Abstract: This invention provides a source of optical radiation of high brightness obtained from an output window that is located on the axis of an extended length arc discharge device. The arc discharge device is confined by an electrically insulating tubular element, and caused by the tubular element to have an extended length to diameter ratio. The tubular element is provided with a reflecting surface that improves efficiency and increases output. Means are provided to transfer heat from the tubular element and to support high internal gas pressure, and to thereby facilitate use of a very high brightness arc discharge.

Abstract: A method of using a created international language as an intermediate pathway in translation between two national languages, wherein the first language is translated into the created international language, the latter serving as a bridge, which is then translated into the second language. In the present method there are interpretive steps rather than a strict word for word translation, without interpretation, which has proven falacious in the past.

Abstract: Filling and discharging valve for inflatable hollow bodies, particularly dinghies, comprising a valve housing having a radial flange adapted to be attached to the inflatable body and a valve seat facing the interior of the inflatable body, the valve seat co-operating with a plate-like valve member. A spring is located within the valve housing and biasing the valve member towards the closed position thereof. Holding means hold the valve member in the opened position. A dead center spring above the valve member includes a dead center spring which is secured to the circumference of the valve housing. The dead center spring holding the valve member in its close position above the dead center and holds the valve member in its opened position below the dead center.

Abstract: A tension indicating device which includes at least one indicating arm and reference means carried by a stamped generally frustoconical spring washer. A relieved area in the bearing surface of the washer prevents work surface irregularities from producing erroneous tension indications. The arm and reference means may mechanically engage one another and the arm may be made separately and attached to the washer. Indications made by the arm are designed to be visually discernable from a distance.

Abstract: An improved patch and method of repair of the integrity and/or surface imperfections of a structure which is defective because of accidental damage or flaws during the course of manufacture or subsequent use and handling. The invention relates to the use of a fibrous cloth which is impregnated by a fast curing acrylic-based adhesive composition which is utilized with an activator/accelerator that can be applied to the margins of the faulty workpiece and thence to the overall impregnated cloth to quickly cure it at ambient temperature. The improved material provides good adhesion to a wide variety of materials including unprepared metals, painted metals, plastics and moist or oil contaminated surfaces and displays a high impact strength heretofore not found in such materials.

Abstract: An oil type damper comprises a cylindrical wall formed integrally with a base secured on a given machine, a cap set in place rotatably within the cylindrical wall and integrated with a toothed wheel, a seal disk forming a housing in combination with the cap, and oil filling the interior of the housing. The integration of the toothed wheel and the cap decreases the number of component parts, reduces the time and labor involved in assembly, and permits size reduction of the damper.

Abstract: A modular bridging clip adapted for use with telecommunications terminal blocks including a non-conductive compartmented housing for retaining a plurality of resilient conductive bridging clips whereby said clips can be readily applied or removed simultaneously from a like number of rows of terminal contacts. Each compartment includes slot means for accepting at least a pair of adjacent in line terminal contacts within the bridging clip contained therein and also includes means for easing the removal of said clip from the contact.

Abstract: A rotary damper device comprises a base plate, a rotary cylinder rotatably disposed on the base plate through the medium of a damper, and a coil spring interconnecting the base plate and the rotary cylinder. The base plate and the rotary cylinder are interconnected to the main body of a device and the lid of the device. When the lid is opened or closed, the braking force of the damper and the resilient force of the coil spring cooperate to generate effective braking force and enable the opening-closing device to be opened or closed smoothly under the influence of the effective braking force.

Abstract: A trim cover clip comprising a hollow tube made of a plastic substance, containing in the wall of the hollow tube at least one slit having the shape of three sides of a rectangle and thereby enclosing therein an engaging piece possessing a free end, and having the inner wall of the engaging piece corrugated to form teeth capable of engaging with the thread on the bolt being passed through the inner hole of the hollow tube is improved by having the engaging piece formed aslant inwardly enough for the free end thereof to thrust deeply into the inner wall of the hollow tube.

Abstract: A prepackaged dispensing system for a two part permanent adhesive including an adhesive portion and an activator portion. The adhesive portion is housed in the main hollow body of a syringe-like member between an initially closed discharge means end and a sealing piston initially spaced axially form said discharge means end. A removably capped elongated dispensing container, adapted to contain and dispense the activator portion, is telescopically positioned within the hollow body and engages the piston. The combined total axial length of the piston and dispensing container when aligned exceeds the internal length of the hollow main body whereby axial pressure on said container will move said piston and insures substantially total discharge of said adhesive by movement of said piston to the discharge end of said hollow body.

