Abstract: An adjustable foot pedal assembly for control of an industrial machine which is supported by a stand having legs includes a treadle plate rockably mounted on the foot pedal assembly beneath and longitudinal in relation to the stand, for operation of the industrial machine supported by the stand. The foot pedal assembly has a mechanism for selective transverse adjustment of the foot pedal assembly in relation to a longitudinal axis of the stand, connected to the legs of the stand, spacedly in relation to a floor, and a mechanism for selective vertical adjustment of the foot pedal assembly, in relation to the floor, connected to the means for selective transverse adjustment, and a mechanism for selective initial angle of tilt adjustment of the treadle plate.

Abstract: An adjustable chair for use at a work station such as a computer work station permits distribution of the user's weight between the user's legs and back. The chair includes a seat cushion, support bars upon which the seat cushion is mounted and a knee cushion. Support bars have the knee cushion mounted thereon and a chair adjustment mechanism is provided which interconnects the first and second support bars in such a manner as to permit simultaneous, uniform adjustment of both the seat cushion and the knee cushion by the user so that the user may easily adjust the relative positions of the seat cushion and the knee cushion in relation to each other as well as in relation to a support surface so as to provide an adjustable chair for use at a work station which is comfortable for long periods of use.

Abstract: An apparatus for automated sweeping of debris from pavement surfaces is provided with a rigid housing, paired roller brooms rotatably mounted transversely within the housing parallel in relation to each other such that the right end of the forward roller broom, as from the position of an operator of the apparatus, rotates clockwise and the right end of the rearward roller broom, from the same viewpoint, operates counterclockwise. A debris outlet for exit of debris from inside the housing to the exterior thereof is provided along with an auger conveyor for focusing movement of debris between the housing and the rearward roller broom toward the debris outlet. A plurality of support wheels are rotatably attached to the housing and welded connections are provided for attaching the apparatus to a prime mover to permit propulsion of the apparatus along the surface to be swept, as well as for transport of the apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tubular body such as a fishing rod or a golf club shaft. According to the present invention, a tubular body is made of reinforcing fibers impregnated with synthetic resin, having a reinforcing layer made of thermoplastic amorphous polymer fibers thereon. Therefore, the thermoplastic amorphous polymer fibers absorb the impact and keep the body proper free from being destroyed or damaged when the tubular body is shocked. In the case of a fishing rod, said fibers absorb and lessen noise so that only a bite of a fish can easily be noticed. In the case of a golf club shaft, the fibers lessen the impact vibration when the sweet spot of the club hits the ball so that it is possible to know whether the club head has hit the ball without fail.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a differential pinion for automobiles or the like, a metal mold for plastic working the differential pinion, and a method for plastic working with the above metal mold. And particularly the differential pinion of the present invention is provided with an end relief section which is effective to reduce a noise and has a continuous fiber flow from a tooth face to the end relief section providing a high pitting resistance. The metal mold for plastic working the differential pinion of the present invention can provide the internal pressure working area of the die in a position deep below the open end by a required distance therefrom, thereby providing the metal mold with higher rigidity and strength. Further, in the plastic working method of the present invention, it is very easy to position the punch under pressure stress in the axial direction.

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 device for storing and dispensing both medication and liquid to take with such medication includes a flask which is such size as to permit storage of a sufficient amount of liquid to facilitate taking of at least one oral dose of medication. The flask is adapted for selective passage therethrough of a fluid substance and shaped for convenient comfortable long term carriage on the user's person. A medication container is fixed within the flask in such manner as to open outwardly therethrough and is provided with a selectively openable resealable lid. An adaptation for liquid dispensing is formed in the flask by which to provide access to liquid stored therein by the user when taking a dosage of medication which has been stored within the medication container. The liquid dispensing adaptation has a selectively openable resealable lid to prevent inadvertent spillage of liquid stored within the flask.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fixing system for fixing catheters, cannulas, etc. with a skin film (3) coated with a skin adhesion layer (2) and having a cover film (1) and an overplaster (6) finished with a pressure sensitive adhesive layer (5) adhering to the skin film and having an overplaster cover layer (4), as well as to a process for the sterile fastening of a cannula to the skin with the following steps: application of a bacteria-tight skin film with skin adhesion layer to the skin in the insertion region of the cannula, passing the cannula through the skin film, applying an adhesive forming an elastic, bacteria-tight film adhering to the skin film region surrounding the insertion point and the cannula portion projecting out of the skin and sticking the overplaster over the cannula.

Abstract: A fishing reel is provided with a line length measuring device to determine the unwound or wound amount of the fishing line based on the number of spool rotations. It is provided with a micro computer-implemented function to detect when the fishing line wound onto the spool reaches a prescribed winding amount. The line length is measured by micro computer execution of a formula for line length calculation determined by the total number of spool rotations when the fishing line is wound to a prescribed winding diameter level of the spool, according to the actual number of spool rotations when the line is unwound or wound, as counted with an incremental/decremental counter. Further, when the fishing line reaches the prescribed winding amount, the prescribed winding amount detector so informs.

