Abstract: A centrifugal blower for conveying an air and particle mixture having an impeller with a curved revolving plate portion, that is raised in the center, with backward curving blades connected thereto between the raised center portion and the outer periphery. The curved blades extend in a perpendicular direction with respect to the plane defined by the outer periphery of the plate portion. The curved blades have a free top edge and are connected to the plate portion starting at the end of the raised center portion. An inclined edge on the blade extends from the connection point at the raised center portion to the free top edge. The angle of the inclined blade edge from the point of connection at the raised center portion to the free top edge is greater than 40.degree. relative to the longitudinal axis of the impeller. The slope between the raised center portion and the outer periphery of the base plate portion is curved in a manner to facilitate particle movement.

Abstract: A power processor having improved current monitoring constructed from a plurality of power output modules which can be added or removed as desired to change the power output rating. The electrical output of the individual power modules are removably attached to an output combining structure. The electrical connections to the output combining structure also provide mechanical support for the power output modules. The servo controller is constructed so that as additional power modules are added, each provides a predetermined proportion of the output power. That is, each module will add in a linear fashion to the total output capability of the amplifier. The disclosed modular servo controller includes an improved current sampling circuit. A feedback signal is derived from the power output modules to protect the servo controller. The protection of the power controller is one function of the feedback signal, in that, it limits the maximum current derivable from the controller under normal conditions.

Abstract: A urea-formaldehyde resin based adhesive that is resistant to heat and hydrolysis and hence is useful for exterior use in plywood and laminated timbers consists of a resorcinol terminated urea-formaldehyde resin having the general formula: ##STR1## where .eta. = 0 to 10, that is cured by conventional hardeners under neutral or alkaline conditions.

Abstract: A table game has a substantially horizontal playing surface with a supplemental rebounding surface which can be suspended above the horizontal playing surface, or with a plurality of rebounding surfaces two of which are substantially perpendicular to the playing surface and another above the playing surface. The table game is constructed so that at least two players are on opposing sides of the rectangular horizontal playing surface, each player striking the ball so that it is directed to the opposing player. The transparent supplemental rebounding surfaces are preferably constructed of transparent material so that spectators can view the travel of the ball during play.

Abstract: A hand restraining device is comprised of two closures permanently attached to each other. Each closure is provided for each hand of the person to be restrained. The individual closure is comprised of two spherical or annular sectors which are relatively rotatable. An aperture is located at the intersection of the two spherical or annular sectors in order that a wrist may traverse the closure. Each closure is of a sufficient volume to enclose a fist. Also, each closure is provided with means to secure the closure in a fixed position.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for inspecting and sorting buttons and the like. The inspection means includes a main chamber having a first aperture opening with a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the buttons to be inspected and a center on the optical axis of said chamber. The inspection means and/or the sorting means of the invention includes means for aligning each button in a rapid succession of buttons at the first aperture opening. A light source is positioned to direct a beam of light through a button stationed at the aperture and along the optical axis of the chamber. Positioned within the main chamber and on the optical axis thereof is a light reflecting means for reflecting the transmitted beam of light. Preferably, four light receiving members, each member having a first and second end and being spaced apart 90.degree. from two other members, are positioned in a plane normal to said optical axis.

Abstract: An absolute positioning servo for positioning a shaft in response to a digital command input which utilizes a resolver, for providing an analog position indication of the shaft, an analog to digital converter, which provides a digital indication of the shaft position, a comparator for comparing the digital command input signal with the digital indication signal and providing a differential digital error signal which is converted to an analog signal and fed back to position the shaft so that the differential digital error is 0. An analog fine control positioning means is provided which positions and maintains the shaft near the center point of the position represented by the digital command input signal when the digital differential error is 0. A signal representing the difference between the exact analog position of the shaft and the digital approximate position of the shaft is provided at the output of the translator.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved container or packaging case and to a cushion support for the packaging of an item or items in said container. The cushion support is so formed that when fitted to a container or packaging case the container or packaging case will if dropped from a specific height give protection for the item or items within the said container or the said packaging case.The cushion support comprises a slab of a resilient material that depends from a support member by means of a groove adapted to co-operate slidably with a complementary tenon on the support member, the groove being substantially horizontally disposed on one face of the slab and opposed on the opposite face of the slab by a plurality of substantially vertically disposed grooves.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for synchronizing the digitized position output of a multispeed system having overlapping position indications. The output of the multispeed position indicating system is a digital output word which is a combination of the individual outputs of the various transducers. For a two speed system a digital fine position having a high degree of accuracy is provided, and a digital coarse position indication of a lesser precision is also provided wherein the least significant coarse position digit overlaps the most significant fine position digit. An adjustment is provided for adjusting the coarse digital output as a function of the most significant digit of the fine transducer output so that nonambiguous synchronized position information is provided at all times.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of dihydroxybenzenes whereby there are obtained primarily meta isomers of the dihydroxybenzenes includes the steps of: preparing a mixture of sulfonic acid isomers by sulfonation-isomerization of an hydroxybenzene having the formula: ##STR1## in which R and R' are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and an alkyl radical having at most 4 carbon atoms per molecule, the total carbon atoms in radicals R and R' being at most 4; subjecting the so-produced sulfonic acids to selective hydrolyzation in aqueous medium at a temperature between about 100.degree. and 150.degree. C., the monohydroxy benzene being recovered by the said selective hydrolyzation in an enriched concentration that makes it readily recoverable by recycle in the process or other separation methods, and unhydrolyzed sulfonic acid remaining in the said aqueous medium; caustically fusing the said unhydrolyzed sulfonic acid, and liberating by acidification the desired dihydroxybenzene.

