Abstract: A vertical flow thermal mass flow sensor for a vertical flow thermal mass flow meter of a vertical flow thermal mass flow controller has a sensor tube having a gas inlet for receiving a gas to be metered. The sensor tube includes a first curved convection trap and a second curved convection trap for preventing convective flow of the gas through the sensor tube. A thermally responsive winding is wound about the sensor tube and is energized from a source of electrical energy. The resistance of the thermally responsive winding is responsive to the rate of flow of the gas through the sensor tube and provides an indication thereof.

Abstract: A mass airflow sensor is provided with a system of conduits and ports which connect the mass airflow sensor to a main fluid flow channel. Pairs of ports connect the plurality of fluid interconnection conduits with the main fluid flow conduit being monitored. The mass airflow sensing apparatus is adapted to receive a mass airflow sensor in fluid communication with its system of conduits. First and second pairs of ports are disposed upstream from a third and fourth pair of ports. The first and second pairs of ports are connected to each other in a way which provides an average flow from each of the pairs to an inlet of the mass airflow sensor. In a particularly preferred embodiment of the present invention, the outlet of the mass airflow sensor is connected to an arrangement of conduits and ports that is a mirror image of the upstream arrangement of conduits and ports.

Abstract: A distance measuring device for measuring the fill level in industrial tanks, which includes electronic transmitting- and receiving elements for short wave electromagnetic waves, such as microwaves, and a cylindrical waveguide which extends through a separating wall and inside of which is a waveguide window separating the two spaces and made of a material, such as quartz glass, which is transmissive with respect to electromagnetic waves. The waveguide and the waveguide window (3) have conically-shaped sections (5) to provide axial support. To protect the waveguide window against destruction due to thermal expansions and pressure fluctuations, the conical section (5) of the waveguide window (3) is in a correspondingly formed conical socket (8). The socket is mounted with play in a cylindrical bore (9) of the waveguide window (3) and is supported by a shoulder (10) of the waveguide in the axial direction.

Abstract: A liquid level monitor for sensing the level of liquid in a tank or vessel, typically an automobile radiator, employing a probe with a light emitting diode and phototransistor mounted inside an enclosure, the enclosure having a transparent lens through which light can pass, and the lens having a prism configuration which diffuses or alters stray light which occurs by reflection off an interior core wall of the vessel and prevents the diffused or dispersed light from rendering the phototransistor conductive and possibly leading to a false indication or reading of liquid level. The light emitting diode is electrically excited with a high-intensity, short duration pulse, which improves the sensitivity of the monitor.

Abstract: A liquid level measuring system for the steam drum of a steam generator employs a plurality of bubblers spaced along the length of the drum to obtain a level profile. The steam pressure to the bubblers is supplied by tubes connected to the steam/water inlet space which has a pressure significantly higher than the steam space in the drum. Horizontal pressure taps on each bubbler transmit the pressure to pressure cells external to the drum where the bubbler pressure is compared to the pressure in the steam space. These reading can then be converted to liquid level readings.

Abstract: A measuring vessel for containment of liquids to be tested such as blood, blood plasma or the like includes a rectangular well with an inlet opening at one end thereof and with another funnel-shaped end which is connected to a tubular member closed by a cylindrical bottom with an inwardly projecting central pin to define a track for a spherical body for allowing determination of the coagulation behavior of the liquid. The tubular member includes at least two parallel side faces which extend over nearly the entire length of the tubular member. A footing is fixed to the tubular member in elongation of each broadside of the well for enabling a secure placement of the measuring vessel.

Abstract: An array for non-destructive material testing of cylindrical workpieces such as pipes or ends thereof by means of leakage-flux measurement and if necessary electrodynamic ultrasonic excitation is proposed. A leakage-flux measuring head (56) used for leakage-flux measurement comprises at least two Hall probes (80) disposed along a line parallel and/or vertical to the magnetic field generated by a magnet (10) and forming at least one Hall probe line. In addition, the leakage-flux measuring head has at least two sliding blocks (94, 96, 98, 100) spaced apart and supportable on the workpiece, between which the Hall probes are disposed. The leakage-flux measuring head is also provided with a protective plate covering the faces of the Hall probes on the workpiece side.

