Abstract: Method and apparatus are described for job recovery when jamming of copies occurs in copying devices generating duplex copies electrophotographically from either simplex or duplex originals. Recovery from jams while copying the first side of simplex or duplex originals can normally be immediately effected during the initial, or normal, run, after clearing the jam.

Abstract: An automatic digital system is disclosed for controlling the duration and frequency of application of water to a lawn or the like. The system includes a keyboard to facilitate programming and/or reprogramming of both the duration and frequency of watering and one or more sets of memory circuits are included in the system to store various programs to be utilized. A digital clock controls operation of time control and generating circuitry to provide outputs to comparators along with outputs from the memory circuits to effect the desired control of solenoids establishing the duration and frequency of watering. Each set of memory circuits includes a plurality of watering stations each of which can be individually and sequentially actuated by the control system and each of which stations can have a plurality of sprinkler heads.

Abstract: A box holder for releasably engaging and securing pliable boxes, such as tissue boxes, by engaging one side portion of the box with a projecting end portion of the support, the end portion preferably being a planar surface extending normal to the base portion of the support and having pointed projections thereon to engage the box, the base portion of the support extending across the bottom of the box and carrying a rotatable eccentric member adapted to securely engage the opposite side portion of the box upon rotation and be maintained in such engagement by securing means which preclude undesired rotation of the eccentric member.

Abstract: A manual compactor having two handles each pivoted at one end for movement through adjacent arcs toward and away from each other, such reciprocating activation motion being translated into rotary motion in a single direction by means of ratchet and pawl arrangements about the pivot shaft of each handle, and thenceforth to rotary motion of opposing screws one each of which is driven by each handle, which in turn act through ball nut structures to forcibly draw together plates with force sufficient for compacting, the handles also having provisions for actuating push rod within the handles for the purpose of disengaging the pawls from the ratchets thereby allowing retraction through spring loading of the plates and repositioning of the apparatus for subsequent compacting.

Abstract: An articulated receiver particularly adapted to collect energy from a fixed, substantially spherical concave collector, the reciever being an elongated member having radiant energy absorbing means, and preferably a conduit therein for a heat transfer medium, and a radiation transparent enclosure in the form of a substantially elongated member having at least one enlarged cross sectional portion disposed preferably towards the end of the receiver most remote from the collector.

Abstract: A smoke detection apparatus is disclosed having a highly efficient ionization chamber. The ionization chamber is primarily formed by a wire mesh collector that readily admits products of combustion such as smoke into the chamber which has therein an alpha emitting, radioactive source and a selectable portion of a tuning screw. Two types of smoke detectors are shown utilizing the ionization chamber with one of the detectors operating from a conventional A.C. power source and the other being battery operated. The smoke detector utilizing the conventional A.C. power source requires no transformer and has the alarm indicating horn connected with the A.C. source with the horn being triggered by a silicon controlled rectifier connected with the radioactive source in the ionization chamber through a field effect transistor switch. A rectified and regulated D.C. voltage is provided to the wire mesh collector and to the field effect transistor switch.

Abstract: A heat storage vault in the form of an insulated enclosure having therein a plurality of serpentine pipes each with lengths extending back and forth within the enclosure with the lengths substantially equidistantly spaced both from the closest lengths of the common serpentine pipe and from the closest lengths of the other adjacent pipes, and a heat storage medium filling the enclosure and the space between the serpentine pipes and adapted to receive heat from at least one of the serpentine pipes when a heated fluid is conducted therethrough, store the heat within the heat storage medium, and provide heat to at least one other of the serpentine pipes as a fluid is circulated therethrough.

Abstract: An article monitoring and reject apparatus is disclosed that is particularly well suited for monitoring or inspecting glass containers and automatically rejecting defective containers. The system includes a monitoring unit having a plurality of scan diodes and associated phototransistors with each diode being individually caused to emit a plurality of light pulses and the diodes being successively energized to scan that portion of the article to be monitored. The associated phototransistor produces a plurality of electrical pulses when a defect is sensed, as indicated by light reflected from the portion of the article then being monitored, and a defect signal is produced only if a predetermined plurality of pulses are generated from each of a plurality of diodes indicative of a defect. An inspection window is established by a separate light emitter and sensor at the monitoring area and the signal produced is processed in dual paths to reject device circuitry.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for palletizing articles delivered by an accumulator belt onto a pallet in transverse rows of alternating orientation, with the first and last transverse rows of each tier of articles on the pallet being of the same orientation, such palletization being accomplished by engaging and lifting the transverse row of an appropriate orientation which immediately follows the last transverse row of a first tier, loading a second tier of articles with the transverse row immediately following the lifted transverse row forming the first transverse row of such tier, reforming the lifted transverse row into a transverse row of the appropriate orientation by side shifting, and inserting the reformed lifted transverse row as the initial transverse row of a third tier of articles.

Abstract: Fluid, such as milk, is conducted into the meter through an inlet passage and received in a fluid receptacle at least a portion of which is movable with at least a portion of the movement being in response to receipt of the fluid with the fluid then being expelled from the meter through a discharge passage. A sensor senses the movement of the movable portion caused by receipt of fluid in the fluid reservoir and, responsive thereto, provides an electrical signal indicative of the amount of fluid received, which electrical signal is coupled from the meter for utilization purposes. In one disclosed embodiment, a rotating wheel has fluid receptacles at the rim to receive the fluid conducted into the meter with the fluid being later (in the rotation of the wheel) dumped from the receptacle and expelled from the meter through the discharge passage.

