Abstract: A jewelry eyeglass holder having a loop that is movable about a hinge between hidden and exposed positions. In the hidden position, the loop is behind the rear of the design portion of the jewelry and in the exposed position, it hangs downwardly. Eyeglasses may hang from the loop in a balanced manner. The jewelry eyeglass holder also has a pin for securing the same to clothing.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for stacking golf balls in an aesthetically pleasing manner includes the use of a invertible form having a cavity therein. By placing golf balls within the cavity, the form may be inverted and the balls therein allowed to assume a stacked configuration atop a supporting base, which can be maintained after the form is lifted upwardly and away from the stack/base combination.

Abstract: A support for reinforcing a fluid infusion tube to prevent it from kinking during a surgical operation. The support runs to the distal end of the tube and is either embedded in the wall of the tube, adhered or heat sealed to the tube either on the tube's interior surface or on the exterior surface, or loosely retained within the lumen. The support may be coiled about the exterior or interior of the tube to provide the desired rigidity to prevent kinking.

Abstract: In construction of a bumper system for bowling including a movable bumper bar adapted for demarcating a lane and a gutter, the bumper bar is selectively and automatically set to operative and stand-by positions by a hydraulic cylinder which is activated on receipt of a drive signal. The drive signal is generated either by players' manual operation on an activation switch at a scoring panel or by a properly programmed control switch circuit. Any conventional, manual bumper system can be automatized by minimal reformation.

Abstract: Thorns from plant stems are stripped off by feeding the plant stem between splines. The splines project radially from respective rotary components arranged side by side. The rotary components rotate towards each other as viewed from the opening in the topside of the housing and away from each other as viewed from the opening in the bottomside of the housing. The plant stem having thorns is fed through the topside opening in the housing in a direction toward the bottomside opening to reach a location between said rotary components so that said brush splines swipe against said thorns thereby removing the same from the stem.

Abstract: A self-ejecting garbage receptacle includes a container body for holding a garbage bag containing refuse, the container body having a bottom and a side wall enclosure with an open upper end, the side wall enclosure being connected with the bottom; a belt draped in the container body for normally supporting the bag in a lowered position in the container body, the belt having first and second opposite ends, with the first end being fixed to the side wall enclosure adjacent the open upper end; and a jug handle-shaped ejector handle for raising the belt, the ejector handle being connected with the second opposite end of the belt and being pivotally connected at one end thereof to an external surface of the container body; a hinge for pivotally connecting the ejector handle to the container body; a hook on an external surface of the container body; and a latch on the ejector handle for engaging with the hook to hold the belt in a raised position.

Abstract: A method of inducing symptoms similar to those in AIDS-infected individuals, particularly neurological deficit, wherein peptide T, VIP or gp120 or a derivative or peptide analog thereof is intrathecally administered to non-human mammals.

Abstract: A side-emitting optical fiber is provided. The side-emitting optical fiber has a proximal end for receiving radiation, a distal end including a distal tip through which the radiation is emitted in a direction laterally of the longitudinal axis of the fiber via a radiation exit regions at the distal tip, and a visually discernible marking. The visually discernible marking is adjacent to the radiation exit region to enable discerning the location of the radiation exit region as the optical fiber is manipulated by a user. The side-emitting optical fiber is characterized in that the visually discernible marking extends for approximately 180.degree. around the circumference of the fiber, has a visually discernible center located approximately 180.degree.

Abstract: A filtration apparatus for an aquarium comprising of mechanical, biological and chemical filter mechanisms for removing impurities from water and an intake tube/pre-filter arrangement for maintaining syphonability of the apparatus during both operating and non-operating states. In an another embodiment, a protein skimmer is combined with the other filter mechanisms.

Abstract: A method of treating ice pick scars is provided in which the epidermal layer surrounding an ice pick scar is ablated to provide a recipient hole into which skin is grafted. Smoothing of the skin after grafting may then be performed with permanent rejuvenation.

