Abstract: Method and installation for ordering groups of articles in stacks or rows, in which groups of articles are inserted between pressure members which are driven in displacement by means of an endless chain, the members being caused to move apart from one another while maintained the same overall speed in a so called "jogging zone" where the articles are made up into a group propelled toward a vertical abutment, the pressure members being closed up again in a dealing out zone, before reaching a dispensing device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-compartment container designed for storage and transportation in separated condition of the components of a composition, particularly where the components are interactive, and for admixture of the components when required for use. The container comprises a chamber separated into first and second compartments by a partition, wherein the first compartment is arranged to receive a first component of a composition and the second compartment is arranged to receive a second component of the composition, the partition is mounted on the interior of the container and the first compartment is provided with a plunger which is sealingly slidable within the first chamber, is initially mounted in an extended condition so that the innermost end of the plunger defines a wall of the first compartment opposite to the partition and is arranged to be depressed and to separate a portion of the margin of the partition from the interior of the chamber.

Abstract: A screw strip for holding a row of parallel screws is formed of a flexible plastic material with sleeves which either only partially surround the screws, or have different wall thicknesses on different sides of the screws. The ribs interconnecting the sleeves have wall thicknesses less than the outer diameters of the screw threads. In a method for forming the screw strip, a plastic material is extruded only on one side of the threads of a row of screws, and it is then pressed by means of grooved rollers to be formed into the sleeves which only partially surround the screws.

Abstract: A receiver for securely encasing pointed disposable surgical implements comprises a tray having a bottom wall, side walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall and a flange extending outwardly around the upper periphery of the side walls. A device for receiving surgical implements is positioned on the bottom wall of the tray, and a cover having a configuration similar to the tray is hingedly connected to the tray and adapted to be folded to a closed, nested position relative to the tray with the bottom wall of the cover in close proximity to the bottom wall of the tray to securely encase surgical implements therebetween. The side walls of the cover are preferably shorter than the side walls of the tray to provide a space between the respective bottom walls to accommodate the receiving device and surgical implements.

Abstract: A needle case comprises a substantially rectangular shaped needle holder piece including an opening therein and a needle holder portion provided between the opening and one side of the holder piece, a plurality of needles being suitably supported through the needle holder portion, and a transparent cover fitted over the needle holder piece, whereby when the needle holder piece is moved relative to the cover by a desirable distance in the direction of removing the needle holder piece, the needles will then be easy to remove and replace.

Abstract: A box for shipping fruits, vegetables, etc. is composed of[a] two pairs of substantially square or rectangular generally flat side panels of generally equal shape;[b] the longitudinally upper edges of the panels being turned outwardly and the longitudinal lower edges being turned inwardly so as to mesh with each other upon storage of the boxes in piles,[c] abutting corner sections of each panel being turned outwardly at an obtuse angle along most of their vertical length, the upper ends of the corner portions thus forming an enlarged base when the boxes are piled up upon each other, and[d] a continuous straight channel extending parallel to and above the lower edges of the box adapted to receive a bottom member.

Abstract: A baking pan comprising a bottom wall and side walls formed from a single blank of sheet metal having smooth inner and outer wall surfaces and providing corners connecting the adjacent side walls which are substantially thicker than the side walls. The terminal portions of the side walls remote from the bottom wall having flange portions formed to impart rigidity to the pan and provide securement means to other pans when positioned in a side-by-side relationship. A circumferential band encompassing multiple pans in a side-by-side relationship to complete the assembly of pans.

Abstract: A tape for sealing a dispensing opening in a container. The tape is permanently bonded at one end to the container adjacent a dispensing opening in the container, has an intermediate portion overlying the dispensing opening and sealed to the container wall around the dispensing opening, and a free end portion functioning as a grip. The tape differs from other similar tapes in that it is a laminate of two materials with one of the materials being a load bearing material and the other material being a rubbery material, whereby when the tape is removed from the dispensing opening in the usual manner, the load bearing material is stretched beyond its elastic limit and thus when the tape is released it will automatically coil up to an out-of-the-way position relative to the dispensing opening.

