Abstract: A first hydraulic pump P1 driven by power of an engine and a first hydraulic motor M1 are fluidly connected so as to form a closed fluid circuit. An output shaft 2 of first hydraulic motor M1 is drivingly connected with a subtransmission 3. The output power from sub-transmission 3 drives main-driving wheels 5 and also drives a second hydraulic pump P2 fluidly connected with a second hydraulic motor M2 for driving sub-driving wheels 6. A clutch 7 is interposed between an output shaft 4 of sub-transmission 3 and an input shaft 9 of second hydraulic pump P2 or on the output side of second hydraulic motor M2. Second hydraulic pump P2 or second hydraulic motor M2 has variable displacement, so that second hydraulic motor M2 is drivingly accelerated in proportion to the degree of turning operation of a steering operating tool 31.

Abstract: A steering cylinder retention system is provided that replaces the conventional bolted joint with a pin and snap ring arrangement that requires fewer parts and is easier to assemble. The retention system provides a pair of annular axle brackets whereby the steer cylinder is received in both axle brackets. The steer cylinder is retained in the axle brackets by a shoulder, pin and snap ring assembly. More specifically, the steer cylinder is formed with a seating shoulder that abuts one of the axle brackets, and a slot is provided between the cylinder and axle bracket to prevent rotational movement of the cylinder with respect to the axle bracket. A snap ring arrangement fastens the cylinder against axial movement with respect to the axle cylinder.

Abstract: In one embodiment the invention comprises a method of gathering borehole seismic data in which a borehole acoustic instrument is lowered into a borehole in the earth's surface along with a canister positioned about the instrument and a second open bottomed canister positioned below the instrument. The canisters are at least partially filled with gas after the canisters are lowered into borehole. In another embodiment the invention comprises an apparatus for reflecting tube waves in a fluid-filled borehole which includes a canister having a diameter adapted to enable the canister to be deployed within the fluid-filled borehole, and having an open lower end, and an enclosed upper end with an aperture through the upper end adapted for sealing engagement between said upper end and a conduit.

Abstract: A silencer for a vehicle exhaust assembly is described. The silencer comprises an outer wall, a porous exhaust pipe which defines an inner wall and a sound absorbent fibrous material located between the inner and the outer wall. The sound absorbent fibrous material is substantially unidirectional and parallel with the direction of gas flow through the porous exhaust pipe. The fibre is enclosed in a silencer cartridge. A method of producing such a cartridge is also described.

Abstract: A sound attenuating relocatable partition wall panel. A substantially rigid first skin is secured, in a spaced apart relationship to a substantially rigid second skin generally opposite thereto. The first and second skins have different respective critical frequencies at which a coincidence dip occurs in their respective sound transmission loss characteristics.

Abstract: A ladder leveling accessory which may be attached to the legs of a ladder has a configuration which forms an apex remote from leg attachment arms positioned and carries an elongated peg which extends downwardly away from the arms at an angle to the plane in which the arms and thus the legs of the ladder are disposed. The peg may be in the configuration of a spike and, for use in loose or sandy substrates, there may be triangular shaped flanges. A flexible mat is secured above the spike to the apex and conforms to the configuration of the ground to provide further stabilization to the system.

Abstract: A portable tree stand assembly includes a support bracket structure, a seat, a platform and a seat and platform position adjustment arrangement. The support bracket structure is attachable to a supporting tree. The support bracket structure has an upper end portion and a lower end portion. The seat is pivotally mounted to the upper end portion of the support bracket structure. The platform is pivotally mounted to the lower end portion of the support bracket structure. The seat and platform position adjustment arrangement interconnects the seat and platform to a middle portion of the support bracket structure extending between and interconnecting the upper and lower end portions thereof. The seat and platform position adjustment arrangement is adjustable to movably place and retain the seat and platform in a substantially parallel relation to one another and in respective level positions for a range of lean angles of the supporting tree to which the support bracket structure is attached.

