Abstract: A positioning unit (1) includes an accelerating nanodrive (2), which has a resolution of at least ±10 nm, a slider (5) and a module (6, 7), which has a stationary component (6) and a component (7) movable for this purpose. The component (7) has a mass of less than 500 g and is movably supported relative to the drive (2). The slider (5) and the movable component (7) of the module (6, 7) are securely connected one to the other and the drive (2) can exert accelerations higher than 10 G.

Abstract: An automatic transmission has a first axis (input axis) 102 for inputting the power, a second axis (output axis or couner axis) 103 for outputting the driving force source, at least one or more first gear group which consists of drive gears 111, 112 fixed on the first axis, and a driven gear 122 provided so as to engage or run idle with respect to the second axis with being engaged with the drive gear, and at least one or more second gear group which consists of driven gears 123, 124, 125 fixed on the second axis, and a drive gear 114, 115 provided so as to engage or run idle with respect to the first axis with being engaged with the driven gear. The automatic transmission further comprises a torque transferring mechanism 140 for transfering the torque between said driven gear which can run idle with respect to the second axis and the driven gear fixed to the second axis.

Abstract: A gear change device including a select actuator for operating a shift lever in a direction of selection and a shift actuator for operating the shift lever in a direction of shift, wherein the select actuator includes a casing, a shift lever support member that is disposed in the casing so as to slide in an axial direction and that supports the shift lever, a magnetic moving member disposed on the outer periphery of the shift lever support member, a cylindrical fixed yoke surrounding the magnetic moving member, and a coil disposed on the inside of the fixed yoke.

Abstract: A shift lock apparatus has a shift lever operated selectively in a first and second directions to switch a gear of a vehicle. The change gear is operated based the manual operation of the lever shifted in the first direction. The gear is automatically operated when the lever is shifted in the second direction. A lock member is rotatably supported around an axis extending perpendicular to a plane including lines each extending in the first direction and in the second direction. A plurality of regulating portions are disposed in said lock member. The regulating portion is capable of regulating the shift lever that moves in the first and the second directions.

Abstract: A shift device has an operation member for operating a vehicular automatic transmission. The operation member is formed to conform to the shapes of a hand and fingers of a driver.

Abstract: Industrial robot arranged with a helical spring based balancing system, which is able to stand up to high load.

Abstract: A safety steering column for a motor vehicle, with a casing tube which is arranged concentrically to a steering shaft and is fastened to the vehicle body and which, in the event of an axial impact action, can be shortened while at the same time absorbing energy. The casing tube consists of two casing-tube parts and the displacement force between the two casing-tube parts can be set. Arrange between the two casing-tube parts is a connecting element which is fastened to one of the casing-tube parts and is pressed with a predetermined force into a groove introduced into the other casing-tube part.

Abstract: A bicycle shift operating device basically includes first operating member operatively coupled to a winding mechanism by a follower link and an operating link. A second operating member is also preferably operatively coupled to the winding mechanism. The cable winding mechanism is mounted on a first pivot axle and is configured to be selectively retained in a plurality of shift positions. In one shift operating device, the operating link is pivotally mounted on the first pivot axle. In an alternate shift operating device, the operating link is pivotally mounted on a second pivot axle that is spaced from the first pivot axle and parallel to the first pivot axle. The first operating member is preferably arranged to reciprocate in a first direction. The second operating member is preferably arranged to move in a second direction that is substantially parallel to the first direction.

Abstract: A shift control device is provided for controlling a transmission control member coupled to a bicycle transmission. The device comprises an actuating component that is manually operated by a rider, wherein the actuating component moves to an actuating component neutral position, to an actuating component upshift position and to an actuating component downshift position. A first biasing component biases the actuating component toward one of the upshift position and the downshift position, and a neutral positioning component positions the actuating component in a neutral position.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transmission mechanism with a differential mechanism for an automotive vehicle to drive four wheels instead of two differential mechanisms of prior art disposed on the front axle and rear axle. The transmission mechanism of the invention is of a compact structure and a relatively less cost of manufacturing, and makes a clearance between the chassis of the automotive vehicle and the ground increased. The performance of the automotive vehicle equipped with the transmission mechanism of the invention can be improved.

