Abstract: In an igniter of this invention, an insulated cup and a harness supporter for forming an igniter body are made of an insulating member and a lead electrode which is connected to the ground is electrically conducted to a header case, so that ignition of an igniting agent due to discharge of static electricity can be surely prevented.

Abstract: A plumbing and heating pipe system for water supply purposes, made either completely or mainly of plastic material, especially of polypropylene, said system being provided with metallic connecting sleeves as well as reducers for connecting the plastic pipes to fittings of metallic materials, and being provided with shut-off valves made of plastic material and having a plastic-encased metallic valve seat for mounting in pipe lines, and being provided with pressure-type screw connections for the pipes to be joined to each other and with reducers for connection to radiators, wherein a welding device having an arrangement for equalizing the lengths of the plastic pipes is used to weld parallel plastic pipes.

Abstract: A package having a separable overlay is formed by a high speed web roll manufacturing method and adapted for multiple marketing of retail goods. The package has at least three layered sheets of flexible material, the outermost sheet being quickly and easily removable from the remainder of the package without disruption thereof. The package may thus be converted from one for marketing goods under a label of a seasonal or special nature to a package for marketing goods under a label of a general or everyday nature, to thereby extend the profitable shelf-life of the package.

Abstract: A trailer device for engaging and towing vehicles has, a rigid, longitudinal first frame having front and rear ends and extending substantially horizontally between them, the front end providing attachment to a fifth-wheel type truck tractor for hauling. A vehicle support surface is mounted substantially horizontally on the first frame, having right and left longitudinal portions, each formed of a plurality of segments along its length, at least one segment of each such longitudinal portion of the vehicle support surface being transversely divided into a plurality of subsegments, at least one subsegment of each transversely divided segment being movable. Pneumatic cylinders can move a subsegment of each transversely divided segment of each right and left longitudinal portion of the vehicle support surface. A jacking mechanism is mounted beneath the front end of the rigid longitudinal first frame. Wheels support the rear end of the rigid longitudinal first frame.

Abstract: An assembly for mounting sealed gas burners in a gas stove has a cabinet including upstanding side walls and a main top with spaced-apart burner openings therein mounted on the upstanding side walls. The assembly includes a sub-top mounted on the upstanding side walls of the stove cabinet substantially parallel to and beneath the stove main top so as to effectively span the area bounded by the upstanding side walls of the stove cabinet. The sub-top is adapted for functional connection thereto of gas burners. The assembly is adapted for mounting the sub-top on the upstanding side walls of the stove cabinet. Each of the gas burners extend through a correspondingly positioned opening in the stove main top and are connected to the sub-top in such manner that the main top may be removed from the stove without disturbing the functional connection of the gas burners to the sub-top.

Abstract: An elevator door mechanism that has a rotating shaft, a reversible driving means to turn the shaft, a linear drive actuator riding on and moving along the shaft, a resilient isolated pillow block mounted on spacers at each end of the shaft to dampen the noise of operation, two elevator doors attached to the linear drive actuator, and a switching means attached adjacent to one end of the rotating shaft to indicate the doors are closed and a switching means attached adjacent to the other end of the rotating shaft to indicate the doors are open, wherein the actuator is attached to the shaft with pitched bearings and the closing force of the linear actuator is controlled by pressure springs on the linear actuator.

Abstract: A take-off device for gripping and releasing an article has a gripper heat capable of imparting a downward force to an article gripped thereof. The gripper head has a lower jaw and an upper jaw, the lower jaw being capable of moving linearly with respect to the longitudinal axis of the take-off device. The upper jaw is capable of pivotal movement below the line of linear movement of the lower jaw after the lower jaw has moved linearly to release the article gripped by the gripper head, whereby a downward force to an article gripped and released by the take-off device may be imparted.

Abstract: A tube connecting element of plastic for sanitary and heating purposes, has two connecting sleeve elements each having a bore, which bores are in alignment with respect to one another so as to form a common flow through bore, and into which plastic tubes may be welded. The tube connecting element has a sleeve body between the two connecting sleeve elements and forms therewith a united entirety. The sleeve body is provided with a bore extending perpendicularly to the common bore of the connecting sleeve elements and serves for the reception of a third plastic tube. The common flow through bore connecting the two bores of the connecting sleeve elements is offset with respect to the center line of the two aligned bores in the direction of the outer wall of the T-configurated tube connecting element located oppositely to the perpendicularly extending bore.

Abstract: This invention relates to a heat insulator and a structure using the heat insulator and aims to provide a heat insulator which can be subject to a dry application using the heat insulator in the molded board or a wet application, having characteristics similar to those of a conventional inorganic heat insulator and a high strength which has not been provided before and to provide a structure using the above heat insulator. The heat insulator of this invention is prepared by mixing 3 to 50 parts by weight of synthetic resin emulsion in solid content equivalency, 1 to 20 parts by weight of organic microballoon, 0.3 to 5 parts by weight of carbon fiber and 10 to 200 parts by weight of inorganic microballoon with 100 parts by weight of cement. And the heat insulator of this invention is prepared by mixing 3 to 50 parts by weight of synthetic resin emulsion in solid content equivalency, 1 to 20 parts by weight of organic microballoon and 0.3 to 5 parts by weight of carbon fiber with 100 parts by weight of cement.

Abstract: A trigger to initiate crystallization of a supercooled aqueous salt solution of a heat pack, thereby liberating heat. The trigger, when activated, pierces the container, allowing air to enter the pack and initiate crystallization of the solution. A seal over the trigger prevents the solution from leaking from the heat pack.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the controlled delivery or release of nitroglycerin to the human or animal skin, preferably in plaster form with a nitroglycerin-impermeable backing layer, a one or multiple-part reservoir containing a pressure sensitive adhesive nitroglycerin in uniform or irregular distribution and optionally a removable protective layer impermeable for nitroglycerin, the reservoir being produced using hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives with a processing temperature of 40.degree. to 80.degree. C., preferably 40.degree. to 60.degree. C. and in particularly preferred manner 40.degree. to 45.degree. C., a process for the production thereof and the use of the apparatus for therapeutic purposes in human and veterinary medicine.

Abstract: A plumbing and heating pipe system for water supply purposes, made either completely or mainly of plastic material, especially of polypropylene, said system being provided with metallic connecting sleeves as well as reducers for connecting the plastic pipes to fittings of metallic materials, and being provided with shut-off valves made of plastic material and having a plastic-encased metallic valve seat for mounting in pipe lines, and being provided with pressure-type screw connections for the pipes to be joined to each other and with reducers for connection to radiators, wherein a welding device having an arrangement for equalizing the lengths of the plastic pipes is used to weld parallel plastic pipes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transdermal therapeutic system for administering or applying active substances to the skin with a backing layer remote from the skin, an active substance depot, an active substance delivery control means controlling the delivery of the active substance through the system and a .[.contact.]. .Iadd.pressure sensitive .Iaddend.adhesive means for fixing the therapeutic system to the skin, in which the active substance depot is a multichamber system, in which discreet chambers contain one or more active substances.