Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Dark Veria`, characterized by its spherical and mounded plant habit; high vigor and moderate growth rate; decorative-type inflorescences with slight open center; bright yellow ray florets; numerous inflorescences per plant; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Aldo`, characterized by its upright, mounded and freely branching growth habit; moderate vigor; decorative-type inflorescences; bronze-colored ray florets; numerous inflorescences per plant; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Red Start`, characterized by its vigorous, upright and uniform growth habit; freely branching plant habit; decorative-type inflorescences; bronze-red colored ray florets; numerous inflorescences per plant; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Pidoul`, characterized by its upright, mounded and freely branching growth habit; moderate vigor; daisy-type inflorescences; white ray and golden yellow disc florets; numerous inflorescences per plant; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Cobra`, characterized by its upright, mounded and freely branching growth habit; daisy-type inflorescences; tan-colored ray and yellow-colored disc florets; numerous inflorescences per plant; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new variety of hybrid lily plant bearing large upright-facing flowers of excellent form and long persistence, both on the plant and as cut-flowers. The flowers of the new plant are particularly characterized by their pure white coloration, their lightly ruffled margins, their large size and substance, their upright to semi-upright orientation, and the sharply ascending pedicels of the upper flowers. This combination is completely new in the Oriental hybrid divisions of lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial cultivation. The bulbs may be precooled and forced for cut-flower production.

Abstract: A bearing apparatus comprises a housing formed of a non-magnetizable material and having a bottom portion, a fluid lubricating type radial bearing device provided coaxial with the housing and having a magnetic fluid sealing section and a radial bearing section, a thrust bearing device provided at the bottom portion of the housing, and a rotating shaft of a permeable material rotatable supported by the radial bearing device and thr thrust bearing device to extend through the radial bearing device. The magnetic fluid sealing section is disposed on the opening side of the housing with a predetermined spacing away from the radial bearing section whereby a space is provided between the magnetic fluid sealing section and a liquid surface of fluid lubricant filled in the radial bearing section.

Abstract: A pad or roll comprising a plurality of separable disposable flexible sheets, each sheet optionally having a detachable portion, the sheets or detachable portions thereof being capable of blocking solar ultraviolet radiation, each such sheet or detachable portion thereof having two symmetrically positioned opposed edges and a configuration conformable to the surface of a person's nose, each sheet or detachable portion thereof having a front surface and a rear surface, the rear surface being provided with nontoxic adhesive means for releasably adhering the sheet or detachable portion thereof to a person's nose.

Abstract: A hand and finger shield includes a front wall and a rear wall spaced therefrom between which the fingers of a hand may be inserted. The front and rear wall are interconnected by a bottom wall. At least one intermediate wall extends upwardly from the bottom wall and is joined to the front and rear walls so that fingers may be placed on each side of the intermediate wall. This arrangement creates a shield which protects the user's fingers when for example, holding a food item which is being sliced or cut. The shield may also have side walls extending inwardly from the front wall to function as a scoop, scraper, or dispenser of cooking ingredients.

Abstract: A shin pad for ice hockey or other sports is described, together with a method of manufacturing shin pads. The shin pad includes an elongated flexible lining, and a rigid or semi-rigid knee shield secured to the lining. A lower aspect of the knee shield has one or more lateral slots defined therein. In the preferred embodiment, there is one such slot, generally centrally located. A rigid or semi-rigid shin shield is provided with a corresponding tab or tabs projecting from the upper end thereof for insertion in the slot(s), thereby locating the upper end of the shin shield against the lining. The lower portion of the shin shield is secured against the lining by any suitable conventional means such as sewing or one or more rivets. In the method of manufacturing the shin pad, the knee shield is secured to the lining in conventional fashion, such as by sewing.

Abstract: A joint protective apparatus is disclosed that is particularly well adapted to support and cushion the knee joint when kneeling. The apparatus includes a light weight, flexible support material wrap selectively positionable about the joint and having a retaining enclosure thereat positioned to be proximate the knee joint and upper shin area when properly positioned. A pad having plural compartments therein for containing a flowable material is receivable in, and substantially fills, the retaining enclosure. A relatively rigid yet deformable protective cap having a wedge shaped support platform configured to extend between the knee joint and the upper shin area is fastened to the wrap over the retaining enclosure.