Abstract: A valving system is disclosed that is useful for milking of animals such as cows. A stimulator, that includes one or more stimulator units each of which has biased elements, is releasably positioned on one or more teats of the animal to be milked and a warm liquid such as water is conducted through the stimulator units and ejected therefrom onto the associated teat or teats in order to induce milk let down. Each biased element has resilient gripping teeth to engage the teats of the animal to be stimulated. After the supply of liquid is terminated and the teat cups of a milking apparatus have been positioned on the animal, milk is withdrawn from the animal through a valve under the control of a control unit that has an input responsive to the temperature of the milk being withdrawn.

Abstract: An ionization particle detector for indicating the presence of charged particles in a gas includes a single ionization chamber having two defined regions of electrical field intensity. The first region is of small geometric volume and high electric field intensity while the second region is of large geometric volume and low electric field intensity. The radioactive source for generating the ions is located near one electrode while the second electrode forming the walls of the chamber are located such that the walls are incident near the Bragg ionization peak of the detector. A probe is positioned between the two regions for detecting the maximum electric field change when particles enter the chamber.

Abstract: Method and device for loading cylindrical articles in a processing apparatus including a rotatable starwheel with pockets defined therein which carry the cylindrical articles and a plurality of mandrels aligned with the pockets for rotation with the starwheel such that the cylindrical articles may be axially transferred from the pocket onto the mandrel for processing, the device primarily comprising a plurality of conduit outlets which may be intermittantly connected through valve means to a compressed gas source to produce a jet of compressed gas at predetermined positions in the rotation of the starwheel pocket and onto the mandrel, and more preferably further including a vacuum passage through the mandrels which may be selectively connected to a vacuum source to work in synchronous with the compressed gas jet to provide both an internal vacuum and an external gas jet urging the cylindrical article onto the mandrel.

Abstract: A pattern or test signal generating system and method is disclosed that is particularly well suited for servicing of T.V. receivers and the like. The system provides a series of individually selectable outputs that are utilized to produce patterns on the image-producing device of a unit to be serviced, including a COLOR QUAD pattern, a GRAY QUAD pattern, and a HATCHDOTS pattern. The system is lightweight and portable yet provides the plurality of outputs which enhance out-of-shop servicing of T.V. receivers. By the addition of the QUAD and HATCHDOTS patterns, the capability and versatility of the system is increased particularly for testing and adjusting color television receivers, closed-circuit monitors and the like. A system modification is also disclosed for providing an NTSC type color bar pattern.

Abstract: A method and structure for utilizing solar energy for heating utilizing a wall of masonry or other cementitious material having preferably vertical channels defined through the central portion thereof. An outer surface, preferably spaced from the wall, is provided with a radiant energy absorbing surface, and transparent or translucent panels are positioned adjacent to but spaced from the wall and outer surface. Inlets and outlets to the channels within the wall are defined in the lower inner and outer surfaces of the wall respectively, and outlets and inlets to such channels are defined at the upper inner and outer surfaces of the wall respectively. The inner outlets communicate with an air distribution system and the inner inlets serve as return air ducts. The outer outlets and inlets serve to convect heat from the radiant energy absorbing surface.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for splitting logs, comprising an engine or prime mover actuating a reciprocating trolley through mechanical linkages along a fixed bed such that the trolley may urge a log to be split against a blade or wedge with mechanically amplified force sufficient to accomplish the splitting but may be instantly reversed and withdrawn to starting position at a rate of speed substantially higher than the speed of the splitting stroke as a result of differing mechanical advantages of the forward and reverse mechanical linkages.

Abstract: A photograhic cropping mask of a planar sheet, such as paper, plastic or cardboard, having defined therein a plurality of prescored, detachable rectilinear openings having a common center, indexing means and, optionally, an area of adhesive material and/or crop marks such that the sheet may be placed adjacent a transparent film to determine the cropping opening appropriate to the film image, the selected opening produced by detaching along an appropriate score line, the film attached by means of tape or the optional adhesive area to the sheet with the film properly aligned with the opening, and the film and sheet then accurately positioned in a photographic printing apparatus by the indexing means.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for measuring mass flow rate of a fluid substance flowing in a conduit by reciprocating a section of conduit at an end thereof with the other end thereof pivotally mounted, and measuring the torque generated by the Coriolis force, and preferably reciprocating two similar sections of conduit at the inlet end of one and the outlet end of the other, both being pivotally secured at the nonreciprocated ends, to substantially balance inertial forces, the torque preferably being measured at peak angular velocity of the conduit section.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for the automatic transport, alignment, and positive orientation of electronic components such as transistors, and the subsequent straightening, trimming to length, and forming of the component wire leads. Components are transported linearly into position and positively located for the lead straightening, trimming and forming operations, these functions being carried out in a single motion at a single station thereby facilitating relatively high processing rates.

Abstract: A collapsible sawhorse is disclosed that includes an elongated beam supported at opposite ends by tubular supports. Each support includes a pair of tubular elements with the upper portions of the supports being received in channel guides fastened to opposite sides of the beam at each end portion. The tubular elements are downwardly divergent with respect to one another from the upper portion and are received in L-shaped sockets at the bottom with the sockets forming the feet of the sawhorse device. A pair of struts extend between different sockets between the supports with the central portion of the struts being fastened together when the device is assembled with the central portion slightly above the plane of the bottom of the feet formed by the sockets. The device is readily assembled and disassembled with the device, when disassembled, being compactly bundled for storage and/or transporting.