Abstract: A continuous motion machine for metering and loading groups of articles onto flat pads. The machine includes endless type infeed conveyors for advancing articles in a downstream direction to a dead plate and a row metering device intermediate the ends of the upper run of the infeed conveyor for retarding advance of the articles on the infeed conveyor and for releasing the articles one row at a time. An endless type overhead conveyor has flight bars pitched therealong and an inlet run extending downwardly toward the upper end of the infeed conveyor at a location downstream of the metering device and a lower run extending in the downstream direction above the infeed conveyor and above the dead plate. A pad conveyor is disposed below the dead plate and is operated to advance pads to a pad transfer passage intermediate the ends of the dead plate.

Abstract: An apparatus for successively opening the mouths of bags which are fed one by one to a table and putting such bag over a guide hopper for charging the bag with an article to be packaged. The mouth of the bag is sucked by a pair of vacuum suction members from the opposite sides. The vacuum suction members are gradually separated from each other while transferring a bag from a table to the hopper, thereby gradually opening the mouth of the bag. This prevents failures in opening bags and also prevents the bag from separating from the vacuum suction members.

Abstract: According to the present invention, an apparatus is provided which opens bags stacked above and below one by one.According to the present invention, there is provided an apparatus composed so that a touching member is brought from above into contact with the opening of stacked bags and the touching member is horizontally moved toward the bottom of the bag, thereby to slide the upper sheet of the bag opening, and then the upper sheet is lifted to open the bag.There is further provided an apparatus in which before a touching member is brought into contact with the opening of stacked bags, one corner of the opening of the stacked bag is picked up and a separator plate is inserted from the picked-up corner between the uppermost bag and a next bag stacked thereunder, thereby to open only the uppermost bag steadily.

Abstract: A sulky cart, preferably leaving shafts with off-set forward end portions, is releasably attached to an off-set elongated sleeve member with a connector assembly on the forward end of the sleeve member. The connector assembly contains a rotatable ball with a central aperture for sliding over a harness pin secured to and extending from a harness saddle. The harness pin is provided near its outer end with a normally locked locking device, so that the cast can be hitched to the saddle harness by sliding the harness pin and locking device through the central aperture in the ball.

Abstract: A mower-conditioner drive system includes a main support casting having an outwardly projecting stub shaft and an inwardly projecting pivot pin mounted to an upright wall section at one end of a header frame. A slip clutch is received on the stub shaft and includes a main drive plate coupled to one shaft of an angle gear box and includes inner and outer pressure plates connected for being frictionally driven by the drive plate, the inner pressure plate having a main drive spur gear integral therewith and the outer pressure plate having a drive sheave integral therewith. The main drive spur gear forms part of a drive train for driving either a pair of conditioner rolls or for driving an impeller conditioner while the drive sheave is coupled by a belt for driving either a sickle-type cutterbar or a rotary type cutterbar.

Abstract: A legume harvester head assembly transports legume pods and a certain amount of vine mass delivered by a picking reel to a main apron immediately adjacent to the picking reel. The main apron moves the pods and the vine mass away from the picking reel toward a pair of vertically arranged gathering conveyors being driven and moving in a direction toward a discharge point. Pods and vine mass is deposited on an elevator conveyor from an opening between the two gathering conveyors.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for mowing grass and similar vegetation. The apparatus has a frame (1), in which a horizontal shaft (2) is rotatably mounted, the shaft (2) extending horizontally in the position of use. Swingles (19) are provided along and around the shaft (2), these swingles (19) being pivotably connected with the shaft for rotation about axes extending substantially parallel to the shaft. The swingles are terminated at their outer ends by edges (20), extending substantially parallel to the shaft (2). In order to make the apparatus operative for airing the grass field or lawn in addition to the mowing of grass, at least some of the swingles (19) carry tilling elements (26) for producing airing openings or grooves in the soil.

