Abstract: A device for use as a desk organizer which can be compactly packaged and easily shipped in a knockdown condition, and, which, at the point of use, can be readily assembled without the need for any type of tool. The device comprises a base member, removable end members and a plurality of dividers which can be selectively positioned on the base member. The device further comprises a connector for enabling two of the base members to be interconnected thereby permitting a user to easily double the paper and file holding capacity of the device. Additional connectors can be employed, if desired, to further increase the capacity of the device.

Abstract: A method of making a spiral wound fuse body comprising a core of insulating material formed by a limp, dead yarn made of twisted together initially sizing-coated strands of fine ceramic filaments having no sizing to leave a conductive residue under fuse blowing conditions is mass produced by spiral winding fuse wire upon a continuous length of the yarn unwinding from a spool upon which the yarn was wound when the sizing was removed. The resulting self-supporting body can be wound into rolls and subsequently unwound so that individual fuse bodies can be severed from the end of the unwinding roll of fuse body-forming material.

Abstract: A magnetic record/playback apparatus in which a member to be operated upon ejecting operation is provided with a projection; a head changeover member provided on a head plate for changing pressing relation between a pinch roller and a capstan is provided with a receiving portion to be actuated by the projection; an interlocking member to be actuated by a play-operation lever is provided with an engaging member engageable with the head plate; and a means for releasing the play-operation lever locked in its depressed position is provided. This apparatus can always start a tape in a predetermined direction after ejection of a cassette and start the tape in a direction so that recording or playback may be assumed where it is left off when the recording or playback is suspended.

Abstract: The machine processing character as well as the stress-strain properties of polyester polyurethane foam are improved by the use of a cross-linking polyol, a viscosity increasing dicarboxylic acid or anhydride such as phthalic anhydride, and by the use of specific minor amounts of poly(oxyethylene) glycol, in the esterification formula of foam grade polyester resins. A nonhydrophillic flexible polyester based polyurethane foam is produced.

Abstract: A barrel pump having a handle attached to a freely rotatable ring-like member carried on the head portion of the pump whereby the handle can be freely swiveled in relation to the head portion to enable the handle to be positioned at substantially any angle with relation to the spout of the pump.

Abstract: A polyurethane coated polyvinyl chloride or co-polymer which resists discoloration is provided by coating the substrate surface with an aqueous dispersed polyurethane treated with a mono-acid halide, mono-acid anhydride, carbethoxy cyclic imide or monoisocyanate. The coated composite even when subjected to temperatures in excess of 100 degrees C. for extended periods resists discoloration and remains thermo-color stable with extended use.

Abstract: An auto reverse type magnetic tape recording/reproducing apparatus comprising a hold plunger for holding an operation mode as it is, a reverse plunger for changing over the tape feed direction from forward to reverse and vice versa, a detector circuit for generating a pulse at the end of the tape, first transistor means for releasing the hold plunger, second transistor means for actuating the reverse plunger to effect drawing, and selector switch means for selectively applying an output of the detector circuit to either of the first and the second transistor means according to the operation mode.

Abstract: A solar cell is provided which utilizes a semicrystalline semiconductor starting material. The solar cell has a metallic layer deposited over the grain boundaries between adjacent active grain areas of the material to collect the current generated in the grain areas. The metallic layer also shields the grain boundaries from illumination, thereby passivating the boundaries.

Abstract: A lock-releasing mechanism for a magnetic record/playback apparatus wherein one plunger is used for changeover of an auto-reverse mechanism and lock-release of FF- and/or REW-operating rod for an automatic music sensor. The lock-releasing mechanism includes a stopper interlocked with the FF- and/or REW-operating rod so as to restrict the pulling stroke of the plunger when the FF- and/or REW-operating rod is locked.

Abstract: A magnetic record/playback apparatus has a head plate and a control plate which are disposed on a tape deck slidably movable in forward and rearward directions. A head is fixed on the head plate and a changeover mechanism for putting a tape driving system selectively into a cue scanning mode is engaged by motion of the control plate. The head plate is formed with an elongated slot extending in the displacement direction of the plates and the control plate is provided with a pin slidable within the elongated slot. The control plate is engaged by a scanning mode operating rod for displacing the control plate forwardly to put the system into normal play or scanning mode and rearwardly.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube socket, including a thick film ceramic plate mounted thereon and forming electronic control circuitry in association with the socket structure.

Abstract: A bath for electoplating zinc containing in aqueous solution a zinc salt, an alkali metal hydroxide, optionally, an aromatic aldehyde or ketone and other usual additives and, if desired, an alkali metal cyanide and further, as a brightener, one or more reaction products obtained by reacting (a) an epihalohydrin with a heterocyclic nitrogen compound containing at least two reactive nitrogen atoms which compound may be substituted by 1 or 2 methyl, ethyl or amino groups or of a mixture of such reaction products of the epihalohydrin and the nitrogen compound in a molar ratio of 1:1 with (b) ammonia, an aliphatic amine, polyamine and/or polyimine in a molar ratio of 1:0.3 to 1:1 said bath yielding highly brilliant zinc coatings which may be up to 40 .mu.m thick and are abrasion resistant and resistant to temperatures up to about 220.degree. C. in a range of current densities of from 0.5 to 5 amps/dm.sup.2.