Abstract: An elevator rescue system includes a power source of back-up electrical power. A manually-operated, rescue enable switch switchably permits the transmission of electrical power from the power source to a motor brake coil of an elevator car during a rescue operation such that the energized coil releases the motor brake to move the car to a desired landing. A speed detector measures the speed of the elevator car and thereupon generates a speed control signal corresponding to the speed of the car. An overspeed detection circuit has a first input for being actuated when receiving electrical power from the power source, a second input for receiving the speed control signal, and an output for transmitting electrical power to the motor brake coil when the speed control signal is below a predetermined value and for automatically stopping the transmission of electrical power when the speed control signal becomes higher than a predetermined value. A manually-operated brake release switch has an input and an output.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for installing elevator car and counterweight guide rails within an elevator hoistway of a building that requires no welding operations to be performed in order to connect the brackets together. The connector brackets of the invention include cooperating support and connector brackets each having a plurality of strategically arranged, indexable connector holes that permit the necessary degree of adjustment of the brackets to properly position the guide rails within the hoistway. Specially configured connector bolts are provided which impart substantial structural integrity to the interconnected bracket and positively preclude shifting of the interconnected brackets even as a result of projected seismic loading.

Abstract: A parking brake mounted selectively to a first position on a floor of an automobile body and a second position in front of the first position on the floor. Fitting hole is formed on the floor at the back of the first position. A pipe member is fitted into the fitting hole and has opening area formed like a substantial flare shape to be expanded forward at their front end. The opening area is opened over the floor of the automobile body. A cable is connected to the parking brake and then extended backward into the inside of the floor via the opening area. Accordingly, even when the parking brake is mounted to either of the first position and the second position, the cable is extended from the upper surface side of the floor to the back surface side thereof through the opening area of the pipe member. Since the opening area of the pipe member has a substantial flare shape, the cable is introduced smoothly into the inside of the floor even though the cables are strung obliquely to the pipe member.

Abstract: A bicycle disc brake caliper is provided with a detachable cooling system that transfers heat away from the actuating fluid. Basically, the bicycle disc brake caliper has a housing and a piston unit, with a coolant member of the cooling system attached to the housing. The housing has a frame mounting member sized to be coupled to a portion of a bicycle frame. The piston unit is movably coupled to the housing between a release position, in which the piston unit is spaced from a brake disc mounted to a wheel of a bicycle, and a braking position, in which the piston unit engages the brake disc of the bicycle wheel. The coolant member has a coolant area for receiving coolant to create a coolant heat sink that transfers heat from the housing. The housing has an actuating passage in fluid communication with the piston unit to move the piston unit via an actuating fluid. In one embodiment, the cooling system includes a pump and a reservoir.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a vehicle braking system having a plurality of two-state actuators disposed at each vehicle wheel and method braking same. The vehicle braking system further includes a brake rotor or brake drum secured to each vehicle wheel for rotation therewith. The brake rotors or drums each include a plurality of friction surfaces. A plurality of brake pads are disposed adjacent the friction surfaces such that a different brake pad corresponds to each friction surface. A different two-state actuator corresponding to each brake pad is disposed adjacent the corresponding brake pad. Each two-state actuator is either unactuated or actuated to provide a maximum translational force against the corresponding brake pad to achieve the desired braking force requirements at each vehicle wheel.

Abstract: An automatic shoe clearance adjustment device for a drum brake device which improves the ease of assembly of the bimetal member and prevents misassembly of the device. The adjuster 11 has a screw mechanism which automatically extends in response to the excessive opening of the brake shoes 2, 3. The bimetal member 15, which suspends the extension of the adjuster 11 according to the brake temperature increase, is provided between the parts constituting the adjuster 11. The bimetal member 15 is assembled together with and affixed to a non-rotating segment constituting the adjuster 11.