Abstract: A collar shield including an outer cloth section having the perimeter area of an inwardly facing side thereof coated with a heat activated adhesive layer, an inner section of non-woven fabric that is coated on a collar facing side with a layer of whitening agent, and a central barrier strip formed from a flexible, moisture impermeable material positioned between the outer cloth section and the inner section of nonwoven fabric in a manner such that the layer of whitening agent is oriented away from the barrier strip. The outer cloth section, the inner section of non-woven fabric, and the central barrier strip are secured together with an adhesive to form the collar shield. The inner section nonwoven fabric and the central barrier strip are sized such that the heat activated adhesive layer extends past the perimeter edges of the inner section of nonwoven fabric and the central barrier strip.

Abstract: A wader for use in fishing, and other activities in which a person wades through water, is provided with gussets on opposed sides in an upper portion of the wader. The gussets are foldable and a VELCRO strip, or a belt or the like, is utilized to maintain the gussets in a foldable condition thereby providing for a wader for use by wearers of different girth sizes.

Abstract: A locking apparatus for a cord comprises a sleeve member having a first axial end, a second axial end and a tubular surface therebetween. The first axial end is closed by a disc-shaped member having a first diameter. The tubular surface has an outer surface having a second diameter. The second axial end has a flange-shaped rim portion having a third diameter. The first diameter and the third diameter are greater than the second diameter. The disc-shaped member has an outer surface that is knurled. A plug shaped member is slidably received in the sleeve member. The plug-shaped member has a first axial end disposed with the sleeve member and a second axial end being disposed axially outside of sleeve member. The second axial end has a knurled surface.

Abstract: An air flow and filtration control system in the form of a headgear which is worn by a physician during a surgical procedure, a technician during an assembly process, or any other user wherein controlled air flow and air filtration is required or desired. The flow-through system includes a relatively rigid, open frame, skeleton headgear structure which substantially surrounds the head of the wearer. A fan is mounted in the headgear structure. The fan is positioned to move air through ducts formed in the headgear structure. A shroud (or hood) is draped over and attached to the headgear structure in such a fashion as to completely cover the headgear structure and to cover at least a portion of the wearer in order to maintain sterile or controlled conditions relative to the wearer. The shroud includes filtration areas which may encompass the entire shroud. The filtration areas may be disposed adjacent to the fans when the shroud is placed over the headgear structure.

Abstract: A menstrual underpants (12) comprising a garment (14) configured with a front portion (16), a rear portion (18), a crotch area (20), having two leg openings (22) and a waist opening (24), so as to be worn about a lower torso of a woman (26). Provision is made for engaging opposite ends (29) of an absorbent pad (30). A facility (32) is for securing the engaging structure (28) to the crotch area (20) of the garment (14). The absorbent pad (30) will be held in place at the crotch area (20) and not move up and down, while edges of the absorbent pad (30) will not curl up, to allow the woman (26) to have more comfort, when wearing the garment (14).

Abstract: Eye goggles for use in different sporting activities to protect the eyes against harsh light and possible impact injury. The goggles comprise a goggles frame having a pair of eyepiece frames interconnected by a nosepiece, a pair of eyepiece lenses, and a goggles retainer to retain the goggles against the wearer's face. Each eyepiece frame has elongated and spaced apart inner and outer support elements in which the inner support elements are locatable between a wearer's face and an adjacent outer support element. The support elements are spaced apart by a plurality of relatively short spacer elements and extend in generally similar directions to define upper and lower edge portions of each eyepiece frame. The spacer elements are spaced apart along lengths of the support elements to provide ventilation openings located between the support elements and spacer elements.

Abstract: Goggles enabling fine adjustments of eyecups and providing an increased degree of fitting freedom onto wearer's face are provided including a pair of right and left eyecups, a nasal belt interconnecting respective opposing inner end portions of the eyecups, and an elastic band connecting to respective outer end portions of the eyecups, each of the outer end portions of the eyecups defining a band insertion hole vertically extending therethrough.

Abstract: A waterless urinal meeting U.S. sanitation code requirements and providing advantages of cost savings, water conservation and easy maintenance is particularly beneficial in public or institutional urinal facilities. An odor trap cartridge unit is configured as a coaxial dual chamber bell trap that eliminates the need for conventional P or J type traps required in water-flushed urinals. In the odor trap, a body of oily liquid sealant, floating on a body of trapped residual urine, serves as an odor barrier but allows entering urine to immediately permeate downwardly through the sealant and proceed to a drain without requiring flushing. The odor trap is molded from two plastic parts that are assembled together to form a cartridge unit that fits readily into a receptacle cavity of urinal bowl configured for wall mounting. The cartridge stays in place by friction and gravity, and can be easily removed with a special tool.