Abstract: A tool is disclosed herein for use in chain link roller assembly and disassembly which includes an elongated lead screw having a threaded shaft manually turned by finger lever or wrench nut through a support member. A pair of jaw members operate as a movable vise having one end of a jaw pivotally connected to the support member and one end of the other jaw pivotally connected to a travelling nut in threadable engagement with the lead screw shaft. The midsections of the jaws are pivotally coupled in scissors fashion with their free ends terminating in toothed link engaging elements cooperating to releasably couple with spaced-apart chain links in a strand for releasing strand tension between the links when the jaws are drawn together by actuation of the lead screw.

Abstract: In a process for producing a metal plate in such a way that it can be joined up to form a chain, use is made of a casting or forging tool, which forms a base part and a sole part of the plate, a specific sole part from several sole parts being associated with the base plate. The tool comprises at least one part forming the base part of the plate and another part forming the sole part of the plate. The resulting plate has reception rings on one plate side and an equal number of ring notches on the other plate side and side guides on the plate underside and at least one engagement gap.

Abstract: This disclosure describes an arrangement for cooling the exhaust nozzle of a gas turbine engine by selectively diverting the unheated total engine air flow directly to the exhaust nozzle of the engine. After the total air flow impinges on the back surface of the exhaust nozzle to rapidly cool the nozzle, the air is redirected back to the fan and the core engine for supporting combustion and to provide cooling in a generally conventional manner.

Abstract: A feedback control system for an air-fuel ratio according to the present invention comprises a first oxygen sensor for detecting the oxygen concentration of exhaust gas flowing through a first exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine, a second oxygen sensor for detecting the oxygen concentration of the exhaust gas passed through an exhaust gas disposer in a common exhaust passage which is connected with both first and second exhaust pipes of the engine, and an electronic control unit for calculating the amount of fuel supply to each cylinder of the engine in accordance with the oxygen concentration of the exhaust gas detected by means of the first oxygen sensor. The electronic control unit contains therein a correction circuit for correcting the amount of fuel supply to that cylinder of the engine which is associated with the second exhaust pipe, in accordance with the oxygen concentration of the exhaust gas detected by means of the second oxygen sensor.

Abstract: A multiple cylinder internal combustion engine comprising an exhaust recycling system including an exhaust return line connected with an exhaust manifold of the internal combustion cylinder and exhaust metering device comprising a first metering member connected with a throttle valve of an intake manifold for joint actuation therewith and a plurality of turbulence nozzles, each of the turbulence nozzles being located in an immediate vicinity of an inlet valve of each combustion cylinder communicating a combustion chamber of a respective combustion cylinder with the intake manifold, the exhaust recycling system further comprising a header reservoir located downstream of said first metering member, and a plurality of separate exhaust return lines communicating the header reservoir with the plurality of turbulence nozzles, respectively.

Abstract: An interior pipe carrying exhaust gases is arranged in a cooled housing 13. The interior pipe fastened to the housing 13 comprises individual sections 18 arranged in series while leaving expansion joints. The length of one section 18 corresponds approximately to the cylinder spacing of the piston internal-combustion engine. At the circumference, at the halfway point of its length, each section 18 has a plug-type connection 20 interacting with the housing. This plug-type connection 20 is arranged approximately opposite the lead-in point of an exhaust stub 15 of a cylinder interacting with the section 18. The plug-type connection 20 comprises a receiving device which, in a cooled manner, is arranged in the housing and a corresponding plug 23 connected with the section 18 of the interior pipe.

Abstract: A hydrostatic steering device is provided with a pump connected with a reservoir, a steering valve, a controlled-volume pump that is capable of being activated by a steering wheel and with a steering cylinder. The steering mechanism has a variable working flow and a constant pilot flow, with the pilot stream flowing through a constant throttle and the pressure drop through the constant throttle serving as a control signal for the conveying flow in a pressure delivery line. The controlled-volume pump is coupled mechanically with an adjustment throttle through which the pilot flows. Between the constant throttle and the adjustment throttle lies a pressure compensator that is controlled by the adjustment throttle's differential pressure. To receive the load signal, a control line branches off between the constant throttle and the pressure compensator and leads to the pump or, in the case of a fixed displacement pump with a rear-position flow-dividing valve, to the flow-dividing valve.

