Abstract: The basic material from which the steering wheel and the substrate from which a dash board of a motor vehicle are fabricated are colored a predetermined visible color. The dash board and steering wheel each have air bag assemblies mounted therein. The air bag container and air bag gate are also fabricated from a material that has been colored the same visible color as the color of the steering wheel and/or dash board in which the air bag assembly will be mounted. These components are color coordinated during assembly in a motor vehicle. The steering wheel, the dash board and the air bag container are finished or covered with a surface finish material that has the same visible color as the surface being finished so that when the finish material chips off the surface covered by the finish material, such as caused by deployment of the air bag, unsightliness caused by differences in visible color is avoided.

Abstract: A camera mounting assembly for a bicycle having a steering head and a seat post comprising two elongated beam members and support mounting members for mounting the beam members horizontally on the bicycle between the head and post. A camera mounting member is secured to the beam members by connecting members which permit selective securing of the camera mounting member in the direction of the elongation of the beam members. Additionally a stem mount for mounting a camera on the stem portion of the bicycle is provided which comprises a bracket having a plate portion and a C-shaped member connected to the ends of the plate.

Abstract: A circuit for providing from a low voltage input, a high voltage output to a segmented electroactive actuator, wherein each of the segments function as a filter capacitor and a load, comprising a transformer, an input switching means, input coupling means and voltage converter means. The transformer has a primary and a plurality of secondary windings, and the input coupling means couples the low voltage input to the primary winding. The input switching means is coupled to the primary winding for permitting current to flow through the primary winding. The voltage converter means is coupled to each of the secondary windings and comprises output coupling means for coupling to said filter capacitors and when so coupled, the voltage converter means provides a plurality of output voltages in series and wherein each output voltage is generated across each of the filter capacitors of the segments.

Abstract: Perfusing a high concentration of an agent to treat an organ, such as anti-cancer agents through a body organ containing a tumor, without their entering the body's general circulation, removing them from the organ with effluent blood and transporting the contaminated blood to an extracorporeal circuit where the blood is treated to remove the contamination, and returning the treated blood to the body. The process prevents toxic levels of the agents from entering the body's general circulation while delivering lethal doses of the agents to the tumor. There are described various apparatus for effecting the intra- and extracorporeal treatment of such contaminated blood.

Abstract: Paper from a roll or other supply is processed by an in-line magazine publishing and/or assembly system. A magazine with a cover made from two sheets of paper is produced. The cover is assembled from two sheets, one of which has a pattern of adhesive material printed on one sheet, the second sheet being placed over the first sheet forming a two sheet cover. One sheet has a pattern of perforations and pattern of slits cut in its surface. The pattern of perforations and pattern of slits and part of the pattern of adhesive material combine to form a tear-out portion in the cover. The tear-out portion may be an envelope or an invoice or an order blank.

Abstract: An energy absorbing steering wheel for a motor vehicle includes a rim and a hub connected by a plurality of radial spokes, the combination of which forms a cage for influencing the path of expansion of an air bag, mounted in the steering wheel. The rim and spokes having integrated therein spring means which permit a change in orientation of the cage in response to pressure applied to the rim. Rupturable means are integrated into selected spokes which permit these spokes to break in response to a second pressure applied to the rim. This provides a steering wheel which will absorb energy applied to the rim and also change the path of expansion of an inflating air bag in response to the same applied energy.

Abstract: An apparatus for the fixation of a bone and a method for locking an intramedullary nail. The bone has a medullary canal for use with an intramedullary nail that has been inserted into the medullary canal, the intramedullary nail having a longitudinal axis and distal and proximal ends and apertures in the ends. It essentially comprises a first member in the form of a sliding tubular member, a compression assembly, a guide member and an alignment fixture. The first member is in the form of an elongated first element having first and second ends, a central aperture, and a longitudinal axis aligned with the longitudinal axis of the intramedullary nail. The first end engages the bone adjacent the proximate end of the intramedullary nail. The compression assembly bears against the second end of the first element and applies compressive force to the bone through the first element. The guide member is disposed parallel to and spaced apart from the intramedullary nail; it has a proximal end and a proximal aperture.

Abstract: A combination chipper and shredder apparatus and lawn vacuum is obtained by providing an input chute or hopper on the machine that is movable to either of two positions by coupling the input chute to the wall of the chipping and shredding chamber with a coupling that permits the chute to be adjustably rotated, with respect to the coupling, but remain in full communication with the chipping and shredding chamber. With the mouth of the chute facing upward the machine may be operated in the chipping and shredding mode and with the mouth of the chute facing downward the machine may be operated in the lawn vacuum mode.

Abstract: A high voltage power supply having a low voltage input comprising a transformer having a primary winding, an input switching means coupled to the primary, first and second groups of secondary windings each of which are sub-divided into a plurality of component windings, and voltage converters coupled to each of the component windings for producing series output voltages of opposite polarities across the groups of secondary windings. First and second output switching means alternately switch the series output voltages to provide an intermediate voltage at a common point which is the input of a diode capacitor multiplier circuit thereby producing at its output a high voltage output.

