"What can be more palpably absurd than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stagecoaches?"
The Quarterly Review ; March edition, 1825
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7134357 | Rotation limiter Adjustable stops are mounted on a rotating rod, and one pivot arm of a linked pair extends into an interference position such that one stop will strike it. The linkage draws the second arm into interference position if the first arm is displaced from it. Each pivot ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6834748 | Liningless brake assembly with dampers A vehicle brake assembly utilizes a damping mechanism to eliminate brake linings. The brake assembly includes a fixed base plate and an actuation plate rotatable relative to the base plate. The base plate includes a plurality of orientation slots and the actuation p... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6786270 | Lift lock for blind A lift lock for blind is disclosed to include a shaft pivoted to a headrail of a blind for synchronous rotation with a lift rod of the blind. The shaft has a constraint device. A switching mechanism is mounted inside the headrail of the blind and has a sliding membe... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6213253 | Brake judder testing A disc brake testing apparatus comprises operating means operable to operate pad moving means of the disc brake to urge pads of the brake towards the disc thereof. The operating means operable to urge the pads against the disc with a higher pressure suffi... | 04/10/2001 |
| 5634533 | Braking device particularly for bicycles and motorcycles An intermittent impulse-type anti-lock braking device for bicycles and motorcycles, whose principal function is to prevent the front or the rear wheel from locking up when the rider actuates the brake lever. Said impulse-type intermittent device is made u... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5511861 | Intermittently braking apparatus for anti-locking purpose A braking apparatus includes: a multi-pass rotary valve and an expansion-cylinder mounted in between a brake master cylinder and a plurality of wheel cylinders provided on the front wheels and the rear wheels, whereby upon treading of a brake pedal of a v... | 04/30/1996 |
| 4988072 | Mount assembly for mechanical parts A free-floating mount assembly for mechanical parts includes a hooking strap for cooperatively engaging structure of a machine to limit upward displacement and rotation of the assembly. It is especially adapted for use in a mechanism by which braking forc... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4932627 | Clevis or other mount for a mechanical brake assembly or the like A free-floating mount for mechanical parts has a finger portion for cooperatively engaging structure of a machine incorporating the mount, to limit its displacement and rotation. The mount is especially designed for use in an assembly by which braking for... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4834220 | Mount for mechanical parts and machine including same A free-floating mount for mechanical parts has a finger portion for cooperatively engaging structure of a machine incorporating the mount, to limit its displacement and rotation. The mount is especially designed for use in an assembly by which braking for... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4778036 | Cam-operated mechanical machine brake An assembly is provided for intermittently applying braking force to a rotating member of a machine, and for positively effecting the release thereof, to enhance performance and efficiency. The device is purely mechanical in nature, and is particularly ad... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4751986 | Rotor rotating angle limiter A rotor rotating angle limiter in this invention which can set the rotating angle of a rotor to more than one revolution but to less than two revolutions, and is simple in construction and highly reliable, a feature of which is that it consists of rotor (... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4703186 | Hand-held scanner with a speed control device A hand-held scanner, namely, a hand-operated optical reader, capable of selectively and partially reading a necessary portion of a document. The hand-held scanner is equipped with a speed control device capable of producing a load for controlling the movi... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4667779 | Unidirectional high gain brake stop This invention relates to a unidirectional high gain brake arrangement that includes in combination a shaft mounted for rotation within a housing. The shaft is rotatable in either direction. A brake is selectively releasably coupled to the housing and to ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4633980 | Rotary motion damping means A damping device is provided for damping momentum in a rotary member to stop it at a desired normally stopped position without any override therefrom, the device including a friction plate moveable against the rotating member at least in the terminal stag... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4571281 | Braking apparatus for spinwelding machinery Disclosed is an integral braking device for braking a live tool or spindle in a spinwelding machine. The device comprises a cam-activated, spring-loaded brake adapted to bear against a wear resistant braking surface. The brake is both adjustable and self-... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4257497 | Magnetically triggered and electronically controlled torsion brake A vehicle braking system including a wheel hub, a hub member separate from the wheel hub, a torsional coupling device and a magnetically actuable brake spring. In a preferred embodiment, the hub member is connected to the vehicle suspension by the torsion... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4240525 | Toy timing device with a slip-stick escapement-like mechanism A toy timing device including an escapement-like mechanism regulating the movement of a movable portion toward a position on a housing toward which it is biased by the alternate slipping and sticking of parts of a rubber band extending over ribs on the mo... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4205735 | Means for preventing one wheel spin out of automotive drive wheels A method and apparatus for alternately braking a pair of drive wheels on an automotive vehicle to increase the total tractive effort of thevehicle, by preventing the spinning of a drive wheel which is on ice, in mud, on a slippery spot, and the like. An e... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4193483 | Latch operated coil spring clutch A spring clutch device includes a driving side clutch shell, a driven side clutch shell opposed to and coaxial with the driving side clutch shell, a clutch spring disposed in a tight manner over the two clutch shells, a stop member disposed coaxially with... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4156803 | Simple device for rapid damping of flywheel oscillations in a stored-energy operating device An operating device for an electric circuit breaker includes a closing spring and a rotatable spring-controller mounted for rotation between first and second dead center positions with respect to the spring. The spring is charged by transmitting rotationa... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4143744 | Friction-pad wear warning device for use in disc brake An annular portion is provided in a friction surface of a disc brake adjacent to the circumference of the friction surface of the disc brake at least on one side thereof. This annular portion of the friction surface of the disc brake is slowly inclined al... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4114747 | Switching bearing assembly for a motor-driven spindle A switching bearing assembly for a motor-driven spindle, e.g. a leadscrew adapted to drive a nut axially along the leadscrew, is provided with a bearing housing disposed between two fixed plates and biased centrally thereof by a plurality of compression s... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4062280 | Brake for tying needles of crop baler The shaft which drives the tying needles of a baler back and forth across the bale chamber has a cam-operated brake associated therewith for intermittent application and release of the brake at preselected points along the path of swinging travel of the n... | 12/13/1977 |