Abstract: A hydraulic system for a construction machine comprising plural hydraulic actuators (23-28) driven by fluid supplied from a pump (22), first and second flow control valves (29-34) for controlling flows of fluid supplied to the first and second actuators, and first and second distribution compensating valves (35-40) for controlling first differential pressure (.DELTA.P v1-.DELTA.P v6) produced between inlets and outlets of the first and second flow control valves. The first and second distribution compensating valves have respective drives (45-50, 35c-40c) for applying control forces (Fc1-Fc2) in accordance with the second differential pressure to the associated distribution compensating valves, to thereby set target values of the first differential pressures. The hydraulic system includes first means (59) for detecting the second differential pressure (.DELTA.

Abstract: A dual brake circuit master cylinder with center compensation on the second circuit is provided. The master cylinder has a second piston mounted within a housing bore sealably separating a second reservoir passage from the second brake circuit passage when the pressure within the bore exposed to the second brake circuit passage exceeds the pressure within the bore exposed to the second reservoir passage. The second piston also has a compensating passage with an inclusive valve seat with an inserted compensating valve allowing fluid communication between the second reservoir and second brake circuit passages when the pressure in the second reservoir is greater than the pressure in the brake circuit. An auxiliary piston is provided to insure that the second compensating valve is retained to an open position when ever the second piston is in a retracted position and excessive pressure in the brake second circuit has acted to close the second compensating valve.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine with a supercharging system that includes both a turbocompressor and a positive displacement rotary compressor of the Wankel type wherein the rotary compressor provides compressed air to the engine at low operating speed and the turbocompressor provides sufficient compressed air at high operating speeds to drive the rotary compressor while providing sufficient air to power the engine.

Abstract: A Wankel rotary engine is modified to operate on natural gas, with the exhaust from the engine being fed into a combustion chamber where an ignition device ignites the hydrocarbons in the engine exhaust, with the engine timing, and the air and fuel mixture of the engine being controlled to produce a sufficient amount of hydrocarbons in the engine exhaust to enable ignition and combustion of the engine exhaust in the combustion chamber without the addition of fuel to air. The exhaust from the combustion chamber drives a power turbine. In further embodiments, the engine may be turbocharged, and heat exchangers use the excess heat from the engine coolant, lubricant, and exhaust gases to heat a usable liquid, such as water, thus providing a cogeneration system.

Abstract: A cooling system for a stirling engine, a cooler composed of thermoelectric heat pump for transferring heat by electric energy, to cooling pipes which are connected from power chamber to regenerator, a cooling chamber disposed around the cooler, and an air pre-heater disposed at a side of combustion chamber, whereby the operating fluid of engine is cooled by utilizing the thermoelectric heat pump so that circulation of continuous cooling water is not required and heat taken out of the operating fluid is made to use for the pre-heating of the air to be fed to the combustion chamber.

Abstract: An integral cryogenic refrigerator, or cryocooler, for cooling an electronic device to cryogenic temperatures. The cryocooler has a minimum number of moving parts. A lightweight flexure links a compressor piston to a coupler which is also connected to a regenerator via a lightweight vane. An electric motor with an offset shaft drives the coupler via a bearing through a circular path to impart properly timed motion to the compressor piston and regenerator. This arrangement minimizes the weight and number of moving parts, resulting in maximum efficiency and operating life. Vibration transmission is minimized by mounting the device to be cooled on an end cap having a raised castlated rim. A reusable access port allows the cryocooler to be readily recharged.

Abstract: A refrigerating and/or heating device of the contact type utilizing the endothermic and exothermic reactions of a hydrogen absorbing alloy comprises a contact member (16) in the form of a closed container (18) having a contact surface (17) and packed with a hydrogen absorbing alloy (19), a handle member (21) in the form of a closed container (22) packed with another hydrogen absorbing alloy (23), and a gas pipe (25) interconnecting the two members and having a valve (26).

