Abstract: A loop manufacturing process which utilizes a gang of needles, each including a closing string and a hook, and at least one transverse gang of small strainers located on either side of a sheet in conventional fashion, together with a transverse gang of longitudinal lancets. The sheet is continually fed from the top to the bottom of a knitting machine to obtain a loop material forming one of two cooperating parts of an self-gripping strap. After the formation of at least a first loop on a lancet and before the formation of a second loop on the lancet, the lancet holding the first loop moves transversely in one direction and by a predetermined distance. After the formation of the second loop on this lancet, the lancet holding the first and second loop moves transversely by the same distance but in the opposite direction, before and for the formation of a third loop on this lancet. The cycle of transverse movement of the lancet in one direction and then the other is repeated every two loops.

Abstract: A latch needle includes a head; a cheek having two facing side walls each having an inner wall face and an outer wall face; a sawslot defined by the inner wall faces of the side walls; and a pivot pin being formed at least on one of the side walls by plastically deforming the side wall. The pivot pin extends from the inner wall face of the side wall into the sawslot. The latch needle further has a first depression provided in the outer wall face of the side wall in alignment with the pivot pin. The first depression includes a bottom having a peripheral region in which a second depression is provided. A needle latch cooperates with the head and has a latch shank accommodated in the sawslot. The latch shank has a hole into which the pivot pin extends for forming a bearing support for the needle latch.

Abstract: An improvement in a yarn-holding apparatus for a circular knitting machine which functions to hold a plurality of yarn ends in the ready position at the air shoe near the machine yarn feeds so that the held yarn ends can be selectively engaged by the yarn feeds and thereafter introduced to the needles of the machine for knitting. An air input station receives air from an airflow source and has a manifold into which the introduced air is directed. A number of air ports are connected with and extend from the manifold thus sending a number of airflow streams into the airflow passage where the yarns are introduced. The directed airflow streams converge to maintain the held yarns in a stationary and tangle-free condition and enable the positive engagement of the yarns by the yarn feeds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a warp knitting machine, especially a crocheting machine, comprising knitting needles guided on a knock-over sinker with warp thread layers which are fitted upstream with warp thread guides and weft thread layer rods assigned to weft thread guides. The invention provides an improvement to a warp knitting machine, characterized in that the weft thread guides of the weft thread layer rods do not cross the knitting needles and the weft thread guides of the weft thread layer rods are assigned feeding means relative to the knitting needles, which can be guided and driven upwards and downwards between the weft thread guides and the knitting needles in such a way that the feeding means place staggered weft threads underneath the assigned knitting needles.

Abstract: A method for facilitating in seaming closed an open end of a generally tubular structure is described. The method involves providing first and second handles extending from opposite sides of an open end of the tubular structure, extending the first and second handles in opposing directions to thereby flatten the tubular structure upon itself and align opposing faces of the tubular structure so that the open end terminates along a common edge. The open end can then be seamed by sewing or other securement methods, to thereby form a closed end on the tubular structure. The first and second handles can be integrally formed as a bridge extending across the open end of the tubular structure, and subsequently severed to form a free end on each of the handles. The tubular structure can be circular knit, with the bridge being formed during the knitting process through the formation of long floats extending a substantial distance around the circumference of the open end of the tubular structure.

Abstract: An espagnolette-lock for a door, French window or the like, having, accommodated in a casing (2), a control mechanism (3) including, on the one hand, operating mechanism (4) for at least one operating rod (5, 5A) and, on the other hand, a key-operated member (12) (13) for locking the operating rod or rods (5, 5A) in locking position. This locking mechanism has in a locking pawl (14) which is designed to be capable of co-operating in a locking position, under the action of the key-operated member (12), with a rack (15) directly or indirectly associated to the operating rod or rods (5, 5A) in order to immobilize the latter in only the unlocking direction.

Abstract: A lockout device to prevent tampering with the manually set position of a valve or regulator or other device having a rotatable shaft for adjusting, for example, the flow of fluid through the device, from a position intially set to some other position. The lockout device is usable with a wide range of standard valves and regulators which have a drive stem and includes a drive gear that engages the drive stem and a key locking device mounted in a generally cylindrical handle of the lockout device and being selectively movable from a first position in which the handle free-wheels relative to the drive stem of the valve so as to prevent unauthorized moving of the rotational position of the valve stem by any person not having a key to an engaging position in which the handle is locked to the drive stem to permit ordinary rotational movement and setting of the valve stem position.

