Abstract: A slide calculator includes a sleeve having a plurality of windows for presenting data from three variables arranged in matrices of rows and columns. Opposite sides of the sliding card include data with the rows and columns interchanged. The sleeve surrounding the sliding card is lined with a transparent plastic.

Abstract: A transducer cable includes an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and dielectric between the inner conductor and the outer conductor. A longitudinal passage and a sense wire loosely disposed therein extend through the dielectric. Movement, (e.g., intruder-caused vibration) of the transducer cable results in movement of the sense wire relative to the outer conductor, causing corresponding changes in characteristic impedance of the sense wire. A carrier signal transmitted down the inner conductor produces an electromagnetic field that couples energy to the sense wire. The change in characteristic impedance causes reflection of some of the coupled energy, which produces a corresponding signal that is sensed by a receiver circuitry. The receiver circuitry produces a signal indicating the occurrence of the intruder-caused vibration.

Abstract: A latch secured to a cabinet door includes dual flexible prongs having bulbous ends for engaging an anchor mounted within a cabinet. Upon closing of the cabinet door, the prongs flex and the bulbous ends snap into depressions within the anchor to restrict opening of the cabinet door to a limited extent. Upon initial opening of the cabinet door, both prongs must be manually simultaneously flexed to disengage the bulbous ends from the anchor and permit full opening of the cabinet door.

Abstract: A transducer cable includes an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and dielectric between the inner conductor and the outer conductor. A longitudinal passage and a sense wire loosely disposed therein extend through the dielectric. Movement, (e.g., intruder-caused vibration) of the transducer cable results in movement of the sense wire relative to the outer conductor, causing corresponding changes in characteristic impedance of the sense wire. A carrier signal transmitted down the inner conductor produces an electromagnetic field that couples energy to the sense wire. The change in characteristic impedance causes reflection of some of the coupled energy, which produces a corresponding signal that is sensed by a receiver circuitry. The receiver circuitry produces a signal indicating the occurrence of the intruder caused vibration.

Abstract: A mass flow meter includes a body having a cylindrical bore and an elongated cylindrical piston positioned in the bore concentrically therewith. An elongated annular fluid flow channel of uniform depth is bounded by a cylindrical surface of the piston and a surface of the bore. Fluid flows laminafly through the channel. First and second concentric ferrules are located at first and second end portions of the piston to precisely position and hold the piston concentrically in the bore, by elastically expanding in response to longitudinal forces on the first and second end portions of the piston to symmetrically engage a wall of the bore. A first pressure measuring probe in fluid communication with an upstream equalization chamber measure fluid pressure in the upstream equalization chamber, and a second differential pressure transducer in fluid communication between the upstream equalization chamber and a downstream equalization chamber measures differential fluid pressure between the two equalization chambers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the simultaneous duplication of both the bit notch pattern and shoulder position of a master key onto a key blank. The key blank is longitudinally and laterally aligned relative to a key cutter. A master key is longitudinally and laterally aligned relative to a key follower. The key follower is then longitudinally and laterally displaced relative to the master key to trace the contour of the key master. The key cutter is simultaneously displaced relative to the key blank in an identical manner to reproduce the traced contour of the master key on the key blank and to longitudinally reposition the key blank shoulder to coincide with the relative longitudinal location of the master key shoulder by cutting away a portion of the shank to reduce the length of the shank.

Abstract: A detachably mounted screen for vehicular windshields and the like protects the windshield against an accumulation of snow, ice, or frost and permits removal of any snow, ice or frost by detaching the screen from the windshield. The screen also protects against the damaging effects of hail, wind driven sand or other particulate matter and may serve as a shield against or filter for solar, ultraviolet or other impinging radiation. Adhesively attached posts are secured proximate the perimeter of the windshield for snap fit engagement by a socket supporting a lever. A cap retains a segment of the screen upon the socket. Upon securing each socket to its respective post, the screen is attached adjacent the windshield and by manipulating each lever, the attendant socket is releasable from its respective post to permit detachment of the screen.

Abstract: A conductivity meter includes a cell having a passageway through which dialysate flows during measurement. A constriction in the passageway meters the flow and partially defines the cell constant. To measure conductivity, an alternating current is applied to the dialysate through cylindrical electrodes in the passageway on each side of the constriction. A thermistor adjacent one of the electrodes is used to measure the temperature of the dialysate. A housing for the cell includes an elongated handle and an enlarged portion, containing the cell, extending to one side of the handle. The handle contains a printed circuit board having circuitry for making the measurement and the enlarged portion includes a window for display of the measurement.

