Abstract: A bonded multi-piece plastic automotive air intake assembly having first and second housing members that include a 3-dimensional mating surface. The first member has a continuous first perimeter edge and the second member has a continuous second perimeter edge. The first perimeter edge has a central tongue portion that extends outwardly from the first edge. The tongue portion has first and second wall surfaces. The second peripheral edge has a groove extending inwardly from the second peripheral edge and mates with the tongue portion. The tongue portion and groove form a U-shaped channel that receives an adhesive therebetween. The adhesive forms a continuous bead that seals the channel between the first and second housing members. A plurality of alignment spacers are positioned between the tongue portion and the groove to align the tongue portion centrally within the groove.

Abstract: The present invention is adapted to provide a method and apparatus for dynamically determining an individualized fuel command for each fuel injector connected to an engine. In the preferred embodiment the method includes delivering a baseline fuel command to each of the injectors. The actual engine speed is then determined. An individualized fuel command is determined for each of the fuel injectors based on the baseline fuel command, and the actual engine speed. In the preferred embodiment the individualized fuel commands are dynamically determined when the engine is idling. In an alternative embodiment, the individualized fuel commands may be used throughout the operating speed range of the engine.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for determining a fuel command for an fuel system. The present invention provides a method for determining a fuel command for an engine. The method includes determining a desired and actual engine speed, comparing the desired and actual engine speeds, and controlling the air/fuel mixture flow into the intake manifold of the fuel system in response to the comparison. The inlet pressure and temperature within the manifold are then determined. A fuel command is determined in response to the manifold air pressure and temperature. The fuel command is then modified in response to the comparison of the desired and actual engine speeds.

Abstract: The pump controller 40 determines pump load torques T.sub.r1, T.sub.r2 from tilting signals .theta..sub.1, .theta..sub.2 of hydraulic pumps 1, 2 and delivery pressure signals P.sub.D1, P.sub.D2 of the hydraulic pumps 1, 2 based on T.sub.r1 =K.multidot..theta..sub.1 .multidot.P.sub.D1 and T.sub.r2 =K.multidot..theta..sub.2 .multidot.P.sub.D2 (K: constant), and adds these pump load torques to provide a resulting value as an engine load torque signal T. Using the signal T, an engine controller 50 calculates fuel injecting timing depending on the engine load torque to control a timer actuator 55. This makes it possible to control the fuel injection timing with good response and high accuracy following load fluctuation, achieve optimum combustion, and prevent such a deterioration of exhaust gas as caused by the generation of No.sub.x.

Abstract: A handling device for setting the opening degree of the throttle valve to a desired degree even under conditions where the throttle lever is rotated to a full extent, and capable of immediately returning the throttle lever to a minimum opening degree (idling opening). The handling device has a main lever connected with one end portion of a cable and designed to pull the cable connected via the other end portion thereof with an actuating member, a movable pulley around which a portion of the cable in the vicinity of the one end portion is wound as a turn-around point, and a position adjustment mechanism comprising a sub-lever. The sub-lever is designed to move the movable pulley to a desired holding position so as to adjust a distance of pulling the cable.

Abstract: Manufacturing/design imperfections and component failures in the fuel system/engine can lead to non-uniform torque production among the cylinders. Non-uniform cylinder torques can be observed as small engine speed fluctuations about the average engine speed at any given operating point. Severe imbalance conditions can be heard, felt, and seen by human operators. The present invention uses the fluctuations in engine speed to detect an unbalanced engine and attempts to correct the unbalance by applying trims to the fueling commands for each individual cylinder. The present invention is based on the calculation of a 6-point Fourier Transform (FFT) of engine speed data over one complete engine cycle. This FFT is calculated continuously to provide imbalance detection. An unbalanced engine results in non-zero magnitudes of the FFT components that correspond to the 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 engine orders.

Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus having a cross sectional area S.sub.0 of a first low pressure fuel passage which is connected to a high pressure pump and which has a pressure regulator, a cross sectional area S.sub.1 of an orifice formed between the first low pressure fuel passage and a second low pressure fuel passage, and a cross sectional area S.sub.2 of the second low pressure fuel passage for supplying the low pressure fuel to the first low pressure fuel passage. Those cross sectional areas are set to satisfy a relationship of S.sub.1 <S.sub.0 <S.sub.2 such that the pressure pulsation generated at the pressure regulator is reduced, and the noise produced by the fuel supply apparatus is reduced.

Abstract: A fuel injection device for internal combustion engines in which the motion of a fuel injection valve member is controlled by the pressure in a control chamber. The pressure in the control chamber is controlled by a control valve whose valve member is actuated by way of a hydraulic chamber, with the pressure transmitted from a piezoelectric drive device. The valve member is provided with two sealing surfaces that cooperate with oppositely disposed first and second valve seats wherein when the valve member moves from the first valve seat to the second valve seat, a short-term relief of the control chamber takes place in order to trigger a short pre-injection of fuel. For larger fuel injection quantities, the control valve is brought into an open position between the first and second valve seats or in a closed position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure pump for fuel delivery in fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, which includes a tank, a pre-feed pump, and the high-pressure pump. The pre-feed pump aspirates a total fuel flow from the tank and this total fuel flow is divided into a lubricating flow, which is conveyed through the high-pressure pump for the purpose of lubrication, and a delivery flow, which is acted on with high pressure by the high-pressure pump and is delivered to a common distributor rail. The fuel injection system prevents damage that could occur during operation. Damage is prevented because the total fuel flow is conveyed through the high-pressure pump for the purpose of lubrication, wherein a metering unit for the total fuel flow is provided in the high-pressure pump or in a return and assures that only a predetermined delivery flow is acted on with high pressure in the high-pressure pump.

Abstract: A process for leak testing in fuel injection pumps that have a pump housing that can be plugged into a motor housing, in which an outlet of the fuel injection pump, which feeds into an annular chamber that is divided by sealing rings and is normally discharged by way of a line, is closed with a material in order to carry out a leak test. The material is plastically deformable and dissolves with the heating of the fuel, and due to its plasticity, produces a sealed closure of the annular chamber in relation to the interior of the fuel injection pump so that the annular chamber can be loaded with a testing pressure via the line.

Abstract: At the time of low temperature start up of a direct injection gasoline engine internal combustion engine, a pressure adjustment function of a low pressure pressure regulator is stopped, so that all of the fuel pumped from a low pressure fuel pump is supplied to a high pressure fuel pump. Moreover, the fuel from a high pressure fuel system is returned directly to a fuel tank. Hence vapor produced while the engine is stopped is discharged together with the fuel.

Abstract: An engine with a supercharger has a first intake pipe with one end connected to an air cleaner at one end of the engine. The intake pipe extends toward the other end of the engine and joins with an intermediate portion which is bent to extend across the engine and is then bent downward and connected to a supercharger arranged on the exhaust side of the engine. A second intake pipe has one end connected to the supercharger and the other end extended upward and connected to an intercooler disposed above the engine. A third intake pipe has one end connected to the intercooler and the other end extended in such a manner as to pass above the first intake pipe for connection to a throttle body on the intake side of the engine.

Abstract: A method of adapting a linear EGR system is provided to adjust flow rates based on engine roughness. Initially, the level of engine combustion roughness is measured and quantified by a known dynamic crankshaft fuel control methodology. In response, the method adjusts the EGR valve desired position higher or lower based on the measured combustion roughness. For example, if the engine is running "smooth", then more EGR is used. If the engine is running "rough", less EGR is used. As the engine approaches a roughness target, the EGR is stabilized.

Abstract: A breather device for an engine comprises a gas-liquid separation chamber communicating with the crankcase chamber through the one-way valve, a breather passage opening the gas-liquid separation chamber into an air cleaner, first and second oil suction holes arranged below and above an inner end of the breather passage opening to the gas-liquid separation chamber, and an oil passage communicating the first and second oil suction holes to an oil reservoir chamber having a pressure lower than that of the gas-liquid separation chamber. This construction enables the oil separated from the blow-by gas and liquefied in the gas-liquid separation chamber to be returned quickly to the oil reservoir chamber through the first or second oil suction holes, irrespective of whether the engine is in an normal upright position or an inverted position.

