Abstract: An outer garment or vestment comprising a front panel and rear panel that includes an electrical circuit of neon wire, a battery operated power pack and toggle switch so as to be illuminated to allow play, such as touch football, tag and the like, in the darkness where the neon wire is mounted in a lens on the rear panel with a configuration defining a focal point such as a spiral shape and is operatively connected to the toggle switch so that depressing the lens causes the illuminated neon wire to be turned off and a portion of the neon wire mounted on the front panel and configured to designate each of the sides of the players.

Abstract: Support mechanism for supporting parallels in a vise that includes an elongated flat base member having a magnet mounted on the bottom thereof in conjunction with the springs, hold one of the parallels against the solid jaw of the vice. Each of a pair of arms pivotally mounted at one of its ends by pins are pivotally mounted in the opposing ends of the base member and are spring loaded by a pair of springs mounted in complementary recesses formed in and at either end of the base member and in the adjacent arm adjacent to the pins. The pair of torsional springs surrounding each of said pins and bearing against the wall surfaces of the recesses in the base member and the respective arms urge the base member against one of the parallels and urge the ends of the other arms against the other of the parallels securing the parallels to the jaws of the vice. The parallels serve to adjust the height of the work piece so as to perform a manufacturing procedure thereto.

Abstract: A connector within an igniter cable, configured for attachment to the high voltage terminal of an exciter, includes a contact terminal attached to the wire within the cable, having a number of flexible contact members to engage a pin within the high voltage terminal, and a latching sleeve, with the contact terminal and the latching sleeve being installed from opposite ends of an insulating tube. Flexible latching members of the latching sleeve engage a latching surface of the contact terminal to prevent inward movement of the contact terminal within the insulating tube when the pin within the high voltage terminal is engaged.

Abstract: For suture tying in a medical procedure including the use of an anchor that includes a suture locking device that includes a sliding pin guided by axial side slots formed in the locking device that forces the suture where the two ends thereof are inserted into the interior of the suture locking mechanism to drive the captured suture and pin to fit into a recess on the top of the suture locking mechanism such that the top of the pin binds the suture against the upper inner surface of the recess. The recess can be serrated to enhance the locking capability and the pin is polygonal shaped to provide side surfaces that run parallel to the wall of the recess to assure that the side portion of the pin does not fracture the suture and cause it to weaken. The locking of the suture is automatic upon the deployment of the anchor which actuates the pin into the locking position, thus eliminating the necessity of manually knotting the suture and improving the cinching of the tissue to the bone.

Abstract: The resolution, in terms of numbers of pixels in horizontal and vertical directions, and frame rate, in terms of frames per second, of video data are converted by assembling a group of the frames within an input buffer, by applying a direct DCT to data from each line of pixels extending along a scan line and among scan lines, perpendicular to the scan lines, and to a line of pixels extending at each pixel position among the group of frames, and by applying an interpolating inverse DCT to coefficients generated by the direct DCT. Preferably, to prevent the formation of artifacts, the application of the direct DCT to data from a line of pixels is interrupted when a difference in a coordinate data value between adjacent pixels exceeds a threshold limit.

Abstract: A vane motor is modified to increase the sealing effectiveness of the gap made at the interface of the spindle and cylinder by undercutting the cylinder a predetermined amount and distance so as to increase the effectiveness of the spindle to cylinder gap and to decrease the requirements for lubrication of the vane motor.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine having a cylindrical outer housing with inner cylindrical cylinders defining power cylinders circumferentially spaced in the engine. Each of the cylinder(s) has opposed intake and exhaust pistons. The intake and exhaust pistons use air bearings instead of conventional oil as a lubricant. The intake and exhaust pistons power a rotary cam mounted on opposed ends of the engine and a cam follower system positions the pistons. The rotary cam is operatively connected to a drive shaft or power take off shaft. A four bar linkage system is connected to the piston rod to minimize piston side loads. A jumper connects the ends of the power cylinders to pressurize air drawn into the engine and to admit heated air, indirectly heated during the combustion cycle, to charge the power cylinder for improved efficiency and to purge the pressure cylinder after combustion.

Abstract: The segments of the vanes of a stator and the blades of a rotor for a gas turbine engine are dampened by utilizing braided wire cable that is affixed to adjacent segments such that each of the wire strands forming the cable is allowed to move relative to each other to dissipate the vibratory energy inflicted on the stator or rotor. The ends of the cable are welded or heated and then tapered to facilitate fitting into a sleeve or collar which in turn is affixed to the adjacent segments by braze, weld or the like.

Abstract: A blade for a rotor of a gas turbine engine is constructed with a spar and shell configuration. The spar is constructed in an integral unit or multi-portions and includes a first wall adjacent to the pressure side and a second wall adjacent to the suction side, a tip portion extending in the spanwise direction and extending beyond the first wall and the second wall and a root portion extending longitudinally, an attachment portion having a central opening for receiving the root portion and a platform portion. The root portion fits into the central opening and is secured therein by a pin extending transversely through the attachment and the root portion. The shell fits over the spar and is supported thereto by a plurality of complementary hooks extending from the spar and shell. The ends of the shell fit into grooves formed on the tip portion and the platform.

Abstract: A power generating system includes a high-frequency alternator, a rectifier, a capacitor in each phase line extending between an output terminal of the alternator and the rectifier, and an auxiliary power supply, providing auxiliary power for use within the power generating system, which is also connected to the output terminals of the alternator.

