Abstract: A dry powder detergent composition suitable for machine dishwashing and which contains a low-phosphate content of from about 10 to about 20 weight percent utilizes, as the essential combination of components, an alkali metal tripolyphosphate or an alkali metal hexametaphosphate, an appropriate proportion of an alkali metal carbonate, an alkali metal silicate, and a mixture of a high-foaming nonionic surfactant with a foam reducing agent. The surfactant is preferably liquid and is sorbed on solid constituents of the composition to provide a detergent which exhibits superior performance in hard water notwithstanding the relatively low phosphate content of the composition. The nonionic surfactant mixture preferably further comprises an oil-soluble, nonionic surfactant.

Abstract: A mechanism for collecting debris generated during the driving of a fastening means from a strip of such fastening means. The mechanism consists of a container disposed adjacent the opening of the outlet of the driving tool and air means for directing debris from the outlet of the driving tool into the container.

Abstract: There is disclosed an aqueous cationic electrocoating bath adapted to electrodeposit films at the cathode which cure to provide enhanced corrosion protection in which the bath contains an amine-functional resin dispersed therein with the aid of a solubilizing acid together with a polyamine-chromic acid ionic polymer formed by reacting a water insoluble polyamine with from about 50 to about 95 equivalent percent of a chromic acid. The ionic polymer is used in an amount to supply from about 25 to about 1000 parts of detectable chromate per million of said bath.

Abstract: Rovings impregnated with solid or preferably semi solid thermosetting resin and which can be handled in textile processing equipment are provided by overcoating the impregnated roving with a thermoplastic resin dispersed in a volatile liquid medium which does not dissolve the thermosetting resin to form an encapsulating membrane of thermoplastic resin around the impregnated roving to thereby provide the strength, flexibility, and surface properties needed for textile handling without degrading the properties desired in the final cured molded product.

Abstract: A roller assembly for use in a package flow system. The roller assembly has a unitary rail frame assembly with pairs of opposed arcuate shaft sections spaced along the rail frame. The arcuate shaft sections of each pair are axially spaced from each other and extend integrally from the rail frame to provide integral bearing frame surfaces for supporting one of a plurality of rollers.

Abstract: A telescoping boom lift apparatus having a first boom mounted about a first substantially fixed horizontal pivot axis in a mobile base for vertically pivotable movement with respect thereto and further having a second boom member carried by, and received in, the first boom member is provided with a link secured between a second substantially fixed horizontal pivot axis on the mobile base and a third horizontal pivot axis on the second boom member whereby, when the first boom is rotated through an increasing included vertical angle, the third pivot axis on the second boom member is moved therewith longitudinally of the first boom member and away from the first horizontal axis thereby reciprocating the second boom member along a portion of the length of the first boom member to cause the distal end of the second boom member to increasingly extend beyond the first boom member.

Abstract: A puzzle game apparatus and method of playing the game are disclosed wherein a base is provided with a plurality of rows of letters and punctuation symbols at fixed locations in the rows. A plurality of template outlines of various planar shapes and sizes are located in fixed positions among the letters and punctuation symbols in the rows. A plurality of movable elements corresponding in shape and size to various ones of the template outlines and adapted to be superimposed in registry thereon are provided. Each movable element has a letter display area which is identical in size and shape with the letter display areas of the other elements and which displays therein a letter.

Abstract: A one-piece molded plastic stake includes a slender elongate body formed of four integral webs which taper inwardly from a rounded striking surface at the trailing end of the stake to an intermediate point of the stake where the webs extend outwardly to provide a shoulder to resist pullout, once the stake has been driven into the ground. The webs taper inwardy from the outer ends of the outwardly extending portions and merge at a point at the leading end of the stake. Reinforcing portions are provided between the webs at the trailing end of the stake and provide for an enlarged striking area.

Abstract: Equipment for receiving and transporting red-hot coke, pushed out of the oven chambers of a chamber coke-oven with vertical flue, and for extracting and purifying the dust-containing gases rising from the coke. The equipment includes duct means and associated suction means for initially extracting the dust-containing gases from an extractor hood and subsequently from the container collecting the hot coke.

Abstract: An enclosure kit for enclosing an open roll over protective structure of a vehicle includes four panels that have connector means associated therewith which can be connected to the roll over protective structure without changing the structural integrity thereof. The connector means includes a flange that is formed along one edge of each panel which is adapted to be received into a trough defined along the upper edge of the roll over protective structure and releasable retainers for connecting each of the panels to vertical posts of the roll over protective structure. The releasable retainers are readily clamped onto the vertical posts and are designed to have two edges of adjacent panels connected thereto with the connection including a shock absorbing member.

