Abstract: An upper body garment including a front body section, a back body section and two sleeves extending from the upper portion of the front and back section for covering the front, back, shoulders and arms of a wearer formed of two pieces of fabric and a single closing seam is provided. The upper fabric member includes two outwardly extending sleeve and upper arm sections with a central neck cutout and the lower fabric member includes a central lower back section with two outwardly extending front body sections. Both upper and lower fabric members are formed with curved cutout regions for forming arm and shoulder regions of the garment. The entire garment is formed by two seams joining the cooperating contoured cutout regions and the closing seam.

Abstract: An ink composition for thermal transfer printing of about 30 to 50 weight percent of a masterbatch including a pigment or dye uniformly dispersed in a copolymer of at least one of styrene and an .alpha.-olefin and at least one of a maleic anhydride and a dialkyl maleate and about 50 to 70 weight percent wax or resin is provided. The ink composition is suitable for use as the ink layer of an electrothermal transfer recording sheet.

Abstract: A personal liquid crystal image display includes a housing to be worn on a user's head, a light-transmission-type liquid crystal display panel for displaying video signals and a lens positioned between the display panel and a user's eye to enlarge the image. The housing may include earphones. The display and earphones are coupled to a tuner for receiving signal and driving the display and earphones. A portion of the drive circuit for driving the display may be disposed in the housing.

Abstract: Signals corresponding to the color content of an original, generated by scanning the original mounted on a rotating drum, are sampled and held at a coarse or low-resolution scanning rate. The number of samples per line (revolution) and the number of revolutions along which scanning is performed correspond to a raster scan of a video display. The signals are converted into digital signals and stored in a memory. The rate of sampling is adjusted so that samples from an entire frame of the original fill the memory. The stored signals are converted to analog signals, adjusted by a color computer to simulate a printing process and displayed at a raster scan rate on a video display. The apparatus according to the invention may be a scanner-previewer combination to achieve a previewing of the original, or may be a scanner with additional apparatus.

Abstract: A punch press for cutting windows in a ball cage. The ball cage is held in an established position. A first press assembly includes a first frame member and a punch assembly on a first surface of the cage, for cutting a portion of the cage. A second press assembly includes a second frame member, a cutting bed for supporting a second surface of the cage, said first and second surfaces being opposite surfaces of the cage, around the portion to be cut by the punch assembly. It also includes a counterpunch for opposing the punch assembly on the second surface. Pressure is applied to the second press assembly toward the punch assembly.

Abstract: A cabinet for pocket machinery having a transmissive liquid crystal display member. The cabinet includes a first cabinet member for holding the liquid crystal display member and electronic circuitry. The first cabinet member has a cavity at its rear. The liquid crystal display member is coupled to the rear of the first cabinet member within the cavity. A second cabinet member fits within the cavity in the first cabinet member and is removable from the cavity in the first cabinet member. The removal of the second cabinet member from the cavity in the first cabinet member exposes the liquid crystal display member.

Abstract: An improved agitator for use with a fermentation and tissue culturing vessel acting as a microcarrier culture vessel is provided. The agitator includes a hollow body assembly having an open end and a closed end and at least one tubulation communicating with the hollow body assembly at a location spaced from the open end thereof, the tubulation having an exit opening oriented such that movement of the agitator and the tubulation causes a suction or draft at the exit opening to cause flow of fluid from the open end of the hollow body assembly through the hollow body assembly and out through the tubulation exit opening. In this way, a microcarrier cell culture may be stirred in a smooth and non-erratic way thereby minimizing the detachment of the rounded growth cells from the microcarriers.

Abstract: The screw has a conventional threaded body, and a tapered leading end for easy entry to a tapped hole. A projection extends radially from the tapered end portion and when the longitudinal center lines of the screw and hole are misaligned, makes first contact with the threads on the tapped hole. As the screw is turned, the projection follows the tapped threads of the hole to bring the machine screw into alignment. When the projection tracks the internal hole threads, the positional relationship between the projection and the first screw thread brings the starting point of the first screw thread into contact with the starting point of the first thread at the entrance of the tapped hole.

Abstract: A plastic eye having an appearance closely resembling a glass-blown eye is formed of two generally spherical halves, secured together by solvent or cement at confronting flanges. The spherical halves are formed of clear glass or plastic and the front half is a hollow molding having an internal planar surface. The various eye components are pad printed on the planar surface and then the interior of the shell is given a white coating. Slots can be provided in the front spherical shell wherein an artificial eyelash may be received. A forward central projection on the front half better simulates the cornea of a real eye.

Abstract: A display device for use in constructing remote controlling billboards, bus destination signs, and the like has a two-sided display disc which is carried on a pivoted support. The display disc is rotated by the application of force from a piezoelectric crystal drive to a point on the support which is off of the axis of rotation of the support. The crystal drive responds to DC voltage of one polarity or the other to rotate the display disc to expose a dark side or a light side to the viewer.

