Abstract: A method and apparatus for molding a plastic cap on a preformed metallic shank includes inserting the shank on a strip material by a shank insertion device such that a head of the shank is elevated above the strip material. A molding device, having an open mold cavity is engaged with the strip material such that the strip material acts as a portion of the mold. The elevated head is positioned within the cavity. Plastic is injected into the mold cavity to surround and encapsulate the button head.

Abstract: A process of manufacturing a cathode ray tube wherein trimming cleaning of an inner wall of a skirt portion of a panel is performed in a non-contacting condition to prevent splashing of water and trimming cleaning of panels of different sizes can be performed. A rotational position signal is detected in response to rotation of a panel, and while the distance between a cleaning nozzle and an inner wall of a skirt portion of the panel is kept constant in response to such rotational position signal, cleaning liquid is supplied through the cleaning nozzle to clean the inner wall of the skirt portion of the panel.

Abstract: A locking ring binder assembly has a resilient sheet metal cover and a pair of operating levers rotatably mounted on the covers. A projection on the operating levers beneath the cover and a leg portion on the operating levers in alignment with the projection through a thickness of the cover locks the binder in a closed position even though the operating levers are not rotated to an over center position.

Abstract: A machine which is constructed for slitting travelling webs, such as corrugated boards or similar material, characterized by a slitting tool with the shape of a thin rotary blade, which is provided with a cutting peripheral edge. The rotary blade is contained within a holder so that only a small portion of the cutting edge will emerge from a narrow slot in a wall of the holder, which wall is placed very close to the path of the web. The holder also contains a liquid for cooling and lubricating the rotary blade.

Abstract: A combination cylinder boring and deck milling machine that has horizontal and vertical tools that can be used for drilling or machining a work piece.

Abstract: A solder resist and a positively-acting photoresist are successively applied on a surface-wide basis onto a printed circuit board, whereupon the photoresist is selectively exposed and developed in the region of plated-through holes and/or solder pads of a printed conductor pattern carried on the printed circuit board, preferably with the assistance of laser beams. Subsequently, the solder resist is stripped in the regions not protected by the photoresist, i.e. in the regions of plated-through holes and/or solder pads and, as a last step, the remaining photoresist is likewise stripped. The method is particularly suited for the application of a solder resist layer onto three-dimensional printed circuit boards since traditional mask techniques for structuring the solder resist cannot be employed with respect to three-dimensional printed circuit boards.

Abstract: A voice coil type actuator wherein the length in an axial direction and the number of parts is reduced without deteriorating a required function and the magnetic flux density in a space in which a movable coil is located is substantially uniform over the entire length in an axial direction. The voice coil type actuator comprises a fixed guide shaft having a radial portion made of a permeable material and a movable body supported for axial sliding movement on the guide shaft. The movable coil is supported coaxially with the guide shaft on the movable body. A yoke having a substantially cylindrical profile is disposed in such a manner as to surround a range of movement of the movable coil, and a pair of fixed magnets are disposed in contact with the guide shaft and the yoke and magnetized with the opposite polarities in a radial direction.

Abstract: During optimization intervals prescribed by the heart pacemaker, the stimulation frequency is periodically changed and an acquisition of a measured value that is dependent on the cardiac minute output is respectively phase-synchronized with the change in stimulation frequency. An identification is thereby made whether the measured value that is dependent on the cardiac minute output changes given the change of the stimulation frequency. A number of curves are stored representing different relationships between a regulating variable, derived from the measured value, and the stimulation frequency. The stimulation frequency of the pacemaker is set based on one of these curves, as selected by an optimization controller to which the regulating variable is supplied.