Abstract: A releasable lock for locking a boom that is pivoted on a horizontal pivot axis on a frame disclosed herein. The releasable lock includes a pin or first member on the frame and a second member pivotally supported on the boom about a common pivot axis with one end of a unit fluid ram that has its opposite end connected to a material handling unit which is pivoted on the outer end of the boom. A releasable linkage includes linkage between the unit fluid ram and the second member with the linkage having a portion pivotally supported on the boom and arranged so that pivotal movement of the unit fluid ram away from the boom during actuation thereof will automatically release the lock.

Abstract: Calcium sulfate hemihydrate is processed into agglomerates such as granules and/or macrogranules by addition of an aqueous binder to a fluidized charge of calcium sulfate hemihydrate particles. The hemihydrate particles are agglomerated to a predetermined size range and hydrated to calcium sulfate dihydrate. The produced agglomerates have a bulk density of less than about 55 pounds per cubic foot, a surface hardness providing less than about 40 percent attrition, and a liquid holding capacity of at least about 10 percent.

Abstract: Henna-based hair coloring and/or hair conditioning compositions comprising from about 75 to about 95 weight percent of henna powder, from about 1.5 to about 5 weight percent of a non-ionic surface active agent, from about 2.5 to about 15 weight percent of a water soluble polymer and from about 0.5 to about 5 weight percent of a quaternary salt, and improved methods of coloring and/or conditioning hair using henna as the coloring and/or conditioning agent.

Abstract: A radiation curable oligomer which cures to provide a combination of improved elongation and tensile strength is constituted by a selected hydroxy functional polyester having its active hydrogen atoms end-capped by reaction with ethylenically unsaturated monoisocyanate. This polyester is the reaction product of one mole of tris (2-hydroxyethyl) isocyanurate with three moles of saturated dicarboxylic acid and three moles of diol, these proportions being variable within the limits of .+-.20%, the polyester reaction product having an acid value of less than 20, preferably less than 5, and providing hydroxyl-terminated branches having an average length corresponding to a calculated molecular weight of 100-1500.

Abstract: Emollient-containing urea bath bead compositions are disclosed in which an oily perfume is present in a low-foaming or nonfoaming system, while minimizing scum formation on the bathtub walls. Also, anticaking particles are associated with the prills in a nonsegregating fashion, and water is included in the materials sprayed on the urea prills so that water soluble dyes can be dissolved in the water and applied to the prills at the same time.

Abstract: A toy construction kit is provided which includes, as basic building elements, a plurality of interlockable plate members, each plate member having a tongue along one side and a groove along the other side whereby two or more plate members can be connected together in tongue and groove fashion to form a composite structural member with the preferred composite structural member being a hollow polyhedron such as a right rectangular prism. The plate members have apertures for receiving dowel members which have a slot extending along their length so that each dowel member may be force-inserted into one of the apertures for being compressively retained therein. The dowel members also have keyhole-shaped apertures on each end for receiving flat panel members and lock pins. Disc-shaped hubs, wheels and angle blocks are provided for being carried by the dowel members. The angle blocks are provided with projecting pins for being received in the apertures of the plate members.

Abstract: A novel door jamb made of a plurality of sections which are maintained together in a rigid, dimensionally stable frame by strap means disposed around the door jamb members. The strap means are disposed around the inner surfaces of the jamb members which have a generally T-shaped configuration. The strap means are located within the jamb between the fiberglass matter making up the major portion of the jamb assembly and the sidewalls of the jamb.

Abstract: A spreader assembly adapted to be attached to containers for raising and lowering the containers in the bay of a straddle carrier is provided herein. The spreader assembly includes a pair of spaced generally parallel beams that extend through openings in a spreader with the spreader being shiftable on the beams. A cable assembly is interposed between the respective beams and a center part of the spreader to limit the longitudinal movement of the spreader with respect to the beams while accommodating transverse movement of the spreader on the beams.

Abstract: An improvement in an apparatus for transporting and depositing panels with smooth surfaces, comprising a conveyor having substantially horizontally oriented endless belt. A plurality of suction holders carried by said belt means with a suction cut and a venting valve which is opened for depositing said panel at a depositing position. Each of said suction cups is displaceable parallel with the transport direction in relation to the zone of attachment of its body to said belt by a stop provided at said depositing position in the transport path of said panels, which stop on arrival of one of said panels displaces all those adjacent suction cups holding said panel contrarily to said transport direction, which displacement opens the venting valves of all those adjacent individual suction holders holding said panel.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for receiving, separating, distributing, and conveying mixture of materials, such as a mixture of grain, straw and chaff, in a manner that separates small particles of one kind, such as grain, from the rest of the mixture. Inner and outer co-axially aligned cylinders are mounted about a central longitudinally extending drive shaft. The inner cylinder has a generally solid wall and the outer cylinder is foraminous with a plurality of spiral guides mounted on its interior and exterior surfaces. A plurality of discs are mounted at spaced intervals along the shaft within the inner cylinder with the plane of each disc oriented at a non-right angle with respect to the axis of the shaft. A ring is mounted on the periphery of each disc and is adapted for rotation relative thereto.