Abstract: Automotive vehicle protection system which includes a brake actuator, that is responsive to brake-activating and brake-deactivating signals generated by protective circuits in the vehicle. These circuits include a keypad for deactivating the brakes when a proper number is keyed into the keypad, a card reader for entering a proper number by means of a card, theft alarm circuits, engine monitor circuits and other miscellaneous circuits as may be found to be beneficial for protecting the vehicle.

Abstract: A locking device includes two caps for enclosing a head portion of an automatic shifter bar. A channel is formed in one cap and a block is provided on the other cap. The block which has one or more holes is engagable within the channel. A lock with a pin is provided above the channel. The caps are locked in a lock position when the lock is depressed downward so that the pin is engaged in either hole of the block and so that a press button of the automatic shifter bar can not be depressed and can not be operated.

Abstract: The present cover assembly is for providing a "custom look" and a safe enclosure for either end of the rear wheel axle on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. The cover assembly has (1) a recessed cover which fits over and around the parts of the axle that project laterally beyond the adjacent side of the wheel and (2) a mounting bracket to which the cover is attached by screws. The mounting bracket fits on the usual axle adjuster bolt on the motorcycle so that it can be clamped against the usual rear axle/frame horn.

Abstract: A machine tool comprises a spindle stock and a worktable having an upper surface thereon for mounting and machining workpieces. The worktable and the spindle stock are alternatively displaceable relative to each other in a plane parallel to the upper surface from a first position at which a first portion of the upper surface is disposed proximate the spindle stock and serves as a processing area and a second portion of said upper surface is disposed distal to said spindle stock and serves as a mounting area, to a second position at which the upper surface second portion is disposed proximate the spindle stock and serves as a processing area and the upper surface first portion is disposed distal to the spindle stock and serves as a mounting area. A splash guard wall is provided for separating the processing in the mounting areas. The splash guard wall is attached to the table upper surface by means of a hinge defining a first pivot axis.

Abstract: An engine peripheral structure having a timing belt cover mounted on a cylinder block, an engine mount bracket fixed to the cylinder block through an opening formed in the belt cover, a water pump housing arranged adjacent to the bracket and integrally formed with annular rib. The annular rib is formed with an extended portion projected beyond surface of the belt cover through the opening. The extended portion of the annular rib of the pump housing is continued with outer surface portion of the bracket. The extended portion and the outer surface portion is extended along an edge portion of the opening of the belt cover. The bracket is formed with a circular rib facing to a remaining portion of the annular rib other than the extended portion. This structure improves a sealing property in a timing belt chamber defined by the belt cover, bracket, pump housing and the cylinder block.

Abstract: An axially reciprocatable control rod which is slidably fitted in a supporting tube protruding into the interior of a box-like structure containing the lubricated mechanical members for driving the rod. An oil guard sleeve extending toward the supporting tube has one end secured to the inward section of the control rod which protrudes from the supporting tube into the interior of the box-like structure, and has its opposite open end fitted over the supporting tube, so as to be longitudinally slidable therealong. the oil guard sleeve covers and protects that section of the control rod which protrudes from the supporting tube into the interiro of the box-like structure against any oil splashes.

Abstract: A safety module for a machine table comprises two vertical columns, a safety plate supported by the vertical columns for protecting the machine table and designed to aid in the prevention of accidents, cantilevers connecting the columns to flanges at a front of the machine table, and releasable coupling devices received in bores in the flanges for connecting the cantilevers thereto.

Abstract: A derailleur guard adapted to be mounted on a bicycle frame and shaped to protect a rear derailleur from impacts from a generally sideward direction. The derailleur guard includes a forward portion shaped to engage a chain stay of a bicycle frame, a rearward portion shaped to engage a dropout attached to the chain stay, and a loop portion extending between the forward and rearward portions and shaped to extend sidewardly from the frame about a rear derailleur mounted on the dropout of the frame.

Abstract: A protective device for the top surface of a slotted milling machine table preferably comprises a rubber cover sized to overlay a desired length of the table at one end thereof, the surfaces of the cover each having a raised peripheral lip and longitudinally extending beads and ribs. The downwardly directed beads fit within the slots of the milling table to hold the cover in place while the downwardly directed ribs provide air space between the placed cover and the table, thereby inhibiting rust. The upwardly directed raised lip prevents coolant spillage from the top of the cover while the coolant return holes enable excess coolant to be returned to the slots residing therebeneath. To provide protection for a reduced length table, the cover is made reversible by providing a transverse lip portion on one of the surfaces, located inboard of the coolant return holes.

