Abstract: An improved foot odor adsorbent is described having about 2.5% by weight of zinc oxide impregnated onto finely divided activated charcoal. Data is presented comparing the odor-reducing ability of the improved charcoal to conventional activated charcoal, zinc oxide powder, and standard latex foam that has been vulcanized with zinc oxide. Data is also presented showing the comparative odor-reducing ability of latex foam which incorporates various amounts of the improved activated charcoal and standard foam incorporating conventional activated charcoal.

Abstract: A device to facilitate the luggages' loading into and the unloading out of aircraft holds consisting of a movable truck which is located in the aircraft hold and receives in succession from the conventional belt elevator the luggages or packages to be conveyed to the operators within the aircraft hold, whereupon the movable truck is returned to the starting point to receive another luggage and so on until the loading operation is completed. The luggages' unloading operation is performed in the reverse direction.

Abstract: An animal collar for controlling fleas and ticks which is formed as an elongated strip with fasteners at the ends thereof. The strip is a plastic material with an effective amount of pesticide dispersed therethrough and has a substantial cross section with a breaking strength such that the strip cannot be broken should the animal hang by the collar. The strip has at least one break point of greatly reduced cross section to provide for a fracture of the plastic strip. The fracture strength at the break point is determined by a dropped weight of about 60 percent of the weight that would cause fracture in straight gently applied tension. The collar is described as having two break points, each positioned opposite each other when the collar is fastened around the neck of the animal.

Abstract: A strong marble tile trim for providing a smooth transition at an inside corner between two tile walls and at an outside corner for a termination point of tile, is shown in which the tile trim is made from permanently bonded strips with one of the strips having an exposed face formed as a quarter-round surface having a radius in the range of about 2.0 to 3.3 times the thickness of the tile. The method of making the strip is described in which two standard tiles have their major faces placed against permanently bonding mortar and, after being bonded, they are cut into strips and one of said strips has formed thereon, by grinding, either a concave or a convex surface having a radius in the range of about 2.0 to 3.3 times the thickness of the tile for which it has been formed, yet still within one tile thickness.

Abstract: A chewable aspirin and buffering material tablet and method for producing same is disclosed herein. In a single dosage form the aspirin and buffering materials are integrally dispersed and bound in a fatty material of chocolate, synthetic chocolate or hydrogenated tallow. The tablet is for gastrointestinal applications and is especially adopted for use with animals, particularly dogs, and can be molded into a variety of shapes including that of a miniature dog bone.

Abstract: A container closure molded from plastics material has a top, an annular skirt depending from the top and formed with a screw-threaded on its internal surface, and a tamper-evident ring connected to the bottom edge of the skirt by frangible bridges. The radially inner surface of the ring is formed with wedge-shaped inwardly projecting protrusions for engaging under a security band on the neck of a container. An annular groove is formed on the radially-outer surface of the ring at a location axially between the upper ends of the protrusions and the bridges, and serves to form a hinge in an advantageous method of molding the closure.

Abstract: A trash entry chute device for mounting on a top-opening trash container, which device supports and holds open a limp plastic film bag for use as a disposable liner for the container. The device comprises a chute having a flange which supports the device on the container and diverts trash into the chute, and bag support means in opposite positions on the outside surface of the chute. When a bag is supported by the device, the chute fits into the mouth of the bag, holding it open to receive trash.

Abstract: An enhancer or promoter useful for improving the dyeing of fibrous materials is described. This enhancer is N-acetyl ethanolamine. It operates to facilitate dyeing of the material so as to accelerate, deepen and/or fix the coloration imparted to the material.

Abstract: A capsule 11 for enclosing a neck portion of a container 17 equipped with a bung, cork, screw-cap or other closure 18 is formed from a crimp-shaped capsule blank. The blank has a top 12 and a depending skirt 13 and is made by impact-extruding a strip of aluminum. The skirt is compressed inwardly into close contact with the neck portion of the container and the exposed laterally-facing surfaces of the closure 18. The skirt of the blank may have an increasing diameter in a direction away from the top and may have formed thereon prior to application of the blank to the container circumferentially-extending lines of weakness 14 and a tear-tab for facilitating removal of the capsule.

Abstract: A ski comprising a guide pipe (2) guiding a string of elements that transmit a towing force to any conventional towing device attached to the string at suitable intervals. Instead of being a tension element like a wire, a rope or the like, which is conventional in known ski tows, the string consists of separate pressure elements (7), each having at either end an end face contacting the opposed end face of an adjacent element, whereby the towing force is transmitted by pushing the string, which is accordingly subjected to a compression force.

Abstract: An improved vacuum system for a system for accurately tracing on an electron sensitive film with an electron beam which passes through three (3) adjacent vacuum stages and where each stage has a predetermined vacuum level is disclosed herein. The vacuum system is a high performance, fully automatic, three (3) stage, differentially pumped system. Two (2) stages of the system each use a diffusion pump as a first pump means. The diffusion pump of the second stage is backed by a single direct drive mechanical pump and also acts as the backing pump for the diffusion pump of the first stage. The third stage uses a single direct drive mechanical pump for vacuum pumping its chamber.