Abstract: An apparatus for moving a spindle along a longitudinal axis, the apparatus includes a spindle; a drive member for moving said spindle over a range of travel along said longitudinal axis in a first direction; a spring for applying a first force in combination with a second force to the spindle in the first direction; a stop element arranged so as to disengage the second force, such that when said spindle is within a first portion of said range of travel, said first force is applied to said spindle in combination with said second force, and when said spindle is within a second portion of said range of travel, said stop element disengages said second force so only said first force is applied to said spindle.

Abstract: A process for making a combination food utensil constructed of materials having different relative hardness, particularly a spoon. Portions of the utensil are constructed of a hard material such as polyproplylene to provide structural rigidity and to allow the utensil to easily slide along the bottom of a dish such as a bowl or a plane. Outside edges of the utensil and portions of its handle are constructed of a softer material such as Kraton or silicone to provide for comfortable contact with the inside of the mouth and gums. In the preferred embodiment the spoon is provided for use by a baby.

Abstract: A structural improvement of a wine bottle opener which includes a syringe, a needle, a cap, a slide jacket and a bottle holder. The syringe is a hollow tube-shaped object, in which a high-pressured Freon can is inserted. The needle is attached to the front end of the syringe, and the cap is attached to the rear. The syringe is then put into the slide jacket, which is a pipe-shaped object with its upper inside perimeter roughly equal to the outside perimeter of the syringe. The slide jacket broadens at the bottom and the inner wall is threaded in order to screw onto the bottle holder. The top of the screw cap has a hole, through which the Freon can inside the syringe can be pressed. The needle is composed of a base and a tube, whereas the base is geometrically shaped and has threads on parts of its surface, enabling the use of hand tools to screw on or off the base from the syringe.

Abstract: A hammer useful for working rock, stone, and other hardened substrates is provided. The hammer head defines an acoustic chamber which resonates tones when the hammer is used to strike an object. Variations in the tones alert the user to changes in the rock substrate. Optionally, a pin extends from a striking surface of the hammer and extends part way into the acoustic chamber.

Abstract: An adjustable self-locking wrench is provided. The wrench includes a handle, a base portion having an elongated groove and a locking chamber, a stationary jaw body, a movable jaw having an extension flange, a spring and a locking member. The locking member is movable between a first position wherein the locking member does not tightly contact the extension flange of the movable jaw and a second position wherein the locking member locks the movable jaw in a selected position relative to the stationary jaw.

Abstract: An adjustable wrench. When the wrench is turned in a direction, the fastener is turned and when the wrench is turned in an opposite direction, the fastener is kept still. The wrench includes a handle having a fixed jaw, a movable jaw slidably provided on the handle, an adjusting worm for driving the movable jaw moving and an elastic supporting device. The fixed jaw has a holding surface facing the movable jaw, the holding surface has a driving face and a base face with one end connecting the rails and another end connecting the driving face. The base face rests against a fixed side of the fastener and the driving face rests against a movable side of the fastener which is a side next to the fixed side. The movable jaw has a holding surface facing the fixed jaw.

Abstract: There is provided an articulating tool assembly for performing a mechanical task in a confined area, e.g., applying the torque to install or remove nuts threaded onto machine bolts or other hooks in confined or recessed areas. The articulating tool assembly has an elongated body portion having a handle section and a yoke section, a head portion including a head section and a head retaining section, and an actuation member defining an axle shaft with two spaced apart sprockets. The actuation member is provided for effectuating incremental articulating movements of the wrench head portion with respect to the elongated wrench body portion.

Abstract: A wrench includes a handle, a head having a pivotal portion, and a retaining mechanism for retaining the head in the desired angular position relative to the handle. The pivotal portion of the head includes a fore lug and a rear lug that are located with reference to a ratcheting direction of the handle. The handle has an engaging portion pivotally received in an opening between the lugs. Teeth are defined in an arcuate outer surface section of the fore lug. The thickness of the rear lug is not reduced, avoiding damage to the torque-bearing section in the pin hole of the rear lug.