Abstract: An improved braking apparatus having a jaw type clutch coupled to an electrical solenoid through a ball spline mechanism provides significantly greater braking capacity in a given volume than other types of braking devices. The ball spline is configured to significantly reduce the internal friction load which the electrical solenoid must overcome to apply or release the brake, resulting in a smaller physical size and current draw of the solenoid. The jaw clutch and ball spline are also configured to reduce or absorb shock loads on various internal components of the braking apparatus when the brake is engaged. By configuring the ball spline and jaw clutch to function as shock absorbers in addition to performing their primary functions, the need for separate elastomeric shock absorbers, etc., is eliminated.

Abstract: A locking assembly for preventing the accidental let out of a slack adjuster is provided. The elongated rod member of the slack adjuster has a first portion positioned within at least a portion of the slack adjuster's elongated hollow housing member and a second portion extending out of an end of this elongated hollow housing. A jaw member may be provided which is engageable with this second portion of the elongated rod member at a location remote from the end of the elongated hollow housing member. The locking assembly comprises an end cap engageable with the end of the elongated hollow housing. This end cap includes a portion extending substantially parallel with the second portion of the elongated rod member. At least one aperture is formed through this parallely extending portion of the end cap.

Abstract: A composite brake drum for use in a drum brake assembly includes a one-piece mounting flange and shell and a liner cast integrally in a shell portion thereof.

Abstract: A brake bleeder check valve comprises an elongated valve body and a valve seat member. The elongated valve body has an externally threaded cylindrical wall portion, and is integral with a nut portion and hose connecting portion at a first end, and a cylindrical portion at a second end. The cylindrical portion has a plurality of openings therein which are in fluid communication with a throughbore that extends through the elongated valve body. The valve seat member comprises a tapered valve seat portion integral with a cylindrical elongated portion. The cylindrical elongated portion is receivable in a coiled spring that is loosely receivable in the throughbore that extends through the elongated valve body.

Abstract: A braking hydraulic pressure control apparatus for a vehicle comprising switching valve capable of switching between communicating and shut-off states between a master cylinder and hydraulic passages, and between communicating and shut-off states between the master cylinder and open passages. A driving-wheel control valve is also provided for controlling hydraulic pressure in driving-wheel brakes, and pumps whose inlet ports are connected to respective reservoirs and whose discharge ports are connected to respective hydraulic passages. The open passages are connected to the inlet ports of the respective pumps to improve the ability to remove air from the hydraulic pressure system, and allow simpler air-removing equipment to be utilized. The switching valve comprise opened-type and closed-type electromagnetic valves. Opened-type electromagnetic valves are positioned between the master cylinder and the hydraulic passages.

Abstract: A foldable suitcase has a foldable middle disposed between a base and an upper shell, a wheel device secured to the base, and a retractable support having a pair of posts secured to the base and a pair of tubes slidably received in the posts and having an upper portion secured to the upper shell for supporting the suitcase at a working position and a folded position. A fixed or extendible handle device is further attached to the upper shell for carrying the suitcase. The posts are secured in the suitcase for allowing the zippers of the suitcase to be easily operated by the users.

Abstract: A power transmission apparatus of a working machine transmits power of an engine to a drive wheel through a drive pulley, a belt, a driven pulley, an input shaft and a clutch. The driven pulley has a movable sheave fitted to the input shaft so as to rotate and move in the axial direction, and a fixed sheave fixed to the input shaft. When the clutch disconnects the movable sheave moves away from the fixed sheave, and when the clutch connects the movable sheave moves toward the fixed sheave. The engine power can be transmitted gradually avoiding abrupt transmission when the clutch connects.

Abstract: A power transmission unit having an input section and an output section and a hydraulic clutch which depends on the rotational speed difference, in which unit a hydrostatic displacement machine (20) generates a pressure on the occurrence of a rotational speed difference between the input section (1; 6) and the output section (6; 1), which pressure causes a reduction in the rotational speed difference. The displacement machine consists of parts (21, 22) respectively drive-connected to the input section and the output section and one of the sections (1; 6) forms a housing (4) containing the displacement machine, the displacement machine drawing in working fluid from a suction space.

