Abstract: An improved Q-switched laser and laser rod in which the threshold of double pulsing is significantly raised. In a Q-switched laser, the laser cavity includes a front mirror which is partially transmissive, a rear mirror element and a lasable rod like element positioned between the two mirrors. The rear mirror is controlled in such a manner that it sequentially presents reflective and nonreflective surfaces to the laser rod. This then prevents lasing action from occurring until such time as the reflective surface is presented to the rod. In order to prevent double pulsing, pulsing which occurs as the rear mirror is moving into its proper alignment, a pulse suppression optical discontinuity is provided within the laser cavity. This may take the form of a bevel portion on one end of the laser rod itself. The bevel portion is aligned such that it is positioned in the direction of opening of the rear mirror to the rod.

Abstract: There is disclosed a device for applying a liquid adhesive onto the surface of bottles moving in upright seriatim fashion on a horizontal moving conveyor at an adhesive applying station. The device includes a container for liquid adhesive and a pivoted frame supported over the container which supports a beveled feed wheel on an inclined shaft driven by its connection to an electric motor. The beveled feed wheel rotates partly submersed in the adhesive and engages a cylindrical applicator roller freely rotatable on a vertical axis at the applying station. The outer periphery of the roller is comprised of a porous, resilient layer, e.g. a spongy urethane layer which receives adhesive from the beveled facing of the feed wheel. The beveled facing of the latter is non-porous and smooth, e.g. a steel facing.

Abstract: An extruder apparatus control system wherein a temperature corresponding to that of the extrusion material is sensed at each of a series of zones extending along the apparatus extrusion chamber and also the velocity of the apparatus ram. The control system includes a command device for providing operating commands corresponding to a selected operating mode of the apparatus and a velocity command corresponding to a desired velocity of the ram for the selected operating mode. From these operating commands a controller establishes for a selected operating mode, a series of temperature set points, each corresponding to the desired temperature at one of the series of zones and from the velocity command, a velocity set point representing the desired velocity. Thereafter, the control system compares the set points with the sensed values and makes corrections as required to achieve and maintain an equality between them.

Abstract: Disclosed is web handling apparatus for forming a sleeve of a shrinkable, cellular polymeric material from a predecorated web. The web is processed to provide (1) a partial-depth slit along the longitudinal dimension, and (2) cross-dimension pleats. Predecorated shrunken neck labels are formed from the web for overlying the neck and closure of the bottle and including a pilferproof feature. Such a label is formed from the processed web by cutting a blank having the cross pleats therein and winding the blank on a mandrel to overlap the ends and seam the overlap to make a sleeve. The sleeve is stripped onto the top neck end and over the closure of a bottle of room temperature to a label position and shrunken to a snug fit, the pleats absorbing wrinkles that occur in shrinking the material onto a "cold" bottle.The disclosure includes a novel machine for making the sleeve from a plastic web and placing it on the bottle.

Abstract: A compact valve block for an IS glass forming machine in which a plurality of vertically positioned poppet valves which are in two rows and in staggered array, are controlled by solenoid operated pilot valves of equal number to the poppet valves. An air manifold communicates with all of the poppet valves and the air is selectively delivered to the "kiss block" of an IS machine to provide the functional operation of various mechanisms on the machine. The deenergization of the solenoid operated pilot valve associated with any of the poppet valves permits the poppet valve to return under spring pressure to connect its output passage to an exhaust passage. All the exhaust passages on all of the poppet valves enter a common header which in turn communicates with an exhaust chamber, thus muffling the sound of air normally associated with the exhaust of the pneumatic motors of an IS machine.

Abstract: In the operation of a contact-type probe for sensing the level of glass in a tank or furnace, an arrangement is provided which will move the probe into contact with this molten glass at a relatively slow rate. After contact with the glass, the probe is quickly withdrawn from contact with the molten glass, the quick withdrawal being provided in the two embodiments. The first, by exhausting air from a diaphragm motor used to advance the probe and in the other embodiment electrically retracting the probe by the use of a solenoid.

Abstract: There is disclosed a gaseous laser, whose cathode is a conductive coating upon the walls of a cathode volume, the geometric design of the cathode, cathode volume, and cathode-connecting volume being such as to impede sputtering of the cathode.