Abstract: A toilet system comprising a toilet including a flushing device and a toilet bowl, further comprising a faecal tank for receiving sewage from the toilet, the faecal tank including a separating device for separating liquid and solid components of the sewage, and the liquid components being withdrawable as grey water from the separating device through a first outlet, and further comprising a hygienization tank receiving the grey water separated off in the faecal tank through a grey water inlet and including a device for hygienizing the grey water which is then withdrawable as hygienized grey water from a second outlet is proposed.

Abstract: A dual power-flush toilet (20) which has a water closet (22), a water tank (24), a ball cock (26), and a first lever arm (28). A dual acting flush valve (30) is disposed within the tank and modified to incorporate an overflow opening (44), a refill elbow (46) and a beveled washer (32). A second tank lever arm (50) is installed into the tank and lifts the flush valves vertical tube (36) causing a partial flush of the water in the tank. The first tank lever arm is attached to the flush valves float assist arm (38) beneath the second lever arm lifting both the vertical tube and float assist (40) delaying the opening until a complete flush of the water from the tank is achieved. A pressure increasing riser (56) is added between the water closet and the water tank to boost the water pressure and more efficiently flush water from the tank into the water closet.

Abstract: A folding collapsible frame structure for a baby's crib, including two side frame units, two folding top frame rods and two folding bottom frame rods bilaterally connected between the side frame units at different elevations, a pair stretchers connected between the folding bottom frame rods in the middle, and a folding bed plate supported on the stretchers and having loops sleeved onto the stretchers, top joints and bottom joints respectively connected between the side frame units and the folding top and bottom frame rods which permit opposite ends of the folding top and bottom frame rods to be turned relative to the side frame units within 90.degree. angle so that the frame structure is collapsed when the top frame rods are pushed downwards and folded up and the loops of the folding bed plate are pulled upwards.

Abstract: Disclosed is an air mattress apparatus. The apparatus includes a pump contained within an inflatable chamber. The pump is in fluid communication with the inflatable chamber via intake and exhaust ports. One-way valves positioned on the intake and exhaust ports of the pump control the flow of air from the pump to the inflatable chamber of the air mattress. The pump contains a resilient, closed-cell foam pump material. The mattress is inflated by repeatedly compressing the pump material and then permitting it to expand and fill with air.

Abstract: A tool combination includes two tool assemblies that may be secured together by an engagement between a dovetail slot and a dovetail. The tool assemblies each includes a number of rotatable tools. One of the tool assemblies includes a rib formed on one side. The other tool assembly includes a knob pivotally engaged in a housing. The knob includes a projection for engaging with the rib. A spring may bias the projection of the knob to engage with the rib so as to secure the tool assemblies together. The tool assemblies each includes a spanner for engaging with and for repairing bicycle tire.

Abstract: A tool adapted for use with a drill for installing screw anchors in concrete or masonry walls or the like having a sleeve type body, a bit holder slidably located in the body, a drill bit with a handle secured in the bit holder, a coil spring seated on a collar of a bit holder and extending around the bit, a set screw to retain the drill bit in the bit holder and also to serve as a means to advance and retract the drill bit, a cutout comprised of a longitudinal slot, a retainer notch, and at least one depth notch, and a driver seat capable of retaining a driver bit and further capable of releasable attachment to the sleeve type body. The attachment cap allows ready conversion of the tool from a drill to a driver and back again.

Abstract: A person transfer assist device is provided for use to help a person transfer from a sitting position to a standing position and from a standing position to a sitting position which comprises: a) a pad for fitting around the lower back and waist of a person to be assisted; b) a grip bar having a length sufficient to enable an attendant and the person to be assisted to grip the bar during use of the device; and c) a strap secured to the pad and to the grip bar, the strap having a sufficient length so as to enable an attendant to stand before a person to be assisted and to pull such a person from a sitting position to a standing position, or to lower such a person from a standing position to a sitting position, while maintaining an upright posture. A waist strap may be provided to attach the pad around the lower back and waist of the person requiring assistance.

