Abstract: A method and device is disclosed for compacting resilient waste materials for storage and disposal. The device provides for a storage container having at least one group of retaining members secured to the interior surface of the sides. Each group of retaining members is generally coplanar with the bottom of the container and each group defines the top of one of a plurality of storage zones located within the interior of the container. One or more domed caps are provided which are dimensioned to slidingly fit within the container and to cover the top of each storage zone. Finally, there is structure located on the edge of each domed cap for engaging the retaining members when a domed cap is placed on the top of the waste materials and compacted below a group of retaining members defining the top of a storage zone. There is also disclosed a method for compacting resilient waste materials for storage and disposal using the device of the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to a card reader and to a novel connector for a plurality of printed circuit boards. In the connector a plurality of dielectric laminates are bonded together with electrical contacts arranged in rows. Printed circuit boards are insertable within pockets formed by the laminates. The spring contacts engage edges of the printed circuit boards. Elastomeric strips are compressed internally in the pockets to bias the contacts into electrical engagement with the printed circuit boards without a need for soldering the contacts to the boards. In the card reader, a read head incorporates the described connector and is mounted for displacement toward and away from an apertured encoded card. Displacement of the read head is produced by rotation of a shaft on which are mounted eccentric cams. The read head is provided with follower blocks which engage the surface of the cams.