Abstract: A packaging assembly allows two substances, such as cereal and milk, to be held in separate compartments and then mixed when desired by applying hand pressure to the packaging assembly. The packaging assembly is provided with a compressible side wall portion and an impervious membrane having a frangible portion. The membrane separates the compartments such that applied pressure on the top of the package compresses the side wall portion and the downward pressure of the substance in the upper compartment causes the frangible portion of the membrane to rupture and thus allow the two substances to mix together. A partial wall may also be employed adjacent to the membrane to prevent regurgitation of the cereal and milk back into the upper compartment upon mixture in the lower compartment. The lower compartment may be opened to allow consumption directly from the package.

Abstract: A bung plug venting device having a threaded slot configuration for use such as in relieving internal pressure in a container for liquids is disclosed. In one embodiment, a plurality of slots are spaced at equal intervals around the threaded neck portion of the bung plug, with the upper end of the slots being positioned below the upper threads of the neck portion. The number and width of the slots will depend on the capacity of the container.

Abstract: An improved tank bottom configuration formed from a flat metal plate of square or rectangular shape is disclosed. The plate is sheared to provide two adjacent sides which are tapered along their lengths and a notch is cut in each corner portion. By the use of stop and die members, the plate member is deformed to provide a bottom wall portion which slopes downwardly toward one corner and upwardly extending side wall portions which extend around the periphery of the bottom wall portion. A drain opening and a crease are formed in the bottom wall portion, with the crease being aligned with and spaced from the drain opening.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine frame, and particularly but not exclusively, to a machine frame for so-called coordinate measuring machines of the kind which include at least one first portal that includes two parallel, vertical first and second legs (7, 8) which are rotationally and flexurally rigid in relation to a base member (10). The legs support a horizontal beam (11) on which there is movably supported a rod, bar or the like for supporting a measuring head, tool or corresponding device. The horizontal beam (11) is connected to the first leg (8) by a pivot joint (13) which permits the beam (11) to rotate in the vertical plane of the legs (7, 8), and is connected to the second leg (7) by a connection (14) which permits the beam (11) to rotate in this vertical plane and also to move in the direction of its longitudinal axis in relation to the second leg. The invention also relates to a method of determining the geometry of the portal occasioned by deformation of such machine frames.

Abstract: A composite package including a plastic bottle mounted in an outer paperboard box. The bottle has a pouring spout adjacent its front wall and an elongated handle extending from the pouring spout to its rear wall. The box includes a top end flap assembly having minor side flaps and front and rear flaps which fold over onto the side flaps. The minor flaps include front cutout sections which provide clearance around the spout and rearward portions having full bearing support areas extending from the cutout section to the rear wall, the bearing support areas resting directly on top of the handle of the bottle to provide load bearing support for the flaps during the gluing process.

Abstract: A method and an arrangement for securing glass facade elements comprised of sealed glazing units which include at least two parallel glass sheets separated by a spacer which extends between the glass sheets and terminates short of the outer edges of the sheets, wherein a glue layer is applied between the glass sheets but outwardly of the spacer, and wherein facade elements are secured to a frame structure and preferably a frame structure comprised of aluminum profiled sections and having a clip placed and penetrating the glue layer between the glass sheets of two neighboring facade elements.

Abstract: A method for treating a silicon plate, a so-called wafer, in a cold-wall reactor when using the so-called CVD-technique in order, among other things, to deposit substances on the silicon plate by introducing different gases into the reactor. The reactor is configured as a microwave cavity, and one treatment stage involves introducing microwave energy into the reactor from a microwave generator, thereby to heat the silicon plate to a desired temperature, which is measured in a known manner. According to one preferred embodiment, a suitable etching gas is introduced into the cold-wall reactor, and microwave energy is then introduced into the reactor at a power level such as to form a plasma in the reactor, to thereby back-etch a substrate or to clean the reactor from possible impurities contained therein.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for disinfection of waste in autoclaves by the fractional vacuum-steam process having atmospheric pressure steam phases, followed by a superatmospheric steam phase and a evacuation of the autoclave following each steam phase. The autoclaves are transportable separate from the remaining apparatus. In the evacuation after an atmospheric pressure steam phase, removing the atmosphere from the autoclave by suction, condensing the steam fraction and separating it as liquid having approximately ambient temperature. During evacuation after a superatmospheric pressure steam phase, first eliminating condensate from the lowest part of the autoclave, and feeding it to waste water at approximately ambient temperature. Evacuation following an atmospheric pressure steam phase is from an upper region of the autoclave, the atmosphere being then freed from micro-organisms. The steam is removed and gas fractions are freed from odorous substances and discharged to the environment.

