In a control system of an ozonizer system wherein the ozonizer system comprises a plurality of ozonizer modules each consituted by one or more unit ozone generators, and the ozone generated by the ozonizer modules is supplied to one or more ozone utilization devices there are provided computer means responsive to the ozone demand of the ozone utilization devices for determining the quantity of ozone to be generated by the ozonizer modules, and a control device for controlling the operation of th...

A system for controlling the braking or tractive forces applied to the wheels of a wheeled vehicle is provided wherein a signal corresponding to the rate of change of the peripheral speed of a wheel is derived and a control circuit, responsive to this signal attaining a value corresponding to an excessive rate of change of peripheral speed, produces a control signal for causing appropriate modification of the tractive forces, in the case of spinning wheels, or of the braking forces, in the case ...

A ventilating means for the top of the pan or seat portion of the sanitary system. The ventilating means is provided by complementary top sections which are joined together in such a manner that intermediate portions thereof are spaced apart to provide a hollow member. Malodorous gases pass through ventilating holes in the lower section into the space between the complementary sections. An exhaust communicates with the space of the hollow device for carrying off the malodorous gases.

A closed, self-sustaining power system for the operation of valves includes a first means for storing and containing an expandable system which means communicates with a responsive means of a valve system to enable the valve system to be opened, closed or controlled. A controlled energy means transmits energy to the expandable medium to thereby cause an increase in pressure in the responsive means of the valve system which enables the valve system to respond as desired. After actuation of the re...

A combination X-Y positioning mechanism includes a first guide means linearly reciprocable relative to a frame and a second guide means linearly reciprocable relative to the first guide means with the directions of relative reciprocation being substantially mutually perpendicular. A first carriage means is slidable along the respective first guide means and a second carriage means is fixed to the second guide means responsively to the actuation of a closed loop driven by a pair of stationarily f...

Closure systems particularly intended for high speed aircraft and designed with an inwardly opening closure which can be removed during flight. A wheel or roller is provided at the bottom of the closure so that it can be readily moved to an out-of-the-way storage location by a single person. The closure is supported at its lower end by a floor-mounted bracket which can be detached to provide a clear pathway to the doorway which the closure is designed to block.

When a homing head or seeker is mounted on-board a missile, the inertial reference provided by the seeker may be contaminated to some extent by the motion of the missile body. To alleviate this, seekers are sometimes gimballed and use rate or position gyros or they may be momentum-stabilized--the seeker itself providing the inertial reference. However, gyros are both complex and expensive, and momentum-stabilized seekers tend to have large inertias making it difficult to achieve high scan rates....

A transportation system, particularly for handling containers for transport by rail vehicles, lorries or ships, includes an elevated guideway comprising a plurality of spaced parallel longitudinal tracks connected by tranverse tracks which are movable along the longitudinal tracks. Vehicles travel along the tracks and are equipped with hoists for lifting containers beneath the guideway into the vehicles. Each vehicle is equipped with lower wheels which run on rails on the longitudinal tracks and...

A carousel conveyor system for transporting articles, including a first conveyor for directing articles in a general horizontal direction, a set carousel conveyor carrier having a first section for elevating an article from the first conveyor and a second section for lowering an article onto the first conveyor, with the carousel conveyor having a plurality of rollers for supporting an article as the article is raised or lowered, and the carousel conveyor having apparatus for powering the rollers...

A carburetion system to adapt a motor vehicle to use either liquid gasoline fuel or compressed hydrocarbon gas fuel including a diaphragm operated valve to control the flow of hydrocarbon gas to the motor where one side of the diaphragm is connected to the partial vacuum arising from induction flow of fuel to vary the opening of the valve proportional with the required fuel supply to the motor.