Abstract: A compound pendulum allows light to impinge upon properly positioned acceleration or deceleration photocells to vary the resistance of the photocells in accordance with the angular displacement of the pendulum; the amount and direction of angular displacement of the pendulum is dependent on the amount of acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle. Variation of the deceleration photocell resistance varies the frequency of an oscillator circuit to alternately flash a pair of warning lights at a frequency dependent on the rate of deceleration of the vehicle. The acceleration photocell must receive maximum illumination (a threshold value) to actuate a light for warning of a minimum rate of acceleration of the vehicle. A manual switch allows a high flash rate of alternate warning lights to be controlled by the operator of the vehicle.

Abstract: A component positioning fixture is provided for use with a beta backscatter measuring platen having an apertured seat. The fixture has a plate with an opening therethrough for the apertured seat, and alinement pins properly position the plate on the platen. At least one component positioning member is carried by the fixture plate, the member being selectively adjustable relative to the fixture opening for proper positioning of the component to be measured on the apertured seat of the platen. The positioning member is releasably secured in adjusted position and can include a stop member engageable by the component, a member shaped to receive and position the component and interchangeable with other members shaped to receive and position other components, and a pair of positioning guide members movable relative to each other and to the fixture opening along an axis which can be arranged normal to the axis of movement of the stop member.

Abstract: A first support member having a web with a slot and a pair of second support members having locking connectors insertable through the slot in side by side relation, each connector having a resiliently yieldable finger engageable against the web after insertion through the slot for interlocking the first and second members. Each connector has a laterally projecting detent on the side opposite the finger, an opening providing an arcuate generally vertical shoulder spaced rearwardly from the detent, and a laterally projecting spring retainer on the same side as the detent extending forwardly at least partially across the opening. When the connectors are inserted through the slot in side by side relation the forward end of each connector is confined against the other connector by the retainer thereof with its detent engaging the arcuate shoulder of the other connector, thereby interlocking the second support members, the retainers yielding resiliently to permit passage of the detents into the respective openings.

Abstract: A one piece T section used interchangeably as both a main T member and a cross T member in a supporting grid system for suspended ceilings. The interchangeable T sections have locking connectors engageable to interlock a pair of sections in end to end relation to form a main T splice with their tile supporting flanges substantially abutting. When the sections are used as cross T members, the locking connectors engage the web of a section used as a main T member and the flanges of the cross T sections overlie the flanges of the main T section with which they are interlocked.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing germicidal and healing treatment of tissue such as bone wherein an electrode of silver or like material is applied to a living tissue site to be healed, initially a direct voltage is applied to the electrode of a polarity driving the electrode as an anode to release silver ions to create a germicidal environment at the site, and thereafter a direct voltage of opposite polarity is applied to the electrode driving it as a cathode to stimulate healing of the tissue at the site. The apparatus is implanted in the body of a patient, and in one embodiment a battery is connected through a switch to the electrode and a reference electrode, the switch initially connecting the electrode as an anode and thereafter changeable by an external operator such as a magnet to connect the electrode as a cathode.

Abstract: Method and composition for simultaneously coloring and preserving wood by a single application of a contacting solution comprising any one of several known water soluble chemical preservatives containing any or all of the following heavy metals: copper, chromium and zinc, to which preservative solution has been added one or more specific naphthalene or benzene derivative compounds having hydroxy, amino or sulfonic acid functional groups attached to a ring carbon atom. Without departing from the teachings of this invention the wood may first be treated with the preservative solution and then contacted with the benzene or naphthalene derivative compound. It is also possible to apply the benzene or naphthalene derivative to the wood initially, followed by the application of the preservative solution.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing germicidal and healing treatment of tissue such as bone wherein an electrode of silver or like material is applied to a living tissue site to be healed, initially a direct voltage is applied to the electrode of a polarity driving the electrode as an anode to release silver ions to create a germicidal environment at the site, and thereafter a direct voltage of opposite polarity is applied to the electrode driving it as a cathode to stimulate healing of the tissue at the site. The apparatus is implanted in the body of a patient, and in one embodiment a battery is connected through a switch to the electrode and a reference electrode, the switch initially connecting the electrode as an anode and thereafter changeable by an external operator such as a magnet to connect the electrode as a cathode.