Abstract: A storage, shipping and dispensing system for loose fill packaging material comprises a collapsible pliant, vented cylindrical bag having an upper and a lower end including a dispensing apertured neck. Rings are circumferentially spaced apart about the bag adjacent both the upper and lower ends. The rings adjacent the upper end are coupled to suspend the bag in a dispensing mode and the rings adjacent the lower end encircle at stiff resilient hoop encompassing and maintaining the lower end of the bag in a radially extended nominal shape. A vertically adjustable support arrangement includes a circular rim having a plurality of spaced-apart hooks to support the rings of the bag. The bag may be readily filled in an inverted position with a large volume, such as in excess of 100 cubic feet, of expanded plastic loose fill material. Despite its size, the filled container may be easily handled during shipping and storage.

Abstract: A dosing unit for highly filled synthetic-resin components, usually a polyol and an isocyanate mixed with glass fiber, barite or chalk, comprises a piston which displaces the components or one of them, especially the filled component, under the control of fluid pressure. The change in the feed rate of the fluid-controlled unit is varied by varying the speed of the displacing member of the fluid-controlled unit which is preferably a piston-and-cylinder arrangement or a membrane or diaphragm-type displacement device.

Abstract: A pressure feeder for feeding solid or semi-solid material plastic in nature from a container into or through a relatively narrow outlet, comprising a container for the material with an outlet at the bottom thereof, a hollow cylindrical pusher member oval-shaped in cross-section and having a gear along the inner periphery thereof, a driven pinion gear mounted on the container and inserted in the pusher member, and a holder fixedly mounted on the container so as to hold the pusher member between it and the pinion gear. The pusher member carries out repeatedly a linear movement followed by a turn about the pinion gear.

Abstract: A tobacco pouch having a built in framework including a discharge tube extending through one side of the pouch and a spiral type ejector mechanism having one end loosely disposed in the tube and its other end journaled for rotation in the framework portion opposite from the tube and a handle disposed outside of the pouch whereby as the handle is operated the spiral mechanism will rotate to move tobacco in the pouch out through the discharge tube into the bowl of a smoking pipe.

Abstract: Continuous, elongated material is fed lengthwise in steps by clamping devices of which one is stationary on supporting structure, the other is reciprocated. Each device includes clamping jaws backed by a fluid-operated jack and return springs in such a manner that the stationary jack is spring-biased toward the clamping position, and the reciprocating jack is spring-biased toward the material-releasing position, both jacks being operated intermittently, against the restraint of the return springs by the simultaneously supplied pressure fluid. The return spring in the reciprocating jack is weaker than that in the stationary jack. The springs may be replaced by equivalent pneumatic devices.

Abstract: A method of treating a solution comprising ions of gold and cyanide is disclosed. The method comprises treating the solution with metallic gold to precipitate therefrom metallic silver.

Abstract: A combined letter envelope and display frame device for mailing and dispensing photographs includes a single piece of light cardboard or paper material folded into at least two panels. A first of the panels has on one side thereof adhesive strips for attachment thereto of a photograph to be mailed and displayed, and also for attachment thereto of one side of a second of the panels which is adapted to be folded over the one side of the first panel, thereby enclosing the photograph within the panels and forming a letter envelope. The second panel has therein an integral window portion defined by perforations which extend through the second panel, such that the window portion may be selectively manually removed along the perforations, thereby forming a display window for display of the photograph. One of the panels forms a back cover of the device and has therein a selectively manually movable supporting leg for supporting the device when it is employed as a display frame.

Abstract: A portable carton of the type which is maintained in closed condition by the engagement of a synthetic resinous handle which penetrates an opening in the wall of the lid section of the carton and engages an opening in a wall of the container section. Tabs are cut from the last mentioned wall and extend through openings in the first mentioned wall in the area under the handle. The tabs have openings through the plane thereof, which are engaged by a wire or synthetic resinous seal, whereby no additional material is required to form the means engaging the seal.

