Abstract: Tobacco conditioning apparatus comprising a covered generally U-shaped trough containing an axially extending rotatable paddle assembly. Tobacco to be conditioned is introduced through an aperture in the cover at the inlet end, and the trough is mounted with its axis inclined downwardly towards the outlet end so that the tobacco is progressively moved from the inlet to the outlet by rotation of the paddle assembly, while being conditioned with a steam spray. The tobacco leaves the outlet end through an aperture in the base of the trough.

Abstract: This invention relates to a golf club cleaning machine characterized by a compartmented carousel having an annular tray-forming basket suspended therebeneath which holds several clubs in side-by-side upstanding circular relation for rotation therewith one-at-a-time past one or more nozzles which spray a high-pressure jet of cleaning fluid at least against the hitting face and sole of each club as it passes. An internal baffle having a concave undersurface redirects any cleaning fluid directed or splashing upwardly thereagainst back down onto the exposed portions of the club shafts and the club heads before it can reach the handgrips or otherwise escape from the machine through the opening in the lid. This baffle has inwardly-extending radially-directed slots that divide same into a plurality of individual flaps which deflect as needed to pass the club heads as they are inserted and removed from the tray.

Abstract: An outdoor sleeping system is provided incorporating a ground cover sheet to which is attached a tent cover in the form of a body section and a head section which are releasably interconnected by a slide fastener or other suitable connector. The tent cover is secured to the ground cover sheet by means of one or more slide fasteners enabling complete removal of the head and body portions of the tent cover or either of the head and body portions thereof as desired. The tent cover is constructed to permit efficient lateral or end entry into the sleeping system as is desired by the user under the conditions involved. Under wet conditions, lateral opening of the tent cover permits entry by the user while the tent cover prevents rain from getting into the sleeping system. The tent cover is supported in upright position by a plurality of ribs each of which being collapsible to a shortened condition for closure and rolling of the sleeping system.

Abstract: A method for improving the mobility and pipeline transport of a viscous crude oil by forming an oil-in-water emulsion with said oil and from 10 to 80% by weight of water in the presence of 100 to 1500 parts by weight of a surfactant blend per million parts by weight of said emulsion, said blend comprising from 15 to 85 parts by weight of an anionic or amphoteric surfactant (A) selected from those of the formulae Ar(OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.n OSO.sub.3 H, ##STR1## a sodium and ammonium salt thereof, and from 85 to 15 parts by weight of a nonionic surfactant selected from (B) of the formula Ar(OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.p OH or (C) of the formula ##STR2## the latter having an HLB value of from 10 to 20; where Ar is octylphenyl or nonylphenyl,n is 2 to 10,p is 10 to 100,a is 10 to 40, b is 15 to 55, c is 10 to 40,R.sup.1 is C.sub.8 to C.sub.18 alkyl andR.sup.2 is C.sub.12 to C.sub.18 alkyl;and said emulsion.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the realization of a leakage-free switching double seat valve allowing cleaning of seats. Said method ensures that in double seat valves comprising closing elements of which one is structurally designed as set disk and the other slide-like, there can be realized a leakage-free switching and the possibility of simultaneous cleaning of the seat surfaces of both closing elements and/or the cleaning of the seat surface of only the slide-like closing element possibly subjected to product action.

Abstract: A change-over valve for hydraulic walking mine-roof supports comprises a valve housing containing a sealed-off operating piston in which a valve member supported on a helical spring is displaceably arranged, the piston being responsive to the supply of small quantities of hydraulic fluid through an end connection in the housing and having a sealing cone adapted to close a connection of large throughflow cross-section at the opposite end of the housing which also has a side connection for the supply of pressurized fluid to a working cylinder of a mine-roof support, the large throughflow cross-section at the connection thereby guaranteeing brisk pushing-in of a piston rod of a piston in the cylinder.

Abstract: A modulator assembly is interposed in a fluid circuit between a source (S) and a user device (U), said assembly being composed of a metering electrovalve (E) forming a first restriction (.sigma.1) in the fluid circuit, a pressure regulation valve (R), loaded by a spring (22), being subjected to the pressure of fluid delivered by the metering electrovalve to the user device and forming a second variable restriction (.sigma.2) between the outlet of the electrovalve (E) and a tank (33). The pressure regulation valve (R) is integrated into the metering slide (14) of the electrovalve.

