Abstract: A broad band electrical signal transmission system comprising:a first central conductor comprising: a plurality of conductive wire strands, a first insulating layer surrounding said wire strands, a conductive sheath surrounding said first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer surrounding said conductive sheath;a second central conductor identical to said first central conductor;a third insulating layer surrounding said first and second central conductors;a tubular shield surrounding said third insulating layer, said tubular shield comprising a braid of composite wire wherein said composite wire comprises: a central core of an amorphous metal material, a conductive cladding surrounding said central core, and a layer of silver surrounding said conductive cladding; anda dielectric sheath surrounding said tubular shield.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for digitally decoding a biphase encoded transmission signal, which combines both clock and data signals with a high degree of noise immunity. The decoding method has a skew tolerance nearly equivalent to using conventional decoding methods with twice the sampling rate. The method utilizes a unique look-ahead feature to resolve otherwise ambiguous signals.

Abstract: A valved fluid connection apparatus is disclosed. When mounted within an opening of a fluid container, the apparatus seals the fluid inside the container until an actuating barrel is inserted to open a valve which allows fluid to exit from the container. The apparatus is particularly suitable for use in flexible bags containing fluid juice with high pulp content as a fluid pathway with wide clearances is established when the valve is opened.

Abstract: A level for determining whether a surface is horizontal and which can also be used to determine the angular relationship between the surface or a line on the surface and the horizontal. The level utilizes a rotating pendulum designed with a pointer that indicates a direction representing the vertical. The pointer (or vertical indicator) is biased in this position by a weight (or alternatively a float) and it points to scale markings that calibrate the position of the rotating pendulum to correspondingly represent the angular deviation of the surface from the horizontal. The weight and the pointer are attached by a set screw which allows the weight to be pivoted with respect to the pointer so that the center of gravity of the rotating pendulum as a whole can be altered and the direction in which the pointer points can be adjusted for accuracy.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for conveying carbon black pellets to avoid breaking up the pellets and inhibit caking on the conveying means which may be a screw type conveyor that is sufficiently heated to inhibit caking of the carbon black. The conveying means is centerless ground to maintain uniform distances of relatively moving parts and the contact surfaces are electroless plated to further inhibit caking of the carbon black on the conveying means.

Abstract: An overshift preventer comprising a guard plate having a chain biasing region, a base member integral with the guard plate and adjustable horizontally adjacent the chain gears of a bicycle, and a clamp for supporting the base member and for mounting the guard plate to a bicycle seat tube perpendicularly in a spaced parallel relationship to the front chain gears.

Abstract: A spring actuated clamping device is disclosed for woodworking applications and the like. The device is applicable to those situations where it is desired to exert clamping forces in opposite directions against two surfaces facing one another. The device comprises two arms which are pivotally attached to each other. The distal ends of the arms are urged to pivot outwardly by a spring. Pivotable pads at the distal end of each arm provide a flat contacting surface regardless to the extent the arms are pivoted.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the growth of the solid phase of a substance from around a cooling mechanism, such as the growth of an ice pack in a water cooling system, while also minimizing chances of inaccurate control by referencing the apparent resistance of the liquid that is actually in the system rather than a standard value. The method also provides for a dead-band by monitoring the resistance of the liquid at two roughly adjacent locations.

Abstract: A high frequency ventilator which generates a high frequency pressure wave in a supply of ventilating gas for supporting ventilation in air breathing animals. The high frequency pressure wave causes the ventilating gas to be exchanged and to diffuse through the animal's lungs fast enough to support ventilation without spontaneous breathing on the part of the animal and without the aid of a separate ventilator.

Abstract: A high frequency oscillating ventilator. A flow of gas is conducted from a gas source to a high frequency oscillator. The high frequency oscillator comprises a housing including a magnet and having a diaphragmetically sealed piston mounted therein, an inlet connecting the space within the housing on the first side of the diaphragm to the gas conducting means, and a coil mounted to the first side of the diaphragm. Circuitry is provided which is operable to reverse the polarity of the flow of the current in the coil, thereby causing the diaphragm to move back and forth within the housing. A tube connecting the space on the second side of the diaphragm to the gas source and the patient's airway is provided. Also disclosed is a method of ventilating a patient with the high frequency oscillating ventilator, and a double lumen endotracheal tube for use in connection therewith.