Abstract: An actuating device for a friction clutch arranged in the drive train of an automobile between an internal combustion engine and a gear in a casing bell. The actuating device includes a disengagement bearing arrangement and a positioning servo arrangement, having a pressure-medium power cylinder arrangement, for the disengagement bearing arrangement, the positioning servo arrangement having a control valve connected to a pressure-medium source. The control valve includes a valve arrangement which can be changed over between at least two control states as a function of an actual value representing the axial position of the disengagement bearing arrangement and of a command variable representing a desired position of the disengagement bearing arrangement.

Abstract: A chute for supporting and facilitating transport of packages has a skived PTFE film adhesively bonded to a transport substrate. A pressure sensitive adhesive is pre-formed on and bonded to an entire surface of a first side of said skived PTFE film. Prior to installation, a release liner covers the adhesive. After the release liner is removed, the skived PTFE film with the pre-formed adhesive is attached to the substrate through the application of pressure to an opposite side of the film. The exposed opposite side of the film provides a lubricious transport surface on which packages move continuously without build-up. The film has a thickness which accommodates significant abrasion wear over time while continuing to provide a lubricious transport surface. The skived PTFE film may contain a carbon filler to prevent static electric build-up. The film can be applied over the whole transport substrate or only to wear paths.

Abstract: A coin discrimination apparatus and method is provided. Coins, preferably after cleaning, e.g. using a trommel, are singulated by a coin pickup assembly configured to reduce jamming. A coin rail assists in providing separation between coins as they travel past a sensor. The sensor provides an oscillating electromagnetic field generated on a single sensing core. The oscillating electromagnetic field is composed of one or more frequency components. The electromagnetic field interacts with a coin, and these interactions are monitored and used to classify the coin according to its physical properties. All frequency components of the magnetic field are phase-locked to a common reference frequency. The phase relationships between the various frequencies are fixed, and the interaction of each frequency component with the coin can be accurately determined without the need for complicated electrical filters.

Abstract: A body assembly system with work stations and a body handling device between work stations includes reference members mounted in an adaptable manner and handling device for supporting the body on the handling device during movement between work stations. The system also includes grasping devices mounted in the work stations for grasping the reference members and positioning them accurately while disengaging them temporarily from the handling device in such a manner as to position the body supported on the reference members accurately in the station space. The reference members are advantageously provided in the form of vertical pins ending below in a ball graspable by the grasping devices to raise the pins from resting on the handling device.

Abstract: A cigarette portion is transferred from a bed of a manufacturing machine to a respective first seat of a supply unit for supplying an input conveyor of a filter-assembly machine by a pickup member having a second seat for receiving and retaining the cigarette portion and movable along an annular path tangent to the bed and to the supply unit; the orientation of the second seat being controlled, as the second seat travels along the annular path, by two guide members hinged to two portions of the pickup member separated by a given distance from each other to generate a control moment by which to keep the second seat parallel to itself along the annular path.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus (1), to clean a conveyor belt (3) curving in its main plane, comprises a cleaning drum (9) of which the diameter at its end (9i) adjacent to the belt's inner edge (3i) is smaller than its diameter at its end (9a) adjacent to the outer edge (3a).