Abstract: A refrigerator-operated apparatus having a housing adapted to accept components to be cooled. The housing is connected to a refrigerator housing via a connecting pipe, and the refrigerator includes a refrigerator generator extending through the housing and the connecting pipe, and encompassing at least one refrigerator stage that carries the components to be cooled. The apparatus further includes a damping mechanism for inhibiting vibrations generated by the refrigerator from being transmitted to the housing. The damping mechanism includes a separation space dividing the refrigerator housing into first and second connecting sections, and an elastic connecting ring connecting the first section to the second section. In one embodiment, the connecting ring extends across the separation space and is surrounded by a cover tube. In a second embodiment, the connecting ring is secured directly to one of the connecting sections, and is secured to the other connecting section via an adaptor pipe.

Abstract: A coolant recooler (1) partially filled with a cooling fluid is cooled, in a first process step, to such a low temperature that the thus-produced and stored amount of cold is sufficient for cooling, in a subsequent process step, the coolant of a heat-producing, water-cooled apparatus (4) to be connected, during its operating period. The coolant recooler (1) is movable and connectible, for cooling purposes, to the coolant circuit of the apparatus (4). During the cooling operation, no active refrigerating machine (3) is in operation. After termination of the cooling operation, the coolant recooler (1) is uncoupled from the apparatus (4), transported away, and subsequently its cooling fluid is recooled. The amount of cold still available in each particular case is indicated by a display.

Abstract: An ice maker comprising an elongated freezing tray (100) having arcuately shaped cross sectional configuration with equal-spaced separators (120) formed therein each in a plane normal to the axis of the elongated freezing tray (100) and comprising a rotatable assembly comprising a first hollow, cylindrical shaft (100) rotatably secured near both ends of the tray (100) substantially coincident with the axis of the tray (100) and having generally flat paddle-shaped ejector elements (114 and 115) formed thereon a second hollow, cylindrical non-rotatable shaft (160) positioned within the first cylindrical shaft (106) and non-rotatably secured at one end to the tray (100) assembly; a heating element (113) positioned within the second, hollow cylindrical shaft (160) comprising a power source (309) for supplying power thereto to heat the heating element (113) and by conduction to heat the first and second hollow, cylindrical shaft 160 and the ejector elements (114 and 115) to release the full crescent shaped ice pie

Abstract: A half crescent shaped ice piece maker comprising a freezing tray (100) having an inner surface arcuately shaped about a longitudinal radial axis and divided into crescent shaped water fillable cavities (112) in which the ice pieces are formed, and an ejector assembly (102) for rotatively moving the ice pieces out of the cavities (122) comprising a rotatable shaft (106) supported in bearings with its axis coincident with the radial axis, and with ejector assembly (102) further comprising a row of primary flexible, spring-like ejector elements (114) lying in a common plane and each secured at a first end to the shaft (106) and having its second end extend into one of the crescent shaped cavities (122) to divide the cavity (122) into rotatively leading and lagging partial crescent shaped cavities while water is injected and frozen therein and before the ejector assembly (102) is rotated to form leading and lagging rows of partial crescent ice pieces with ice bridges (152) around the edges of the ejector element

Abstract: A hydrocarbon fluid serves as the refrigerant fluid in combination with a non-miscible carrier fluid in a hydraulic refrigeration system.

Abstract: A transport refrigeration system which includes a compressor, a condenser, a receiver, an evaporator, an accumulator, and a control valve having cooling and heating output ports which are alternatively connected to first or second refrigerant circuits to initiate cooling and heating cycles, respectively. The heating capacity of a commanded heating cycle is enhanced prior to switching to the heating cycle by connecting the outlet of the receiver to the second refrigerant circuit while maintaining the control valve cooling port active in the first refrigerant circuit for a predetermined time delay. This forces liquid refrigerant in the condenser to flow into the receiver and then into the second refrigerant circuit, making additional liquid refrigerant available to the heating cycle, which is initiated at the end of the predetermined time delay, without introducing liquid refrigerated directly into the accumulator.

