. The apparatus comprises a counter for generating a start and stop signal indicative of a predetermined plurality of cycles from the ultrasonic generator of the ultrasonic bonder. A stable source of pulses is applied to a second counter which is started and stopped by the start and stop signal. The count stored in the second counter is read out to a microprocessor and is indicative of the frequency of the ultrasonic generator during the bonding operation. A plurality of frequency readings are taken and measured during the formation of an ultrasonic wedge bond and this information is employed to calculate a bond quality rating which accurately predicts whether a good bond has been made or some condition exists indicating that a good bond has not been made.

Abstract: Apparatus for detecting failure of a surface tension screen disposed between a holding chamber and a main chamber of a tank includes a fixture for supporting the tank in desired test orientations, a drive mechanism on the fixture for rotating the tank and an ultrasonic transducer used in making a measurement with respect to the position of an interface between liquid and gas contained in the holding chamber of the tank. The holding and main chambers are tandemly arranged along a longitudinal axis of the tank and are each substantially filled by a liquid propellant with respective volumes of gas contained in each chamber. The fixture supports the tank in a first orientation with a nose of the tank pointing downwardly and tank longitudinal axis extending approximately 60.degree. above horizontal and to the right of vertical and in a second orientation with the tank nose pointing upwardly and tank longitudinal axis extending approximately 60.degree. above horizontal and to the left of vertical.

Abstract: An ultrasonic linear array water nozzle (10, 10A) wherein water is coupled with ultrasonic energy between linear array transducers (126) and a workpiece (132) under inspection. The nozzle includes a water receiving plenum chamber (22) extending for the length of the nozzle and for the length of linear array transducers. Plenum chamber (22) supplies water immediately downstream of the transducers where water is coupled with ultrasonic energy from the transducers. The nozzle has a main body (88) downstream of the transducers and has downstream water paths in the form of waveguides (190) which are spaced by air gaps (186), the waveguides each extending downstream in the shape of an exponential horn. The waveguides (190), formed by consecutive plates (168) having air gaps (186), are each in respective alignment with an individual transducer (126).

Abstract: A device for measuring the clamping force of a nut and bolt assembly is disclosed. The device includes a pair of adjacent, parallel metal plates each having a passage therethrough, which are in axial alignment with each other. Positioned between the plates is some pressure sensing means for sensing pressure, such as hydraulic cylinder, which is in pressure transmitting communication with some pressure measuring device, as for example a pressure gauge.

Abstract: A force transducer has (1) a pair of opposed rigid-body force summing members that each include a sensor member and (2) a pair of beam members that each extend between and couple the force summing members. These sensor members have opposing sensing portions which are mutually offset. A force-to-be-measured is applied to a summing member, either directly or through a rigid input force member. The force deforms the beams so that the sensing members are displaced with respect to each other while maintaining their parallel relationship. In one form the entire force transducer is formed from a single piece of material. A conductive material coated on a pair of small ceramic inserts that are bonded to the sensor portions form an accurate capacitor to measure the applied force. In another form, the sensor members are secured to the flexible beams.

Abstract: A digital indicating torque wrench comprising a shaft having a high modulus of elasticity and including a handle at one end, and an elongate actuating arm including a free end which moves with respect to the shaft in response to the application of torque to a workpiece. Displacement measuring means comprising an optical encoder measures the relative movement between the actuating arm and the shaft and provides deflection signals which are related to the amount of relative movement. A programmed microcomputer responsive to the deflection signals converts the amount of deflection into signals representing the amount of torque applied to the workpiece, and displays a visual representation of the applied torque.

Abstract: A sample bucket is disclosed for intercepting a sample while cutting through a flow of particulate material. The bucket is in the form of a receptacle having an open mouth and a suitable depth for retaining a desired gross sample without overflow thereof. The sample bucket has a top enclosure wall which narrows the mouth of the bucket, while the bucket is in its upright position, in order to prevent overflowing and which widens the mouth of the bucket, while the bucket is in its inverted position, to allow full discharge of the contents. The sample bucket is preferably used as a part of a bucket sampler comprising a pair of chain conveyors which pass over a conveyor drive assembly and a conveyor tail assembly having sprocket wheels with sprockets.

Abstract: A needle is movable by a servomotor between a position of rest and an operating position in a stationary housing. The needle includes a tip and a first lateral opening close to the tip and a second lateral opening spaced therefrom. A longitudinal passage of the housing through which the needle is guided includes a pair of seals at the lower end and a seal at the upper end. A carrier gas conduit ends in the longitudinal passage axially inwards of the seals. A port communicating with atmosphere ends axially inwards of the upper seal. The arrangement permits a sample extraction from sample vessels closed by a membrane without the sample vessels having to be lifted and pressed against the needle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a directional gyro having two mutually perpendicularly arranged gimbals. The first or outer gimbal is fastened to a frame by means of a trunnion having a perpendicular axis. This axis is provided with an angle pickup to determine the course angle. The second or inner gimbal is provided with a gyro motor comprising a stator and a rotor, with the rotor axis being held in a horizontal orientation by means of a verticality device. According to the invention, the verticality device comprises an element which displaces the center of gravity of the inner gimbal and is attached, for example, to this inner gimbal, and an element which damps the rotary movement about one of the gimbal axis and which is formed, for example, of a ball bearing subject to a defined friction or of a slip brush.

Abstract: A valve actuator including a link arm having an adjustable wedge shaped aperture mounted in a circumferial recess of a coupling shaft having a wedge shaped cross-section in the circumferial recess. A coupling clamp is adjustably mounted in a second circumferial recess of the coupling shaft to secure a valve shaft received in an axial recess of the coupling shaft.

Abstract: A variable speed drive that uses cone clutch surfaces, and an adjusting manism for shifting certain ones of the cone surfaces parallel to the cone angle, thereby changing the speed ratio between the input and output members. The engaged clutch surfaces preferably comprise a relatively small diameter male clutch surface engaged with a relatively large diameter female clutch surface, such that a relatively large area engagement is achieved in all adjusted positions of the clutch system. The inventive system preferably includes an intermediate member between the input and output members; this intermediate member has two sets of clutch surfaces interengaged with clutch surfaces on the input and output members to produce a two step speed change from the input member to the output member.