Abstract: A universal spud wrench designed for rapid installation and removal of all types of spuds from drains, etc., including a tubular shaft having four perpendicularly oriented sloped surfaces forming slots, and aligned extensions adjacent said slots which are defined by differing diameters about a central axis.

Abstract: The improved tool of the present invention is adapted to open and close efficiently and rapidly at least two types of widely used container toggle latches, one type having a latch handle in the form of a flat tongue and the other type having a hollow, generally tubular, open-ended latch handle. The improved tool comprises a generally L-shaped shank formed of first and second diverging legs integrally joined together at one end, and a handle secured to the free rear end of the first leg. The second leg, which is generally vertical in usual use, depends from the generally horizontal front end of the first leg; and the free end of the second leg is configured into a spaced, generally vertical pair of tines of unequal length. The shorter tine is closer to the handle. The handle may be large to readily fit the hand. The legs are generally flat and vertically oriented, with the first leg longer than the second leg for improved leverage when operating the tool.

Abstract: A pipe notching tool to produce a notch extending longitudinally of the pipe from an end thereof, the tool including two members pivotally interconnected, one member having a slotted die part and the other member having a blade which can be inserted in the die part as a result of relative pivotal motion between the members. The blade has a curved cutting edge which produces a continuing shear as the blade is inserted into the die so as to reduce the amount of effort required to complete the notching operation.

Abstract: Tamper-free exterior lock apparatus to affix to a door for maintaining latched engagement to the door's frame. Two sets of shackles, one pair fixed to a backing plate and the other insertable with respect to a lock housing, engage, respectively, a primary lock and a secondary lock so that no portion of the shackle is exposed when coupled with its lock. Primary lock guards protrude from the lock housing to restrict access to the primary lock. A slide bar having a latching portion at one end and a lip portion oriented perpendicular to the main portion of the slide bar at the other end is maintained in slidable relationship to the backing plate and housing to allow the movement of the lock apparatus from its latching position to its open position and to block the slide bar from movement when either or both of said locks is engaged to its set of shackles.

Abstract: A vehicle propulsion system including a split path, electromechanical transmission for use with a flywheel as a power source. One path comprises a mechanical drive train extending between the flywheel power source and the vehicle drive wheels or other power output. The other path comprises an electromechanical drive train of which the mechanical portion is shared with the mechanical drive train by virtue of a common planetary gear arrangement for dividing or combining the power transmitted from or to the flywheel. A battery may be included in the system to make up certain losses from operation and to provide the initial start-up power. A simplified control system is provided to control the transmission of power over the separate parallel paths.

Abstract: Special reinforcing members are provided for high pressure containment in critical portions of a thin plate-and-fin heat exchanger. These comprise a plurality of hoops of U-shaped cross section bridging the juncture lines of the heat exchanger manifolds, together with leading edge straps which provide structural reinforcement in the region between the manifolds and the conventional side bar reinforcing members in the central core section. The ends of the leading edge straps are structurally tied respectively to the side bars and the manifold reinforcing hoops.

Abstract: A system for suspending the traction motor and gear box of a parallel drive arrangement in a railway truck or the like in which the gear box and traction motor shafts are flexibly coupled together to accommodate relative movement between the two shafts. In addition, an arrangement is provided by which the mounting of the motor on the railway truck accommodates lateral displacement while the coupling between the traction motor housing and the gear box accommodates angular and offset misalignment of the coupled shafts.

Abstract: Novel photoreactive coating compositions based on urethane modified acrylates which may be employed alone or in mixtures with other photoreactive acrylates are disclosed.

Abstract: Ink compositions suitable for ink jet printing on metal, plastic, or paper surfaces, the ink characterized by opaque and visible properties in light, incorporating, in solution, a resin component, and at least one solvent, proportioned to give the ink as deposited a high degree of tackiness. The printing bears an overlying coating of at least one pigment.According to another of its aspects, this invention is a process for information recording comprising producing a fine jet of liquid, directing the jet of liquid onto a recording medium while modulating the density of the applied jet by an electric field in accordance with the information to be recorded, thereby recording said information, affixing pigments to said recorded information, thereby rendering said information opaque and visible.

Abstract: A toy gun which is capable of firing a plurality of elasticized bands, either singularly or in rapid succession, and which is operative so that each one of a plurality of elasticized bands is stretched under the tension of its own elasticity along a projectile path longitudinal with the gun between a point of anchorage at the forward end of the gun and a rotatable escapement wheel at the rearward end of the gun so that, when the escapement wheel is permitted to rotate under the influence of a rotational bias provided by the force of the previously loaded elasticized bands upon the release of a trigger mechanism, the elasticized bands are consecutively released from engagement with the escapement wheel to be propelled along the projectile path and forwardly of the gun. The wheel includes a plurality of spaced apart radially extending sections that have successively increasing radii over substantially the entire outer-most periphery of all of the sections.

