Abstract: A putter is shown comprising a body having a generally L-shape in cross-section with the upright portion of the L forming the blade of the putter and the laterally extending portion of the L forming the sole of the putter. A generally U-shaped shaft attachment bar having first and second legs joined by a bight portion with the legs attached to the back of the blade and with a shaft attachment block mounted on the bight of the U-shaped bar. The body and bar have a weight distribution of approximately 30% at each of the toe and heel portions and 40% at the central portion. The sole has a modified three part rocker surface and the blade a conventional 2% loft face.

Abstract: Cement based finishing compositions are disclosed in which use of portland cement as a binder is significantly reduced without adversely affecting bonding or adhesion and while enhancing coverage of surface area, workability and hiding power or opaqueness. The composition, when mixed with an appropriate amount of water can be applied in a single coating over a primed surface on a masonry, concrete, sand rendering, brick work, cement blocks and the like to give a finished, homogenous surface.In another embodiment a floor and wall topper composition is disclosed which, when mixed with water at lower than conventional proportions, provides a rock-hard, either jointless or compartmented sections having improved compressive and flexural strength and resistance to wear and tear.

Abstract: An artist's palette is shown having surface roughness values conducive to wetting, spreading and suspension maintenance of water color, acrylic and other pigment media. Porous materials having selected permeability versus open porosity are disclosed which are useful both as in a palette substrate as well as a color pot in a reservoir system module that provides extended pigment suspension life. Interchangeable color pots receivable in modules which in turn are receivable in work boxes are disclosed providing optimum artist flexibility.

Abstract: A screen door entry system particularly useful for camper accessory screen enclosures is shown which is conveniently foldable for transporting and stowing when not in use. The entry system includes adjustable elements to engage with a camper canopy roller bar having different pitch angles for desired drainage, a door which is convertible between a single door and a Dutch door type, and anchor elements which are adapted to anchor the entry system at a selected location. The entry system in its folded condition is receivable in a carrying case for safe transporting and stowing.

Abstract: A wheelchair security system particularly useful with vehicles used to transport individuals with ambulatory handicaps is shown having a pair of pincer elements for each wheel to be secured. The pincer elements are movable between an open wheel receiving position and a closed wheel securing position. The system is either manually or electrically actuated and can be controlled either at the wheelchair station or the driver's station.

Abstract: A choke wrench for installing and removing tubular chokes respectively in and from gun barrels is shown having an eccentric handle attached to a base plate and a cylindrical guide attached to the opposite side of the base plate. The guide is removable and captures a removable blade which is automatically centered relative to the guide and which is receivable in a choke to be inserted into or taken out of the bore of a gun. A storage chamber is formed in the guide to accommodate alternate blades for use with the wrench.

Abstract: A humidity sensor composed of interdigitated electrodes and a material therebetween which is composed of Nafion wherein H+ cites have undergone ion exchange with at least one of NH4+ and Li+, Na+, Ag+ and Mg+.

Abstract: A mounting device is shown which is adapted to receive a spray container containing anti-spatter formulation in which a guide/actuator is adapted to receive a welding gun nozzle or the like to both position the nozzle in optimum orientation to receive anti-spatter spray from the container as well as initiate the spray.

Abstract: A printed circuit board connector is shown having an elongated body of electrically insulating material in which several rows of apertures extend from a flat surface on one side, each row extending to one of a series of platforms on an opposite side spaced at progressively greater distances from the flat surface in order to accommodate contact pins having right angle bends with the same spacing beyond the right angle bend as on the flat surface. The contact pins received in the apertures communicating with the flat surface may be of the male pin or female receptacle type.

Abstract: A sub-miniature circuit breaker particularly suited for use with aircraft simulators is shown which has the same look and feel of circuit breakers used in aircraft. The circuit breaker has a push-pull/actuator and ball latch mechanism and a solenoid operated trip mechanism.