Abstract: A one-piece plastics security seal, of the kind having a flexible strap securable within a passageway in a housing, may include a new locking arrangement and/or a new release arrangement.In the locking arrangement, the strap carries a series of teeth of non-rectangular outline, when viewed along the length of the strap, with at least a part of the passageway having an outline complementary to that of the strap and the teeth carried thereby, and the passageway being offset along its length in the region of a resiliently deformable stop for permitting movement of the teeth through the passageway in one direction, but not the other.In the release arrangement, the flexible strap and also a tab both extend generally transversely to the housing, with the strap being connected to the tab and the tab being frangibly connected to the housing.

Abstract: A novel methacrylate-based composition is disclosed. The composition is preferably used as an adhesive. The composition comprises an acrylate-based or methacrylate-based ester monomer, a catalyst, a chlorinated or chlorosulfonated polyethylene polymer resin and a graft co-polymer resin. The chlorinated polyethylene polymer resin used includes organic sulfonyl chloride. The composition preferably further includes an acrylate-based or methacrylate-based acid monomer, and a catalyst activator. A preferred chlorosulfonated polyethylene polymer resin contains about 43 weight percent chlorine, about 1.1 weight percent sulfur, and about 34 millimoles sulfonyl chloride moiety per 100 grams thereof. Preferred graft co-polymer resins are ABS, MBS, MABS, ASA, all-acrylic, SA EPDM and MAS. More-preferred graft co-polymer resins are MABS, ASA, all-acrylic and MBS. Most-preferred graft co-polymer resins are MABS and ASA. A preferred methacrylate-based acid monomer is methacrylic acid.

Abstract: A latch device for a door or lid comprises a housing, a latch pawl one end of which is secured to the housing and the other end of which is configured to engage an edge of the door or lid, a latch body having a resilient piece for controlling the attitude of the latch pawl, a knob, and a connecting section disposed between the knob and the resilient piece to release the engagement of the latch pawl with the open edge through the resilient piece by pulling the knob.

Abstract: An oil type damper comprises a housing, a rotator formed of a hollow shaft and a braking disk, a flexible membrane, a toothed wheel secured to the leading end of the aforementioned hollow shaft, and oil introduced via the hollow shaft into the housing. Since the oil is introduced through the hollow shaft into the housing after the rotator and the flexible membrane have been set in place inside the housing, the work of filling the damper with oil is easy. The flexible membrane absorbs thermal expansion of the oil and precludes otherwise possible oil leakage.

Abstract: A stackable hinging printed circuit board support is provided, comprising an integral plastic molding. The support is provided with an intermediate notch and an adjacent wall section which is sufficiently thin as to permit flexing for pivoting of one printed circuit board away from another. The support has an upstanding circular segment pilot for fitting in a circular aperture of an overlying printed circuit board. The support has at its bottom a W prong structure dimensioned for insertion in a circular aperture of a printed circuit board so as to coact with the upstanding circular segment pilot of an underlying support to wedge the pilot in the aperture. The W prong of one support is received in a recess provided in the body of a subjacent support.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for holding a linear article on a support body, consisting of a pair of plastic counterparts each comprising a base, an article holding means integrally provided on the upper surface of the base, a notched rod integrally provided on the upper surface of the base and extending outward from one front corner of the base, a guide channel having a catch projection therein and extending inward from the other front corner of the base, and an engaging leg integrally provided on the undersurface of the base. In use a pair of plastic counterparts are engaged with each other by inserting the notched rod of each counterpart into the guide channel of the other counterparts, and the counterparts thus engaged are placed across the width of a support plate with the legs of the counterparts abutting the opposite edges of the support plate.

Abstract: A detachable fastener comprises a central shank provided at one end thereof with a head portion and at the other end thereof with leg pieces of the shape of legs of an anchor movably connected through respective hinges to the aforementioned other end, and a receiving part adapted to receive external force and formed as connected to the leading ends of the leg pieces projected from the aforementioned other end of the central shank. In this fastener, the receiving part on receiving an external force causes the leg pieces to be bent about the hinges and the free ends of the leg pieces to be converged.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lid lock structure for a hinged lid of a recess which is made in a car body to conceal a fueling port. The lid lock structure includes a latch housing containing a bolt and having a plate spring at its head. The bolt catches a catch leg extending from the back of the hinged lid when closed, whereas the plate spring is yieldingly bent to constantly apply pressure to the lid while it is closed. When the bolt is retracted, the lid is unlatched to snap open. The built-in spring structure facilitates assembly work.