Abstract: Microscopic strips of high permeability magnetic conductor are arrayed in a proximate relation to an electrical conductor to form paths for magnetic circuits about the electrical conductor. The strips may take various forms including filaments, such as one hundred micron microwire, and deposited submicron-sized layers of amorphorous magnetic material. The magnetic circuits may be closed with the strips forming a plurality of bands around the electrical conductor, and the magnetic circuits may be open, such as with the strips arrayed linearly adjacent to the electrical conductor. The magnetic circuits have numerous applications, including a variety of antennas, inductive wires, antenna ground planes, inductive surfaces, magnetic sensors, and direction finding arrays.

Abstract: An improved protective clamp for the root ball portion of a tree is disclosed. The clamp includes a plurality of arcuate plate members, each of which is provided with an outwardly extending foot portion at the lower end thereof. Raised re-inforcing ribs on the sides of each plate and a tie bar at the upper end thereof are additional features which provide a greatly improved protection for the root ball during removal of the tree from the ground, or when the tree is being transported, stored, or other-wise handled prior to planting, compared with the traditional "ball-burlapping".

Abstract: A speed reducing device which is capable of large speed reductions and torque multiplication in a single stage is disclosed. The device includes input and output shafts in axial alignment, together with a transformer gear component having primary and secondary gears which rotate together. The primary gear engages a fixed gear spline while the secondary gear engages a rotatable output gear spline. This combination of gears, together with an eccentric and counterweight mounted on the input shaft, provides a system having numerous advantages in the field of high-ratio mechanical power transmission.

Abstract: A speed reducing device which is capable of large speed reductions and torque multiplication in a single stage is disclosed. The device includes input and output shafts in axial alignment, together with a transformer gear component having primary and secondary gears which rotate together. The primary gear engages a fixed gear spline while the secondary gear engages a rotatable output gear spline. This combination of gears, together with an eccentric and counterweight mounted on the input shaft, provides a system having numerous advantages in the field of high-ratio mechanical power transmission.