Abstract: A dredge provided with a twin cutter in a container unit which is suspended from the ladder yoke in a hanger and tip tackle. Stay tackle structure is provided extending between port and starboard of the dredge vessel in a cross-wise manner to the opposite lateral sides of the support frame for maintaining the position of the cutter as it is moved through the soil. Each cutter with its motor drive is mounted in a casing in the form of a standard cargo container.

Abstract: An electrocardiograph for connection to sensors outputting analog electrical signals and having at least one sensor outputting electrical signals is provided. At least one of the analog signals is sampled, converted from analog to digital form and stored in a memory means. A processor writes consecutively sampled digitalized signals represented by a predetermined duration of the analog sensor output signal to addresses of the memory for storage in consecutive order. The processor applies the stored data from the addresses in consecutive order through a printer which prints a series of portions of a curve representative of the analog signal to produce a cardiogram extending in the direction of advance of the print medium. A magnetic tape cassette is provided for storage of data and an audible alarm means is also provided. The memory may also store programs for analysing the data.

Abstract: The thin film transistor comprises a plurality of individual thin film transistors on a common insulating substrate with the plurality of individual thin film transistors being connected together in series. The gate electrode of each individual transistor of the plurality of thin film transistors is connected to form one common gate electrode for the overall transistor. Leakage current in the OFF condition is substantially reduced. Identical performance is achieved from the transistor with interchangeability in designating source and drain terminals, when a symmetry is provided such that the i-th transistor in a series of N is physically identical to the (N-i+1)-th transistor in the overall transistor.

Abstract: Liquid crystal compositions including as the main component at least one P, P'-dialkylazoxyhenzene selected from Compounds (1) of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a straight-chain alkyl group of 1-10 carbon atoms, and R.sub.2 represents a straight-chain alkyl group of 1-10 carbon atoms and at least one component selected from Compounds (2), Compounds (3) and Compounds (4) of the general formulae, respectively: ##STR2## wherein R.sub.3 represents a straight-chain alkyl or straight-chain alkoxy group of 1-10 carbon atoms, R.sub.4 represents a straight-chain alkyl or straight-chain alkoxy group of 1-10 carbon atoms, R.sub.5 represents a straight-chain alkyl group of 1-8 carbon atoms, R.sub.6 represents a straight-chain alkyl group of 1-8 carbon atoms, and R.sub.7 represents a straight-chain alkyl group of 1-10 carbon atoms and R.sub.8 represents a straight-chain alkyl group of 1-10 carbon atoms. These liquid crystal compositions are suitable for multiplex drive.

Abstract: A method for preparing high quality silica glass articles is provided. The glass is prepared by hydrolyzing silicon alkoxide with a basic reagent to yield a first solution, hydrolyzing a silicon alkoxide with an acid reagent to yield a second solution, mixing the first solution with the second solution at a predetermined mixing rate to yield a sol solution, pouring the sol solution into a container, gelling the sol solution to a wet gel, drying the wet gel to a dry gel, and sintering the dry gel to yield a silica glass.

Abstract: A differential input hearing aid with a programmable frequency response provides the hard of hearing with the capability to listen to individual conversations in the midst of high ambient background noise, and to have the frequency response of the hearing aid tailored to the individual user by programming the desired response characteristics into the hearing aid by digital signals. The audio inputs of two microphones are applied to a subtractive circuit with the balance of the inputs being controllable. Digitally controlled band pass filters with selectable band and selectable level of amplification are provided.

Abstract: Two substantially planar discs sandwich pivoting joint elements therebetween. Slides, also between the discs, can move independently in a wide range of angular positions about the pivoting axis of the joint, and be fixed in any selected positions. Slides comprise two elements drawn together radially to clamp onto circumferential rims provided on the discs. Joint bending in each direction is independently controlled. Internal opposed teeth on the disc rims and slides engage when the slides are positioned.

Abstract: Improvements in an orbital stretch wrapping apparatus are provided for. The orbital stretch wrapping apparatus package support platform includes a package support finger or plurality of fingers positioned so as to be able to support the item being wrapped at its sides thereby facilitating package removal. Additionally, the orbital stretch wrapping apparatus incorporates a pair of safety panels featuring an electrical interconnect mechanism whereby the orbital stretch wrapping apparatus may not be operated until the safety side panels are extended to their full outward position, thereby reducing the danger of coming into contact with the moving stretch wrapping mechanism.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cluster type tag pin assembly having a multiplicity of tag pins adapted for use in securing price tags or the like to sold goods. The tag pin assembly includes a large number of tag pins each having a head portion, a cross bar and a filament portion through which the cross bar is connected to the head portion. Each side surface of the cross bar of each tag pin is formed at the central portion thereof with an expanded portion, and expanded portions of each adjacent cross bars are mutually joined.