Abstract: This lever element comprises a hollow lever body of polymeric material ending at one end with a handgrip, and at another end with an upturned U-shaped end portion surounding and partially containing a rigid support of polymeric material, having a circular portion with a first front teeth formation. The upturned U-shaped end portion of the lever is rotatively rigid with a disc having a second front teeth formation facing the first teeth formation of the support for retaining the lever; elastic means being provided for pushing the disc into frontal contact engagement with the support, and mutually engaging the first and second front teeth formations. Furthermore release means, controlled by a pushbutton on the lever, are interposed between the support and the disc for controlled release of their frontal contact engagement.

Abstract: The preformed covering of polymeric material, for motorvehicle gear shift levers, comprises a sleeve portion for covering at least the upper part of a rod of the shift lever and a bellows-like portion, for covering at least the zone of an articulation joint of the lever. The sleeve portion has a top portion of knob-like shape defining internally a hollow space with engagement formations. The top portion of knob-like shape is an integral single piece body portion made integral with said sleeve portion of substantially soft polymeric material and made at least in a central part thereof of a substantially tough polymeric material.

Abstract: A self protecting toggle latch assembly in which the latch handle nests in a narrow slot cut a part way through the extruded side member of the container. The slot interrupts a hole of circular cross section which is extruded throughout the length of the side member to form a hole on each side of the slot. The handle is pivotally retained in the side member by projections thereon which engage the holes formed in the side walls of the slot.

Abstract: A cam lock has a housing with a locking lever extending through an opening in said housing and being pivotally mounted thereon. The housing has a shoulder on an interior surface thereof surrounding said opening and the lever is surrounded by an abutment. In a closed position, the abutment forms a line of contact with the shoulder so that the opening is completely closed.

Abstract: A crankhandle assembly has a cylindrically-hollow handle member rotatably mounted on a shaft or core element. The shaft has complementary stepped contours at each end and the handle has bearing cups at each end positioned to form with said stepped contours a ball bearing race, a thrust bearing, and a handle race. The bearing cup elements are centered in the handle by axially and radially disposed fins.

Abstract: A vehicle hand brake lever assembly for actuating the vehicle parking brake. The lever assembly includes an axially slidable plunger mounted on a support and having one end connected with a brake actuating member. The plunger and the support have a ratchet mechanism for holding the plunger at the brake applying position. The ratchet mechanism can be released by rotating the plunger about its longitudinal axis. A handle assembly is provided at the other end of the plunger and comprises a handle having a handle shaft. A sleeve fitted to a cylindrical guide member is secured to one of the sleeve and the handle shaft, and a lock member to the other. The lock member is axially slidably received in the guide member and provided with a cam profile for cooperation with a cam profile provided on the sleeve. The lock member is spring biased toward the sleeve so that the cam profiles are normally engaged with each other to thereby maintain the handle shaft at a predetermined relationship with respect to the plunger.

Abstract: The coating comprises a center sheath enclosing the lever and terminated at one end with a knob grip which includes a lever end check seat, and at the other end with a bellows seal formed with a groove adapted to cooperate with a mating check seat provided on the console.

Abstract: A parking brake operating device in which a member having two cams and spring are disposed outside a handle by coaxially securing a sleeve to one end of a plunger, and by providing in the handle a shaft member for insertion into the sleeve as to be supported, cam surfaces on the expanding portion at the end of the shaft member and at the opposite position on the end surface on the handle side of the sleeve, and in the sleeve a spring for pressing these cam surfaces.This structure enables a rotatable connection of the handle with the plunger only when the handle is pulled such that actuation of the parking brake is maintained even when the handle is turned when mistakenly touched by the hands or legs while the parking brake is actuated.

Abstract: An electrically heated handle, particularly for fishing rods, has an elongated thermally conductive shell enclosing an interior chamber in which is located a solid body of a material having high electrical resistance, such as Steatite, defining a heater core having its entire outer surface in heat transfer engagement with the shell. An elongated electric heating coil, e.g., of Nichrome, extends longitudinally through the interior of the heater core and is connected to an external power source through a switch and power supply conductors extending through the rear end portion of the handle. The front end portion of the handle is formed with an elongated socket chamber thermally insulated from the interior chamber and adapted to receive and fit over the butt end of a fishing rod. Once the heater core of the handle is initially heated, the heat is stored for slow dissipation to the handle and hand of the holder, requiring infrequent replenishing of electric current to the electric heating coil.