Abstract: A novel drive bit for mounting in a sleeve of a rotary driving tool for driving a slottedd screw having a hollow cap with a threaded interior cylindrical wall having an inner minor diameter comprises a driver portion at one end thereof and a sleeve engaging portion at the other end thereof, wherein the driver portion includes a generally cylindrical aligning portion with a predetermined diameter of between about 85% and about 99½% of the inner minor diameter and a pair of laterally opposed concave surfaces tapering at a predetermined radius of curvature of between about 50% and about 150% of the inner minor diameter to a generally rectangular flat headed tip for engaging the slot of the screw while the generally cylindrical aligning portion aligns the cap and the screw substantially coaxially with the bit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-spindle machine system having a control arrangement for selectively slowing down the speed of a stock feeder mechanism. The machine is operable at a low speed or a high speed. A braking arrangement for slowing the advance of stock is operative responsive to a machine controller. The feeder mechanism is slowed prior to engagement of feed stock with a stock stop device. The operation of the system of the present invention enables slowing the feed stock during its feeding into the machine to reduce stock bounce back to ensure more accurate initial positioning of the stock in the machine. The braking arrangement may comprise a machine brake clutch and/or a snubbing clutch.

Abstract: A wood lathe includes a bed, a headstock mounted on the bed and having a headstock housing, a motor mounted in the headstock housing and having a driving shaft with opposite first and second output ends, a spindle journalled to the headstock housing, a first transmission interconnecting the first output end and the spindle, a cooling fan disposed in the headstock housing for cooling the motor and including a driven shaft that is journalled to the headstock housing, and a second transmission interconnecting the second output end and the driven shaft. The cooling fan delivers airflow toward an annular outer area of the motor in a transverse direction relative to a rotation axis of the driving shaft.

Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a material from a cored roll comprises a housing having a plurality of walls forming an interior volume and an opening, at least one pair of coaxially aligned, opposed plungers mounted on opposite walls within the dispenser, and a cutting mechanism. The cutting mechanism includes a blade, a cover for alternately exposing and concealing the blade, and a slidable panel for actuating the cover.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an improved miter gauge for retaining and adjustably positioning a workpiece. The miter gauge includes a fence frame pivotally mounted to a base member for adjusting the workpiece to be cut at a user selected angle. The fence frame includes a fence surface for positioning the workpiece. The fence surface is opposed by a quick-adjusting stopping unit mountable to the base member for clamping the workpiece therebetween.

Abstract: A rifle with an upper receiver and a barrel attached to the upper receiver and including a bolt carrier, and operating, buffer, and cooling systems. The operating system includes a cylinder and a piston coupled to receive propelling gases from the barrel. As the piston moves between retracted and extended positions the bolt carrier is moved between closed and open positions. The bolt carrier includes a weight movable within a guide frame between rearward and forward limits. The buffer system includes a compression spring in a tube attached to the upper receiver in abutting engagement with the bolt carrier. A partially fluid filled cylinder is attached to a coil of the spring and includes a piston and shaft. The piston is formed so that fluid in the cylinder restricts movement in one direction and allows free movement in a second direction.

Abstract: A pneumatic brake booster comprising an envelope formed of two shells (3, 5) defining an interior volume divided into two chambers by a skirt mounted so that it can slide with sealing. The skirt (7) is actuated by a pressure difference brought about by the operation of a three-way valve (17) arranged in a pneumatic piston arranged more or less in the central part of the skirt. The booster also comprising means (53) for reducing the noise, characterized in that the means (53) are bearing means comprising a layer of elastomer arranged between one of the shells (3, 5) and a rigid element.

Abstract: A hydraulic device includes a passage block with a first hole, an internal body received in the first hole connected to a hydraulic module and an actuator. The actuator has a cylindrical shell integrally connected at its one side to the passage block and projecting at its other side from the passage block. The passage block has a first and second passageway to communicate the hydraulic module with a groove means on the internal body, and a third passageway to communicate the groove means with a first chamber of the actuator. A connecting member connects the fluid distributor unit to the other side of the actuator to communicate the groove means with a second chamber of the actuator.

Abstract: Preferred rod/piston assemblies (50, 50?, 150) comprise unitary rod members (52, 52?, 152) and compression rings (54, 54?, 154). In accordance with one preferred embodiment (50), the unitary rod member (52) comprises a connecting rod portion (60), a lower bezel portion (62) and a knob portion (66). The lower bezel portion (62) and the compression ring (54) define facing surfaces (82, 106) along which the compression ring (54) is secured to the unitary rod member (52). In accordance with a preferred method of manufacture, one or both of the facing surfaces (82, 106) are chemically treated to promote coupling of the compression (54) ring to the lower bezel portion (62). The unitary rod member (52) and the compression ring (54) are positioned in the mold or press with the compression ring (54) fitted over the knob portion (66) of the unitary rod member. Elevated temperature and pressure are applied to secure the compression ring (54) to the lower bezel portion (62).