Abstract: A tailgate locking device includes a bezel used in place of the conventional bezel to surround a tailgate handle aperture. When a key-operated lock is rotated to a locked position, it moves a locking arm into position in front of a handle arm thereby preventing an interloper from actuating the handle to open the tailgate. Preferably the key-lock rotation also moves one or more retention bolts into positions behind the exterior panel of the tailgate to prevent removal of the locking device. Rotation of the lock to its unlocked position frees the tailgate handle and retracts the retention bolts.

Abstract: A cam assembly may be constructed with lock cylinder perforated by a centrally positioned keyway, and having an exposed circumferential surface surrounding the keyway rotatably fitted within a centrally positioned keyhole of a housing, and rotated within the centrally positioned keyhole in response to rotational force applied by a key conformingly corresponding to the lock cylinder through an arc. A cam is positioned within the housing to rotate with the lock cylinder as the key conformingly corresponding to the lock manually applies a rotational force to the lock cylinder rotates through the arc, while a member attached to the cam and eccentrically positioned relative to the keyway, drives the bolt between extended and retracted positions as the lock cylinder rotates through the arc. An electronic circuit containing a memory and a microprocessor, is mounted upon and supported by the cam to rotate with the cam through the arc.

Abstract: A combination lock includes a male lock body including a rod a female lock body. The female lock body includes a column having a longitudinal slit for releasably receiving the rod of the male lock body. A number of resilient sleeves mounted are around the column. Each sleeve includes a central hole through which the rod extends. Each sleeve includes a bulge on an outer periphery thereof. A number of number wheels are mounted around the column. Each number wheel receives an associated sleeve therein. The bulge of each sleeve generates a sound when the associated number wheel is rotated.

Abstract: The present invention provides a key actuated cam lock. The cam lock has a corrosion resistant metal cap. A weather resistant plug cap is rotatably mounted in the corrosion resistant metal cap. The weather resistant plug cap has an opening permitting the entry of the key. A plug body is located adjacent to the plug cap. The plug body has a key entering end and a cam actuating end, and a plurality of spring biased disc tumblers engaging the key when the key is inserted into the plug body. The cam lock also has a lock housing so that the plug body is rotatably positioned within the lock housing. The lock housing has at least one limit stop disposed thereon. The plug body has an internal O-ring providing a weather resistant seal located near the cam actuating end of the plug housing. The O-ring is disposed between the cam actuating end of the plug body and the lock housing.

Abstract: A key retaining device that secures the functional section of the key while leaving the non functional section exposed for easy identification. The device is able to lock individual keys on a large key chain without interference with the non locked keys. The key can only be removed with the use of a master key. The device's simple and inexpensive design includes only five components: namely a housing to enclose the key, two deformable substrates, a unique set screw, and a master key. There is a bore inside the housing that runs longitudinally within the housing. The bore has a threaded section that contains the screw and a non-threaded section that contains the two deformable substrates. There is a blind slot at the base of the housing which runs from one side of the housing to the non-threaded section of the bore. The functional section of the key is placed through the blind slot, into the non-threaded section of bore, and between the two deformable substrates.

Abstract: An angle indicator is provided for use with a pipe bender and is adapted to be removably mounted to a handle of a pipe bender. The angle indicator includes a plate; a first wheel rotatably mounted to the plate and including a plurality of angle indicating marks evenly spaced about a periphery of the first wheel; a second wheel rotatably mounted to the plate concentrically with the first wheel; the second wheel being smaller in diameter than the first wheel and including a mark at a periphery of the second wheel, the mark being selectively alignable with one of the angle indicating marks of said first wheel; a bubble level mounted on the second wheel; a first lock to hold the first wheel in a desired rotational position; and a second lock to hold the second wheel in a desired rotational position. The use of two wheels allows for zeroing of the angle indicator and dialing in of the desired angle.