Abstract: The invention concerns scroll discharge decanter centrifuges of the type in which the interior of the centrifuge is to be kept sealed from the atmosphere and which comprise a stationary assembly which includes an outer casing, a rotary assembly which includes a solid bowl which is adapted to be rotated within the stationary casing at a first speed and a scroll conveyor which is rotatable within the bowl at a second, slightly different speed. A plurality of sealing devices are arranged to be effective between the rotary assembly and the stationary assembly. Each sealing device comprises a first ring fixed relative to the stationary assembly and a second, coaxial ring which is adapted to rotate with the rotary assembly. That surface of the first ring which faces the second ring contains a plurality of gas jet nozzles by way of which pressurized gas can be supplied to an annular clearance gap between the first and second rings.

Abstract: An invention involving a process and apparatus for isotope-separation applications such as uranium-isotope enrichment is disclosed which employs cascades of gas centrifuges. A preferred apparatus relates to an isotope-enrichment unit which includes a first group of cascades of gas centrifuges and an auxiliary cascade. Each cascade has an input, a light-fraction output, and a heavy-fraction output for separating a gaseous-mixture feed including a compound of a light nuclear isotope and a compound of a heavy nuclear isotope into light and heavy fractions respectively enriched and depleted in the light isotope. The cascades of the first group have at least one enriching stage and at least one stripping stage. An example of such a gaseous mixture is uranium hexafluoride incorporating uranium-235 and uranium-238.

Abstract: Spray dispensing of a metered quantity of a preferably semi-liquid product from a filled container having a fixed wall provided with at least one and preferably a plurality of generally open and unobstructed discharge passageways. A moveable wall spaced apart from the fixed wall is impacted with a moving mass to induce a pressure pulse in the product sufficient to surge a metered quantity of product less than the entire content of the container through the generally open and unobstructed discharge passageways with sufficient velocity as to break away from the passageways and the remaining product within the container for ballistic travel generally normal the fixed wall outwardly of the container. A plurality of uniform discharge passageways and a proper match of product formulation and energy input produces a generally uniformly moving cluster of generally uniformly defined and moving particles.

Abstract: A lining gun for spraying refractory lining on the interior of ladles and the like includes an elongated conduit which is suspended downwardly into the interior of the ladle. A reversible air motor rotates the conduit about its axis in one direction and then the other for approximately 360.degree. in each direction. A first pair of mixing nozzles mounted adjacent the bottom of the conduit direct refractory material passing through the conduit onto the bottom of the ladle and a second pair of nozzles direct the refractory material onto the side walls of the ladle. A flow splitter and diverter valve mechanism mounted within the conduit adjacent the nozzles selectively allows the refractory material to pass either through the first pair of nozzles or the second pair.

Abstract: Apparatus for controlling the spraying of water or other fluid from a tank truck or other reservoir. A plurality of valves may be turned on with a single pump and individually turned off as desired during spraying operations, by the application of air pressure to control lines leading to the individual valves. The spray valves are individually adjustable for control of the flow rate, direction and pattern of spraying, and are so constructed as to minimize malfunctions from jamming of the valve mechanism experienced with other valves while spraying in a sandy environment.

Abstract: A device for disentangling and spreading short steel fibers used for the reinforcement or crack prevention of concrete or mortar employed for civil engineering works, building constructions or the like. The device comprises a hopper for storing short steel fibers which has a bottom opening which is connected to a nozzle. A horizontal disc rotated by a motor is mounted at the intersection of the bottom of the hopper and the nozzle with the plane of the disc parallel with the general orientation of the nozzle, the disc being formed with a plurality of plate shaped members ranged radially on its upper surface forming an impeller. Projecting from the upper surface of the disc on the axis thereof is a central boss having a plurality of vanes radially mounted thereon in such a manner that they are alternately at different heights. The boss also has pendulum-like agitating arms pivotally mounted at the top thereof.

Abstract: The stock pulper is disposed on a vertical axis with an outlet for impurities of low specific gravity at the top. The wall of the stock pulper is conical with an upwardly directed apex to assist in the separation of the impurities. The top end wall of the stock pulper is also conical with an upwardly directed apex to facilitate the outflow of the impurities of low specific gravity. The outlet for high specific weight impurities is located at the bottom of the stock pulper.

Abstract: A counter-rotating disk type pulping apparatus is modified to yield paper products of improved properties. Each of the two facing counter-rotating disks is modified so as to comprise a plurality of concentric rotatable rings which are driven at increasing rotational velocities from the innermost ring outward.