Abstract: A glass container having an upper rim for dispensing the contents thereof and a sealing membrane adapted to be applied to said rim to seal the contents of the container. The sealing surface of the container is prepared by treatment with fluorine and a metal oxide, or a sulfur oxide and a metal oxide, or with fluorine alone or a sulfur oxide alone, at an elevated temperature. To form the closure a membrane comprising a thermoplastic film is applied over the sealing surface and heated to result in a glass/plastic adhesion. The membrane may be a thermoplastic polymer/aluminum foil laminate.

Abstract: The drive member actuating rollers of an accumulating conveyor are independently supported by pneumatically inflatable tubing at a regulated pneumatic pressure engaging the drive member against the load carrying rollers to provide a drive force substantially no greater than that required to drive the load. Where the drive force is insufficient to overcome starting friction, the pneumatic pressure is periodically momentarily increased an amount sufficient to provide such drive force. In both cases, holdback force during accumulation is reduced to a minimum by matching the pressure of inflation to the drive force required for the load being conveyed, in a manner avoiding unnecessary excess drive force. In a long conveyor, the center section tubing is deflated during accumulation, to reduce holdback force.

Abstract: An electrochemical cell incorporating cathode materials comprising at least one metal oxide, at least one metal, or mixture of metals or metal oxides incorporated in the matrix of a host metal oxide. The cathode materials of this invention are constructed by the chemical addition, reaction, or otherwise intimate contact of various metal oxides and/or metal elements during thermal treatment in mixed states. The materials thereby produced contain metals and oxides of the groups IB, IIB, IIIB, IVB, VB, VIB, VIIB, and VIII, which includes the noble metals and/or their oxide compounds.The incorporation of the metal oxides, metals or mixtures thereof substantially increases the discharge capacity and the overall performance of the cathode materials.

Abstract: A water-activated canopy release mechanism having a detachable sleeve positioned between the arms of a buckle yoke. The sleeve contains a longitudinal passage having a release piston and bushing positioned therein and supporting the sleeve within the yoke. An explosive cartridge mounted at the piston end is fired by a sensor activated by water of predetermined conductivity and drives the release piston completely into the sleeve and wedges it there, thus freeing the end of the sleeve adjacent the cartridge. Simultaneously, the piston drives the bushing out of the other end of the sleeve and against a wedge carried by the yoke arm. As a result, both the piston and the bushing are held in a position which permits the sleeve to drop free of the yoke releasing the canopy from its load.

Abstract: (1.) An electronic checkbook consisting of:(A.) a dedicated microprocessor which continues to perform a specific function and store the information on a day to day basis, even when not otherwise in use,(B.) Checks.(C.) Checking stubs with numbers corresponding to the checks upon which can be kept handwritten records of the balance, checks written, and deposits made.(D.) Checking account deposit slips.(E.) A folder containing all of the above .In regards to the dedicated microprocessor, four high priority routines are present which are able to interrupt the main program:(1.) When the "STOP" position is selected, it halts the processor and turns off the display.(2.) Depressing the "CLEAR" button will clear the display and second register if not in "STOP".(3.) When the "REMOVE PROTECT" button is depressed, the contents of the memory effectively become zero, if not in "STOP".(4.) When the "POST BALANCE" button is depressed, the contents of the display are added to the contents of memory, if not in "STOP".

Abstract: A guide for portable power driven cutting tools comprising a guide member having a surface for placement on a workpiece and a tool guiding edge, and a gauge bar carried by the guide member for positioning the guide member on the workpiece in spaced relation to the line of cut. The guide is provided with at least one finger engageable formation on the guide member for maintaining the guide in a fixed position relative to a workpiece while a cut is being made by the power tool.