Abstract: A wheel brake for shopping carts and other wheeled equipment is disclosed. Typically, shopping carts and other wheeled equipment have a yoke depending from a lower end of a leg support, the yoke including a pair of generally parallel downwardly extending arms. A wheel is rotatably mounted on an axle extending between these downwardly extending arms. In order to provide selective braking engagement of the wheel to immobilize the shopping cart or other wheeled equipment, a brake tongue is pivotally mounted at one end to the yoke above the wheel and extends across at least a part of the wheel. A foot pedal is pivotally mounted to the yoke in spaced relationship to the brake tongue for movement between engaged and released positions relative to the wheel. The foot pedal includes a depending brake element for engaging and depressing the brake tongue into selective braking engagement with the wheel when the foot pedal is moved into engaged position by a user.

Abstract: An ankle and foot protective device is provided for attachment to a skate. The device has at least one support layer adapted for releasable attachment to the outside of a skate and at least one protective pad adapted for attachment to the at least one support layer.

Abstract: A vehicular-borne illumination control system of the invention for vehicular use automatically controls intensity of a signal light source, i.e., center mounted brake signal, as a function of one or more safety-affecting parameters, e.g., deceleration and/or light level or other ambient condition including fog or precipitation as sensed by sensor(s) of the system. MOSFET switching controls energization of the light from vehicle power, with capability of providing different possible illumination levels by duty cycle control. A microcontroller is responsive sensor input for controlling the duty cycle to vary energization of the light source for transition between said different illumination levels. The transition is thus able to be varied according to a time-varying function, as effectively by spiked overdriving or underdriving, to compensate for human physiological inability to perceive change in the different intensity levels or states.

Abstract: Solid pharmaceutical slow release dosage forms of dihydropyridines such as nifedipine or nimodipine are manufactured by dissolving the dihydropyridine and polyvinylpyrollidone (PVP) in a solvent, adding colloidal silicon dioxide stepwise to the resultant viscous liquid until a granular mass is formed, drying the mass, and blending the product with an excipient.

Abstract: Door operator for commercial and domestic use with swing-mounted doors are disclosed. Each operator employs a variable-speed d.c. motor as prime mover, and a vertically oriented door-driving operator output shaft journalled in a transmission having a compact transmission housing which includes shock mounts for mounting of the transmission housing and operator within structure associated with the door. The transmission provides speed reduction coupling of the motor drive shaft to the operator output shaft with substantially right-angled relationship between their axes of rotation. The transmission includes a drive gear, to which the motor drive shaft is coupled by miter gear arrangement of different types, with the drive gear in coaxial relation with the operator output shaft but independently rotatable about it.

Abstract: This invention relates to an air bag inflation gas generator to feed gas for inflation of air bags such as air bags for absorbing collision shocks, life jackets, rubber, rafts, and escape chutes. The present invention comprises combustion chambers accommodating gas generating agents formed with separating members in the both ends of an elongate cylinder having gas outlets in the middle thereof, a cylindrical final filter installed inside the middle of the cylinder, intermediary filters installed between the final filter and the separating members in the cylinder, and orifices, facing toward the intermediary filters, opened at the separating members. The present invention may generate much larger volume of combustion gas generated from gas generating agents than the prior generators, purify a large volume of combustion gas completely, and control the burning of gas generating agents.

Abstract: A golf club orientation and alignment system for use when addressing and hitting a golf ball. A bubble indicator is carried at the top surface of a club head and can be adjusted to compensate for different club face offsets. The bubble indicator shows the alignment and orientation of the club head about both a line-of-aim axis and a transverse axis perpendicular to the line-of-aim axis. When the club head is aligned and oriented in this manner, a golfer can shoot more accurately, and eliminate hooks and slices. Arrangement is disclosed also for controllably adjusting the bubble indicator for varying the inclination of a hitting face of the club.

Abstract: A storage system for sequent and positioned input, storage and removal of ems arranged on a carrier, includes a first container for full carriers and a second container for empty carriers. The carrier is a conveyor belt, the ends of which are attached to shafts, and which can be wound up upon these shafts together with the items on the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt is composed of individual rigid segments, which are flexibly joined to each other by a joining device, and each of which is a storage device for at least one item. A forward transport unit moves the conveyor belt in such a manner that a new item can be stored or removed from one loading and unloading station and the conveyor belt is unwound from one shaft and rewound on the other shaft. The shafts are arranged in a container in a type of cassette. The system has the advantage that it requires only one loading and unloading station and that the process can be readily automated.

Abstract: A chelation process and apparatus for treating an acid solution, namely nitric acid photoengraving etchant, having a high concentration of magnesium and having a heavy metal contaminant produced by zinc leached during etching. The process requires adjusting pH of a batch quantity of the etch solution to a value permitting chelating to occur and mixing carbamic sodium salt hydrate chelating agent with the solution in quantity sufficient to cause precipitation from the solution of a carbamic salt compound precipitate of the contaminant, and separating the precipitate from the remaining solution by filter press for removal from the solution for safe environmental disposal. The remaining liquor is safely sewered. The apparatus is mobile for use on photoengraving premises.

Abstract: A hollow shaft is provided with torque transmitting structural elements, such as gear wheels, cams, disk cams, etc. At least one structural element has a noncircular opening for mounting on a discharge pipe (12) with a substantially identical wall thickness and with at least one support body (20) between the pipe (12) and each structural element (14) with noncircular opening. The discharge pipe (12) is so widened by internal pressure for frictional connection to the structural elements (14) that cover a portion thereof that the circumference of the pipe (12) engages on the inner wall of the structural elements (14) and another portion of the pipe circumference engages on the outer wall of the support body (20). Each support body (20) is constructed as a separate component from the structural elements.