Abstract: A positioning assembly for a rotatable valve having a valve body, a rotatable valve element and a valve stem rotatable with the valve element, the assembly including a handle with an engagement portion for engaging the valve stem and a positioning or indexing member carried by the valve body, positioning of the valve element being accomplished by flexure of the handle and selective engagement or disengagement with the positioning or indexing member.

Abstract: An improved air valve limit for an attitude gyro unit including a flexible strand fastened at its ends to the gyro housing and at midpoints to the gyro and valves.

Abstract: A control arrangement is disclosed which is particularly suited for selective operation of a reciprocable member, such as the valve spool of a hydraulic power takeoff valve on a material handling implement. The arrangement includes a handle bracket which is adapted to be mounted in association with the hydraulic valve, and further includes a control handle adapted for releasable connection with the spool of the valve. The movement of the handle is guided by the handle bracket such that in a first position of the handle with respect to the valve spool, the handle can be positioned within a detent notch in the bracket for maintaining the valve spool out of its neutral position in opposition to its associated centering springs. The control handle can further be connected to the control member in a second position. In this second position, the handle is no longer receivable within the detent notch, thus requiring continued manipulation of the handle to maintain the valve spool out of its center, neutral position.

Abstract: An erection system (22) which is responsive to the flow of air for erecting a gyroscope (1) is diclosed. The erection system includes a plurality of channels (26,28,30,32) having balls (42) disposed therein. The balls (42) are responsive to the gyroscope (1) being tilted from an erect attitude by a first relatively small predetermined angle (0.5.degree.) for rolling in the channels (20,28,30,32) to create an unbalanced flow of air through the erection system (22), which provides a force to erect the gyro (1), and are responsive to the gyroscope (1) being tilted by a second relatively large predetermined angle (10.degree.) for rolling in the channels (26,28,30,32) to negate the unbalanced air flow which disables the erection system (22).

Abstract: A hand-held electric tool comprising an elongated housing having a first longitudinal axis and provided with a motor-driven chuck projecting from the forward end thereof, an elongated grip having a second longitudinal axis and connected at its forward end to the rearward end of the housing. An electric motor is positioned within the housing for rotatably driving a suitable bit held in the chuck to perform fastening or drilling operation. The grip is connected to the housing in such a way as to be selectively switched between two positions, that is, a straight position where the first and second longitudinal axes are in alignment and an angled position where the first axis crosses the second axis. In the preferred embodiment, the grip and the housing are pivotally interconnected at a pivot axis to permit the grip to swing about the pivot axis between the straight and angled positions.

Abstract: The invention resides in an outside door handle assembly which comprises a door handle pivotably mounted on a door of an automotive vehicle; and a door latch operating rod having an end portion which is pivotably attached to an extension of said door handle after assemblying thereto. A pair of finger projections are made integral with the door handle arm. There is provided a channel-shaped metal bracket fixedly attached to a door panel and pivotably mounting said finger projections. An inclined groove formed on each of the finger projections generally opening towards the two limbs of the bracket and adapted for receiving partially these limbs when said door handle arm has been brought into its upper service position, thereby torsional deflexion of the bracket as liably occuring during the door-opening operation being prevented effectively.

Abstract: A spring-locking handle mechanism in which a flat piece of spring stock is formed in a generally U-shaped configuration to provide a locking spring, one leg of which bears against the underside of the socket portion of a conventional two-piece locking handle, and the other leg of which bears downwardly on the upper surface of the handle portion. The spring legs must be spread apart in order to assemble the spring with the handle mechanism and are thus normally under tension, so that the handle portion is biased in its downward or locking position relative to the socket portion to discourage unintentional lifting. The width of the one leg corresponds to the distance between the depending locking lugs on the handle portion so as to fit snugly therebetween in both the locked and unlocked position of the handle.

Abstract: A shift lever handle structure and equipping method operates with a shift lever having on top thereof a shift range selector having pneumatic lines connected thereto. A handle for the shift lever extends above the shift range selector across thereof. This handle is provided with a bent stem having an elongate foot facing away from a midportion of the elongate handle. This elongate foot is oriented parallel to the shift lever and such parallel foot is attached to a side of the shift lever below the shift range selector, with the handle then extending above the shift range selector across thereof, as desired, and the pneumatic lines remaining intact.

