Abstract: The paper recyclable heat sealable bag includes a heat sealable water soluble inner layer coating and an article of paper. The heat sealable coating is applied to the article of paper by a printing press. As the printing press applies the heat sealable coating to the article of paper, the paper recyclable heat sealable bag may be wound into a master roll with a plurality of paper recyclable heat sealable bags. The master roll is fed into an automatic packaging system which fills the bags with a product from at least one of a top edge and a side edge of the paper recyclable heat sealable bags. The paper recyclable heat sealable bag has certain perforations to remove the paper recyclable heat sealable bag more easily from the master roll and sealed with a heat sealer.

Abstract: An ear tip piece device made of resilient material dimensioned for fitting the ear canal of a wearer, having a solid portion, a reversibly compressible portion, a channel and a sound attenuating element positioned inside the channel for attenuating sound being transmitted to the ear. In one embodiment, the ear tip piece is asymmetrical due to a bend.

Abstract: An ear tip piece device made of resilient material dimensioned for fitting the ear canal of a wearer, having a solid portion, a reversibly compressible portion, a channel and a sound attenuating element positioned inside the channel for attenuating sound being transmitted to the ear. In one embodiment, the ear tip piece is asymmetrical due to a bend.

Abstract: A method for adjusting a hearing instrument to reduce feedback by placing a hearing instrument having an adjustable frequency response in a wearer's ear, providing a probe microphone for measuring the sound pressure level inside the ear and a reference microphone for measuring the sound pressure level outside the ear, exposing the ear to a stimulus and a dynamic event, determining the gain as a function of frequency from the difference in sound pressure level measured by the probe microphone and the reference microphone, identifying a feedback peak where the frequency is in the center of a range of frequencies and corresponds to the maximum gain in that range of frequencies and adjusting the hearing instrument to reduce the gain at a frequency corresponding to the frequency of the feedback peak.

Abstract: An LED terminal monitoring circuit detects an LED at the lowest potential among a plurality of parallel-connected LEDs. An analog signal selecting circuit gives a signal indicating the voltage of the detected LED to a boosting circuit. The boosting circuit performs a boosting operation on the basis of the condition of the detected LED at the lowest voltage and, consequently, a voltage sufficient for driving the LEDs in a current-control mode can be applied to all the LEDs. Signal lines not connected to LEDs are excluded from objects of a LED-switching control operation.

Abstract: Disclosed is an LED driver circuit that can suitably detect a minimum voltage and can be produced at low cost. A selector circuit is comprised of a comparator C, an inverter I and analogue switches. A minimum voltage selecting circuit can be constructed by causing the selector circuit and a circuit constructed in the same manner as the selector circuit is done, to be combined with each other. Therefore, the minimum voltage selecting circuit can be comprised of active devices that comprise only p-MOSFETs and n-MOSFETs. Moreover, as a semiconductor process structure, there may be employed a so-called single WELL structure in which a WELL is not formed in another WELL. The LED driver circuit is formed at low cost.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for cleaning hearing aid devices are disclosed. Drying is facilitated in hearing instruments through a novel combination of heater and desiccant in an essentially closed system. Greater efficiency is obtained by minimizing the volume of gas, e.g., air, requiring moisture extraction.

Abstract: An LED terminal monitoring circuit detects an LED at the lowest potential among a plurality of parallel-connected LEDs. An analog signal selecting circuit gives a signal indicating the voltage of the detected LED to a boosting circuit. The boosting circuit performs a boosting operation on the basis of the condition of the detected LED at the lowest voltage and, consequently, a voltage sufficient for driving the LEDs in a current-control mode can be applied to all the LEDs. Signal lines not connected to LEDs are excluded from objects of a LED-switching control operation.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for cleaning hearing aid devices are disclosed. Drying is facilitated in hearing instruments through a novel combination of heater and desiccant in an essentially closed system. Greater efficiency is obtained by minimizing the volume of gas, e.g., air, requiring moisture extraction.

Abstract: An acrylic liquid monomer and powdered polymer that, when mixed, cures with workable characteristics over its entire polymerizing phase. As the mixtures cures, its consistency continuously transforms from a castable material to a spreadable, glue-like liquid to a paste to a putty to a reformable clay and finally to a hard plastic. The invention's continuous and non-rubbery curing properties make it easy to work and give it a broad spectrum of uses. The invention may be supplied in the form of a kit.

Abstract: A stair climbing wheelchair carrier comprising a handle assembly and base, the handle assembly for securing the wheelchair to the carrier, means for securing the handle assembly to the base, the base comprising a pair of spaced endless tracks having climbing lugs on the outside surface thereof, each of the endless tracks entrained around a pair of rollers and passing under the outer surface of a runner, one of the rollers situate proximate one end of the runner, the other proximate the other end, the runner being bent intermediate its ends to form a first portion extending away from one of the rollers and a second portion extending away from the first portion towards the second roller at an angle of between about 125.degree. and about 145.degree.

Abstract: A needle for leading dental floss or other fibrous material through narrow apertures. A curved substantially rigid needle is provided with an eye having resilient, deformable sides for temporary expansion of the eye for ease of threading and for temporary compression in passing through narrow apertures.

Abstract: A portable medication dispensing cart comprised of a cabinet portably mounted on casters and a plurality of medication drawers or bins which are convenient and easy to use. The cabinet includes swing-away doors that lock to provide security as well as a vertically oriented automatic locking drawer for controlled drug security. The medication drawers are installed in removable and interchangeable racks or cassettes. The rear of the cabinet has a tilt-out panel supporting a waste receptacle communicating with an aperture in the upper surface of the cabinet when the panel is in the closed position. The top or working surface of the cabinet is provided with a flexible holder for a removable lamp and a variable size cup dispenser accessible through an aperture in the top surface. The cabinet has all-around bumper protection both top and bottom with the top bumper providing handles at each end of the portable cabinet.

Abstract: A switch is disclosed for a railroad transporation system comprising parallel car-supporting rails defining railroad tracks which bifurcate at rail switching station into two branch tracks and rotatable drive shafts which extend along a line between the parallel car-supporting rails and which also bifurcate at the switching station into first and second branch lines. The switch comprises a first car-supportable swing gate rail mounted at the switching station for movement between a position traversing the first branch line and a position aside the first branch line. A second car-supportable swing gate rail is also mounted at the switching station for movement between a position traversing the second branch line and a position aside the second branch line.

Abstract: A cargo loading system is disclosed comprising a car, cargo conveying means mounted on the car, and transmission means also mounted on the car for transmitting driving force to the cargo conveying means. Drive means are positioned at a cargo loading station. Coupling means are also provided for coupling the drive means with the transmission means when the car is located at the loading station.A method is also disclosed for loading cars with cargo. The method comprises the steps of positioning a car having first cargo conveyor means mounted thereto adjacent a cargo transfer platform having second cargo conveying means mounted thereto. The first and second cargo conveying means are mechanically coupled together. One of the cargo conveyor means is then coupled with conveyor drive means which drive the first and second conveyor means simultaneously.