Abstract: A dipstick guide to aid in the insertion of a dipstick into a dipstick tube when measuring the level of oil in the engine or replacing the dipstick in the dipstick tube comprising an upper frusto-conical body whose side converges into one end of a smaller central body or tube portion, the other end of which then diverges into a lower body or frusto-conical skirt, smaller than the upper body, the two opposed frusto-conical bodies having sides which diverge in opposite directions from each other, and a slot extending axially along the length of the guide from one end to the other to allow removal of the guide, sidewise, when the dipstick has been partially inserted into the dipstick tube. An upstanding handle on the upper body facilitates the positioning of the dipstick guide onto the dipstick tube, and allows for the dipstick guide to be manually removed from the dipstick tube, and then moved out of the way of the dipstick.

Abstract: The method of making a foamed, low density shaped refractory product consisting of TiB.sub.2 and Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 which comprises the steps of foaming an exothermic reaction mixture consisting of TiO.sub.2, B.sub.2 O.sub.3 and Al, loading the reaction mixture into a self sustaining shape, locally igniting the shaped reaction mixture in air at ambient conditions and recovering the foamed, low density, shaped refractory product.

Abstract: Entrained pyrolysis of lignocellulosic material proceeds from a controlled pyrolysis-initiating temperature to completion of an oxygen free environment at atmospheric pressure and controlled residence time to provide a high yield recovery of pyrolysis oil together with char and non-condensable, combustible gases. The residence time is a function of gas flow rate and the initiating temperature is likewise a function of the gas flow rate, varying therewith. A controlled initiating temperature range of about 400.degree. C. to 550.degree. C. with corresponding gas flow rates to maximize oil yield is disclosed.

Abstract: A method of producing submicron titanium diboride from an initial mixture of titanium oxide, boron oxide, and magnesium, by reducing the titanium dioxide and boron oxide with magnesium in an atmosphere including air to yield a resultant product containing submicron titanium diboride and magnesia. The reduction reaction is preferably initiated by locally igniting the initial mixture. The resultant product is then cooled and leached with a leaching solution having a pH in the range of about 0.5 to about 8 to recover the sub-micron titanium diboride.

Abstract: A hollow, upright cabinet supports therein a cooking grid and a plurality of upwardly facing gas burners which emit infrared head toward the cooking grid. A shield assembly having angled baffles is removeably mounted over the burners to shield the meat directly above the burners on the grid from the infrared rays and protects the burners from the drippings of the meat. The spaced baffles however permit the infrared radiation to pass upwardly, at an angle to impinge on meat at the rear of the grid.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a colonic lavage to a patient comprises a speculum for insertion into the colon of the patient with the speculum being generally tubular and having a tapered end within the colon with opposing openings formed therein and discharge and inlet openings outside the anal canal. The inlet opening is connected to a lavage liquid holding chamber through an inlet conduit and the discharge conduit is connected to a collection chamber through a discharge conduit. The discharge conduit has a resilient collapsible portion that passes through a pinch valve that can be actuated to close the discharge conduit. In operation, lavage liquid is pumped from the holding chamber while the pinch valve is closed causing the colon to fill with liquid. When the colon is full, pumping is discontinued and the pinch valve opened allowing liquid and loosened fecal matter within the colon to be purged through the discharge conduit to the collection chamber.

Abstract: A tufting machine is provided with separate motors which drive the main drive shaft, control the feed of the backing material and control the bedrail height. A computer is electrically connected to these motors and to the yarn feed controls. The software indicates patterns to be produced, informing the computer to control the number of stitches per inch of backing, the weight of face yarn per square yard, the pile height, the amount of yarn fed to the needles and the linear length of carpeting produced. The computer also dictates the schedule by which prescribed lengths of additional patterns are produced by the tufting machine and can control a number of such tufting machines. When the pile height is to be changed, the computer automatically controls the main motors for rocking the main shaft, to reciprocate the needles while controlling the yarn feed controls and the motor to the bedrail.

Abstract: This invention pertains to the fields of graphic arts and graphic communication. The principal use of this invention is to communicate visually with a new graphic method--a method of putting a translucent overlay on one color of pastels uniformly on a piece of paper and then removing it by erasure in order to create a desired image. The paper can be imprinted before the overlay is applied in order to give a foundation for the erasure. One prior method of graphic communication has been to put a color or several colors on a paper nonuniformly to create a desired image. Likewise, another prior method has been computer-generated images on cathode ray tubes. Both of these prior methods require training and skill. Neither are easily accomplished. This new method requires no artistic or computer skill and gives excellent results. Further, this new graphic method can be renewed by rubbing the translucent overlay back to a uniform color and an additional image created by erasing again.

