Abstract: This invention relates to a re-formable multi-conductor flat, or ribbon, cable, which comprises a plurality of spaced insulated conductors, aligned in a predetermined, laterally spaced, pattern along a single sheet or film of plastic, the single sheet of plastic being only intermittently bonded to the laterally spaced conductors. The intermittent bonding pattern preferably utilized is one that results in transverse, peelably bonded, areas extending across the width of the entire cable alternating with transverse unbonded areas which also extend across the width of the entire cable.

Abstract: This invention relates to improvements in formulation and preparation of imitation mayonnaise and salad dressings employing isolated soy protein as the sole or dominant emulsifier.

Abstract: A handbag is provided with a switching means which is activated when an excessive removal force is applied to the handbag's carrying strap. The switching means is connected in series with a battery and resistance wires. The wires preferably run under the outer surface of the bag and are elevated to a high temperature by electrical current, forcing a person holding the bag to release the same.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an easily fabricated, lightweight, solar collector module, and to a system for employing a plurality of said solar collector modules to achieve an efficient, relatively low cost method and means of collecting solar energy. The solar collector system comprises, preferably, a plurality of the lightweight, easily portable, module units which may be affixed to the roof of a house or other structure, in shingled fashion. Each of the modular units comprises, preferably, a pair of small-sized rectangular glass, or plastic, plates maintained in an offset, spaced relationship one above the other, by relatively small, glass, spacer support means. The normally upper surface of the lower plate of the unit is provided with a plurality of parallel grooves over a major portion of its surface. A plurality of such modular units are placed onto the roof of a structure, and rendered fluid-tight with respect to each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a disposable toothbrush device having two elements. The first element comprises a brushing member including (i) a brushing head having flexible bristles therein, (ii) a shaft carrying the brushing head at one end thereof, (iii) an attachment means affixed to the remaining end of said shaft remote from the brushing head, and (iv) a plurality of ribs provided on the shaft adjacent the brushing head for reinforcement of shaft to render the shaft relatively rigid with respect to the bristles. The brushing head, bristles, shaft, ribs and attachment means of the brushing member are formed from a plastic material as a unitary plastic molding. The second element consists of a hollow handle in which the brushing member is housed prior to use.

Abstract: Aluminum or an alloy thereof is electroplated upon electrically conductive substrates by immersing the substrate as a cathode in a novel stable electrolyte, made by (a) reacting aluminum with a hydrogen halide or a halogen and hydrogen halide, in the absence of water, but in one of several organic, non-Lewis base solvents or mixtures thereof to form an intermediate aluminum halide cation in solution, the concentration of the aluminum cation and the concentration of hydrogen ion in solution being, respectively, below about 5.0 M and 0.4 M and preferably containing an aluminum cation concentration extending between 2.7 M and 4.2 M and a [H.sup.+ ] ion concentration extending between about 0.01 M and about 0.3 M, the exact maximum amount of [H.sup.+ ] ion concentration depending upon the aluminum ion concentration (there is a direct, substantially linear, relationship between the [Al.sup.+3 ] ion concentration and [H.sup.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a method and means for the early detection of a wide variety of cancers, in humans, which method and means consists of the assay and development of a pattern or fingerprint of severally biologically inert, or inactive polypeptides (or perhaps biologically active peptides) in the blood of humans, e.g.: big-ACTH (big-Adrenocorticotropin Hormone), big-.beta.MSH (big-beta melanocyte-stimulating Hormone), the alpha chain of the glycopeptide hormones, the measurement of the arginine vasotocin (AVT), an analogue of Arginine vasopressin, (AVP) (or the combined measurement of AVP and AVT). The values obtained by the assays of each of the foregoing polypeptids is then compared with the individual values and patterns found in humans. If any one of the polypeptide values is elevated above the upper end of the normal values, a carcinoma from some tumor site is suspected; also from the pattern of elevations in one or more peptides, a specific type of cancer may be suspected.