Abstract: A debris cap is provided with a locking post that is insertable into an opening in the closure of the cap so that a lock engaging the manipulating handle of the cap and the locking post prevents unauthorized removal of the cap.

Abstract: Power factor is increased and harmonic distortion is decreased in a boost circuit by varying the current drawn in phase with the ripple voltage from a rectifying bridge. The boost circuit includes a series connected inductor and switching transistor and the control electrode of the switching transistor is connected to a second inductor. The second inductor is magnetically coupled to the first inductor and provides feedback for sustaining high frequency oscillations in the boost circuit. A third inductor is magnetically coupled to the first and second inductors and to the control electrode of the switching transistor. The voltage from the third inductor is rectified and filtered to remove the high frequency pulses but not the ripple and the voltage is coupled to the control electrode of the switching transistor for changing the power consumed by said boost circuit in phase with the ripple.

Abstract: The topography of an 84 lead CMOS microcomputer chip includes first, second, third, and fourth consecutive edges, with chip control logic being located along the upper left edge. The chip includes six multiplexed peripheral I/O port buffer circuits, a data bus buffer port, chip control logic, tone buffers, and system speed control circuitry located around the edge of the periphery of the chip. One of the six ports functions as a parallel interface bus. The microcomputer includes a sixteen bit W65C816S CMOS microprocessor, 576 bytes of SRAM, 8192 bytes of SROM, a plurality of edge interrupt inputs and level-sensitive interrupt inputs, four UARTs, eight timers, priority interrupt control circuitry, and two tone generators. The topography is arranged to provide convenient connection of terminals of the microcomputer when it is used as a "core" of a larger computer system chip including an external memory system, a serial communication system, and an interrupt and I/O system.

Abstract: Produce, whether vegetable and/or fruit, is supported upon a screen basket suspended within a closed cabinet. Each of a plurality of nozzles disposed about the basket emits a filled cone of washing liquid to scour the produce and to dislodge by agitation and flotation debris therefrom. After filtering of the washing fluid through a screen in the cabinet, the washing fluid is recycled by a pump pumping the washing fluid from a collection trough to the nozzles. Preferably, the washing fluid is slightly acidic.

Abstract: An article is dried in a vacuum and sublimation is prevented by controlling both the heat applied to the article and the heat lost through evaporation. The article is placed in a vacuum chamber having a plurality of infrared lamps disposed around the interior of the chamber and the chamber is heated to a predetermined temperature prior to evacuation. Heat loss is controlled by maintaining the pressure above approximately 5 torr, which controls the rate of evaporation. The drying cycle also cleans the article.

Abstract: A brake for a portable stand includes a bracket for attaching the brake to the stand, a sleeve attached to one edge of the bracket, and a plunger movable within the sleeve. A toggle joint, connected between the bracket and one end of the plunger, has a pivot plate as one arm of the toggle joint and a handle attached to the pivot plate for extending and retracting the plunger. A foot attached to the free end of the plunger is either a friction pad or a caster and is attached to the plunger by a leveling screw. The edge of the bracket includes a recess for receiving the toggle joint in an over-center position.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte capacitor cell includes a cathode contact layer, a cathode layer of carbon and RbAg.sub.4 I.sub.5 surrounded by a peripheral portion of the cathode contact layer, a larger electrolyte layer of RbAg.sub.4 I.sub.5 attached to the cathode layer, and an anode layer of carbon and RbAg.sub.4 I.sub.5, an anode contact layer, and an insulative, annular silver barrier extending between and contacting peripheral portions of the cathode contact layer, the anode contact layer, and edges of the cathode, electrolyte, and anode layers to prevent silver migration. A composite capacitor includes a plurality of the series-connected solid electrolyte cells stacked in an elastic housing that maintains isostatic internal pressure throughout the electrolyte layers of all of the cells, making them resistant to formation of minute cracks in all of the electrolyte layers. This prevents deposition of silver in such cracks during charge/discharge cycling and therefore prevents cathode-to-anode shorts.

Abstract: A drain module is substituted for a retaining block during the construction of a retaining wall of interlocking retaining blocks to provide a drain. The drain module includes an inlet tube for coupling to a drainage pipe, a flange having an outer face attached to an end of the inlet tube, and an elongated main tube aligned with the inlet tube and attached to an inner face of the flange. A front face plate is attached to a front end of the main tube and has an opening aligned with a passage through the main tube. First and second side chambers are bounded by first and second portions, respectively, of the front face place extending beyond opposite sides of the main tube. In one embodiment the side chambers are filled with cement or the like during construction of the retaining wall to receive and anchor interlocking pins engaging retaining blocks of the retaining wall. The front face plate has a shape or contour closely corresponding to the shape or contour of the front face of each retaining block.