Abstract: A point of sale audio-visual advertising system is disclosed which has a central station and a plurality of outstations. The central station is generally located in a shop attached to service or filling stations which sell petroleum products such as gasoline, while the outstations are located at self-service pumps located on the driveway of the service station. The system provides audio-visual advertising material to the purchaser while the tank filling operation is in progress and immediately prior to his entry into the shop area.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a color cathode ray tube utilizing an external surface exposure process, a fluorescent slurry to be applied to a panel contains a photosensitive resin composition composed of an aqueous emulsion of polyvinyl compound resin containing a saponified polyvinyl acetate with an addition-condensed photosensitive group as a protective colloid and an aqueous solution of a saponified polyvinyl acetate with an addition-condensed photosensitive group. Accordingly, a resistance of a fluorescent layer formed on the panel against an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide is improved, and an anti-fogging performance of the fluorescent layer is also improved.

Abstract: A surgical grasping instrument of the type having finger rings and may or may not have a ratchet lock for securing closure and two arms to the jaw joint is provided with enhanced control in the form of a strut or a thin metal bridging platform extending outwardly from at least one arm and to be engaged by either or both the thumb and the third finger of the surgeon during manipulation of the instrument, thereby improving the leverage and hand control of the instrument.

Abstract: This invention relates to a packaging system for a needle and catheter which can be unsealed and the lid opened so that the catheter and needle can be removed after which the needle and catheter are inserted in a patient and then the needle is removed and replaced in the container and the container is closed so that the needle cannot accidentally contaminate and injure personnel.

Abstract: A trim ring for ornamentally embracing in complementary relation an outlet box cover attached to a sliding covered external building wall, and comprising a one-piece member having an outlet box cover-encircling and embracing wall, and spaced opposed flanges integral with the member wall defining a channel about the member wall for receiving and concealing siding edges located adjacent to the outlet box cover.

Abstract: A backing plate retainer is disclosed for retaining a backing plate for clamping engagement with a fastening element such as a hook and eye fastener. The retainer includes an adapter strip of a given width which is remotely attached to at least one of its longitudinal edges. The retainer has magnetic members adapted to attract and hold the adapter strip in place with respect to the retainer.

Abstract: A rotary valve (1) for hydraulic power steering of vehicles with arcuate slots (9,10) in the sleeve (2) and slots (11) in input-shaft (3) of the valve (1) where some of the slots (10) in the sleeve (2) are formed to provide hydraulic fluid return ports (13) axially of the valve (1) between the sleeve (2) and the input-shaft (3) while the axial extent of adjacent sleeve slots (10) and input-shaft slots (11) is the same at their ends remote from the return ports (13).

Abstract: In a separable bottom end assembly for a slide fastener, a socket member includes an outer box in which a first separate pin member is received so as to project upwardly therefrom, an inner box received in the outer box, and springs mounted between the outer box and the first separate pin member so as to normally urge the inner box upwardly. The inner box has a hollow portion through which a second separate pin member is inserted. The outer box has on its outer surface a locking projection which is lockingly engageable with a pull tab of a slider when the inner box is pushed downwardly against the bias of the springs by the slider.

Abstract: An output circuit for a memory device has four MOS transistors. A first MOS transistor and a second MOS transistor comprise an output stage of the output circuit, and a control circuit controls the voltages of the gates of the first and the second MOS transistors. A third MOS transistor has its source connected to the gate of the second MOS transistor, and a fourth MOS transistor has its source connected to the gate of the first MOS transistor. When the data which are supplied to the control circuit are changed, the third or the fourth MOS transistor assists the level shift of the gate of the second and the first MOS transistor at the beginning of the level shift. By continuing the level shift, the third or the fourth MOS transistor is turned off. As a result, the source-gate voltage of the third or the fourth MOS transistor becomes lower than its threshold voltage, so that the switching noise or ground noise is reduced.

Abstract: A machine for creasing and slitting a travelling web, such as a cardboard web, characterized by an assembly which includes a carriage having a tool storage device with at least one spare tool and a lever arm mounting a tool for rotation. The lever arm is movable from a position with the tool engaging the web passing through the machine to a withdrawn position which enables changing the tool with one of the spare tools. Each of the assemblies is adjustably positioned in a transverse direction relative to the direction of movement of the web. The device includes a second group of assemblies which contains counter-tools for the tools of the first group.