Abstract: An apparatus for inducing relaxation or sleep in infants including a base, a platform mounted on the base such that the platform is movable with at least three degrees of freedom of motion relative to the base, a child retainer provided on the platform, a device for moving the platform in the at least three degrees of freedom of motion and a driving source for driving the device for moving the platform in the at least three degrees of freedom of motion.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning the interior of a well tubing, comprising a body member (10) for insertion into the tubing, and at least one cleaning pad (14) mounted on the body member (10), the or each cleaning pad (14) comprising a body having an inner face engaged with the body member (10) and an outer face provided with protruding bristles (38). The apparatus further comprises protection pads (50) mounted on the body member (10).

Abstract: A paint roller cover which can provide a "rag" finish. This paint roller cover includes an inner core with first and second separate core elements. A cover element covers the inner core. An adhesive formed on outer edges of the first and second separate core elements secures portions of the roller cover to the first and second separate core elements. A pressing member holds the inner core elements together for mounting the paint roller cover onto a paint roller holder. A painter can then impart a desired amount of twist onto portions of the roller cover, to select a desired finish achieved by such a paint roller cover. This paint roller cover can also be mounted on a conventional cage assembly paint roller holder, and thus is very easy and inexpensive to use.

Abstract: An improved convertible electric blower/vac. The blower/vac includes an improved air inlet cover with an adjustable choke member. The air inlet cover also includes a pressure ring for increasing the efficiency of the blower/vac impeller when the unit is operated in the blower mode. The blower/vac also includes a blower tube and a vacuum bag collar, each with resilient tabs that engage receptacles on the blower/vac to retain the blower tube and vacuum bag collar on the unit. The housing outlet of the blower/vac includes guides that interact with longitudinal ribs on the blower tube and the vacuum bag collar to reduce unwanted rotational deflection of the blower tube and vacuum bag collar when either is engaged on the housing outlet. The blower/vac includes an improved vacuum tube for use of the blower/vac in the vacuum mode.

Abstract: A backing strip for a windscreen wiper blade assembly, and a clip for securing the backing strip to the assembly are disclosed. The backing strip and clip may be used in a wiper refill replacing existing windscreen wiper blades or may be provided as original equipment. The backing strip comprises rails (20) and (22) which can be engaged with claws (12) of the wiper assembly. The backing strip has two channels (34) and (36) for receiving a wiper element (40) and either rails (20) or (22) can be engaged with the claws depending on the size of the claws. The wiper element (40) is arranged in an appropriate one of the channels (34, 36) depending on which of the rails (20, 22) are engaged with the claws. The backing strip may include a third pair of rails (102) for enabling the backing strip to be used with claws of three different sizes.

Abstract: A device for cleaning a continuous chain and track, including the wheels of said chain, and then lubricating said chain without dismantling said chain from the track of a large breadbun oven and/or proof box. The device cleans the chain directly above a section of the inspection portion of its track on a platform that comprises jets and wheel-activated brushes for cleaning and then lubricating the portion of the chain on the platform. This allows said chain to be cleaned and then lubricated while in continuous motion as a portion of said chain moves from its track onto said platform. Said device can also be built into the track area, thereby eliminating the requirement for a platform.

Abstract: A hood with a depending side wall has vacuum passages formed in the inner surface thereof. An inner shroud positioned internally of the hood cooperates therewith in forming the vacuum passages and has a lower edge elevated above the surface to be cleaned. A foramenous skirt depends from the lower edge of the hood sidewall to contact the surface to be cleaned. The vacuum passages are connected to a source of vacuum. A rotating spray assembly inside the shroud sprays cleaning liquid onto the surface to be cleaned.

Abstract: An adjustable window hinge having a stop bracket securable to the hinge track, a set bracket securable to the window frame adjacent the hinge track and an adjustable screw threaded through an upright wall of the set bracket to contact the stop bracket and control the position of the hinge track relative to the frame.

Abstract: An un-lockable hinge pintle lock wherein a pintle is removably constrained within knuckle bores by means of a lock tongue engaged with a pintle bore. The lock tongue is a component of a lock. The lock is constrained within a lock blade aperture in a lock blade, by means of a lock screw through a lock screw hole. The lock tongue is inserted through a lock blade knuckle aperture which communicates with the lock blade aperture, and thence into the pintle bore. The lock may be removed in order to permit pintle removal from the knuckle bores, which permits the lock blade to be removed from another blade to which it had been rotatably attached.

