Abstract: A climbing tree stand platform including a platform member, the platform member having an inner end for engaging a tree and an outer end, and two sides opposite one another connecting the inner end and the outer end, the platform member having two pivot arm support members rigidly connected thereto and extending upward therefrom toward the inner end of the platform member, each of the pivot arm support members having a pivot arm pivotally connected thereto for pivoting toward and contacting opposite sides of the tree as a downward force is applied to the platform member, each of the two pivot arms being adapted to receive a flexible connector removably connected to each of the two pivot arm support members for extension around the tree to hold the platform member to the tree.

Abstract: A solution is supposed to be achieved with a rappelling device (1) for permitting persons (3) to be rescued from high buildings, towers, and the like, having a suspension strap (2), suspension vest, or the like, to be worn by the person in question, wherein a rope container (8) having a device to release the rope length (4) is provided on the suspension strap (2), which solution is supposed to be easy to operate, on the one hand, and to be made available to the persons in question at any time, and easy to handle for them, whereby the person using the device can essentially move both hands freely, in a stable rappelling position. This is achieved in that the rope drum (7) that forms the rope container (8), in the wearing position on the back of the person using the device, is provided with a rope guide device (13) for passing the rope to a release position in the chest region of the person using the device.

Abstract: A modular oil delivery system has a mount with at least one passage, a flange and a body depending from the flange. A mounting bracket is carried by the mount to support an oil pump having an oil outlet in fluid communication with at least one passage in the mount. A float arm is pivotally supported relative to the mounting bracket and is constructed and arranged to be responsive to the level of the oil in the reservoir. An oil pressure sensor is supported by either the mounting bracket, the body, or the flange. The oil pressure sensor is in fluid communication with at least one passage in the mount and with the oil outlet of the oil pump to monitor the pressure of oil discharged from the oil pump.

Abstract: A mine transportation management system capable of reducing cost by reducing the number of transportation vehicles is provided. For this purpose, the system includes a plurality of self-propelled vehicles and a plurality of vessels each having a communication section, and each being identifiable, which are connectable to and separable from each other. A loading machine having a communication section, which loads an object into at least one of the vessels. A management center, which has a communication section, selects a vessel to be transported and selects a self-propelled vehicle for transporting the selected vessel based on a transportation demand signal from a processing facility, and transmits a transportation command signal to the selected self-propelled vehicle to connect to the selected vessel and to travel to the processing facility.

Abstract: A door panel includes a surface board facing a hoistway, a back board facing a hoistway, and a reinforcing member for reinforcing the surface board and the back board. The back board is connected to the surface board or the reinforcing member by a connecting member which is capable of losing the force of constraint against the surface board or the reinforcing member on high temperature conditions during a fire. This connecting member prevents the door panel of the elevator hall door from being deformed during a building fire, and prevents the elevator hall door from falling, thus preventing smoke and flame from entering the hoistway.

Abstract: A centrifugally activated device for controlling the speed of movement of an elevator cab includes the capability of controlling upward and downward movement. A first stopping device is associated with at least one elevator sheave. A second stopping device preferably is supported on an opposite side of the same sheave. The second stopping device preferably includes centrifugally activated components such as a latch member that moves from a first position into a second, stopping position responsive to an undesirably high speed of upward movement of the elevator cab. The centrifugally activated components preferably include a latch member that is rotatably supported on the sheave and has an engaging member at one end that engages a cooperating stop surface near the sheave to prevent the sheave from further rotation upon the sheave reaching an undesirably high rate of rotation.

Abstract: A monitoring system for monitoring doors such as a shaft or cabin door, of a lift installation includes a sensor element associated with the doors for monitoring the state or position of the door. An evaluation system is connected to the sensor element and evaluates the sensor signals. The evaluation system can perform continued evaluation in short time intervals in order to provide a continuous record of the state of the monitored doors and temporal changes in the signal characteristics of the sensor signals.

Abstract: A braking force is generated by using a rotation of an electric motor to move a piston, which presses friction members onto a rotor. The displacement of the piston is controlled such that a detection value of a resolver becomes a target value. In the case of brake noise due to vibration of the rotor, the displacement of the friction members with respect to the rotor fluctuates in connection with the rotation of the rotor, leading to fluctuations in a rotational amount of the electric motor. Therefore, in a simple method and apparatus, brake noise can be detected based upon the magnitude of the fluctuation amount in the detection value of the resolver.

