Abstract: A method of combustion and a fluidized bed incinerator for burning and decomposing refuse such as municipal wastes are disclosed. The refuse is fluidized together with a fluidizing medium such as sand and primary air, to form a fluidized bed where the refuse is burned and decomposed. The pyrolysis gas produce by thermal decomposition of the refuse is combusted with secondary air supplied to the incinerator. By controlling the temperature inside the fluidized bed so as to be maintained in the range from 520.degree. to 650.degree. C., stable combustion is achieved, despite changes in the volume of refuse added to the fluidized bed, and the unburned pyrolysis gas and smut densities in the exhaust gas are decreased. Temperature control is achieved by spraying water onto the fluidized bed. The combustion air ratio can be reduced because the refuse can be stably combusted, and the temperature of pyrolysis gas inside the combustion chamber can be maintained at a high level.

Abstract: A bearing for supporting a rotatable shaft is particularly adapted to support a shaft rotating in an arcuate motion that produces a primary wearing portion of the bearing. The bearing structure is a solid block of high molecular weight plastic. A cylindrically shaped bearing bore, adapted to receive a shaft within it, extends between two opposed sides of the block. A plurality of fastener bores symmetrically provide locations for sleeves in the block to receive fasteners for mounting the block to a supporting member in such a manner that the bearing may be dismounted, rotated, and remounted to change the primary wearing portion within the bore. The sleeves are slightly longer than the fastener bores so that the fasteners may be tightened against the sleeves to secure the bearing without deforming the block.

Abstract: A venipuncture and cutaneous sealing device and method which permits the capturing of a needle along its length either before or after a venipuncture, the engaging of the venipuncture site, and the sealing of both the puncture site and the needle tip. The sealing device may include two separable parts which are positioned along the length of the needle prior to the venipuncture. A split is provided in the sealing device to permit this capturing of the needle along its length or the sealing device may be pre-mounted on the needle along its length. The sealing device is slid or pressed into engagement with the skin at the venipuncture site and the needle is then withdrawn from the puncture site thereby leaving one part of the sealing device on the puncture site to seal the puncture site and absorb any blood at the site. Further, the other part of the sealing device is left on the needle to seal the tip of the needle and absorb any blood on the needle.

Abstract: A container for receiving currency bills or the like includes a plurality of adjacent compartments (22) and a housing (12) enclosing these with a closure unit (18) which is designed for selectively unblocking a predetermined compartment opening. The compartments are made up of individual compartment receptacles (22) which are arranged to be movable in the housing (12) parallel to the direction in which the compartment opening points and to which a positioning device (136) is assigned, through which respectively one compartment receptacle (22) can be moved between a waiting position, in which it is completely inside the housing (12), and an access position in which it partially protrudes out of the opening which is unblocked by the closure unit and substantially corresponds to the cross section of the compartment receptacle (22).

Abstract: A knitted, woven or non woven article such as a glove for example, having a wrist cuff includes an edge binding which is activatable by the application of heat thereto to prevent unraveling of the cuff edge. The bound edge is defined by first and second yarn ends which are knitted or woven together, wherein the first yarn includes a heat activatable, thermoplastic outer covering and the second yarn is defined by a nonthermoplastic, elastic material. The first and second yarns are knitted or woven in a manner to form crossover points therebetween. The edge binding is subjected to heat in order to melt the thermoplastic outer covering of the first yarn, thereby joining the first and second yarns at the crossover points. The articles may be formed on conventional, automatic knitting machines. The knitted articles are ejected from the machine and are gravity fed into a device which melts the thermoplastic outer covering of the first yarn, and thereby bind the edge of the article.

Abstract: A softdrink carrier adapted to be worn around the neck of a user comprises an elongated strip having a central longitudinal slot defining a pair of separable shoulder straps forming a V-shaped opening to receive the user's head. A pouch forming member at one end of the strip is reverse folded over and in registry with the strip. The sides of the pouch forming member and strip are interconnected to define therebetween an upwardly opening pouch adapted to receive a cup of liquid.