Abstract: The separating valve is intended for discharging the liquid phase of a two-phase fluid. It comprises a seating and a valve member, the latter being actuated to open by a float at the end of a first arm of a lever, whose other arm comprises a cam which engages in a neck of the shank of the valve member. The seating comprises a port at the center of a flat face from which projects a sleeve for guiding the shank of the valve member. Directed towards the flat face, the valve member comprises a flat plate from which there projects a truncated conical valve needle. Between seating and valve member there is defined an annular space communicating by three passageways with the chamber for receiving the liquid phase: one passageway which is an extension of a slot where the lever arm fits, and two passageways along a diameter perpendicular to the slot and tangential to the flat face.

Abstract: An improved swivel fire hose reel is particularly suitable for use with fire safety equipment for industrial installations. A reel having a substantially vertical axis is pivotably mounted on a base, enabling the reel to rotate 360.degree. and allow the hose to unwind at any desired angle with respect to the fire. A fluid inlet to the reel is affixed to the base, and a single fluid swivel joint enhances reliability and reduces cost of the reel assembly. An outer guard is mounted about rotatable with respect to the reel to further enhance safety and reliability.

Abstract: A high pressure relief valve for use in fluid systems, gas or liquid with zero leakage at pressures of 25,000 psi and above. The relief valve includes a valve body having an axial bore communicating with the high pressure fluid system with at least one, and preferably four, outlet orifices formed therethrough. A small diameter pilot hole is formed in the valve body communicating with the axial bore thereof and with a pilot seating area on an exterior surface thereof. A poppet member having an internal bore is slidably fitted over the valve body to seal off the outlet orifices when in a closed position and for uncovering the orifices when in an open position. A spring biases the poppet in the closed position. A pilot plunger is slidable mounted within the internal bore of the poppet to seal-off the pilot hole of the valve body when in a closed position. A spring biases the pilot plunger in the closed position.

Abstract: A multipiece control spool of a control valve is hooked together by hooks extending from the end surface of each spool member. At least one hook is provided with central plateaus that extend into beveled areas that allow for axial misalignment between hooked spool members. The end surface of one of the spool members is also provided with a central plateau and a recessed surface extending from the plateau, to further aid in allowing for axial misalignment.

Abstract: A spout assembly is provided with a discharge conduit defining a flow passage having an inlet and an outlet. The conduit has a unitary internal wall defining an aperture and a shoulder around the aperture upon which is disposed a foraminous, flow restricting member. The flow restricting member is held in position against the shoulder by a plug which is threadingly engaged with the discharge conduit in an access opening spaced from, but aligned with, the internal wall shoulder.

Abstract: A loom frame comprises side wall assemblies (9) on the narrow sides of the loom (1) and cross-members (13-16) interconnecting the side wall assemblies (9) and extending parallel to the long sides of the loom. The side walls (9) of the frame (8) are each in at least two parts (10, 11) secured to one another by at least one connecting bar (12). The same side wall parts (10, 11), but different connecting bars (12), flanges (121, 122, 125) and rests (123, 124) can be used to construct different loom frames. Different frames can therefore be produced at reasonable manufacturing costs from just a few variable parts.

Abstract: An improved shuttle returner for use in projectile looms. The shuttle returner comprises a relatively inelastic member for receiving the impact of an arriving shuttle, and a relatively elastic member coupled to the receiving member for absorbing the shuttle impact. The receiving member and elastic body member are joined together along mutually confronting surfaces substantially perpendicular to the line of impact, maximizing transfer of force into the body member without transmitting substantial impact through the elements interconnecting the receiving member and body member.

Abstract: A pair of weft grippers for moving weft yarn through a shuttleless weaving loom, comprises a carrying gripper for carrying the weft partway into the sheds of the loom and a drawing gripper for thereafter receiving and completing the passage of the yarn through the sheds. Each gripper has a body of solid synthetic resin faced on opposite sides with sheet steel that is partially embedded in the resin by molding. The spaced-apart steels shells impart great rigidity and wear resistance to the body, at the same time that the plastic body between the shells achieves light weight and low cost of the gripper.