Abstract: A refrigeration control system having a temperature sensor responsive to condenser temperature. The sensor turns a condenser fan on and off in order to maintain the condenser temperature within pre-determined limits and also shuts down the refrigerant compressor in response to a predetermined maximum temperature.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an air conditioning unit for an automotive vehicle includes an air conditioner switch for operating a compressor, engine speed detecting means, engine speed variation rate calculating means, engine speed reducing state determining means, and means for controlling the compressor to hold in an inoperative state even when the air conditioner switch is in a close state.

Abstract: A hot gas defrost refrigeration system has a compressor, a condenser, a receiver, an evaporator, interconnected by fluid passage means and incorporating valve means to cause refrigerant to flow sequentially through the compressor, condenser, receiver and evaporator to the compressor during the refrigeration cycle. The refrigeration system includes a superheater and defrost passage means, including valve means, connecting the evaporator outlet to the condenser inlet and connecting the condenser outlet through the superheater to the compressor inlet, bypassing the receiver. The passage means connecting the compressor outlet with the evaporator inlet includes a superheat passage in heat exchange relationship with the superheater for transferring heat from the refrigerant discharged from the compressor outlet to the refrigerant delivered to the compressor inlet during the defrost cycle.

Abstract: A refrigerator apparatus is provided having a cabinet with a freezer compartment and a fresh food compartment. A refrigeration system is included having a first expansion valve, a first evaporator situated in the freezer compartment, a first and second compressor, a condenser, a second expansion valve, and a second evaporator situated in the fresh food compartment all connected together in that order and in series in a refrigerant flow relationship. First and second fans are provided in the freezer and fresh food compartments, respectively. A servovalve is connected between the first evaporator and the first compressor for reducing refrigerant flow through the first evaporator when activated. A first thermostatic controller situated in the freezer compartment causes operation of the compressors and fans when a selected temperature in the freezer is exceeded. A second thermostatic controller situated in the fresh food compartment causes operation of the servovalve when a predetermined value is reached.

Abstract: Heat pump systems (principally FIG. 3; also FIGS. 5, 7 or 9) comprising, in circuit of fluid, an injected compressor 113, communicating a compressed gas discharge 137 to a condenser 100, communicating an at least partly liquid output 130 to an expansion valve 101, communicating therefrom 131 to a separator 110, communicating liquid therefrom 134 to a capillary tube 111, and communicating gas therefrom 132 to a control valve 112 that is responsive to ambient temperature; 111 communicating the liquid therefrom 135 to an evaporator 102, communicating gas therefrom 136 to an inlet of the injected compressor 113; the control valve 112 communicating gas therefrom 133 to an injection input of the injected compressor 113; and the expansive valve 101 being adjustable 176,171 responsive to the temperature of the gas communicating 136 from the evaporator 102 to the injected compressor 113. Where the fluid comprises a non-azeotropic refrigerant blend (NARB), the system (FIG. 5; also FIG.

Abstract: A cooling system including a refrigerant compressor for use in a vehicle for cooling a refrigerated compartment includes a hermetic type compressor containing a DC brushless motor as a compressor driver. An electric generator is actuated by the engine of the vehicle to generate AC electric power which is, in turn, rectified by a rectifier to produce DC electric power for driving the DC brushless motor. A switch is provided to switch over from the electric generator to a commercial AC electric power source. The commercial AC electric power is rectified by the rectifier to supply DC electric power. Thus, the compressor can be driven by a commercial AC electric power source when the engine is stopped. In order to achieve accurate temperature control in the refrigerated compartment when the engine is running, the amount of AC electric power generated by the electric generator is controlled.

Abstract: An enclosure for electronic equipment, especially for electronic equipment such as laser printers that must be protected from dirt and dust. The enclosure is a stand along casing having, for instance, a small, self-contained air conditioning unit contained therein. The electronic equipment is supported on a horizontal support surface which forms the top of the case. The enclosure has two main embodiments; a partial covering for the electronic equipment, located adjacent the horizontal surface, and a total cover over the entire horizontal surface. In each, filtered air drawn by the air conditioner is directed beneath the cover by baffles within the case. In the partial cover, the cover abuts an air input vent on the electronic equipment and conditioned, i.e. clean air from the conditioner is forced within the equipment casing at a high rate to prevent ingress of dirt therein.