Abstract: An air-fuel ratio control system for a multi-cylinder engine is provided. An air-fuel ratio sensor is arranged in an exhaust system of the engine for detecting an air-fuel ratio of a mixture supplied to the engine and for generating an output indicative of the air-fuel ratio of the mixture. An adaptive controller determines an amount of fuel to be supplied to the engine with a first predetermined repetition period in a manner such that the output from the air-fuel ratio sensor becomes equal to a desired value. An adaptive parameter-adjusting mechanism adjusts adaptive parameters used by the adaptive controller. In the adaptive parameter-adjusting mechanism, the adaptive parameters are calculated with a second predetermined repetition period longer than the first predetermined repetition period, and output data indicative of results of the calculation is generated.

Abstract: An archer's bow rest is used with a support structure and supports an archer's bow. The bow rest includes a cup member and a brace. More particularly, the cup member is connected with the support structure and defines a recess that is adapted to removably receive an end of the archer's bow. In one aspect, the cup member further includes a generally J-shaped member and a ring member. The J-shaped member has a first leg, a bite portion, and a second leg, with the first and second legs extending in the same general direction from the bite portion. In another aspect, the ring member is connected with each of the first and second legs, whereby the ring member, the first leg, the bite portion, and at least a portion of the second leg define the recess. At least one of the ring member and the J-shaped member may be constructed of an elongated pliable member.

Abstract: The improved archery bow arrow rest includes an elongated bracket having a front end portion and opposite rear end. The front portion is adapted to be secured to the sidewall of an archery bow riser on the side of the riser opposite that which defines the arrow window of the bow. The rear end of the bracket has one end of a transverse bar secured thereto, with the opposite free end of the bar extending behind the arrow window when the bracket is secured to an archery bow. The bar preferably is secured by a spring to the bracket to bias the bar against counterclockwise rotation. The rest also includes a spaced parallel pair of inflexible arrow holder arms, the rear ends of which are secured to the bar. The central portions of the holder arms extend upwardly and forwardly of the bar for positioning in the arrow window. The front portions of the holder arms are bent down to form prongs which are at an angle extending toward each other to form a V. The lower ends of the prongs are spaced apart at least about 0.

Abstract: A combination archery bow stabilizer and string tracker having a built-in shock- and vibration-damping system comprising a body portion containing a chamber for holding a spool of tracking string and a chamber housing a temperature-insensitive vibration-damping and shock-absorbing viscoelastic polymer element in which a bow-mounting rod is embedded. The viscoelastic polymer element material is preferably a flexible polyurethane of essentially linear structure, containing unsatisfied hydroxyl groups, and having a compression set of less than 15%, an elongation at break of at least 500%, and a recovery after compression which is delayed by at least 0.7 seconds. The system minimizes the vibration due to shock created by the release of the arrow and by the pay out of the tracking string.

Abstract: A cutter assembly for installation on the rotary discs of a concrete finishing/stripper machine includes a base member for mounting on the rotary disc of a machine, a cutter member carried on the base member having a plurality of interchangeable cutting edges selectively presentable to a cutting position, a guide channel for constraining the cutter element for movement relative to the base member between first and second positions, and a coil spring for urging the cutter member toward a first of the positions while permitting movement of the cutter element along a path away from the first position and toward a deflected position in response to forces applied to the cutter element caused by obstructions on the surface being finished. The compression or pre-load on the coil spring is adjustable for varying conditions. The entire cutter assembly is readily mountable onto the bottom of the rotating disc and channels thereof by wedges, making set up of the machine quick and easy.

Abstract: A bandsaw for cutting off slices from a workpiece includes a sawband which circulates over a system of pulleys and has a band back and a cutting edge, which is situated opposite to the band back and is provided with a cutting surface. There is also a feed system, which effects a relative movement between the workpiece and the cutting edge, so that the sawband penetrates into the workpiece, thus forming a cutting gap. The bandsaw has a support plate, which supports the band back and is held by a holding device. There is also a process for cutting off slices from a workpiece using this bandsaw. A part of the support plate, which part adjoins the band back, also penetrates into the cutting gap during the cutting of the workpiece.