Abstract: An apparatus for increasing visual acuity while viewing an image comprising a roof prism having an apex with apex faces adjacent thereto, an eye piece lens mounted to a first apex face of the roof prism, and an objective lens mounted to a second apex face of the roof prism and to the lens of a pair of eyeglasses. The objective lens is mounted to the eyeglasses lens at a point such that the eye of a patient wearing the eyeglasses must be rotated at a angle of from about 25.degree. to about 50.degree. relative to the visual axis of the patient's eye when looking straight ahead to view an image through the apparatus.

Abstract: A composition for eliciting production of antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen and method of neutralizing the infectivity of hepatitis type B virus. A cyclic polypeptide is prepared having a disulfide bond in a hydrophilic region, namely residues 117-137 or 122-137 and an amino acid sequence unique from that associated with the native 25,000 molecular weight polypeptide derived from hepatitis B surface antigen.

Abstract: A therapeutic treatment table having a lifting mechanism to allow lowering of the therapeutic treatment table close to the ground support surface and having a releasable connecting means to automatically connect or release the oscillating means from the therapeutic treatment table and an adjusting means to vary the degree of oscillation of the therapeutic treatment table.

Abstract: A combination car seat and stroller having a plurality of wheels which are pivotable between a first, lowered position for use as a stroller and a second, raised position for use as a car seat. An extendable handle is provided for pushing the apparatus when the wheels are in the first, lowered position. A spring or clip is provided for locking the wheels in the first, lowered position for use as a stroller. The wheels are pivoted to a second, raised position to allow the apparatus to be placed on the seat of an automobile, an airplane seat, or other surface. Slots in the arms of the chair are provided for releasably engaging the apparatus with the seatbelt of the automobile or airplane seat. The apparatus is provided with a selectably extendable footrest whch can be retracted when the wheels are pivoted to the second, raised position.

Abstract: A shotgun choke for deforming the shot pattern to throw a very wide pattern with a narrow vertical band by maintaining a substantially constant width in the choke but narrowing the height of the interior of the choke in a parabolic fashion.

Abstract: A socket wrench for rotating track shoe spikes including a first body member having an axial aperture formed therein of substantially circular shape to allow insertion of the spike portion of the track shoe spike, a geometric aperture disposed in the axial aperture of the first body member for engaging the base portion of a track shoe spike, and a second body member fixedly attached to the first body member for engagement by a turning tool chuck.

Abstract: A dust detector ring assembly for detecting extremely small quantities of particulate contamination in air being taken into the carburetor of an engine is disclosed. The assembly includes a series of infrared light emitting diodes alternately interposed with a like series of infrared light detecting diodes and arranged in a circle around an interior surface portion of a frame defining a passageway of circular cross-section therethrough. A light beam generated by each of the emitters is directed against a different one of the detectors so that the light beams intersect one another at a common point in the passageway. The sensitivity of the assembly is thus greatest at the common point of intersection of the light beams and decreases proportionally moving away from the intersection point toward the defining surface of the passageway. A flexible circuit board is formed in a circle and is connected to the emitters and detectors. A flat circuit board is connected to the circular circuit board.

Abstract: A rotary scraper for the exterior of planter disks which is mounted on a bracket easily attachable to existing grain planters. The rotary scrapers are mounted on the front edge of double disk planter disks vertically centered with the planter disks and with at least one half of the scraper disk outside the circumference of the planter disk.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for obtaining a recording of facies of geological formations, logging instruments are moved in a borehole to produce log measurements at successive levels of the borehole. With each level is associated a reference sample whose coordinates are constituted by the respective measurements in a multidimensional space defined by the different logs. The scatter of samples thus obtained is analyzed to distinguish modes characteristic of clusters in which the concentration of samples is the highest. The samples may then be associated with selected modes to form classes each characteristic of a respective facie, and the facies then displayed as a function of the depth of the respective associated sample.