Abstract: A moulded screw-cap for a container has a plurality of screw-thread ridges 24 formed internally of the skirt 19 of the cap each ridge having helical first portion 25 extending away from the top 18 and a second portion 26 of substantially zero helix angle. The circumferential distance A between the nose 28 of portion 26 and the line 29 of the lower face of portion 25 of each ridge 24 is less than the circumferential distance between the thread ridges on the container. A transition portion 27 is provided between portions 25 and 26 and, during application of the cap to a container allows the portions 26 to drop into the gaps between adjacent thread ridges on the container sufficiently to bring the upper surfaces of portion 26 into correct position for engagement with complementary inclined surfaces of the projections on the container, so that no downward pressure need be applied to the cap.

Abstract: A system for forming an air laid web of fibers and/or particles on a moving foraminous carrier. Fibers and/or particles are blended, and while supported in an air stream, introduced into a distributor unit. The distributor unit includes a rotatable cylinder formed with classification apertures of a predetermined shape, number, and size as specifically related to the types of fibers and/or particles utilized. A rotatable shaft with radially extending wire-like members agitates the fibers and/or particles and throws them outwardly through the apertures. Downwardly directed air flow transports the refined fibers and/or particles so as to form a homogeneous, still further refined, web on the surface of the carier. A variety of adjustments and alternations can be made to the system and its components to control the composition and thickness of the end product, and to attain maximum capacity for any combination of fibers and/or particles.

Abstract: A new dental adhesive device to hold and cushion prosthetic devices in the human mouth is made as a laminate of webs which are bonded together by thermoplastic ethylene oxide polymer. The dental adhesive exemplified is produced by continuously applying thermoplastic ethylene oxide polymer between moving webs of cellulose acetate fibers, and thence passing said webs in superimposed relationship between a pair of dry heated calendar rolls for thermoplastically bonding said web into a unitary structure. A dry water-activated adhesive material such as sodium alginate may be admixed with the thermoplastic ethylene oxide polymer and applied to the moving webs before passing between the calendar rolls. It is also contemplated that the synthetic fibers be applied to the webs so as to extend transversely through the webs with the free ends of the fibers from each web being entangled so as to be mechanically interlocked.

Abstract: A sea anchor for a vessel, which is formed in a generally symmetrical configuration of a hollow and baseless truncated body or paraboloid with a wide mouth member at the edge of the cone base of strong material forming a hollow generally truncated body which is attached to a wide mouth strength member and in which the strong material has orifices in it so as to cause energy dissipation by the increased velocity therethrough and with the area of the orificial opening being not greater than 75 percent of the surface area of the truncated body and where the depth of truncated cone is such that the ratio of the diameter of the base of the body to the height or depth is in the range of 80 to 90 percent. The sea anchor of the invention has a bridal means attached to the wide mouth strength member arranged to have members meet at the longitudinal centerline of the cone for joining to a single anchor line from said vessel. The joining point the distance from the base of the body in the range of 1.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for heating fluids to a relatively high temperature, such as sterilization temperature, in which the fluid, such as a liquid, is heated by direct contact with steam while it is in the form of a very thin, free-falling film or a continuous falling stream so that heating of the fluid is accomplished without the fluid coming into contact with any surface and particularly metal surfaces which are hotter than the fluid product being heated and with minimum agitation and turbulence of the fluid product. This procedure enables maximum and uniform heat penetration in a minimum time interval with the film or stream being maintained as thin as possible and unbroken by introducing steam at a relatively low velocity in a large volume vessel.

Abstract: A dyeing system for human hair is provided comprising a bismuth salt and a catalyst which has a chemical structure having either an oxygen atom possessing a resonating double bond or an oxygen atom of an ether group attached to a carbon atom, such catalyst being characterized by a high degree of solubility in water and having a molecular weight of from about 50 to about 170.

Abstract: High energy loss fluid control is attained by subdividing flow of high pressure fluid into a plurality of individual streams in respective passageways having a long length to diameter ratio to impart high frictional resistance losses to the fluid flow, the passageways being in and between laminar surfaces and configurated along their lengths. For extremely high efficiency the passageways are in labyrinth formation.

Abstract: A process for heating fluids to a relatively high temperature, such as sterilization temperature, in which the fluid, such as a liquid, is heated by direct contact with steam while it is in the form of a very thin, free-falling film or a continuous falling stream so that heating of the fluid is accomplished without the fluid coming into contact with any surface and particularly metal surfaces which are hotter than the fluid product being heated and with minimum agitation and turbulence of the fluid product. This procedure enables maximum and uniform heat penetration in a minimum time interval with the film or stream being maintained as thin as possible and unbroken by introducing steam at a relatively low velocity in a large volume vessel.