Abstract: A structure with idle rollers is intended for guide walls of goods conveyors comprising a surface for conveying the goods and at least one plate-like wall element extending longitudinally along the conveyor surface, adjacent to at least one of its edges, following its path. Roller-carriers each having a predetermined number of rollers mounted idly on axles and rotatable about rotation axes are snap-fitted on the plate-like wall element. The ends of the axles are supported by plates carried by the roller-carrier. The length of each roller-carrier depends on the minimum radius of curvature encountered in the path of the goods-conveying surface of the conveyor. The roller-carriers are connected to one another by snap-engagement members. The ends of the axles of the rollers are also snap-fitted in respective seats in the plates of the roller-carrier.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a support device for applying a lateral guiding force in the case of side-arc link chains, comprising a side-arc link chain and a support element moving together with said side-arc link chain and supporting it laterally on the inner side of the chain arc. For providing a support device of the type cited at the start which requires much less constructional outlay and can be produced at a much more moderate price and which, in addition, requires little mounting space, the present invention is so conceived that the support element is defined by an endless traction means which is guided with the aid of deflection means and supported by guide means.

Abstract: A flexible drive tape conveyor system for conveying items between at least two spaced apart stations includes a carrier member and at least one tape guide track having a tape guide. The drive tape is substantially inflexible in a direction transverse to its width, and is at least partially housed in the tape guide. At least a portion of a tape guide track and tape guide are twisted about their longitudinal axis so that the drive tape and its affected carrier member can be turned in a direction transverse to the width of the drive tape. A drive mechanism is used to selectively reciprocate the drive tape and the carrier member between the spaced apart stations.

Abstract: A conveyor belt connector and method includes a plurality of connecting elements mounted on opposite ends of an associated conveyor belt or the like. A plurality of connector fastening elements are received through the connecting elements and the conveyor belt to mount the connecting elements on the conveyor belt. At least one reinforcing strap is provided, and is closely received in a corner recess formed in one of the faces of the conveyor belt. The reinforcing strap extends longitudinally along the conveyor belt, and has one end thereof attached to the conveyor belt by at least one of the connector fastening elements. A strap fastener connects the opposite end of the reinforcing strap to the conveyor belt, whereby the reinforcing strap relieves stress at the opposite sides of the belt connector to provide greater strength and durability.

Abstract: A module for a modular conveyor mat is provided with front hinge loops and rear hinge loops and the front hinge loops of one module are adapted to be joined to rear hinge loops of an adjacent module by a hinge pin extending transversely to the conveying direction, a recess in the module accommodates a retaining member having a closing part rotatable between a first position for retaining the hinge pin and a second position for releasing the hinge pin.

Abstract: An apron-conveyor chain is to be improved, which comprises chain links interconnected at hinge points and transport plates arranged on at least one side of said chain links and provided with a flat transport surface. The hinge points are provided with at least one sleeve and one bolt, and said transport plates form an apron conveyor in common and are each firmly connected to a bolt included in a hinge point. The apron-conveyor chain is in particular characterized by the feature that each transport plate is firmly connected to two neighbouring bolts of two neighbouring hinge points.

Abstract: A chain unit has a central rib extending transversely and protruding portions extending from the rib to the front and rear side alternatively. The protruding portion is defined by two vertical side walls extending from the rib with the same height and a closed end portion combining the end portions of side walls. The closed end portion has an opening so as to enable the chain units to be placed in a row and column by being coupled with a connecting rod. At least two connected end portions are cylindrical shaped so as to surround the opening, and the cylindrical surface of the two closed end portions engages with a tooth of the sprocket which enters between the side walls. At least two corresponding recesses are formed in the lower surface of the rib for providing enough space to accept the tooth of the sprocket. The bottom of the chain unit has a circular arc surface extending from the rib towards the front and rear sides.

Abstract: A cigarette lighter holder is made from a shell having a side wall and a bottom wall defining an upwardly opening chamber sized to slidably receive a cigarette lighter. A flexible rib within the chamber frictionally grasps the lighter to securely hold the lighter in the lighter holder. The rib can be formed on a sleeve in the chamber. A cord is mounted to the bottom of the shell, for example, by an eyelet secured to the shell bottom. The eyelet can be mounted to the shell bottom so that it can rotate relative to the shell. The cord is adapted to be secured to an article of clothing or a purse to help prevent loss of the holder and lighter if the user should accidentally drop the holder, with the lighter in it.