Abstract: A hydroformed member having internal reinforcements and method of manufacturing the same. The method includes the steps of providing a die having a tooling cavity and a pair of opposing rams disposed in the tooling cavity. A tubular member is enclosed within the tooling cavity. The pair of opposing rams are then driven against opposing sides of the tubular member to form a pair of opposing indentations therein. While the rams remain in place, hydraulic fluid pressure is then applied within the tubular member causing the walls of the tubular member to closely conform to the shape of the tooling cavity and the pair of opposing rams.

Abstract: A tubular plate is formed for a wiper device as a support for at least one wiper bearing and a wiper drive, with tubular members for receiving a wiper bearing. The tubular plate is deformed without removal of a material, has tubular members for receiving the wiper drive, and the tubular members are formed on the tubular plate of one piece with it.

Abstract: A roll-forming machine is provided with a base structure, a plurality of first roll-forming stations that form a first component having a Z-shaped cross section, and a plurality of second roll-forming stations that form a second component having a C-shaped cross section. At least one of the roll-forming stations has a pair of rotatable arbors adapted to support a plurality of forming rolls and a pair of support structures adapted to support a plurality of bearing assemblies. The roll-forming station also includes a pair of adjustment mechanisms that allow the position of some of the bearing assemblies to be adjusted and a pair of compression assemblies that exert a force upon some of the bearing assemblies when the bearing assemblies are moved away from an initial position.

Abstract: The sheet panel of the present invention is formed by a panel forming apparatus comprising a first forming mechanism for forming a center projection at a central portion of a sheet panel, a second forming mechanism for forming S-shaped curve faces on both sides of the center projection of the sheet panel, a third forming mechanism for forming side projections at both sides of the center projection of the sheet panel, and a fourth forming mechanism for forming S-shaped curve faces on both sides of the side projections of the sheet panel.

Abstract: A metal rolling mill having four rolls arranged in the shape of a cross for the purpose of rolling bar, wire, tube and other specially shaped metal rolling stocks. The roll system forms the core component and includes four rolls mounted on shafts placed at 90° with respect to one another. A single or set of double shafts transmit input or torque from a power source to the roll system and cause the roll shafts to rotate synchronously. The four rolls then press from four mutually perpendicular directions simultaneously on the same section of the metal rolling stock that is being fed through the rolls on the production line. The positions of these rolls can be collectively adjusted within their respective radial plane either mechanically via a remotely controlled device or manually.

Abstract: A roll stand for a rolling mill, comprising: a support structure adapted to be fixed at a selected location along a mill center line. First and second work rolls are configured and arranged to roll products directed therebetween. The first work roll has roll necks journalled for rotation in bearings contained in first chocks, and the second work roll likewise has roll necks journalled for rotation in bearings contained in second chocks, with the first and second chocks of the work rolls being arranged in pairs located on opposite sides of the mill center line. The first and second chocks of each pair are connected to the support structure for pivotal movement respectively about parallel first and second connecting axes which extend in parallel relationship with respect to the axes of the rolls and orthogonally with respect to the mill center line.

Abstract: A roller guide assembly is disclosed for guiding a workpiece into a roll pass of a rolling mill.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a large deformation apparatus for metal-based materials that comprises a mold (A), a support mechanism (B) for supporting the mold (A), and a rotary mechanism (C) for rotating the mold (A), wherein the mold (A) comprises a mold body (1), four holes (2) that pass through the mold body (1) and intersect in its interior, and engagement means (3a) for engaging the rotary mechanism (C), each hole (2) being provided with a punch (5) that can slide or otherwise move with friction in relation to the hole (2) and that extends from the end face of the mold body (1) to the intersection of the holes (2); the support mechanism (B) comprises restraint plates (6a), (6b), and (6c) for restraining the external end faces of the mold body (1) having holes (2), and holding plates (7a) and (7b) for holding the mold body (1); and the rotary mechanism (C) comprises engagement means (3b) for engaging the engagement means (3a), rotary means (8), connection means (9) for connecting the engagement means

