Abstract: A height adjustable support assembly for a receptacle in which a water plant or other vegetation can be grown is disclosed. The assembly includes a base which can be weighted down with granulated material such as sand or pebbles, a two section, telescopically adjustable, elongated supporting column attached on a lower end to the base, and a receptacle attached to an upper end of the supporting column. In one embodiment, the receptacle is fitted with a flotation collar so that it can float on the surface of the water containment means in which the assembly is disposed as the water surface level changes, carrying with it an upper section of the supporting column. In another embodiment, the height of the supporting column and receptacle can be incrementally adjusted and fixed by means of a retaining pin. In yet another embodiment the supporting column height can be adjusted and fixed by means of a threaded cap containing a compressible gasket.

Abstract: Methods for treating seeds and improving the uptake by plants of active ingredients with which seeds are treated. Seeds are coated with dry mixtures of hydrogel and active ingredients that produce desirable effects on the seed, a plant that may emerge from the seed or both.

Abstract: A revolving door has driven door panels, which are movably positioned around a central rotating element. Each pair of door panels has an individual drive. The driving speed for each door panel is chosen on the basis of the position taken by said door panel in its path of rotation.

Abstract: A propping support for a chest, having a lid rest fastened on an inside surface of the lid of a chest, and a wall rest connected with the body of the chest. The lid rest and the wall rest are connected by a support device which secures the lid of the chest in a flipped-open position. To improve operational safety, the propping support has a spring holder with a spring element. An actuating element, which is prestressed by a spring against the spring element, can be displaced in a guide between two tilt positions of the chest lid when the lid of the chest is closed. The lid rest and the wall rest are coupled to the spring holder by swivel bearings.

Abstract: The invention relates to a locking device and a door-drive device comprising a locking device for a door which can be secured against opening by unauthorized persons using force from the exterior. The locking device has a lever element consisting of two lever arms which pivot about a first pivoting shaft. A connecting element is hinged to the first lever arm for connecting the door and the second lever arm which has an engaging device.

Abstract: A carrier for connecting a window pane to a window lifter including retaining arms which are located to each side of the lower edge of the window pane. At least one of these retaining arms has a recess in which a window bolt can engage to connect the window pane to the carrier. At least the upper part of at least one retaining arm is resilient. One retaining arm has a retaining area formed as a horizontal oblong guide and the other retaining arm has a fixing area which is resiliently attached to the carrier for horizontally urging the window bolt as the bolt moves with respect to the carrier within the horizontal guide.

Abstract: A housing for an automatic door operator comprising a header section, a closing section and a terminal section. The header section includes two legs and a connecting leg which connects the two legs to one another. One of the two legs includes an end portion having a projection with a circular cross-section and an undercut. The closing section includes another projection with a circular cross-section and an indentation at one end and the terminal section at the other end. The closing section is removably attached to the header section through the engagement of the projection of the closing section with the undercut and the engagement of the projection of the one of the two legs and the indentation. The housing serves to house mechanical and electrotechnical components for the automatic the door operator.

Abstract: A decorative molding assembly for a vehicle door frame having a window opening for a transitional window pane moveable between open and closed positions. The molding assembly includes a window seal mounted to the door frame and having a channel for selective sealing engagement with the window pane. A molding strip has an arm mating with the window seal and faces outward to provide an appealing appearance. A retaining member engages the arm of the molding strip and the window seal to secure the molding strip and the window seal within the window opening of the door frame such that the window pane is securely sealed within the window opening when the window pane is in the closed position.

Abstract: Apparatus in the form of a box unit or box assembly is disclosed for mounting in an opening in a wall wherein the apparatus is mounted from the front of the wall. A box body is positioned in the opening in the wall and anchored there to the wall by a flange located at least partly behind the wall and another flange in front of the wall. Embodiments of the present invention disclosed include electrical junction boxes.

Abstract: To provide sufficient clearance for an entrance part of an elevator hall facing a non-seismic isolation building portion, the partition wall on the entrance side may be removed and an expansion floor provided between the non-seismic isolation building portion entrance and the elevator shaft landing. A movable wall is provided between partition members located on the right and left sides of the elevator shaft. The expansion floor can move in the front and back directions with the partition members on the right and left sides as a guide. Furthermore, the wall moves with the elevator shaft independently in the right and left directions and follows the non-seismic isolation building movement.