Abstract: In a wire saw primarily intended for sawing stone with the aid of light portable equipment, a continuous, easily flexed wire loop or wire on which cutting elements are uniformly spaced includes elastomeric spacing elements between the cutting elements. With the intention of increasing the flexibility of the wire loop and its ability to endure bending as it runs around guide sprocket wheels of small diameter, the diameter of the wire or the wire loop is reduced. A narrow waist bore which centers against the wire enables the cutting elements to be threaded in a centerd way on the wire. The spacing elements are applied thinly on the wire between the cutting elements. The elastomeric material functions to resiliently center the cutting elements by being pressed against the center plane of the cutting elements from both sides into recesses provided in the end-walls of the cutting elements, theses recess being flared at a wide angle of about 90 degrees.

Abstract: Unit with at least one plate made of a material, which material is permeable to thermal radiation, such as glass ceramic, glass, ceramic or a similar material, as a surface for cooking, frying and/or keeping warm. The unit with at least one plate is on a frame construction with different types of adjustable heat sources distributed underneath and on the plate. Some of the heat sources are distributed under the plate in the form of radiant burners and act indirectly by radiation through the plate. Other heat sources are located above the level of the plate in the form of open atmospheric or atmospheric pressure gas burners and transmit heat directly by producing open flames. The respective heat sources correspond to the cooking, frying and/or warming positions.

Abstract: A compact gas combustion furnace includes a substantially rectangular casing having an interior defined by a plurality of compartments. A draft inducer is mounted above the heat exchanger compartment to allow a multipass heat exchanger to be used while allowing the furnace to be fitted within a mobile home closet. A transition box couples the horizontally disposed inlet of the inducer and the vertically disposed outlet side of the heat exchangers. In a preferable arrangement, the furnace includes a burner assembly utilizing a plurality of burners, each having an arcuate shape in relation to a corresponding plurality of heat exchangers, and thereby occupying a minimum of space without loss of efficiency.

Abstract: A disposable atomizer device for directing a liquid into or on the body of a patient. The atomizer device includes a container for holding a liquid, and a liquid inlet tube disposed in the container. An atomizing nozzle is in communication with the liquid inlet tube. A gas inlet tube is in communication with the nozzle and is attachable to a source of compressed gas. The atomizer device includes a trigger valve system adjacent to the gas inlet tube for providing controlled release of compressed gas from the gas inlet tube to the atomizing nozzle. The trigger valve system includes a needle valve positioned in a needle support surrounded by a valve housing with a cap. The needle support is movably engaged with the cap for retaining the needle valve within the valve housing, and the needle valve is resiliently biased toward the cap. The valve housing has a pressure relief port for reducing line pressure to an acceptable level.

Abstract: A portable anesthesia machine includes a vaporizer having a combinant chamber for containing a liquid anesthetic agent and a pair of diluent stems extending therein for delivering a carrier gas thereinto and providing a vaporized anesthesia agent therefrom, with a generally arcuately shaped, slotted, baffle covering an orifice in each of the diluent stems and a cotton wick extending along the height of each of a pair of carrier stems. A calibrated knob and piston/cylinder assembly controls flow of carrier gas and diluent gas into and out of the combinant chamber. A flow control manifold allows the connection of a multiple number of carrier gases and calibrated flow of any selected carrier gas into the vaporizer. A well fill port provides a convenient point for filling or draining the combinant chamber.

Abstract: Regulator for underwater breathing apparatus, comprising a box-like body containing the device that regulates the admission of air from the first reducing stage, fitted with a mouthpiece through which the air is inhaled and an outlet through which the exhaled air is discharged, the air-regulating device comprising a chamber in which the regulating valve is located and chamber that communicates with the surrounding water, the chambers being separated by a diaphragm that controls the regulating valve, with the chamber that communicates with the surrounding water being delimited by the diaphragm and by a wall provided with plurality of a apertures; the apertures are provided with a grid-like element that break up the flow of fluid through the latter.