Abstract: A temperature compensating device is provided for a purge gas pressure monitoring system in which a piezometer line has an outlet end for submerging in a medium to be monitored and an opposite end for connection to a suitable pressure responsive instrument, with a purge gas supply connected to the line so as to supply purge gas as bubbles from the outlet end of the tube. A temperature detector device runs the length of the piezometer line to produce an output signal proportional to an average of the temperature along the length of the line. This may be a resistance temperature detector in the form of a U-shaped conductive wire with opposite legs of the U wound spirally in opposite directions along the length of the line with the connected end of the U being located at the outlet end of the tube. This provides a variable resistance which varies as a function of the average temperature, and which can be connected to conditioning circuitry for producing a desired temperature dependent output.

Abstract: This invention relates to a semiconductor sensor for detecting external physical forces, such as acceleration, contact pressures, air pressures, mechanical vibrations, etc. The semiconductor sensor according to this invention is characterized by the use of compound semiconductors of high piezoelectricity, such as GaAs, etc. Conventionally sensors of the cantilever type, diaphragm type, etc. are made of silicon. These prior art sensors have low detection sensitivity, and their characteristics tend to deteriorate. The sensor according to this invention is made of GaAs, which has high piezoelectricity and can retain good characteristics of the semiconductor even at high temperatures and includes a field-effect transistor formed on the GaAs for sensing a stress. The FET is driven by a constant current or a constant voltage so as to detect a change of an electrical characteristic (e.g., threshold characteristic) due to a stress.

Abstract: A sensing system including a sensing device with cooperating electrical components which move relative to each other in response to a sensed environmental parameter to yield a reactance signal, which is transmitted to a remotely located processor having an oscillator for receiving the transmitted signal and generating a transduced signal whose value corresponds to the value of the environmental parameter.

Abstract: A semiconductor pressure sensor includes a semiconductor pressure-sensing chip including a semiconductor body having a diaphragm that flexes in response to applied pressure, a strain gauge disposed in the diaphragm for altering an electrical signal in response to flexing of the diaphragm, and an amplifying circuit disposed in the semiconductor body outside the diaphragm and connected to the strain gauge for amplifying the electrical signal; a base supporting the semiconductor pressure-sensing chip; a package enclosing the semiconductor pressure-sensing chip and the base and having an opening providing access to the pressure-sensing chip; a plurality of leads penetrating the package and connected to the amplifying circuit; a substrate on which the package is mounted; and a gain-adjusting resistor disposed on the substrate opposite the package and electrically connected to the amplifying circuit for adjusting the gain of the amplifying circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device to measure wind-related stresses in a rotating system. It is based on the studies made by the Applicant which have shown that the power given by the motors driving the system rotationally are a function of these stresses. A measurement of the power, or of any quantity characteristic of this power (such as current, cos.phi. pressure, etc.) therefore enables a simple measurement of the wind-related stresses. If we set a limit value of power (or of a characteristic quantity) related to the limit velocity of the wind beyond which the forces to which the system is subjected are excessive, it becomes easy, by way of a comparison, to obtain a condition for the operation of the motors. The disclosure can also be used, in systems carrying out an angle measurement, to make a correction of this measurement.

Abstract: An self-aligning biaxial loading apparatus for use in testing the strength of specimens while maintaining a constant specimen centroid during the loading operation. The self-aligning biaxial loading apparatus consists of a load frame and two load assemblies for imparting two independent perpendicular forces upon a test specimen. The constant test specimen centroid is maintained by providing elements for linear motion of the load frame relative to a fixed crosshead, and by alignment and linear motion elements of one load assembly relative to the load frame.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a sample collecting and storing apparatus. A metal cabinet encloses a hand operated, chain driven pump connected serially with inlet and outlet lines providing a closed loop flow with a large tank to be sampled. The pump connects serially with a three port, two position valve mechanism defining a bypass. Another port of the valve serially connects with an industry standard fitting which in turn connects with the head of a syringe positioning a needle tip in alignment with the valve. A suitable mounting bracket supports the valve and associated syringe in conjunction with a second syringe preferably bent in a 90.degree. angle and having fittings for the syringe. This defines a second syringe tip so that two syringe needles insert through a septum into a sample receiving container. A method of operation is also set forth.

