Abstract:
A chair construction for passenger vehicles having a table pivotally mounted to the backrest to either a folded vertical position against the backrest or to an operative horizontal position for use by the occupant of the seat directly behind the respective seat in the line, characterized in that an article storage compartment is carried by the table such that the article storage compartment minimizes interference with the occupant of the behind seat in the folded vertical position of the table thereby providing more comfort and/or enabling closer spacing of rows of the chairs one behind the other.
Abstract:
A vehicle cabin construction includes a storage Compartment in the space between the ceiling and outer cabin wall extending longitudinally of the vehicle cabin for storing article holders, an elevator for lowering the article holders from the storage compartment to the deck, and for raising the article holders from the deck to the storage compartment, and longitudinal transfer means engageable with the article holders for moving them longitudinally from or to different locations in the storage compartment on a plurality of roller transfer members.
Abstract:
Apparatus particularly useful in aircraft for moving a container from a supporting surface on a lower level, e.g., cargo hold, to a higher level, e.g., passenger compartment, via a vertical lift shaft, includes: a lift member in the vertical lift shaft, a displaceable suspension member suspended from and below the lift member and displaceable in a horizontal direction from a normal position in precise alignment with the vertical lift shaft; and a spring urging the displaceable suspension member to its normal position. A guiding element having an inclined guiding surface is carried by the displaceable suspension member and is effective, when engaged by a container during the downward movement of the lift member, to displace the displaceable suspension member and thereby to load the spring, such that when the container is lifted off the supporting surface during the upward movement of the lift member, the spring moves the displaceable suspension member, and the container engaged thereby, into precise alignment with the vertical lift shaft.
Abstract:
An aircraft fuselage construction includes a track overlying and parallel to the aisle, a food carrier having wheels on its bottom engageable with the deck, and a guiding member engageable with the track for guiding the movement of the food carrier along the aisle.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are described for diagnosing the condition of oil-wetted parts subject to wear, wherein a specimen of the used oil from the part is extracted, and a plurality of samples are separated according to the different mobility rates of its particles through a liquid medium during the centrifuging of the specimen through the liquid medium for a predetermined period of time. The samples are then analyzed to determine their compositions, thereby providing an indication of the identities of the wearing parts and their rates-of-wear. In one described embodiment, the specimen is centrifuged for a sufficiently long predetermined time to stratify the particles according to size and density; and in a second described embodiment, the specimen is centrifuged for a plurality of short predetermined time periods during each of which a sample of the particles passing the complete length of the liquid medium is removed and analyzed. In both embodiments, the samples are separated by passing them through a large mesh screen at the bottom end of the holder in which the centrifuging is effected.
Abstract:
An internal combustion engine comprises a cylinder, a piston displaceable therein, a control member movable to control the engine output, means including an intake valve for effecting the induction of a fuel-air mixture into the cylinder, timing means including a main cam shaft having a cam for opening and closing the intake valve, and phase-shifting means including an auxiliary cam shaft having a cam shifting the phase of closing of the intake valve in response to the movement of the control member to thereby control the quantity of fuel-air mixture in the cylinder at the time of combustion.