Abstract: A process for the regeneration of slag involves treating the slag after the steel has been removed from the steelmaking heat. Oxygen and a fluid hydrocarbon fuel are lanced into the molten slag to reduce metal oxides in the slag to their metallic state and to purify the slag. After the treatment, the metal constituents are removed from the slag treating vessel and the molten slag can be used for another steel heat.

Abstract: A process for refining molten copper matte in a refractory-lined converter having at least one double tuyere located beneath the surface of the molten bath by injecting an oxidizing gas into the matte through the tuyere at a pressure in the range of 6 to 20 bars while also injecting therethrough a cooling agent peripherally of the oxidizing gas. During a first phase of the refining, the oxygen content of the oxidizing gas is varied as necessary up to pure oxygen to maintain the temperature of the matte in the range of 1280.degree. C to 1420.degree. C and still promote sufficient stirring of the molten bath by the injected oxidizing gas. Thereafter, the matte is blown with an oxidizing gas highly enriched with oxygen for a second phase of the refining while still maintaining the temperature in the aforementioned range by adjusting the oxygen content of the oxidizing gas.

Abstract: A tracking digital angle encoder utilizing a translator, for providing the difference between an analog angle input and a digital angle input, a counter, which feeds the digital angle input to the translator, a detector, which controls the counter and is connected to the output of the translator to be activated by the output of the translator exceeding a predetermined trigger value, all of which are connected to cause the counter to count to a position where the output of the translator is less than the predetermined trigger level. When the output of the translator is less than the predetermined trigger value, the output of the counter provides a digital signal which closely approximates the analog angle input to the translator.

Abstract: A transducer for combining an analog signal input and a digital signal input and providing an analog signal output, equal to the sum or difference, wherein the digital input signal is divided into a first component, for which a very accurate analog equivalent is provided and a second component for which a good approximate analog equivalent is provided. The translator is usually used in conjunction with a resolver which provides analog inputs in suppressed carrier trigonometric form. The translator performs certain trigonometric manipulations on the inputs from the resolver and the analog equivalents of the digital angle in order to obtain a signal proportional to the difference between the sensor resolver position and the digital angle command position. The first component of the digital angle, for which very precise analog equivalents are provided, uses a minimum number of high precision resistors.

Abstract: Speed governor for automatic trains comprising a dynamo electric device having a plurality of stators, one for each of a plurality of different predetermined speeds, and a common rotor mounted on a shaft connected to an axle of the train and each stator having a primary winding connected across an a.c. supply and a secondary winding connected via a saturable transformer to the d.c. control winding of a transductor whose a.c. winding is connected in the a.c. supply circuit to the stator, a winding of the transformer being connected to train speed control means such that saturation of the transformer occurs at a predetermined rotor speed to increase the impedance of the transductor and reduce the current through the windings of the transformer correspondingly.

Abstract: A closure device for a container comprising a closure member adapted to close the opening of a container and through which is provided an opening, smaller than the container opening, which allows the outflow of material from within the container, a lid member adapted to close the opening in the closure member, and a spout extending from a peripheral portion of the closure member which is adapted to controllably conduct away from the container material flowing through the opening in the closure member and out of the container.In another embodiment of the invention a container with a top having a preformed access opening is provided with a spouted closure device. The closure device comprises a closure member through which is provided a similar preformed access opening, a lip which provides fluid-tight contact with the top of the container, and a spout extending from a peripheral portion of the closure member.

Abstract: A line scale scanner utilizing three photoelectric cells, offset relative to one another within a space no larger than one divisional unit of the scale, to be operated as the scale moves to divide each scale unit into six increments. Each of the six increments can be obtained as the line scale moves forward or backward, providing 12 combinations from which a discriminator forms electric pulses. The pulses indicate if the increment is odd or even and if it occurred as the line scale moved forward or backward. The odd and even pulses which are provided on two different outputs of the discriminator can then be fed to counters which analyze them to determine if a system malfunction has occurred. The counters can be connected to provide the same output when the system is operating without error. Likewise, the counters can be connected to count complementary when no error has occurred. A circuit is also disclosed which provides a defect signal when a malfunction of the system occurs.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for inspecting and sorting buttons and the like. The inspection means includes a main chamber having a first aperture opening with a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the buttons to be inspected and a center on the optical axis of said chamber. The inspection means and/or the sorting means of the invention includes means for aligning each button in a rapid succession of buttons at the first aperture opening. A light source is positioned to direct a beam of light through a button stationed at the aperture and along the optical axis of the chamber. Positioned within the main chamber and on the optical axis thereof is a light reflecting means for reflecting the transmitted beam of light. Preferably, four light receiving members, each member having a first and second end and being spaced apart 90.degree. from two other members, are positioned in a plane normal to said optical axis.

Abstract: A catalyst for use in preparing p-aminophenol by catalytic hydrogenation of nitrobenzene in an acidic solution. The catalyst is either powdered molybdenum sulfide-on-carbon or powdered platinum sulfide-on-carbon.

Abstract: A four-quadrant full-wave static converter having improved time response without current cross-over deadband. An alternating current wave is imposed on the direct current input signal, which generates gate pulses for appropriate thyristors at the desired firing angle. The applied alternating current signal can be of approximately the same magnitude as the converter deadband, so as the direct current signal varies from zero a portion of the control signal moves out of the deadband area. For fast response the magnitude of the alternating current signal can be greater than the deadband signal. As the magnitude of the direct current signal increases the relative magnitude of the alternating current signal is decreased, preventing a large DC component from being imposed on the supply during high current operations. Cycling of the imposed alternating current waves is synchronized with the firing angle point O to maintain system protection.