Abstract: An improved guide fixture is disclosed. The guide fixture includes two portions forming a guide passage. The first portion funnels a discrete element into a second portion. A knife edge located adjacent a slot in the guide passage separates the discrete element from a holder while the discrete element is inserted into a cartridge.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a bicycle coasting mechanism. The coasting mechanism includes a plurality of pawls which are rotatably mounted and which are configured to engage a plurality of ratchet teeth. A linkage engages each pawl and causes the substantially simultaneous engagement of each pawl with the ratchet teeth.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device for measuring horizontal and vertical eye movement utilizing infrared technology. The device rests on the user's nose and, in alternate versions, can be secured to the user's head via a head strap or temple arms which will provide greater alignment and applications. It is comprised of a nose bridge piece and mounting means which house the calculation and measurement technology. The nose bridge is similar to that of ordinary eye glasses with the mounting means, or head strap, or temple arms attached thereto. The mounting means consist of a lightweight horizontal component which extends from the nose bridge and underneath the eyes. This component is located below the horizontal center of the eye and rests above the cheek area of the user's face. Illuminators, which are oriented approximately linear to the horizontal axis of the eye on the component, radiate light into the lower portion of the eye.

Abstract: A silencer and method of making are described. A tube is wrapped with a layer of texturized fiber yarn. A septum is then overlaid. Other layers of fiber and septums may also be added. Once rolling is completed, the roll is placed in a canister with end caps.

Abstract: A forklift having a frame supported by front and rear wheels is mounted on a carrier by inserting its forks into pockets mounted on the frame of the carrier vehicle and lifting the wheels of the forklift off the ground. A pair of wheel abutments on the underside of the carrier serve as abutments for the front wheels of the forklift to prevent its forward movement. A combined lock and support structure connected to the frame of the carrier prevents separation of the forklift from the carrier after the hydraulic system of the forklift is neutralized and all pressure on the forks, carriage, and mast are relieved of support forces.

Abstract: The presently disclosed invention is a device for measuring horizontal and vertical eye movement. The device is adaptable to utilize multiple measurement technologies (e.g., direct infrared, electro-oculography, ultrasound, or video), and is capable of measuring each eye individually or both eyes jointly. The present invention overcomes the shortcomings of the prior art by requiring minimal adjustment for accurate measurement, only minimally obstructing the user's visual range (i.e., slightly more than the user's own nose), being made of low cost and readily available material, and by being comprised of a comfortable and efficient design of an adjustable nose and forehead piece with an adjustable head strap. An additional advancement over the prior art is that the presently disclosed device does not require an aperture or frame, as did the prior art, or any additional optics such as, lenses, mirrors, or prisms.

Abstract: A humidifier pad with multiple layers of slit and expanded paper laminated together. At least one, and in some preferred embodiments, up to half of the paper layers comprise substantially nonwicking paper and the remaining layers comprise highly absorbent wicking paper. Wick type humidifier pads are particularly useful in humidifiers wherein the lower portion of the pad is submerged in a reservoir of water. The upper portion of the pad, exposed to a flow of air to be humidified, is supplied with water due to the high rate of capillary rise featured by the wicking paper layers. Including non-wicking layers wetted by the wicking layers provide an output capacity comparable to conventionally constructed pads which include all wicking paper layers and an attendant saving of the cost of materials.

Abstract: A releasable locking lid formed from a planar blank of paperboard material which is adapted to fit a locking style box and which can be formed using automated paperboard folding equipment. Fold lines are provided in selected locations in the paperboard blank to define a top wall and two pair of opposing side walls surrounding the top wall. Each of one pair of side walls are configured to form a double ply in the final form and include a pair of cut-out portions which form recesses on the inner side of the double ply side wall which mate with corresponding flaps provided on the box to releasably lock the lid on the box. The double ply side walls also include a flap portion on each end adapted to mate with a diagonally folded flap on the ends of the other pair of opposing side walls. These flaps are adhesively bound together to connect the side walls to one another.

Abstract: A holder mounting assembly for a bar code price scanner of the type having a removably mounted rear mounting plate. The holder and mounting assembly includes a vertical rear wall, a horizontal bottom wall provided with a forwardly extending lip portion disposed at an upwardly directed acute angle. Side walls are included which extend along the rear and horizontal walls and the lip portion. The lip portion includes an opening aligned to provide visual access to the reading head of a bar code scanner mounted to the holder assembly. The vertical rear wall includes a plurality of holes disposed to be aligned with holes provided in the scanner mounting plate such that the scanner mounting plate, removed from the scanner, can be fixed to the vertical rear wall of the holder assembly and to a vertical support surface in a convenient location in a retail store area.

