Abstract: The assembly includes rotor and stator elements each having an inclined plane or surface juxtaposed to each other. This is a metallic assembly and the rotor and stator also have juxtaposed cavities. The stator cavity being of sufficient size to accommodate a sealing member. The inclined surfaces are flexed with the inclined plane or surface of the rotor forced over the inclined plane or surface of the stator to lock the rotor and stator together with the sealing member enclosed between the rotor and stator. The sealing member does not rotate with the stator. The seal contains at least one labyrinth formed with the rotor and stator, are adjacent each other and lock together.

Abstract: An automated voting system comprising single or multiple voting stations for controlling and being a voting station simultaneously. The voting system includes an integrated pointing device with graphical user interface for displaying the ballots. The voting stations may or may not be interconnected and indeed may operate as a single unit as a complete polling station. The voting system will track the number of votes and continuously display the number of votes cast on a counter system as it clearly displays the voter intent. The automated voting system also provides security for the voter and the system both internal and external. The external security system may be controlled by the polling authorities while the internal security system operates independently. The automated voting system is also capable of providing multiple ballot styles in one or more voting units and provides a touch electronic keyboard for write-in candidates.

Abstract: An improvement in a process for making nodular iron is disclosed. Prior to casting, an iron melt which has previously been contacted with a graphite-spheroidizing agent is further contacted with an after-treating alloy agent containing from about 0.8 to about 1.8 weight percent magnesium. Magnesium utilization in the pre-casting step is unusually high and the amount of graphite-spherodizing agent can be substantially reduced without detrimentally affecting the metallurgical or physical properties of the resulting nodular iron product. The after-treating alloy agent is also claimed.