Abstract: The combination of a pressure-switch operated vibrating motor, enclosed within a cushioning material, such as synthetic or natural foam, having an enlarged surface area relative to that of the motor. As a person applies pressure on said enlarged cushioning means, as by leaning on the cushion, the pressure switch is engaged to close a circuit thereby starting the vibrating motor enclosed within the cushioning means. The cushioning means acts as a damping means for the vibrating motor for greater comfort than would otherwise occur if the vibrating motor were not so enclosed.

Abstract: The condylocephalic nail of this invention is designed to attain an optimal nail position in the head-neck fragment of the femur, and, to this end, is provided with a curve as viewed in the frontal or anterior-posterior (AP) plane, which places the upper portion of the nail adjacent to the medial cortex at the level of the lesser trochanter and also places it approximately parallel with the primary trabeculae of the head, i.e., at an included angle of about 160.degree. with respect to the shaft of the femur. The relatively high angle of the upper end of the nail was chosen in order to place it closely parallel to the stress lines encountered by the head and neck of the femur during ambulation. In order to achieve accurate rotatory alignment and to obviate external rotatory malalignment of the femur, the nai is provided, as viewed from the medial side, with a gentle S-shaped curve, in which the upper end or head of the S is formed with an anteversion curve of between about 5.degree.-15.degree.

Abstract: Adherent deposits of aluminum can be obtained on metallic substrates by anodic etching of the substrates (reverse current electrolytic cleaning) employing a novel etch solution made as follows:1. reacting a sufficient amount of aluminum with a hydrogen halide such as HCl, HBr, or HI (preferably hydrogen bromide) in an organic solvent such as benzene or toluene (and in the absence of water) to form a solution in which the concentration of the dissolved aluminum is from 2.0 M to 3.5 M; and2. then adding hydrogen halide to the resulting solution of 1) above such that the hydrogen ion concentration of the said resulting solution is greater than 1.0 M but below the saturation point of hydrogen halide in said solution.Prior to the actual plating operation, the novel etch solution just described is directed to a plating chamber wherein the metallic substrate is electrocleaned by reverse current anodic etching, i.e.

Abstract: This invention relates to a re-formable multiconductor flat, or ribbon, cable, which comprises a plurality of spaced insulated conductors, aligned in a predetermined, laterally spaced, pattern along a single sheet or film of plastic, the single sheet of plastic being only intermittently bonded to the laterally spaced conductors. The intermittent bonding pattern preferably utilized is one that results in transverse, peelably bonded, areas extending across the width of the entire cable alternating with transverse unbonded areas which also extend across the width of the entire cable.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a dispensing container for solid deodorant and/or disinfectant media, for use in urinals having a flush water system. The chemical dispensing container comprises a generally flat plate or screen having a perforate central portion and a perforate peripheral portion. An imperforate cover overlies the perforate central portion and contains therewithin the solid deodorant and/or disinfectant media. Cooperating fastening means are provided on said imperforate cover and said underlying plate to enable the cover to be releasably engaged to said plate.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method and apparatus for making multi-conductor cable. The multi-conductor cable comprises a plurality of insulated wire conductor pairs, each of said insulated conductor pairs having alternating twist and straight portions and comprises alignment means for precisely aligning both the twisted portions and straight portions of said insulated conductor pairs in a predetermined, laterally spaced, relationship with respect to each other.The alignment means of the multi-conductor cable of this invention comprises a laminated plastic sheet, initially formed from first and second plastic sheets or films, the laminated film having(a) a plurality of precisely spaced encapsulating ducts formed therein, each encapsulating duct containing either an individual, insulated, straight portion of a conductor or an insulated conductor twisted pair and(b) nip areas extending laterally between, and joining, each of said precisely spaced encapsulating ducts.