Abstract: Operating wave forms which are asymmetrical are applied to a gas discharge display and memory panel device to simplify the drive electronics, improve interfacing to logic controls and adapt to integrated circuitry. One bulk sustainer wave form is applied to one array of a pair of transversely oriented electrode arrays. Addressing wave forms for altering the discharge state of discharge sites between the arrays are superimposed on the bulk sustainer and thus referenced to the bulk sustainer voltage levels for electrodes of the one array. The other array has addressing wave forms which are referenced to a fixed voltage level, advantageously ground and are sequenced to function as a component of the composite sustainer wave form for the panel and discharge manipulating wave forms for selected discharge sites of the panel or the entire panel. A system affording the above operations is set forth together with addressing logic suitable for integrated circuit gating to the device electrodes.

Abstract: Bottle supporting and masking apparatus wherein the container or article to be coated electrostatically is carried in an inverted up-right position through an electrostatically charged particle spray zone, with the container supported by a non-conductive neck or finish masking chuck. The container is heated to render its surface conductive and four embodiments of supports are disclosed, each of which will provide a grounding of the container.

Abstract: A sealing glass and a sealing glass paste for sealing the face plate and funnel portion of a color television tube wherein PbO-containing sealing glass frit contains from an effective amount of a powder, such as Pb.sub.3 O.sub.4 powder, which powder prevents the reduction of PbO to Pb metal during the sealing process, which reduction would otherwise result in a dielectric breakdown in the seal. A sealing glass paste consisting essentially of a PbO-B.sub.2 O.sub.3 -ZnO sealing glass frit and containing an effective amount of said powder, based upon the weight of the frit, together with hydroxypropyl cellulose binder for the frit and a solvent for the binder. A method for sealing the face plate of a color television tube to its funnel portion with a PbO-containing solder glass wherein the reduction of PbO to metallic lead during the sealing step is obviated by the addition of a sufficient amount of Pb.sub.3 O.sub.4 or BaO.sub.2 powder in the solder glass and paste made therewith, which Pb.sub.3 O.sub.4 or BaO.

Abstract: The apparatus disclosed herein is designed to advance a row of aligned, on edge, sheets of corrugated, which are destined to become partitions, past a table-mounted notching saw. The apparatus is particularly suited to be used at the end of the run to advance all of the remaining corrugated sheets through the notching saw without manual assistance. A horizontally positioned, reciprocable slide member having pairs of pivotally mounted latches which serve to engage the last sheet and, upon actuation of the slide, draws the sheet and column of sheets in front thereof through the saw. One set of latches, upon reciprocation of the slide, moves the sheets to the saw or notching zone and upon further reciprocation the second set of latches will engage the sheets and draw them completely past the notching zone and free of the saw.

Abstract: A driving and addressing circuit for applying sustaining, writing and erasing voltages to the cells of a multicelled gas discharge display/memory panel. The voltage generating circuitry is isolated from the panel by a pair of diodes individual to each electrode in the panel. Only the sustainer circuits and the diodes carry the relatively high sustainer currents so that the addressing circuits can be high impedance, low current devices. Switching means is provided between the electrodes and a diode clamp to limit the voltage applied to the cell to the maximum sustainer potential when the switching means is turned on. The switching means is turned off during the "write" addressing to allow the voltage applied to the cell to exceed the sustainer potential. In one embodiment, the switching means comprises a pair of switches, each one connected to all of the electrodes in one electrode array. In another embodiment, a single switch is connected to all the electrodes in one electrode array.