Abstract: A mechanically and hydraulically actuated brake cylinder for a motor vehicle having a body with a chamber for receiving an axially movable piston (4) that is connected to a pivoting shaft (11) that has a part that is located outside of the body. Pressurized fluid is presented to the chamber to hydraulically actuate a brake application while a rotational torque is applied to the shaft (11) to mechanical actuate a brake application through a ball-ramp mechanism that converts the rotational torque into translational movement for the piston. The ball-ramp mechanism is defined by a rotary plate (28) fixed to the shaft (11) with a first ramp ribs (31), second ramp ribs (32) on the piston (4) and balls (33) housed in the ramp ribs.

Abstract: A spring applied/hydraulically released brake mechanism for a mechanical brake including an actuator lever extending between a movable piston, which piston is normally biased to a closed position by a spring with a selective pressurization of a chamber on the other side of the piston deactivating the mechanical brake through the lever.

Abstract: A mounting system for disc brake rotors. Drive pins are mounted to a wheel hub. Alignment bushings having outer flanges defining a channel are slidably held in slots in a disc brake rotor, with the rotor engaging the bushing channel. The alignment bushings are each mounted on a drive pin inserted through a hole in the alignment bushing. Drag rings prevent unwanted movement between the alignment bushings and the drive pins. The drag rings can be mounted in grooves in the alignment bushings or, alternatively, in grooves on the drive pins. Retaining rings on the drive pins prevent the bushings from coming off of the drive pins.

Abstract: A suspension strut (10) for a vehicle including a compressible fluid (20), a hydraulic tube (22,22?) and displacement rod (24) adapted to cooperate with the compressible fluid (20) to supply a suspending spring force that biases the wheel toward the surface, a cavity piston (26,26?) separating the inner cavity (30) into a first section (32) and a second section (34) and defining a first orifice (36) adapted to allow flow of the compressible fluid (20) between the first section (32) and the second section (34) of the inner cavity (30), and a first variable restrictor (28) adapted to variably restrict the passage of the compressible fluid (20) through the first orifice (36) based on the velocity of the cavity piston (26,26?) to the hydraulic tube (22,22?).

Abstract: A high frequency dampening apparatus for dampening the travel of a high frequency cycling driver. The present invention provides an enclosed housing having a fluid disposed therein. A piston rod is partially disposed within the housing and is engageable with a high frequency driver wherein the piston rod moves between a rearward position and a forward position relative to the housing. A plurality of fingers are circumferentially spaced and extend radially outward from the piston rod. A piston head retainer is connected to and extends radially outward from the piston rod and provides an orifice extending therethrough.

Abstract: A torque converter which has a pump wheel, a turbine wheel, and a stator, which form a hydrodynamic circuit, and also a torsional vibration damper with a primary and a secondary damper element. The primary and the secondary damper element are connected to each other in a rotationally elastic manner by at least one set of springs. The turbine wheel has a turbine wheel shell and is supported rotatably with respect to a turbine wheel hub in a first bearing, which provides axial and radial support. The secondary damper element is mounted nonrotatably on the turbine wheel hub. The turbine wheel acts by way of an intermediate element on the primary damper element. The stator is mounted on a stator hub, which is supported by an axially operative second bearing on a turbine wheel base, which is connected to the turbine wheel shell. The first bearing is located radially outside the second bearing.

Abstract: A torque transfer mechanism is provided for controlling the magnitude of a clutch engagement force exerted on a multi-plate clutch assembly that is operably disposed between a first rotary and a second rotary member. The torque transfer mechanism includes an actuator having a first cam fixed for rotation with the first rotary member and a second cam having a rotor which is rotatably disposed within a chamber filled with magnetorheological fluid. An electromagnetic coil is disposed in proximity to the chamber and is selectively energized for varying the viscosity of the magnetorheological fluid so as to induce axial movement of the first cam for engaging the multi-plate clutch assembly.