Abstract: Apparatus for bending or deploying selected, individual, stripped, electrical wires at the stripped free end of a ribbon cable. The apparatus comprises a base having a box-like recess with fixed components or plate-like members or shims to individually position the wires to be bent. The fixed components include tall positioning shims with notches extending downwardly to contact the insulating web of a ribbon cable between its stripped wires and to properly position the web and the wires. The fixed components also include short ground wire shims located between some of the tall positioning shims for receiving, thereadjacent, ground wires of the received ribbon cable. The fixed components also include short signal wire shims located between others of the tall positioning shims for receiving, thereadjacent, signal wires of the received ribbon cable. Also included within the apparatus are bending fingers operatively associated with the fixed components for reciprocal movement with respect thereto.

Abstract: A filling element for filling machines, with the filling element having no filling tube and serving for filling bottles, cans, or similar containers with carbonated or non-carbonated liquids. The filling element includes a signal emitter for detecting the designated filling height in a container that is pressed onto the filling element and is to be filled. The signal emitter cooperates with a vertical bore that is disposed in the filling element coaxial to a container seal thereof, and is protected from the entry of liquid from the liquid guidance conduit of the filling element. The signal emitter is part of a measuring device which, when the designated filling height is detected, transmits a signal that triggers closing of the liquid flow valve of the filling element.

Abstract: An improved stump eradicating device which includes a manually operated carrier member and a rotatable shaft. A cutting wheel is mounted on the shaft and comprises a hub having at its lower end a plurality of slots. Cutting teeth are mounted in the slots and project radially outwardly for contacting a stump to be disintegrated.

Abstract: A work bench work surface extension apparatus comprises first, second, third and fourth extension members. First and second releasable attaching means releasably attach one end of each of the first and second members to one side of a work bench work surface such that the opposite ends of the members extend across the surface and project outwardly from its opposite side. Third and fourth releasable attaching means releasably attach one end of each of the third and fourth extension members to the opposite side of the work surface, such that the opposite ends of the third and fourth members project outwardly from that opposite side of the work surface. A work surface extension member can thus be supported between the extension members.

Abstract: Radial tires for motorcycles comprising a tread portion, side wall portions, bead portions, a carcass, bead apexes made of a rubber having a high hardness, and optionally reinforcing cord layers arranged outside the bead apexes, said tread portion having shoulder grooves at the shoulder portion thereof and center grooves at the center portion thereof and the depth of the shoulder grooves being from 5 to 50% of the depth of the center grooves, whereby cracking of the shoulder groove bottom caused by providing the bead apexes made of a hard rubber or the reinforcing cord layers is prevented.

Abstract: A wheel rim assembly (10) includes a first bead flange and a separable second bead flange (16), the separable second bead flange (16) being maintained on the rim assembly (10) by a separated retaining ring assembly (20). Each terminal end (22) of the retaining ring assembly (20) has an arcuately shaped bore (24) extending circumferentially, the bore (24) having an enlarged opening area (30) communicating with an axial opening (28) located at the outboard axial surface (23) of the retaining ring assembly (20). Located within the bores (24) is a flexible locking member (40) comprising a stranded wire cable (42) having balls (44) affixed securely thereto, the balls (44) being captured within the enlarged opening areas (30) and the flexible cable (42) being maintained within the arcuately shaped bores (24) by means of retaining connections (36) received in radial openings (34) passing through the terminal ends (22) and bores (24 ) of the retaining ring assembly (20).

Abstract: A spindle which is rotatably mounted in a box-like housing rotatably carries a tube. A spring is connected between the tube and spindle to exert a biasing rolling force on the tube. A stop member holds the spindle fixed with respect to the housing to permit rolling of the tube. An upper edge of a mesh screen is fixed to the tube so that the screen can be rolled up on the tube. Lateral channel shaped guide members extend downwardly from the housing and guide edges of the screen. A fastening member is connected to a lower edge of the screen and includes moveably mounted pins which are engageable into recesses in the guide members to hold the fastening member down and cover an area with the screen. The housing can be mounted over a window or door so that the screen can be pulled down over the opening of the window or door.