Abstract: Tooling apparatus for three-dimensionally forming a honeycomb core article includes a die having an array of elongated mutually parallel translating pins, each having a pin tube terminating at a tip end and arranged in a matrix for longitudinal movement between retracted and extended positions. The tip ends of the array of translating pins are engageable with an end surface of the honeycomb core article when in the extended position. Each tip end includes a pin tip assembly including an elongated pin tip member having an outwardly projecting bearing surface of shape conformable material on which is mounted a protective thrust pad, an opposed bottom surface, and an outer peripheral surface extending between the bearing surface and the bottom surface. A cup-shaped retainer having a base and an upstanding wall with an outer peripheral surface is provided for mounting engagement with the tip end of each pin tube and has an internal recess with a base surface and an internal peripheral surface.

Abstract: In a vertical press that simultaneously forms chamfers at edges on both sides of a punched sheet material by using an upper chamfering punch and a lower chamfering punch, the lower chamfering punch is supported by conical disc springs piled on a support base.

Abstract: A weight vessel adapted for constructing a database for correcting outputs of load measurement sensing devices, in which the weight of the weight vessel can be changed in a desired arbitrary pitch without requiring any superfluous labor, any equipment such as a balance weight, and any dangerous work.

Abstract: Apparatus for simultaneous calibration of several multi-axis gyro systems, particularly fiber-optical gyro systems, in all measuring axes, uses a single-axle rotary table. A rotary frame is connected with the axis of rotation of the single-axis rotary table, and the gyro systems are arranged thereon in such a manner that corresponding measuring axes of the gyro systems experience an identical component of the rotation of the rotary frame, and none of the components is zero.

Abstract: Apparatus for determining gas content in a liquid metal. The apparatus includes a hollow tubular probe having one end for disposal in the liquid metal, and the other end connected to a housing containing a gas sensing element. A hollow piston is located in the hollow probe for disposal in the liquid metal through the end of the probe disposed in the liquid metal, the piston having a lower porous end. A solenoid coil having a plunger translatable in the coil is connected to means mechanically connecting the plunger to the piston for vertically moving the piston in the liquid metal.

Abstract: A computerized method and system are provided for determining air/fuel ratio of an engine's combustion process from its exhaust emissions wherein alternative methods for calculating the amount of water in the exhaust emissions are available according to the measurement situation and/or the preference of the user. The calculation types may include calculation types such as the Brettschneider/Spindt calculation type, the Simons calculation type or the no O2 calculation type. Pop-up menus on a computer monitor are used for selecting the basic calculation type. The algorithm of the present invention preferably uses a fixed point iteration wherein an initial value is assumed for oxygen gas which is then used to calculate water moles and then subsequently the water moles is used to calculate another oxygen value. This is repeated until the new value for oxygen gas is no longer significantly different than the old value for oxygen gas. This happens typically after just a few iterations.

Abstract: An electrically insulated gas chromatograph assembly suitable for high temperature operation in a miniaturized, low power, low thermal mass gas chromatograph instrument is provided. The gas chromatograph (GC) assembly includes a metal capillary GC column (152) having a ceramic fiber insulating layer (156) wrapped about an outer surface thereof. Heater wire (160) is similarly wrapped with a ceramic fiber electrical insulating layer (158). Resistive temperature device (RTD) wire (154) is positioned contiguous an outer surface of insulating layer (156). The composite assembly including insulated capillary GC column (152), insulated heater wire (160), and RTD wire (154), are bound together by applying thereto a spiral wrapped ceramic fiber insulating layer (162).

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for determining the thermodynamic properties and percentage of each component of a multi-component gas medium by using speed of sound in conjunction with other data. The present system comprises a computer system with means for obtaining the temperature, pressure, and speed of sound of a gas medium. The computer system operates according to operating logic stored in memory. According to the operating logic, measurements of the temperature, pressure, speed of sound and acoustic impedance are recorded in a gas pipe or other transport device to determine a convergent temperature range. Next a convergent series is extrapolated from the convergent temperature range and a convergent series calculation using isochoric convergence iterations is performed to obtain estimates of the thermo-physical properties of the gas medium.