Abstract: Soil sampling apparatus for forming and containing a core sample of a predetermined depth of soil into which the soil sampling apparatus is driven. A pair of cooperable, core-defining core tube members are carried on a guide rod and are individually and sequentially driven into the soil to be sampled. The core tube members include angularly positioned panels for increased torsional rigidity, and the apparatus includes a cam and follower arrangement for permitting automatic circumferential orientation of one core tube member relative to the other core tube member before interengagement of the core tube members to define a complete core tube. The core tube members are each pointed at their lower ends to more easily penetrate the soil, and one core tube member includes a pivotable soil sample gate to retain the soil sample within the core tube as the core tube is withdrawn from the soil.

Abstract: An improved tank configuration wherein a die is employed to stamp a formed member is disclosed. The formed member may be used as either the top or bottom head for a portable liquid container, and is constructed so that all welding is eliminated in the corner and outlet portions of the container. A trim machine is employed to remove uneven edges from the formed part. By the present invention, a stamped configuration is provided in which a draw formed tank bottom is formed so as to allow complete and full drainage of the tank bottom. The top and bottom heads are finish trimmed to exact dimensions so as to facilitate the assembly of these parts to the shell of the tank.

Abstract: A method of cladding an outer tube (1) with an inner tube (2), wherein the inner tube is made of a corrosion-resistant material, for instance. The inventive is characterized by placing a number of explosive charges (3) in mutually spaced arrangement in the inner tube (2), in contact with or essentially in contact with the inner surface of the inner tube; filling the inner tube with a pressure-transmitting medium (4), preferably water; and detonating all explosive charges (3) simultaneously, so as to obtain a local metallurgical bond (6) at the regions of the explosive charges and so as to cause the inner tube (2) to expand into abutment with the outer tube (1).

Abstract: A novel composite package including a rectangular, outer, paperboard box and a rectangular, thin-walled, lightweight, molded plastic bottle within the box suitable for use with hazardous liquid materials. At its upper end, the bottle has a pouring spout adjacent its front wall and an elongated hollow handle extending from the pouring spout to the rear wall and defining an air passageway between the pouring spout and the liquid containing chamber within the bottle. A vent spout is provided at the rear of the hollow handle. The top flap assembly of the box includes knock-out flap portions which overlie the pouring spout, the hollow handle, and the vent spout, those knock-out portions being removable when it is desirable to pour liquid from the package. A pair of paperboard reinforcing pads are placed between the underside of the top flap assembly and the top of the plastic bottle, the pads enhancing the crush resistance and impact strength of the package.

Abstract: A monitoring method, such as time and/or passage monitoring method, in which individuals, such as physical persons, make contact with a stamping unit and therewith supply information to the unit, in which the information is preferably compiled. The method is mainly characterized by arranging existing units in a decentralized system in which each unit is separated physically from remaining units; and is further characterized in that each individual himself carries an updatable information carrier which includes unique information personal to the individual concerned, wherein updating of the information carrier can be effected upon contact with a stamping unit. The invention also relates to a system for carrying out the method.

Abstract: A universal joint device for interconnecting the handle portion and socket portion of a socket wrench is disclosed. The universal joint device is constructed with grooves for receiving the upper and lower ends of a coil spring which maintains the universal joint in alignment during both tension and compression. The universal joint device is also provided with recessed apertures for receiving washers or similar adjustment devices to allow the device to be customized for additional rigidity or flexibility.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for counting irregularly-shaped articles. A pair of light sources are provided at a sensing plane through which articles to be counted are adapted to pass. Each of the light sources emits a light beam that is at an angle to the other light beam, such as an angle of about 90.degree.. Corresponding solar cells are positioned opposite the respective light sources to receive the light signals as the articles pass through the sensing plane. The light sources are alternately operated and the outputs from the respective light detectors are used to calculate an equivalent volume for the article for comparison with a predetermined article volume range to decide whether to count the article. The method and apparatus permit accurate counts of irregularly shaped articles and are substantially independent of the orientation of the article at the sensing plane.

Abstract: A portable duplicating device which may be used with any commercially available photocopy machine to provide two-dimensional copies of two or three dimensional objects.