Abstract: A remote access and control system having two pc's, a first of which receives information concerning a condition to be controlled, a controller for controlling the condition, information concerning the condition being supplied to the second pc, said second pc develops further information for controlling the condition, such further information is supplied to the first pc and this information is applied to the controller to have the controller maintain the desired conditions.

Abstract: A planar connector is constructed to permit large numbers of two part connectors to be ganged for concurrent interconnection with virtually no cross talk between adjacent connectors and minimal damage due to misalignment of the large number in the array that are concurrently connected. Cross talk is minimized by having contact of the connector elements occur in shielded regions or below the plane of contact of the opposing contact members while the engaging members are planar mating interfaces at the point of engagement, thus materially reducing wear relative to a pin and socket type contact. This feature allows these planar blind-mate connectors to operate over one hundred thousand mating cycles. Contact with antennas and printed circuits is provided, and floating inner and outer contacts provide a superior long life rotary joint providing excellent r.f. performance. The connector body is held in a support and remains stationary in said support in the presence of movement of the planar contacts.

Abstract: Valving employed to control side closing elements of bag clamping apparatus of a bag filling machine is altered to cause the elements to move slowly to close the sides of a bag being filled whereby air is permitted to escape externally through slowly closing openings at the sides of the bag. At a predetermined time determined by the size and contents of the bag the openings are closed rapidly thereby sealing the bag once fitted.

Abstract: A cooler for an air conditioning system or other system having a heated surface to be cooled has an array of nozzles for issuing a fine spray of liquid. A fan of the cooler induces flow of air over a surface to be cooled, the nozzles issuing into the flow of air the fine spray at a distance from the heated surface such that the liquid of the fine spray is fully evaporated prior to contact with the heated surface. Drop sizes of 20 to 30 microns are typical.

Abstract: A mounting structure for a nasal oxygen catheter elevates and somewhat shortens the tip of the nose of a user to increase the area of the nasal air passages whereby a large quantity of air may enter the nostrils and sweep oxygen into the nostrils with each inhalation of the user. In a preferred embodiment a cup-shaped member snubs the end of the nose and has preferably a plurality of downwardly extending fingers in contact with said catheter.

Abstract: In order to protect body members adjacent an invasive procedure on a body, the member to be protected is illuminated preferably with infrared light energy and the entire site of the invasive procedure is viewed through an optical system that conducts both infrared and visible light energy to one or more video cameras. Various structures may be employed to separate the visible and infrared light energies so that the signals representing such light energies may be processed separately and differently if desired and then recombined for display or separately displayed on a video color monitor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a circuit arrangement for controlling a stepper motor, e.g. in a panoramic X-ray apparatus. In the method of the invention, the control data of a processor (5) is first converted into an analog signal with a digital-analog converter (6), and the signal thus obtained is integrated with an integrating circuit (7,10), whereafter the signal is converted into pulses controlling the stepper motor (9) with a voltage-frequency converter (8). The circuit arrangement comprises preferably one or two integrators. In consequence, the changes in the speed of rotation of the stepper motor can be made stepless, whereby the stresses directed at the mobile parts are small, and mechanical oscillation caused by high momentary forces is avoided. In addition, the loading of the processor can be made uniform. Error correction circuits employing feedback are employed to enhance operation of the invention.

Abstract: The end region of an optical fiber cable is removed to expose the coated optical fiber and some of the cable reinforcing non-optical fibers. The coating is removed from the optical fiber which, when covered with glue or the like, is inserted into a hole in a ferrule. The hole is large enough to accept the uncoated fiber but not the coated fiber. Thus the ferrule is pushed onto the fiber until the coating is contacted insuring that no uncoated optical fiber is exposed. The uncoated length of the optical fiber is long enough to extend out the end of the ferrule remote from the cable and is removed flush with the end of the ferrule. The entire assembly, on an optical disconnect type, an end region of the cable, the non-optical fiber, the coated optical fiber extending between the cable and the ferrule and an end region of the ferrule adjacent the cable, are all encapsulated in an optical fiber connector which may be straight or angled at 45.degree. or more in the region between the cable and the ferrule.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for illuminating the region of a body member to be subjected to a surgical procedure by inserting an infrared conducting fiber into the body member, the fiber emitting infrared light energy over a limited range at the precise location where the procedure is to occur. The procedure may involve an organ, a blood vessel, even a nerve. Mechanisms and detectors may be employed to locate the infrared emissions.

Abstract: A mirror angle adjusting device for use with an automotive rearview mirror assembly has a base member adapted to be fixed to an automobile body, a mirror housing assembly angularly movably coupled to the base member, a mirror holder tiltably supported on the mirror housing assembly and holding a rearview mirror, a control lever assembly for remotely controlling angular adjustment of the rearview mirror, and a coupling assembly for coupling the mirror holder and the control lever assembly. The coupling assembly includes a rotatable shaft mechanism having at least one shaft rotatable about an axis thereof in response to operation of the control lever assembly, an arm swingable about the shaft in response to rotation of the shaft for tilting the mirror holder, and a clutch assembly for selectively disconnecting the control lever assembly from the mirror holder, the clutch assembly including a cam on the shaft and a flat spring assembly between the arm and the shaft for resiliently engaging the cam.

