Abstract: A disclosure describes a carburetion system for an internal combustion motor which operates wih a mixture of vapor fuel and air. The system comprises: a carburetor which is characterized by operating as a continuous injection system, and a removable heat exchanger which is incorporated into the admission system before the exhaust system, in order to heat the admission system. The carburetor is supplied under constant pressure through a pressure regulator which enables to vary the pressure of the fuel depending on the operating conditions and the behavior of the motor in general; moreover, the carburetor is provided with automatic control means to regulate the proportion of the quantities of air which accompany the formation of vapor fuel and the heat exchanger; finally, this system enables to limit the premature expansion of the combustible mixture which is introduced into the combustion chambers.

Abstract: The disclosure describes a gymnastic balance beam which is provided with several standing or walking faces. The beam itself is in the form of an elongate body whose ends can be locked in various positions which are selected by axially rotating the body and fixing the ends. Each end of the elongated body includes a portion which has four flat faces with a bore in each face to receive a dowel which is positioned in each seat that receives the elongate body. The main walking section of the elongate body which is intermediate the ends thereof has as many different walking surfaces as there are positions which can be selected.

Abstract: A "Wall Member" which comprises an elongated substantially rectangular extruded mono-shell defining an inner core, extruded in indefinite length, after which it is cut to the required dimension. The shell is made of low heat expandable material and contains an insulating material therein. The shell is formed with two vertical faces one of which having a permanent building exterior finish and the other having a permanent building interior finish. This interior vertical face is also provided within its main core, with an adjacent integral conduit therein for horizontal electrical leads. The shell is additionally formed with two horizontal upper and lower faces which are adapted for engagement over one another, such as by tongue and groove. These "Wall Members" are also adapted for connecting their ends which are provided with upper and lower hard surface fins to a structural vertical member such as a Post, window or door frames or another "Wall Member".

Abstract: An improved material cutting apparatus of laying and cutting material. The improved apparatus is of simple construction, requires only one workman to operate the apparatus, and minimizes wastage of material. The apparatus is also readily adaptable to existing carriage structures utilized for laying material on a cutter board. The improved apparatus, when mounted on a carriage unit, can be moved along a cutter board to any desired location. The apparatus includes a cutter supported by a bracket structure, the bracket structure being slidably mounted on rail means. The cutter can be manually advanced along the rail means in order to perform a straight cut of the material being laid on the cutter board.

Abstract: In the present invention, there is provided a pair of pressure rollers mounted on a frame for removing the excess liquid from the fabric at the nip formed between the rollers. A predetermined planar path passes through the nip of the rollers coincidental with the path of the tubular fabric, and a blade having a first flat elongated surface extends laterally of the path upstream of the squeeze rollers below and adjacent the path of the tubular fabric such that the tubular fabric is in contact with the surface. A second surface upstream of the first surface merges therewith and at an angle sloping downwardly from the first surface. A third surface downstream of the first surface merges therewith and is at an angle to the plane passing through the path of the fabric, such that the blade causes liquid and air to be drained from the tubular fabric as it passes over the first surface in contact therewith at relatively high speeds.

Abstract: A snow gate attachment to be used at the end of a snow plow blade, adapted when in operation to prevent snow from discharging from the end of the blade, thereby preventing ridging when crossing driveways and the like. The gate attachment has a frame with a bracket adapted to be mounted to the end of a plow blade, the gate member proper pivotally mounted to the frame, and actuating means mounted on the frame for actuating the pivoting movement of the gate member between an operating position and an inoperative position.

Abstract: A continuous washing machine has an impregnation bath and a rinsing chamber. The rinsing chamber includes three successive sieve drums over which the tubular fabric is made to pass. The fabric passes over the second downstream sieve drum in a reverse direction so as to overturn the fabric and expose the other surface thereof and to retain the fabric over the sieve drum. A sump area is maintained in the bottom of the chamber, and the liquors from the sump are recirculated by means of spray pipes spraying rinse liquor onto the fabric. The spent rinse liquor coming from the fabric over the first sieve drum is drained out of the chamber.

Abstract: Process of producing pieces of eggs which comprises mixing eggs to obtain a blend of egg whites and egg yolks, separately establishing a first flow of the blend and a second flow of steam under pressure, contacting the first and second flows to produce a burst of the blend of eggs and to initiate a preliminary cooking of the eggs, introducing the eggs resulting from the proceeding step into a container, allowing the eggs to remain in the container until cooking is completed and a solid mass of cooked eggs is obtained, and disintegrating the solid mass into small pieces.

Abstract: An improved testing device for testing the tensile strength of sheet material, such as paper, including a first pair of vertically moving jaws mounted on a support and a second pair of vertically moving jaws hanging from the first support in a pendulum manner and adapted to be at a dead-center position with the second pair of jaws juxtaposed to the first pair of jaws and in contact therewith for gripping a sheet of material to be tested therebetween. Low pressure, large diameter, pneumatic cylinders are provided for moving the lower jaws of each pair upwardly towards the fixed jaws against a self-aligning cylindrical spring.

Abstract: The invention is to shake the upper run of a Fourdrinier forming fabric of a paper machine by imparting vibratory motion, in a direction transverse to the machine direction, to light-weight foil blades mounted at the dilute end of the Fourdrinier section. The foils, which are in contact with the fabric, cause the upper run to vibrate in the same transverse direction, thereby shaking the stock and improving paper formation. It is preferred to vibrate the foils at a frequency close to the resonant natural frequency of the upper run of a fabric or a harmonic thereof. All or part of the top surface of some of the foils, which contact the upper run of the forming fabric, may be coated with a material having a relatively high coefficient of friction to increase the frictional contact between the upper surface of the foil and the forming fabric.

