Abstract: A wall structure formed of pre-cast reinforced concrete building panels which are each supported and sealed along their bottom edge in a self-aligning groove or channel in a supporting structure and are interlocked and sealed with each other along their vertical butting edges. Bridging members extending along the top edge of the panels tie adjacent panels together. Integral stud members extend from the top edge for lifting and fastening purposes. Some of the panels may be furnished with window frames, door frames and electrical wiring and plumbing components that are integral therewith.

Abstract: This invention is a device that, in effect, extends the pelvic bones to support the load-bearing of a person or to carry other loads applied to the suprapelvic structure and therefore to reduce forces resultant on the lumbosacral area by transmitting part of the load through the device to the pelvic and infrapelvic structures and then to the floor. A heavy belt is shown around a person's waist which supports a pair of brace or support members mounted thereon. Each brace or support member is shown positioned at the person's side so as to be in operative relation with the pelvic girdle. Each of the brace or support members serves as a rest for the adjacent elbow of a person when a weight is being lifted or carried by the hands.

Abstract: A catalyst is provided for the steam reforming of normally liquid hydrocarbons to produce carbon monoxide and hydrogen, which does not promote the deposition of carbonaceous materials upon the catalytic surfaces. The catalyst consists of nickel promoted with the oxides of iron and manganese within a specific manganese to iron ratio, said metal and metal oxides being supported upon a refractory support. The support is preferably aluminum oxide in its alpha phase having a surface area of less than 15 m.sup.2 /gm. The metallic constituents are impregnated onto said refractory low surface area support as salts and are calcined at sufficiently high temperature to convert the salts to the oxide but at a sufficiently low temperature that they do not chemically react with the support.

Abstract: An expansion type mine roof bolt assembly is shown that is to be installed in a roof bolt hole in a mine roof. The roof bolt has a stem that is fitted on a base plate, and it includes an expansion shell unit that expands when the bolt is tightened. A chemical dispenser assembly is fitted onto the bolt stem. The chemical dispenser assembly includes a base flange unit with an elongated sleeve that is threaded to the bolt stem. A hollow cylindrical chemical container is supported on the base flange unit. An elongated pressure sleeve unit is interposed between the expansion shell unit and the top portion of the chemical container so that when the bolt is tightened the pressure sleeve transmits a rupture force to the bottom portion of the chemical container to cause the contents of the container to be expelled into the roof bolt hole for sealing the base of the roof bolt hole. The base flange unit may include perforations and spike members for piercing the bottom portion of the chemical container.

Abstract: A universal drapery making machine having a horizontal working table for handling a drapery panel that has its bottom edge and its two side edges hemmed at prior stations, and an unfinished top edge of the drapery. The operator is able to attach the bottom edge of the drapery panel face down to a transverse bar that is movably supported over the top planar surface of the table. Motive means moves the bar toward the rear edge of the table, and the panel is then measured to size, and the top edge of the drape is simultaneously cut and a stiffening tape such as buckram with its own adhesive strip is attached along the cut edge. Then this stiffened edge is manually folded over twice and stapled temporarily in place so the drapery may be removed to a later station for forming the pleats in this header. The table is pivotally supported by a transverse pivotal support means.

Abstract: This invention teaches a deburring tool comprising a tool holder with a plurality of knives having cutting edges capable of contact on a bore edge by advancing in a longitudinal direction of the tool holder, characterized in that the reaction force acting against the advancing force on one or more of the knives serves for the automatic control of the longitudinal displacement of the remaining knives.

Abstract: A ball type valve for high pressure lines is designed so that the spherical valve member is offset from the centerline of the valve stem in such a manner that the spherical valve member in the open position has a cylindrical fluid passage in parallel alignment with the flow axis of the inlet and outlet passages, but in the closed position is transversely disposed across the valve chamber so that the cylindrical flow passage is perpendicular to the flow axis of the inlet and outlet passages.

Abstract: A mobile catalyst treatment unit and process of operating same involves a closed gas processing loop supported on a normally mobile carrier such as a flat truck bed or trailer which is connectable with the inlet and outlet of a catalytic reactor. The normal process gas is cut off from the catalytic reactor so as to isolate the catalyst and to place the gas processing loop into communication with the reactor. Thereafter, the catalytic reactor can be purged of reducing gases and then treated with an oxidizing gas to burn off carbonaceous materials from the catalyst surface, in the process known as regeneration, or the catalyst can be treated with a reducing gas in the process known as reduction, or the catalyst can be heated for startup purposes, or cooled down for purposes of unloading or other mechanical work on the reactor or treated with other treatment gases such as hydrogen sulfide for sulfiding and the like.

