Abstract: Distribution receptacle for a fluid product comprising a bottle provided with a neck on which a distribution device is fitted, the distribution device being provided with a dip tube that extends towards the bottom of the bottle to supply liquid to the distribution device, characterized in that the bottle is made of a transparent or translucid material and in that the dip tube is surrounded by a decorative tube over at least part of its length, a longitudinal hole being formed through the decorative tube through which the dip tube passes.

Abstract: For trimming an archway, a drywall-trimming has a nose with an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface has a curved portion conforming substantially to an arcuate profile with a radius in a range from approximately 1/4 inch to approximately 3/4 inch. The drywall-trimming strip has a series of slits defining a series of tabs spaced from one another along a tabbed edge but not extending into the nose. Near the tabbed edge, the slits have widened, oblong portions. Usually, the drywall-trimming strip has a flange extending from and along an opposite edge, but the flange is omitted for some applications. A comparatively softer portion, which includes the juncture where the tabs are joined to the tabbed edge, is made from a comparatively softer, more flexible, polymeric material, such as polyvinyl chloride having a hardness of Durometer 92 Shore A.

Abstract: A combination of protective garments for a firefighter, a rescue worker, or a chemical or biological worker, comprises an inner garment having two sleeves, one at each side, a pair of inner gloves, a pair of outer gloves, and an outer garment having two sleeves, one at each side. At each side, the sleeve of the outer garment is adapted to cover the sleeve of the inner garment, the inner glove is securable, as by taping, at its wrist-covering portion to a wrist-covering portion at one end of the inner garment sleeve, and the outer glove is adapted to fit over the inner glove. At each side, the sleeve has a slit extending from the wrist-covering portion of the outer garment sleeve toward the opposite end of the outer garment sleeve.

Abstract: An apparatus and system are provided for controlling the operating frequency of an electromagnetic vibratory feeder at a submultiple of the power line frequency. The apparatus is couplable to a terminal of an electromagnetic coil of the electromagnetic vibratory feeder, to control the current through the electromagnetic coil and thereby control power delivered to the electromagnetic vibratory feeder. The apparatus includes a quadrac coupled to the alternating current source; a capacitor coupled to the AC current power source and coupled through a first diode to a gate electrode of the quadrac; and a resistive network coupled through a second diode to the capacitor and to the first diode. The capacitance value of the capacitor and the resistive value of the resistive network form an RC time constant, which is predetermined to provide a selected operating frequency for triggering the quadrac and thereby providing power to the electromagnetic vibratory feeder at a submultiple of the power line frequency.

Abstract: A dispensing system is provided for dispensing liquid from a container. The system includes a discharge conduit defining a flow passage for establishing fluid communication with liquid from the container. A resilient valve is provided to extend across the discharge flow passage. The valve has an interior side for being contacted by the liquid and an exterior side exposed to ambient external atmosphere. The valve defines a dispensing orifice that opens when pressure on the valve interior side exceeds the pressure on the exterior side by a predetermined amount. A resilient baffle is located upstream of the valve.

Abstract: A dispensing system for a container is provided in the form of a dispensing end structure defining a dispensing orifice and a surrounding attachment region. Subsequently, a dispensing valve is molded from a second material to include (a) a peripheral portion molded against, and bonded to, the end structure attachment region, and (b) a central portion that extends from the peripheral portion across the dispensing orifice.

Abstract: A folding apparatus of a bag-making machine includes a plurality of folding mechanisms each having a pair of nip rollers which receive a sheet or bag from an associated carrier structure, to thereby sequentially form transverse folds in each sheet or bag. In order to abate lamination-like adhesion of relatively thin, light gauge film materials to the belts and other surfaces of the folding apparatus, the belts and/or guide rollers of the apparatus are preferably provided with grooved sheet-contacting surfaces. The apparatus is additionally configured to abate wrinkling or buckling of a leading edge portion of each sheet or bag which can occur attendant to its reversal in direction of movement as it is directed between the nip rollers of each folding mechanism. High-speed operation is facilitated while avoiding improperly folded bags, or equipment jamming.

Abstract: A method and an arrangement for reducing emissions of nitrogen oxides in a combustion apparatus provided with a tubular furnace. The method comprises burning odor gases at first sub-stoichiometrically, and subsequently supplying additional air to the furnace (3) in the transverse direction thereof in such a manner that the final air ratio is over 1. The arrangement comprises an additional air duct (7) which extends to the furnace of the boiler and from which additional air is supplied to the furnace (3) in the transverse direction of the furnace (3).

