Abstract: A FRP laminate composed of synthetic resin material, which contains spheres, and short strands of chopped fibers mixed into the resin/sphere blend in criss-cross, hodge-podge fashion, the sphere members and high application pressure combining to force down any upstanding chopped fibers and to make the chopped fibers lie flat in the resin layer and to knock air out of the resin layer, said sphere members comprising a plurality of high density spheres. A method of making a FRP laminate for a boat hull or the like includes spraying into a mold a synthetic resin liquid containing spheres while simultaneosuly applying chopped glass fibers into the fan-shaped stream of resin/sphere blend with the chopped fibers being randomly distributed in the resin layer in a hodge-podge fashion.

Abstract: The invention concerns a procedure for manufacturing fireproof ceramic molded parts, particularly of high alumina content based materials.

Abstract: A gas filter assembly for filtering pressurized gas comprises a body with a gas inlet port and a gas outlet port with a central passageway extending downwardly from the inner end of the outlet port, a bowl connected to the bottom portion of the body with a bottom opening that allows liquid to drain from the bowl, a filter cartridge assembly positioned in the gas filter assembly and including a filter element attached to the bottom of the body around the central passageway so that all gas flowing through the gas filter assembly flows through the filter element, the filter element comprising a porous filter material with pores that pass gas when the filter element is dry, but prevent passage of water and gas therethrough when wetted, and a drain in the bottom opening for draining liquid from the bowl, whereby when the liquid level of the bowl rises and covers the filter element, the filter element swells and prevents gas and liquid from flowing through the gas filter assembly.

Abstract: A portable water filtration apparatus for filtering and purifying water comprises a container for holding water, a pump block mounted inside the container, the pump block having a water inlet port, a water outlet port, and a passageway extending through the pump block between the inlet port and the outlet port, a water filter unit mounted on the water inlet port, a pump mounted in an opening in the pump block accessing the pump to the passageway in the pump block, first valve means positioned in the passageway of the pump block for blocking flow of water in the passageway from the pump to the inlet port of the pump block, a microfiltration canister mounted in the water outlet port of the pump block, the canister having a spout through which purified water is pumped, and second valve means positioned at the outlet port of the pump block for blocking flow of water from the microfiltration canister back into the pump block.

Abstract: A roller assembly for bending sheets of glass, including a plurality of units each comprising a plurality of rollers mounted on support shafts. The support shafts pivot, which tilts the rollers, so that the surface of each roller is tangent to the bottom of the bent glass sheet.

Abstract: A document imprinting device for imprinting on documents such as checks, and its method of use, comprising a frame, a document feeding mechanism mounted on the frame for sequentially feeding documents, a conveying mechanism for conveying a document from the document feeding mechanism along a document conveyance path, an imprinting mechanism for imprinting the documents conveyed along the document conveyance path, said imprinting mechanism including a print drum mounted on a rotatable shaft having a generally round surface with a flat segment, a sensing mechanism positioned along the document conveyance path for sensing the position of the documents and for triggering the imprinting mechanism such that the document is imprinted at a desired location on the document, and rotation detecting means for detecting whether said shaft makes a rotation.

Abstract: A processed paper for documents protected from being photographically and electrostatically reproduced comprises a paper substrate having a front surface, and a colored ink layer and a silvery ink layer coated over the front surface of the paper substrate, the silvery ink layer having a pattern formed thereon to cause photographic and electrostatic reproductions of information recorded on the processed paper to be illegible due to irregular reflections of light from the pattern on the silvery ink layer.

Abstract: A two-piece plastic container for handling and storing large quantities of bulk material such as food products comprises a unitary molded plastic liquid-tight single wall tank having a bottom wall and four upwardly extending side walls, and a replaceable pallet base mounted to the tank for supporting the tank and for providing spaces for entry of tines of a forklift truck or a pallet jack. The container is provided with gussets at the top of the walls of the container that support the lip, and is also provided with corner nesting stops located at each corner of the upper end of the container to facilitate nesting of containers. A lid fits over the container lip and has a skirt that is blended inwardly towards the lip so as not to catch on a lip or lid of an adjacent container. The lid also has recesses in its top surface that facilitate the stacking of containers.