Abstract: A workpiece receiving and positioning device is disclosed which, in combination with a clamp member, holds a workpiece in a selected orientation relative to a slotted machine tool table surface or the like for milling or machining the workpiece. The device includes a main body portion, a block portion with opposed side faces extending from the body portion, thereby forming a recess therebetween for receiving the workpiece, and a base portion depending from the body portion and engagable with the slots in the table surface. Fasteners are provided to secure the base portion within the slots, and the clamp member includes a fasteners disposed in opposing relationship with the opposed side faces for holding the workpiece against the opposed side faces.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for reading, by an end user scanner, the UPC number designated by a bar code printed on or associated with a predetermined number of packages or containers for or containing goods to determine the percentage of correctly read UPC numbers with reference to the predetermined number of readings.

Abstract: A dispenser for granulated materials and powdered materials is disclosed having a hopper contained within a base mounting which dispenses material to a receiving cup. A manually operated sliding plate valve starts and stops the flow of material into the cup. Overflow is prevented by maintaining the receiving cup within close proximity to the mounting via runners extending from the top of the cup. Both the cup runners and sliding plate are slidably held adjacent the mounting via interior and exterior channels attached thereto.

Abstract: A crescent shaped exchanger tank is fitted over the top portion of an electric motor which drives a centrifugal pump. The inlet to the pump is connected to a drain on a bath tub and the discharge of the pump is connected to jet nozzles along the sides of the tub. The heat exchanger has an inlet connected to the high pressure side of the pump and a discharge connected to low pressure or suction side of the pump. The heat of the motor heats the water circulated in the tank to warm the water delivered through the jet nozzles to the tub.

Abstract: A locking garment hanger is disclosed in which a single length of wire similar resilient material is formed into a generally triangular frame member having a hook portion for suspending the hanger from a suitable support. Arm members depend angularly downward from the hook portion and are joined by a transverse garment supporting rod member. Integrally formed in the wire are clip means in generally horizontal planar alignment with the rod member and spring means for biasing the clip means against a garment disposed on the rod member upon lateral displacement of the clip means from a resting position to a garment securing position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a gathering device for raising and lowering a gathered curtain, having gathering rollers distributed along the horizontal length of the curtain, the rollers are provided with pull elements that can be wound up for raising and unwound for lowering the gathered curtain. The gathering rollers are rotatable by a common drive element about their roller axles. The roller axles of the gathering rollers in the vicinity of the ceiling extend crosswise to the longitudinal direction of the curtain. The gathering rollers are also connected to coaxial drive rollers in a manner fixed against relative rotation. The drive rollers associated with the gathering rollers are actuated by the drive element, which is embodied such that it can be wound up and which extends onward from one drive roller to the next drive roller, this one drive element acting in a cable-like or chain-like fashion on the drive rollers.

Abstract: A sliding door and window assembly for pickup trucks having caps over the bed portion is disclosed, the invention providing sliding doors and windows in the rear wall of the cab, doors in the front wall of the bed, and windows in the front wall of the cap. Upper and lower seals are provided to seal the space between the cab and bed portions, thus providing access between the cab and bed while sealing the interior from foreign contaminants.

Abstract: Certain novel heterocyclic compounds, aromatic thioesters, their preparation, and their use in inhibiting serine proteases with chymotrypsin-like and elastase-like specificity and in the treatment of diseases such as emphysema which involve tissue proteolysis.

Abstract: Substituted isocoumarins, their preparation, their use in inhibiting serine proteases with trypsin-like, chymotrypsin-like and elastase-like specificity and their roles as anticoagulant agents, and anti-inflammatory agents.

Abstract: A button arrangement which permits the temporary or permanent replacement of a lost button. The button arrangement includes a pointed shaft attached to a flat backing and a front portion which includes a button and a hollow tube which fits over the shaft. The shaft is fitted through the backside of the garment such that the flat portion abuts the garment, and the tube is fitted over the shaft and secured thereon. The flat portion can be separated from the shaft, so that the button can be removed at a later date if necessary.

Abstract: A tool designed to engage a substantial concave surface of the retaining pins in the receivers of all Remington shotguns and rifles with detachable retaining pins including but not limited to models 1100, 11-48, 878, S-58, 12 and 11-87 and Remington rifles models 742, 552, 760, 7600, and 42, all Sears shotguns with detachable retaining pins including but not limited to models 1200, 1300, 1400 and 120, all Smith and Wesson shotguns with detachable retaining pins including, but not limited to model 1000, all Ithaca shotguns with detachable retaining pins including but not limited to models 51 and 300, all Mossberg shotguns with detachable retaining pins including but not limited to models 500 and 590, all Hi-Standard shotguns with detachable retaining pins, all Franchi shotguns with detachable retaining pins including but not limited to model 48AL, all Beretta shotguns with detachable retaining pins including, but not limited to model AL-2, all Browning shotguns with detachable retaining pins including, but not