Abstract: A disk-packet unit comprising a pre-tensioned disk packet for mounting on guide elements in a transmission component. The packet comprises at least two adjacent elements that form frictional surfaces, which can be intercoupled in a frictional engagement by means of an intermediate element that forms a frictional surface and comprises an auxiliary mounting device. At least one spring device is located between at least two adjacent elements that form frictional surfaces. The auxiliary mounting device comprises a sleeve element and a tensioning device. The elements that form frictional surfaces are carried on the sleeve element and the latter comprises a stop. The tensioning device can be detachably connected to the sleeve element and produces a force for pre-tensioning the disk packet.

Abstract: An electromagnetic clutch especially adapted for use in motor vehicle power trains includes a multiple plate friction clutch pack acted upon (compressed) by a ball ramp operator. The ball ramp operator includes two adjacent plates having opposed pairs of arcuate ramped recesses which receive a load transferring member such as a ball or roller bearing. Relative rotation of the plates is achieved through a worm gear drive from a bi-directional electric motor. Such relative rotation causes separation of the plates and compression of the friction clutch pack which transfers torque from the input to the output of the electromagnetic clutch.

Abstract: A method and device for operating a clutch between an internal combustion engine and at least one driven wheel of a vehicle, a torque being transmitted between the internal combustion engine and the driven wheel by pressing the clutch together via an application force or an application pressure, and the application force or the application pressure being controlled as a function of a clutch slip in the clutch when the torque is transmitted between the internal combustion engine and the driven wheel and a setpoint clutch slip.

Abstract: A coin discrimination sensor having an excitation coil and two detector coils arranged to detect eddy currents in a passing coin. The excitation coil is provided a composite waveform formed by adding a low frequency signal (30 KHz) with a high frequency signal (480 KHz). The two detector coils are arranged at different distances from the passing coin, and are calibrated to eliminate the common-mode voltage when no coin is present. As a coin passes by the sensor, eddy currents are induced in the coin which result in phase and amplitude shifts in the low and high frequency components of the detector signal. The low and high frequency components are separated from the detector signal, and their respective phases and amplitudes are ascertained and compared against values stored in a lookup table. These values represent the composition, thickness, and diameter characteristics of known coins, and if the signature of the processed coin does not appear in the lookup table, it can be flagged as an invalid coin.

Abstract: Sensing equipment for monitoring the space in front of escalators for the control of the drive has sensors arranged in handrail inlet caps of the escalator balustrades. Each sensor consists of a transmitter and a receiver and operates with high-frequency waves. The sensors monitor the access to the escalator in a specific region in front of the entry to the escalator, for example the region of the entrance plate. On entry into the monitoring region of a sensor the high-frequency waves emitted by the transmitter are reflected by the person or object and picked up by the associated receiver and the escalator drive is switched on.

Abstract: A drive system for escalators and pedestrian conveyors having a plurality of steps and pallets, respectively, is provided. The drive system includes at least one driving chain including links and joints connecting the links. The driving chain has a chain pitch such that there are no more than two links per step or pallet and the driving chain is connectable to the plurality of steps or pallets via bolts that are positioned between two joints and provided with a roller. The drive system also includes a plurality of interspaced reversing elements having a number of teeth that correspond to the chain pitch.

Abstract: A work measurement apparatus 1 comprises a base 2 and a conveyor table 3 which is slidably disposed on the base 2 and includes a work receiving opening 6. A guide plate 4 is fixedly disposed on the conveyor table 3. A guide entrance 5 is disposed in the guide plate 4 at the upper end of the work receiving opening 6. A measurement probe 8 is disposed on the upper side of the guide plate 4. The measurement probe 8 is urged towards the work W in the work receiving opening 6. The measurement probe 8 slides on the guide plate 4 as the conveyor table 3 is rotated. The measurement probe 8 is then directed by the guide entrance 5 to the work W in the work receiving opening 6 and makes contact with the work W. The measurement probe 8 exits from the guide entrance 5.

Abstract: Systems and techniques for detecting and reporting conditions of a conveyor belt by receiving image data from at least one camera structured and arranged to capture an image of a portion of a conveyor belt, detecting an object in the portion of the conveyor belt based on the received image data, and generating status information associated with the portion of the conveyor belt based on the detected object.