Abstract: A connector assembly for a plug comprised of a metal pin connected to a core of a cable having a shielding sheath and an earth member shell insulated from the pin and connected to the shielding sheath of the cable, which device is characterized in that a metal sleeve for receiving the earth member therein so as to be in contact therewith in fixed and electrically connected to a casing of an electronic apparatus, a printed circuit board is disposed at a position opposite to the metal sleeve and a resilient member electrically connectable to the pin of the plug is provided on the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A reel-turntable torque adjusting means comprising a series of steps (3) having different heights formed on an upper peripheral portion of a reel-turntable pulley (1) coupled to a reel turntable (4) for conveying a rotational force thereto and a spring (2) having fingers pressed at respective tip ends (20) thereof against the steps (3) whereby the pulley is pressed against a friction plate (5) driven by a motor, which is characterized in that each finger of the spring has slanting portions (21) at its tip end portion.

Abstract: Apparatus for collecting animal or human tissue includes a curette having a passageway therein terminating at the front end of the curette in a tissue-receiving opening formed in a tissue-scraping spoon. The rear end of said curette extends from a housing forming a handle or gripping surface for manipulating the apparatus. The curette passageway communicates with the interior of said housing and to be connected to a source of vacuum for sucking tissue through the tissue-receiving inlet opening of the curette and into the housing. A substantially flat tissue collecting screen is placed at an angle obliquely across the inside of the housing in the path of tissue flow through the housing to form a large tissue collecting area. The screen has a multiplicity of tissue-screening apertures communicating between the curette passageway on one side of the screen and the outlet opening on the other side of the screen.

Abstract: A spraying gun for spraying molten metals consisting of a housing, a heatable container for the material to be sprayed, an adjustable spraying nozzle, a handle and actuating rods to open and close inlets for pressurized air and heating gas in which the gas heated container is provided within the housing in a manner that the end of the container is located within a burning chamber adjacent to the end of the gas burner. The housing is thermally isolated from the handle with the actuating lever preferably by silicone rubber or polytetrafluoroethylene layers. The spraying nozzle is regulated by a needle valve which is adjusted by a micrometer screw.

Abstract: Bright deposits of tin and tin/lead alloys by electrocoating are obtained by using a bath containing tin salts and, optionally, lead salts, aldehydes and/or ketones as brighteners as well as surfactants besides sulfuric acid and/or borofluohydric acid wherein part or all of the aldehydes and/or ketones are replaced by a cyclic reaction product of one or more aromatic aldehydes and epihalohydrin of the general formula ##STR1## (Hal being chlorine or bromine, R being a phenyl, naphthyl or pyridyl radical which is optionally substituted by one to three members of the group consisting of chlorine, bromine or fluorine atoms, alkyl or alkoxy groups having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, carboxy and hydroxy groups). Preferably the cyclic reaction product is contained in the bath in an amount of from 0.1 to 2 g/liter of the bath.

Abstract: A spatula for collecting cancer cells outside and within the cervix canal includes a scraper head having a laterally extending outer cervix engaging leg projecting from one side of the head. The head further includes a cervical canal entering finger-like portion projecting longitudinally beyond the leg. The finger-like portion has on the same side of the scraping head from which said leg projects a longitudinal inner scraping surface which scrapes cells from the wall of the cervical canal when the spatula is rotated along the longitudinal axis of the spatula. The longitudinal inner surface of the finger-like portion comprises two adjacent longitudinally extending sections, one of which has a rough surface which scrapes cells from the wall of the cervical canal and the other of which has a relatively smooth surface.

Abstract: An improved electrical fuse having axial leads and comprising a fuse wire in a cylindrical sleeve supported at its ends by lead carrying end caps is coated over the length of the fuse body by an adherent insulating layer (FIG. 4). Improved humidity resistance and mechanical strength are achieved. The necessity for plating the end caps to achieve corrosion resistance is eliminated. Control of coating thickness produces a substantially moderated profile and facilitates application of color coding bands to the coated fuse.

Abstract: An air suspension system adaptable to various types and sizes of vehicles, including automobiles, trucks, vans and the like, to improve their riding characteristics and stability, including a carrier arm assembly pivotally mounted at one end to the frame of the vehicle and connected near its opposite end to the vehicle axle. The system has an air spring disposed between the first pivotal end of the carrier arm assembly and the axle and interposted between the carrier arm assembly and the vehicle frame so that the air spring supports at least the major portion of the vehicle load and responds to any deflection of the wheels mounted at the opposite ends of the axle. The air suspension system is adjustable relative to the axle and the frame to permit alignment of the axle. The system also includes a means of supplying air to the air spring through independent reservoirs and releases air from the air spring at desired rates to control the compressibility of the spring and the riding characteristics of the system.