Abstract: A fishing pole mount comprising a helical coil and an integral shank, removably inserted into a small socket depending from a plate, to be used on boats without leaving parts projecting upwardly when not in use, and which is of a sufficiently small size that it can be used in different places around the gunwales of the boat. The socket may be vertical, in which event the shank is bent at an appropriate angle. In either case, there may be a lug pinched out of the side of the shank upward from the bottom end of the shank and engages in a notch in the side of the socket to prevent the rotation of the pole and coil and to limit the movement of the shank into the socket.

Abstract: A materials handling device, such as a palletizer and/or depalletizer, which may be adapted to operate in either mode, has a mechanism, for feeding pallets to be loaded and ejecting pallets which have been unloaded, at the top of the device. The pallets are introduced into a bay and placed onto an elevator and sequentially indexed upwards a distance equal to each layer to be unloaded or downward a distance equal to each layer to be loaded. The pallets in the machine are indexed to a standard position. Ejection and introduction of loaded and unloaded pallets is automatically sequenced.

Abstract: A motorized vehicular vacuum street sweeper (2) includes a hopper (14), a vacuum system (12) for suctioning debris and depositing same in the hopper (14), and a multi-stage filtration system (16) including a coarse filter above the hopper (14) and two different material filters (54 and 56) in an exhaust section (30) of the vacuum system (12) downstream and external of the hopper (14) to filter dust and the like and afford a cleaner exhaust to the atmosphere.

Abstract: A main field coil for use in a dynamoelectric machine has a support having a predetermined geometry and a solid strand electrical wire with a circular cross section wound about the support. Coilhead (end turn) air vents of predetermined width are interspaced in the wound electrical wire. A structurally rigid removable pin has a grooved portion for receiving the wire and holding it as the air vents are formed, the pin being located at least partially in the air vents. The removable pin is removed from the air vents after the electrical wire is wound about the support.

Abstract: A linear force transducer includes an inclined plate mounted in a chute to be impacted by a flow of granular material, the plate being supported by one or more leaf springs from the chute. An actuator rod is mounted to the plate and extends to a servo mechanism which generates a force to resist deflection of the plate, the actuator rod being supported by a pair of spaced leaf springs. The servo mechanism includes an electromagnetic force generator to apply a force to the actuator rod, with an electronic circuit to produce an electrical current in response to a force applied to the inclined plate to energize the electromagnetic force generator.

Abstract: An improved hat with a visor having at least one pre-formed fold line along which the visor can be folded into a compact configuration for storing in a pocket or the like, without permanently distorting the visor.

Abstract: A carton divider of the type having interlocked partitions of identical construction, each of which has a slot extending inwardly from one edge at an angle thereto and curving back to provide a tab projecting laterally from a hinging line, and a second opening spacer beyond the slot to receive the tab of the companion partition, both openings affording aligned spaced hinging edges on the line; the slot also having a third edge inwardly of the tab, spaced out of alignment with the two hinging edges, and one end of the tab has a slit extending transversely to the tab, and the second opening also has a slit extending toward the slot parallel to, but spaced from, the hinging edges and the crest of the tab slopes inwardly toward the hinging edge.

Abstract: An intercostal tube designed to be inserted between the ribs of a patient for drainage purposes of the chest area, made of relatively stiff but pliable plastic material with its inserting end at a sharp taper with a blunted end, that by being arcuate, preserves the adequate rigidity to permit the tube to be compressed transversely and inserted between the ribs, without widening the portion of the tube required to pass between the ribs, which would require a larger opening in the patient, and increased pain, and that avoids snagging tissue during insertion.

Abstract: A method of preparing pseudobinary mercury, cadmium, telluride (HCT) crystals by controlled crystal growth in a fused silica ampule uses a modified Bridgman-Stockbarger method. In this method, the alloy is cast into one end of the ampule, inverted, heated to a temperature between the liquidus and solidus temperatures of the alloy and directionally solidified in a two zone furnace. The parameters of the solidification treatment are controlled according to the formulaT.sub.U.sup.4 -T.sub.I.sup.4 =T.sub.I.sup.4 -T.sub.L.sup.4,where T.sub.U =the temperature of the furnace upper zone, T.sub.L =the temperature of the furnace lower zone, and T.sub.I =the solidus temperature of the crystal composition. The rate of transfer of the crystal through the furnace and the size of the zone barrier are also controlled. The modified method imparts homogeneity to the crystal composition, both axially of the crystal and radially. The crystals produced by the method have superior properties and a much higher yield.