Abstract: A breaking device for separating a substrate along a scribe line formed in a surface of the substrate and spaced a predetermined distance D from a previously formed scribe line. The breaking device comprises a body member and a pair of laterally spaced annular profile members carried by the body member, the profile members each having a wall structure terminating in the contact surface. The amount of lateral spacing between the profile members is substantially equal to ND, where N is an integer, so that the contact surfaces of the pair of profile members are arranged for surface contact with a substrate on opposite sides of the scribe line, with one of the contact surfaces positioned adjacent the previously formed scribe line.

Abstract: A cable termination system for heavy duty cables having a threaded metallic or plastic shield includes only two members; a termination body and a termination nut, the former having internal threads mating with an internal thread shield of the cable and the latter having rounded internal threads mating with rounded external threads of the termination to clamp at least the outer braids of the cable between the external threads of the termination and the internal threads of the termination nut. The termination body is screwed onto the shield and provides an annular pocket to receive the end of the shield to protect the wires of the cable from burrs and sharp edges at the end of the shield. The internal threads of the termination have a different pitch from those of its external threads whereby the threads bind the termination nut and prevent it from becoming unscrewed from the cable.

Abstract: A frameless end dump trailer has one or more rotating structures placed in its subframe and suspension area in order to permit the use of a single point suspension in a tandem axle configuration in an unrestricted rotation mode with the option to engage the rotating structure to severely limit the rotation of the single point suspension.

Abstract: A drop cloth holder and dispenser has a spine secured to a stand and vertically movable relative thereto. The spine has a plurality of telescoping arms extending therefrom; the arms mounted such as to be rotatable to a position generally parallel to the spine. The spine can be rotated to a position parallel to the stand and is adapted to carry a roll of drop cloth material that can be extended to cover the arms and retracted into a roll. The arms may be tilted relative to the horizontal to permit the structure to fit into relatively small areas.

Abstract: A wafer to be diced to form chips is placed on the sticky side of a thin elastic film in the form of a Swiss Cross which is secured to the side members of a compressed but expandable square frame, the frame being placed in a scribing and dicing machine in its released state so that the frame and thus the film can expand during the dicing operation, further expansion being accomplished after dicing of the wafer by heating the film while in an expansion fixture to insure removal of the chips from the film without damaging adjacent chips. The sticky material on the film may be rendered less sticky after formation of the chips by exposure to ultraviolet energy or the like.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine has a cylinder assembly including a cylinder block and a cylinder head mounted thereon, the cylinder assembly having an exhaust passage defined in the cylinder block and a water jacket defined therein around the exhaust passage. A water jacket cover is mounted on an outer surface of the cylinder block in covering relation to the water jacket, and has an opening defined therein. The cylinder block has an air inlet passage defined therein across the water jacket and communicating with the opening and the exhaust passage. A valve cover is mounted on an outer surface of the water jacket cover. The water jacket cover and the valve cover jointly define a valve chamber therebetween. A valve is disposed in the valve chamber for selectively introducing air from the valve chamber through the opening and the air inlet passage into the exhaust passage to assist in burning harmful unburned components contained in an exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust passage.

Abstract: A work station has a work platform adopted for generally vertical movement by means of an electric motor through a drive shaft and sprocket arrangement that drives an endless belt or chain around a pair of vertically aligned sprockets on each side of the station, the work platform being carried on supports secured to the belt or chain to impart vertical movement to the supports and thus to the work platform.

Abstract: A small loop antenna employs circuits for increasing the power output and bandwidth of such antennas by employing coaxial cable or wide antenna elements on which the coaxial cable may be mounted or use microstrip, both for the purpose of reducing the inductance and resistance of the antenna structure in a fixed ratio so that the reduced terminating resistance increases the level of signal output. This method applies to both receiving and transmitting antennas for cases where the terminating resistance is much larger than the radiation resistance plus the antenna and tuner loss resistances.

Abstract: A termination ferrule body with a ferrule for an optical fiber is molded directly about the optical fiber employing a mold insert defining a hole in the insert that precisely locates the optical fiber in the center of the end of the ferrule.

Abstract: A tweezer-like heater structure includes a pair of arms that can be pivoted towards one another and a pair of legs having ferromagnetic temperature self regulating Curie point heaters at the ends of the legs, the legs being removably connectable to electrical connectors located in the arms whereby current is supplied to coils that energize the heaters. Heaters of different temperatures are provided by choosing heaters with ferromagnetic materials having different Curie temperatures. The structure is used as a soldering iron by inserting a heater with a proper shape in one arm and short circuitry the connector in the other arm.