Abstract: A vehicle steering wheel armature comprises a steel hub adapted to be axially secured to a steering shaft and magnesium rim and rim support molded about and supported by said steel hub. The circular rim is in cross section downwardly U-shaped. The rim support has two arms--right and left--downwardly angled from the hub as viewed by an operator and integrating with the rim over a length along the rim. The hub is depressed below the rim and accommodates an air bag container. The arms are stepped to created at least two plane areas generally parallel to the plane of said rim, one of which attaches to said rim and the other providing a surface for the air bag container. Preferably, there is an angled flat bar at the plane of said rim connecting the two lower joinder points of said arms with said rim.The preferred composition of the steering wheel is magnesium of at least ninety-three weight percent, aluminum of five percent with the balance containing some zinc, manganese and silicon.

Abstract: A multi-sheet overlay is placed over a basic television programs listing. Two of the sheets of the overlay are removably adhered together, one sheet being a transparent sheet and the other being a non-transparent sheet. The non-transparent sheet is selectively kiss-cut so that select sections of the non-transparent sheet may be removed to expose corresponding sections of the transparent sheet and reveal selected sections of the television programs listing. Data is printed on a sheet of the overlay relating to a television system the differs from the basic television listing. By selectively removing kiss-cut sections on the overlay, multiple bits of data may be combined to provide a television programs listing for a television system differing from the system represented in the basic television programs listing.

Abstract: A disposable two-ply programmable rack or organizer is described along with a preferred in-line paper supply handling or manufacturing system. A preferred system, using a roll of paper for a supply source is shown and described along with several alternate systems. Paper of the supply may be pre-printed or blank so that the two-ply programmable rack or organizer may be manufactured in printed form or made in blank form.

Abstract: A hopper with two sets of parallel sides and a bottom, connected at ninety degree angles forms a rectangular shell. An opening in one of the sides, remote from the bottom, forms a dispensing port. An internal liner is connected, at one of its ends to the side in which the opening is located, at a location just below the opening. The liner extends down the one side, across the bottom and up the side opposite the one side. The liner supports bulk material stored in the hopper. A liner take-up mechanism is positioned over the side opposite the side in which the dispensing port is mounted. The liner is secured to the liner take-up mechanism. The liner take-up mechanism is operated to reduce the length of the liner positioned in the rectangular shell, thereby lifting the bulk material supported by the liner.

Abstract: A windlass is mounted in fixed position external to the body and close to the nerve tissue to be lengthened. A first path in the form of a hollow member is made between the windlass and a second path, along which the nerve tissue is to be extended. A line is connected to the rotatable drum of the windlass and is passed along the first path and the second path to the nerve tissue. The line is connected by a protective cap to the nerve tissue. The drum is rotated, winding the line about the drum and drawing the line through the first and second paths while drawing the nerve tissue along the second path.

Abstract: Small cookies, known as cookie bits, are combined with other ingredients, especially chocolate, as the basis of finished candy products or other edible cookie bits products. The product entails using a tiny cookie as an ingredient in chocolate bars or clusters, ice cream items, or in candy items, as a substitute for fruits and nuts, in the fields of ice cream, candy and cereal, and as a replacement for nuts, fruits and chocolate chips. The cookie bit may be the center of panned items, usually elliptical or spherical in shape, in which the cookie bit per se is covered with chocolate and an outer coating of candy glaze or sugar coating and polish. The present cookie bit product features the cookie bit itself as an ideal ingredient for a candy bar producer to mold into the bar or cluster in place of, or along with, nuts and fruits.

Abstract: An abrasive compact with a substantially solid body is provided from a mass of abrasive particles which are bonded together on a particle-to-particle basis. A network of interstices is formed within the body by removing the metallic second phase by-product of a solvent catalyst sintering aid. The network of interstices is filled with the carbide by product of a non-catalyst sintering aid forking a solid body. A substrate is bonded to some of the particles and to some of the carbide filling the network of interstices.

Abstract: A protector to prevent hip fracture and/or bed-sores and/or protect a wound or wound area is formed from an outer load bearing member reinforced by internal ridges. The protector is dome shaped with structured ridges to form an internal dome or clearance for the region of desired protection. A soft inner sheet is attached for comfort. This structure has less bulk and weight than a solid pad. The outer shell formation distributes the load or pressure to the edges of the device, protecting the organ covered by the dome. The pad may have different internal ridge patterns to provide flexibility for user comfort.

Abstract: Apparatus for cutting a continuous web into precise length sheets and precisely stacking the sheets, relative to each other, includes first and second moving endless belt tables for advancing the web, a sheet orientation table and a stacking table. A vacuum holds the web firmly, without tension, against the respective belts. A shearing device is disposed between the first and second endless belts. Web, detectors positioned along the line of travel of the web, detect printed or colored lines on the web to obtain accurately cut sheets. Individually driven and positioned sheet grippers grasp the cut sheet positioning each sheet under dual hole punching devices which punch precisely positioned holes in each sheet. A pair of aligning pins on a sheet stacking bed are used as guides for orienting the sheets in interleave configuration. Each sheet is secured to its adjacent sheet to maintain sheet orientation.