Abstract: Items in a container object of a first computer application program are filtered using filter data for related entries in a container object of a second computer application program.

Abstract: Injectable medications are color coded by adding harmless coloring materials to the medications themselves. In one embodiment of the invention, each medication is assigned a color. In another embodiment, a class of medications is assigned a color.

Abstract: A dual-purpose bulkhead structure functions to support normal aircraft operational loads and to absorb energy in a controlled manner during a crash. An integral fuel tank comprises a fuel compartment and a crashworthy flexible fuel cell. The fuel compartment includes two dual-purpose bulkheads and crushable foam disposed between the sides of the fuel cell and the bulkheads and sides of the fuel compartment. The foam limits fuel pressure loads on fuel compartment bulkheads and sides during a crash, thereby preventing their failure.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting the possibility of transfer of material through a protective barrier between a worker and an external object and warning the worker of that possibility is provided. In one embodiment, an electronic leak alarm module is electrically connected to the worker and to the external object. In another embodiment, the module is connected to the worker and a conductive layer on or within the protective barrier.

Abstract: A hydraulic inertial vibration isolator is connected between a vibrating body and an isolated body. The vibration isolator comprises a cylinder which includes two chambers and a piston therebetween. The chambers are connected by a tuning passage in which a solid tuning slug is slidably disposed. The chambers and the portion of the tuning passage not occupied by the tuning slug are filled with liquid. Bypass passages connecting the tuning passage to the chambers allow the liquid pressures in the chambers to equalize when the amplitude of the tuning slug's oscillatory motion is sufficiently large, thereby limiting the tuning slug's amplitude. Dashpots axially disposed adjacent to either end of the tuning slug act to damp excessive tuning slug motion and to bias the tuning slug toward the center of the tuning passage.

Abstract: A vibration isolation system comprises four tunable dual-axis hydraulic inertial isolators, an array of accelerometers, and a controller. The controller inputs signals from the accelerometers and outputs signals to tune the isolators to minimize the vibration transmitted from a vibrating body to an isolated body. The isolators are tuned by varying the dimensions of their tuning passages or by application of magnetohydrodynamic force to the liquid within the tuning passages.

Abstract: An emergency brake system for wheeled vehicles includes a deformable brake wedge for each tire on one of the vehicle's axles. The brake wedges are constructed and arranged to transfer substantially all braking forces to the vehicle through the vehicle's tires during emergency braking. The system also includes releasable device for allowing the brake wedges to move between inoperative and operative positions and electrically-controlled device for retaining the brake wedges in those positions. While the brake wedges move from the inoperative position to the operative position, a control system temporarily applies the vehicle brakes associated with the tires that engage the brake wedges during emergency braking.

Abstract: A control system for an absorption heat transfer plant controls the quantity of heat input into the plant's concentrator in response to the plant's evaporator liquid refrigerant temperature. The control system also controls the temperature of the cooling fluid for the plant's absorber and condenser.

Abstract: A ratchet wrench comprises a ratchet head having a conventional ratchet system for rotating a shank about an axis. A generally cylindrically shaped connecting pin aligned along an axis parallel to the shank axis is attached to the ratchet head. The connecting pin extends through a splined orifice in a handle, thereby connecting the handle to the ratchet head. The handle is slidable between a locked position and a unlocked position on the connecting pin. When the handle is in the locked position, the ratchet wrench can be used to rotate a nut or bolt in a conventional manner. When the handle is in the unlocked position, and the ratchet wrench can be used to rapidly rotate a nut or bolt by moving the handle in a reciprocating manner. When a nut or bolt to be rotated is near an obstruction, the handle can be unlocked, rotated about the connecting pin axis, then locked, thereby adjusting the angle between the longitudinal axis of the handle and the longitudinal axis of the ratchet head.

Abstract: As user is allowed alternatives for selecting computer application program actions which are dependent on the position of a computer display cursor. If the cursor is located at the position where the action is desired, the computer's user selects a textual or symbolic description of the action, thereby causing the action to be performed at the cursor's position. If the cursor is not located at the desired position, user moves an icon associated with the desired action to the desired position, thereby moving the cursor and causing the action to be performed at the desired position.

Abstract: A clamp for retaining electrical wires, fluid conduits or the like has restraining means adjacent to the inner ends of the clamp's legs. When the clamp is closed, the hook of a hook-shaped member adjacent to the upper leg passes through a slot adjacent to the lower leg and engages the outer surface of the clamp, thereby retaining the clamp in the closed position.

Abstract: A microbial cleaner comprising at least one hydrocarbon-ingesting microbe strain and a biocatalyst transforms hydrocarbons into nontoxic substances. The biocatalyst includes a nonionic surfactant, a chlorine-absorbing salt, at least one microbe nutrient, and water. The cleaner can be used in virtually any situation requiring the removal of hydrocarbon, including cleaning contaminated soil and treating oil spills on soil and water.

Abstract: An improved feathering flexure for a helicopter rotor system yoke includes, in transverse cross section, a relatively thin central web and six relatively thin flanges. Three flanges extend from each of the web's two edges, and the flanges lie in planes which are approximately radial relative to the neutral feathering axis of the feathering flexure. The feathering flexure is constructed of fiberglass material embedded in a polymer matrix. The web's fiberglass material in the web is bias material, that is, material whose glass fibers are oriented at plus or minus 45 degrees relative to the yoke's spanwise axis. In transverse cross section, each of the flanges includes two unidirectional belts disposed on either side of a bias pack. The glass fibers in the unidirectional belts are oriented parallel to the yoke's spanwise axis. The fiberglass material in the bias packs is bias material.

Abstract: An improved dispenser for cosmetics has a lid that is secured to the opening of the dispenser's container by at least one lock, thus preventing access to the dispenser's contents by the public. A stopper is utilized to prevent liquids from entering the lock's keyhole.

Abstract: A suspension system for a vehicle wheel set, comprising first suspension means, second suspension means, and stabilizing means arranged generally transversely of the longitudinal axis of an associated vehicle and arranged to act in conjunction with at least one of said first and second suspension means, provide the vehicle with an anti-roll characteristic when operating under certain conditions. In a preferred embodiment, the first suspension means comprises a pair of leaf springs, and the second suspension means comprises a leaf spring, coil spring, hydraulic, pneumatic, or rubber (elastomeric) suspension arrangement, or any combination thereof, connected to an anti-roll bar or tube. Also provided is a composite stabilizing means in the form of an anti-roll bar or tube connected between a pair of leaf spring arms, preferably adjustable longitudinally thereof.

Abstract: A magnetic tool for conditioning fluids includes a hollow core providing at least one passage through which the fluid to be treated flows. An array of magnets extends longitudinally along the core with the poles of the magnets arranged to provide a magnetic field perpendicular to the flow path to enhance the magnetic conditioning effect of the tool. The magnets are formed of a rare earth magnetic material, such as neodymium-iron-boron, and are backed by a flux-carrying member of cobalt-iron-alloy, with rounded corners to reduce loss of a magnetic field. Each magnet is mounted at least partially within an outer surface of the core with the flux-carrying member contacting, covering, and extending between the outer major faces of the magnets.