Abstract: A handle (20) for cooking utensils, particularly pots or pans, of the type designed to be joined to the edge of the utensil (10), is made of a material, with low heat conductivity and equipped with an elongated plate (30) made of a material with high heat conductivity, having one terminal section in thermal contact with the body of the utensil (10) and the other end far from it, and with thermo-chromatic means (40) applied on the plate (30) and preferably consisting of crystals having (42a-42f) the ability to change color within predetermined ranges of temperature, so as to display information, related to the temperature of the bottom of the utensil, in different areas of the plate (30)

Abstract: An improved ice cream blending apparatus has a hopper support system that incorporates a hopper guidance mechanical linkage that supports the linear motion of the hopper and translates non-linear circular motion of the operating handle into the linear motion of the hopper.

Abstract: A method for controlling the temperature of a heated roll in a calender is provided. The calender comprises at least one heated roll or thermoroll and at least one backing roll, between which is formed a nip through which the material web is conveyed. To the heated roll is supplied internal thermal power by internal heating means of the roll, and external thermal power by external heating means of the roll. Before changing the heated roll, internal thermal power is minimized within a specific period by control means provided in conjunction with the internal heating means; external thermal power is maximized within a specific period by control means provided in conjunction with the external heating means; and the surface temperature of and/or the thermal power released by the heated roll, which corresponds to the surface temperature and/or thermal power desired for the grade of the material web, is maintained within a specific period.

Abstract: To present invention relates to a calender for calendering a moving web of paper or board, the calender comprising a top roll (1) and a bottom roll (1) and a bottom roll (2), both of the rolls being of the variable-crown type, at least one intermediate roll (3) of an intermediate roll stack adapted between the top roll (1) and the bottom roll (2) in a disposition allowing the superimposed rolls (1, 2, 3) of the stack to be brought into a nip contact with each other during calendering, and support means (4, 5) for mounting the rolls (1, 2, 3) to the frame (6) of the calender or, alternatively, to guides (7) mounted on the frame (6). Actuator means (9, 19) are adapted between the mounts (5) of the superimposed rolls (1, 2, 3) forming the nips and/or between the bearing blocks (4) of the rolls so as to accomplish the relief of nip loading imposed by the weight of the intermediate rolls (3) and the auxiliary means connected thereto.

Abstract: A device for processing continuous webs has a machine frame and at least one tool arranged on the machine frame for processing the continuous web. A drive device is provided for driving the at least one tool. The drive device is a two-row gear wheel having a first toothing and a second toothing, wherein the first toothing has an inch-based division and the second toothing has a metric division. The at least one tool is driven by the first toothing when processing the continuous web according to an inch-based size and wherein the at least one tool is driven by the second toothing when processing the continuous web according to a metric size.

Abstract: A form dampening roller driving apparatus in which to obviate a hickey a slip is caused to occur between a form dampening roller and a plate cylinder in their mutual area of contact by rotationally driving the form dampening roller and the plate cylinder so they rotate having a difference in peripheral speed between them, and wherein the peripheral speed of the form dampening roller is made variable as desired to make the slip ratio between it and the plate cylinder in their mutual area of contact variable as desired. To this end, the form dampening roller is geared to a vibrator roller, and independent of a main motor for rotationally driving the plate cylinder there is provided a further motor for rotationally driving the form dampening roller independently of the plate cylinder at a rate of rotation that is made arbitrarily variable.

Abstract: A control device for removing register errors on printing machines. The control device for controlling the printing drums for a printing machine has at least a first sensor to detect sheets on a conveyor belt and printing drums to apply printing images, whereby a spacing, which is defined between a position on the conveyor belt determined by a signal of the first sensor and the nip of a printing cylinder on the conveyor belt, corresponding to a whole-numbered multiple of the circumference of a nip roller.

