Abstract: Method of improving wetting and adhesive properties of dielectric materials by injecting electrical charges into the substrate under conditions such that the primary effect on the surface is that of charging so that improved wettability of the surface will be achieved. Flowable materials are then applied to the surface and cured in situ to permanently adhere the flowable materials to the surface.

Abstract: A refractory composite structure comprising a ductile refractory metallic layer with a roughened surface which is tightly bonded to a refractory composite structural shell. The roughened surface is dendritic in form and is produced by chemical vapor deposition techniques.

Abstract: A game of skill and chance in which a plurality of decks of 34 cards comprising 10 numeric pairs of yellow designed cards, 10-10 through 1-1, and 7 numeric pairs of blue designed cards, 7-7 through 1-1, is used. One card in the deck is designated a wild card. Two cards are given special significance when present as a pair. This pair is the highest ranking hand. The next highest ranking hand is a yellow pair of 10s followed by yellow pairs of 9s through 1s, blue pairs of 7s through 1s, and then numeric combinations of any color. The highest permitted numeric combination is 9. Each player is dealt a set of 2 cards with the option of receiving one additional card. Any hand containing 3 cards can not be valued as a pair, that is, it will always be a numeric combination. The hand of each player is compared, in turn, to the corresponding hands of a banker/player.

Abstract: A game of skill and chance in which a deck of 34 cards comprising 10 numeric pairs of yellow designed cards, 10--10 through 1--1, and 7 numeric pairs of blue designed cards, 7--7 through 1--1, is used. The highest ranking hand is a specially marked non-numeric yellow pair, followed by yellow numeric pairs 10--10 through 1--1, blue pairs 7--7 through 1--1, and numeric combinations of any color. Each player is dealt a set of 4 cards which the player arranges into subsets of 2 cards each. These hands or subsets are denoted as the front and back hands respectively. The subsets of each player are compared, in turn, front hand to front hand and back hand to back hand, to the corresponding hands of a banker/player. The combined outcome of the comparisons determines the outcome of the round of play as between that player and the banker/player.

Abstract: A concrete artifact handling assembly which includes a threaded socket embedded and anchored in the concrete artifact at least three diameters below the surface thereof, and a safety hoist ring threadably received in the threaded socket and snugged down against the face of the artifact. The thread element of the socket generally having a round thread form.

Abstract: A method of assembling a headed bushing from a headless bushing and a bushing head, and the resulting headed bushing. Selecting a bushing head which has a deformable flange and a bushing engaging sector on its inside cylindrical wall. Selecting a headless bushing and forming a groove on its exterior surface to engage with the deformable flange, and a head engaging sector to engage with the bushing engaging sector. Assembling the two together and upsetting the flange into the groove to hold the assembly together.

Abstract: An optical fiber illuminator system in which a stream of air under the urging of an air moving device such as a fan is drawn in through an air intake zone and discharged through a more restricted air exhaust zone of an illuminator case. The fan is located intermediate the air intake and exhaust zones. By reason of such restriction there is a slight positive pressure down stream from the fan. The fan is thus caused to run more quietly. The operative components within the case are protected from liquid moisture by means of a moisture collecting gutter which funnels moisture away from the operative zones of the illuminator.

Abstract: A two piece spring clip for holding a heat dissipating assembly together. The spring clip includes an elongated leaf spring member having a free end and a leg segment remote from the free end, and a separate leg member. The free end and the separate leg member define therebetween a leg engaging mechanism and are hingedly engaged with one another by the leg engaging mechanism. A bearing element is mounted on one of the free end or separate leg member. The bearing element bears on the free end or separate leg member to which it is not mounted so as to limit the arc through which the separate leg member may hingedly swing. Several bearing elements may be provided, if desired.

Abstract: A heat dissipating assembly which is releasably secured in the assembled configuration by means of a spring clip. The spring clip being configured on one end thereof with a lever or rocker arm which permits its assembly or disassembly by hand without the use of any tools. In the disassembly phase the amount of spring tension forcing the spring clip into an engagement with the adjacent structure is greater than the spring force which is required to rotate the latching component out of the latching engagement with the supporting structure. The latching component may thus be held in the rotated configuration out of latching engagement while spring tension moves it out of engaging position.

Abstract: In a game, performable in a gaming house, the winner, as between a banker player and the other players, is determined by assigning a value of one or eleven points to aces or special pieces, between zero and one point to face pieces, and face value to numeric pieces. A nominal value between 7 and eleven and one half is established. If the value of the banker player's hand is less than the nominal value and the value of another player's hand is greater than the banker player's hand but less than or equal to the nominal value, the other player is declared the winner. If the value of the banker player's hand is more than the nominal value and the value of the other player's hand is less than the value of said banker player's hand, the other player is declared the winner. The holder of a single special piece is declared the winner as against all other combinations. The banker player is declared the winner under all other conditions.