Abstract: A probe assembly for inspection and/or repair of heat exchanger tubing is provided by a sensor deployed by an elongate flexible sensor support cable and a plurality of bushings forming a flexible coaxial sheath about the sensor support cable. Bushing retainers are secured to the sensor support member to retain spacing between the bushings during forceful deployment and retraction of the assembly.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the diffusion of hydrogen atoms from a second surface to a first surface of a ferrous metal body in order to monitor the magnitude of corrosion occurring at the second surface. The apparatus comprises a chamber-defining member which can be sealed to the first surface of the body so as to define with the first surface a sealed chamber. The chamber-defining member is constructed of material sufficiently flexible that upon evacuation of the sealed chamber the chamber-defining member deflects toward the first surface to reduce the chamber volume. The apparatus provides a connection for attaching an evacuating pump which is used to evacuate substantially all of the contents of the chamber. A valve is provided to isolate the evacuated chamber from the evacuation pump so that hydrogen atoms, generated as a result of corrosion of the second surface, migrate through the body and exit the first surface within the chamber and combine to form hydrogen molecules which collect in the chamber.

Abstract: A jumping mechanism includes a support frame and a swing arm pivoted to the support frame. A U-shaped leg has a pair of vertically extending parts which are mounted pivotally to the swing arm. The support frame is movable relative to the vertically extending parts in a vertical direction. A jumping control unit has a rotary cam plate which is mounted on the support frame and which rotates in a predetermined direction. The cam plate is disposed below and has a periphery which abuts with an outward projection of the swing arm. One end of a tension spring is hooked to an upper rear end of the swing arm, while the other end thereof is hooked to an upper front end of the support frame. Rotation of the cam plate initially causes the cam plate to urge the outward projection upward so as to cause the swing arm to pivot upwardly from a first position relative to the support frame.

Abstract: A pneumatic coupling for connecting a driven machine member, such as a gantry type carriage of a measuring machine, to a drive member whereby the driven member is moved along a given axis; the coupling substantially comprising a bracket integral with the driven member and defining two facing wallsperpendicular to the aforementioned axis; and a drive element integral with the drive memberand located between the walls of the bracket via the interposition of respective air padsfitted to the walls via respective spherical supports.

Abstract: A fluid pressure-operated shift actuator (11) is provided of the type defining a series of fluid pressure chambers (69, 71, 91, and 95). The actuator is operable to move a shift finger (19) to any one of four shift rails (1,2,3,4) by actuating various combinations of solenoids (29,31,33). One of the fluid pressure chambers (95) provides a constant bias of the shift finger (19) toward the first shift rail (1). Actuation of the second and third pressure chambers (71,91) results in selection of the third shift rail, because pressurization of the third pressure chamber (91) limits the rightward movement of the crank arrangement (37) which directly controls position of the shift finger (19).

Abstract: The invention relates to a machine having a driven gear, service access to which is partially obstructed. An aspect of the invention involves an aperture permitting access to the driven gear through a spatial area away from the obstructed region. The driven gear includes a plurality of arc-like segments mounted on a spider for removal individually and the dimensions of at least one segment and the aperture are cooperatively selected to permit a segment to be removed through the aperture to the spatial area. Segments of the driven gear may thereby be removed for service while yet avoiding removal of the driving gear or other substantial disassembly. A method for replacing the driven gear includes forming the aperture, detaching a segment and removing the segment through the aperture to the spatial area.

Abstract: A worm speed reducer consisting of a worm made of a relatively hard material such as cast iron or steel and a worm wheel made of a relatively hard material such as cast iron. A material strength is set so that an amount of wear of the worm becomes larger than that of the worm wheel. A tooth surface of the worm wheel is formed with a network irregularity extending in both a direction of a cutting scratch due to cutting and a direction intersecting the direction of the cutting scratch, and also formed with a chemical conversion coating having a thickness smaller than a height of the irregularity. A tooth surface of the worm is formed with a network irregularity extending in both a direction of a cutting scratch due to cutting (or a grinding scratch due to grinding) and a direction intersecting the direction of the cutting scratch (or the grinding scratch) of the worm, and also formed with a chemical conversion coating having a thickness smaller than a height of the irregularity of the worm.

