Abstract: A food slicer support stand comprising a frame, a support platform for supporting the slicer, a drain receptacle secured to the drain below the support platform, and a vertically displaceable housing which encloses an area around the food slicer in its upper position and which retracts below the food slicer in its lower position. The stand preferably includes fluid conduits in communication with a supply of chlorine so that the chlorine is siphoned into a hose which is manually directed to discharge a spray of pressurized fluid against the slicer.

Abstract: A residential building construction comprising four interconnected foundation walls which are partially sunk below a ground surface and support the floor across their upper end. Two side walls, a front wall and a back wall are supported by and extended upwardly from the foundation walls while a roof extends across and covers the side walls, back wall and front wall. A first interior wall extends between the floor and the roof at a position spaced inwardly but parallel to the front wall while, similarly, a second interior wall extends between the floor and roof at a position spaced inwardly but parallel to the back wall. The interior walls together with the building side walls form a living space of conventional height. In addition, the housing front wall preferably includes two windows having portions extending both above and below the housing floor. These windows provide illumination for the lower living level and, simultaneously, give the building construction the appearance of a conventional ranch home.

Abstract: A unique truss is provided for constructing the upper level of a dwelling in which a predetermined number of trusses are aligned in a parallel but spaced apart relationship to each other. The truss comprises an elongated floor joist having an outer wall framing member extending upwardly from each of its ends so that the outer wall framing members are parallel to each other. A peaked roof support then extends between and is secured to the upper end of the outer wall framing members. A horizontally extending ceiling member is then secured to the roof support at a position intermediate its ends so that the ceiling member is spaced upwardly from the floor joist by a distance equal to a conventional room height. At least one inner wall member is then secured between the floor joist and the roof support at a position spaced inwardly from the outer wall framing member.

Abstract: A unique goggle is disclosed with improved ventilation means. The goggle includes a frame having a transparent lens across its forward side and the frame is secured to the head of the user by a strap or the like. In doing so, a goggle chamber is formed between the frame, lens and the head of the user. At least one ventilation port is formed through the frame which is open to the chamber while an elongated ventilation channel is secured to and extends rearwardly from the frame. One end of the channel is open to the goggle chamber while the other end of the channel is open rearwardly of the goggle frame. In use, air is evacuated from the goggle chamber and out through the ventilation channel by venturi forces.

Abstract: A unique fuel system for supplying fuel from a fuel source and to a turbine engine is disclosed and comprises a fuel inlet conduit having one end adapted for connection with the fuel source and a fuel outlet conduit having one end adapted for connection with the turbine engine. The other end of the inlet and outlet conduits are connected to a valve movable between a bypass and operating condition. Both ends of a third conduit are also connected to the valve while a fuel pump is fluidly connected in series with and at a midpoint of a third conduit. In its bypass position, the valve fluidly connects the inlet and outlet conduits together while simultaneously sealingly closing the third conduit and entrapping any fuel contained therein. In its operating condition, the valve simultaneously connects the inlet conduits with one end of the third conduit and the other end of the third conduit to the outlet conduits thus supplying fuel to the engine.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for densifying previously sintered parts constructed of powdered metals, ceramics or the like to nearly 100% theoretical density. The method of the present invention comprises heating the parts above their liquid phase temperature and then applying a pressure in the range of 50-2,000 psi to the parts for a predetermined period of time and simultaneously maintaining the parts at or above their liquid phase temperature. The method of the present invention achieves complete closure of even large voids and the elimination of substantially all porosity within the part.

Abstract: A viewing device for mounting in a wall or door frame to provide a view of the exterior of the building to an occupant of the building comprises a tubular housing and a pair of reflectors mounted by arms at one axial end of the housing so that they extend axially outward from the housing. The device further includes a transparent view housing which encloses the reflectors and prevents rearrangement of the reflectors while at the same time permitting a clear view of the area directly in front of the housing. The interior end of the tubular housing is enclosed by an eyepiece which can preferably be a magnifying type lens to increase the size of the images reflected from the reflectors and perceived through the transparent view housing.

Abstract: A novel paint spray booth is disclosed for spray painting articles, such as motor vehicles. The paint spray booth comprises a housing having a substantially horizontal floor spaced upwardly from its bottom thus forming an upper housing chamber and a lower housing chamber. The articles to be painted are conveyed through the upper housing chamber and are spray painted in the normal fashion. A plurality of air scrubber units are open to the floor and fluidly connect the upper and lower housing chambers. Water is supplied to the top of the floor and, simultaneously, air is inducted from the upper housing chamber and to the lower housing chamber through these ducts. Baffles are mounted within the air scrubber units for intermixing the water and air together so that paint particles entrained within the air become entrapped within the water. The paint laden water entering the lower chamber is collected and conveyed to a conventional sludge and filtration system while the purified air is exhausted to the atmosphere.

Abstract: A pressure die casting machine having a working cylinder enclosing a working piston adjacent a multiplier cylinder having a multiplier piston slideably mounted therein. The working chamber intermediate the working piston and the multiplier piston is connected to a pressure medium supply line which includes a check valve. The check valve is separated from the pistons and is attached on the outside of the working cylinder and multiplier cylinder so that the pistons are not weakened and the valve is made accessible for maintenance. The supply of pressure medium to the pressure chamber is controlled by a valve arrangement actuable independently of the check valve.

