The servo means (28) comprise a third-class lever (30) with an end called the support end (30A), articulated around a fixed geometric axis (X) and an end connected to the actuated body (18), called the resistance end (30R). The elastic tensioning means (32) exert an elastic support...
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We find that MPs believe leading by example is important as a general principle but is problematic when it comes to low-carbon behaviour. While some MPs do deliberately model sustainable behaviours to maintain credibility as climate advocates, they tend to do this quietly for fear of negative ...
This invention relates to methods and apparatus for reading meters used for measuring commodities, for example gas water, or electricty, S It s a general object of this invention to provide automatic methods of taking the periodic records from meters required for biIling purposes, and thus... ...
It was important that I could just barely move them from the roadside into cars or trucks and then back out at the end of the ride. People would see how loaded down I was and be more inclined to give me a lift. This kind of struggle with the trivialities of ordinary life was part ...
A third cam is provided on the shaft 19 for actuating, through a bell-crank lever 32, a closure member 30 of the feed hopper 29. The arrangement is such that rotation of the shaft 19 will open and close the valves 3, 4 and closure 30 in a predetermined sequence, namely, assuming ...
The frame is carried on a pair of wheels 2, which may be driven, a third wheel 3 being mounted in an adjustable frame 4.
Rollers on the other ends of the bell cranks engage a series of cams 29 each driven from the next preceding it at one-third of its speed. Each cam has five lifts 30, each of which raises and lowers the bar 24. The final lift is made higher and rocks the lever 26 out of ...