Abstract: A stamp/label dispenser generally kidney shaped that includes a circular pocket for holding a roll of stamps/labels and an interconnecting passage so that one end of the roll can be withdrawn through the mouth or end. The roll is of the type that includes a surface coated with a pressure adhesive and a removable backing sheet. Means are provide for loading the roll into the pocket and includes means for holding it therein. A wall opposite the loading side of the pocket lends itself to include visible indicia or a logo and the like. A guide is formed on the surface of the dispenser for the backing sheet where it is translated so as to allow the backing sheet to be removed from the coated surface and allow the user to place the stamp/label on the intended surface. A window formed on top end of the dispenser allows one to view the roll.

Abstract: A plurality of double rows of orifices sandwiching a plenum formed in the wall of the leading edge of an airfoil diffuses the coolant that feeds a plurality of columns and rows of grooves formed in the leading edge of the airfoil so as to diffuse the coolant and define a film of cooling air. The grooves may be aligned or staggered and the orifices, plenums and grooves are sized to match the airflow to the heat load along the leading edge to maximize the use of coolant and enhances engine performance as does the absence of material at the leading edge that results from the use of the columns and rows of grooves.

Abstract: A near wall cooling technique for cooling the pressure and suction sides of a turbine airfoil that includes a matrix of cells oriented chord-wise and extending longitudinally having vortex chambers with vortex creating passages feeding coolant from interior of the blade to each of the cells, interconnecting passageways interconnecting each of the vortex chambers and discharge film cooling passageway discharging coolant adjacent the outer surface of the pressure and suction sides. The alternate passageways are staggered and each are tangentially oriented to introduce a swirling motion in the coolant as it enters each of the vortex chambers. The cells may be oriented to be in a staggered or in an in-line array and the number of cells, the number of vortex chambers and the dimension of the cells, vortex chambers and passageways are selected to match the heat load and the temperature requirements of the material of the blade. The direction of flow within each cell is selected by the designer.

Abstract: A security apparatus for enclosing the branch connections of a cable-TV aerial tap unit to prevent unauthorized used thereof including a box like structure mounted on the bottom of the tap unit to enclose the cables and connections thereof and providing a keyed hinged door to allow access to the interior of the box like structure to access the cables and the method of securing the same by providing either a slidable clip or a rotatable clip attached to the box like structure that has an opening that engages the shank of the existing bolt of the tap unit when the bolt is loosened while the bolt head bears against the slidable or rotatable clip to hold the box like structure in place so as to allow the tightening thereof to secure the apparatus in place.

Abstract: A hand-held directional irrigation tube and a suction tube surgical instrument includes a finger or thumb operated aperture on the suction tube communicating with the lumen thereof that serves to selectively by-pass and connect the suction pump with the surgical site and the irrigation tube being removably supported in a sleeve attached to the suction tube that includes a gear-like member having circumferentially spaced valleys or slots attached to the sleeve cooperating with a projection attached to the irrigation tube so that the surgeon can slide the irrigation tube to disengage the projection and rotate it and re-insert it into another slot in the gear-like member to re-direct the spray of irrigation fluid egressing from the irrigation tube to different locations in the surgical site.

Abstract: The annular recuperator for use with a microturbine includes an involuted shaped inner member with a portion thereof being corrugated and an involuted shaped outer member also with a portion thereof being corrugated and spaced therefrom to define a cell. The end portions of both the inner and outer members is planar and define a header for admitting and discharging the fluid flowing in the cell. The edges of the inner and outer members are sealed and an inlet and outlet are fluidly connected to the respective headers. The cells are circumferentially mounted side by side and abut each other but leaving sufficient space for another medium to flow through the space and be place in indirect heat exchange with the fluid flowing in the cell.

Abstract: A rope or line tensioning and/or coupling apparatus for tensioning a rope or coupling two ropes that is formed from a planar member having judiciously located slots and a drilled hole that allows the rope to be inserted into the drilled hole, looped with a knot for passing the loop through a slot formed intermediate the side edges of the apparatus and opposing slots at the top for securing the loop portions and a series of slots at the bottom for helically winding the rope or line by inserting opposite disposed slots.

Abstract: The load carrying capability of a bed of a truck or the back of an SUV is increased by length and weight of the load by including a platform that is movable to the height of the wheel well so that a load that measures say, 4?×8? fits above the wheel well so that the limited space between wheel wells do not impair the load and the wheel wells absorb part of the load. In one embodiment a camming arrangement with a guide rail cam and roller followers attached to the platform place the platform in sliding relationship and raises the platform as it slides rearwardly. In another embodiment a foldable linkage is utilized to raise the platform. Jack can be employed to raise the platform and a brake is added prevent the platform from moving backwards once deployed.

Abstract: The clearance between the tips of the rotor blades and the segmented shroud of a gas turbine engine is controlled by a passive clearance control that includes a support ring made from a low thermal expansion material supporting a retainer for the blade outer air seal that is slidable relative thereto so that the segments expand circumferentially and move radially to match the rate of change slope of the rotor during expansion and contraction for all engine operations. A leaf spring between the support ring and outer air seal biases the outer air seal in the radial direction and maintains the desired radial position during steady state operation of the gas turbine engine.

Abstract: The microturbine engine that is typically utilized to power an electrical generating system and/or boiler, chiller and the like includes a second boiler and a by-pass system for providing heated water at two different levels or where one of the boilers provides steam. The turbine exhaust is utilized as the heat transport medium and is directly connected to one of the boilers while the other is connected to the recuperator. The system can optionally provide cooling to the electrical and electronic components of the system by providing a water circuit for leading water into the electric and electronic components prior to feeding the boilers. The system is designed to assure that the delta heat difference between the medium being heated and the waste heat of the turbine is sufficient so that the heat exchange will be done efficiently.