Abstract: An apparatus and related method for measuring the properties and individual flow rates of a two-phase flow comprising a gas and a liquid is disclosed. This apparatus and related method also can determine whether the liquid is travelling in primarily a mist or stratified flow. More precisely, one embodiment of the disclosed invention uses measured parameters such as gain, standard deviation in upstream and downstream travel times for an ultrasonic signal, measured speed of sound, noise, signal quality, batch failure rate, and velocity profile to infer the amount of liquid in the gas flow, and in what form the liquid is travelling. For a horizontal two-phase flow, an internal measurement can be used as a dry gas reference, although the invention is also applicable to a vertical flow. For increased confidence, these determinations may be corroborated by the disclosed liquid level measurement device.

Abstract: A rolling bearing unit with rotating speed detector comprises a stationary outer ring member, a rotating inner ring assembly, a rolling elements between the outer ring member and inner ring assembly, a sensor mounted to the outer ring member and a tone wheel mounted to the inner ring assembly and having a cylindrical portion faced to the sensor, such that the portion is formed with an outward facing flange to which a jig can be applied.

Abstract: Turbocharger fatigue life monitors comprise at least one sensor that measures an actual operating condition of the turbocharger, e.g., turbine rotational speed or turbine inlet temperature. The device comprises a central processing unit for receiving information from each sensor and processing the information, using programs and predetermined turbocharger information, e.g., turbocharger material and stress data stored in one or more storage device in communication with the central processing unit, to provide an actual probability of turbocharger failure. The central processing unit compares the calculated probability of turbocharger failure to a predetermined specified probability of turbocharger failure stored in a storage device to determine whether turbocharger service is needed.

Abstract: This disclosure describes a blended buoyancy oil well survey instrument capable of performing MWD measurements (measuring while drilling), where the well survey instrument is mounted. An oil well survey instrument in a closed cylindrical housing having a specific gravity greater than the drilling mud in which it is used is modified in buoyancy by attaching one of several identical elongate cylindrical hollow containers or cylinders to it. They are filled with light material. They are made sufficiently strong that they do not collapse at working pressures. The cylinders are provided with upper end and lower end threaded stub shafts and mating receptacles to thread together thereby providing a modified buoyant system. The method is concerned with adjustment of the buoyancy so that the rate of fall is modified; in conjunction with mud flow velocity in the drill string, the buoyant descent of the instrument is controlled to about 100 or 200 feet per minute.

Abstract: A fuel level sensor is provided having a contact arm pivotally mounted to a frame adjacent a cam that translates the pivotal motion of the arm into a linear motion so that a contact arm may move linearly across a miniaturized resistor card.

Abstract: A piezoelectric unit is composed of a plurality of piezoelectric elements. In one embodiment, a first driving electrode is provided over the whole surface of the lower surface of the piezoelectric element. A second driving electrode is provided over the whole surface between the piezoelectric elements. The driving electrodes are connected to a driving signal source. Detection electrodes are provided on the upper surface of the piezoelectric element. At least one of the detection electrodes is connected to one of the output terminals and at least another of the detection electrodes is connected to the other of the output electrodes. One piezoelectric element is polarized upward and another piezoelectric element is polarized downward. A vertical 1st order vibration is driven in a longitudinal direction and a 2nd order bending vibration is detected by the detection electrodes, and a voltage proportional to a coriolis force (rotational angular velocity) is outputted.

Abstract: An angular speed sensor comprises a pair of mobile masses which are formed in an epitaxial layer and are anchored to one another and to the remainder of the device by anchorage elements. The mobile masses are symmetrical with one another, and have first mobile excitation electrodes which are intercalated with respective first fixed excitation electrodes and second mobile detection electrodes which are intercalated with second fixed detection electrodes. The first mobile and fixed excitation electrodes extend in a first direction and the second mobile and fixed detection electrodes extend in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction and is disposed on a single plane parallel to the surface of the device.

Abstract: Accelerometers frequently use piezoelectric elements which are subjected to compression or displacement, however rarely to bending, because asymmetries usually appear, which create signals from undesired influences as well. According to the invention this is avoided in a very symmetric construction with a number of mechanically biased bending elements (2) in the same plane, which are only supported at the ends and at the midpoints, where the electrical connections are also made.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for contact-free optical displacement and/or vibration measurement of an object, in which the object to be measured is scanned in the form of a grid. The position of the measurement points and the contour of the grid are freely selectable. Individual measurement point subquantities, to be analyzed respectively in correlation with one another, can be classified in different categories and analyzed as a function of the category to which they are assigned.