Abstract: A fitting part comprises a bushing adapted to be inserted into a pre-drilled hole in a supporting wall and secured in such a manner as to prevent relative rotation on the bottom side of a plate-like part, a holding pin mounted in a rotatable manner in the bushing and which after rotation thereof is adapted to engage the wall of the hole directly or by the intermediary of locking clamping parts, and whose widened out head is engaged with the top side of the attachment flange, and a flat actuating part connected with the head in a pivotal fashion, which actuating part may be folded over out of an inactive position essentially parallel to the attachment flange into an actuating position essentially parallel to the axis of the holding pin. The fitting part can be consequently fitted in place in a simple fashion without special tools.

Abstract: A cord strain relief apparatus attaches to an electrical device and includes an adjustable electrical-device-attachment assembly and a tether assembly connected to the electrical-device-attachment assembly. A handle assembly is connected to the tether assembly, and a pig tail element is connected to the handle assembly. The electrical-device-attachment assembly includes a strap and a rigid base member which includes a non-round bottom surface, a channel for receiving the strap, and tether-connection portions for connecting to the first tether assembly end of the tether assembly. The tether-connection portions of the rigid base member are comprised of wall portions of the rigid base member. The handle assembly includes a pair of duplicate handle housing portions each of which includes a pair of half-circle cord-receiver notches located along a transverse mid-line and each of which includes two pairs of auxiliary half-circle tether-receiver notches.

Abstract: A pair of push plates (11, 12) are slidably mounted in a housing (3) so as to be moved in a lateral direction with respect to a longitudinal direction of a personal adornment band (2), one of the push plates (11) has an upper arm (15) having a thickness of an upper half thickness of the push plate, the other push plate (12) has a lower arm (16) having a thickness of a lower half thickness of the push plate, upper and lower arms are overlapped with each other, and a pair of return springs (13) are provided between the push plates for urging each push plate in an outward direction. A cover (4) has a lock pin (21) secured to the underside thereof to be engaged with engaging hooks (20, 20c) of the push plates. In a coupling state of the buckle (1), an engaging rod (23a) provided on a connecting link (23) of an end of the personal adornment band is held by the cover and the housing which are locked each other.

Abstract: A clamp apparatus including a support member and a clamping arm member detachably and hingeally secured to the support member. The support member includes a first mating member of a hinge mechanism and the clamping am member includes a second mating member of the hinge mechanism. The clamp apparatus can not only rotatably and compressively clamp an elongate panel, or sheet object, or other material, but can be assembled by longitudinal engagement of the component members in a flanked, snap-fit manner. To facilitate the flanked, snap-fit formation of the hinge mechanism, the first mating member includes a resilient socket structure having an expandable opening for receiving the second mating member.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a transducer assembly having a curved transducer array. The method includes the steps of fabricating a laminated assembly by bonding the following layers together: a layer of electrically conductive, acoustic matching material, a layer of piezoelectric ceramic, a flexible printed circuit board and a layer of acoustic damping material. The acoustic damping material changes from an inflexible state to a flexible state when heated. The laminated assembly is then diced to a depth so that the only undiced portion is a portion of the acoustic damping layer. A core body having a curved front face in the shape of a cylindrical section is fabricated. Then at least the undiced portion of the layer of acoustic damping material is heated into a flexible state. The heated undiced portion of the layer of acoustic damping material is flexed to conform to the curved front face of the core body.

Abstract: To produce an elongate hollow metal body with a cross-sectional contour varying in the longitudinal direction by the internal high-pressure forming process in an internal high-pressure forming press, a sheet-metal blank composed of two blank parts of identical area is first produced, each part having, apart from additional joining-area parts provided in the region of the longitudinal edges, in the longitudinal direction at least the length of the longitudinal hollow body and in the transverse direction at most half the length of the respective cross-sectional contour. Subsequently, the two blank parts are laid one on top of the other and are joined together, in particular welded, in the region of the joining-area parts. Thereafter, the sheet-metal blank is expanded by introducing a pressure medium between the two blank parts held within a tool consisting of two dies.

Abstract: A composite package comprising an inner plastic container (10) and an outer sleeve (20), wherein the outer sleeve has an aperture (21) cut into it in the region of one of its edges. The inner plastic container has an integral plastic handle (11) formed along part of one of its edges. When the package is assembled, the aperture in the outer sleeve corresponds with the plastic handle of the inner container, thereby allowing the composite package to be picked up and handled by means of the plastic handle.

