Abstract: A drawing and ironing assembly consists of a redraw assembly, at least one ironing assembly and a stripper assembly that cooperate with a punch to redraw a cup and then iron the sidewall thereof. The redraw assembly includes a support and a redraw ring which are also biased to a centered position and a floating air bearing is defined between the support and the frame surface to reduce friction while a nesting ring is located adjacent the redraw ring. Lubricating means are provided for creating a generally circumferential flow into the opening in the nesting ring. The stripper assembly includes a support which carries the stripper elements and the support is biased to a centered position with respect to a predetermined axis or path for the punch and fluid is supplied to relatively movable surfaces to assist in reducing friction.

Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for removing oil, floating debris, and other waste matter floating on the surface of a body of water.

Abstract: An information display arrangement is provided in a viewfinder of a movie camera or the like. The information display arrangement includes a first array of function indicators and a second array of quantity indicators. The function indicators are selectively actuable by a switch arrangement operated by the camera user and the quantity indicators display the quantity of the camera function selected. The information display arrangement also includes apparatus for accurately displaying battery voltage status and film supply information independent of the switch setting by the camera user.

Abstract: A hair cutting device includes a housing defining a passage having an inlet and outlet with a cutter and an impeller between said inlet and outlet. A hair directing apparatus is positioned between the cutter means and the impeller to direct the hair to the periphery of the cutter and the inlet is adjustable with respect to the inlet. The cutter includes two blades one of which is rotated with an output motor shaft and the other is reciprocated on the output shaft. The drive motor is reversible and a heating element can be attached to the outlet to convert the device to a blower-dryer.

Abstract: A bottle printer includes a carriage reciprocated along a fixed screen and a squeegee and flood bar carried by the carriage. A bottle support and a nose cone are adjustably supported on the carriage to accommodate bottles of different sizes. A bottle registration mechanism is supported on the carriage and moves with the carriage.

Abstract: An improved automatic focusing system for an optical instrument includes a scanner driven oscillatably across an angle to detect a subject positioned between infinity and the minimum focus condition of the objective lens of the optical instrument. The scanner is adjusted in response to the focus condition of the lens to align the bisector of the angle scanned with the subject when the lens is in perfect focus by electronic and mechanical interconnecting feedback means between the objective lens focusing ring and the scanning system.

Abstract: A tool pack assembly includes three modular units that are aligned with the path for a punch to redraw and iron a cup into a container shell. The first modular unit has a redraw ring assembly, a lubricating ring and an ironing ring serially supported in a support member while the second modular unit has a lubricating ring and an ironing ring in a support member. The third modular unit has a unique lubricant removal ring, a lubricating ring, an ironing ring and a stripper assembly arranged in series in a support member.

Abstract: A diaper tape tab includes a backing web having a first pattern of adhesive on one surface thereof and a release coating covering a portion of the other surface with a tape segment secured to the release coating and the exposed portion of the other surface by a second pattern of adhesive. The two adhesive patterns are spaced parallel strips of adhesive that are spaced from each other by a dimension which is less than the width of the strips and the outside strips are spaced inwardly of the lateral edges so that the adhesive is not exposed during storage.

Abstract: A batch water treatment system is provided in which ozone is the reactive agent. The system includes a holding tank containing untreated water in communication with a reaction tank in which ozone is dispersed under pressure through a plurality of foraminous diffusers which are connected to a modular ozone generator. Impurities contained in the water are oxidized or broken down by the ozone into forms capable of filtration, and as this treatment process progresses the water is circulated through a conduit to a monitor which measures the level of impurities in the water. Once a predetermined proportion of impurities are broken down and filtered from the system, the monitor automatically activates a drain line to evacuate the reaction tank of the treated water and then refills it with more untreated water from the holding tank to repeat the process.

Abstract: A portable water purifier is described comprising an elongated tube having a filtering agent, a bactericidal agent and an adsorbent material retained in the tube. The user supplies suction from the mouth to draw water through the tube for filtering out foreign material and purifying the water prior to use.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for molding and curing liners in cap closures includes a molding head having a plurality of molding stations, a feeding mechanism for feeding unlined caps with charges of lined material to the molding head and a take-off mechanism for removing the completed liner. The feeding mechanism consists of a dispensing unit which is capable of dispensing more than one-thousand charges of material per minute and includes a gun having a lining compound receiving chamber with a needle reciprocated therein. The needle is normally biased to a closed position and is electrically moved to an open position through a solenoid and a photosensing mechanism which accurately senses the position of a rotating wheel of the feeding mechanism.