Abstract: An upright space-dividing panel which mounts thereon a cushion usable as a back rest. The cushion is secured to the panel by at least one strap which is secured to the panel and overlies a side face thereof in a generally vertical orientation. The cushion includes a mounting arrangement on the rear side thereof which cooperatively engages with the strap to permit vertical sliding movement of the cushion relative to the panel so as to define a back rest which is usable in conjunction with a furniture component disposed adjacent the panel and defining a seating surface thereon.

Abstract: A building accessible to persons, which comprises at least one constructional element, which element is tubular and which is at least substantially made of wound-together layers of a strip of paper/cardboard, wherein each layer is at least substantially made up of a corrugated sublayer and a flat sublayer affixed to one side thereof.

Abstract: A door jamb assembly having a interchangeable multi-component design allowing for the framing of doorways with different configurations by first selecting a main frame and a decorative trim that conforms with the doorway and then securing the first end of the main frame, being attached to the decorative trim, onto a wall with the use of an attachment flange and securing the second end of the main frame to an interior jamb with the use of a fastener.

Abstract: A wall system and particularly a load-bearing spine wall defined by rigidly connected spine panels which are usable in conjunction with and connectable to branch panels for defining workstations. These spine panels include an interior frame having plural hollow cross beams rigidly joined between parallel uprights. The cross beams have elongate slots extending lengthwise along the sidewalls thereof. Each side of the frame permits one or more removable covering tiles to be attached thereto for defining the exterior surface of the spine panel. Load-bearing components having cantilevered hangers can be engaged within the elongate slots which extend lengthwise of the cross beams. Vertically adjacent tiles have longitudinal edges spaced to define a narrow elongate passage therebetween which aligns with the mouth of a respectively adjacent hanger-accommodating slot.

Abstract: An extender piece is disclosed for use in connection with conventional wall molding. The conventional molding includes opposing legs that define a longitudinal channel for electrical cables and wires. The extender is positioned next to the outer edge of one of the legs of the molding. Included at the outer end of the extender are a support wall and a rib defining a receiving channel. By this means, the cover shield for the molding can have one end secured in the receiving groove on one of the legs of the molding and have its other edge secured within the retaining groove of the extender. By this means, a larger size cover shield can be easily fitted on to the molding, thereby quickly and efficiently increasing the effective size of the longitudinal channel for storing cabling and wiring.

Abstract: An easily-constructed foundation for an antenna support tower is provided that requires no fabricated support surface at the installation site. The foundation is a radial array of prefabricated buildings connected near their inner corners to each other. In a first embodiment, one leg of a multi-legged tower rests on each building, the buildings transferring forces from the tower to the support surface below the buildings. In a second embodiment, a tapered monopole tower is located in the center of the array of buildings. The monopole tower may rest on a prepared surface or may be supported above the support surface. Support structures, each having a central ring and radially extending arms, are attached at the building connection points, one support structure above the other. The monopole tower is positioned within the central ring, transferring lateral loads through the ring and arms to the buildings, negating the need for a moment base.

Abstract: Heat insulated wall structure includes interior blanket insulation positioned between adjacent ones of studs, interior of the exterior wall board. Reflective sheet material is placed adjacent the blanket insulation, and the interior wall board is applied over the reflective sheet material to the studs. Spacers are applied to the heat reflective sheet material so as to maintain the facing surfaces of the reflective sheet material and the next adjacent surface in spaced relationship, forming a dead air space therebetween. The dead air space adjacent the heat reflective sheet material maintains the high reflectivity properties of the reflective sheet material, giving the enhanced ability to reflect heat away from the interior of the wall structure.

Abstract: A ladder-shaped subassembly for use in assembling a subfloor for an athletic floor that is anchored, resilient, ventilatable, and DIN certifiable. Long nailing strips form the long members of the ladder-shape while shorter transverse anchor strips secured below the long members form the rung members of the ladder shape. The anchor strips have resilient pads secured to their lower face. The ladder-shaped subassemblies are positioned on a base so that the long members are abutting and the long members of the subassemblies are spaced apart from each other approximately the same distance as they are spaced from each other on the subassembly thereby creating an open channel through which ventilating air can flow between the flooring above the subassemblies and the base below the subassemblies. Anchors engage the anchor strips so as to permit the downward flexure of the floor but limit the upward rebound of the floor.