Abstract: A megasonic cleaning system utilizes a transducer positioned outside of a cleaning tank to transmit acoustical energy into the cleaning tank. A liquid layer is used to couple the acoustical energy from the transducer to the cleaning tank. An acoustical impedance matching layer, having an acoustical impedance in between that of the transducer and the cleaning fluid, is used to match the impedance of the transducer to that of the cleaning fluid. In one embodiment, the system utilizes at least two transducer arrays and power is switched back and forth between the two arrays. When one array is not being powered, it can be used to listen to the other array.

Abstract: A system for causing uniform ablation of irradiated material of living tissue while not causing damage below a predetermined depth where laser radiation is provided sequentially and continuously in a predetermined pattern is disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for accurately determining the relative locations of sensors in a passive sonar or like monitoring system utilizes two non-parallel (but not necessarily orthogonal) calibrator signals to calculate the relative positions of sensors in a sensor array. Iteration, using a deformed line array constraint, permits reliable solution of the sensor position equations, even when the relative angle between the calibrator signals is initially unknown.

Abstract: A method of facial rejuvenation is provided in which ablation of an area of skin is accomplished to above the papillary dermis, providing effective permanent smoothness.

Abstract: An interproximal toothbrush and method for cleaning, irrigating and medicating a sub-gingival region with the same are disclosed. The interproximal toothbrush has outer and inner V-shaped portions having outer and inner working surfaces which form intersections at the distal ends from the spines, and bristles extending from the intersections which clean the deeper portions of the sub-gingival region between the teeth and gum. At least one aperture may be provided in at least one of the working surfaces such that irrigation fluid or a medicating, antibacterial or other cleaning agent may be dispensed from the aperture and be guided by the bristles to the sub-gingival region.

Abstract: A method of providing number portability for the treatment of calls from a calling party to a specific number of a called party is disclosed. An Initial Address Message (IAM) containing the calling and called party's numbers to enable said call to reach said terminating office is forwarded from an originating office to a terminating office. Once the IAM is received at the terminating office, a determination of whether the call is directed to a portable number is made. If the call is directed to a portable number, a release message containing an indication that the called party number is, a portable number and containing new routing information is forwarded from the terminating office to the originating office. A new IAM is then sent from the originating office to a terminating office associated with the routing information.

Abstract: A method of providing number portability for the treatment of calls from a calling party to a specific number of a called party is disclosed. An Initial Address Message (IAM) containing the calling and called party's numbers to enable said call to reach said terminating office is forwarded from an originating office to a terminating office. Once the IAM is received at the terminating office, a determination of whether the call is directed to a portable number is made. If the call is directed to a portable number, a release message containing an indication that the called party number is a portable number is forwarded from the terminating office to the originating office. Once the release message is received at the originating office, a TCAP query is launched from the originating office to an SCP if said release message contains an indication that the called party number is a portable number. At the SCP, the called party number is translated to obtain new routing information.

Abstract: An instrument chassis is disclosed. The chassis includes a housing with a front opening in a first loading plane, and instrument receiving slots located in the housing. These slots are engageable to printed circuit cards inserted through the front opening. The chassis also includes first and second power supplies. The first power supply is electrically coupled to a first set of instrument receiving slots, and the second power supply is electrically coupled to a second set of the instrument receiving slots. Thus a first set of the printed circuit cards may maintain electrical and mechanical separation and isolation from a second set of the printed circuit cards.

Abstract: A support shaft for a planetary-type selvage unit on a loom is mounted at its proximal end to a drive shaft for the selvage unit in an arrangement swingable between operative and stand-by positions. A locker unit is attached to the support bracket in order to selectively register the same at the operative position during weaving operation. Simple swing motion of the support bracket about the drive shaft produces an enlarged free space above the selvage unit during the looming operation, thereby allowing free transportation of heald frames necessary for the looming operation.