Abstract: A disposable surgical gown is disclosed having a body portion and two side panels. Interior tie strings secure the gown to the wearer's body and the back is closed through mating fastening means on each side panel. The side panels are brought together to engage the fastening means through pull tabs overlaying the fastening means on the overlapping side panel. The pull tabs are removable from the side panel after use, thereby eliminating any contact with the gown itself in putting the gown on for retention of sterility of the gown.

Abstract: A domer assembly for use with a punch reciprocable along a path on a frame of an ironing machine to reform an end wall of a container includes a center domer element surrounded by an annular element that projects beyond the surface of the center element with separate support means for the respective elements. The support means consists of a first support member carrying the center domer element with resilient compressible members interposed between the support member and the frame and a second support member supporting the annular element and also having a resilient member between the frame and the support. The respective resilient compressible members are identical in construction and are exposed so that they can readily be inspected, with independent separately pressurizable means for the respective compressible members.

Abstract: A stock material for producing seamless containers from a black plate base includes applying a layer of insoluble crystalline phosphate to each surface of the black plate and subsequently producing a thin film of organic lubricating material on the exposed surfaces of the phosphate layers so that a drawn and ironed container can be produced from a flat blank without the use of any additional lubricants during fabrication. The weight of the phosphate layer for each surface of the black plate base is preferably less than 100 milligrams per square foot, while the weight of lubricating film is on the order of 70 to 360 milligrams per square foot. In the preferred embodiment, the phosphate layer is preferably in the range of 20 to 35 milligrams per square foot, and the lubricant layer is on the order of 70 to 180 milligrams per square foot.

Abstract: A modular camera system includes a basic camera having an image forming optical system, image focal plane arrangement, and predetermined imaging and camera functions. The modular camera system further includes modules that are selectively attachable and connectable to the basic camera for providing additional camera and imaging functions and controls. The module includes appropriate module control circuitry for controlling the operation of the basic camera concerning predetermined camera and imaging functions when the module is attached to the basic camera to form the modular camera system.

Abstract: An apparatus for the elimination of fumes and odors from exhaust gases simultaneously with the recovery of heat from such gases and, in particular, a rotating control means for controlling the flow of such gases, in sequence, through heat exchange chambers and a central purification chamber of such apparatus wherein the gases are preheated and incinerated to remove fumes and odors. The apparatus has annular inlet, exhaust and purging ducts located adjacent a number of heat exchange chambers disposed adjacent a purification chamber. The flow of gases from and to the ducts through selected heat exchange chambers is maintained by a rotating control means disposed between the ducts and the heat exchange chambers.

Abstract: An information display arrangement is provided in a viewfinder of a movie camera or the like. The information display arrangement includes a first array of function indicators and a second array of quantity indicators. The function indicators are selectively actuable by a switch arrangement operated by the camera user and the quantity indicators display the quantity of the camera function selected. The information display arrangement also includes apparatus for accurately displaying battery voltage status and film supply information independent of the switch setting by the camera user.

Abstract: A drawing and ironing assembly consists of a redraw assembly, at least one ironing assembly and a stripper assembly that cooperate with a punch to redraw a cup and then iron the sidewall thereof. The redraw assembly includes a support and a redraw ring which are also biased to a centered position and a floating air bearing is defined between the support and the frame surface to reduce friction while a nesting ring is located adjacent the redraw ring. Lubricating means are provided for creating a generally circumferential flow into the opening in the nesting ring. The stripper assembly includes a support which carries the stripper elements and the support is biased to a centered position with respect to a predetermined axis or path for the punch and fluid is supplied to relatively movable surfaces to assist in reducing friction.

Abstract: A screen printing press is provided having essentially three distinct power trains for accomplishing the infeed, printing and removal of stock from the printing bed, which power trains are completely mechanical in operation and are interconnected to operate in a timed relation with one another.

Abstract: The optical system includes a variator lens and a compensator lens each adapted for cammed axial movement along the optical axis in response to rotation of a cam tube for varying the focal length of the system in a normal zoom range between a telephoto condition and a wide-angle condition. A control member is coupled to the cam tube and is shiftable between a normal range condition for preventing axial movement of the cam tube during focusing in the normal zoom range and a macrophotographic range condition which effects a cammed axial movement of the cam tube in response to rotation thereof for focusing the system in a macrophotographic range. Radially shiftable and axially shiftable control mechanisms are disclosed.