Abstract: The apparatus includes a continuously rotating member having groups of chutes located on the rotating member about the periphery and a plurality of conveyor discharge devices extend tangentially from the periphery of the rotatable member such that the discharge conveyors are adapted to drop a predetermined number of pouches into a group of chutes as the group passes underneath the discharge member.

Abstract: A mobile ladder has a base, castors mounted to the base, a ladder connected to the base, a support member connected at one end to the base and at the other end to the ladder forming a structural triangle between the members, the ladder including a floor engaging member affixed thereto. The connection of the ladder to the base includes a link member which also forms a step of the ladder, pivotally mounted to the base about a first axis, and the link is also connected to the ladder about a pivot having an axis parallel to the first axis. The link is adapted to pivot about the first axis such that the ladder, if it follows an arc between the first position where the ladder is engaging the floor in frictional contact therewith and a second position whereby the ladder pivot with the link is passed over the gravitational dead center above the first axis and the ladder is cleared of the floor.

Abstract: This invention relates to a fusion and casting machine for the preparation of glass buttons for analysis.The machine contains an assembly of several heaters which moves with a precession motion imparting agitation to the content of the molten materials. When the materials are fused, agitation stops, flame goes out, moulds which were intially above the crucibles move under the crucibles, and the crucibles turn over and transfer their content into the moulds where solidification takes place. Perfect glass buttons are produced: these are stable, homogeneous, flat, smooth, bubble-free and need no further processing before the anaylsis.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for weaving a continuous fabric having parallel selvedges, including a doubleheaded needle being passed from one side of the shed to the other transversely, forming a weft double pick alternately from one side and the other. The apparatus includes an oscillating shaft moving a pair of arms supporting gripper means adapted to grip the needle on either side of the shed as the needle is being passed through the shed.

Abstract: The respective ends of a heavy fabric, for example, a woven dryer fabric or felt each provided with an array of connectong loops are joined with the help of a gap closing device. The gap closing device is detachably attached to the fabric when the latter is supplied to the user. When the fabric is being installed on the machine, the ends are pulled together by the gap closing device so that the arrays of loops are held in proximity and easily intermeshed to form an elongated tubular passage. A pintle wire is inserted into the passage to complete the joint. The gap closing device is then removed. A preferred gap closing device is a slide fastener, of which one tape is detachably attached to each end of the heavy fabric.

Abstract: The invention relates to a chess-type game for two players, comprising a board and chessmen, the board being uniformly divided into playing positions and having n distinguished boundaries. The chessmen of each player comprise a king, a plurality of pawns and a plurality of major pieces. Each of the major pieces is included in even amounts, the major pieces comprising a prince, a bishop, a rook and a knight. The board is square and is uniformly divided into 81 squares with nine squares on each side. Each player is provided with two of each of the major pieces so that each player has the following chessmen: a king, nine pawns and eight major pieces, namely, two princes, two bishops, two knights and two rooks.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for continuously monitoring systolic blood pressure of a subject. The instrument includes a light transducer for detecting variations in light intensity corresponding to variations in blood volume of tissue of the subject under the transducer and for converting the changes in light intensity to changes in voltage. In one embodiment, a heater is provided to dilate the tissue under the transducer. The voltage signals are differentiated with respect to time, and the differentiated signal is sampled once every heart beat of the subject at the beginning of diastole, or at the maximum value of the differentiated signal sampled during diastole, to produce a sampled voltage signal. To this sampled voltage signal is added a voltage representative of a steady pressure, and the sum is a voltage representative of systolic pressure.

Abstract: An umbrella frame is described having dome ribs, each including an inner section, a telescopic middle section, and an outer section hingedly connected to the middle section for movement between a position colinear with the middle section and a position with the outer section folded over the middle section. A geats is slidable on the inner section, and a stretcher member is hinged to the main runner as well as to the geats. A second geats member is slidable on the inner section and is connected to the end of the middle dome rib section. An auxiliary runner is slidable on the stick between the main runner and the crown. A strut member is hinged to the auxiliary runner and to the stretcher member, and a control link is hinged to the stretcher member, a short distance from the hinge of the first geats, and at the other end the control link member is pivotally connected to an inner extension of the outer dome rib section.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method to assist in the identification of a living body which comprises selecting a carrier, transcribing information as to the identity of the body on the carrier, and fixing the carrier to a hard mineralized portion of the body. The structure includes a miniaturized carrier of relatively inert material and having identifying intelligence thereon, wherein the carrier is adapted to be fixed or otherwise embedded on hard mineralized tissue of the body.

Abstract: An acoustical insulating fiber panel having two pairs of parallel edges, elongated extruded framing members extending along the edges of the panel, each framing member being rigid and including a first web portion adapted to engage the edge of the panel, a first flange at right angles to the web for engaging the suspension hanger-flanges, a second flange extending as a projection of the lower surface of the panel and extending a short distance beyond the projection of the first flange. The second flange has further webs extending inwardly of the flange at 90.degree. thereto and forms a material receiving jaw. An aesthetic covering material is stretched across the lower surface of the acoustical fiber panel and engages said so-formed jaws on the second flange of said framing members, and locking means are provided within the jaws for holding the edges of the covering material.