Abstract: A control unit for controlling a strobe light or the like, in particular for use in an alarm system or an emergency locator, is characterized in that a direct current power supply unit is provided which is activated to drive the strobe light when an external power supply unit which is adapted to drive the strobe light is deactivated.

Abstract: A heat sink-spring clip assembly for mounting on a PQFP electronic package wherein leaf spring legs engage with the outermost diametrically opposed ends of the bumpers on the PQFP, and the assembly is positioned relative to the PQFP package by means of tabs which extend normally downwardly to engage the upper sides of the PQFP well above and out of contact with the electrical leads.

Abstract: This invention provides an improved system for removably coupling a conductive heat sink to a chip housing. The heat sink is of the type having a plurality of pins arrayed in a grid pattern and extending perpendicularly from the top surface of a generally square base. The chip housing is of the type having opposite side walls each having latching projections. The heat sink is positioned in conductive thermal communication with an exposed portion of a computer chip or other device which is securely mounted to the housing. A flexible and resilient spring clip is adapted to fit within the passages defined by the spaces between the pins on the heat sink. The flexibility of the spring clip allows portions along opposing walls of the spring clip to be stretched and guided over the latching projections. The resiliency of the spring clip provides a spring bias sufficient to retain the heat sink in conductive thermal communication with the chip element under required working conditions.

Abstract: A board retainer assembly including a cold plate with plain generally rectangular grooves for receiving the edge of a board and a board retainer. The retainer being separate from the cold wall and adapted to expand and releasably clamp the edge of a board in the groove against a thermal wall of the groove. The retainer including an elongated body adapted to be received in the groove with an elongated face engaged with the edge of the board. A resilient spring element is adapted to engage the opposite wall of the groove under the urging of a camming rod. The camming rod rotates in the space between the resilient spring element and a camming surface on the body of the retainer. The camming rod is generally oval shaped with a major and a minor axis. Rotation of the camming rod one quarter turn causes the width of the retainer to expand by an amount equal to the difference between the lengths of the major and minor axes.

Abstract: An apparatus for molding reconstituted culled olive product in a slurry or plastic form comprising a plurality of molds, each of the molds being comprised of two halves which when brought together in face to face engagement define at least one cylindrical cavity; a plurality of elongated cylindrical rods, one for each of the cavities; a first endless belt to carry the molds vertically and incrementally over a predetermined horizontal course, and to return the molds back to the start of the course; an injection device disposed at a station below the horizontal course, the device being provided with a supply of the olive product in slurry form and adapted to inject a predetermined quantity of the product into each mold cavity having a rod inserted therein when the mold is disposed in the station; and a second endless belt adapted to carry the plurality of rods over a course which includes a rod insertion station disposed horizontally from the mold injection station, a tannic acid tank, a product coloring tank,

Abstract: Method and apparatus for converting a watercraft having on-board engine and guidance controls into a drone remotely controlled through towing apparatus by the skier riding on skis behind it. A control unit is secured to the watercraft. The control unit engages the on-board engine and guidance controls of the watercraft. The engine and guidance controls are operated by the control unit through a remotely located tow handle. The tow handle is physically and electronically connected to the control unit.

Abstract: A high temperature resistant reticulated porous foam structure for use as a diesel emission particulate trap. A reticulated porous foam substrate which is capable of maintaining its structural integrity at temperatures in excess of approximately 2500, and preferably 2700, degrees Fahrenheit is coated with a formed in situ oxidation resistant coating which extends substantially throughout the interstices of the porous foam structure. The coating comprises very thin alternate layers of silicon carbide and a carbide formed from a Group IVA metal which has a melting point in excess of approximately 1850 degrees Centigrade.

Abstract: A portable, lightweight, handheld, battery powered wire stripper which has an automated adjustable stripping cycle. Various components are assembled into a lightweight frame so as to define a generally axially extending wire stripping channel for receiving a free end of an insulating wire from which a slug of insulation of an adjustable predetermined length is to be semi-stripped. Sensors and controls are provided so that the insertion of the free end of a wire into the channel triggers the commencement of an automatic stripping cycle. During the cycle the wire is clamped in position in the channel and two edged blades are snapped into the insulation by electrical solenoids to form a slug of insulation. The edged blades are left in the closed position and the slug is stripped by moving the closed blades axially towards the free end of the wire. An electrical motor driving a lead screw is used to generate the substantial force which is required to semi-strip the slug from the wire.

Abstract: A copper-tungsten mixture net-shaped product produced using powder metallurgical techniques with injection molding and liquid phase sintering. The product has a very low leak rate in helium gas, a high thermal conductivity and a rate of thermal expansion which is substantially the same as some glass and ceramic materials.

Abstract: A structure which is resistant to corrosion at high temperatures comprises a ductile layer of a platinum group metal, such as iridium, and a layer of a refractory metal having a high strength at high temperatures, such as rhenium. A solid solution of the two metals is present between and metallurgically bonded to the two metal layers. Further, the structure may include a layer of ceramic such as zirconia or hafnia on the exposed face of the platinum group metal layer.