Abstract: A fluid filtering device comprising a housing having an interior chamber with an open top and an inlet and outlet open to the chamber. An annular seat is secured to the housing within the chamber in a position spaced downwardly from the open top so that the seat protrudes inwardly into the chamber and forms an axially extending surface having a seal member. A filter element is removably insertable into the chamber through its open top and to a filtering position in which the filter element is positioned in between the housing inlet and outlet. The filter element includes an outwardly flanged portion which abuts against the top of the seat when the filter element is in its filtering position while the seal member sealingly engages an axially extending surface of the filter element. A cover is detachably secured across the open top of a housing while an elongated handle is secured at one end to the filter element and its other end is positioned adjacent the intersection of the cover with the housing.

Abstract: A retractable basket carrier with chain and sprocket mechanism or travel bar mechanism. A mechanism is provided in the alcove of a desk or similar space in a cabinet to move a carrier from an inner hidden position to an extended position which accesses a wastepaper basket or similar item carried by or depending from the carrier. The mechanism may be installed on either side of the opening in the desk for left or right hand operation and is easily placed in position in the desk with a mounting bracket. An actuator mechanism is installed at the front of the desk for extending the carrier by swing arm movement and to provide a stop for the rearward movement of the carrier. Either a ball chain mechanism or a travel arm with hubs is used to move the carrier. A wastebasket or other item may be supported from the carrier by a universal joint and is moved between the extended and inward positions with only a slight amount of force upon the actuating mechanism.

Abstract: A posterior chamber lens implant is disclosed for use after extracapsular surgery. In extracapsular surgery the interior of the lens of the human eye is evacuated through a surgical opening formed in the front membrane of the lens while leaving the rear membrane of the lens or posterior capsule intact. The lens implant comprises an optic having a front surface and a rear surface and the implant is secured within the posterior chamber of the eye. In one form of the invention, a ridge spaces the rear surface of the optic forwardly from the posterior capsule while in a second form of the invention, the rear surface of the optic is concavely formed to space the rear surface of the optic forwardly of the posterior capsule. The implant of the present invention thus facilitates laser posterior capsulotomy in the event of clouding of the posterior capsule following the extracapsular surgery.

Abstract: A penis prosthesis is in the form of a flexible rod member comprising implantable plastic material, at least in the outer region thereof. The rod member is subdivided into at least two portions, and one portion is provided at the junction location or locations with a tubular extension portion which can be pushed over the other of the portions.

Abstract: A separator device, and a method, for removing water and foreign matter entrained in a compressed fluid is disclosed. The device includes a housing having an inlet port fluidly connected to the compressed fluid source, an outlet port and a chamber fluidly connected to the inlet and outlet ports. A mechanism is provided for separating water entrained in the compressed fluid and for collecting the separated water. Finally, a mechanism periodically purges the collected separated water from the device. The water is, preferably, atomized as it is released from the device.

Abstract: A fuel control system for a spark ignition internal combustion engine of the type having a source of fuel and a pump for supplying the fuel from the fuel source and to the engine at variable flow rates. The fuel control system of the present invention is particularly suited for a reciprocating piston aircraft engine and is designed to minimize brake specific fuel consumption of the engine during steady state engine operation. The fuel control system utilizes a microprocessor to determine the peak value of the exhaust gas temperature and, once the peak has been found, repeatedly decreases the fuel flow rate to the engine in predetermined increments until the exhaust gas temperature is less than its peak value by a predetemined amount. At this time, the fuel control system maintains a constant fuel flow rate to the engine.

Abstract: A weighing device for fluent materials, for example grain, enables a flow of the material to be weighed.The device includes a sensor member with an inclined surface over which the flow passes. The member is supported in cantilever and the force on the member due to the flow of material is sensed by sensing means.The sensing means senses the bending forces, or other physical characteristic of the member at two positions along the member and the resulting signals are compared to give an output signal corresponding to the weight of material passing over the member.The sensing means may be strain gauges arranged in a Wheatstone bridge circuit the output from which is passed to integrating means.

Abstract: A headrest is provided for use with a chiropractic table and comprises a base plate and a strap for securing the base plate to the table. A support plate is hinged on one edge to one edge of the base plate so that the support plate is pivotal between an upper first position and a lower second position. A latch assembly retains the support plate in its upper first position but releases upon the application of a predetermined pressure on the support plate to permit the support plate to move to its lower second position.

Abstract: A variable geometry device is provided for use in a turbine engine having a support housing, a rotor contained within the support housing and a pair of spaced walls forming an annular and radially extending passageway open at one end to the rotor. An annular recessed channel is formed in one of the support housing walls while a ring is mounted within the channel and movable between a retracted position in which the ring is nested within the channel and an extended position in which the ring protrudes transversely into and variably restricts the passageway so that the restriction of the fluid passageway is substantially proportional to the transverse position of the ring. A plurality of circumferentially spaced vanes are secured to the ring and these vanes extend transversely across the fluid passageway and are slidably received within slots formed in the other support housing wall.