Abstract: A pneumatically actuated, beltless conveyor assembly includes a housing, a drive system supported by the housing and a transport tray also operatively supported by the housing. A drive system includes a seal-less pneumatic engine which acts to drive the transport tray in repeated, rectilinear fashion to advance materials supported on the transport tray in the direction of the length of the tray.

Abstract: In a component mounting work area, two electronic circuit boards are placed in a zigzag manner and components are mounted independently on each board. Two sets of working their drive units, board conveying/holding devices recognition cameras and so forth are also arranged. The board conveying/holding devices for holding boards are moved to positions close to component feed units, and components are mounted in respective mounting areas.

Abstract: A solid, stable composition containing a meiosis activating substance can be prepared by adding a protein or a phosphoglycid in the presence of an atmosphere having a low content of oxygen, for example in vacuo.

Abstract: A disposable folding food tray having container ports for mounting to a beverage container. The disposable tray is mounted to the beverage container such that the consumer need only hold the bottom portion of the container in one hand in order to support the food tray. The food tray includes a food support area the size and shape of which can be adjusted to accommodate any desired food item. The food tray need only have sufficient strength to support the food item, not the beverage container, thereby significantly reducing the amount and strength of material needed for the tray. The tray is convenient in that one of the consumer's hand is always free, and the tray can be configured to fold into either a right handed or left handed version. The folding food tray can be conveniently and inexpensively made from a single piece of cardboard and supplied to the site of use in a generally flat configuration. Folding to the final configuration is conveniently accomplished at the site of use.

Abstract: A shipping package for household appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, compact ice makers and air conditioners for movement by clamp lift trucks. The appliance can be mounted on recycled high density polyethylene skids attached to the bottom of the appliance. The shipping package can include four elongated expanded polystyrene blocks positioned at the corners of the appliance extending vertically from the skids to the top of the appliance. The shipping package can include expanded polystyrene top pads on the top of the appliance and can include a fiberboard top cap covering the top pads and the top the appliance. Shrink wrap film can enclose the top cap, elongated blocks and engage the skids for holding the elongated blocks and top cap securely in position on the appliance.

Abstract: A tool box includes a base having two first holes in two sides thereof, a pivotable part received in the base and having two arms on two sides thereof and each arm having a second hole, and a cover having two lugs located between the two sides and the two arms. Each first hole has a first notch and each second hole has a second notch defined in an inner periphery thereof. Each lug has a third hole and a protrusion extends from in an inner periphery of each lug. Two shafts extend through the first holes, the third holes and the second holes. Each shaft includes a ridge on an out side thereof and the ridges extend through the first notches and the second notches. The ridges is sized to be engaged with the second notches and can be pushed by the protrusions when the cover is pivoted from a close position to an open position.

Abstract: A wrap-around carton for carrying a plurality of containers, with each container having an indentation in the bottom with the carton having open ends with means to secure the tops of the containers from falling out of the open ends and a locking tab struck from the bottom panel and fitting into the indentation in the bottom of the container to prevent the bottom of the container from falling out of the carton. The locking tab is held securely in the bottom of the container by a holding tab between the locking tab and the bottom panel of the carton.

Abstract: The child resistant multiple dosage blister pack dispenser includes a main housing bottom component for supporting and securing a blister pack. The bottom component has a first spring lock member for interaction with a second spring lock member located on a top component. One of the first and second spring lock members has a rest position, being a top component locking position to prevent tablet dispensing sliding movement of the top component, and a stressed position, being a top component unlocking position to permit sliding movement of the top component. The bottom component has a plurality of ones of either male or female or both male and female tab lock elements, forming lock sets with its counterpart, each lock set having a different opening position from all other lock sets. The main housing top component is slideably mounted on the bottom component with a plurality of tabs, each having a male or female lock element corresponding to the ones on the bottom component.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a medicinal product package which is suitable for microbe eradication therapy and with which the patient's compliance is increased and thus the result of therapy is improved.

Abstract: A container for packaging items such as semiconductor wafers has a restraining portion with a changeable dimension at an open end that facilitates using conventional loading techniques while also more securely containing the items to avoid undesirable movement of the items in the container. In one example embodiment, the restraining portion includes a sidewall portion that has a first, nominal inside dimension at one end. A second end of the sidewall portion has a second, greater inside dimension at an open end. Another member of the container cooperates with the sidewall portion to change the inside dimension at the open end from the second, greater dimension to the first, nominal dimension. The nominal dimension is selected to correspond to an exterior dimension of the items to be contained within the package so that the container maintains the items in a secure alignment that eliminates lateral movement of the items once the container is secured.

