Abstract: Bales of filamentary material are separated into weighed charges of the material by disintegrating the bales in a rotating drum to produce tufts that are passed to a picking chamber wherein a toothed roll strips individual filaments from a supply roll formed from the tufts and passing the filaments to scales upon which the charges are accumulated. Each time a charge is accumulated on a scale, air is blown across the scale to discharge the scale. The charges are delivered to a magazine having a plurality of vertically stacked chambers, each chamber underlain by a movable gate, through which the charges are passed sequentially to be discharged at a fixed schedule from the lowermost chamber.

Abstract: A collar that fits on the bar of a barbell to prevent weights from sliding off the bar. Two semi-circular sections of the collar are hinged together at one end of the sections to permit closure of the sections about the bar and a toggle linkage is mounted on the other ends of the section to hold the collar closed about the bar. Neoprene pads are affixed to the inner peripheries of the sections to grip the bar and prevent movement of weights thereon when the collar is mounted on the bar. The collar can be mounted on the bar or removed therefrom without moving the collar over the end of the bar so that weights can be placed on the bar while the collar is in place and subsequently secured by moving the collar and a weight can be removed from the bar by moving the collar to a position in which the weight is between the collar and the end of the bar prior to moving the weight off the end of the bar.

Abstract: A road planar which includes a secondary cutter in the planar behind the primary cutter with grids between the primary and secondary cutters and following the secondary cutter to size and cooperate with the secondary cutter in reducing the particle size of pavement material removed by the primary cutter. The primary cutter is rotated in an up cutting direction and breaker bars are incorporated in the planar adjacent the primary cutter to further assist in breaking up the removed pavement material.

Abstract: An improved bumper for a vehicle is comprised of a crossbar attachable to the frame of the vehicle and two tubular reinforcing sheaths mounted on end portions of the crossbar that extend laterally of the frame of the vehicle. Braces are connected between the sheaths and the frame of the vehicle and an elastomeric pad is mounted on each sheath at a position diametrically opposed to the attachment of a brace to the sheath.

Abstract: A side sectional panel assembly for use on a trailer having side beams along the sides of the trailer bed. Each side panel section is hinged to the trailer by a hinge assembly pivotally connected to the side panel and removably connected to the side beam of the trailer to limit the swinging movement of the panel section away from the trailer bed to an upright position and permits swinging movement of the panel section onto the trailer bed. End panel connectors are provided on the adjacent panel section to bridge the gap therebetween.

Abstract: A case having two relatively pivotable, open ended case sections that abut at the open ends when the case is in an open position to form a walled, open-positioned to form a walled, open-topped enclosure, the case having a closed position in which the floors in the two sections are disposed parallel and the walls of the case sections extend about three sides of the region between the floors of the case sections. The case further includes a closure panel having a laminar central portion which is moved into recesses in the floors of the case sections when the case is opened so as to avoid forming a blockage between the floors of the two case sections in the open position and which is moved to a position to close the fourth side of the case in the closed position.

Abstract: A detector system for detecting air flow wherein air flow is sensed by a first detector and air flow is sensed by a second detector which is spaced a distance from the first detector, the first and the second detectors each providing output indications indicating the respective sensed air flows. The detector system includes means for receiving the output indications provided by the first and the second detectors and for providing an output indication in response to an increase in one of the first and the second detector output indications, thereby providing an output indication indicating an increase in the air flow sensed by one of the first and the second detectors relative to the air flow sensed by the other one of the first and the second detectors.

Abstract: A bonnet is locked to the body of a valve into which the bonnet screws by a sheet metal bonnet lock which includes a portion that will mate with facets on the bonnet or with the sides of the valve body. Another portion of the bonnet lock is then deformed to mate with the other of the bonnet facets or valve body sides. The portion of the bonnet lock that mates with the facets on the bonnet circumscribes the bonnet such that one portion of the bonnet lock is fixed to the bonnet and the other portion is fixed to the valve body following deformation of the bonnet lock to prevent the bonnet from turning relative to the valve body.