Abstract: A fishing reel which has a handle coupled with a main shaft at a drive mechanism through a screw shaft screwed with the main shaft, the screw shaft having a head which is not-round at its outer periphery, the main shaft having at opposite axial ends thereof engaging portions each having a not-round outer periphery the same as the head, so that a cap, which is engageable with the head and a respective engaging portion, is fitted onto them, thereby coupling the screw shaft with the main shaft so they are not-rotatable relative to one other and are rotatable integrally with the handle.

Abstract: A pull-type actuator for an automotive transmission shifter is disclosed comprising a stationary base adapted to be mounted in an automotive vehicle. One or more gates are disposed in the base. A pivotable upstanding shift lever extends from the base and detent means is mounted for reciprocal movement in the base adjacent the lower end of the shift lever. The detent means must be aligned with a gate to allow entry into a locked out gear position. A manually actuable pull is disposed on the upper end of the shift lever and a flexible actuator link extends from the detent means to the pull. The actuator link is tensioned between the detent and the pull by a rack of teeth disposed on the upper end of the actuator link and a tooth engaging means disposed on the pull for engaging the teeth on the actuator link in a one way ratchet-like fashion.

Abstract: An anti-scald apparatus for a tub and shower single control faucet which incorporates a novel cam and cam follower arrangement on the hot and cold water valve means which permits substantially more than 180 degrees of rotation of the control handle. Adjustable temperature stops provide both a comfort stop for normal use and a safety stop which can be reached only by activation of a release button carried by the faucet handle by means of which the comfort stop may be overridden by continuing the rotation of the handle.

Abstract: A vertical gyroscopic reference system consists of a gimballed platform solid with a stator in the form of a hollow spherical chamber in which a substantially spherical gyro rotor revolves, the rotor being both driven and supported by air pressure, and having a pressure-fed hole through its spin axis which cooperates with ports in the stator to provide signals to a pair of pneumatic actuators which slave the platform to follow the gyro rotor.

Abstract: A reaction-jet torquer system carried in a projectile to aim the projectile o a target. The torquer system uses the thrust of sonic nozzles to control a gyro rotor inertial frame of reference. The reaction force applied to the gimbal gives the rotor the capability of tracking the target. A sensor carried by the gyro provides logic which identifies and activates the appropriate nozzle or nozzles of the system to generate the required gimbal force.

Abstract: A spring-loaded valve actuator assembly having a hollow handle containing a compression spring urged against a movable piston attached to one end of a cable such that the handle remains in the valve-shut position when the handle is at rest. The other end of the cable is secured to the valve housing at an anchor adjacent to an arcuate guide and is in tension at all times to provide spring compression that normally urges the handle toward the shut position. The handle is connected to a rotatable ball valve contained in a valve housing situated in a conduit pipe fluid line, so that it can rotate the ball valve from the full closed to the full open position. As actuating force on the handle is decreased, the handle moves automatically toward its biased shut position because of the stored compression force of the spring which is constantly exerted against the piston inside the handle.

Abstract: A tool for pulling cables on motorcycles, boats and other small machinery comprising a metal rod, a hole passing from the base of the metal rod at an angle and piercing the lateral wall of the rod to pass cables through, a set-bolt perpendicular to the angular hole to secure cables, and a handle so that the apparatus may be pulled with the cable attached.

Abstract: To secure an operating handle or crank to an operating shaft while inhibiting undesired axial removal of the handle from the shaft, yet permitting controlled removal, for example for repair, a coupling element made of a yielding plastic material, for example of a polyamide resin, is slipped on the shaft, the shaft and the coupling element being formed with interengaging projections and recesses, for example a groove in the shaft and inwardly projecting shoulders on the coupling element. The coupling element itself is slit radially, so that it can be expanded and removed from the shaft by release of the interengaging projections and recesses. The operating handle is formed with recesses to receive axially projecting extensions of the coupling element which engage in the recesses to lock the handle to the coupling element and thus prevent axial removal. Rotation is transmitted between the handle and the shaft by direct engagement of splines and flutes formed on the shaft and the handle, respectively.

Abstract: A gyro system employing the pickoff synchros as erection sensors and as torquers to erect the gyro.

