Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing documents which automatically identifies, separates and processes different document types from a single business entity or multiple business entities is disclosed.

Abstract: A picture frame and method for mounting on a dashboard of an automobile. The picture frame includes a transparent picture holder with a pivotable U-shaped supporting member on the backside of the holder with bent ends at the distal ends of the U-shaped supporting member, the bent distal ends being detachably secured to vertical grill portions of a ventilation grill assembly or to a closed ash tray compartment or to a closed glove box compartment of an automobile dashboard. A spring-tensioned clip attached to a flexible elongated strap which is wrapped around an intermediate segment of the U-shaped support member is optionally included wherein the opposite ends of the flexible strap are joined together juxtaposed the spring-tensioned clip for clipping the picture frame to a convenient location on the dashboard.

Abstract: A conduit repair system and method are disclosed for repairing ruptures in underground conduits. One embodiment of the system comprises a repair liner including fusible link twine segments and hook and loop fasteners to allow the tautly wrapping of the repair liner around the inflatable bladder of a carrier and to secure the repair liner in place by attaching fusible link twine segments to the leading and trailing edges of a carrier. Another embodiment of the system includes a hook and loop fastener to directly engage the repair liner to the bladder, in combination with a water base releasing agent coated on the bladder, with or without the use of the fusible link twine segments.

Abstract: An anchor davit comprising an elongated U-shaped frame for receiving a main shank of an anchor; a roller at the outboard end of the frame for guiding the anchor line as it is lowered or raised; means at the outboard end of the U-shaped frame for providing chafe protection of an anchor line when the anchor is deployed and for providing captivity of the anchor when the anchor is being raised and secured; and means at a rear portion of the flat bottom portion juxtaposed the rear of the U-shaped frame for securing the U-shaped frame to a bow, a deck, a gunnel or another structural member of a boat. The means at the outboard end of the U-shaped frame for providing chafe protection of the anchor line and for providing captivity of the anchor comprises a smooth round rod.

Abstract: A portable golf training apparatus and method of use for teaching golfers the consistent achievement of proper ball placement, correct alignment, proper foot placement and stance, and for providing a visual reference or target line in relation to alignment and foot position.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting notches in the ends of metal or plastic pipes and tubes, the apparatus being a bantam twin pipe notcher, comprising a base plate with alignment pins for mounting to a press; the base plate further including two vertical parallel die holders wherein a spring-loaded punch holder with a cutting tool and die blocks are mounted therebetween. The opposite ends of the cutting tool has cutting ends of different radii or shapes for notching two different size pipes or tubes without interchanging the tool and die combination.

Abstract: A laparoscopic electrosurgical instrument which has the capability to grasp, fulgurate, and cut tissue. The laparoscopic electrosurgical instrument has an electrically insulative longitudinal body having a proximal and distal end, and a housing at the distal end. A pair of grasping conductors extend longitudinally from the housing, the conductors being spaced apart in substantially parallel actuatable relationship, and each of the conductors also has a slot therein. A pair of scissors-like cutting members also extends from the housing from between the pair of conductors, and each of the cutting members has a proximal and distal end, with the proximal ends each pivotally connected to the housing and each distal end extending laterally through one of the slots of the pair of conductors. The proximal ends of the cutting member are in actuatable relationship to each other.

Abstract: A door holding device for catching and holding a door in an open position against an adjacent wall is provided. The door has a magnetically attractive door knob mounted thereon. The device comprises a mounting base mounted to the adjacent wall at an elevation substantially equal to the elevation of the door knob. A magnet is secured to the mounting base for coacting with the door knob of the door, wherein upon the door opening from a closed position to a point nearingly adjacent the adjacent wall, the magnet means coacting with the door knob thereby catching the door knob and holding the door in the open position.

Abstract: An apparatus that separates a golf club head and a golf club shaft to which it is adhesively secured. A hosel push member is positioned in abutting relation to the hosel of the club head. An externally threaded guide tube is slideably inserted over the hand grip of a golf club shaft and is positioned in trailing relation to the hosel push member. A drive member in the form of a coil spring or a rigid tube is ensleeved around the guide tube, and a drive member push member screw threadedly engages the threads on the guide tube so that advancement of the drive member push member applies pressure upon the drive member. Heating the hosel after application of pressure onto the drive member weakens the adhesive and results in separation of the club head from the shaft.

Abstract: A compact disk changer includes a magazine having an inner body and an outer body that are rotatable independently of one another about a common axis of rotation. The inner and outer bodies are slideably interconnected by a helical member so that relative rotation between the bodies in a first direction increases the axial spacing between them and relative rotation in a second direction decreases the axial spacing. This construction reduces the size of the changer and does not require precision tolerances between moving parts. A plurality of compact discs are stacked within the magazine, and each disk is supported by a disk holder. When the disk at the top or end of the sack is to be played, relative rotation between the inner and outer bodies creates an axially extending space adjacent the selected disk and a playing mechanism is inserted into that space.

