Abstract: A collapsible strut for connection between a first member and a second member mounted on the first member.

Abstract: A system for selectively dispensing condiments for items of food, including a plurality of condiment containers, a dispenser head having a plurality of input passages, an outlet nozzle, and valves for controlling fluid flow from each of the input passages to the outlet nozzle, a plurality of fluid flow lines, with a line connecting each condiment container to a corresponding dispenser head input passage, and a fluid pump in each of the fluid flow lines whereby an operator can dispense selected condiments from the nozzle onto a food item. Arrangements for daily and bi-weekly sanitizing of the system.

Abstract: A latch and keeper combination for use with an aircraft panel or the like for joining one member to another member under tension and shear loading. A keeper for attaching to one member and having a bracket with an eye bolt and a bushing included therein, and a latch for attaching to another member and having a housing with cover and a hook, a lever and a shear pin included therein. The hook and lever are rotatably mounted in the housing for rotation about an axis, with the hook having an arcuate finger for engaging the keeper eye bolt, with the shear pin sliding into and out of the keeper bushing and with the lever driving the pin. The hook rotates the lever to a closed position to engage the shear pin with the bushing and to an open position to disengage the shear pin from the bushing. A plunger carried in the housing for translation along the axis, and a spring in the housing for urging the plunger outward along the axis, with plunger and hook providing for locking the hook in the closed position.

Abstract: An electromagnetic surface wave guideline that is formed by intertwisting dielectrics while providing a periodic structure like a rope and arranging conductors in a period harmonizing with the structure, and is suitable for such a use that entry of various objects including human beings and animals into a specific area for instance, and an object detecting device using the guideline

Abstract: A single-point latch for a door, having a housing, a bolt mounted in the housing for sliding along a first axis, an actuator mounted in the housing for sliding along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and first and second handles mounted in the housing for sliding along a third axis perpendicular to the first and second axes. The latch further includes a first spring arrangement carried in the handles for urging the handles apart, with the handles and the actuator having first interengaging cam surfaces for moving the actuator along the second axis by movement of the handles along the third axis toward each other, the actuator and bolt having second interengaging cam surfaces for moving the bolt inward into the housing along the first axis by the movement of the handles along the third axis, and a second spring carried in the housing for urging the bolt outward from the body to a latched position.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for airflow vectoring control for an airfoil, a two dimensional jet, and the like. An airfoil or jet with a blunt open edge and a suction system for sucking air into the open edge. A blower system for blowing air out through the open edge. A control for changing the direction of flow through the open edge. A baffling arrangement for changing the magnitude and distribution of flow across the open edge.

Abstract: A bread baking apparatus having a bread container, a mixer for mixing ingredients in the container to form a dough, and an oven for baking the dough, and further having a storage unit for storing a plurality of bread types, bread recipes and bread processing operating times, a display unit for displaying the plurality of bread types, a selection unit for selecting one of the displayed bread types, with the display unit further displaying the recipe of the selected bread type, a control unit for controlling the time of operation of the apparatus, and a start unit for starting the mixing and baking. A method of baking bread utilizing such baking apparatus.

Abstract: A rinse solution for the treatment of conversion-coated metal substrates for improving the adhesion and corrosion resistance of siccative coatings, comprising an aqueous solution of a Group IVA metal ion, namely, zirconium, titanium, hafnium, and mixtures thereof, and an organosilane selected from the group consisting of methyltrimethoxysilane, phenyltrimethoxysilane, and mixtures thereof, with the Group IVA metal ion concentration selected to provide a pH about 2.0 to 9.0. A method for treating such materials by applying the rinse solution to the substrate.