Abstract: A sealing glass and a sealing glass paste for sealing the face plate and funnel portion of a color television tube wherein PbO-containing sealing glass frit contains from an effective amount of a powder, such as Pb.sub.3 O.sub.4 powder, which powder prevents the reduction of PbO to Pb metal during the sealing process, which reduction would otherwise result in a dielectric breakdown in the seal. A sealing glass paste consisting essentially of a PbO-B.sub.2 O.sub.3 -ZnO sealing glass frit and containing an effective amount of said powder, based upon the weight of the frit, together with hydroxypropyl cellulose binder for the frit and a solvent for the binder. A method for sealing the face plate of a color television tube to its funnel portion with a PbO-containing solder glass wherein the reduction of PbO to metallic lead during the sealing step is obviated by the addition of a sufficient amount of Pb.sub.3 O.sub.4 or BaO.sub.2 powder in the solder glass and paste made therewith, which Pb.sub.3 O.sub.4 or BaO.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a fluid product dispenser. The dispenser includes first and second containers. The second container is positioned within the first container. The product is placed in one of the containers and a dispensing nozzle or opening is in communication with the product. The second container has a flexible wall adjacent the product. Fluid is introduced into the other container. A force is applied to the flexible wall to urge the product outwardly through the dispensing nozzle or opening.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for mounting a cup-shaped support base onto a convex bottom of a container. The apparatus includes adjacent wheels mounted for rotation about angularly related, non-parallel axes, so that the wheels are closer to one another in one circumferential region than in any other such region. In the method, a container is retained on the periphery of one wheel for displacement along a partial-circumferential path. A cup-shaped support base is retained on a second wheel in alignment with a convex bottom on the container. As the wheels rotate, the base and container are displaced in unison to said one circumferential region, with the base progressively moving closer to the convex bottom for their telescopic assembly.

Abstract: A method for molding an end portion of a tubular thermoplastic parison prior to a blow molding operation to form a parison finish and an annular support flange. The method includes closing a laterally movable, sectional mold onto a circumferential section of a parison so that at least one end portion of the parison extends out of the mold. The extending end portion of the parison is then thermally conditioned to a deformable temperature and thereafter the parison is axially displaced to telescopically insert the thermally conditioned end portion within the mold into general radial alignment with annular, longitudinally spaced finish and support flange cavities. Next, an internal support is telescopically inserted within the thermally conditioned parison portion in preparation for the compression molding steps; which include axially displacing the opposed ends of the parison to force thermally conditioned, deformable plastic parison material radially outwardly into the flange and finish cavities.

Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed which provides an entrance gating structure for spacing the entry of containers carried by a conveyor into a testing device. The containers arrive at the testing device under line pressure and are then permitted to enter a testing apparatus where they are conveyed through the testing device and then returned to the conveyor. The gating device is a spring-loaded pivot arm having a pair of legs. One leg stops the flow of containers until the prior container clears the length of the long or other leg. The gate functions automatically without requiring any external operator.

Abstract: A method for forming thermoplastic containers utilizing a final blow station remote from a parison formation station. In the method, a finish portion of a plastic container is formed by the injection of molten thermoplastic material into a neckring. The neckring is then moved relative to the thermoplastic material issuing orifice while the flow of material continues. This causes formation of a tubular parison. The parison is then transported, while hanging from the neckring, to a final blow station where a blow mold or final shape mold closes around it. The parison is then blown to the contours of the interior of the blow mold. While this is taking place, a second neckring has been brought into registry with the material orifice and a new parison formed. The second parison is then moved to the final blow station while the finished plastic container is moved to a removal station.

Abstract: Method for forming glass containers by the blow and blow process in which a parison mold having a plurality of cavities is centrally positioned relative to a pair of blow molds having a plurality of cavities. The parisons are formed with their necks down in the parison mold from a charge of glass delivered to each cavity. Vacuum is applied to the neck area of the mold to form the finish portion of the container. A neck pin is pulled and air under pressure is fed to the interior of the area from which the neck pin is drawn to expand the glass within the parison mold at a continuous rate until the glass within the parison mold comes in contact with a baffle which closes the upper end of the parison mold. The parison mold is then opened and the parisons are transferred alternately from the parison mold to the blow molds where they are expanded into final shape. During the transfer of the parisons from the parison mold to the blow mold, air under pressure is maintained within the hollow interior of the parison.

Abstract: There is disclosed a process for preparing chemically modified olefin polymers or copolymers which comprises exposure to ultraviolet or visible radiation of a mixture containing a polymer, a sensitizer, and a co-reactant having a structure containing both a saturate aliphatic hydrocarbon residue and at least one highly polar functional group.