Abstract: A forklift having a frame supported by front and rear wheels is mounted on a carrier by inserting its forks into pockets mounted on the frame of the carrier vehicle and lifting the wheels of the forklift off the ground. A pair of wheel abutments on the underside of the carrier serve as abutments for the front wheels of the forklift to prevent its forward movement. A combined lock and support structure connected to the frame of the carrier prevents separation of the forklift from the carrier after the hydraulic system of the forklift is neutralized and all pressure on the forks, carriage, and mast are relieved of support forces.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting a loss in cross-sectional area of metallic reinforcing members having magnetic properties of a conductor indicating corrosion effects on the conductor. The method comprises providing a motive force to move a data collection component and a detector component along a length of conductor. The detector includes a rotating magnetic source spaced apart from an electronic coil winding. In use, a conductor is interpositioned between the magnetic source and electronic coil winding. The amount of magnetic field passing through the conductor induces a voltage in the coil inversely proportional to the cross-sectional area of the steel reinforcing strands of a conductor. The described apparatus can be used to determine the rate of loss of cross-sectional area for a conductor over a period of in use by measuring the cross-sectional areas of the metallic reinforcing members over an adequate time interval.

Abstract: A container-filling-and-weighing device having a frame and a connected weighing member. A first single point load cell is connected near the top of the weighing member and attaches to the frame. A second single point load cell extends from near the bottom of the weighing member and attaches to the frame. The load cells are preferably parallel, essentially identical and intersected by a vertical line. Any nonvertical force applied to the upper load cell is offset numerically by an equal and opposite nonvertical force applied to the lower load cell. These disparities are removed by averaging the numerical output from each load cell.

Abstract: A device adapted to be worn by a human to provide transcutaneous neural stimulation or EMG monitoring useful for treating pelvic floor dysfunctions which includes a base portion comprising a flexible, nonabsorbent material layer configured to overlie the pelvic floor region of a human. The base is provided with an opening or slot disposed to overlie the anus or the vagina of the wearer to aid in proper positioning of the device. A pair of electrodes are mounted to the base in spaced relationship to one another and in surrounding and closely adjacent relationship to said slot. The electrodes preferably have a configuration adapted to overlie a sufficient portion of the pelvic floor region surrounding the anus of the wearer to effect a highly efficient stimulation of the pelvic floor muscles.

Abstract: An improved closed loop variable volume water heating or cooling system having one or more work units for supplying heated or cooling water to a heating or cooling system which includes a dual purpose water mixing and air separator vessel. This vessel includes two inlets and one outlet port disposed in predetermined locations in the side walls of said vessel to receive and mix return water from the system and water bypassed from the work units prior to communicating this mixture to the supply inlet of the work units. The inlet ports are offset from the centerline of the vessel to cause entrained air to separate from the water streams and rise to exit the vessel through an air vent disposed in an upper portion of the vessel.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting a loss in cross-sectional area of metallic reinforcing members having magnetic properties of a conductor indicating corrosion effects on the conductor. The method and apparatus comprises a tug component to provide the motive force to move a data collection component and a detector component along a length of conductor. The tug component further includes a rechargeable battery, a motor energizable by the rechargeable battery, a guide wheel and tensioner assembly. Linked to the tug is a data collection component. In turn, a detector is linked to the data collection unit. The tug, data collection unit and detector all ride along the same conductor by a series of guide wheels and tensioners. The detector further includes a magnetic source spaced apart from an electronic coil winding. In use, a conductor is interpositioned between the magnetic source and electronic coil winding.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for automatically scoring the hock portion of a poultry leg to sever the surrounding skin and soft connective tissues from the underlying bone which is characterized by employing oppositely directed water knives aligned at a right angle to the linear path of travel of a vertically disposed poultry leg to effect a complete circumferential cut about the periphery of the hock area in a single pass through the water knives. The water knives are formed by a plurality of water jets or streams emitted from a horizontally disposed manifold mounted within a protective housing to contain the spray of water created and direct the waste water to a collection area.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting a loss in cross-sectional area of metallic reinforcing members having magnetic properties of a conductor indicating corrosion effects on the conductor. The method and apparatus comprises a tug component to provide the motive force to move a data collection component and a detector component along a length of conductor. The tug component further includes a rechargeable battery, a motor energizable by the rechargeable battery, a guide wheel and tensioner assembly. Linked to the tug is a data collection component. In turn, a detector is linked to the data collection unit. The tug, data collection unit and detector all ride along the same conductor by a series of guide wheels and tensioners. The detector further includes a magnetic source spaced apart from an electronic coil winding. In use, a conductor is interpositioned between the magnetic source and electronic coil winding. The magnetic source is preferably energized to produce an alternating (e.g.

Abstract: An improved closed loop variable volume water heating or cooling system having one or more work units for supplying heated or cooling water to a heating or cooling system which includes a dual purpose water mixing and air separator vessel. This vessel includes two inlets and one outlet port disposed in predetermined locations in the side walls of said vessel to receive and mix return water from the system and water bypassed from the work units prior to communicating this mixture to the supply inlet of the work units. The inlet ports are offset from the centerline of the vessel to cause entrained air to separate from the water streams and rise to exit the vessel through an air vent disposed in an upper portion of the vessel.

Abstract: An elongate composite structural member and method of making the same which is particularly useful for forming the handle of hand-held striking and prying tools or implements. The elongate structure member comprises a foamed in place molded resin composition core and outer skin layer which is reinforced with intermediate layer of structurally strong, unidirectional oriented fibers. The expanded foam resin, intermediate fiber layer and the expanded foam resin outer skin are bound together by the cured foamed resin composition formed during the molding process to form a strong, integral composite structure.