Abstract:
An apparatus (10) tests different products (15). The apparatus (10) includes an environmental chamber (20) for providing thermal shock to the products (15), a conveyor (40) for transporting the products (15) through the environmental chamber (20), a fixture (100) movable with the products (15) through the environmental chamber (15), and an interface (300) removably mounted on the fixture (100). The fixture (100) has a means (60, 80) for electric stimulation and monitoring of the products (15) during transport of the products (15) through the environmental chamber (20). The interface (300) is constructed to test one of the different products. The interface (300) provides a mechanical and electrical connection between the fixture (100) and the product being tested. The interface (300) is tailored for stimulating and monitoring the product being tested.
Abstract:
A specially designed quick coupler is representatively used to removably attach an excavation bucket to the outer boom end of an excavator. A top portion of the quick coupler is pinned to the outer boom end and has a bottom portion with spaced apart recesses configured to releasably receive portions of stick and curl pins on the bucket. An arcuate latch hook is translationally drivable by a hydraulic cylinder assembly toward one of the implement pins to releasably lock it in its associated coupler recess in a manner also captively retaining the other implement pin in its associated coupler recess. Stop structures oppose the latch hook and, using a simple shim arrangement, may be translationally shifted toward and away therefrom to easily adjust the coupler for wear and/or changes in the implement pin spacing. A redundant safety system is incorporated in the coupler and serves to hold the latch hook in its locking position. The safety system includes hydraulic and mechanical locking mechanisms and a spring structure resiliently biasing the latch hook toward its locking position.
Abstract:
An improved gas detector apparatus includes a spectral source/bolometer for conducting an electrical current and for producing infrared radiation. The source/bolometer has a characteristic resistance that is a predetermined function of the source/bolometer temperature. A concentrating reflector directs the infrared radiation through a spectral filter and the gas. A return reflector is disposed along the axis beyond the spectral filer and the gas, such that at least a portion of the infrared radiation passing through the filter and the gas is reflected back through the gas and the filter to the source/bolometer. A driver/detector drives a current through the source/bolometer, determines the characteristic resistance of the source/bolometer, and detects the gas from a variation of the characteristic resistance.