Abstract: A safety device for use with an overhead garage door assembly which includes elongated coil springs on either side of the door counterbalancing the door weight for assisting in the opening and closing of the door. The safety device includes an elongated flexible member extending longitudinally through each of the coil springs and being secured at its ends to fixed supports. Each end of each spring is substantially surrounded by a substantially tubularly shaped member which includes an end cap. The ends of each spring are secured to their respective supports through holes in the end caps and additional holes allow the elongated flexible members to pass therethrough. Whereby broken portions of a spring will be retained either on the elongated flexible member or within the tubular members in the event of breakage of the coil spring.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved tongue and groove connector for detachably fastening a stretchable fabric panel to a rigid frame which is characterized by a tongue-forming element attached along a line intermediate the side edges thereof to the panel in face-to-face relation to the latter, the tongue being of a width substantially greater than the groove is deep so as to define an insertable portion to be seated in the groove and a projecting portion extending therebeyond which defines a handhold. The invention also encompasses the novel method of making the aforesaid connection which comprises grasping the handhold to stretch the fabric to a point where the leading edge of the insertable portion lies adjacent the entryway into the groove and thereafter releasing the hold upon the projecting portion of the strap thereby permitting the stretched fabric to pull the insertable portion into seated relation in the bottom of the groove.

Abstract: A foundry machine for forming molds or cores from a molding material such as sand provides completely automated loading and unloading of tooling elements (24). The tool elements (24) comprising a sand magazine (36), blow plate (34), combined gassing manifold and top ejector unit (32), upper mold box (30), lower mold box (28) and bottom stool (26) are automatically transferred, in stacked, separable relationship, by tracks (40) to a vertically displaceable, work table. Vertical displacement of the work table (42) sequentially elevates the tooling elements (24) to positions within a mainframe (10) where automatically operated clamping means secure the appropriate tooling elements (24) in respective operating positions. The gassing manifold (32) includes an ejector pin assembly (274, 280) mounted therewithin.

Abstract: A mold structure has a plurality of article molds disposed in an array with an open central space. A gating system is connected with upper ends of the article molds and a base is connected with lower ends of the article molds. A baffle plate is inserted into the open central space between the article molds. The baffle plate has an area which is greater than the area of an opening in the base. A lower side of the baffle plate overlies an area on the base which extends completely around the opening in the base. To insert the baffle plate through the opening in the base, a slit is formed in the baffle plate. A portion of the base is received in the slit and then the baffle plate is rotated to turn it through the opening in the base. An alternative method of inserting the baffle plate is by partially folding the baffle plate and inserting the folded baffle plate through the opening in the base of the mold structure.

Abstract: A mold for casting cylinder blocks of combustion engines in an upright position includes a cope and a barrel core located therewith for defining a cylinder bore. A drag defines a crank space and is configured for cooperating with the cope to define a cylinder block such that the drag and cope can be stripped in an axial direction with respect to the cylinder bore.

Abstract: An industrial loader includes a fan and radiator assembly mounted above the engine thereof. The assembly comprises a housing mounted on the loader main frame. A pair of radiator cores are located in opposite sides of the housing. A pair of fore-and-aft aligned, hydraulically driven fans are mounted in the housing and operate to draw cooling air in through the cores and discharge it vertically through the top of the housing.

Abstract: Apparatus including a side pocket mandrel for inclusion in a well tubing string for removably receiving an instrument in its offset receptacle bore for monitoring at least one parameter such as pressure, temperature or the like, at a downhole location, there being an electrical conductor wire extending from equipment at the surface downward to the side pocket mandrel and a plug in the lower end of the receptacle for electrically connecting the instrument in the receptacle with the conductor wire extending from the surface so that electrical energy may be transmitted downhole to power the instrument, that the instrument may generate electrical signals representing data sensed in the well and transmit them to the surface for processing and immediate display, printout, or storage. Suitable kickover tools and running tools are also disclosed.

Abstract: There are disclosed several forms of subsea wellhead equipment of the type in which casing hangers connected to the upper ends of successively smaller diameter casing strings are adapted to be lowered into and landed within the bore of a casing head, which is connected to an outermost string at the subsea level, to suspend the strings within the outermost casing of the well bore, and wherein openings in each hanger which connect the annulus between each casing string and the next outer string with the space between the hanger and the bore of the head, to permit cement returns to circulate therethrough as the string is cemented within the well bore, are adapted to be closed off, when the casing has been cemented, by means of a seal assembly lowered into and locked down within the space.