Abstract: A roofing shingle for mounting to a roof surface which comprises a flat rectangular panel made of metallic sheet material and has top and under sides and side edges. The top side displays along at least two of the side edges a series of dimples defining corresponding bosses on the under side which lie flush with the roof surface. A series of connecting elements have one end mounted to a corresponding boss and an opposite end projecting beyond the side edges for being connected to the roof surface. The shingle includes locating means on its top and under sides for positioning the shingle with a corresponding like shingle to define an overlapping region therebetween. A roof covering using these roofing shingles which are interconnected and staggered along the roof surface with their respective under sides substantially parallel to one another and in close contact at the overlapping region.

Abstract: A building system comprising a plurality of individual building elements and connecting mechanisms, wherein each of the building elements has an upper and a lower surface which are substantially parallel to each other and at least one opening extending from the upper surface to the lower surface, and each building element is adapted for alignment with respect to an opening in another building element. Each connecting mechanism is dimensioned to fit within and extend through an opening in a building element and interconnect a plurality of building elements and deformation members. Deformation members are positioned between a lower surface of a building element and a connecting mechanism of another building element, and deformable by a predetermined force to induce a stress in the connecting mechanism of a building element such that it is pressed with a second predetermined force to another building element.

Abstract: A concrete reinforcing bar support including a base, a support structure extending upwardly from the base, a first clamping member affixed to the support structure and extending upwardly above a top surface of the support structure, a second clamping member affixed to the support structure and extending upwardly above a top surface of the support structure, and a third clamping member affixed to the support structure and extending upwardly above the top surface of the support structure. The second clamping member has an interior surface generally facing the interior surfaces of the first and third clamping members. The first clamping member is separated by a space from the third clamping member. Ribs extend inwardly from the interior surfaces of each of the clamping members so as to compressively contact a reinforcing bar placed interior of the clamping members. The support structure has a generally H-shaped cross-section in a plane parallel to said base.

Abstract: The flexible or expandable link for a heavy duty truck has an elongated U-shaped roll formed channel of a selected length made from a high strength metal and a pair of end brackets, each made from a sheet metal stamping of a lower strength metal, welded to the ends of the channel, with each end bracket having a pair of laterally spaced apart side walls having aligned openings in the side walls for receiving mounting pins or bushings.

Abstract: A food packaging system wherein one or more food component preparation lines deliver heated, e.g., cooked, components to a packaging station that operates at overpressure to maintain aseptic conditions as a container is filled and sealed. The preparation line may be a high pressure heated conduit, a covered batch conveyer, sealed pocket feeder or similar line, and prepares each component at a temperature and time suitable for the particular ingredient. Plural separate preparation lines may deliver different food components to the pressure chamber in which filling occurs, and each component attains a narrowly-defined degree of cooking or uniform stage of undercooking. A loading lock interfaces the packaging and preparation sections so as to prevent evaporative fluid loss or cooling and preserve aseptic conditions during filling and sealing.

Abstract: A the compact disk packing machine includes a base having a box providing device for move empty boxes to a box opening device which opens the empty boxes one by one. A transferring device transfers the opened boxes to a disk providing device and a disk positioning device to put a compact disk in each of the opening boxes. A sheet putting device puts a sheet of commercial in the open boxes and a closing device closes the boxes. The boxes having a compact disk and a sheet of commercial are transferred to a collection device and piled up.

Abstract: A tray pack assembly 10 is conveyed through a package forming machine during a final gluing stage by angled continuous belts 37, 38 which drivingly engage side walls of the forming pack 10 and support the pack 10 throughout this operation. To ensure good contact between the pack 10 and the belts 37, 38 and subsequently good contact with compression rollers of a later conveyor bed, two belts 39, 40 of flexible fingers 41 extend above the path of travel so that the tips 42 of the fingers 41 engage the top 14. The provision of these flexible fingers 41 enables deflection of the fingers 41 in the event of the tray having contents which stick above the intended level. The belts 37, 38 enable the spatial relationship between the walls of the pack 10 to be controlled precisely and for squared-off sleeves to be formed thereby.

Abstract: An apparatus for sealing a wrapper sleeve includes a first peripheral surface rotating about a first axis and having a generatrix parallel to and at a maximum distance from, the first axis and a radius of curvature smaller throughout the circumferential surface length than the maximum distance. A second peripheral surface rotates about a second axis oriented parallel to the first axis. The first and second peripheral surfaces define a line of contact with the wrapper sleeve therebetween. The first and second surfaces rotate in synchronism and roll on one another effecting sealing of the wrapper sleeve as the wrapper sleeve is advanced. A device displaces the first axis relative to the second axis in a direction transverse to the advancing direction of the wrapper sleeve for effecting displacement of the line of contact in the advancing direction as the first and second surfaces rotate.

