Stabiliser device for an inclinable vehicle consisting of a deformable primary part connected to the ground and in which a carrying element 4 rotates about an element 2b when the vehicle is inclined, and a carried element 19 connected to a secondary part which can move with respect to the primary part is raised during this inclination by means of a rotation-multiplication system acting on a carryi...

A burner construction and method of making the same are provided, the burner construction comprising a burner body having a chamber therein and having opposed ends one of which is open to the chamber and the other of which has structure for interconnecting a source of fuel to the chamber, and a removable cap closing the one end of the body, the cap having opposed sides and an annular peripheral ed...

A dental impression tray is made of thermoplastic material which may be heated in order to shape the tray to accommodate the patient's dental arch. The tray includes a channel for receiving impression material, and the channel has a folded section which may be unfolded when the tray is heated in order to increase the height, width or length of the channel. The folded section extends outwardly from...

A handpiece with a removable handpiece sleeve for worktools or dental implements which are releasably insertable therein with the assistance of a collet which is rotatable through the intermediary of a drive shaft. The collet is conically configured on its exterior at the thereof facing towards the dental implement and cooperates with the end correspondingly conically configured end of a spindle s...

The support member of a motorcycle simulation push toy which connects the wheel to the handlebars is fashioned from a pair of telescoping pieces so that the length of the support member can be adjusted. The support member can be fixed at several predetermined lengths by means of a plurality of through-bolts and nuts which securely fasten the telescoping pieces in a particular position.

A directional control for small action toys. The toy includes a spherical ball lead element which directs the movement and direction of the toy in a downhill gravity path and a pair of trailing ground wheels which bear the weight of the body and chassis of the toy. The ground wheels are positioned at the balance point of the toy to keep the weight of the toy off of the spherical ball to enhance tu...

A doll head and wig combination in which the head has a groove in the rear surface thereof extending between the ears and the wig has a rim of which a limited extent thereof is elastic and is tightly received in the groove in the head and the forward portion of the wig extends across the forehead above the eyes, and patches or strips of adhesive material are mounted on the inside of the forward po...

A mechanical differential gearing transmission utilizing a plurality of parallel axis rotating shafts and an indirect pulley diameter control variator mechanism in order to provide an infinitely variable forward and reverse gearing between an engine and powered rotating wheels.

The invention is concerned with a drive assembly (8) comprising a differential (16). The differential (16) comprises a driving carrier (18) and two driven output gears (19) connected to joints (11) to driveshafts (12). The assembly (8) also comprises a coupling (48) by which one of the gears (19) may be connected directly to the carrier (18). The joint (11) associated with said gear (19) is positi...

An apparatus for cutting tear-off strips from a strip of material having a width equal to the length of the tear-off strip and for applying the tear-off strip to a conveyed web of packaging material is disclosed. The apparatus has one movable and one stationary straight knife for the progressive cutting of the strip, a device to which suction can be applied for transferring the cut strip along its...

A folding machine for processing printed sheets has a folding pocket into which sheets are fed by a pair of rollers. The infeed of the folding pocket has a guide plate and a guide device between which sheets are guidingly fed into the pocket. The guide device consists of a succession of several profiled segments releasibly secured to a carrier, preferably slidingly mounted in a groove in a carrier...

A curved surgical needle which may be helical or planar and in which the curvature may be constant or varied with the pointed end offset from the principal longitudinal axis.

There is provided a tubular connector to connect first and second fluid tubes wherein separately formed first and second tubular sections are jointed together with a built-in artificial valve in the inside fluid path.

An implantable artificial bladder soft system is provided which comprises an at least partially deformation resistant support base, a compliant deformable diaphragm, an inlet means, an outlet means, an optional outer shell, an optional backflow control means, an optional discharge control means, and an optional anchoring means. This implantable artificial bladder can be completely emptied. A metho...

A novel alloy for use in lead refining is disclosed comprised substantially of magnesium and calcium. The preferred ratio on a weight basis of magnesium to calcium is between about 1.2:1 to about 5.2:1. A method of refining a lead bath with the novel alloy is disclosed which provides a high recovery ratio of impurities present therein.

An improved efficiency screen plate for screening pulp in a pressure screening apparatus is disclosed wherein various design parameters are established which increase screen performance, particularly in screening medium consistency pulp. The basket is formed of thin, sheet-like material formed without machining into an undulating pattern. Undulation frequencies, slot location, turbulence bar frequ...

The pressurized screening device according to the invention is designed for screening fibre pulps, especially paper pulp or corresponding. The pressurized screening device is provided with a screenplate (11) with perforations (12), cleaning means (17), being in connection with and moving relative to the screenplate (11), means (2, 4, 15) for generating the relative motion between the screen plate ...

Known methods of melting Titanium and its alloys for the purpose of sheathing a ceramic filament includes the pre-melting of the metal in a crucible, which results in contamination of the metal. The present invention obviates the crucible and instead, positions a rod of solid Titanium or an alloy thereof adjacent the filament and locally heats the end thereof. The melt continuously coats the filam...

A multilayered sliding material of lead bronze containing graphite in the form of a bimetal, comprising a steel plate or a steel plate having a copper plating coating and a sintered copper alloy bonded to the steel plate, the sintered copper alloy having a composition consisting of 5 to 16 wt % Sn, 2 to 20 wt % Pb, 0.03 to 1 wt % P, 0.5 to 3.9 wt % graphite, and the balance Cu, wherein hardness of...

Methyl chloride is produced by contacting methanol and hydrogen chloride in the vapor phase in the presence of KZnCl3 supported on silica. The process produces methyl chloride in good yield with minimal formation of dimethyl ether as a by-product.