Abstract: A pressure responsive switch having upper and lower contact assemblies with a snap acting member and an electrically conductive member sandwiched therebetween. The assemblies each include an insulating body with a hollow center and an electrically conductive member having a contact in the center portion and extending externally of the body. The snap acting member is in constant engagement with the sandwiched conductive member and normally in engagement with the electrically conductive member of the upper assembly. When a pressure is applied which is sufficient to cause the snap acting member to snap into its second stable state, the connection thereof with the electrically conductive member in the upper contact assembly is broken and connection is made with the electrically conductive member in the lower assembly. The switch is normally closed by removing the portion of the electrically conductive member in the lower assembly which extends externally thereof.

Abstract: A connector for mounting an i.c. unit on a circuit board is made by providing an electrically insulating, thermoplastic body with a plurality of apertures arranged in a pattern and with contact members disposed in the apertures so that terminal portions of the members extend from the apertures at one side of the body. A heated tool having hollow cylindrical portions spaced in the same pattern at one side of the tool is advanced to accommodate the extending terminal portions of the contact members in the hollow portions of the tool and to engage ends of the hollow cylindrical tool portions with individual parts of the body surrounding the respective apertures.

Abstract: A method for storing and accessing data in the operation of a program driven computer system for carrying out an industrial process, which system includes a non-volatile, long access time memory medium and a volatile, short access time memory medium, which method includes: configuring the non-volatile and volatile memory media into a unitary, relational database composed of a plurality of tables each composed of an ordered set of data elements; storing in the non-volatile memory medium a set of data elements which forms at least a first table of the database and which is required by the process infrequently and/or need not be accessed rapidly; storing in the volatile memory medium a set of data elements which forms at least a second table of the database which must be rapidly accessed; executing a plurality of programs in cooperation with data elements forming the database in order to control the process; and establishing communication between the programs and the database via an interface which causes the pr

Abstract: A capacitive acceleration sensor using a common PWB as one of the plates of the capacitive transducer and the wiring connections thereto. An acceleration input moves a capacitor plate to produce a measurable change in capacitance. An electronic signal conditioner accurately converts the capacitance output to a voltage signal to provide an acceleration sensor featuring accurate DC performance. The transducer and electronics are disposed on a PWB making up a complete sensor package. In a first embodiment, the capacitor comprises a fixed electrode on the PWB and a movable acceleration responsive electrode secured to a support by a conductive resilient member, the support coupled to an electrically conductive region on the PWB spaced from the fixed electrode by a guard ring to minimize stray charge between the capacitor electrodes.

Abstract: A window screen assembly is shown which is especially useful with metallic window frames having flat, irregular or compound curved surfaces defining the window opening. The assembly is flexible and readily stored in a compact space as by rolling it up for placement in a mailing type tube. The assembly includes magnets to secure the assembly to the frame.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine has a channel member such as a plenum chamber or cylinder head or the like with an inlet receiving air and fuel to form an air-fuel mixture and with a pair of outlets furnishing the air-fuel mixture to respective cylinders or groups of cylinders or to respective cylinder intake valve openings of two-intake engine cylinders or the like. A heating device mounted on the channel member has a heat-exchange surface which intercepts the air and fuel from the inlet to heat and fully vaporize the fuel to form the air-fuel mixture and also to divide the fuel mixture between the two outlets for furnishing the fuel mixture to the individual cylinders, groups of cylinders or intake valve openings.

Abstract: A thermally and electrically conductive housing having a solid tip portion is shown mounting a heating element thermally and electrically coupled to the tip portion which in turn is electrically coupled to a switch mechanism mounted within the housing. The switch mechanism includes a thermostatic snap acting disc adapted to bias a movable electrical contact away from a stationary electrical contact at preselected temperatures. The housing is shown mounted in a carburetor of an automobile to contact energization of a honeycomb heater disposed in the carburetor, however; the device can be used in other locations where it is desired to maintain a body within a selected temperature range.