Abstract: A continuous plating machine using a cooperating pair of endless tractor tread conveyor means to transport printed circuit boards through a plurality of process stations to complete stripping, cleaning, activation, plating and intermediate rinse cycles of the board terminals. The PC boards are captured between the opposing treads or shoes which serve as a masking means to protect the portions of the boards that don't require plating. The boards are electrically connected back through the conveyor means to the electrical current source.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for introducing and extracting drapery holding elements by hand or by means of an auxiliary rod in and out of an opening in the slideway of a drapery rod of a down-turned C-shaped cross-section, wherein the opening is closable by means of a removable insert piece and which comprises a channel for the drapery holding elements protruding from the channel through a slot formed between the angle portions of the C-form. The insert piece comprises a zone of C-shaped cross-section which is shorter than the opening, comprising at one end an extension insertable into the channel of the drapery rod under the angle portions thereof and comprising at the other end two elastic tongues extending the angle portions of the C zone and slidable under the angle portions of the drapery rod, the length of the C zone and tongues being greater than the length of the opening.

Abstract: A catalyst for the conversion of carbon monoxide in synthesis gas mixtures to hydrogen and CO.sub.2 and which is active in the presence of sulfur compounds, comprises the oxides or sulfides of cobalt and molybdenum, supported on a shaped, relatively high surface area aluminous carrier. The carrier is stabilized by admixture with one or more rare earth metal oxides while the alumina is in the hydrated condition. The mixture of hydrated alumina and rare earth metal oxide is formed into a desired shape and calcined to convert the hydrated alumina to the oxide. Thereafter, the calcined, high surface area alumina is impregnated with the desired salts of cobalt and molybdenum and the impregnated catalyst is thereafter calcined and placed into service. The stabilized catalyst exhibits good activity at relatively low temperatures with synthesis gas mixtures containing sulfur compounds and retains its surface area and the aluminous carrier is not converted over to the alpha phase.

Abstract: An adjustable die assembly is shown for forming a template having a plurality of holes each having a medial lug portion. The die assembly is mounted in a base member that has a graduated dial plate. The template is first provided with a plurality of starter holes. The die has a post surrounded by an annular recess except for a medial lug portion. The die is first set at a particular angular relationship to the dial plate. A template hole to be processed is fitted over the post. The base member includes an adjustable cross bar for alignment of the template with respect to a datum plane. A punch is then assembled on the die post and passed through the template for forming the holes with a medial lug portion in various angular positions.

Abstract: A device for establishing dial settings for a plurality of control shafts in a close group for use with electrical apparatus, involves a secondary stop assembly, which may be in the form of a single preset plate or template or in the form of a sophisticated assembly containing multiple plates and rotatable secondary stops. Further, a shaft driving device is disclosed which involves the use of a slip clutch, which will turn each of the shafts until a positive resistance is reached, and then the clutch will slip so as to establish a dial setting for each shaft at a desired point. The device is used in conjunction with control shaft groups in which each of the control shafts is equipped with a shaft stop in the form of a collar fitted onto the shaft and having a radially projecting lug acting as the shaft stop.

Abstract: A portable planing machine is shown that is adapted to straddle the work piece and is freely movable on a work bench. The machine comprises a pair of runners that are joined by a pair of rails or ways. An adjustable carriage is supported on the rails, and a router is fastened to the carriage. A datum or guide bar is carried by the rails to engage the side of the work piece and guide the movement of the planing machine along the length thereof. After each pass of the planing machine, the carriage is reset to reposition the cutter of the router for the next pass or travel of the machine. Special care is taken in leveling and clamping the work piece so the least amount of material need be removed to accomplish the desired result.

Abstract: An adjustable hinge arrangement between a stationary member and a movable closure member. The hinge arrangement comprises a stationary base plate supporting a sliding member that is adjustable in a direction that is perpendicular to the closure member. A hinge arm is supported from the sliding member, and the arm is adjustable in a direction that is parallel to the closure. A set screw locks the sliding member to the base plate, and an adjusting screw is interlocked with a bayonet slot in the hinge arm and is threaded into the sliding member.