Abstract: The invention concerns a membrane for a pressure sensor. The membrane has, on a flat central face (26), an annular attachment face (12), which is disposed concentric to the central face (26), and a non-flat connecting face (54), which links the central face (26) with the edge face (12). The connecting face (54) is formed from at least one annular step (36, 44, 52), which consists of one flat annular face (32, 40, 48) and one truncated-cone-shaped step face (30, 38, 46), which connects radially inward to the annular face. The annular faces (32, 40, 48) and the central face (26) lie in planes parallel to each other, whereby the heights (h1, h2, h3) of the step faces (30, 38, 46) measured perpendicular to the plane of the central face are very small in relationship to the width of the respective step. This stepped design of the membrane results in a high linearity of the characteristic of the membrane pressure sensor and at the same time to a steep slope of the characteristic in its linear region.

Abstract: A fluid pressure transducer assembly (10) includes an exemplary silicon or ceramic capacitive transducer (22) having a relatively flexible diaphragm portion (22e) mounted on a ceramic substrate or circuit board (18) over a bore (18a) so that the diaphragm is exposed to fluid pressure from a port (12m) received through the bore. The circuit board is received in a plastic housing (12) laterally positioned by guides (12e, 12f) on three height control pins (12d) to vertically position the circuit board a defined, precise distance above a platform (12b) on which a bead of adhesive sealing material has previously been placed, the sealing material having a height greater than the distance between a plane in which the free end of the height control pins lie and a plane in which the top surface of the platform lies. As a result, the circuit board is sealed to the plastic housing through a bead having a uniform, precise height all around its circumference to isolate temperature expansion stresses.

Abstract: A pressure sensor suitable for use in automotive applications is provided to sense the pressure of a pressurized fluid medium and generate an electrical signal representative of the sensed pressure on a set of electrical contact members. A main housing body has a fluid supply opening adapted to conduct a pressurized fluid medium into the housing body. A pressure measuring cell is provided including a plastic measuring cell housing and an electric pressure sensor arranged on the plastic measuring cell housing. The pressure measuring cell is disposed on the housing body of the pressure sensor apparatus adjacent the fluid supply opening so that at least part of the electric pressure sensor is acted upon by the pressurized fluid medium. A reinforcement plate member is adapted to engage a back side of the pressure measuring cell to hold the pressure measuring cell in place relative to the main housing body against the pressure of the pressurized fluid medium.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a hand held device attachable to a mechanical press to measure press conditions. The device includes signal processing circuitry for processing a corresponding signal developed from an accelerometer. The signal processing circuitry has acceleration processing circuitry for calculating a press acceleration signal, a velocity processing circuitry for calculating a press velocity signal, and displacement processing circuitry for calculating a press displacement signal. Display circuitry is used for displaying at least one of said calculated signals. A multi-contact switch connect the acceleration, velocity, and displacement processing circuitry together permitting an operator to select one of the calculated signals for input to the display circuitry. A method of utilization of the device is also described.

Abstract: Device for measuring tension force in web and wire without giving any permanent affect on the measured object. In goods transportation it is common to use webs to tie down the load to the load carrier, and it is important that the right pretension force is applied to achieve a safe transport. The device enables this force to be checked before and even during the transport. The device is a hand carried device that can be moved across the measured object from the side, perform the measurement after an activation arm has been pulled, and be removed after deactivation without having any remaining affect on the lashing. Technically, this is done when the activation forces the object to bend over a number of rolls. This bending calls for a force perpendicularly to the measured object that is registered, recalculated and displayed as the searched force in the object.

Abstract: An improved measuring element for a mass air flow meter is provided with a temperature sensor for detecting a typical temperature indicative of the impact of heat on a heating resistor. The element is formed on a heat transfer pass from a configuration member supporting a substrate on which the heating resistor for measuring an air flow rate is formed, and an air temperature sensor for detecting air temperature, formed on the substrate and out of the air flow impinging the heating resistor.