Abstract: A wipe-down implement system, for performing a wipe-down operation upon a trailing end portion of a wrapping film wrapped around a palletized load, comprises a support arm pivotally mounted upon a vertical standard between a first position remote from the palletized load and a second position adjacent to the load, and a wipe-down implement pivotally mounted upon the support arm between extended and retracted positions.

Abstract: In a method and device for continuously wrapping products (3), while the products (3) are being fed continuously at a first speed (V1) along an intermediate portion (44) of a first path (P1) and in a first direction (D1), together with their intermediate wrappers (2a), the latter having a first and a second wing (37, 38), projection from, and on opposite sides of a surface (30) of the product (3), the wings (37, 38) make contact with a first folder (43) that moves at a second speed (V2) which is faster than the first speed (V1) in a second direction (D2) coinciding with the first speed (D1) along a section (45) of a second a path (P2).

Abstract: The present invention provides a plastic computer packing pillow that is filled with two layers of bubble wrap with the bubbles in each layer facing each other for protecting computers during relocation. The computer component is placed on the middle of the plastic pillow with the ends of the pillow touching the sides of the computer component during movement.

Abstract: A banding fixture including a body having a horizontal opening therein, a carriage movable into and out of the horizontal opening, a recess in the carriage, and the carriage with the recess therein movable into the horizontal opening with a surface in the carriage in underlying near contiguous relationship to an undersurface of a plate on the body. A method of banding a workpiece including the steps of pressing a workpiece overlying a band into a recess in a member, and moving the member relative to a surface so that the ends of the band which extend beyond the workpiece are pressed together in overlapping relationship as the member passes in contiguous relationship to the surface.

Abstract: A fender shaper system for equestrian use, that can be easily added to a new or used saddle system, shapes the fenders optimally and holds the desired shape permanently, thus eliminating the conventional need to soak the fenders in water and reshape them repeatedly due to their inherent tendency to revert back toward the original flat shape unless kept stored in a special holder. The fender shaper system permanently ensures the correct free-hanging stirrup orientation that makes mounting easier and safer by avoiding any need to reach down and turn the stirrup manually, and also ensures riding comfort free of leg stress and fatigue from having to continuously counteract a tendency of the stirrups to hang at an incorrect orientation. The fender shaper is formed from sheet stainless steel bent into the shape of a right angle bracket with curvature. In a primary embodiment for leather fenders, the fender can be fastened to the fender shaper with a pair of ornamental screw fasteners and a retaining tab.

Abstract: A modified snap hitch for connecting the cross tie ropes or trailer tie ropes to the halter on a horse comprises a quick release mechanism connecting the ring to the hook of a snap hitch. The quick release mechanism can take a variety of forms, such as a shear pin or other easily replaceable part. However, in the preferred embodiment, a plurality of ball detent mechanisms are used, and the ring and hook can be reconnected as soon as the horse is calmed.

Abstract: A belly mower is provided for attachment to a vehicle of the ATV type. The mower includes a mower deck having a horizontal mounting plate and a depending skirt with a plurality of blades each mounted on a vertical shaft at spaced positions across the deck. The deck is shaped arranged such that it can be located behind the two front wheels of the vehicle and in front of the two rear wheel of the vehicle. The deck includes a rearwardly extending mounting arm for attachment of the deck to a rear hitch of the vehicle such that forward movement of the vehicle moves the deck forwards and maintains the deck between the front and rear wheels. The deck is also connected to the vehicle to prevent side to side movement of the deck.

Abstract: An operator control system for a self-propelled vehicle such as a lawn mower, wherein the control system includes two opposing and preferably upwardly extending and converging hand grips each having a corresponding drive control lever associated therewith. Each drive control lever may have at least a portion that is parallel to a grip axis of its respective hand grip. Further, each drive control lever may have a pivot axis that is substantially parallel to the corresponding grip axis such that the drive control lever remains substantially parallel to its respective hand grip throughout its travel. A neutral lock is provided to permit locking of each drive control lever in at least one position, e.g., a neutral position. Secondary levers such as operator presence control (OPC) levers may also be included. An OPC lever is associated with each hand grip.