Abstract: A refrigerator including: storage chambers formed inside a thermal insulation box having generally rectangular horizontal cross section, said chambers having a duct provided at one rear corner of respective chamber for communication with the rear space behind the storage chambers where cold air is generated by a heat exchanger of the refrigeration unit; rotatable round shelves in the storage chambers; a lamp provided at the other rear corner of the storage chamber; and door pockets provided on the inner surface of the doors, said door pockets extending to front corner space in the storage chambers.

Abstract: In an air conditioner with ventilating means having a port provided at a partition wall dividing a bulkhead of the air conditioner into the inside and outside sections, and a blower for recirculating the indoor air. The ventilating means according to the invention comprise throttle means provided at the port to selectively opening the port by halves and close the port entirely; air introducing means provided at the throttle means for directing the recirculated indoor air stream to flow against thereby causing the outdoor air to be introduced from the port; and adjusting means connected to the throttle means to selectively position the throttle means between the open and close positions.

Abstract: An improvement is disclosed in an ice making apparatus having a cabinet provided with means for forming a plurality of ice bodies and an ice collecting bin therebelow for storing formed ice bodies. The improvement comprises a water storage tank positioned in the ice collecting bin and having an open top portion for receiving a select portion of the plurality of ice bodies formed by the forming means and to melt the same to provide fresh water. The top portion is positioned to prevent entry of ice bodies from the collecting bin. Means are provided for delivering a desired quantity of fresh water from the tank to a water dispenser associated with the cabinet.

Abstract: An auxiliary refrigerated air system includes first and second tandemly-arranged auxiliary turbine components, air dividing and mixing valves, an air bypass loop, an auxiliary air compressor, and a heat exchanger. The air dividing valve is connectable to a suitable input air source for receiving and dividing input air into first and second portions. The air mixing valve is connected in communication between an exit side of the first auxiliary turbine component and an entrance side of the second auxiliary turbine component for mixing the first portion of the input air with energy-depleted air exiting from the first auxiliary turbine component. The air bypass loop is connected in communication between the dividing and mixing valves for bypassing to the mixing valve the first portion of the input air diverted from the dividing valve.

Abstract: In a scroll apparatus for fluid compression, two interfitting involute scroll elements with inner wall surfaces, each defined by an inner tip portion, an adjacent intermediate portion, an outwardly tending arcuate portion for periodic engagement in moving line contact with the inner tip of the other respective scroll element, and an involute portion extending from the arcuate portion to an outer end of the scroll element. When the involute scroll element inner tip is in moving line engagement with the arcuate portion of the other element, the scroll elements cooperates to define sealed final compression chambers of decreasing volume bounded by the intermediate portion of the scroll elements adjacent the respective inner tips, providing an extended duration of final compression as compared to a scroll apparatus having modified scroll elements.

Abstract: A generally round setting for a diamond, which simulates the appearance of a larger diamond, comprises an annulus and three prongs. The annulus has an upper surface stamped with from nine to twenty-one equally spaced apart, radially extending cuts providing reflecting surfaces, each of the cuts being wedge shaped in plan and V-shaped in cross section. The three equally spaced apart prongs are upstanding from the annulus upper surface for receiving and holding the diamond.

Abstract: A flat bed knitting machine having a pair of yarn support racks on opposite sides of the knitting section of its needle bed, each support rack having a plurality of holders each adapted to detachably hold one of a plurality of yarns. Each yarn has a pair of associated holders with one holder being positioned in each support rack. The holders are individually actuatable between transfer and withdrawn positions. A controller is provided to actuate the holders and move the carriage back and forth in response to stored information in order to preset the yarns into predetermined initial positions that are desired to commence knitting.

