An automatic transmission for automobiles, trucks, buses and other appliances comprising some kinds of railway transmissions; agricultural and harvester equipments; motor lifters and elevators and other particular appliances, having an internal combustion engine and driving wheels; traction wheels or sprocket wheels depending on the appliance, which includes: a mechanic torque converter connected with an engine output, for variable converting the torque from the engine and transmitting the mecha...

A decoupler 10 having a rotatable input member 12 for coupling to a drive unit 13 and a rotatable output member 28 for coupling to an output drive, and a gear set 34 for transmitting drive from the rotatable input member 12 to the rotatable output member 28, wherein the decoupler 10 is operable to selectively isolate an input gear 36 of the gear set 34 from driving connection with the drive unit 13, and to selectively engage the input gear 36 into driving connection with the drive unit 13. The i...

An improved end effector for use with a robot includes a pair of carriages. Each carriage supports a pair of fingers and at least one actuator. Each actuator is interconnected with the associated pair of fingers to counter-rotate the fingers. One or both of the carriages is movable toward the other carriage to engage trays on a conveyor system with the fingers. The robot moves the end effector between the conveyor system and shipping containers for shipping the trays. Because the pairs of finger...

A method of torque transmission between a prime mover and a load comprises the provision of a planetary system and a hydraulic torque coupling, the interconnection of the planetary system and the hydraulic torque coupling in a feedback loop, the coupling of the prime mover to the planetary system, the driving of the hydraulic torque coupling with the prime mover through the planetary system, and the transfer of output torques of the planetary system and the hydraulic torque coupling to the load....

An apparatus sequentially comprises an article infeed station for conveying a plurality of sealed bags in tandem, an article conveying station for receiving and moving the bags transversely relative to the infeed station, a carton conveying station for simultaneously moving shipping cartons parallel to the article conveying station and a packing station for depositing layers of the bags in the cartons. The infeed station comprises a plurality of parallel chutes and an underlying conveyor which s...

A torque converter and a planetary gear set therefor, said planetary gear set having two sets of clutches wherein one element among a sun gear, a ring gear and a planetary carrier is connected directly to an input shaft, another element is connected directly to an impeller of said torque converter and the other element is connected to an output shaft via one of said clutches. A power absorption capability of the torque converter may be varied in two stages in order to meet separate demands for e...

A transmission apparatus has an epicyclic gear unit and a torque converter. One element of the epicyclic gear unit is connected to one element of the torque converter, and another element of the epicyclic gear is connected to another element of the torque converter. The third element of the epicyclic gear unit is connected to a first shaft. A second shaft is connected to one other element of the transmission apparatus. In a preferred embodiment, a variable ratio is provided between the two shaft...

A four wheel drive vehicle has a torque biased inter-axle differential comprising a fluid coupling which is driven by a planetary gear set which multiplies the speed difference between the outputs of the differential.

A container for memory modules comprising a generally rectangular shape with a lid and tray with a multitude of finger-like protrusions forming vertical slots therebetween for receiving memory modules. The interior is formed such that a cavity may be created above and below the memory modules contained inside providing a buffer region, which protects the contents from damage when the exterior of the container is subjected to physical contact.

A method of dispensing unit doses of medications to a patient. A card including a blister pack having a plurality of medication receiving recesses is provided. The recesses are arranged in a plurality of rows, with the rows having weakened lines therebetween. A row of the card is separated from the card along the weakened lines and is then placed in the carrier. In this way, the unit doses of medications in the separated row are available for dispensing to the patient. A card containing a plural...