Abstract: A locking mechanism for providing one or more loops in a cable for separately encircling and retaining different objects wherein different cable portions are gripped by the locking mechanism merely by an individual squeezing the housing of the mechanism to cause wedge-shaped elements to engage the respective cable portions.

Abstract: Apparatus for injection of fluids as, for instance, into a mold for the making of parts out of plastic or the like wherein the apparatus is self-aligning with the opening of the mold, a nozzle being moveable substantially automatically as the injection apparatus is moved into the inlet of the mold. The apparatus further includes a device for injecting a precise volume of such fluid, there being means for quickly and easily disassembling the entire injection apparatus for purposes of cleaning or repair.

Abstract: A gas-absorption cell for use with spectrophotometric equipment having a generally circular housing or body formed with inlet and outlet openings for the passage therethrough of predetermined types of energy, there being an optical lens in the inlet opening for directing incoming energy to a highly reflective annular surface within the body whereby energy is permitted to reflect back and forth across the interior of the body, thereby making a plurality of different paths through a gas sample before it is caused to leave the cell through the output opening therein. Such cell configuration can be substantially coplanar or it can be in the form of a sphere; in either case, the plurality of paths through the gas includes substantially all of the interior of the cell. Also, two or more substantially coplanar cells can be arranged in juxtaposition with the energy being transferred from one cell to another by suitably positioned reflectors.

Abstract: Cooling apparatus for the cooling system of an internal combustion engine or the like, including water-spraying apparatus which includes one or more spraying elements attached to the radiator of such engine, a source of fluid and pump means for pumping fluid from the source of fluid to such spraying elements.

Abstract: A window frame wherein all of the frame members are formed with the same identical cross-sectional configuration as, for instance, in an aluminum extrusion. A spacer is slidably inserted into the frame member which is to be the lower-most frame member when the window frame is installed to allow for insertion of a windowpane. Each frame member includes means whereby the frame can be secured to the appropriate structural members of a building.

Abstract: Coin-dispensing apparatus having a general shape of a hand gun and provided with a trigger for manually advancing an endless belt formed with coin receptacles or pockets for receiving coins as they are fed by gravity from a reservoir, such advancing endless belt moving such coins to an outlet of the apparatus where such coins are directed into a coin-receiving machine such as a slot machine or the like. The apparatus is attachable to such coin-receiving machine and includes an adjustable cam member whereby the number of coins dispensed by the apparatus with a single actuation of the trigger can be varied within limits.

Abstract: An agile beam control for optical phased array wherein a great multiplicity of substantially identical wave guides are employed, each of which comprises a plurality of electrodes along the length thereof, and wherein electrical voltages are applied to such electrodes in a predetermined pattern so as to effect the necessary control without creating a totally unworkable arrangement of different voltages and wiring arrangements which are intolerable. More specifically, a binary voltage distribution is provided to such electrodes, whereby alternate ones of the electrodes in a first electrode position of such wave guides are interconnected and have a given voltage applied thereto. The remaining electrodes at that position are energized with the same magnitude of voltage but of reverse polarity.

Abstract: An optical distance measuring system which utilizes binocular optics with a mosaic sensor to simulate stereo imaging so that distance can be determined by noting the apparent displacement between left and right images in the stereo pair. The binocular optics comprise spaced shutter mechanisms which are alternatively actuated, the first such image information on the sensor being stored for ultimate comparison with information from the sensor as obtained through the other shutter mechanism, such compared information enabling distance or depth to be determined through the use of appropriate mathematical equations.

Abstract: A system comprising a scanning detector for rapidly scanning a field of view through appropriate optical means, and with a linear infrared detector array, there being electronic apparatus for converting the detector signals to digital signals and for storing such information for comparison with like information from another or many additional scans. The system further includes electronic apparatus for processing such detector signals from a first scan as well as from second or succeeding scans to determine the amount of misalignment between the frames of such scans to develop a correction signal which is applied to adjustment apparatus to correct such misalignment to insure that the frames of succeeding scans are accurately aligned with frames from previous scans.

Abstract: An article carrier to be worn over a person's shoulder and around his or her torso which comprises a plurality of individual pocket members which are provided with zippers whereby any desired number of such pocket members can be contiguously arranged so that the length or size of such carrier can be left to the person's choice.

Abstract: A garment to be worn by human beings comprising a trunk portion to which is attached one end of each of a pair of elastromeric extensions, each of the other ends thereof carrying a button. Said button has an enlarged end portion, and a clip is provided to engage a reduced portion of such button after the fabric or cloth material of a shirt is caused to at least partially encircle such button.

Abstract: The method of finishing the surface of a disc, such as a disc whereon information is magnetically recorded for use in computers and the like. It involves urging against one side of a rotating disc, a polishing pad having a polishing compound or medium thereon, and simultaneously urging a non-polishing pad against the opposite side of such disc in alignment with the polishing pad. To simultaneously polish the opposite side surfaces of the disc, a second pair of pads (one polishing and one non-polishing) is equiangularly spaced on the disc in relation to the first pair of pads, but the pads of the second pair of pads are reversed so as to cause the finishing process to occur on the disc side not being polished by the first pair of pads. Any desired even numbered pairs of pads may be employed.The polishing and non-polishing pads are caused to rotate relative to and against the respective side of the disc as the disc itself is caused to rotate about its axis.