Abstract: Lifter for remotely removing the lid from a rock crusher is comprised of cylindrical support and lifting arms integrally joined normally to one another, and a tubular sleeve bearing which is attached generally vertically to the outer wall of the crusher shell a spaced distance therefrom, and which is configured for slideably and rotatably journaling the lifting arm. The support arm is attached to the lid thereby causing the lid to be lifted and rotated away from the crusher shell to expose the operative elements of the crusher upon respective lifting and rotation of the lifting arm. A hydraulically actuated piston cylinder mounted to the crusher frame below the lower end of the sleeve bearing, in a manner for insertion of its ram therein, is interconnected to the lifting arm through a thrust bearing for raising and lowering of the lifting arm and allowing its rotation in the sleeve bearing.

Abstract: A strand collecting apparatus and method of the type in which the strand is split into bundles and advanced by, and wound onto, a rotating collet is disclosed. The strand is traversed linearly of the axis of rotation of the collet by the rotation of a rotating strand traverse. The strand traverse is oscillated in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the collet, and a strand splitter oscillates in phase with the strand traverse to guide the strand into engagement with the strand traverse.

Abstract: A bandage roll dispenser comprising a front and rear housing adapted to be slidably fitted together. The front half has a horizontal channel and a front half of a spool housing. The front half of the spool housing has slots therein. A rod of bandage has a center roll therein. The center rod is adapted to be mounted in the slots of the front half of the spool housing with the roll of bandage mounted therein. The horizontal channel is adapted to receive the outer end of the roll of bandage. The rear half of the spool has a plate adapted to be slid over the end of the gauze and over the horizontal channel. The rear half of the spool housing also has a rear half a spool housing adapted to abutt the front half of spool housing.

Abstract: A locking device for seat belts intended for vehicles of the type in which a strap being a part of the seat belt is automatically drawn into and wound up on a rotatable coiling shaft when the seat belt is not used, to temporarily lock the shaft. The device comprises a ratchet means non-rotatably arranged on the shaft; a locking means fixedly mounted in relation to the shaft; at least one locking body accommodated in the locking means and arranged for displacement from a neutral position to a locking position in which the locking body engages with the ratchet means for preventing rotation of the shaft; and a rotatably mounted guiding means. The guiding means is provided with a guiding surface for the locking body and is coupled to the shaft at the beginning of the locking operation to be turned by the shaft on its rotation due to withdrawal of strap from a normal position to a locking position and thereby to move the locking body to the locking position.

Abstract: A stud grip or clamp bracket for removable mounting onto a building stud. The bracket includes a generally channel-shaped end which permits lateral positioning of the bracket toward a stud for engagement therewith. An elongate pivot arm is pivotally connected intermediate its ends to the bracket for engaging the stud such that the stud is clamped or frictionally engaged between the channel-shaped end and a contacting end of the arm. A coil of cable may be suspended from the pivot arm so that the cable may be paid out for installation in a home or building.

Abstract: The supply and take up reels for reel-to-reel operations are mounted on a base plate, one higher than the other, the base surface having a step. The equipment accepts the loading in of a cassette having its spools located one above the other in an axial direction, which is equipped with a front cover that opens out readily when the cassette is inserted and allows the tape to go into engagement with the transport mechanism. The insertion of a cassette operates a switch that disables the portion of the mechanism not used in operating with a cassette. A drive for at least one spool of the cassette is preferably provided.

Abstract: A tape drive shifting apparatus designed for remote controlled shifting among positions effecting forward, rapid-forward, and rapid-rewind movement of a length of recording tape. A first drive mechanism is shiftable into and out of a position effecting forward tape movement. A second drive mechanism is shiftable from a neutral position into and out of positions effecting rapid-forward and rapid-rewind tape movement. A pivot arm operatively interposed between the two drive mechanisms causes the first mechanism to shift away from its position effecting tape movement upon shifting of the second mechanism from its neutral position toward one of its positions effecting rapid tape movement.