Abstract: In the process a first thread differing in color with respect to a second thread which constitutes the stocking is fed by a thread guide alternatively to the second thread to a preset number of needles during the formation of a row of stitches. The first thread, which constitutes the design, is cut proximate to the ends of the portion of the row knit by the preset number of needles and the ends of the thread are moved towards the inside of the needle cylinders by means of a flow of air.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive tape employing a tricot knit carrier fabric having a minimum number of weft yarns. The tricot knit carrier fabric being knit on a tricot knitting machine which employs a loop hold down bar to prevent the first three or four courses adjacent the needles of the knitting machine from breaking out when released or cast off the needles.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a washing tub elastically supported in a body of the washing machine; a sound insulation member covering the bottom surface of the body; the sound insulation member being formed with an opening for inserting packing to prevent the washing tub from moving when the washing machine should be packed; and a lid for opening and closing the opening.

Abstract: A security box or a container assembly designed to be secured to the undersurface of a table, counter, bed frame, or like structure so as to extend beneath the undersurface in a substantially out-of-sight location and specifically adapted to hold a handgun or other applicable weapon, valuables or medication in a readily accessible location for easy removal once a cover of the container is opened. To mount the container under a bed, a mounting structure is removably attached to the bed frame so as to support the container in the preferred out-of-sight location beneath the bed in a somewhat cantilevered fashion. Mounting to other surfaces, such as under a table or counter top can be achieved by securing the top of the container to the mounting surface in such a manner as to be out of the general line of sight.

Abstract: A motor-vehicle latch has an actuating lever displaceable between a position in which a respective door of the vehicle is locked and a position in which the respective door is unlocked. A locking knob connected to the lever is accessible from inside the vehicle to displace the lever between its positions. The actuator has a housing mounted directly on the door latch and formed with at least one longitudinally directed abutment face, a motor in the housing, a nut longitudinally displaceable in the housing by the motor between unlocked, locked, and antitheft positions, and a slide in the housing movable by the nut between locked and unlocked positions and formed with a recess receiving a portion projecting from the lever. At least one flexible arm extends longitudinally from the slide and has a head formed with a face directed longitudinally opposite the abutment face of the housing.

Abstract: An insert for a panel opening, the panel having edges disposed therewith proximate the opening, the insert comprising a resilient member having a perimeter and two ends, the member being flexible in a direction transverse to ends of the member when the insert is inserted in the opening, the member having disposed intermediate the ends thereof at least one recess having a bottom, the recess for securing the edges of the panel therewith when the insert is inserted in the opening of the panel, the bottom of the recess being positioned to allow for the lateral movement of the insert in relation to the panel opening transverse to the ends of the member.

Abstract: Rolling stand with rolling rings supported as a cantilever and having their axes at an angle to each other for the rolling of metallic products, the axes of the rolling rings being horizontal, vertical or tilted, the stand comprising shafts (16) to bear the rolling rings (10) with at least a first bearing (12) and a second bearing (13), at least one pair of the first and second bearings (12-13) being lodged in an eccentric support suitable to adjust the distance between centers of the rolling rings (10), the axes (15) of the rolling rings (10) coinciding with the axes (15) of the respective shafts (16), in which stand the axes (15) of the rolling rings (10) in a non-rolling condition form between them a predetermined angle (alpha) and converge on a position outside and in form of the rolling rings (10).

Abstract: A bellows pipe is manufactured, with an elastic body pinched between a collar and a stopper inside a raw pipe being deformed, by pressing the elastic body as to expand radially such that a circumferential portion of the pipe changes to an annular convex portion, pinching and compressing the annular convex portion by a chuck and a punch to form a bellows portion, and shifting the pipe a given distance while pinching the bellows portion by the chuck. A plurality of bellows portions are successively formed in the pipe by repeating the foregoing deforming steps.

Abstract: A hand-held bending tool for conduits, tubes, rods, and the like is provided. The bending tool includes a bending matrix and a sliding shoe that during a bending process are movable relative to one another and each have a groove-like recess in which the tube that is to be bent is disposed. The recess of the bending matrix extends in a curved manner in conformity with the tube bending radius that is to be produced. The tool includes at least one support for the tube. The tube is embodied as an electric tool having a motor that rotatably drives the bending matrix via a reduction gear arrangement, with the flux of force during a bending process being self-contained.