Abstract: A laryngeal mask has a mount at its patient end of elliptical shape supporting an inflatable cuff. The cuff is a hollow extruded tube with an integral attachment flange and has opposite ends receiving two spigots on the mount. The attachment flange is attached to the mount by means of a projecting tooth, which locates in a channel around the mount.

Abstract: A lower leg, ankle and foot immobilization brace utilizing a semi-flexible open front boot fixed to the top of a walker sole with a plurality of spaced ventilation ports in the boot carries a foam liner within the boot sized to surround the lower leg, ankle, foot and dorsum of the user's limb. Spaced closures spanning the open front boot apply gentle and focal compression to the foam liner encased limb. Appropriate elongated ventilation ports within the foam liner overlap a plurality of spaced ventilation ports in the boot to facilitate cooling air flow directly from the boot exterior to the skin of the user's limb encased by the foam liner.

Abstract: A method of treating urinary incontinence in a patient by: providing a pressure monitor probe comprising a catheter having a pressure responsive region and a distal portion, the pressure responsive region spaced a predetermined distance from the distal portion; inserting the pressure monitor probe into the patient's urethra such that the distal portion is positioned in the patient's bladder adjacent the UVJ, thereby positioning the pressure responsive region of the catheter within the urethra a predetermined distance from the UVJ; and surgically modifying the pressure applied against the urethra while monitoring the pressure applied against the urethra using the probe. An intraurethral pressure monitor probe and an intraurethral pressure monitoring assembly are also provided.

Abstract: A method of and system for detecting glue skips on tipping paper used to secure filters to cigarette tobacco rods and the rejection of defective cigarettes based thereon in which a particle radiation sensor is used to monitor the amount of glue applied to the tipping paper and a laser edge detector is used to monitor for proper alignment of the tipping paper during cigarette tipping operations in a typical cigarette manufacturing machine. The signals output from the particle radiation sensor are fed to a skip detection system which produces an output signal upon detecting a glue skip or a loss of glue.

Abstract: A braid removal tool has a comb, a strap, and a plurality of prongs. The strap is used to fasten the comb to a user's thumb. To remove a section of braids, a user first engages prongs with braids by grasping a section of unbraided hair between an index finger and the comb. Once the prongs are engaged with braids, use a downward motion and comb braids toward a hair end. Repeat this procedure until braids are completely removed. The tool may be worn on the thumb of a second hand to assist the second hand in grasping the braids to prevent excessive pulling on a scalp during combing.

Abstract: A cosmetic case including a container and cover part connected by a hinged joint, in which the hinge pin is formed of the same synthetic resin as the container and cover parts. The hinged joint is formed by hinge blocks (integrally formed on the container part) pivotably connecting to a hinge body (integrally formed on the cover part) by a hinge pin inserted through a round bore formed through the hinge blocks and hinge body. The synthetic resin hinge pin is a concentric three layer structure in radial cross section in which the outer and inner layers are joined by an adhesive middle layer. A collar flange and center bore are formed on the hinge block and hinge body, respectively, around the hinge pin.

Abstract: Procedure and device for cleaning disk-shaped objects, in particular wafers, with sonification and water as rinsing medium and coupling liquid between the ultrasonic transmitter and the surface which is to be cleaned, whereby the wafer is preferentially held by vacuum suction on a rotating plate and the radiating surface of an ultrasonic transmitter is approached to the surface which is to be cleaned to within a distance in the millimeter range and a flowing film of ultra-pure water is produced between the disk surface and the radiating transmitter surface. The particles dislodged from the disk surface by the sonification are carried away by the flowing water and ejected radially with the water by rotating the disk. The ejected water impinges on the sidewalls of a trough and is drained away without splashing.

Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus for rinsing a wafer after chemically treating the wafer includes a spin chuck for holding the wafer, a first supply nozzle located above the spin chuck and a second nozzle connected to a lower end of the spin chuck. First and second chemical fluid supply pipes are connected at one end to a chemical fluid supply and at the other end to respective ends of the first and second supply nozzles. First and second deionized water supply pipes are connected at one end to a deionized water supply and at the other end to respective ends of the first and second supply nozzles. A hydrophilic-making fluid supply pipe is connected at one end to hydrophilic-making fluid supply and at the other end to the end of the first supply nozzle. It is thus possible to prevent the generation of watermarks at the boundary between hydrophobic material and hydrophilic material by performing a rinsing operation after changing the hydrophobic material into hydrophilic material.

Abstract: An improved system for removing solids such as sand from hydrocarbon liquid and water separation vessels. A nozzle discharges a fluid stream for displacing the solids within the vessel interior through a valve or exit port. The nozzle can be manipulated to selectively control the fluid stream discharge placement. A controller positions the nozzle below the vessel to clear a port and valve above the nozzle. The controller can also position the nozzle within the vessel interior and can control the placement of the nozzle liquid discharge stream. This directional control efficiently directs the solids toward a discharge port and reduces inadvertent movement of the solids into oil buckets and other defined spaces within the vessel.

Abstract: This invention includes apparatus that circulates and agitates a liquid cleansing solution in a sink by means of gas jet bubbles, in order to clean dirty articles therein. The basic device comprises a base structure, a pressurized gas supply, hollow jet nozzle means disposed in the sink, the jet nozzle means having a sealed end and a plurality of apertures thereon for gas ejection, so as to produce gas bubble jet streams which scrub and clean the articles by both article impact and agitation of the liquid cleansing solution. Preheating of the pressurized gas, coupled with a manifolded heat exchanger in the cleansing solution, provides the means for heating the cleansing solution. Temperature control means are then used to maintain the temperature of the cleansing solution against cooling. Alternately, the heat source may include a separate liquid heater. The warmed gas may also be used to dry the articles after washing.

Abstract: Improved megasonic cleaning is obtained by use of an apparatus containing a plurality of transducers arranged to transmit a progressive megasonic wave through a liquid containing a planar surface of an object. The progression of the wave is preferably such that particles are carried by the wave toward the toward the edge of the wafer. The processes and apparatus are especially useful for cleaning wafers in the course of manufacturing integrated circuit chips.

Abstract: A substrate treating apparatus for successively treating substrates includes a body having a carrying unit for carrying the substrate along a carrying surface. The carrying surface is inclined in a plane perpendicular to the carrying direction of the substrate. The body supplies a treating liquid to the substrate being carried for treating the substrate. A receiving station is disposed upstream of the body for changing the posture of the substrate from a horizontal posture to an inclined posture corresponding to the inclination of the carrying surface, and for forwarding the substrate onto the carrying unit. In addition, a delivering station is disposed downstream of the body for returning the substrate forwarded from the carrying unit in the inclined posture to the horizontal posture.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for cleaning semiconductor devices and other workpieces using an aqueous rinse solution which is de-oxygenated by passing the aqueous rinse solution and a carrier gas through an osmotic membrane degasifier. A cleaning chamber is also disclosed for carrying out the cleaning method.

Abstract: A modular cleaning system is provided generally comprising at least one modular wash rack having a drainage fitting and a coupling means to allow one modular wash rack to be fastened to another modular wash rack, a tube connected to the drainage fitting, and a filtering system generally comprising a vacuum pump for pumping a liquid through the tube from the drainage fitting to the filtering system, and at least one filter, the filter being operably associated with the vacuum pump.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for cleaning and rinsing the interior surfaces of a railway tank car with a single, high-pressure fluid spray. The apparatus is inserted into a tank car through its manway and secured using a lockdown assembly. The swivel assembly includes a swivel shaft which is disposed longitudinally through a swivel housing and is interconnected with a rotor motor and with a hollow spindle assembly. A fluid channel communicates the fluid to the spindle assembly where the fluid is sprayed through a single nozzle onto the interior surfaces of a tank car. Control of fluid spray orbit is accomplished by two perpendicular axes for causing rotation and actuation of the nozzle affixed to the spindle assembly, through the cooperation of an idler gear.