Abstract: Adjustable safety stops for limiting the fore-and/or-aft movement of a vehicle seat to the extent desired by the user. The assembly includes a locking mechanism extending fore-and-aft adjacent or underneath the seat and adjustable stops on the locking mechanism for engaging abutments on the seat. Each adjustable stop is engaged with and disengaged from the locking means by a cam arrangement by the user.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating a representation of an arbitrary signal wherein the signal is represented as a sum of reference signals derived from a standard wavelet defined on a grid in the frequency-time plane. The apparatus comprises a plurality of octave circuits, each octave circuit, in turn, comprising a plurality of band circuits that divide a frequency range covering the spectrum of the signal into equal intervals of logarithm of frequency. Each band circuit comprises a bandpass filter to select a frequency component of the signal and a correlator to correlate the signal component with a reference signal derived from a standard wavelet to produce a series of correlation values representing the signal for recordation in response to clock pulses received by the octave circuits.

Abstract: The three dimensional movement of items to be exposed to microwave irradiation is facilitated by the apparatus of the present invention which provides for the turningly rotating exposure of such items to microwave irradiation. The microwave sterilization of items and fixation of eucaryotic cell specimens may be accomplished by such microwave irradiation. A kit of spore samples may be used to determine sterilization efficiency of particular microwave ovens.The apparatus for facilitating the exposure of items to microwave irradiation comprises a base; a plate having a substantially horizontal plane and being rotatably mounted on said base; a spit comprising an axis and being turnably mounted on said plate in a manner substantially axially parallel to the horizontal plane; a means for mounting items upon the spit; a means for rotating the plate in the horizontal plane while turning the spit with items mounted thereon and a means for determining a sterilization efficiency in said microwave oven.

Abstract: A luminescent compound, comprising a phosphor group or groups and an alkylalkoxysilane, and a luminescent composition comprising such luminescent compound and a radioactive substance to provide a source of exciting radiation for the luminescent compound in the composition. The present invention further comprises a method for rendering siliceous surfaces luminescent comprising applying the compound or composition to the surface and reacting the compound or composition with water after the compound or composition has migrated into the surface to hydrolyze the compound or composition. The present invention further comprises a luminescent structure having a siliceous surface incorporating the products of the reaction between the surface, water and the compound or composition of the present invention.

Abstract: An adjustable pattern adapted to be utilized with a cutting machine having a drive motor with a drive motor output shaft and a cutting element associated with the drive motor so the cutting element follows a cutting path generally following movement of the drive motor.

Abstract: A vane support ring is mounted within a housing to rotate about its axis and support vanes which pivot about diameters of the vane support ring and divide the interior of the housing into two chambers. Drive shafts, pivotally attached to the vanes, extend through drive shaft apertures formed through the housing to coordinate pivotation of the vanes to rotation of the vane support ring so that the two chambers increase and decrease in volume with rotation of the vane support ring. Gases are introduced into the chambers via an inlet port and discharged from the chambers via an exhaust port that are opened and closed in coordination with vane support ring rotation by poppet valves and a cam ring geared to the vane support ring and extending about the poppet valves or, alternatively, by a slotted valve ring extending circularly about the housing and geared to the vane support ring. A spark plug or fuel injector mounted on the housing provides a combusting fuel in each chamber at minimum chamber volume.

Abstract: A self-centering bearing mounted for substantially free radial, floating movement with respect to a support having cooperating shoulders on the bearing and the support to limit the extent of radial movement of the bearing.

Abstract: A mobile concrete batch plant including a wheeled, tilting main frame upon which are mounted a collection hood, an aggregate weigh batcher, and a cement weigh batcher. The collection hood is positioned at an end of the main frame that is raised above the ground when the batch plant is erected and the cement weight batcher is positioned above the collection hood. The aggregate weigh batcher is positioned at the opposite end of the main frame and a conveyor is provided between the aggregate weight batcher and the collection hood. A secondary frame is pivotally attached to the tilting main frame between the weigh batchers and a cement silo is pivotally attached to the secondary frame.

Abstract: An arm wrestling machine including an operating arm pivotally mounted on a base and two assemblies for exerting forces on the operating arm urging the operating arm toward a vertical position. One assembly includes a spring connected between the operating arm and a spring support mounted on a screw for linear movement toward and away from the operating arm so that such assembly provides an adjustable, continuous force on the operating arm. The other assembly includes a pneumatic cylinder connected between the operating arm and the base and intermittently receiving bursts of compressed air from a valve that is mounted on the operating arm so that the case of the valve moves with the operating arm and having a weight attached to the valve member of the valve so that movement of the operating arm intermittently opens the valve.