Abstract: A pipetter for picking up, holding and then ejecting a pipet tube, without touching the pipet tube with the hands, which includes a housing, a collet which comprises fingers mounted at the forward end of the housing, and an outer or holding sleeve which closes the fingers when the outer sleeve is positioned forwardly on the housing and which allows the fingers to open when the outer sleeve is retracted on the housing, and an ejector sleeve which has a spring that pushes it against the fingers to open them and eject the tube. The outer sleeve has a holding spring mounted between the housing and the outer sleeve, and the outer sleeve holding spring urges the outer sleeve forwardly to push against the outer surface of the fingers to close them and hold them closed, when the ejector sleeve is pushed into a retracted position in the housing by a pipet tube.

Abstract: A process for producing refractory, carbon-bonded ceramic moldings includes spraying a low-viscosity organic containing carbon containing binder onto a coarse fraction of a refractory component, the coarse fraction having a particle size larger then 0.5 mm while maintaining the coarse refractory fraction having a particle size smaller then 0.5 mm onto the coated granules, pressing the granules thus produced into moldings, and subsequently curing the organic binder in the moldings, and tempering or firing the moldings.

Abstract: A method of automatically filling a pipet tube with a desired fill of liquid and automatically dispensing desired aliquots of liquid successively into wells in a tray or the like, comprises the steps of providing a syringe having a piston in a cylinder with the top of the cylinder connecrted to the top of a pipet tube by a flexible hose, moving the piston to its home position at the top of its travel in the cylinder and dispensing any liquid from the pipet tube, signalling a controller that the piston is in its home position and recording that information in the memory of the controller, drawing liquid into the pipet tube to a desired fill volume, signalling the controller that the desired fill volume has been reached and recording that fill volume in the memory of the controller, dispensing a desired aliquot of liquid from the pipet tube, signalling the controller that a desired aliquot has been dispensed from the pipet tube and recording the size of the dispensed aliquot in the memory of the controller, aut

Abstract: Grinding wheels are constructed with an improved type of resin binder of a low molecular weight solid epoxy resin. The epoxy resin is in the form of a fine powder and may be mixed with other wheel components such as abrasive grain, wetting agent and fillers. A method in which the epoxy resin and curing agents are processed from their commercially available forms to that most suitable for use as a grinding wheel binder.

Abstract: Tape feed control apparatus for a correction tape cassette 11 for a typewriter for controlling the amount of correction tape being fed to a printing point for lifting-off or covering-up a typed character, comprises a housing 13, a post 15 mounted in the housing 13, a brake finger 17 pivotally mounted on post 15 so that an end portion 17a of the brake finger 17 is in frictional contact with correction tape 18 on a take-up spool 19 to hold the tape firmly on the take-up spool 19, a spring 20 in contact with brake finger 17 urges a brake finger end portion 17a against the tape 18 on the take-up spool 19, an opening 25 in the sidewall 13a of housing 13 admits a typewriter metering post 26 into the housing 13, a stop member 27 formed in the housing 13 limits the travel of typewriter metering post 26 into housing 13, the stop member 27 is stationary so that its position does not change in response to the amount of correction tape 18 on the take-up spool 19 so that the distance travelled by the metering post 26 corr

Abstract: Plug for fiber-optic waveguide with an optically active core, a jacket surrounding the core, as well as an outer coating arranged around it for detachable coupling to electro-optical components emitting high-energy laser light.

Abstract: A document delivery and abort mechanism 11 for an automatic document dispensing machine 13 for dispensing currency comprises an accept door 15 for dispensing documents from automatic document dispensing machine 13, a power shaft 17 which operates in response to signals from the automatic document dispensing machine to open the accept door 15 or abort delivery of the currency, an accept door opening mechanism connected between power shaft 17 and accept door 15 for opening accept door 15, a locking mechanism for preventing rotation of the power shaft in a direction that opens the accept door 15 for locking accept door 15 in a closed position, when desired, and an abort door connected to power shaft 17 for aborting delivery of the currency when it has been processed incorrectly.

Abstract: A ribbon cassette has a rectangular clip and a mushroom clip on its guide arms for detachably mounting a ribbon protector which has a rectangular slot that attaches to the rectangular clip and allows some lateral and back and forth movement of the ribbon protector, and has a starburst hole with leaves that attach to the mushroom clip for detachably holding the ribbon protector on the cassette and for positioning a central print hole in the protector in a central space between the ribbon guide arms of the cassette.

Abstract: The invention relates to a keystone set for installation in the transition region between two sections of an arch-shaped support structure, the set consisting of two transition stones, between which at least one keystone is axially insertable.