Abstract: A container crane which can transport a container on a ship to a position on a land along the shortest route. The container crane comprises container transporting means for transporting a container, first and second detecting means for detecting the horizontal position and the vertical position, respectively, of a container on a ship, control means for calculating a route of movement of the container transporting means in response to information of the position of the container thus detected and for controlling the movement of the container transporting means in accordance with the calculated route of movement.

Abstract: Apparatus for positioning the seam of a welded tube comprises a plunger rod of a diameter less than the tube having a first longitudinal axis supported and journaled upon its first axis for reciprocal and rotational movements. A radial knife edge projects from the plunger which is adapted for advancing on its axis into a welded tube having a seam rotatably supported upon the first axis. Successive rotation of the plunger causes the knife edge to operatively engage the seam and rotate the tube a predetermined angle, there being preset angular final seam position for the tube, the knife edge having a preset initial position clockwise ahead of the desired seam position. Rotation of the knife edge is counterclockwise.

Abstract: In a replaceable ribbon cartridge (12) for printers in which the ribbon (14) can be guided out of the cartridge through an exit opening (16) and at the end of a tension segment extending outside the cartridge can be reintroduced into the cartridge through an entrance opening (18), there is arranged on the cartridge (12) in the zone of the tension segment at least one deflection slide (24, 26) displaceable in a direction approximately perpendicular to the ribbon plane between a position of retraction into the cartridge (12) and an extended position deflecting the ribbon (14). Through the deflection slide or slides (24, 26), the ribbon (14) is generally spread away from the cartridge sufficiently so that upon insertion of the cartridge into the printer, it places itself around the printer head.

Abstract: A costume jewelry circlet, such as a bracelet, necklace or belt, is formed of an inner, string-like core having its opposite ends connected together, upon which is positioned a tubular sleeve which extends around and covers substantially the full length of the core. The sleeve is interchangeable with other sleeves which are formed either with different surface textures or colors or cross-sectional shapes. Thus, the wearer of the costume jewelry may substitute one sleeve for another, as desired, within the discretion of the wearer, to produce different visual effects due to the varying textures, colors or shapes of the interchangeable sleeves.

Abstract: The method and apparatus for removing structural concrete from a road bed includes a vehicle having a frame on wheels movable along a road bed and mounting a pivotal hood having a lowered use position adjacent the road bed and a raised position. A pressure water manifold upon the frame is connected to a source of pressurized water up to 25,000 p.s.i. A feed carriage is reciprocally mounted within the hood and supports a rotating seal and shaft assembly having a body with a water inlet connected to the manifold and a power rotated tubular shaft journaled upon the body receiving pressure water for delivery to a depending nozzle block connected to and depending from the shaft.

Abstract: A method of stable combustion in a fluidized bed incinerator for burning and decomposing refuse such as municipal wastes while fluidizing them is disclosed. A number of air diffuser tubes are provided inside the incinerator body for fluidizing the refuse and the fluidizing medium. The fluidizing air from the air diffuser tubes is supplied at high speed or low speed from each of the tubes respectively. By alternately forming more and less fluidized areas inside the fluidized bed, the refuse is stably burned. Because of the stable combustion of the refuse, the combustion air ratio can be reduced and the combustion chamber temperature inside the incinerator can be maintained at a high level.

Abstract: A magnetic weather strip for sealing a door within a frame comprises a pre-bent thin iron based resilient metal strip of L shape extending along the sides and top edge of the door and secured thereto. A wood strip is mounted upon the frame along the sides and top of the door and has a compressible resilient filler mounted along its length and interlocked therewith. An elongated magnetic strip is embedded within the filler opposed to the metal strip, with the filler in yieldable sealing engagement with the metal strip when the door is closed, and the metal strip attracted to the magnetic strip.

Abstract: The present invention relates to automobiles, each featuring a low floor realized by introducing the frame which is fabricated with the inter-member gap of the frame members narrowed in the vicinity of the rear driving axle system, and assembled approximately flat over the range extending from the front to the rear of the rear driving axle system, allowing the above-ground level to be lowered as much as possible with the frame being assured freedom from interference by the rear driving axle system.