Abstract: A pulse width discriminator comprises a tapped analog delay line which preferably is a charge coupled device (CCD). The taps are spaced one sample time apart along the delay line. A correlator output is obtained by summing the outputs of all taps. A pulse amplifier output is obtained by weighting and adding the signals from selected taps. The correlator output corresponds to a low-pass filter. The sample rate is at the Nyquist rate. The pulse amplifier output is a maximum for a pulse width determined by the length of the delay line (in terms of number of sample points) divided by the sample frequency. The correlator output has a maximum corresponding to the maximum of the pulse and can be used to determine the presence of a pulse. This pulse processor is also capable of handling a plurality of inputs by multiplexing them.

Abstract: Apparatus easily engageable to a standard pallet or skid of the type commonly utilized in the storage and shipment of bulk items and quantities. A plurality of adaptable wheel dollies, each having a fixed support member to engage the interior of the pallet may be arrayed at the corners of the pallet. Dolly adjustment devices enable each dolly, when engaged to a pallet lying flush upon a flat surface, to raise the pallet for transport by means of the wheels of the dolly. An A-frame tongue is engageable to a pair of dollies to join the pallet transport system to tow the system.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for using emitting, ionizing, accelerating and collecting elements in a high vacuum to implant a hard film on a plastic substrate or the like. In preparation, a slug of a selected material to be deposited as a film is placed in the emitter. The specimens or articles to be implanted are placed on supports in the vicinity of the collector. A cover enclosure is then placed in position and the region enclosed by the cover is exhausted to a high vacuum. Selected potentials are applied to various elements of the apparatus and an accelerating/directing field which may be developed electrostatically, magnetically or by a combination of both, is developed in the acceleration structure. The electrostatic field causes electron emission from the ionizing elements to develop an increased charge on the emitted ionized particles.

Abstract: An ink composition for use in jet printing comprising an aqueous solution of a water-soluble dye and a humectant consisting of at least one water-soluble alkene diol or alkene polyol compound.

Abstract: Apparatus for protecting the primers of electrically ignitable ammunition from accidental firing due to electrostatic charge build up and electromagnetic radiation. In one arrangement, the insulation between the primer cap and the metal case of the ammunition round is short-circuited with a conductive coating which covers the primer and base of the round. In a second arrangement, a conductive coating is used in the same fashion, but it is applied over a previously applied dot of non-conductive paint which covers a small area encompassing the primer and adjacent portion of the cartridge casing. Still another arrangement utilizes a circular metal foil affixed across the base of the casing with conductive cement that is applied only along the outer periphery. If desired, the metal foil may be supported on a protective layer of Mylar or the like.

Abstract: Opaque ink compositions suitable for ink jet printing on metal, plastic, or paper surfaces, the ink characterized by opaque properties in light, incorporating, in solution, at least one cellulosic derivative, a resin component, and at least one solvent, proportioned to give the ink property of opacity.According to another of its aspects, this invention is a process for information recording comprising producing a fine jet of liquid, directing said jet of liquid onto a recording medium, modulating the density of said applied jet by an electric field in accordance with the information to be recorded, thereby recording said information, and thereafter applying moisture to said recording medium bearing said recorded, thereby rendering said recording opaque.

Abstract: A molded, disposable mixing device is disclosed for mixing and dispensing a two-part fluid compound. The device may consist of two mirror-image portions or structures, each being of semi-cylindrical shape and providing a tortuous path for shearing, folding, mixing and blending together the two fluids. Each of the two structures is provided with a male attachment lug, and a female detent for securing them together. Also, each structure has a semicircular, externally molded ridge for connecting it, for example, to a nozzle. The tortuous path may consist of two periodically intersecting paths, or else of a generally open passage provided with mixing blades or baffles disposed at regular or irregular intervals. The mixing may also be effected by a spirally folded mesh or spherical objects disposed in a single tubular structure.

Abstract: A glitch detector and trap circuit is disclosed for removing a glitch generated by a digital-to-analog (D/A) converter due to an error in one or more bits of the input digital signal. The analog output signal is delayed by one sample period. The converter output signal is then subtracted from the delayed converter output signal. This difference signal is passed through a full-wave precision rectifier. Thereafter, the notified signal is clipped at a predetermined trigger level so that a glitch will cause an output pulse. The output pulse caused by a glitch is used to operate a monostable circuit. The monostable circuit in turn, is utilized to change a track and store amplifier from its track mode to the store mode. In this manner, the track and store amplifier will not pass the glitch, but will remain at its previous setting. A rise-time delay circuit is interposed ahead of the track and store amplifier so that it will not respond instantaneously to the next sample pulse before its store mode is initiated.

Abstract: An ink composition for use in jet printing comprising an aqueous solution of a water-soluble dye and a humectant consisting of the internal anhydride of at least one carboxylic acid.

Abstract: An ink composition for use in jet printing comprising an aqueous solution of a water-soluble dye and a humectant consisting of at least one water-soluble acetylenic compound.