Abstract: A fluid floated inertial platform is inertially stabilized by means of a plurality of hydraulic torquers which operate in response to electrical stabilization signals which may be generated in response to gyro pickoffs on stabilizing gyros for each of the three stabilization axes. Each of these hydraulic torquer devices comprises a deflector member, which may be in the form of a section of a cylinder, this deflector member being supported on a base member mounted in the surface of the platform. The deflector is supported on the base member by means of flexible strips or tapes which permit rotatable motion of the deflector in response to torquing signals. Such rotatable torquing of the deflector is provided by means of an armature mounted on the deflector which operates in conjunction with an electrical torquer on the base member which receives electrical torquing signals from the stabilization system.

Abstract: A gyroscope rotor uncaging apparatus is disclosed having a housing, a bearing structure supporting the rotor and permitting rotation of the rotor about its spin axis and about at least one other axis, and a constraining mechanism mounted on the housing at a location spaced from the first bearing structure, which initially cages the rotor for preventing rotation of the rotor about the at least one other axis. The solid propellant structure is ignited upon the rotor being accelerated and, upon the rotor being brought up to a desired rotational velocity, the solid propellant structure is consumed, whereupon the rotor is free to rotate about its at least one other rotational axis. The method of uncaging a gyroscope rotor with such an apparatus is disclosed. Also disclosed is a means for accelerating the rotor in conjunction with the uncaging apparatus.

Abstract: A crank handle for a window regulator shaft has a unit body which includes an elongated shank, a head at one end of the shank on one side thereof having a fluted bore adapted to frictionally receive said shaft for securing thereto, and a knob element of generally spherical shape at the other end of said shank as an integral part thereof and extending laterally to the opposite side thereof. A hollow swivel knob of plastic material having a generally spherical-shaped bore open at one end to define a flexible annular lip is loosely assembled over and encloses the knob element, said knob element being rotatable relative to said knob. The annular lip is of such dimension and elasticity as to be force assembled over said knob element.

Abstract: A control stick assembly for dual control of aircraft includes a single control stick for longitudinal and lateral orientation of the aircraft. The stick is mounted on the center of the aircraft by a joint permitting lateral and longitudinal movement by a crossbar mounted on the stick. The crossbar is hinged vertically above the joint and is tiltable freely in a vertical plane. Grips are mounted on crossbar and located in front of each of the pilot and copilot so that each may control the aircraft through a single stick. The stick is connected to appropriate linkages to move the ailerons and elevator of an airplane or the rotor blades of a helicopter.

Abstract: A knob assembly for use, either singly or in pairs, has portions of two shaped members seated in face-to-face relationship in an opening in an operating lever. One of said members has an extension which projects substantially across the axial end of the lever so as to protect said end of the lever.

Abstract: An air erected gyro includes an erection-force producing air stream and gravity-responsive valve means whose gate portion is movable across the air stream so as to vary the erection force magnitude. Also included is a compensator means connected for movement with the gate and for also confronting the air stream so as to at least partially counteract air stream induced horizontal coercive effects on the valve means position.

Abstract: Apparatus of the present invention requires a very short spin-up wheel mot arm compared to a large wheel diameter. Such a requirement demands good wheel control during low rpm and excellent stability for high rpm in order to avoid uncontrollable wheel oscillations. Uncontrollable oscillations will prevent the wheel from either completing the spin-up cycle or it will destroy the gas bearing. Apparatus of the present invention uses a combination of a gas film bearing to control the alignment of the wheel during low rpm and a point contact configuration that uses the gyroscopic law of angular momentum to achieve wheel stability for the high rpm. The gyro law states that the angular momentum vector will precess into the torque vector. The spin-up control mechanism can be used to control and maintain stability of any wheel that has a large OD to small spin-up moment arm ratio requirement.

Abstract: An apparatus for selectively providing either a full flush or a partial flush of water from the reservoir of a toilet has a standpipe with discharge valves at two different levels. There is a lever for each valve manipulated by a single handle and shaft. The shaft, when rotated in one direction to lift either one of the levers, slides freely with respect to the other lever so that the other lever is undisturbed.

Abstract: Presented is a hydraulic jack structure having a pump assembly in connection with which is rotatably mounted a pump handle assembly which may be rotated in a horizontal plane through about 320.degree. to permit selective positioning of the handle during a pumping operation.