Abstract: To provide a varnishing apparatus for indirect printing with the lowest possible structural outlay, a varnishing mechanism of the varnishing apparatus for varnishing webs includes a form cylinder and a transfer cylinder, the web running between the transfer cylinders. At least one of the form cylinders bears a gravure printing form such that the web may be varnished on one or both sides.

Abstract: A device for changing an operating state of a gripper-control device in a sheet-reversing device of a sheet-processing machine including a cylinder having an actuating shaft accommodated therein, includes an activating element cooperatively engaging with the actuating shaft for changing the operating state of the gripper control device. An actuating element is coupled mechanically with the actuating shaft. An adjusting element is movable relative to the cylinder. The adjusting element is disposed externally to the cylinder and cooperatively engages with the actuating element for moving the actuating element at least approximately synchronously with the cylinder during operation of the sheet-processing machine while the actuating shaft remains in a prescribed position with respect to the cylinder. The actuating element is changeable in position relative to the cylinder by the adjusting element, whenever the operating state is changed.

Abstract: A gapped or seamed cylindrical offset printing blanket having pre-made blanket material mounted on a cylindrical sleeve, and a method for making same, are disclosed, wherein conventional, manufactured blanket material in flat form made by methods known in the art is adhered to a cylindrical sleeve to economically produce a blanket. The leading and trailing ends of the flat blanket material are joined in close proximity such that a small gap is formed. A seam may be made with a filler material that fills the remaining gap resulting in a seamed sleeved blanket. In use, the seam is aligned with non-print area on the adjacent printing plate, or the adjacent plate cylinder gap of the printing press. Being narrower than the plate cylinder gap, no loss of print length results from the seam.

Abstract: A pyrotechnic initiator having an internal sleeve that facilitates the loading and durable retention of a pyrotechnic charge in place on the header surface within the initiator. The sleeve beneficially retains the charge either in conjunction with the upper interior surface of the charge can, or through the use of a monolithic charge and a narrowed top end of the sleeve.

Abstract: A binary exploding target package, a process of forming an exploding target from the contents of the binary exploding target package, and the exploding target formed therefrom. The binary exploding target package includes a first, target container and a second container. An oxidizer composition is contained within one of the containers and a catalyst composition is contained within the other container. An exploding target is formed by mixing the oxidizer and catalyst compositions, and introducing the mixture into the target container to form an exploding target just prior to using the exploding target as a target for a shooting exercise.

Abstract: The present invention relates to priming device for the explosive charge of a sub-munition scattered by a carrier, of the type incorporating a firing pin onto which a deployable drag ribbon has been attached, a primer able to be driven by a motor organ and a detonating primer to ignite the explosive charge. This device also comprises self-destruction means for the sub-munition operating after a predetermined delay, such means being activated by the extraction of a self-destruction lock. It is characterized in that the self-destruction lock is integral with the drag ribbon and is therefore extracted by the ribbon during its deployment.

Abstract: A shelf or stand device comprises at least one platform member and at least one rod like elongated leg member. An aperture in the platform member is shaped to allow the passage therethrough of the leg member. Contact between the platform member and an adjacent wall or walls of a room in which the device is to be erected corresponds to a generally horizontal position of the platform member, and contact between the leg member and the internal surface of the aperture corresponds to a position of the leg member which is upright but inclined to the vertical. The leg member contacts the internal surface of the aperture at its upper end and the floor of the room at its lower end. The contacts between the upper and lower ends of the leg member and the internal surface of the aperture and the floor, respectively, and the contact between the platform member and the wall or walls cooperate to maintain the platform member in a stable generally horizontal position abutting against the wall or walls.

Abstract: A workstation and a power and telecommunication arrangement therefor which together define a work area and, more specifically, to an improved workstation which includes a console supported on a worksurface or table and housing one or more electrical power receptacles and/or communication receptacles and the cabling associated therewith, and an elongate and flexible raceway assembly which provides an enclosed conduit for feeding power and communication cabling into and out of the console and which is capable of distributing such cabling along a series of interconnected workstations.

Abstract: A pivotable folding utility table includes a table top having a pair of support pedestals pivotally attached thereto. A first pivotal support brace including a distal end and a proximal end attached to the first support pedestal. A second pivotal support brace including a distal end and a proximal end attached to the second support pedestal. The distal ends of the first and second pivotal support braces pivotally attached to a retaining assembly preferably mounted in relation to the table top. Specifically, the retaining assembly includes a cross-brace member operably disposed through openings formed in the distal ends of the first and second pivotal support braces, thus providing a pivotal engagement in relation to the table top.

