Abstract: A hand held device for facilitating the engagement of buttons on a garment particularly suited for use by older persons who have difficulty with manual manipulation. The device includes a hooklike terminal having an opening of varying width for engaging the interconnection between the button and the garment in the form of threads or a shank.

Abstract: A means and method for installing a seal upon the mouth of an elongated opening in a toner hopper farming part of a cartridge used with photoelectric copying devices. The tool is configured to support the seal along its axial length while exposing a distal edge portion of a peripherally located adhesive enabling it to be positioned on a corresponding edge surface of the toner hopper opening and engaged therewith, following which the tool is disconnected from the seal to enable the remaining portions of the adhesive to be adhered to the remaining portions of the mouth of the seal.

Abstract: A two-piece container for mints or similar tablet type contents in which base and cover elements are arranged for relative sliding movement in opened and closed condition and are of curvate configuration so as to approximately conform to the figure of a user when the device is disposed in a side pocket of a jacket or similar garment. The cover element is configured such that the upper surface and the lower surface of the base element are exposed for contact between the thumb and fingers of a user, thus permitting the opening and closing of the container using the thumb and fingers of a single hand.

Abstract: A method is described which enables the location of a radio frequency emitting target in absolute or relative GPS coordinates from a single airborne platform within a few seconds. The method uses a signal processing technique which emulates an antenna moving at very high velocities to induce a Virtual Doppler shift on signals incident upon a linear antenna array. The Virtual Doppler shift is directly proportional to the signal direction of arrival as measured by its direction cosine. The method is shown to prevent single and multiple GPS jammers from being able to jam conventional GPS signals. Also disclosed is a means and method for developing virtual Doppler shifted signals to determine the angle-angle bearing of emitting targets to high resolution. This in turn, allows the position of the emitter to be determined in a GPS reference frame to be located to a high degree of accuracy from a single platform in extremely short times.

Abstract: A chafing or warming dish construction typically used for buffet serving of comestibles having user sensing means which automatically opens and closes an overlying cover depending upon the presence of the user at a serving table. In a disclosed embodiment, the cover is arranged for pivotal rotation about a pair of aligned pintles.

Abstract: An improved threadedly engageable container closure having a frangibly interconnected tamper-indicating ring, in which the tamper-indicating ring includes a relatively thin upper portion and a relatively thicker lower portion defining a circular recess of rectangular configuration. The tabs are interconnected to an inner upper edge of the lower portion of the tamper-indicating ring by an area of cross section sufficiently thin as to impart elastic memory between the lower portion of the tamper-indicating ring and the upper portion. When the closure is installed, the tabs pivot to operative position, and remain so as the closure is installed, the relatively thinner upper portion of the ring expanding uniformly through contact of the outwardly-directed surfaces of the tab against the inner surface of the upper portion of the closure ring.

Abstract: A dietary supplement for improvement of sexual dysfunction without resulting in undesirable side effects which occasionally accompany the use of prescription medicaments used for this purpose. The composition comprises the amino acid L-Arginine in cooperation with smaller amounts of Panax Ginseng, Niacin Amide, DHEA and Zinc.

Abstract: A method for deflagrating/detonating anti-tank and anti-vehicle land mines, beach zone mines, and surf zone mines located in mine belts or individually using delayed active ignition high temperature incendiary flechettes or darts.

Abstract: A device for preventing damage to a driven spindle of a rotatably driven mechanism upon the occurrence of a radially-inwardly applied force wherein the spindle is disconnected without damage. The disclosed construction is particularly useful in conjunction with spindles of relatively smaller diameter.

Abstract: A self-contained monitor including a volatile memory circuit having an armed and a disarmed state, a nonvolatile memory circuit, a responder and an intrusion detector is disposed in a predetermined space to sense and report an intrusion therein. A primary power source having momentary and sustained power interruptions associated therewith energizes the self-contained monitor. A short term energy storage circuit provides secondary power to the volatile memory circuit communicating therewith and with the primary power source so that momentary power interruptions do not result in the volatile memory circuit sensing a loss of power. The volatile memory circuit is switched from the armed to the disarmed state by either the sensing of the intrusion or by the sensing of at least one sustained power interruption. A user employs a remote controller to transmit an RF test signal to remotely test the state of the volatile memory circuit.

Abstract: A pick and place quadruple head construction for transferring as many as four small workpieces such as computer chips and the like simultaneously from a first matrix to a second matrix. The four individual head units are arranged to form a rectangular area which may be contracted or enlarged upon moving three of the units relative to each other along two mutually perpendicular axes. Each unit includes a reciprocable spindle capable of movement along a third axis, and rotatable about the third axis in repeatable cyclic manner. The spindles include vacuum means for picking up and releasing transferred workpieces. Also disclosed is a wear compensating structure for the spindle. In several of the disclosed embodiments, the head units are arranged such that the reciprocating spindles are located in a common vertical plane so that the articles deposited on the place matrix permit an in-line separation.

Abstract: A jet bomb guidance system in which bi-directional nozzles are fired in a manner to produce force state changes resulting in improved level of control, greater force compatibility and greater efficiency in propellant fuel usage. The system includes four bi-directional nozzles spaced at 90 degree internals in which at least four single nozzles are open at any given instant to maintain a substantially constant gas pressure. The system may be positioned at the nose portion, tail portion, or center of gravity of the bomb.

Abstract: A device for holding an icepack or other heat transfer means on various parts of the face of a user including an elastic headband strap adjustably secured by hook and pile interconnection, and a second strap which interconnects with the headband at both ends with hook and pile interconnection, which supports the icepack.

Abstract: A means and method for heat treating an upholstered workpiece such as a vehicle seat, including an enclosed cabinet mounting plural parallel-extending steam heated manifolds on either side of the workpiece as it passes between the manifolds. Unused steam is recirculated to a steam generator. By treating the entire surfaces of the workpiece, it is possible to eliminate the steaming of individually detected wrinkles, thereby saving both production time and associated manual labor. In an alternate method, the steam manifold is formed as an elongated loop and the workpiece is passed through an enclosed area formed by said loop as the upholstered part of the workpiece is unfolded upon a rigid frame.

Abstract: A fire stain and tarnish resistance silver composition containing germanium, tin, and trace amounts of boron and nickel, as well as copper.