Abstract: A centrifugal air-driven motor, or windmill, is disclosed wherein the blades thereof are made of a pliable, flexible, uniformly apertured sheeting made, for example, of plastic, affixed by a flexible support system, to a central rotatable shaft, so that as the apertured plastic sheet is moved centrifugally outwardly, under the influence of wind energy, the solid portions of the plastic sheet assume the shape of blades; further, the blade support system is made completely of thin, flexible, pliable, material, such as plastic, and the blades may assume different, e.g., forward curved, radial, or backward inclined configurations, during rotation of the windmill. The blades and support means therefor, are affixed to a central, axial, rotatable shaft. As the blades are driven, by wind force, their rotation is transmitted to the rotatable, axial, shaft through the blade support means, to thereby cause rotation of the axial shaft.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a connector unit which has the capability of mating a plurality of side by side insulated conductors (usually in the form of a multiconductor, flat, flexible, bonded or laminated cable) with a plurality of similarly spaced contact pad areas on a printed circuit board (PCB). The multi-conductor cable is mated to the PCB in a quick-connect manner and enables also a quick-disconnect, or separation of the cable assembly, from the PCB, to be accomplished with one hand only, and with no tooling required. The resulting contact pressure between the PCB and the leads of the multi-conductor cable is above a certain predetermined minimum and is reproducible, even after repetitive quick-connect and disconnects of connector unit from the PCB. The mating of the connector unit to the PCB is accomplished with low insertion force. Further, the connector unit is capable of electrically engaging a PCB of varying thickness.

Abstract: Aluminum or an alloy thereof is electroplated upon electrically conductive substrates by immersing the substrate as a cathode in a novel stable electrolyte, made as follows:A. reacting aluminum with a hydrogen halide such as HCl, HBr, or HI (but preferably hydrogen bromide) or reacting aluminum with a halogen such as Cl.sub.2, Br.sub.2, or I.sub.2 (but preferably bromine), in the absence of water, but in one of the following single organic, non-Lewis base solvents or mixtures thereof: benzene, toluene, carbon disulfide, cyclohexane, dimethyl sulfide, tetrahydrofuran, diiodoethane, toluene-cyclohexane (1:1), benzene-cyclohexane (1:1), tetrahydrofuran (THF): benzene (4:1) and toluene-CS.sub.2 (3:1) to form an intermediate aluminum halide cation in solution, the concentration of the aluminum cation and the concentration of hydrogen ion, in solution being respectively, below about 7.5 M and 0.5 M and preferably being, respectively, below about 4.2 M and 0.1 M; andB.

Abstract: This invention is directed towards a hair comb which includes a fluid (e.g., hair oil) reservoir in the body of the comb. The fluid in the fluid reservoir is positively ejected under the influence of an air pump into the teeth of a comb. The fluid passes through an adjustable needle valve so that the feed rate to the teeth of the comb is precisely variable over a wide range. The fluid then passes around roller or ball bearings mounted in the teeth ends of the comb, for uniform distribution over the hair and scalp. The combination of a positive pressure fluid dispenser, and adjustable needle valve to control the positive flow of oil and distribution means, via roller bearings, provides an improved, precisely controllable, oil-reservoir hair comb with uniform fluid distribution.

Abstract: This invention relates to a multi-conductor cable, which comprises a plurality of insulated wire conductor pairs, each of said insulated conductor pairs having alternating twisted portions and straight portions, and alignment means for aligning said insulated conductor pairs in a predetermined spaced relationship with respect to each other. Immediately adjacent twisted portions of each conductor pair are twisted in counter-rotation to each other, and a straight portion of conductor pairs between the said adjacent twisted portions is thereby achieved.The alignment means of the multi-conductor cable of this invention comprises a laminated plastic film, initially formed from first and second plastic films, the laminated film havingA. a plurality of spaced encapsulating ducts formed therein, each encapsulating duct containing at least one of said insulated conductor pairs and preventing untwisting of each of the insulated conductor pairs contained therein andB.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a novel support collar assembly which is designed, primarily, to fill a need for a simple, reliable and economical way of suspending and supporting standard flower pots, and the like, within any one of a series of larger-diametered containers, or within deeper (i.e., taller) containers.