Abstract: A stopping member located within an air driven rotor and designed to respond to a magnetic field generated within the rotor housing, causing the completer stoppage of the rotor subsequent to its high speed centrifugation. The stopping member is comprised of a ferrous metal element positioned within the rotor for alignment with the poles of a magnet to facilitate sufficient attractive forces between the magnet and the metal element to completely stop the rotative motion of the rotor on a support cushion of air.

Abstract: In the controls of a work vehicle having first and second shafts each movable between first and second positions along pathways generally parallel one to the other, a knob is eccentrically connected to each shaft with the largest overhanging position of each knob being controllably movable to preselected positions about the center line of the shaft for positioning the knobs to accommodate the size of the operator's hand.

Abstract: A handle or handgrip for a pole, especially a ski pole, comprising a guide surface for the thumb, the metacarpus (usually referred to as the palm of the hand) and the fingers. The guide surface embodies an upright wall extending approximately in the lengthwise direction of the handle and essentially in an axial plane or a plane substantially in parallelism therewith. The upright wall prevents grasping of the handle by means of the thumb and retains the thumb together with the palm of the hand and the base of each of the fingers to one side of the handle.

Abstract: A side-mounted pull-rope recoil starter for low horsepower, vertical crankshaft internal combustion engines in which a starter gear moves vertically in a pair of journalled slots in the starter mounting bracket into engagement with a ring gear carried by the engine flywheel. The starter includes a starter brake spring which is released when the starter gear engages the flywheel, an operator handle which is specifically contoured to be comfortably held by the operator during pulling of the starter rope and a mechanical interlock between the engine and a drive transmission to prevent engagement of the starter mechanism when the transmission is in other than the neutral position. A safety lock mechanism which is operable by means of a removable key and which prevents unauthorized activation of the starter mechanism is also disclosed. A top-mounted pull-rope recoil starter is disclosed which incorporates many features of the basic side-mounted starter embodiment.

Abstract: A finger actuated control device having a member movable in a plane about a eutral position whereby the distance moved from the neutral position is proportional to the value of the control adjustment of a system being controlled. The movable member is cantilevered away from the operator from an upper portion of a second moveable control device to which it is mounted and attached.

Abstract: A fluidic/pneumatic, two-axis, free-rotor gyro in which the free-inertia or is gas bearing supported on a spherical portion of a rotatable gas bearing rotor, both rotors being connectable to controllable sources of drive fluid pressure for separate drive and pneumatic pickoff and torquer units, the pickoff units providing control signals representative of the frequency of each rotor. The invention includes a further aspect of comparator control circuits responsive to said control signals for selecting and maintaining the speed of each of the two rotors independently and in a ratio selected to provide G.sup.2 drift compensation. A further aspect of the invention comprises the compensation of case-erection drift by auto-erection drift by specific scaling of the gas-bearing and windage air gap parameters.

Abstract: A hand brake arrangement for motor vehicles with a storage tray arranged between the front seats thereof, preferably on a center tunnel, in which the hand brake lever is so intergrated into the storage tray that it simultaneously serves as a part of the side wall thereof.

Abstract: An actuating mechanism for the openable roof panel of an automobile in which a rotatable assembly consisting of a twist handle, a vertical shaft and a double-arm lever is movable axially by pulling the twist handle, thereby disengaging locking serrations on the handle and on a fixed retaining flange, a spring re-engaging the serrations, as soon as the handle is released.

Abstract: An control lever mechanism in a lifting apparatus which moves a load in response to a target speed signal, comprises a T-shaped rotary lever and a gear mechanism related to a target speed signal producing device and turned by the lever so that the movement of the load gives no influence on the angle of rotation of the lever.

Abstract: A shift lever handle comprising a generally U-shaped member, one leg of which comprises an elongated handle grip, the other leg of which has means at the end thereof adjacent the end of said one leg for receiving thereon a shift range selector and having thereon as well means for mounting said handle on a shift lever.

Abstract: A gyroscopic rate switch is held in an open position by a torsionally resined gimbal in a pressurized compartmentalized housing. Run-up of the rotor, uncaging of the gimbal, and actuation of electrical switches is accomplished by controlled release of pressurized gas from the housing through operatively positioned orifices in the gimbal to an exhaust port. A temperature compensated by-pass valve in the housing makes the rate switch operation insensitive to and independent of environmental changes in temperatures by providing an alternate gas escape route for the gas available for rotor spin-up.The rate switch is functionally operated by the precession of the uncaged gimbal upon spin-up of the rotor and spin of the missile.