Abstract: Shelves in a collapsible shelving structure are foldable about respective fold lines extending widthwise of respective shelves to load-bearing states.

Abstract: The modular security safe with offset security bolt box of the present invention includes a number of modular panels which serve as the top, bottom, and sides of the safe. The modular panels of the safe are cast in a plastic or metal mold with high-density concrete reinforced by expanded metal. The modular panels included outer portions and stepped or rabbeted inner portions. The panels are formed from a sheet of material bent to a desired form. Concrete is poured in to the panel, in a single pour step. The panel is vibrated to allow the concrete to settle, and the concrete is allowed to set. The outer surface can then be covered with a desired laminate. The panels have security bolt boxes attached by bolts to the inner portions thereof. Security bolt boxes comprise a tray having a bottom and upstanding walls, and they can be formed by bending a single sheet of material. The modular side panels are attached to the top and bottom panels by bolts extending through the security bolt boxes.

Abstract: In a method of measuring heat flux and corrosion in a furnace, pairs of thermocouples are attached to the back side of the furnace wall. One thermocouple of each pair is attached to a tube and the second thermocouple is attached to a web connected to that tube. A temperature differential is determined for each pair at selected time intervals. A decrease in the difference between temperature differentials indicates slag on the furnace wall has melted indicating corrosion can be occurring.

Abstract: A system 26 for removing elemental mercury or mercury compounds handles carbonaceous sorbent 28 of a starter batch stored in a silo 30 in an agglomerated state. The sorbent 28 is fed by a feeder 32 to a separation device 34, which comminutes (if necessary) and de-agglomerates the sorbent particles 28 to their primary size distribution. This device 34 may be a particle-particle separator or a jet mill, where compressed air or high-pressure steam is the energy source. The de-agglomerated sorbent 28 of a contact batch created from the starter batch is conveyed by an airsteam for injection at a contact location 66 in a flue gas duct whereat carbonaceous sorbent of the contact batch adsorbs mercury from the flue gas.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method and device for converting energy by combustion of solid fuel, especially incineration of bio-organic fuels and municipal solid waste to produce heat energy and which operates with very low levels of NOx, CO and fly ash, in which that the oxygen flow in the first and second combustion chambers in at least one separate zone and by sealing off the entire combustion chambers in order to eliminate penetration of false air into the chambers, the temperatures in the first and second combustion chamber are strictly controlled, in addition to the regulation of the oxygen flow, by admixing a regulated amount of recycled flue gas with the fresh air which is being led into each of the chambers in each of the at least one separate zones, and both the recycled flue gas and fresh combustion gases are filtered in unburned solid waste in the first combustion chamber by sending the unburned solid waste and the gases in a counter-flow before entering the gases into the second combustion chambe

Abstract: The apparatus is propelled or towed in a longitudinal direction over a field and the apparatus components engage the field surface to inject fluid beneath the field surface. Generally, the apparatus is a frame and at least one series of fluid distribution discs rotationally coupled at end portions of an arm assemblies pivotally suspended from the frame. The fluid distribution discs include a plurality of fluid distribution channels that radiate from the fluid distribution disc origin to conically shaped tines connected at the perimeter of the fluid distribution disc. The fluid distribution channels are aligned with similar channels within a bushing securable to the fluid distribution disc radial portion. A stationary plate or disc valve has a disc valve fluid channel in a disc valve radial surface, which is in contact with the rotating bushing radial surface resulting in a periodic alignment between the disc valve fluid channel and each of the bushing channels.

Abstract: An assembly for opening and closing a furrow in soil includes a furrow opener with a pair of discs positioned at an angle relative to each other. The discs each have an inner side facing toward each other and an outer side facing away from each other. Each disc also has a leading edge and a trailing edge relative to a travel direction. A furrow closer includes a pair of wheels, each having an inner side facing toward each other and positioned adjacent to a corresponding disc outer side. Each wheel also has a leading edge positioned between a corresponding disc leading edge and disc trailing edge, and a trailing edge positioned rearward of a corresponding disc trailing edge relative to the travel direction.