Abstract: The semiconductor wafer containment device or wafer box includes a base with a planar floor and a cylindrical wall arising therefrom. A double concentric wall structure includes slots which receive body chip wafer pins which extend into the space formed between the inner cylindrical wall and the wafer so as to cushion the semiconductor wafers and prevent movement of the semiconductor wafers during transportation. Alternately, a single cylindrical wall includes slots which receive extruded finned pins which include fins which extend inward into the space formed within the cylindrical wall so as to cushion the semiconductor wafers and prevent movement of the semiconductor wafers during transportation. The semiconductor wafer containment device or wafer box further includes a lid which is engaged by the base thereby capturing the extruded finned pins during transportation.

Abstract: Mechanically harvested chili-pepper plants are sized into chunks and introduced into a water flotation system. Water is added at the top of a flotation vat and, for the most part, is withdrawn at the bottom using a venturi unit. The balance of the water is recovered as spillover from the top of the vat carrying the floating material. If the rate of water withdrawal at the bottom of the vessel is controlled such that it is as high as possible but less than what produces turbulence in the vat, the pulp material will drop with heavy seeds to the bottom with the extracted water while all other materials are skimmed away at the top. The very small differential in density between the pepper pulp and the rest of the plant and debris is sufficient to separate them under these specific conditions.

Abstract: Froth flotation processes, useful for beneficiating base metal mineral values from metal sulfide ore, utilize a collector comprising N-butoxycarbonyl-O-butylthionocarbamate.

Abstract: The vibrating screen has a frame, a screen box, two pairs of springs supporting the screen box over the frame and a driven eccentric shaft mounted under the screen box. The vibrating screen is characterized by a loading pan affixed to the upper end of the screen box. The loading pan has a central region over the upper springs such that a flexion of the structural members under the loading pan is minimum. The loading pan is wider than the screen box and has sloped sides forming a funnel on the upper end of the screen box to retain the side portions of a load until most of the central portion has been moved to the screen box. In another aspect, each spring has torsion bushings therein, with a pair of arms joining the torsion bushings and forming an angle pointing toward the lower end of the screen box.

Abstract: A fuel-water separation filtration system for filtering fuel and for separating water out of the fuel includes a housing assembly, a filter element assembly, and a closing lid. The housing assembly includes a unitary molded housing, a plurality of flow connection fittings that are spin welded into the housing, and a standpipe that is spin welded to the housing. The filter element assembly includes a cover and an endplate and filter media with one end bonded to the cover and an opposite end bonded to the endplate. The standpipe includes an attachment portion that extends beyond the upper end of the filter element assembly and the closing lid is threadedly attached to the attachment portion for closing the housing assembly. The filtration system requires pressurization for proper operation and the filtration system cannot be pressurized without the filter element assembly being installed.

Abstract: A rail mounting arrangement for supporting a computer component, such as a server, in a rack includes a pair of support rails and slide rail assemblies supported by the support rail. The support rails are identical and include a pair of mounting regions on either side of a longitudinal axis. The slide rail assemblies have a lower profile than the support rails and may be mounted on either of the mounting regions. The slide rail assemblies are secured to the server and present a low profile, permitting greater access to internal components within the server housing for servicing. The support rails are recessed in the rack to reduce the space occupied by the rail system in the region of the rack in which the server is supported.

Abstract: Storage devices and methods for storing and accessing items that are adapted to support an item in at least two positions, a stored position and an ejected position. In the stored position, an item may be aligned with adjacent items to allow a user to view a perimeter edge of each item. A latch support secures the item in the stored position, and permits the unlatching of the item to permit it to rotate under force of gravity to a stable ejected position. In the ejected position, a portion of the desired item protrudes the alignment, allowing a user to easily grasp and remove the desired item without disturbing adjacent items.

Abstract: A closet storage system including a storage component and an adjustable and lockable engagement member. The engagement member engages the storage component to secure the storage component in position within a closet.

