Abstract: A garment care apparatus includes a frame segment with a top hook portion and a main body portion. the apparatus may also include a pair of adjustable shoulder segments detachably secured to the frame segment on opposite sides of the frame segment in one of at least two different positions on the frame segment. In addition, the apparatus may include one or more clip segments detachably fastened to the main body portion of the frame segment.

Abstract: An NQR apparatus for irradiating a sample with an RF magnetic field and for determining the presence of a target material by detecting an NQR signal includes a transmitter for generating an output signal at a selected frequency, a receiver for detecting the NQR signal, a probe, and a switch coupling the receiver and the transmitter with the probe for alternately connecting and disconnecting the receiver and the transmitter to the probe, thereby switching the NQR apparatus between a transmitting mode and a receiving mode. The probe consists of a resonant circuit that includes a coil array. The coil array includes a first figure-8 coil and a partially overlapping, second figure-8 coil for generating an RF magnetic field in a detecting region outside the probe.

Abstract: A garment care apparatus includes a frame segment with a top hook portion and a main body portion. the apparatus may also include a pair of adjustable shoulder segments edetachably secured to the frame segment on opposite sides of the frame segment in one of at least two different positions on the frame segment. In addition, the apparatus may include one or more clip segments detachably fastened to the main body portion of the frame segment.

Abstract: A binocular indirect ophthalmoscope is disclosed having a housing with a pair of eyepieces. The housing itself is removably secured to the head of the user, typically an ophthalmologist. An optical system is contained within the housing for reflecting light along a viewing axis through each of the eyepieces. An illumination system is also provided for directing an illuminating light beam along an illumination axis. This illumination system includes a source of light remote from the housing and an optical fiber which optically couples the light source to the housing. The remote location of the light source reduces the weight of the ophthalmoscope and eliminates dangerous overheating of the headpiece.

Abstract: A thermoelement (leg) of a thermocouple for use in peltier heating or generation of power by the Seebeck effect including a plurality of interleaved films wherein compositions of neighboring films are selected to create Kapitza boundaries between the films such as to reduce thermal conductivity but provide adequate electrical conductivity. The plurality of interleaved films includes a semiductor with suitable doping to establish required extrinsic conductivity and metals having dissimilar lattices such as aluminum and tungsten abutting one another. The practical number of films in the composite to establish the effect is ten. A preferred thickness of the films is less than twenty thousand Angstroms.