Abstract: A self-propelled combine harvester having a mechanically actuated directional control valve for a hydraulic piston-cylinder unit used for driving the cutter bar in an oscillatory manner. A switching bracket is used to axially move the mechanically actuated directional control valve from a first end position to a second end position and from the second end position to the first end position. A latch is used to periodically latch a piston valve stationary. A first plunger and second plunger are alternatively and axially moved by a first spring and second spring. The first plunger and the second plunger alternatively move the valve piston from the first end position and the second position and from the second position to the first position. The valve piston will be released from the first end position or the second end position one end position from which it was arrested or latched.

Abstract: A system for mounting material collector containers to lawn and garden tractors includes mounting arms pivotally attachable to the tractor frame and spring biased latching device connected to the arms for releasably and automatically latching the arms to the frame in a given pivotal position. The mounting bracket system is arranged so as to be latched to and receive vertical support from a location or locations remote from the hitch plate and hitch hole. Thus, the mounting bracket system does not interfere with the normal intended uses of the hitch plate and hitch hole.

Abstract: A mounting arrangement for a reel mower permitting the mower to roll over the ground in both a forward direction and a rear direction with the mower being drawn in the forward direction pivotable about a generally vertical caster axis forward relative the mower and with the mower being drawn in the rear direction rotatable about a generally vertical caster axis rearward relative the mower.

Abstract: A mechanical harvester and harvesting method for harvesting crops grown on an overhead trellis system including a harvester frame having a top portion and opposing sides forming an open frame to allow crop bins or gondolas to pass under the top portion and through the harvester so that the harvester can continuously harvest an entire row of crops. The top portion of the harvester has crop separating mechanisms to dislodge the crop from the overhead plant canopy. The crop falls downward onto a conveyor belt assembly that transports the crop to the front of the harvester where it is deposited onto a pair of cross conveyor belts that conveys it to a central opening for depositing into the bin. A fan is utilized to blow air across the crop material to separate any plant debris from the crop prior to depositing the crop into the bin.

Abstract: A large round baler includes a pick-up which delivers crop to a transport assembly including a guide wall and tined rotor, together with a rotor stripper, which cooperate to move harvest material from the pick-up to the inlet of a baling chamber. Various embodiments are disclosed for moving one or more of the guide wall, rotor or stripper for effecting adjustments narrowing or expanding the cross section of a guide channel for the harvest material defined in part by the guide wall, rotor and stripper. These adjustments can be done manually or with power and can be made in response to computer generated information or command signals resulting from collected and/or stored data indicating various conditions of the harvested material.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine a turbine, a compressor turbine mounted downstream the turbine for rotation in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the turbine that is mounted downstream the compressor. Exhaust fluid from the compressor turbine is cooled in a heat exchanger with a compressed fluid downstream the compressor and is then cooled with air in separate heat exchanger before being admitted to the compressor. A part of the compressed fluid heated in the heat exchanger is fed to cool the turbine blades, and the rest of the fluid is fed to a heated fluid source for the turbine. To control the gas turbine engine, a part of fluid is boosted by a booster compressor and is discharged from the engine. The booster compressor is driven by an expanding turbine that rotated under the effect of combustion air that is expanded in the expanding turbine and flows through the expanding turbine under the action of reduced pressure in the heated fluid source.

Abstract: A thrust reverser cascade flow directing element (28) for a gas turbine engine (10) comprises a plurality of plates (30) and a plurality of flow directing vanes (40). At least one vane (40) extends between each pair of plates (30), the plurality of plates (30) are formed from sheet material and a single integral piece of ductile sheet material (32) forms the plurality of flow directing vanes (40). The single integral piece of ductile sheet material (32) has a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart apertures (36) and a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart sheet material portions (38) between the apertures (36) and the ductile sheet material (32) is bent at a plurality of longitudinally spaced positions such that each sheet material portion (38) defines one of the plurality of flow directing vanes (40).

Abstract: Blanking-cap system for an orifice of a duct, in particular for an orifice of an air-intake duct into the combustion chamber of a ramjet. The blanking-cap system (16) includes a glass blanking cap (15) and a destruction device (17) which comprises a projectile (18) capable of destroying the blanking cap (15), and a controllable projection means (19), which is capable of projecting the said projectile (18) and which is arranged outside the conduit (7) while being oriented in such a way as to be able to project the said projectile (18) onto the said blanking cap (15).

Abstract: A system for purifying exhaust gases from a diesel or like engine (1) comprises a filter (3) and a plasma generator (5). The plasma generator converts NO and/or N2 to NO2 and/or generates ozone, which is found to be particularly effective at causing low temperature combustion of soot trapped on the filter.