Abstract: The side wall portion of a plastic article, as a plastic container, is opaque and includes a transparent portion, as a view stripe. The opaque portion limits viewing the inside of the article, whereas the transparent portion permits viewing the inside of the article therethrough. A method for forming the plastic article is also disclosed.

Abstract: A storage container which is opened and closed by horizontally rotating a lid body with regard to the container body, having a rotating torque such that the lid body has a suitable resistance feel when rotating, and at the same time, makes a technical issue of the setting of the lid body rotation limits, so that the rotation of the lid body with regards to the container body will be reinforced, so that a fulfilling feeling during use can be obtained, and which has a storage section with functions appropriate to the storage material being stored.

Abstract: A covered food container or serving platter incorporates a cover stand as part of the structure of the container. The cover may be temporarily stored on the stand while the user obtains access to the container. In one embodiment a central support extends from the serving platter and receives a central support shaft formed within the cover. When the cover is resting upon the platter, the shaft is fully received within the central support. As the cover is raised, the support shaft follows, and is gradually withdrawn from the central support. Projecting cam lobes are formed in a longitudinal manner on the surface of the support shaft, and support shaft stops project inwardly from the outer walls of the central support near the upper opening thereof.

Abstract: A deployable bag for a container embraces a containment web and a deployment system. In one embodiment, the deployment system embraces an inflatable bladder system that provides a plurality of ribs attached to or integrally part of the web that assist in deploying and supporting the bag in the container. Air may be employed as an inflation medium. The bag can be deployed in the container and employed as a liner. The container can be a vacuum box.

Abstract: A blow molded article includes an outer wall and an article retaining feature projecting outwardly therefrom. The article retaining feature includes a distal wall and a side wall connecting the distal wall and the outer wall of the blow molded article. The side wall is generally orthogonal to the outer wall of the blow molded article, and an inner surface is defined at least partially by inner edges of the side wall, the distal wall and the outer wall of the blow molded article. The side wall has a hole integrally molded therein.

Abstract: A system for dispensing pill- or capsule-form medications (61) in desired doses (60). The system comprises a dispensing device (35), which includes a cartridge (20, 40) rotatable relative to a housing or frame (10) and provided with discrete dosage compartments (27, 47) for desired doses of medication. The cartridge (20, 40) is manipulated by elements (18, 18a, 18b; 14a, 14b, 15, 18, 19), whereby each separate dosage compartment (27, 47) is rotatable relative to the housing or frame (10) to a dispensing point (4, 12) for the dose of medication (60). A signalling device (75, 76) producing a sound and/or light signal activates at pre-programmed limes. An electronics unit (19, 55) containing a dispensing program is reprogrammable by means of an external programming device (36, 66, 101, 102).

Abstract: A napkin dispenser has a container body for holding a stack of napkins, and a pair of interchangeable face plates each connectable to the container body. One of the face plates has a first elongated dispensing opening exposing a bottom region of the napkin stack, for one-by-one dispensing, and the other face plate has a second elongated dispensing opening exposing an edge region of the napkin stack, for dispensing a plurality of napkins simultaneously.

Abstract: A carrier especially for fast food comprising a tray section secured to the top edge of a frame section. The frame is made preferably of heavy paper to facilitate printing of advertisement thereon. The tray section is a a thermoplastic panel with depressions for receiving food. In one embodiment, the frame has a floor panel arranged to support a drawer between the tray section and frame section. A front panel of the frame section has a slot that is constructed to permit withdrawing the drawer positioned from inside the container through the slot. The drawer is positioned on top of a napkin that has a corner extending through the slot and is withdrawable from the carrier when required. A suction cup with a hook integrally formed on the convex side is provided to attach the carrier to window of an automobile.

Abstract: An apparatus may be used to dispense a plurality of automotive appearance care products. The apparatus may include a plurality of storage containers. Mixing systems may be coupled to the storage containers. The mixing systems may combine raw materials with a carrier fluid to produce product fluids. The product fluids may be stored in storage vessels. A plurality of pumps may be used to produce a flow of one or more product fluids. The product fluids may be dispensed through one or more dispensing conduits. A user may dispense the product fluids for use as automotive appearance care products. The user may receive a statement of a fee for using the apparatus based on a selected basis.