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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4135412 | Backlash compensator mechanism Mechanism which compensates for backlash error in a lead screw position indicator by decoupling the indicator shaft from the lead screw when reversing rotation. The position indicator then displays correct information regardless of the direction of rotati... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4131031 | Anti-backlash nut assembly An anti-backlash nut assembly is disclosed of the type which undergoes translational movement along a screw in response to relative rotational movement between the nut and screw. The assembly includes a nut which is axially-split into first and second por... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4114470 | Relating to pressure fluid operated actuators A rotary actuator incorporating an enclosure with a rectilineal slideway along which a slide member is movable has means at one end of the slide member for moving the member along the slideway and further means at the other end of the slide member for res... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4109628 | Adjustable regulation governor A governor mechanism for a fuel injection pump is of the type having interacting fly-weights and a main governor spring for regulating engine speed, and means are included for selectively changing the spring rate of the main governor spring to change the ... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4022076 | Anti-backlash automatically reversing nut for a diamond thread screw An anti-backlash, automatically reversing nut construction for use with a diamond thread screw, comprising a nut proper and a separate follower movable with respect to the nut proper, both said parts having through bores for receiving the screw. The follo... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4008625 | Floating nut construction A zero-backlash anti-friction nut construction for engagement with the threads of a screw. The device comprises a pair of nut sections having aligned through bores to receive the screw, pairs of rollers respectively carried by the sections and having gene... | 02/22/1977 |
| 4005493 | Method and means for moving recording heads in disc-type recorders A data recorder/reproducer device, particularly for utilizing flexible magnetic disc media, is adapted to carry a recording head along at least one side of the disc. Translational drive means including a lead screw or worm driven by a stepper motor has a ... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3977269 | Anti-backlash, self-aligning nut An anti-backlash, self-aligning nut construction comprising specially constructed tubular nut bodies coacting with concentric spring sleeves of unique configuration to effect precise, self-aligning, anti-backlash assemblages. The nut bodies in general eac... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3975968 | Precision lead screw assembly and nut An improved precision lead screw and nut assembly, including an improved nut, includes a nondeformable screw member having a helical thread on the exterior thereof, the thread being formed by a rib having a crest, adjacent side walls, the rib defining a h... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3941230 | Backlash compensated linear drive method for lead screw-driven printer carriage A method of effecting time-linear travel of a lead screw-driven, carriage-mounted print head during the print cycle encompassed within a predetermined period of each motor-initiated advancement thereof. This is accomplished by incorporating a predetermine... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3938398 | Torque-transmitting devices A torque transmitting devices has an input shaft having two axially-spaced sets of external splines. Two internally splined members are threadedly interengaged and respectively engage the spline sets on the shaft. The angular positions of the members are ... | 02/17/1976 |
| 3934483 | Feed apparatus A feed apparatus for displacing a movable part or component relative to a stationary part of component by means of a threaded spindle mounted at one part and a nut member arranged at the other part. Between the nut member and the part associated with the ... | 01/27/1976 |