Abstract: A substrate, such as the surface of goods or of packaging material for goods, is provided with a security device by applying, to the substrate, a pressure sensitive adhesive tape carrying a security device in the form of a hologram.

Abstract: A storage container for holding an item of recorded media includes a base; an outer wall extending upwardly from the base, the outer wall having an upper surface adapted to receive the lower surface of item adjacent the outer diameter of item. The storage container also includes a retaining hub that extends upwardly from the base. The retaining hub includes a plurality of hinged arms and fixed supports. A retaining lip is carried by the hinged arms. The retaining lip engages the upper surface of the item in a storage position and is moveable inwardly and downwardly to release item. Retaining lip also engages the lower surface of item to lift item from the storage container. The fixed supports include an upper surface that remains in position during the removal of item to provide support to item to substantially prevent bending forces from damaging item.

Abstract: A golf club locking device attachable to a golf club bag having a main portion divided into one or more compartments and a mouth portion forming openings in the bag for receiving golf clubs in the compartments. The golf club locking device comprises a locking member and a main member which fastens to the mouth of the golf club bag and includes openings corresponding to the compartments., The locking member is coupled to the main member and slides linearly in relation to the main member between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position, the openings are constricted thereby preventing removal of clubs from the golf bag. The locking device is manufacturable as integral component-of a golf bag.

Abstract: A bicycle saddle hanger and packaging device, for use with a bicycle saddle having a pair of converging mounting rails, is provided. The device generally includes a display card, a pair of arms for slidably bracing a rail of a bicycle saddle, and a tapered tongue, extending between the display card and arms, for stabilizing a saddle suspended from the device during display. The device may further include a pair of shoulders for abutting the rails during the display. Between the shoulders and the arms, a pair of V-shaped slots may be provided for enabling the sliding of the display card and arms along the rails in order to facilitate stacked packaging of a plurality of such saddles on top of one another. The entire hanger and packaging device may be comprised of a single planar member. In addition, the invention provides a package of stacked bicycle saddles, each including such a hanger and packaging device.

Abstract: A single-piece cardboard sheet into which slots and tabs are strategically cut to permit its folding into a carton for packaging a pair of western spurs. The unfolded carton is substantially symmetrical with respect to both its major and minor axes and comprises a bottom section from which two pairs of largely equal structural segments (a front and a back section) project outwards along the longitudinal axis. A cut at the boundary between the bottom section and each of these structural segments defines an extension sufficiently large to support the tips of the sides of the two spurs. The front section of the cardboard carton contains a cut that defines a substantially rectangular tab and a corresponding opening suitable for passing the sides of two spurs therethrough. The top of the front section also contains a hanging slot suitable for receiving the hook of a display rack.

Abstract: The holder of the present invention comprises at least one clamping member, which is pivotally bearing-mounted in rotation bearings. The clamping member has two clamping arms and an operating portion, in which a resilient lip is formed which presses against a bottom of the holder in order to press this operating portion upwards and the clamping arms downwards. Formed on the bottom of the holder is a wedge-shaped threshold, of which a vertically directed stop face cooperates with the free end of the lip to prevent the clamping member from leaving the rotation bearings in an undesired manner.

Abstract: A secure coiled roll paper product package using a hang card of resilient, tear resistant substantially flat stock with a pair of slots and integral arbor slit substantially in its center portion to form two contiguous halves that may be deflected to mount the coiled roll, the slots being dimensioned in relation to the coil to enable mounting of the coiled roll but substantially preventing removal of the coiled roll without tearing or otherwise defacing the card.