Abstract: A low cost building is made of modular parts in the absence of special tools. Light-in-weight wall blocks having a facade of conventional appearance include a thick, insulating mixture of a cementitious material, polystyrene, and organic fiber aggregates capable of retaining water. The blocks have interlocking top and bottom surfaces so that they are easily stacked to form walls. A floor is built by spanning foundation beams with floor trusses that have a key along their respective tops and by sliding modular floor panels between contiguous floor trusses, each floor panel having opposite edges that slidingly engage the keys of the floor trusses. A roof is made in a similar manner by sliding modular roof panels between contiguous roof trusses. Tensioning rods are extended from a top surface of the walls to the building foundation to compress the walls.

Abstract: A digital frequency synthesizer employs a predetermined residue number system to generate phase angle information. The phase angle information is then converted from the predetermined residue number system into a weighted binary number. A part of the weighted binary phase angle information is used to address a read only memory that includes predetermined initial data points at each address. A predetermined iteration process that makes use of some or all of the weighted binary phase angle information that was not used to address the read only memory is then employed in an iterative process to generate final data points for the predetermined waveform. The initial data points are stored in the read only memory as weighted binary numbers and the iterative process employs weighted binary arithmetic. A second embodiment stores the initial data points in the read only memory as digits from a predetermined residue number system and the iterative process employs residue number system arithmetic.

Abstract: An educational device for simulating the effects of earthquakes includes a table supported above a base by a plurality of coiled springs or other flexible and resilient members. A slot formed in the table coincident with a longitudinal axis of symmetry of the table accommodates a flywheel having a radially extending slot within which is mounted a weight member at any preselected location along the extent of the slot. A battery-operated variable speed motor strapped to the table has an output shaft to which the flywheel is coupled, and a control knob enables a user to vary the speed of rotation of the output shaft and therefore of the flywheel. The intensity of the vibration of the table is varied by moving the weight member along the extent of the radially extending slot. Alternative embodiments include a weight member having a fixed, immovable eccentric position and a balanced flywheel that is mounted eccentrically relative to the output shaft of the motor.

Abstract: It is an object to effectively and rapidly damp vibration of a vibrating object. A vibration isolating supporter includes a coil spring (3) interposed between an upper frame (1) and a lower frame (2) which are opposed to one another in a vertical direction, and is characterized in that a partition panel (4) is provided for the lower frame (2) to surround a periphery of the coil spring (3), a damping material (5) is accommodated in a portion surrounded by the partition panel (4), and a resisting member is disposed to be suspended in a hollow hole of the coil spring (3) of the upper frame (1) so as to be immersed in the damping material (5).

Abstract: A portable platform has a first configuration where it may be transported safely over public highways and a second configuration where it is transformed into a display that attracts crowds of visitors at a fair or festival. The platform is elevated above a support surface by a conventional wheel and axle assembly, and is accessible when in its display mode by a stairway. A large structure positioned at one end of the platform is shaped like a beverage bottle, to be promoted and has a hollow interior to house equipment and workers. A door formed in the structure admits personnel, and a window enables the serving of the product being promoted to patrons attracted to the platform by the large structure. Safety rails and a tent-like covering complete the assembly.

Abstract: An image recording method is disclosed, which uses a substrate such as paper, a synthetic film, a metal plate, and an earthenware plate and an adhesive layer of a delayed-tack adhesive and activates the adhesive layer in accordance with image information, for example, by a step of endowing a tackiness to the adhesive layer by ejecting an organic solvent which renders the adhesive tacky from an ink jet printer cooperated with a computer in accordance with image information or a step of selectively heating the adhesive layer by a thermal printer to endow the adhesive layer with tackiness, and develops the latent image borne in the activated portion with powder selected from organic pigment powder, inorganic pigment powder, water-soluble dye powder, water-insoluble dye powder, metal powder, ceramics powder, plastics powder, magnetic powder, and microcapsules.

Abstract: An air conditioning system includes a self-regulating flow controller having no moving parts that provides a liquid seal between a purge vessel and the evaporator barrel of a chiller. Circulating refrigerant fluid from a primary air conditioner is preheated in a preheater by hot refrigerant from the chiller prior to its entry into the purge vessel, and the preheater provides a thermal load that enables operation of the purge vessel. The purge unit discharges into a regeneration cell that removes even more refrigerant from the vapors before they are vented to atmosphere. When the regeneration cell requires recharging, it is heated to a predetermined temperature and pressure to release adsorbed refrigerant from its adsorption media, and the released refrigerant is routed back to the purge vessel and hence through the regeneration cell again prior to discharge of substantially refrigerant-free contaminants into the atmosphere.

Abstract: An improved flow-through washing and scrubbing brush handle for interconnection at one end to a source of pressurized water such as a garden hose and connectable at the other end to flow-through type scrub brush or the like. The device may include structure for varying water flow therethrough for delivery into the scrub brush and further includes a telescoping structure which releasably secures a selected overall length between its sliding inner and outer tubes. Unique sealing arrangements also prevent water leakage anywhere along the device, including from between inner and outer tubes.