Abstract: Materials conveying equipment 10 includes a support structure 12. A housing 20 is mounted on the support structure 12, the housing 20 having an inlet opening 26 and a remote discharge opening. A shaftless screw conveyor 18 is arranged rotatably in the housing 20 for conveying materials from the inlet opening 26 of the housing 20 to the discharge opening of the housing 20. A gravimetric unit 16 is mounted at the discharge opening for receiving the materials.

Abstract: Two similar urinals are nested in a package so that both urinals occupy a volume less than twice the volume occupied by one of the urinals. Each urinal has a body having a lower wall, an upper mouth, a front wall having an upper portion and a lower portion, and a back wall defining a tangent plane. The upper mouth has a margin defining a plane meeting the tangent plane defined by the back wall at an acute angle. Each urinal fits between an upper plane and a lower plane, each meeting the plane tangent defined by the back wall of said urinal at a right angle. Each urinal has a handle unitary with the body of said urinal and projecting from the body of said urinal, near the upper mouth of the body of said urinal, toward the lower portion of the front wall of the body of said urinal, so as to define a gap between the handle and the upper portion of the front wall of said urinal.

Abstract: A lighting device comprising one or more light sources placed in respect to a concentrating concave or echelon main reflector, with the light emitted by the light source(s) being reflected by the main reflector so as to create a projected pattern of light to be directed onto a subject to be illuminated, a focusable light being achieved by shifting means capable of displacing or tilting the light source(s) with regard to the optical axis of the reflector. Said shifting means are apt to displace said at least one light source in a direction or at an angle to and from said optical axis of said reflector, in a plane substantially perpendicular to said axis, or to tilt the at least one light source(s). The light source(s) is(are) placed around said optical axis of the reflector and are movable or inclinable in a direction away from the optical axis of said reflector.

Abstract: A shelf mounting system employing vertically oriented, elongated metal track members formed with parallel rows of laterally spaced slots for the attachment of cantilever and angle brace shelf support brackets thereto. The track members are detachably joined to hook mounting brackets for hanging the track members from a horizontal wooden sill member located along the upper end of a vertical wall. Alternatively face mounted brackets secured to the vertical wall are detachably secured to the track members. The face mounted brackets also are employed for hanging the track members from a floor or ceiling joist to support overhead mounted shelves.

Abstract: A modular tray system for holding component carriers includes a rectangular frame having retaining elements in the form of slots or pegs along opposite sides. Rails or partitions are arranged in parallel and selectively spaced apart along the opposite sides, and spaced apart along the opposite sides, and spanning between the opposite sides. Component carriers such as strips of thermoformed component-holding carrier tape are supported on the spaced apart rails. The modules can be stacked to allow for the holding of component carriers having relatively deep component-holding pockets.

Abstract: A method for suppressing plant damage by nematodes which comprises the concurrent administration, to the locus, soil or seeds of plants in need of such treatment, of (a) a metabolite of the fungus Myrothecium verrucaria and (b) a chemical pesticide, as well as synergistic nematocidal compositions useful therein.

Abstract: A dental apparatus or instrument includes a hollow, tubular metal handle, closing members fastened to opposite open ends of the handle, and tool parts connected to the closing members. The metal handle includes a central substantially smooth region and two surface contoured regions adjacent to the closing members. The surface contoured regions include wide grooves in a criss-crossed pattern superimposed on V-shaped narrow grooves in a criss-crossed helical pattern. The combination of the two type grooves gives a sure grip feel to the two surface contoured regions. The closing members each include an attachment portion which tightly interfits into an open end of the handle and which is brazed into the handle.

Abstract: A method is provided for the fractal representation of data in which a representative continuous n-dimensional surface is defined as a first approximation to the original data. Residual data is formed from the date and the n-dimensional surface, and is then divided into a first number of regions. For each of the first number of regions, the following steps are performed: A number of domain regions are determined from the data; for a current one of each of the domain regions, a second representative n-dimensional surface is formed from the current domain; a (domain residual is formed from the current domain region; and the second representative n-dimensional surface, and a closest distance or error measure is determined. After processing each of the regions, the representation of data is stored.

Abstract: A manager system provides a set of integrated tools designed to assist in all stages of the military engagement training cycle: exercise creation, monitoring, and review. All information created or gathered at each stage is automatically made available to the next training stage. It can be distributed on the World-Wide Web, or can be viewed using a Web browser. The manager system uses the protocols established by the Distributed Interactive Simulation Standard (DIS) to both send and receive information from other DIS applications in order to perform each training stage. This allows the manager system to simultaneously monitor multiple dissimilar DIS training simulators during a joint exercise.