Abstract: A machine tool comprises a spindle stock and a worktable having an upper surface thereon for mounting and machining workpieces. The worktable and the spindle stock are alternatively displaceable relative to each other in a plane parallel to the upper surface from a first position at which a first portion of the upper surface is disposed proximate the spindle stock and serves as a processing area and a second portion of said upper surface is disposed distal to said spindle stock and serves as a mounting area, to a second postion at which the upper surface second portion is disposed proximate the spindle stock and serves as a processing area and the upper surface first portion is disposed to the spindle stock and serves as a mounting area. A splash guard wall is provided for separating the processing in the mounting areas. The splash guard wall is attached to the table upper surface by means of a hinge defining a first pivot axis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a scraping arrangement for a telescopic cover, in which a buffer which is made from a different material from that of the scraper is arranged on the rear face of the scraping arrangement. With such a construction the choice of material for the individual elements can be thoroughly optimized.

Abstract: A protective covering for a machine tool where work pieces can be mounted on a worktable comprises a loading door which can be pivoted between two end positions and which in a first end position closes the protective covering while in the second end position it clears an opening in the protective covering providing access to the work piece. The bottom of the loading door describes during this movement an upwardly curved locus extending above and across the work piece. It is proposed for this arrangement that the loading door be provided on its inside with a device for diverting liquid flowing down its inside towards the lateral edges and that the said loading door does not project beyond the outer contour of the said protective covering during its movement.

Abstract: An industrial robot having a dust-proof structure is equipped with at least one dust cover having an opening at one end thereof and a linearly movable unit extending through the opening of the dust cover and movable back and forth in the longitudinal direction thereof. Suction is exerted by a suction unit inside the dust cover so that air is flows from outside the dust cover into the same through the opening. A ring member is disposed at the opening of the dust cover in such a manner as to encompass the outer periphery of the linearly moving unit through a gap. At least one annular groove for reserving air is disposed on the inner peripheral surface of the ring member so as to encompass the outer periphery of the linearly moving unit.

Abstract: Chain guide for and in relation to a chain or sprocket wheel and being made of a pair of complimentary guide shells made as press parts and having when put together a pair of vertically extending cross shaped grooves; guide noses extend above the grooves and facing each other across a narrowing closable gap and above a shaft and groove bottom portion of the sprocket wheel.

Abstract: The exposed end of a rotating shaft of a machine is covered with a protective cover which affords a measure of safety for those working around the machine. The cover can be quickly mounted on or removed from the machine without the need of any special tools or the like. The cover is of simple, sturdy construction.

Abstract: A machine tool comprises a displaceable work table (12) having a first area which in a first position in which it serves as the processing side carries workpieces for being processed by means of a tool of the machine tool, and a second area which in a second position in which it serves as the mounting side can receive another workpiece, the two positions of the said areas being exchangeable by displacement of the table (12), and at least one splash guard (28) which can be moved relative to the work table being arranged between the said table areas.In order to ensure that one always has a larger working space available on the processing side to permit the spindle stock to be moved over the full area and to permit bulky and/or heavy workpieces to be loaded on the surface of the work table (12) from the mounting side, the splash guard (28) subdivides the working space defined by the areas asymmetrically.

Abstract: A machining center, particularly adapted for automated turning of workpieces, includes a headstock with one or more rotatably mounted spindles located in spaced generally horizontal alignment with drive means connected to rotate the spindles independently of each other as necessary. Automatic chucks or collets are mounted on and driven by each spindle. A bed supporting a power-driven cross slide extends across the axis of the spindle and at one end substantially beyond, in an offset T configuration, defining one or more machining areas between the chucks and one end of the bed. A ram carrying one or more tools, and mounted on the slide parallel to the spindle axes, faces into the machining area. A ram drive moves it toward and away from the chuck to maneuver a tool with respect to workpieces.

Abstract: An improved machine tool includes a chip conveyor assembly which includes a conveyor and a coolant tank. The chip conveyor assembly is movable between a closed or operating position and an open or exposed position. In the closed position, the chip conveyor assembly is disposed directly beneath a work area so that chips fall onto the conveyor. The chips are transported through an opening at one end of the machine tool to a discharge area where the chips are deposited in a suitable receptacle. To facilitate maintenance of the chip conveyor assembly, the entire chip conveyor assembly is movable through an opening in the front of the machine tool to an open position in which the components of the conveyor are accessible.

Abstract: A gear-teeth protector for a change-speed gearing unit in which a pair of upper and lower change-speed gears of high meshing rate are arranged adjacent to an upright wall in a housing for the gearing unit. The gear-teeth protector comprises a U-shaped shroud member secured at its outer peripheral flanges to one face of the upright wall so as to prevent metallic alien particles being trapped between the change-speed gears, the shroud member forming a pair of side walls enclosing the teeth on the upper change-speed gear and extending adjacent to the upper teeth on the lower change-speed gear to enclose the meshing engagement portion between the two change-speed gears.

