Abstract: A portable tank having a skeleton frame with a corner mounted fitting having an outlet discharging into the tank and an inlet for connection to a tank truck.

Abstract: A pigment for metallizing ceramics comprising borate treated nickel with or without additions of tin, zinc, or mixtures of tin and zinc.

Abstract: A sealed beam lamp shock suppressing retainer ring grommet for quadruplicating lamp life.The dual shocking suppression takes place as a result of the ductile rubberlike material and the cantilever load effect of the lamp on the free end of the grommet.Additional features include weatherproof lamp electrodes, retainer ring and lamp grommet combined as one unit, external ease of changing the sealed beam lamps and a long retainer ring life.

Abstract: A marker or clearance light for semi trailers and the like which increases the life by a factor of from 3 to 10.

Abstract: Attempted boat theft is detected by measuring the increased displacement of the boat caused by the added weight of the thief. The device measures the slight sinking of the boat into the water under the added weight and automatically resets so as to be in readiness for responding to the next person.

Abstract: This invention relates to an electromagnetically controlled four-way valve and has as an objective the creation of such a valve as to be exceptionally fast acting and fast cycling, while requiring comparatively little power or force to operate it, a valve that will be especially suited to high flow, low pressure applications, a valve of considerable capacity that does not require a smaller valve to pilot it, or a minimum line pressure and back pressure to actuate it, but does require a slight fluid flow, a valve that will have a low flow resistance factor, a valve that is hermetically sealed to the outside environment, a valve of simple construction (only two moving parts), a valve that is easily and inexpensively produced, a valve in which the application does not require a positive no leak shut-off to flow, but of which application does allow for a neutral position with all ports open, or will require no active neutral position at all--the neutral position only being passed through to make the other positio

Abstract: A mobile bread unit which replaces the lower shelves of a display rack for bakery products and carries front and back rows of bread so that as the front row is sold, the unit may be pulled out, reversed and reinserted to bring the back row into position.

Abstract: A concrete block panel with mortarless joints in which the blocks are held together in vertical and horizontal compression by steel strapping and are reenforced by external coatings of glass fiber cement. The blocks may be insulated by urethane foam board sandwiched between the outer surface of the panel and external facing blocks. The blocks may also be used with mortar joints. The urethane foam board insulation assists in laying the blocks with either dry or mortar joints.

Abstract: A monolithic ceramic capacitor with base metal electrodes fired in an atmosphere of oxygen at low partial pressure in which the reaction between the electrodes and the ceramic prevents conversion of the ceramic into the semiconductive state. The base metal is a transition metal or a transition metal alloy, preferably nickel. The method is usable with any green ceramic without changing the firing temperature. The only change required is from the normal oxygen partial pressure in the kiln open to the atmosphere to an atmosphere of much lower oxygen partial pressure.

Abstract: A ball with a tail of flexible plastic foam by which the ball may be thrown or caught. The tail trails the ball in flight and is of cross section great enough to prevent wrapping around or tangling with tree limbs, wires, etc., with which the tail may come in contact during flight.

Abstract: Pneumatic cushion childrens' toy in which two children are respectively confined between a sling and opposite sides of a huge pneumatic cushion attached to the center of the sling. By reason of the cushion, the children can dance about and push or pull or bump each other without direct bodily contact.

Abstract: An improvement on the end plate shear connection (Table IX, Section 4-57, Seventh Edition A I S C Manual of Steel Construction) in which the end plate has an integral stem plate at right angles to the end plate and offset from the center line of the end plate to compensate for the web thickness of the beam to which the end plate is to be connected. The end plate is secured to the web of the beam by a shop weld with the weld adjacent the end plate fully penetrating the web, the stem plate and the end plate. Before welding, the stem plate is clamped to the web and minor adjustments made so that when welded the finished length of the beam will be proper and the end plate will be properly located and aligned with the center line of the beam. The end plate - stem plate unit is prefabricated in stock sizes. The unit may be a rolled shape. The stem plate may be joined to the end plate by a single fillet weld at the junction between the stem plate and the end plate remote from the web.

Abstract: An automatic drain system for compressed air systems, air dryers, aftercoolers, separators and the like, which eliminates the loss of compressed air and is not clogged by sediment in the accumulated liquid or slurry.

Abstract: A rotary disc trimmer in which the rotor and stator leads have heads received in the same socket in the stator and are insulated from each other by a disc of insulating material fixed to the head of the rotor terminal and centered on the rotor shaft.

Abstract: A trimmer capacitor for electronic watches and other electric circuits requiring compact, low profile trimmers. The capacitor has a rigid ceramic rotor with a flat lower surface and stator of a metal clad flexible sheet of dielectric material having the metal cladding presented to and making conforming contact with the lower surface of the rotor.

Abstract: Burr coated balls which stick to targets of burr adherent material are made from two rims which intersect in planes at right angles to each other. The rims have flat tread surfaces. The burr coating is applied by tapes having a substantially non stretchable backing and a face of burr material. The backing is adhered to the surfaces with the face outermost. The flat tread surfaces provide better adherence at the edges of the tape. The balls are adapted to injection molding, blow molding and vacuum forming from impact resistant thermoplastics. In one game the players throw the balls against a target of burr adherent material. In another game the players catch the balls with gloves of burr adherent material.

Abstract: A checker for a.c. and d.c. voltages in the range of 3 to 250 or more volts in which a single light emitting diode serves as an indicator for all voltages and the current through the light emitting diode is controlled by a transistor and a zener diode. The tester indicates a.c. or d.c. and polarity of d.c. voltages.

Abstract: Electrostatic water treating apparatus having a hollow charging electrode with an external impervious dielectric coating immersed in the water to be treated in which the interior of the electrode is kept dry by a water tight cap telescoped over the dielectric coating and having an O-ring seal with its wet side engaging the water and its dry side vented to the atmosphere.

Abstract: A work piece in a hot gas isostatic bonding furnace is cooled by increasing convection within the furnace prior to depressurizing. The convection may be wholly due to thermal gradients or may be supplemented by a compressor. The cooling jacket for the furnace walls may supply the entire cooling or may be supplemental heat exchanger. The quenching takes place within the furnace without changing the atmosphere.