Abstract: A portable shelter is provided including a frame having a base and a collapsible upper portion. A cover is removably mounted on the upper portion of the frame. A pair of shoulder straps are each coupled to the base of the frame for allowing the same to be worn on a back of a user. Next provided is a bag mounted on the base for receiving the cover.

Abstract: A quick-erecting tent includes a collapsible frame and a canopy that is slidably connected to the frame. When the tent is erected, male and female structures will mate. These structures can be fastened together to prevent the tent from collapsing inadvertently. Stake rings are attached to the canopy using an elastic connection.

Abstract: A lightweight, spacious and collapsible tent having an apex and contacting the ground on three struts, utilizing: three collapsible subframes each containg four struts pivotally connected at one end to a central hub and extending radially outward to a distal end; a flexible covering having four sides and corners, said covering overlaying the hub and struts and extending so that each corner extends to the distal end of a strut; each of said subframes being connected along two sides to one of the sides of each of the other two subframes; each of said subframes having a strut the distal end of which is pivotally connected to the distal end of a strut from each of the other two subframes to form the apex of the tent; and each of said subframes resting on the ground on the distal end of a strut farthest from the apex.

Abstract: A method of controlling insulating fluid flow between fluid channels in sections of an electrical power cable at different elevations, the channel of one section being isolated from the channel of a next adjacent section by a hydraulic stop, to limit the loss of insulating fluid when a seciton is ruptured and yet permit a limited flow from the point of rupture to protect the cable from contamination. Fluid at a high rate from a lower section to adjacent higher sections around the stop is permitted by a check valve which substantially prevents fluid flow in the opposite direction and a flow-limiting valve permits fluid flow at a low rate from the higher section to the lower section. The fluid pressure difference between the sections may be relieved by a relief valve if the difference exceeds a predetermined amount.

Abstract: An apparatus for preventing freezing of interior water pipes. A thermal switch is attached to a hot and/or cold water supply pipe in a remote location that is prone to freezing in cold weather. The thermal switch electrically communicates with a power source and with a solenoid-actuated valve. The solenoid-actuated valve is located in a conduit communicating the outlet of the water pipe adjacent a water usage station with the water outlet of a fixture located at the water usage station. This conduit is separate from the existing supply line communicating the outlet of the water pipe with the fixture and does not, therefore, interfere with the normal operation of the fixture.

Abstract: An air regulator system for a powder coating system and method of operating the system whereby air regulators constructed with inexpensive, on-off servo control valves are positioned side by side and secured to a common bracket and are operated with a pulse width modulating circuitry that quickly and accurately controls the regulator. The circuitry is carried on a circuit board which is also mounted to the common bracket.

Abstract: A pressure control system controls pressure in a fluid system, and includes a compressor for producing pressurized fluid, with the compressor coupled to a rotor valve and pressure controller. A manifold supports at least the valve and pressure controller, and the manifold has integral passages within establishing a connection for fluids from the compressor to the valve and pressure controller for controlling the fluid pressure to the system.

Abstract: A fluid product valve in which an elastic member containing a normally closed slit is adapted to be selectively stretched by displacement of an actuating member, such as to stretch open the slit over the outlet end of a product discharge passage and allow fluid product to be dispensed therefrom, release of the actuating member allowing the elastic member, and hence the distorted slit, to return to its original configuration, thereby reclosing the outlet end of the passage.

Abstract: A device for connecting at least a discharge tube and return tube to a bung connection of a container for liquids and the like, said connection being embodied with inner screw thread, which device comprises a cylindrical insert with screw thread arranged on the cylinder outer wall and co-acting with the bung, in addition to a bottom provided with at least two openings, a tube connecting bung for placing with the lower surface on this bottom and provided with passages for the discharge tube and return tube aligned with these openings, and a clamping piece for fixing the connecting bung in the cylindrical insert via connectors wherein there are arranged lugs placed in a determined pattern and recesses receiving these lugs, wherein the clamping piece is connected non-slidably in axial direction to the bung but freely rotatable relative thereto, and wherein the connectors in the insert are arranged at a distance from the bottom in order to form a chamber, the recesses are placed above the chamber in the insert an