Abstract: A guard for a power transmission shaft such as a tractor pto shaft 18,20 comprises a flexible convoluted tubing 24 with end couplings 26 which together totally enclose the rotating parts. The tubing 24 can extend and retract axially to suit a variety of shaft lengths, and can flex transversely to accommodate turning of the tractor/implement combination. A tube 34 journalled on bearings 36, or equivalent bearing means, prevents damage to the tubing 24 by the shaft 18,20.

Abstract: The innermost end of a platform is pivotally connected to an implement adjacent upright sidewall structure which supports moving parts that normally are shielded but from time to time require inspection and service. The platform is rockable between a horizontal access position and a vertical shielding position. A door or shield is connected to the outer end of the platform, and four-bar linkage structure maintains the door in an upright position to provide a railed work station for the operator when the platform is in the horizontal position and a generally continuous upright shield structure when the platform is in the vertical position. The four-bar linkage structure includes upper and lower links which contact each other when the platform is horizontal to support the platform without need for obstructive braces or the like.

Abstract: A protective safety cover for a power transmission chain of a chain saw power head and an attachment for the power head, having at least two fins for engagement by the cover, is provided with two grooves adapted to frictionally engage the fins to secure the cover to the attachment. The grooves are curved until the fins are located therein so that upon location of the fins in the grooves the cover is resiliently deformed to correspond to the shape of the fins thereby enhancing the frictional engagement between the fins and grooves.

Abstract: The composite-wall panel or case structure comprises a wall formed by at least two shaped sheets 5, 6 which have regions in which confronting surfaces are in adjoining relation and interconnected by bonding or spot welding, and regions in which hollow bodies are formed between said confronting surfaces so as to impart a required rigidity to the structure. A method is disclosed for producing said panel or case structure. Application in the automobile industry.

Abstract: A protective covering for structural components of machine tools includes a U-shaped foldable support and a cover applied to the upper surface of the support and formed of a plurality of metal sheets partially overlapping each other. A plurality of tape-shaped connecting elements are interconnected between the longitudinal edges of the sheets of the cover and the associated walls of the folds of the support. Each connecting member includes a slack intermediate portion which permits a movement of the connecting edges of the cover sheets in the direction normal to the direction of the movement of the support during its folding.

Abstract: A guard for a steel strip recoiler precludes a "pinch point" between the revolving coil of steel and the advancing strip. A lower shroud prevents access to the periphery of the drum and an upper skid plate precludes access to the underside of the advancing strip. The drum shroud and skid plate are angularly related so as to converge to define a narrow slit which accepts cardboard filler strips but which precludes an operator's hand from passage therethrough.

Abstract: A housing for a master brake cylinder having a forwardly projecting piston, including a bottom wall for underlying the piston and at least the forward portion of the cylinder, a pair of upstanding side walls on laterally opposite sides of the bottom wall, and a front wall joined to the bottom wall and spanning the side walls, a top wall joined to the front wall and spanning the side walls, the top wall overlying the piston and being inclined upwardly rearwardly, the top and bottom walls being forwardly convergent.

Abstract: A device is provided for containing blades of rotating turbomachinery comprising a high-strength ring supported in radial spacial relationship over the blade tips by means of a stationary support structure. The ring is supported in such a manner that it is capable of spinning with respect to the support structure when acted upon by a predetermined blade force.

Abstract: A protective cover for the bottom fork cases on the front of motorcycles is provided. The cover consists of a hollow, flexible sleeve of non-rigid plastic material which is contoured to the shape of the fork case. A longitudinal slit in the sleeve is provided to permit installation and removal of the sleeve. When made of the preferred material, plastisol, the sleeve is made by heating a form having the shape of the fork case, dipping the heated form in plastisol for a time dependent on the thickness of the coating desired, and then heat curing the coated form. The desired holes are cut in the coating with a heated gasket punch, the slit is made in the coating, and the coating is removed from the form.

Abstract: A rotary harrow or cultivator has a frame including an elongated frame portion that supports a row of soil working members. Each soil working member has a substantially vertical shaft supported on the frame portion by upper and lower bearing connections. The shafts each have a pinion gear in mesh with neighboring pinion gears and these gears are housed within the frame portion between the upper and lower bearing connections. If the upper bearing fractures, the fragments thereof are retained by a protective member which can be a separate plastic annular member having a chamber that surrounds each shaft, or the bearing connection can be formed by two separable portions that are bolted together and secured in a top cover of the frame portion. In either case, the bearing fragments are retained and cannot become lodged between the meshed gears.

Abstract: A guard sleeve for die stop blocks, guide posts and the like, including an elongated, accordion shaped, plastic sleeve having resilient wire reinforcing therein and means for securing the opposite ends of the sleeve over die stop blocks, guide posts and the like to prevent accidental placing of objects in the space defined by the guard sleeve, and the method of producing the guard sleeve with a rectangular cross section comprising constructing the guard sleeve with a circular cross section and permanently deforming the guard sleeve with the circular cross section along longitudinally extending lines angularly spaced apart on the guide sleeve circular cross section.