A trailer for heavy, but delicate, equipment comprises a pneumatic suspension system between the forward end of the chassis of the trailer and a pivotal coupling device (52), such as a skid plate (12) or drawbar (50), by which the trailer is attached to the prime mover. The suspension system may comprise air bags (56) connected to the pneumatic system of the prime mover and control valve (22) to a...

A fork head adjustably fitted to the steering axle 1 of a single-track vehicle has two fork bridges 10 attached to the steering axle 1 and configured to strengthen the fork. Each fork bridge 10 has a slot 14 which has side walls 15 which are parallel to the plane of symmetry E of the fork, and in which there is glidingly mounted a section of the steering axle 1. Each fork bridge 10 is further prov...

An indicating funnel for filling a container through an opening is formed as two peripherally joined, coaxially arranged funnels, one nested within the other to define a cavity between adjacent funnel walls. A vertically movable fluid level indicator is reciprocatable between the funnels and behind a transparent wall portion of the exterior funnel for viewing between a first lowered position and a...

Disclosed is a method for bonding thermally-stable polycrystalline diamond or CBN compacts to carbide supports wherein the carbide support is placed in thermal contact with a heat sink and the thermally-stable compact is placed in thermal contact with a heat source during the brazing operation.

A disposable container (10) for shipping a hazardous or ultra-high purity liquid material, having a body of substantially vapor-impermeable organic polymer material, such as fluorinated linear high-density polyethylene, a bubbler tube (20) extending from the top of the container having an open end near the bottom of the container, a liquid level detector (30), and an outlet tube (24) on the top of...

A thread comprising plural carbon fiber strands having a first twist of 80 turns/m or more and plied and twisted to give a final twist of 50 turns/m or more in the direction reverse to the first twist. The thread has a fineness of 3000 denier or less and a knot strength of 1.0 g/denier or more, and the single fibers of the carbon fiber strands constituting the thread each have a fineness of 0.7 de...

A heat resistant steel of the present invention contains 0.05 to 0.2 wt. % of C, less than 0.5 wt. % of Si, less than 0.6 wt. % of Mn, 8 to 13 wt. % of Cr, 1.5 to 3 wt. % of Mo, 2 to 3 wt. % of Ni, 0.05 to 0.3 wt. % of V, 0.02 to 0.2 wt. % in total of either or both of Nb and Ta, 0.02 to 0.1 wt. % of N and the balance substantially Fe. Since a gas turbine of the present invention is constituted by...

PCT No. PCT/JP87/00456 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 1, 1988 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 1, 1988 PCT Filed Jun. 30, 1987 PCT Pub. No. WO88/00306 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 14, 1988.A hydraulic control device of an automatic transmission for a vehicle utilizes a shift valve for shifting at a high speed stage to prevent creeping and provide a hill-stop mechanism. The shift valve for shifting at the high speed stage has a po...

A one-piece push rod and method of making same is provided which includes the step of swaging ends of a hollow tube so that end portions have been reduced to 90%-50% of the starting stock. Preferably, the tube is characterized by a thicker middle portion which tapers down to the ends of reduced diameter. Spherical seats of constant wall thickness are formed by first machining a taper on the tips a...

An electronic throttle actuator is directly connected without an intervening gear train to a stepper motor for rotating the throttle valve from a first position, closed or substantially closed, to a second position which is wide open and any angular position therebetween. The movement of the throttle valve is under control of electronic control means which can locate the throttle valve at any one ...

A temperature-sensitive fan-coupling apparatus is provided with a driving side and a driven side. The driving side comprises a tightly sealed housing. The driven side comprises a rotary member from which fan blades extend. The rotary member includes a following disc disposed in the housing with a torque transmission gap existing between the following disc and the housing. A partition plate is moun...

A conveyor system including a buffer store for the temporary retention of articles delivered by the conveyor to the store. Articles are raised out of contact with the conveyor by two ramps one passing under a flange on each side of the article. The conveyor and ramps are downwardly inclined in this area so the article travels along the ramps under gravity until hitting a stop. The articles are in ...

The conveyor system has an endless chain slidingly mounted on and coiled about a frame. This chain has a spaced plurality of linked pins. A drive motor is coupled to the chain for circulating it around the frame. The system has an endless belt coiled around the frame for bearing edgewise over a predetermined length of the chain centrally on its pins. Thus, circulation of the chain causes circulati...

PCT No. PCT/NL86/00031 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 25, 1987 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 25, 1987 PCT Filed Sep. 26, 1986 PCT Pub. No. WO87/02014 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 9, 1987.A spray dispenser for a liquid to be sprayed has a container provided with an inlet valve adapted for connection to a source of pressurized driving gas for pressurizing a head space above the liquid in the container. A spray head including a s...

An apparatus for winding rolls of thin, wide film. High quality rolls free from circumferential ridges are wound by pressing a segmented bowed roll against a winding roll.

In an installation for the vacuum heat treatment and subsequent hot isostatic redensification of materials comprising a work space inside a container, heating unit, work-space insulation and an outer chamber with a vacuum connection and a pressure-gas connection, insulation is also provided at the interior of the chamber wall. The chamber is water-cooled.

A handle device for direct, singular attachment to a top rim of a container for extending the reach of a human hand between the fingers and thumb to enable the user to grasp a portion of the container with the fingers while reaching upward along the side wall of the container toward the top rim, and using the thumb with the handle device for engaging the top rim. The device includes an intermediat...

The present invention relates to use of liquid crystal material encapsulated in a containment medium to produce a controlled colored output, for example, in response to the application, removal and variation in an electric field. In one embodiment a non-pleochroic dye is in the containment medium itself and in another embodiment the non-pleochroic dye is in the liquid crystal material itself; and ...

A projection-type color display device. The display device includes a light source which provides light and a color separation member which receives the light and which separates the received light into the different colors of red, blue and green light. A light valve device receives the red, blue and green light and modulates the light to produce images. A color synthesis cube prism synthesizes th...