Abstract: A sucker rod coupling assembly is provided for connecting a pair of sucker rods and centralizing the rods in a tubing string. The coupling assembly finds particular application in connection with a rotating rod string driving an oil well downhole screw pump. The coupling assembly comprises a cylindrical solid steel shaft having externally threaded pin ends. A tubular sleeve or layer formed of non-metallic soft resilient abrasion-resistant material, such as polyurethane, is bonded to the surface of the shaft and extends its full length between the pin ends. A pair of internally threaded steel sucker rod box couplings is also provided. The box couplings are provided to interconnect the shaft with the pair of sucker rods. The shaft end face of each box coupling has a ring of soft resilient abrasion-resistant material bonded thereto. A tubular externally fluted centralizer, formed of the same material, fits loosely around the shaft.

Abstract: Water-soluble copolymers which are essentially free of cross-linking are useful as shale stabilizers. These copolymers are random copolymers of a vinyl carboxamide monomer and a hydroxy-containing vinyl carboxylic ester. These shale stabilizers are added to a drilling fluid which is then circulated through a well bore whereby the shale stabilizers come in contact with the shale formation and inhibit hydration of shale to prevent sloughing thereof.

Abstract: An improved, simplified and less expensive apparatus and method for cleaning wells embodies an elongated tube of combustible material, sealed at its ends, that is ignited at one end to generate a pressure wave that travels along the length of the tube. Outwardly directed pressure generated within the well casing by the deflagration is periodically attenuated at spaced locations along the length of the tube by a plurality of spaced short, steel sleeves circumscribing the tube and secured thereto. Three such tube sections are provided, each with its spaced, short circumscribing steel sleeves and each ignited in a selected chronological and positional sequence by three individual simultaneously electrically activated detonator caps which are provided with mutually different delay times.

Abstract: A horseshoe has an upper part (1) of horseshoe configuration and having a bottom (2) for abutment against the underside of the hoof of a horse. The bottom (2) has walls (3 and 4) along its inner and outer edges. An outsole (75) is removably connectable with the upper part (1). In each of the branches of the bottom (2) a row of nail holes (8,9,10 and 11) is provided. In order to achieve a reliable guiding of the nails (70), a plate portion (25) with an additional row of nail holes (25a,26a,27a and 28a) is provided in the upper part (1) at a distance from the row of nail holes (8,9,10 and 11) in the bottom (2). Each plate portion (24) combines with the bottom (2) to form a box girder in order to provide great twisting stiffness of the horseshoe.

Abstract: A fast response sprinkler head. The sprinkler head includes a frame having a base portion connected to a source of water under pressure and a pair of arms extended outwardly from the base and are connected at a junction. A cap normally encloses the outlet in the base and a lever assembly, which extends between the junction and the cap, holds the cap in the closed position. The lever assembly includes a pair of lever members, with one of the lever members being biased in a direction away from the other lever member. A fusible link assembly interconnects the lever members and includes a pair of thin metal sheets that are joined together by a layer of fusible metal or solder. Each sheet is formed with a recess in one side edge and the recesses face each other to define an opening which receives the lever member. The corners of each sheet are bent generally normal to the sheet to provide fins or tabs.

Abstract: An hydraulic drill feed unit is provided having a main support frame extending from its mounting on a base plate. Single stage cylinders are located on either side of the main support frame and also extend from the base plate. A subframe adapted to travel upon the main support frame is connected to the single stage cylinders. A two stage cylinder is attached to the subframe and extends to a slide member adapted to travel upon the main support frame. The slide member, to which the drill is attached, can move with the subframe responsive to the single stage cylinders and can move relative to the subframe responsive to the two stage cylinder. Each of the cylinders are equipped with ball and socket connectors which allow the drill feed unit to obtain increased lift out of a minimum space. In such a manner, the drill can be positioned to engage the rock strata in very narrow mineshafts or tunnels.

