Abstract: A computer based system for generating text from a predetermined data base, in either prose or poetic form, in response to a plurality of input data provided by an operator in an interactive mode of operation with the computer. The preferred embodiment disclosed produces limerick style poetry in response to name, gender, geographic place of residence, primary and secondary traits and the number of syllables in certain input data items, and includes poetic material related to each of these data input items.

Abstract: The invention comprises a combination security plate for attachment to a door edge over or in conjunction with a latch set, the security plate providing protection against incursion of a credit card or other light burglary tool directed to the latch or to destruction of the latch area of the door or door stop. The combinational aspect of the design of the invention acts to protect both sides of a door so can thus be utilized on an outwardly or inwardly opening door. The security plate of the invention may be also be attached to either a left or right opening door without modification and in combination with the use on inward and outward opening applications. In those applications where only one side of the door needs protection, the plate may be easily broken into two parts so that each part may be used, respectively, on an inward and an outward opening door.

Abstract: The invention comprises an improved on-chip voltage regulator which provides output voltages significantly lower than the band gap voltage of silicon with supply voltages as low as 1.0 volt, with the output voltage fully temperature compensated.

Abstract: The invention comprises an improved back bias generator for an integrated circuit wherein a transistor circuit first acts as an isolation device during the charging phase of a charge pump capacitor and acts as a coupling device during a discharge phase of the capacitor, thus providing a higher back bias voltage than is available from prior art circuits and wherein the charge pump capacitor is oriented in the circuit so that its source/drain terminal cannot conduct to the substrate by way of the parasitic diode therebetween.

Abstract: The invention comprises a design improvement on security plates of the type which are designed to prevent unauthorized entry through a door equipped with a door latch set by means of the use of a credit card or the like. The improvement provides a single security plate equipped with a double ended design which provides for installation on either in inward swinging or an outward swinging door.

Abstract: The invention comprises an improvement to an artificial denture, in the preferred embodiment, which provides support for age line features on the face of the wearer of the denture. The support mechanism comprises protuberances molded into the gum area of the denture to stretch the overlying skin tissue which carries the age lines and to urge those age lines into a more youthful configuration.

Abstract: The invention comprises an improved bean bag structure with a pattern of internal cups and fasteners installed on or in the bag to control its shape against the forces of gravity and in the face of external forces applied thereto. The bag is useful for providing comfort and stabilization for medical and dental patients and more generally for any comfort seeking persons.

Abstract: The invention comprises an economical, adjustable roof jack for connecting a roof mounted air handler to an air duct therebelow, wherein a single sheet metal pattern comprises a portion of a lower and upper section of duct and wherein the duct sections are connected, each to the other, by means of a sheet metal bend hinge in the single sheet metal pattern thereby allowing adjustment of the angle between the upper and lower duct sections and providing a water and weather tight seal along the hinge line therebetween.

Abstract: The invention comprises a gate or other load operator which provides non-linear torque/angular velocity characteristics over approximately a ninety degree gate travel range wherein the torque/velocity characteristic is reversed for opening and closing. The mechanism, a dual four-bar linkage with slotted pivots, provides high starting torque and lower running torque regardless of whether the gate or load is opening or closing. The mechanism is not constrained to be located on a particular side of the gate post.

Abstract: The invention comprises an improvement in pickup truck tailgates and the mechanism for operating such tailgates which allows the tailgate to be operated from essentially a conventional closed vertical position to a plurality of other positions which may provide negative lift to the rear of the pickup truck vehicle or minimize the drag coefficient of the vehicle. This is accomplished with a mechanism which allows the tailgate to be carried substantially inside of the pickup truck bed enclosure with air flow over the tailgate and between the tailgate and the floor of the pickup truck bed. The angle between the tailgate and the truck bed is adjustable to provide desired lift and drag minimization functions.

Abstract: An accelerometer comprising a piezoelectric device hard mounted to the gate electrode of a field effect transistor, thus avoiding the capacitance of an interconnecting coaxial cable connection and providing, therefore, improved frequency response in a smaller, more efficient package.

Abstract: A solid matrix of microporous adsorbent is utilized to provide a barrier between two bodies of a gaseous mixture of which at least one constituent is a sorbable vapor. Appropriate application of heat at the opposing interfaces of the adsorbent barrier produces a partial pressure differential across the barrier. The adsorbent material is energized from a convenient heat source; for example, solar energy. The vapor pump of the invention may be used for environmental refrigeration and may be of the open or closed type. Other uses for the vapor pump are for producing a supply of pure water from low vapor content air or for drying air by removing the vapor content.

Abstract: A specified pattern slotted waveguide antenna is achieved by controlling the amplitude and phase of each slot of the array. The amplitude and phase of each slot is controlled by selecting the proper spacing between slots, the proper offset or slanting of each slot from the long axis of a waveguide, and the proper termination of the waveguide. The selection technique considers both the incident and reflected voltages in the waveguide to produce the desired amplitude and phasing at each of the slots, and also provides a proper load to a generating signal at center frequency.

Abstract: A modification of a Wilkinson combiner/splitter is described wherein, by means of selection of the characteristic impedance of the transmission media and the value of the combining impedance, the combiner/splitter may be matched to input and output impedance which are not the same.

Abstract: A data security module for encrypting and decrypting computer data contains, in addition to the encryption logic, interface logic to allow direct memory access to a computer. The security module sits as a computer peripheral device and after being instructed as to the location and quantity of data by the computer, accesses the data directly from the computer memory without disturbing the processor to provide parallel encryption or decryption of computer memory data.

Abstract: An efficient higher order mode resonant combiner in which a higher order mode accumulator cavity is adjusted to have the real part of its input characteristic impedance to be so minimized as to be less than the characteristic impedance Z.sub.o of the input circuit. When an active device is matched to this low, minimized value of cavity input impedance a mismatch results between the active device power source and the input to the combiner at undesired higher order modal frequencies. This resultant mismatch at undesired modal resonances obviates the need for mode suppression devices within the cavity which devices as taught in the prior art had detrimental effect of the efficiency of the combiner.

Abstract: A high power cooler for absorbing heat from a high power source such as electronic components is especially applicable to airborne missiles wherein a cold plate is not available and the thermal energy produced by the high power source must be totally absorbed by the high power cooler. The cooler utilizes a reflux boiler for rapid assimilation of heat from the high power source and a condenser comprised of a plurality of honeycomb cells containing a heat of fusion coolant such as beeswax for absorbing heat from the vapors produced in the boiler causing the wax to melt and the vapors to return to the liquid state.

Abstract: A logic system for implementation of a feed-forward non-linear generator for producing a plurality of programmable complex sequences from an input bit stream.