Abstract: A disposable urinating funnel for females comprises a thin, paper-like sheet which is folded in half to form two overlapping sections whose free edges are connected together and are tapered toward the fold line to form a funnel-like shape. The upper edges of the funnel-shape are curved to cover a female vaginal area, and the opposite, bottom edges form a spout-like portion. Score lines are formed midway between the fold line and connected side edges in each of the sections and extend upwardly from the bottom of the spout-forming portion toward the upper end of the funnel-like shape. Manually squeezing the fold line and connected side edges toward each other causes the otherwise flat funnel-like shape to open, by bowing the sections apart along the score lines. In addition, the tapered, connected-together edges are cut along a shallow curve which permits the funnel to be used with the fold line forwardly or rearwardly for selectively directing the flow of liquid through it.

Abstract: A replacement flooring for a dump truck, railroad car or other truck having a body upon a frame, the body including front and side walls and aflooring plate. The replacement flooring comprises a replacement floor plate superimposed over the flooring plate and peripherally welded and sealed thereto, defining a sealed chamber between the plates. A two-stage copolymer, including a resin, fills the chamber and is cured. The hardened cured filler spacer of the copolymer material is snugly interposed between the plates. A modified protective flooring includes a series of spaced, upright, U-shaped tubular stiffener rails with base portions thereof filled with a hardened thermosetting copolymer. Another modified protective flooring includes a metallic floor having a layer of cured, hardened thermosetting copolymer material thereunder, mounted over and secured to the flooring plate.

Abstract: An insulated wall construction is formed of a pair of parallel, spaced apart foam plastic sheets and a poured-in-place concrete core filling the space between the sheets. The sheets are each formed of numerous smaller panels which are interconnected edge to edge to form their respective sheets. The sheets are secured together, before the concrete is poured, by means of numerous metal tie members. Each tie member is formed of a pair of parallel, elongated, thin, rigid sheet metal plates which are interconnected by thin, narrow, elongated sheet metal strips whose opposite ends are connected to the respective plates and with the strips being twisted along their lengths. Each of the plates are inserted within aligned edge pockets formed in the abutting edges of adjacent panels which assists in aligning and interconnecting the panels. The plates carry tooth-like clips which embed within the pocket walls to hold the panels from moving, due to hydrostatic forces, during the concrete pouring.

Abstract: A low thermal expansion potassium zirconium phosphate is formulated using a metal oxide as a densifier. A mixture of these powders is sintered and quenched.

Abstract: A knitted article such as a glove having a wrist cuff includes an edge binding which is activatable by the application of heat thereto to prevent unraveling of the cuff edge. The bound edge is defined by first and second yarn ends which are knitted together, wherein the first yarn includes a heat activatable, thermoplastic outer covering and the second yarn is defined by a nonthermoplastic, elastic material. The first and second yarns are knitted in a manner to form crossover points therebetween. The edge binding is subjected to heat in order to melt the thermoplastic outer covering of the first yarn, thereby joining the first and second yarns at the crossover points. The articles may be formed on conventional, automatic knitting machines. The knitted articles are ejected from the machine and are gravity fed into a heated chamber in order to melt the thermoplastic outer covering of the first yarn, and thereby bind the edge of the article.

Abstract: A precast composite plastic reinforcement insert, method of making the reinforcement insert and method of reinforcing a structural member. The insert includes pellets which are formed of a mixture of a thermosetting polymeric resin and a blowing agent. Polymeric resins disclosed include a one-part epoxy with a thermal curing system or a thermoplastic polyester resin. The pellets in one embodiment are retained within a matrix of expanded polystyrene and in combination form the insert. The insert is formed in a mold cavity which receives the pellets and unexpanded polystyrene which is expanded during the process by heating the same within the mold cavity. The insert is used to reinforce a structural member by placing it in the structural member prior to a thermal paint curing operation.