Abstract: A rotary segment aft cargo door for aircraft is geometrically defined by an arcuate slice through the aft fuselage or other nacelle. The door is rotated to an open position, for example and preferably by a cable drive system. The door is suspended by tracks mounted on its inner surface and roller carriages attached to the aft fuselage or nacelle structure. The track and carriage configuration prevents binding as it is a three-point suspension with predetermined clearances in the closed position. Hydraulically actuated interconnected hooks along with lock pins at the pressure door hold the door in the locked position. One-half of the pressure bulkhead is fixed to the aircraft and the other half is carried by the aft cargo door providing automatic pressure door opening with aft cargo door opening. Inflatable pressure seals are used to seal the door in the closed position.

Abstract: A device adapted to be adhesively secured to a primary work surface to facilitate the securement of a secondary workpiece to said primary work surface. The device will include a plate-like base with a layer of heat activable adhesive on its undersurface and a pair of parallel side edge flanges extending upwardly from the base serving as a means to align the device beneath the legs of a U-shaped induction heating core and a spacing between the end faces of the legs of the core and the adhesive layer.

Abstract: A bracket is disclosed for attaching an oxidation test fixture or the like to a pair of parallel boiler tubes. The bracket includes a support bar, a pair of jaws the remote faces of which each has a configuration which conforms generally with the adjacent portion of the outer periphery of the associated boiler tube, and shaft means with oppositely threaded ends connecting the pair of jaws. The bracket is placed between the boiler tubes and the threaded shaft is turned to simultaneously displace the jaws apart into tight engagement with the tubes. A test rack designed to hold various metal samples is then attached to the support bar.

Abstract: A corner bracket for use in mounting and locating a mounting bracket for a window covering including an inverted L-shaped mounting plate having a plurality of preformed slots and holes for receiving the mounting bracket in a predetermined location and at least one perpendicular laterally extending flange for abutment with a support surface adjacent a window opening for locating the mounting plate in the corner of the window opening.

Abstract: A valve of simplified construction, adapted to control fluid of high volume and pressure. The valve plunger is a hollow metal tube, that controls fluid flow by moving radial slots in its peripheral wall back and forth across a seal. The plunger is moved by an air or hydraulic cylinder which is connected to the plunger by a plate ring. The plate ring has a series of holes therethrough that allow the line media to flow through, out of and around the plunger to create a balancing effect and thus decrease opposition to movement of the plunger, which opposition may be caused by forces created by the line media. The improved valve utilizes double-acting seals to isolate a down stream port, and to seal off the increase in pressure downstream when the valve is closed.

Abstract: Butterfly valve comprising a body and a valve seat arranged therein, on which a valve member is supported. The valve member comprises an operating rod and the assembly of valve member and operating rod has a fixed pivot point at the bottom of the body. The operating rod can be moved by means of pins movable in grooves and slots in such a manner that when the valve is opened the valve member first pivots about the pivot point to lift the valve member from the seat and subsequently rotates about the pivot point to fully open the valve.

Abstract: A tool rack or tool caddy is disclosed herein for conveniently holding a variety of tools utilized in the designing and construction of fishing flies and lures and equipment. The rack or caddy removably mounts on a vertical shaft of a conventional tool vise so as to be in close proximity to the working jaws thereof. The rack or caddy includes a mounting hole for slidably receiving the vise shaft and extends perpendicular therefrom. A selected side of the elongated rack includes a plurality of hooks for holding tools and the rack is provided with a plurality of apertures or holes for insertably holding additional tools. A multiplicity of vertical rods may be carried on the racks for rotatably supporting spools of thread, wire or the like.

Abstract: Each section of a buckle sheet feed folding machine is driven by a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) controlled DC motor. The speed of the first section is infinitely variable by means of a rheostat in the SCR control. A signal related to the speed of the first section is applied to all subsequent SCR controls such that the speed of all fold sections will follow changes made to the speed of the first section. Each section also includes a rheostat to vary the relative speed between that section and the first. A switch is provided at each subsequent section in order to disconnect the first section speed signal and apply an independent control signal.

Abstract: An indoor golf driving range within a pressurized tent cover having a target backstop in the center with a driving range on each side with a system for collecting and returning balls to a specific point for reuse. The target is positioned and marked to show if the ball hitting the target has the proper loft with the particular hitting club used. The target backstop may be electrically wired to indicate by lights where it is contacted by a driven golf ball.