Abstract: A ball screw integrated type linear movement guiding unit including a guide rail, a male-threaded screw shaft, a nut having a female-threaded screw hole formed therein and end caps fastened to the opposite end surface of the nut, wherein a plurality of first through holes are drilled through the nut in the axial direction for building a linear movement guiding system in cooperation with ball rolling grooves on the guide rail and the nut, a plurality of second through holes are drilled through the nut in the axial direction in parallel with the first through holes for building a ball screw system in cooperation with ball screw grooves in the screw shaft and the ball screw grooves on the screw shaft, a plurality of first curved passages are formed in each of the end caps while building the linear movement guiding system in cooperation with the first through holes, and a plurality of second curved passages are formed in each of the end caps while building the ball screw system in cooperation with the second thro

Abstract: A Six-Degree-of-Freedom Parallel-Manipulator having three inextensible limbs for manipulating a platform is described in which the three inextensible limbs are attached via universal joints to the platform at non-collinear points. Each of the inextensible limbs is also attached via universal joints to a two-degree-of-freedom parallel driver such as a five-bar lineage, a pantograph, or a bidirectional linear stepper motor. The drivers move the lower ends of the limbs parallel to a fixed base and thereby provide manipulation of the platform. The actuators are mounted on the fixed base without using any power transmission devices such as gears or belts.

Abstract: A wrist mechanism mounted on an arm of a robot has a wrist flange to which a spray gun is mounted. Coaxially with the arm are provided concentric and relatively rotatable cylinders. From the outermost cylinder extends forward a housing in which gears and shafts are enclosed and operate as follows. Rotations of second and third inner cylinders are transmitted via spur gear trains to respective power transmission shafts extending in parallel to the axis of the cylinders. Bevel gears fixed to respective far ends of the transmission shafts mesh with other bevel gears which have a second axis transverse to the axis of the cylinders. A cylindrical member fixed to one of the other bevel gears is therefore swingable about the second axis. Rotation of the other bevel gear is transmitted to a further gear to rotate the spray gun. A cover besides the housing has an opening through which a flexible paint-supply hose is led into the mechanism to be connected to the spray gun.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a two dimentional drive system. The drive system comprises a pair of guides provided on a base, the guides arranged in parallel in the X-direction; a rod arranged in the Y-direction, each end of the rod being slidably attached to the guides. A moving body is capable of moving on the rod. A first motor, which has a first shaft, is provided for rotating the first shaft. The first motor is provided to the base. A second motor, which has a second shaft, is provided for rotating the second shaft, the second motor is provided to the moving body. A first link includes a first end and a second end, the first end of the first link is connected to the first shaft. A second link includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the second link is connected to the second shaft. The second end of the second link is rotatably connected to the second end of the first link.

Abstract: A brake operating device for bicycles, comprises a brake lever rotatably installed through a pivot on a housing mounted on a handlebar, an operating wire interlockingly connected to the brake lever through a wire connector, and a force transmission ratio adjusting means for adjusting a transmission ratio by moving the wire connector toward and away from the pivot in accordance with the operation of the brake lever. In this device, the force transmission ratio adjusting means comprises a long hole provided in the brake lever and guiding the wire connector in relation to the pivot, and a link pivotally installed at one end to the wire connector installed in the long hole and also pivotally supported at the other end on the housing through the other pivot than the pivot stated above.

Abstract: An apparatus for imparting a movement to an actuation of an object, such as a brake, and comprising a bracket (2) with an operating device (4), preferably in the form of a handle (24), a stirrup, an arm or a lever which is disposed in connection with the object via a connecting device (5), the connecting device (5) including an element (6) which is rotatably disposed in the bracket (2) about a first pivot (9), a shaft or the like, and a coupling device (7) which is anchored with the said element (6) in a portion (8) a distance from the said first pivot (9), and that the operating device (4) is secured with the said element (6).

