Abstract: An all plastic (preferably fluorocarbon) automotive hose has great strength relative to the light weight thereof. The hose is made of an inner layer which has a preferably circumferential grooves on an outer wall and an electrically conductive surface on an inner wall. An outer jacket is extruded over the outer wall with the jacket material filling all grooves to provide a mechanical interlocking between the inner layer and the jacket. The cross section of the grooves is selected on a basis of the amount of mechanical movement desired between the inner layer and jacket. Some grooves provide uniform flexibility, some provide progressively greater resistance to bending, and some provide a differential resistance to bending--more resistance in one direction than in another direction.

Abstract: An aluminum fluoropolymer laminate and a method for making such a laminate which includes conversion coating the aluminum and bonding the fluoropolymer onto the conversion coated aluminum is described.

Abstract: A high pressure (up to 8000 psi service) hose assembly has an inner core made of "Teflon" PTFE, covered by a "Kevlar" aramid reinforcing braid. The PTFE can, but the aramid cannot, withstand the attack of oils and other fluids which may be conveyed through the hose. Therefore, the aramid is covered by PTFE tape and the end of the hose is sealed inside an end fitting. In one embodiment, when the end fitting is swaged or otherwise manipulated to capture the hose, the PTFE inner core extrudes to complete the sealing of the hose end.

Abstract: An environmentally sealed key switch assembly has a key pad formed from a plurality of individual keys preferably arranged in rows and columns. A first elastomeric sheet has a plurality of holes corresponding to positions of keys in the key pad. Each hole stretches around a corresponding one of the keys in order to provide an environmental seal. A second and unbroken elastomeric sheet stretches under the keys to provide a second environmental seal. The keys press downwardly upon, stretch, and deform the second elastomer sheet and thereby operate an electrical contact. When the key is released the memory of the elastomeric sheets provide a return force to restore the key to normal.

Abstract: A yoke for a cathode ray tube has deflection coils and a plurality of trim magnets mounted thereon. A tubular shield of Mu-metal slides over the coil to suppress an electromagnetic field radiated therefrom. In one embodiment, the trim magnets are inside the shield so that it has to be removed in order to adjust the magnets. In another embodiment, the trim magnets are outside the shield, so that they may be adjusted without necessarily having to remove the shield. The shield greatly reduces outwardly directed electromagnetic radiation in the vicinity of the cathode ray tube which allegedly might produce a health hazard to an operator at a video monitor terminal.

Abstract: An end of a convoluted metal hose is connected to an adaptor having an end surface which is rounded to complement a contour of an endmost convolution. A straight section of the convoluted hose extends unbonded some distance through a bore in the adaptor, where it is welded in place. This way any flexing is by a section of the wrapping over the rounded end, the wrapping section being remote from any heat damage which may result from the welding. The internal transition between the bores of the hose and adaptor is straight and smooth, free of any crevice.

Abstract: A flyback transformer operable over a broad frequency range is used as a regulated high voltage power supply. A ringless, layer-wound transformer is operated far below its natural resonant frequency in response to a pulse width modulator which may be synchronized with a video display in order to prevent beat frequency images in a video display. Diodes are coupled between the layers of windings to reduce the leakage inductance and stray capacitance. The supply is particularly suitable for TV or monitor use but not exclusively, so any apparatus requiring a regulated high voltage supply may use the invention.

Abstract: A dynamic stress relief device for a hose having an end fitting with an end collar that receives, circumferentially surrounds, and secures the hose to the fitting. The stress relief device has a mechanism which changes the combined spring moment density of the hose over the length of the device. The length of the device is in the range of three to twenty times the diameter of the hose. The design is specifically for use on hoses subject to high frequency, high cycle, reversing linear or rotary flexing which may lead to fatigue and hysteresis loss. While the invention may find use in many dynamic environments, it is especially useful in the hydraulic brake line of a vehicle.

Abstract: An elongated insert has an enlarged central area with wrench faces formed thereon. On one side of the central area, an end of said insert is formed to provide a connector. On an opposite side of the central area, the insert is an elongated pipe having a series of annular barbs formed thereon. An inner split collar fits over and is dog locked to the pipe after it is slipped into the end of a hose. An outer locking collar fits over the split collar, compresses, and secures it in place. Various principles are shown for selecting a degree of locking forces which optimizes and matches the ease of installation vs. the grip that is required.

Abstract: A drive for a hedge trimmer, or the like, stores energy in a clock spring during a part of each cycle of sickle-bar operation. When enough energy is stored in the clock spring, it is released to drive a sickle-bar with a strong chopping action.

Abstract: The high voltage power supply for the CRT display of a computer system is modified by the addition of tightly coupled, unitarily wound secondary windings feeding current to rectifier diodes oriented to conduct during the horizontal scan. These secondary windings and diodes provide a stable, regulated source of D.C. power for the remaining modules of the computer system.