Abstract: Process for the manufacture of a containment element for a fluid heated to a temperature exceeding 850.degree. C. A blank made of a refractory metal alloy is coated with a glass-based adhesive, at least one film made of a glass suitable for the material and the plasticity temperature of the blank is laid down on it, the blank is heated to the plastic temperature and subjected to a first stamping operation to shape the chamber of the containment element, followed by a second stamping operation to form the inner or outer flaps of the chamber. The element is then cooled, and finally, heat-treated.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a magnetic head suspension assembly (10) comprised of a rectangular portion (12), load beam (14) and flexure (16) fabricated from a silicon structure using the etching techniques of the integrated circuit fabrication industry. Said magnetic head suspension assembly (10) having electrical leads (23) to a slider, a pre-amp circuit (25) and a microactuator (27) fabricated directly thereon. A system of providing a loading force passing to slider (50) comprising either a tapered base plate (40) adapted to be held by a horizontally oriented actuator arm or an actuator arm (60) having at least one angled receiving surface (62,64) for attachment to said suspension assembly.

Abstract: A head assembly forming a field replaceable unit (FRU) is assembled and adjusted such that head-to-tape path alignments are accurately made completely independently of an associate tape drive device. The head assembly includes an aluminum base having a magnet and shield assembly attached to a back thereof. A head os attached to a rigid beam with a voice coil formed thereon and the head and beam are flexibly attached to the base with the voice coil functionally located for movement within the magnet assembly. A flag on the beam is sensed by an optical sensor attached to the base such that a horizontal position of the head can be sensed. An azimuth arm is attached to the front of the base having an azimuth and penetration datum affixed thereto. The azimuth arm is moved horizontally in relation to a mount plate of a data cartridge for azimuth adjustment. The penetration datum is adjusted for the penetration alignment relative to the mount plate.

Abstract: An electronic-component mounting system including a plurality of mounting units which are arranged along a reference line contained in a reference plane, each of the mounting units including (a) a mounting device which mounts at least one electronic component on an object and (b) a moving device which moves the mounting device along the reference plane and in a direction perpendicular to the reference plane, the moving device moving the mounting device within a first range which at least partly overlaps, along the reference line, a second range within which the mounting device of at least one adjacent mounting unit of the plurality of mounting units which is adjacent to the each mounting unit is moved by the moving device of the adjacent mounting unit, the mounting device of the each mounting unit mounting the electronic component on the object within the first range, the mounting device of the adjacent mounting unit mounting at least one electronic component on the object within the second range.

Abstract: The present invention teaches a boot system for protecting plugs and connectors or receptacles for use in commercial and industrial environments or applications. A boot is provided for each of the plugs and connectors to be joined, with the boots being formed with triple-sealing cooperative surfaces which contact one another upon the boots being matingly joined. Each boot is further formed with stepped sealing means for receiving a cable to be wired to the device housed by the respective boot. Each boot is yet further formed with outer scalloped longitudinally extending surfaces adapted to receive the fingers of a user.

Abstract: A wire connecting block for use in 110-style cross connect systems in which the contacts include a pair of oppositely directed tabs to secure the contact in the housing against a pair of oppositely directed ledges formed in the contact receiving slots. The connector is formed by a method that utilizes a punching operation to secure the contacts by the double tab locking arrangement as described.

Abstract: A preform of a superplastically formed fan blade for a turbofan aeroengine, includes two blade flank components and a core sheet sandwiched between them. A manufacturing process for producing the blade preforms comprises cutting titanium plate material into rectangular prism shaped pieces of suitable length and thickness. Each piece is cut lengthwise along an inclined plane to form two separate tapered panels which become the blade flank components. After machining to a three dimensional profile on the cut faces, pairs of the blade flank components are stacked together with their uncut surfaces confronting each other, the core sheet being placed between them. The blade flank components are then diffusion bonded to the core sheet in a predefined pattern so as to create the blade preform with an internal structure defined by the bonding pattern. The blade preform can then be superplastically formed and finish machined to produce the fan blade.

Abstract: An integrated circuit package is disclosed, of the type having a pin-fin heat sink attached to the surface. A flat plate is attached to the ends of the pins of the heat sink, to provide a planar surface area of adequate size to allow a vacuum pickup tool to pick and place the packaged integrated circuit, and to receive marking and symbolization.