Abstract: An improved steering assembly for a tricycle comprises a front fork whose tubular stem is received in a head tube and has a flat area which is engaged by an internal projection extending from the wall of the head tube toward the head tube axis so as to limit the angular excursions of the fork about that axis and thereby prevent the tricycle from tipping over due to oversteering.

Abstract: In a built-up flywheel comprising a first flywheel (12), a second flywheel (30) and a clutch covering body (32), a cooling mechanism is provided which has a cooling port (52) formed in the inner periphery of said second flywheel (30) and a cooling groove (50) arranged generally radial at the front surface of said second flywheel (30) so as to rake the air inside said clutch covering body (32) discharged from said cooling port outwards in a radial direction. The cooling port (52) forms a circulating route of the cold air, so that the atmospheric cold air can be effectively supplied into the clutch covering body (32), and the frictional face of the second flywheel (30) can be cooled. Moreover, the cooling groove (50) works to discharge the air inside the clutch covering body (32) positively outside through the cooling port (52), rendering the pressure inside the clutch covering body (32) negative, whereby the atmospheric cold air can be further positively supplied into the clutch covering body (32 ).

Abstract: According to an illustrative example of the invention, a flywheel is screwed to a crankshaft by a central bolt. The flywheel and the crankshaft are further provided with radially extending teeth in opposite annular contact faces. These teeth are engaged such as to center the flywheel with respect to the crankshaft and to permit torque transmission between the crankshaft and the flywheel. An angular positioning pin of the flywheel engages into a pin receiving bore of the crankshaft.

Abstract: A shoe fixing device employed to a pedal of a mountain bike. A cleat is secured to a tread of the pedal body. A front edge and an inner edge of the cleat are held by a fixed inner side supporting member adapted to engage with the inner edge and a fixed outer side supporting member adapted to engage with an outer edge of the cleat. An outer edge of the cleat engages with a movable supporting member, an engagement convex portion formed on a side edge of the cleat engages with an engagement concave portion formed on the supporting member holding the cleat or the shoe on the pedal.

Abstract: A radial piston hydrostatic machine disposed in a housing, a drive shaft supported in the housing and connecting through bevel pinion and gear to transmit rotation of the shaft to a cylinder barrel. The cylinder barrel provided with generally radial cylinder bores supporting pistons and mounted to rotate on a stationary ported pintle valve fixed to said housing. The cylinder barrel having an axially extending projection to support the bevel gear in spaced relationship with the end of said cylinder barrel, the bevel gear rotating with said cylinder barrel and drivingly connected to said bevel pinion. Fluid bearing means provided on the outer cylindrical surface of said pintle valve to provide a pressure field under said axially extending projection in order to counter any deflection of said bevel gear.

Abstract: A north-south transaxle includes a case having a first passageway extending longitudinally and a second passageway spaced from the first passageway and being generally parallel to the first passageway and extending longitudinally. The transaxle also includes a transmission assembly disposed in the first passageway and having a first shaft portion extending through the first passageway at one end thereof and a transfer assembly disposed in the second passageway and having a second shaft portion extending through the second passageway at one end thereof. The transaxle includes first and second bearings rotatably supporting the first and second shaft portions in the first and second passageways, and an assembly for retaining the first and second bearings and the first and second shaft portions in the first and second passageways.

Abstract: An extractor for removing a broken bolt stud having a pre-drilled bore from a threaded bore including a cylindrical body having a drive head on one end and expander on the opposite end. A collet is movably attached to the cylindrical body by threads permitting lateral movement of the expander against the gripping means causing them to expand and engage the pre-drilled bore. Rotation of the expander permits removal of the broken bolt stud due to the friction between the extractor and the stud.

Abstract: A resilient socket is arranged for mounting to a shaft structure in a coaxially aligned relationship, wherein the resilient socket is arranged to receive a fastener such as a nut and bolt or the like permitting grasping thereof for its remote manipulation and securement.