Abstract: A wet tissue product composed of a stacked body of folded wet tissues and a container or package housing the stacked body in which each of the folded wet tissues is formed by folding a plane wet tissue with one edge thereof upward and the other edge thereof downward along folding line portions to have an upper folded portion, a lower folded portion and an intermediate portion between the upper and lower folded portions. The folded wet tissues are consecutively combined such that the folding line portion forming the lower folded portion of the upper wet tissue is sandwiched between the upper folded portion and the intermediate portion of the succeeding lower wet tissue.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge-free container for storing electrically insulating articles is provided. The container consists of a container body formed of a top lid, a bottom lid and four sidewall panels defining a cavity therein, the lids and the sidewall panels are formed of an electrically insulating material, such as a polymeric material. Inside the container, at least four support means are mounted on the bottom lid in a spaced-apart relationship. Each of the at least four support means has a base portion for engaging the bottom lid and a roller portion for rollingly engaging and supporting an electrically insulating article thereon. The base portion and the roller portion of the at least four support means are formed of an electrically conductive material such as a metal particle loaded plastic for electrical communication between the two portions and with a grounding wire.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for feeding and tabbing intermixed pieces of mail. A method preferably includes positioning a plurality of intermixed pieces of mail having a plurality of different widths, lengths, and thicknesses so that each of the plurality of intermixed pieces of mail has a commonly-oriented edge to be tabbed. The commonly-oriented edge to be tabbed is preferably defined as being the side of a piece of mail generally perpendicular to the address orientation when reading the address of the piece of mail. The method also preferably includes positioning at least one tab on each of the plurality of intermixed pieces of mail. An apparatus for feeding and tabbing intermixed pieces of mail preferably includes an intermixed mail feeder for feeding a plurality of intermixed pieces of mail having a plurality of different widths, lengths, and thicknesses so that each of the plurality of intermixed pieces of mail has a commonly-oriented edge to be tabbed.

Abstract: A stand-alone method and system is provided for processing the contents of a plurality of envelopes, and includes at least an opening device, an image acquisition device and a control device. The opening device opens the envelopes on at least one side forming opened envelopes, thereby exposing the contents thereof for extraction. The image acquisition device is in operable communication with the opening device and is used to acquire an image of the contents and store that image in digital form in a file. Finally, the control device is operably connected to at least the opening device and image acquisition device, whereby when the image of the contents are acquired from one envelope, a next envelope is opened and a new file is created.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a roller bar screen and to the generation of certain parameters for optimal adaptation to the bulk material being processed and as a prerequisite for process optimization. Construction measures—essentially equipping the rollers with variable speed drive mechanisms—are taken in a first preparatory step. Selected control variables and limit values related to the average characteristics to be expected of the bulk material are generated in a single operation by means of a regulation and process control system. The optimum number of revolutions for each individual roller in particular is predetermined in dependence on the process. The rollers can be grouped together.

Abstract: An external regeneration mechanism including a housing having two chambers and a displaceable member disposed between said two chambers and at least two passages are defined on said housing. The first passage is communicating with the first chamber and the filter outlet and the second passage is communicating with the second chamber and the filter inlet of same filter. A rod having an external handle is coupled to said displaceable member and is adapted to move by an external source of power said displaceable member linearly back and forth in order to dislodge particles and filter aid material from the external surface of the filter element.

Abstract: A shaped figure designed for suspending apparel accessories such as ties, belts, scarfs and the like wherein the figure comprises a flat plate of injection molded plastic having cutouts configured to form a series of downwardly inclined sets of steps, wherein a lower set is parallel to an upper set. The shaped figure is coated with fluorescent paint.

Abstract: A rack designed to hold and/or display gliding boards, such as snowboards, without requiring adjustment of the rack and without causing damage to the board. The rack includes a base which mounts to a support structure, and further includes at least one pair of engagement members, with each engagement member including a side surface and a rear surface that grips the heel edge, toe edge, and top or bottom surface of the board to hold the board in place. The side surfaces may be cut at an acute angle such that the engagement member wraps slightly around the upper surface of the board to grip the board. The engagement members may be made of resilient, flexible material which facilitates gripping of the board, without damaging the board. The rack may also be configured to hold snowboards of various sizes.