Abstract: A punching machine comprising a housing, a plunger having a punch at one end, and an electromechanical drive such as a solenoid carried by the housing and operatively connected to the plunger for driving the plunger in a direction along the longitudinal axis thereof when electrically energized to drive the punch into a workpiece and then withdraw the punch therefrom. The plunger is disposed in a housing passage in a manner permitting a degree of rocking movement of the plunger in a plane substantially parallel to the plunger longitudinal axis. A flexible guiding device in the form of a sleeve surrounding the plunger and an O-ring engaging the sleeve and the housing guides the plunger in a direction toward and away from the workpiece and also in the direction of the rocking movement. Electric current is supplied to the electromechanical drive by a circuit including a controlled rectifier connected in controlling relation to the drive and having a gate terminal connected to trigger pulse producing device.

Abstract: A disposable bib, napkin or apron of flexible sheet material having a neck cutout in its upper edge portion and two shoulder pieces adjacent the cutout. The upper edge portion carries a pressure-sensitive adhesive capable of releasably adhering to itself and to the clothing or body of a user, the adhesive extending substantially continuously across substantially the entire upper edge portion of the garment, leaving upper side edge portions free of adhesive, and extending downwardly for an appreciable distance to below the cutout. The garment is folded upon itself prior to use with one portion of the adhesive contacting and overlying another portion thereof whereby the entire area of adhesive is covered by the garment itself. To prepare the garment for use, the adhesive-free upper side edge portions are pulled apart to open the garment and expose the adhesive for placement against the clothing or body of a user.

Abstract: Agricultural discs are given a hardened annular run by providing a differential heat treatment. During the heat treatment step an annular ring of heat conductive material is placed on the outer periphery of the disc. Thus ensures that the outer edge is of greater hardness than the central portion of the disc.

Abstract: In a plate heat exchanger, particularly with a large number of plates in a pass, one of the problems is the port losses arising from uneven distribution between the flow spaces in the pass. In accordance with the present invention in order to divert flow away from the inlet and outlet end of a U arrangement pass, there is provided in the inlet duct a distribution (9) in the form of a tube (12) having external fins (15) an external annulus (17) and a flow straightening extension (18) mounted on locating rods (13a). In the discharge duct there is provided a collector (11) also in the form of tubes having an inlet aperture (23) and an external annulus (22).

Abstract: Non-toxic tertiary amines having very low vapor pressures and substantially insolubility in water and fats are employed as free radical catalyst activators for adhesive compositions comprising polyurethane polymers or elastomers dissolved in an addition polymerizable combination of an acrylic or methacrylic monomer, a copolymerizable monomer containing a free carboxylic acid group and a non-activated free radical polymerization catalyst.

Abstract: A microminiature palladium oxide gas detector and its method of manufacture. The detector comprises an extremely small coil of extremely fine wire such as platinum which is retained, sealed and insulated with an amorphous ceramic binder. The detector further comprises a catalyst applied to its exterior surface. The detector is manufactured by winding the wire about a mandrel which is desirably molybdenum. The coil is then coated with the binder composition which preferably comprises reduced chromic and phosphoric acids. The binder is then cured to retain the coil and the mandrel is removed by etching or oxidation. The catalyst is then applied which is preferably palladium nitrate in a weakly acidic hydrolyzed solution which has been adjusted to a pH of about 3 with tertiary octyl amine. The catalyst is then dehydrated and calcined desirably using an automatic electronic pulse controlled machine to precisely adjust and control processing temperatures and times.

Abstract: A tool for engagement with overhead valves to retain them in securely raised positions while working on the valve associated structure to prevent valves from falling into the cylinder when released from such associated structure. The tool has a flexible tube with an inflatable balloon at one end thereof which is projected through a spark plug opening into the combustion chamber and a compressible bulb at the other end of the flexible tube for manually supplying air pressure to said balloon through the tube. The tool includes control valve means for selectively connecting the bulb directly to the balloon for inflating the latter in the combustion chamber to engage the valves and hold them in a raised position and for venting the tube to deflate the balloon and release the valves when the work is complete.