Abstract: A system for measuring weight of objects using a single load cell means which comprises a pair of structural means having at least four sides and four corners, with pairs of opposed sides being substantially equal in length, a tensioned member positioned at each of said four corners of the structural means and load cell means extending therebetween an generally centrally thereof which is maintained under a predetermined compressive force applied by the structural means.

Abstract: A demountable sulky, which may be readily coupled and uncoupled to a steerable, motor-driven front wheel assembly, incorporates a T-bar which is disengageably latched at its front end to the front wheel assembly and disengageably latched to separate wheel supporting frames at its rear ends. The wheel frames demountably support a seat and are held in rigidly spaced apart position in a safe and secure manner by a unique demountable brace system which also is used as a spoke system holding demountable wheel segments in assembled relation.

Abstract: A motor-driven power steering system for a vehicle preventing transmission of operating noises of the motor to the interior of the passenger compartment of the vehicle and for suppressing the generation of radio wave noises: a speed sensor for detecting the travelling speed of the vehicle; a torque sensor mounted on a steering shaft for detecting turning force imparted to the steering wheel by an operator, a first pinion operatively connected with the steering shaft and adapted to be driven by the steering wheel through the intermediary of the steering shaft, a rack operatively connected through tie rods with a pair of steerable road wheels and having a first rack tooth portion and a second rack tooth portion formed thereon, a second pinion being in meshing engagement with the second rack tooth portion on the rack, a motor operatively connected with the second pinion for power assisting the steering motion of the rack induced by the operator a first electromagnetic clutch interposed between the motor and the

Abstract: A four wheel drive system of a vehicle has a transfer clutch capable of varying clutch torque transmitted therethrough from an engine to front wheels. The clutch torque is controlled by a driving force distribution control unit in accordance with a front and rear wheel speed difference determined from signals from front and rear wheel speed sensors. Preferably, the control unit controls a distribution ratio of a front wheel driving force to a rear wheel driving force by controlling the clutch torque of the transfer clutch in such a manner that the distribution ratio decreases as the wheel speed difference increases when the wheel speed difference is positive, that is the front wheel speed is higher than the rear wheel speed, and that the distribution ratio increases as the absolute value of the wheel speed difference increases when the wheel speed difference is negative.

Abstract: A versatile recreational vehicle adapted to be towed by a ski lift includes a frame-shaped chassis and six wheels which are rotatably mounted on the chassis and include steerable wheels which are mounted on the chassis for turning about respective substantially vertical axes. A turning arrangement is provided for turning the steerable wheels about the vertical axes to steer the vehicle, and brakes are provided for braking at least some of the wheels. A single control element is provided for controlling the operation of both the steering arrangement and the brakes, this single control element being constituted by a control lever which is mounted on the chassis for omnidirectional movement. A winding roller is rotatably mounted on the chassis and a fabric seat element having one portion connected to the chassis and another portion wound around the winding roller. A towing cable is being used for towing the vehicle. A connecting mechanism releasably connects the vehicle to the towing cable.

Abstract: In a vehicle in which front and rear wheels are suspended on a body frame and a power unit for driving the wheels via a drive shaft is carried on the central portion of the body frame, a fuel tank and an exhaust muffler are juxtaposed on left and right sides below the body frame in such a manner to be contained within the vertical projection plane of the body frame, and a heat insulating plate is interposed between the fuel tank and the exhaust muffler. The power unit is offset to one side in the widthwise direction of a vehicle body to define a space on the opposite side in which the drive shaft and exhaust pipes are disposed inside the outermost frame portion in vertically spaced relation to extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus useful in downhole logging tools used in the oil and gas industry. The present invention is particularly directed to an acoustic logging tool including improved, articulated transducer pad assemblies for providing improved transducer contact with the wall of a borehole or the inside wall of casing cemented in the borehole. The apparatus of the present invention provides a plurality of articulated transducer pad assemblies disposed about the circumference of an acoustic logging tool in a plurality of separately movable and adjustable groups. These assemblies each include a plurality of articulated joints permitting limited independent movement of each assembly. The assemblies are spring biased at each end into a deployed configuration to maintain good contact with the wall of the borehole or casing. A drive motor overcomes the biasing springs to retract the assemblies to provide a compact tool for tripping to the location of interest within the borehole.