Abstract: A game played competitively between two players, consisting of a gameboard upon which each player attempts to flip his own puck from various puck kick off positions towards a center cup inside his own score frame; the gameboard also including a numbered score keeper with a slidable indicator along each long side edge of the gameboard for each of the players in order to determine a winner.

Abstract: The apparatus enables a golfer to visually determine that he has the face of his putter normal to the target line and that he is stroking his putter along a straight line with the face of his putter at a right angle relative to the target line by visually indicating conformance thereto or deviation therefrom. A gauge is mounted on the shaft of the putter spaced above the club head. The gauge extends outwardly from the golfer and lies in his line of vision from his eye to the ball and the club head. The gauge is set on the shaft at the same angle as the putting face. The gauge has two like side members aligned on either side of the putter face and/or an additional central member aligned with the putter face. The golfer aligns the putter face at the ball between the side members and/or the central member in visual alignment. He maintains the visual alignment prior to and during his entire putting stroke.

Abstract: Flexible disk record storage apparatus has a chordally perturbed backing plate for inducing a dynamic stiffness in a flexible recording disk rotating immediately adjacent the plate. A head radially movably disposed between the chordal perturbations provides reliable recording and playback. A web portion of the backing plate has a predetermined flatness circumscribing a transducing location for enhancing recording and playback quality.

Abstract: A recreational vehicle skid support includes a pair of skids suspended beneath a vehicle in an operative position in which they are disposed slightly above a road surface, when tires of the vehicle are properly inflated, and adapted for movement in fore and aft directions relative to the direction of vehicle travel. The skids are individually fixed against rearwardly directed movement by a link chain, and resiliently constrained against forwardly directed movements by a coil spring.

Abstract: A holder for a trash bag, or the like. The holder includes a side support member defining a generally frusto-conical surface which tapers inwardly on progressing upwardly, and a bottom member detachably secured thereto. The trash bag is supported within the holder, with the open end of the bag detachably secured adjacent an upper opening in the side support member. To remove the bag when filled, the side support member is detached from the bottom member and lifted over the bag.

Abstract: A mounting structure for running boards including a swivel bearing or universal joint disposed between the running board and the frame of the vehicle. The mounting structure is adapted to allow the running board, which is rigidly mounted to the cab, to move with the cab and independent of the frame thereby minimizing the stress on the mounting structure.

Abstract: A back or load carrying platform of a vehicle is made out of a frame and elements made of light metal and has at least one holding device to which ropes or other load securing facilities can be attached to hold the load in position during transportation. This holding device is ring-shaped and is hinged in a recess in the frame around the platform from which, when required, it can be removed.

Abstract: A hitch assembly for a vehicle having a rearwardly extended frame adapted to be contacted by a trailing vehicle and including brackets mounted on the frame operative when the vehicle is being pushed to provide a stop against overriding of the trailing vehicle relative to the frame. A connector member is removably associated with the frame and has releasable connection to the brackets thereon for converting the frame to a towing mode.

Abstract: Ski brake comprising a bail rotatably mounted about a fixed transverse axis on a ski having two brake arms extending alongside the ski on one side of the axis and a pedal on the other side of the axis, a flexural spring fastened to the pedal which extends to a supporting surface on top of the ski in all rotational positions of the bail. The spring is resiliently biased relative to the pedal such that in the absence of a ski boot on the pedal the spring rotates the bail into a braking position wherein the brake arms project below the ski. When a ski boot is placed on the pedal the bail is rotated against the bias of the spring into an inactive position wherein the brake arms are located in the plane of or above the ski. A roller can be provided at the end of the spring to roll on the supporting surface and/or the supporting surface can be provided with friction reducing properties.

Abstract: The air bag safety system is a self-contained, modular apparatus including: an inflatable bag, an inflating unit connected to the bag, and a sensor. The inflating unit provides gas for inflating the bag. The sensor is disposed adjacent to the apparatus and is responsive to a predetermined level of deceleration of a vehicle for activating the inflating unit. The system also includes a fail-safe interlock to prevent the sensor from activating the inflating unit when the system is not properly mounted or internal parts fail in service.