Abstract: In an exhaust system for an internal combustion engine having two groups of cylinders with a separate exhaust line for each cylinder group, each including an upstream catalytic converter and a downstream catalytic converter and a control valve, a first transverse connection extending between the exhaust lines upstream of the upstream catalytic converters and a second transverse connection extending between the exhaust lines between the upstream and downstream catalytic converters, the valves are so arranged and controlled that, during warm-up, the exhaust gases from both cylinder groups flow through the upstream catalytic converter of one, and the downstream catalytic converter of the other exhaust line for rapid heat up of one of the catalytic converters in each of the exhaust lines.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying system for an internal combustion engine mounted on an automotive vehicle. The exhaust gas purifying system may include an exhaust gas component concentration regulating device disposed in an exhaust gas passageway of the engine, for regulating concentrations of gas components in exhaust gas discharged from the engine such that the concentrations of carbon monoxide and hydrogen are respectively not more than 2.0% by volume and not less than 0.5 by volume and such that a volume concentration ratio of hydrogen/carbon monoxide is not smaller than 0.5, in a first exhaust gas condition in which air/fuel ratio of exhaust gas is within a range of from a rich value and a stoichiometric value.

Abstract: In a partition wall arrangement for an exhaust gas pipe section including a partition wall including a main plate member separating the pipe section into two longitudinal passages, a reinforcing plate member is placed over and attached to a major surface of the partition wall member in a part adjacent to the upstream edge of the main plate member so that an improved durability is achieved through elimination of membrane vibrations. By providing an edge cover on the upstream edge of the partition wall, the partition wall can be protected from the adverse influences of the heat from the exhaust gas, and is reinforced even further.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic drive with a plurality of hydraulic consumers also comprising a differential cylinder which are located in particular on a plastics injection-molding machine. There are a first hydraulic machine and a second hydraulic machine, which can both operate as pump and as motor. A first of the two hydraulic machines is connected to a tank by means of a second port and rests against a pressure line by means of a first port, which pressure line can be connected to that working chamber of the differential cylinder which is remote from the piston rod via a shut-off valve. The second hydraulic machine is likewise connected to the pressure line by means of a first port and can be connected, by means of a second port, to a tank via a nonreturn valve which opens toward the second port and to the piston-rod-side working chamber of the differential cylinder via a shut-off valve.

Abstract: An integrated cooling system for a turbocharger, suitable for an internal combustion engine. A cooling air shroud surrounds a portion of an interstage duct in a two-stage turbocharger, and may also surround a part of the outlet from the turbocharger. A fan on a turbocharger shaft is driven by the turbocharger turbine to draw air into the cooling air shroud, and pass the cooling air in heat exchange relationship with compressed air flowing through the turbocharger. The fan may also be used to precompress air compressed in the turbocharger.

Abstract: The invention relates to a gas conducting device for internal combustion engines, notably motor vehicle engines, comprising a pressure line (5), a fresh-gas line (2) supplying fresh gas, a discharge line (4) and an orifice (1) which opens into the fresh gas line (2) and the discharge line (4). At least the pressure line (5) and the orifice (1) are connected via a control element (60-69) for the metered addition of gas. A compensating unit (61; 61A; 62; 62A; 63; 80; 81; 82; 84; 85; 86; 89) is provided for so as to compensate forces which act on the control element (60-69) as a result of a pressure difference (p5-p3; p3-p2) between the gas pressure on the compressed gas side (p5; p3) and the fresh gas side (p3; p2).

Abstract: A method and apparatus of operating a turbo-charged diesel locomotive engine to facilitate controlling pressure in an engine cylinder is provided. The method includes determining an allowable peak firing pressure for the turbo-charged diesel engine, determining an actual peak firing pressure, and comparing the allowable peak firing pressure to actual peak firing pressure to control the operation of the turbocharger for controlling peak firing pressure. The apparatus includes a diesel engine including an intake manifold, an exhaust manifold, an electronic fuel controller, a turbo-charger, and a motor-generator coupled to the turbocharger and operable to at least one of increase turbocharger rotational speed, decrease turbocharger rotational speed, and maintain turbocharger rotational speed, and a controller including a first input corresponding intake manifold air pressure and a second input corresponding to fuel injection timing for the engine and including as an output a motor-generator configuration signal.