Abstract: An air intake noise suppressor for reducing noise generated by intake air sucked into an internal combustion engine. An intake pipe is provided with a resonance pipe, which extends forwards within the intake pipe as penetrating through a rear end wall of the intake pipe, communicates with the interior of the intake pipe through an opening at its front end, extends backwards from the rear end wall externally of the intake pipe and has its rear end closed, and the resonance pipe is fixedly locked to the intake pipe at its portion penetrating through the rear end wall and in the proximity of the opening at the front end. Since the resonance pipe is accommodated within the intake pipe over a considerable length and only its rear end portion projects backwards from the intake pipe, a surplus space is almost not necessitated for mounting the resonance pipe, and yet the resonance pipe itself can be made sufficiently long.

Abstract: A vehicular low profile self propelled aerial work platform assembly having a turntable positioned in a horizontal plane in close proximity to the axles of the vehicle. A parallelogram linkage is provided between a superstructure support frame carried by the turntable and a riser frame assembly to which one end of a telescopic boom assembly is pivotally connected, the aerial work platform being mounted on the outermost end of the telescopic boom assembly. A counterweight is detachably connected to the support frame and is formed with a trough aligned with a similar trough provided in the support frame, the parallelogram linkage includes a pair of tubular arms which extend through the troughs when the work platform is in the lowermost position.

Abstract: A collapsible step ladder assembly in combination with a panel of a vehicle such as a tail gate or bed of a pickup truck, having a foldable frame, at least one foldable step or platform, a pair of extension legs, and a pair of articulating joints for connecting said frame to the panel. Each foldable step comprises a platform connected to the respective arms, and a pair of leveling braces that are positioned and dimensioned to hold the platform in a substantially horizontal position when the step ladder is fully deployed between an upper and lower service. Said braces also allow the folding of the platform to a position substantially co-planar with the respective arms.

Abstract: A support element for an end of a board, intended for use in pairs to form a raised working platform or bench, comprises a first upwardly-facing support surface adapted to engage the underside of the board at its end, a second downwardly facing support surface parallel to and spaced vertically from the plane of the first supporting surface by a distance equal to the thickness of the board and spaced horizontally from the first supporting surface to engage the upper surface of the board a predetermined distance from its end, and at least one ground engaging surface so positioned that, in use, the support element engages the ground at a point directly below the first supporting surface, or a point spaced therefrom horizontally in the direction away from the second supporting surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system for lubrication of a mechanical system and the like used under the severe conditions, and includes a lubricating oil feeding device to the mechanical system, a lubricating oil extracting device, a device for analyzing properties of the lubricating oil thus extracted and a device for controlling in accordance with the result of the analysis. As commensurate to the degree of the extracted lubricating oil, new lubricating oil is fed into lubricated portions from the feeding device in response to a command from the controlling device, while, the lubricating oil is extracted from the lubricated portions to renew the lubricating oil.

Abstract: An electrically controlled valve apparatus includes an inlet conduit (2) for pressurized fluid, an outlet conduit (12) connected to a tank (T) and an outlet conduit (19) connected to an actuator, or cylinder (5). The valve apparatus comprises a chamber (5) connected to the inlet conduit (2) and provided with two openings (10, 11) each having operating spindles (6, 7). Pressurized fluid flows from the chamber (5) through the two openings via the outlet conduits (12, 19) onto the cylinder and into the tank, or from the cylinder into the tank according to the position of the operating spindles. The valve apparatus also comprises two throttle valves (42) for constricting conduits (52, 53; 40, 45) located between the back chambers (31, 24) of the operating spindles (6, 7) and the fluid tank (T). The operation of the throttle valves is adjusted by means of one or several electric actuators (55).

Abstract: An improved reverse double wrap brake band for the automatic transmission of an automotive vehicle wherein the band is lightweight and heat set round at the released position and utilizes a thinner strap material at higher hardness ranges. The configuration of the double wrap band has a wider central band segment adjacent the anchor portion of the bracket assembly, with the band width tapering over 60 to 70 percent of its length toward the apply end of the band; thus providing a double wrap band of increased durability for the friction lining and increased apply end, drum, and fatigue life.