Abstract: An interlock for a partition assembly made of paper board or the like and having interlocking longitudinal and cross partition strips that form a divider for insertion in a box for shipping items such as bottles, cans, and the like. The interlock includes a slot in each of the longitudinal and cross strips, the slots interfitting to lock the strips together but allowing them to hinge freely between collapsed and open configurations.

Abstract: A linear force transducer includes an inclined plate mounted in a chute to be impacted by a flow of granular material, the plate being supported by one or more leaf springs from the chute. An actuator rod is mounted to the plate and extends to a servo mechanism which generates a force to resist deflection of the plate, the actuator rod being supported by a pair of spaced leaf springs. The servo mechanism includes an electromagnetic force generator to apply a force to the actuator rod, with an electronic circuit to produce an electrical current in response to a force applied to the inclined plate to energize the electromagnetic force generator.

Abstract: A fuse puller includes a central handle portion and a blade fuse fixture at one end having a pair of generally colinear tines, each tine having a barb at its end with a tab like projection extending inwardly to engage the upraised shoulder of a blade type fuse. A center stem extends between the tines and has a generally concave platform surface adapted to receive the barrel of a barrel type fuse. The other end of the tool has a generally flattened hook like projection for sliding insertion between a barrel type fuse and fuse block and pivoting movement under the end of a barrel type fuse to pry out an end thereof. The fuse puller may be a one piece injection molded structure made from a polycarbonate compound.

Abstract: A suspension system for a drive axle includes a torque beam fixedly secured to the axle, one or two air springs extending between the torque beam and the chassis, and a universal joint comprised of two transversely mounted rubber bushings mounting the forward end of the torque beam to the chassis. The torque beam may be overslung or underslung from the axle, and the universal joint mounted with its transverse bushing substantially on the same horizontal center line as the axle. The drive axle suspension may also have a beam guide mounted to the torque beam and extending upwardly adjacent the chassis frame, or a cross radius rod to limit lateral movement. Another embodiment of the suspension is for a steer axle which has a straight torque beam and either an outboard beam guide or an aft vertical rail guide to limit the lateral displacement of the suspension with respect to the chassis.

Abstract: A solvent reclaiming unit has a still for distillation of contaminated solvents to recover clean solvent from the solvent vapor. The still has a tapered or conical bottom heat exchange surface surrounded by a heat source. The still has scrapers which wipe the heat exchange surface to prevent scaling of the heat exchange surface. The scrapers are driven during the distillation process by an external motor and reducer. The contact of the scrapers with the heat exchange surface is adjustable from outside of the still to maintain wiping contact. The wiping portion or blades of the scrapers may be formed of brass or other soft material attached to a harder material, such as a spring stainless steel. A safety stop is provided in the interior of the vessel so that the blades may not be adjusted to the point that the harder steel comes in contact with the heat exchange surface.

Abstract: An oral hygiene instrument has a handle having a brush on one end and a suction hose connector on the other end. An internal bore begins at an opening in the center of the brush and extends through the handle to the suction hose connector. A suction system of the type found in most hospitals may be connected to the connector in order to evacuate any moisture or debris adjacent the opening.

Abstract: A portable mixing device particularly for use with power drills or the like, having a helicoidal flight of coil units of equal dimensions leading up from a bottom, that has a radial edge to scrape material off the bottom of a can and a rounded corner that prevents the edge from cutting into a can, the several coils of helixes terminating at the top in another radial edge with a rounded corner to prevent cutting into the side of the can, with a circular baffle plate spaced a predetermined distance above the top edge of the helical flight to deflect the material being stirred upwardly by the device, outwardly to that it can then circulate back downwardly to effect the mixing circulation.

Abstract: An impulse momentum dry flow sensor includes a plate for mounting in a "dead-end" turn of a granular material carrying conduit, a leaf spring suspension to limit its movement to substantially a horizontal plane, and a linear force transducer to measure the force applied to the plate by granular material negotiating the turn. The linear force transducer includes an inclined plate mounted in a chute to be impacted by a flow of granular material, the plate being supported by one or more leaf springs from the chute. An actuator rod is mounted to the plate and extends to a servo mechanism which generates a force to resist deflection of the plate, the actuator rod being supported by a pair of spaced leaf springs. The servo mechanism includes an electro-magnetic force generator to apply a force to the actuator rod, with an electronic circuit to produce an electrical current in response to a force applied to the inclined plate to energize the electromagnetic force generator.