Abstract: Disclosed in an apparatus for measuring positively-sensed force of an electrical connector, comprising: a base plate; at least one L-shaped pads, the two L-shaped pads being each affixed to the base plate at an upper end thereof in such an arrangement that ends thereof oppose each other; an elastically deformable sheet provided between the two L-shaped pads, the elastically deformable sheet being affixed to the base plate and formed with a projective measuring region at end thereof; and at least one strain gauge inertly affixed to the elastically deformable sheet, the strain gauge beingconnected to a signal transmitting device that outputs strain value of the strain gauge to a signal amplifying device for display purpose in response to deformation of the elastically deformable sheet.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) includes a manually rotatable input member (15), an input gear (20), an output gear (40), a drive link (60), a first planar link (80), and a second planar link (90). The input gear (20) is operatively connected to the input member (15) to rotate with the input member (15). The input gear (20) includes a smooth portion (26, 28) and a toothed portion (22, 24). The output gear (40) has teeth (42, 43) which are operatively engageable with the toothed portion (22, 24) of the input gear (20) such that the toothed portion (22, 24) of the input gear (20) imparts rotation to the output gear (40). The smooth portion (22, 24) of the input gear (20) allows rotation of the input member (15) without imparting rotation to the output gear (40). The drive link (60) is connected to the output gear (40) such that rotation of the output gear (40) imparts rotation to the drive link (60). The drive link (60) has an engagement pin (62) which is rotatable with the drive link (60).

Abstract: A device for moving a support (2) for shelves (19), cupboards, tables or similar along a path, which support (2) is suspended in arm (1) that is pivotally connected to a base (9) about an axis of rotation (6) at one end of the arm (1), comprising: a load transmission means (13), for example a cogwheel, at the axis of rotation (6), which is connected to the base (9), at least one rotating means (16), for example a cogwheel, pivotally mounted on the arm (1) spaced apart from the load transmission means (13), an elongate rotation transmission means (14), for example an endless chain, which extends at least from the load transmission means (13) to the rotating means (16), the rotating means (16) being connected to the support (2), so that when the arm (1) is turned about the axis of rotation (6) the load transmission means (13) transmits the relative rotational movement between the arm (1) and the load transmission means (13) via the rotation transmission means (14) to the rotating means (16), so that the pos

Abstract: The invention is based on a toothed gear transmission in which an input shaft is connected to an output shaft by a first and a second partial transmission, which are disposed parallel to each other in the power flow and which both have a frictionally engaged load shifting clutch and an intermediate shaft, in which each of the intermediate shafts can be effectively connected to the input shaft through the load shifting clutch, and with at least one first transmission constant. It is proposed that for starting, the first load shifting clutch can be placed in effective connection with the output shaft through a transmission constant and the second load shifting clutch can be placed in effective connection with the output shaft through a transmission constant, each at a gear ratio of the lowest gear speed.

Abstract: A toothed gear transmission is described, in which an input shaft is connected to a differential by a first and a second partial transmission, which are disposed parallel to each other in the power flow and which both have a frictionally engaged load shifting clutch and an intermediate shaft. The elements are disposed concentrically to each other and coaxially to the input shaft, and each intermediate shaft can be effectively connected to the input shaft through the load shifting clutch. At least one toothed gear for each intermediate shaft is provided, of which at least one can be effectively connected to a first driven shaft disposed parallel to the intermediate shafts, which directly or indirectly outputs to the differential gear.

Abstract: A shifter system for shifting a transmission on a vehicle includes a shifter having a manually-operated shift lever movable between various gear positions, an electrical sensing device on the shifter for sensing positions of the shift lever, and a controller electrically connected to the sensing device and constructed to control shifting of a transmission based on signals from the sensing device indicative of the position of the shift lever. The controller and the sensing device as a system are capable of sensing speed of movement of the shift lever and the controller is programmed to change control of the shifting of the transmission in accordance therewith. In one form, the sensing device includes one of a continuous output potentiometer, a discrete output potentiometer, a membrane potentiometer, and a deformable variable-resistance potentiometer.