Abstract: An additive fabrication apparatus using a fluid construction material which can be solidified, and including a fluid material extrusion assembly including trowels defining first and second surfaces, a first nozzle for delivering fluid material to a predetermined location, a first control for moving the extrusion assembly along a predetermined path defining an enclosed area, a first supply for delivering fluid material to the extrusion assembly to extrude the material from the first nozzle in a layer as the first nozzle is moved along the path, with the first and second surfaces moving with the first nozzle to produce a wall of the extruded material forming the enclosed area with a shaped outer surface and a shaped top surface, a second nozzle for delivering fluid material to the enclosed area, a second control for moving the second nozzle to position the second nozzle at the enclosed area, and a second supply for delivering fluid material to the second nozzle to fill in the enclosed area.

Abstract: A cover for a pressure sensor for indicating cracks in a hollow aircraft blade, the sensor having a shaft carrying a radiation source, with the shaft sliding in a housing between a first position with the radiation source within the housing and a second position with the radiation source external of the housing, the cover including a sleeve for positioning around the sensor and having an open end for engaging a shoulder of the sensor and having a closed end spaced from the sensor when the open end is engaging the sensor shoulder, and a plunger slidably mounted in the closed end and movable between an outer position and an inner position, with the plunger out of engagement with the sensor shaft when in the outer position and engaging the sensor shaft when in the inner position to move the shaft into the sensor and reset the sensor, with the sleeve being of a material absorbing the radiation of the source.

Abstract: A warning announcer for a gasoline dispenser having a pump flow counter, a pump bar switch and/or a nozzle position sensor, a dispenser nozzle, and a nozzle receptacle, including a logic unit, a timer, a speaker, a voice alarm unit for providing a message to the speaker, a circuit for connecting signals from the pump flow counter and the pump bar switch or position sensor to the logic unit for controlling the timer to produce a message signal, and a circuit for connecting the timer to the voice alarm unit for initiating a message when the timer produces a messages signals.

Abstract: This invention relates to conversion coating of metal substrates which may comprise mixed metals such as steel, zinc or zinc based alloys or zinc aluminium alloy coated steel, aluminium or aluminium surfaces to provide a corrosion resistant surface which is subsequently coated with a paint coating.The process of the invention comprises contacting the metal surface with an aqueous composition comprising silica, phosphoric acid and a divalent metal ion, the composition being substantially free of chromium and of any oxy metal anions which the metal has a valency of at least 5. The metal surface is subsequently cured by drying, or preferably by heating immediately after contact with the composition with no intermediate rinsing stage. A paint coating is then applied.The process provides a painted surface, the coating providing an effective anti-corrosion coating and paint having good adhesion.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser having a fluid container, a spout, and a pump for pumping fluid from the container out to the spout and having a piston for moving vertically along a piston axis. The spout has an inner end connected to the piston through a piston cap, with downward pressure on the piston cap moving the piston downward and actuating the pump. The spout also has a center section, an outer end with an outer bend, and an inner end with an inner bend, the piston has an upper end, and the spout inner end and the piston upper end have interengaging threaded portions coaxial with the piston axis. The piston cap has a body with a central opening coaxial with the piston axis and a lateral opening connecting with the central opening for receiving the spout, with the piston cap rotatable with the spout as the spout inner end is threaded into the piston upper end.

Abstract: An apparatus for making ceramic tiles for roofs of turrets, including interchangeable cassettes each with a frame, a base mounted thereon and having an upper surface of frustoconical shape, and cutter carriers carrying the tile cutter blades and pivotally mounted on the frame, the tile cutter blades having edges for engaging a tile on the base along a cutting line oblique to a ray of the frustoconical surface, and operable by a drive unit for moving the cutter blades toward each other and into a tile to trim the tile to the shape of an oblique frustoconical segment. A turret roofed with tiles produced by the apparatus. A roofing tile for a turret, with the tile produced by the apparatus.

Abstract: A detector for detecting electrostatic discharge events in an electronic component, assembly or system and including a display element which produces an immediate indication on exposure to a change in voltage level, an electrostatic discharge sensor, and circuit means for connecting said sensor to said display element. In one embodiment, the detector and the board or other device to be monitored are mounted in a housing having a visual access window with the display element of the detector viewable through the access window and with the detector positioned at the electronic device being monitored.