Abstract: A tool for attachment and removal of threaded components including a coupling adapted to engage the component and an arm having a first handle and a second handle displaced longitudinally by a given distance and including at least one hinge connecting the coupling to the arm or connecting the first handle to the second handle and permitting relative movement therebetween about a pivot axis substantially normal to a plane retaining the rotational axis of the coupling.

Abstract: There is disclosed a torque transmitting or coupling arrangement for a fastener drive system or the like, wherein the respective externally configured and internally configured components are provided with a series of mating, elliptically curved flutes and lobes. In both the externally and internally configured components, the flutes and lobes are defined by a first series of elliptically curved surfaces which alternate with a second series of elliptically curved surfaces, with the respective surfaces merging smoothly and generally tangentially to define the alternating flutes and lobes on each said component. One of the components, either the externally configured or the internally configured component will preferably have the flutes and lobes thereon generated from ellipses of substantially equal dimension. The other component, of necessity, will have the flutes and lobes generated from ellipses of differing dimensions.

Abstract: A fully dense ceramic-metal body including about 40-68 v/o .alpha.-alumina; about 10-30 v/o of a granular, hard refractory carbide, nitride, or boride; about 20-40 v/o silicon carbide platelets or elongated grains; and about 2-10 v/o of a dispersed metal phase combining Ni and Al mostly segregated at triple points of the microstructure. The preferred metal phase contains a substantial amount of the Ni.sub.3 Al ordered crystal structure. In the preferred body, the reinforcing SiC phase is partially incorporated into the alumina grain, and bridges the grain boundaries. The body including a segregated metal phase is produced by densifying a mixture of the hard phase components and the metal component, with the metal component being present in the mixture as Ni powder and Al powder. The body may be used as a cutting tool for machining nickel superalloys or cast iron at speeds up to about 1000 sfm, feed rates up to about 0.012 in/rev, and depth of cut up to about 0.10 inches.

Abstract: An external drive assembly is provided which conveys rotational movement to a shaft, and the shaft is adapted to be positioned substantially coaxial with the axis of the wheel hub of a motor vehicle. An adjustable drive member extends from the distal end of the shaft to the center of an adapter hub attachable to the wheel hub. Adjustable lug adapter legs are provided in which one end of each of such legs is adapted to attach to the threaded studs of an automobile wheel hub and the other end of each of the legs is provided with a cylindrical pin adapted to fit within one of a plurality of bores spaced around the peripheral edge of the adapter hub to retain the adapter leg within the adapter hub.

Abstract: Scaffold mounting structure for mounting a longitudinally extending scaffold deck to a raised framework including a pair of scaffold deck fastening members constructed to be mounted to a scaffold deck end so as to allow a scaffold deck rung to be readily assembled and positioned proximal the scaffold deck end to enhance scaffold stability.

Abstract: A ball lock assembly having a cutting head and a locking component including a lock rod carrying at least one locking member. A positioning assembly operatively connects to the lock rod so that one can move the lock rod between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position the locking member engages the cutting head to hold the cutting head to the locking component. In the unlocked position the locking member does not engage the cutting head so that the cutting head is not held to the locking component.

Abstract: An apparatus for continuously transporting, separating, and changing the path of webs in machines for processing webs prior to further processing are disclosed. A web consisting of at least one ribbon of material is conveyed by a pair of nip rollers arranged in a first transport path. When it is desired to separate and convey the web, for example when the web is of insufficient quality, a separating flap pivotally mounted on a first rotary axis located above the first transport path pivots downward cutting and directing the web to a second transport path. A blade flap pivotally mounted on a second rotary axis located below the first transport path opens and closes the transport path to the web. When the blade flap is in the closed position it bridges a gap between a lower guide and a guide section to allow the conveyance of a web through the first transport path.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting stacked sheet-like material has a table surface which includes an entry zone for receiving the material to be cut, a working zone above which a cutting blade and press beam are located, as well as an exit zone for receiving the material after it is cut. The exit zone comprises a first zonal area adjacent to the working zone and a second zonal area adjacent to the first zonal area, and a first straightedge arranged below the exit zone in the area of a parting surface of the two zonal areas. The second zonal area can be lifted from an initial position where it forms a plane with the first zonal area and the first straightedge can be lifted and moved into a working position with the first zonal area. The exit zone can be moved as a whole perpendicular to the cutting plane to form a gap between the exit zone and the working zone.