Abstract: A tuned, convoluted, stainless steel conduit assembly is especially well adapted for use in hostile environments subject to vibrations which bring on fatigue failures. To prevent the conduit from having a uniform resonance throughout its length, the convolutions have a variable wall thickness. One way this variable wall thickness may be achieved is by forming the conduit walls by wrapping stainless steel tape in successive layers to form a multiple layered wall. The width of the tape may be such that some convolutions have more layers than other neighboring convolutions. A stainless steel sleeve or stocking loosely fits over the conduit and is clamped by one or more tuning bands onto the conduit to prevent vibration of the conduit at that clamped location.

Abstract: A coil for a metal detector is constructed from a ribbon cable having a plurality of spaced parallel conductors. The ribbon is formed into a loop where its opposing ends confront each other. The conductors are joined in an off-set manner at the end of the cable to form a single conductor into a loop. Various configurations of coil placement are shown to compensate for various external disturbances such as nearby metal objects, for example.

Abstract: A sacrificial anode is made in the form of a disk with a tire made of a sacrificial anodic material. The disk has a central hole which fits over one of two parts to hold the disk in place, as between two telescoping parts, for example. A number of alternative modes of sacrificial anode construction are shown. In some embodiments, conductive or semiconductive plastics are used to provide connections with controlled conductivity.

Abstract: A tuned convoluted conduit assembly is especially well adapted for use in hostile environments subject to vibrations which bring on fatigue failures. To prevent the conduit from having a uniform resonance throughout its length, the convolutions have a variable wall thickness. One way this variable wall thickness may be achieved is by forming the conduit walls by wrapping tape in successive layers to form a multiple layered wall. The width of the tape may be such that each alternate convolution has more layers than its two adjacent neighboring convolutions. A sleeve or stocking loosely fits over the conduit and is clamped by a band onto the conduit to prevent vibration of the conduit at that clamped location.

Abstract: A pulsed-field walk-through metal detector contains circuitry to reduce several different types of external noise, or interference due to external stationary or moving metal, and signals due to small objects, such as jewelry. A self-test fixture monitors system performance. The detector has digitally controlled timing means operated at an odd half-multiple of the power mains frequency. A gated integrator is active for periods equal to a multiple of the TV retrace frequency. A switched-capacitor FIR filter removes signals due to steady power line hum, and a subtractive means removes signals due to stationary metal, prior to averaging or lowpass filtering. A peak limiter controls transient noise bursts. A voting circuit reduces the likelihood of false alarm triggering. A simple self-test circuit, consisting of a wire loop and a switch, tests the entire signal path and has no moving parts.

Abstract: A quick connect/disconnect end fitting has two telescoping parts which are locked together by a wire loop which fits through diametrically opposed slots in an outer one of the parts and into a groove in the inner one of the parts. When opposing tips at the end of the loop are squeezed together, the wire loop leaves the groove to enable the two telescoping parts to be separated. An O-ring seals the space between the telescoping parts.

Abstract: A convoluted conduit is especially well adapted for use in hostile environments subject to vibrations which bring on fatigue failures. To prevent the conduit from having a uniform resonance throughout its length, the convolutions have a variable wall thickness. One way this variable wall thickness may be achieved is by forming the conduit walls by wrapping tape in successive layers to form a multiple layered wall. The width of the tape may be such that each alternate convolution has more layers than its two adjacent neighboring convolutions. Another way of making the conduit is to provide a plurality of coaxially nesting tubes which cooperate to form a wall thickness. Brazing or packing material may be positioned between adjacent layers of tape to seal the conduit and to make the wall behave at that point as a single layer.

Abstract: Twin seals are provided between an end fitting and a convoluted hose connected thereto. The end fitting has two parts, one of which terminates in an elongated member having large and coarse threads on the outside thereof. As the elongated member is turned into the end of the hose, convolutions at the end of the hose are either scrunched and squeezed together or stretched over a ramp section. One of the seals is along the surface of the large threads and the other is a result of the end thrust either the scrunching and squeezing or the stretching of the end convolutions. A pilot end of braid on the hose pulls it to increase the end thrust. In some embodiments, a third seal is made between the outside surface of the hose and a gland surrounding the hose.

Abstract: Various electrical coin testing arrangements are described which may be used in coin sorters or in coin validators for example. In each arrangement a transmit coil is pulsed with a rectangular voltage pulse and the eddy currents in an adjacent coin under test are monitored, either by monitoring the resulting current in the same coil or in a different coil. In one arrangement, FIG. 7particularly suitable for a coin validator, a single coil acts as both a transmitter and receiver and is successively pulsed with voltage pulses of different lengths, and the decaying eddy currents are measured by measuring the coil voltage after delays which are longer for longer voltage pulses, in order to reduce the dynamic range requirements of the monitoring circuitry. In a second arrangement, FIG. 4two transmit coils are used, the larger coil being larger than each of the coins to be tested, and the smaller coil being smaller than each coin.