Abstract: A punching press according to the present invention employs a servo motor as the driving source of the punching operation to achieve fine control, and exhibits a performance which is equivalent to or higher than that of a conventional punching press which employs a hydraulic cylinder. A hammer member which performs the punching operation is coupled to a stroke member which performs a stroke motion. The stroke member is coupled to a motion converting unit which converts the rotational motion of a servo motor into a stroke motion.

Abstract: An adjustable miter box for use with a miter saw having a blade includes a base having a top, a front face, a rear face, a first side and a second side, a generally vertically oriented pivot post located adjacent the rear face and being disposed in an offset location closer to the first side than to the second side, a saw guide including a vertical throughbore for matingly engaging the pivot post and defining a slot for slidingly and clampingly accommodating the blade of the miter saw, angular locking devices on the base for releasably fixing the angular position of the saw guide relative to the base, and workpiece support apparatus secured to the base for supporting and securing a workpiece to be cut by the saw while the saw is slidably engaged in the slot.

Abstract: A technique and apparatus for rearward launch of a missile. The inventive apparatus (10) includes a launch tube (12) in which the missile (14) is mounted with the forward end of the missile being mounted at the forward end (16) of the tube. The rearward end of the launch tube is sealed with a break-away material (18) prior to expulsion of the missile (14). An expulsion mechanism expels the missile in a rearward direction from the launch tube. The expulsion mechanism includes an airbag (20) and a pressurization mechanism (30). The airbag (20) includes a bra (22) for maintaining the orientation of the missile (14) during the expulsion thereof. The airbag (20) also includes a metallized enclosure (24) for sealing the launch tube (14) after the expulsion of the missile (14).

Abstract: A ballistic optimizing system for use on a preferably bedded rifle comprising a movable weight element secured to the end of a rifle barrel such that said weight element can be moved axially along said barrel to change the effective weight applied for dampening purposes and having an indicator for indicating the relative position of said weight element on said barrel and further including an additional weight releasably secured to said movable weight element and ports through said weight element to allow gas escape.

Abstract: A cartridge is made up of a synthetic resin case member and a synthetic resin lid. The case member contains a first receiving chamber for receiving an igniter charge and a second receiving chamber for the accommodation of a propellant charge. A synthetic resin ignition pin flexibly connected to the lid extends into the first receiving chamber. Upon the exertion of pressure by a striker on the rear end of the ignition pin, the pin is advanced further into the first receiving chamber, a pointed forward percussion end of this ignition pin acting on the igniter charge to ignite the charge. The igniter charge is accommodated in funnel shape in a conical depression of the first receiving chamber. The percussion end of the ignition pin, extending into the igniter charge, upon displacement, causes friction in the igniter charge material and thus generates frictional heat therein.

Abstract: A semiautomatic firearm including a recoil spring acting on the bolt for closing the breech after the ejection of the case. The repositioning device includes an auxiliary resilient member which cooperates with the recoil spring, so that although a low-rigidity spring suitable for weak cartridges is used, the weapon works correctly even when firing powerful cartridges. The device thus allows to use a wider range of cartridges and reduces the negative effects of recoil.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic brake-booster comprising a casing (10), inside which is situated a piston (20) comprising a rear tubular part (22) and a movable wall (12) defining a front chamber (16) permanently connected to a vacuum source and a rear chamber (18) selectively connected to the front chamber (16) or to the atmosphere by a valve mechanism (20a, 32a, 40) actuated by a control rod (34) adapted to bear, by way of a plunger (32) against one face of a reaction disk (58) fastened to a push rod (56), the valve mechanism comprising a valve closure member (40) cooperating by an active part with a first valve seat (32a) formed on the plunger (32) and with a second valve seat (20a) formed on the piston (20). According to the invention, a guide mechanism (62) for the air in movement are provided upstream of the valve mechanism.