Abstract: The disclosure is that of an invention directed to new compositions of matter comprising a mixture of a resin in particulate form and colloidal graphite; and the use of such mixture to form objects of predetermined sizes and shapes, the exposed surfaces of which are strip treated and coated with a cationic surface active agent to make them Heparin-receptive, after which the objects are Heparin-coated to make them thrombo-resistant and non-thrombogenic.

Abstract: The disclosure is that of an invention directed to new compositions of matter comprising a mixture of a resin in particulate form and colloidal graphite; and the use of such mixture to form objects of predetermined sizes and shapes, the exposed surfaces of which are strip treated and coated with a cationic surface active agent to make them Heparin-receptive, after which the objects are Heparin-coated to make them thrombo-resistant and non-thrombogenic.

Abstract: The disclosure is that of an invention directed to a mechanical shock and sway arrestor to be interposed between piping, related equipment and a stationary support. The parts are constructed and arranged to automatically change the effective length of the arrestor in response to thermally induced movements of the piping and to substantially instantaneously convert the arrestor into a rigid strut in the event that the piping is subjected to shock loading or vibration of substantial amplitude.

Abstract: The disclosure is that of an invention directed to a folder for a continuously advancing web of textile material in which a transverse guide roll assembly provided with a pair of parallel guide rolls is bodily reciprocated horizontally along a supporting frame. The guide rolls are positively driven in the same opposed directions at all times; and the speed of bodily reciprocation of the guide roll assembly is progressively reduced as that assembly approaches the end of each stroke of reciprocation in order to avoid a slack or bunched condition of the web in the central portion of each fold.

Abstract: An indwelling multi-contact plunge electrode to measure the electrical output from areas of the myocardium on an individual, sequential or combination composite basis. The electrode comprises an outer flexible tube containing a plurality of wire leads having their distal ends projecting angularly through the wall of the tube adjacent the distal end thereof and their proximal ends connected to an electrical plug. The distal end portion of the electrode is stiffened and bent at a substantial angle to the proximal portion and the void in the lumen of the tube not occupied by the wire leads is filled with silicone rubber.

Abstract: The disclosure is that of an invention directed to a garment hanger in which a multiplicity of garments, such as pants, are suspended, waist down, from a normally horizontal frame that is suspended in a clothes closet in such a manner that the leg bottoms or cuffs are completely visible for selection and extraction of a single pair and in such a manner that a pair of pants to be hung can be attached at the front of the hanger unit while sliding any other pairs of pants toward the rear thereof.

Abstract: The disclosure is that of an invention directed to a horizontal padder and extractor for circular knit fabric tubes and includes a pair of squeeze rolls disposed with their axes in the same horizontal plane, thus defining an upwardly open nip for retaining a puddle of impregnating liquid. A safety guard is pivotally mounted over the squeeze rolls and is operably connected to an electrical interlock to deactivate the machine whenever the safety guard is not in proper position. A steaming station is provided ahead of the padder and extractor and a horizontal orienting spreader feeds the spread fabric tube to the padder at a tangent to the upper surface of the front squeeze roll thereof.

Abstract: The disclosure is that of an invention directed to a folder for a continuously advancing web of a textile material in which a pair of horizontal spaced parallel transverse guide rolls are operably supported by a pair of inwardly opposed horizontal C-beams and are adapted to be independently driven in the same opposite directions by alternating contacts with the upper and lower flanges of the C-beams as the guide rolls are bodily reciprocably traversed along the C-beams by rock yoke and slide connections extending between the shafts of the guide rolls and pivots carried by a pair of continuously driven endless traversing chains.

Abstract: The disclosure is that of an invention directed to a catheter that includes an internal, distally projecting, proximally removable, puncture needle, thus enabling the catheter to be introduced into a vessel of an animate being without first having to use a sharpened cannula or split needle. A sight zone adjacent the distal end is provided to visually observe blood flow as an indication of proper and accurate insertion.

Abstract: The disclosure is that of an invention directed to a flexible tube for intra-venous feeding, the proximal end of which is permanently and leak-proofedly affixed to a connecting hub and the distal end of which comprises a hollow tip configured to closely but freely retain the distal portion of a removable puncture needle. A puncture needle is provided to effect initial insertion into a vein of an animate being; and a sight zone is provided in either or both of the flexible tube and the handle of the puncture needle for visual observation of liquid flow. There is also disclosed a method of internally coating the inner body of the tube and for externally sheathing the inner body by extrusion coating.

Abstract: The disclosure is that of conditioning equipment for performing either straightening or overfeed calendering operations upon circular knit fabric tubes and includes a feed stand, a control roll station, a drive roll station, a steaming station and a calender station. A horizontal spreader extends from the control roll station to the calender station and provides a circumferential drive for the fabric tube at the control roll station, a face drive therefor at the drive roll station and an internal edge drive therefor along at least that portion of the length of the spreader that extends from the control roll station through the drive roll station. Thermo-fixing of the conditioned fabric tube also may be effected.

Abstract: The disclosure is that of conditioning equipment for performing either straightening or overfeed calendering operations upon circular knit fabric tubes and includes a feed stand, a control roll station, a drive roll station, a steaming station and a calender station. A horizontal spreader extends from the control roll station to the calender station and provides a circumferential drive for the fabric tube at the control roll station, a face drive therefor at the drive roll station and an internal edge drive therefor along at least that portion of the length of the spreader that extends from the control roll station through the drive roll station. Thermo-fixing of the conditioned fabric tube also may be effected.

Abstract: The disclosure is that of conditioning equipment for performing either straightening or overfeed calendering operations upon circular knit fabric tubes and includes a feed stand, a control roll station, a drive roll station, a steaming station and a calender station. A horizontal spreader extends from the control roll station to the calender station and provides a circumferential drive for the fabric tube at the control roll station, a face drive therefor at the drive roll station and an internal edge drive therefor along at least that portion of the length of the spreader that extends from the control roll station through the drive roll station. Thermo-fixing of the conditioned fabric tube also may be effected.

Abstract: The disclosure is that of an invention directed to a rotary energy converter so constructed that it may be used either as in internal or external combustion engine, a fluid pump or as a gas or air compressor. The basic configuration consists of a stationary housing within which is rotatably mounted a disc-like primary circular rotor having a parallel-sided chamber symmetrically disposed with respect to its axis of rotation and a secondary circular rotor rotatable within the parallel sides of the chamber of the primary rotor and eccentrically affixed to a shaft that is mounted within the housing for rotation about an axis that is disposed in parallel offset relation to that of the primary rotor.

Abstract: The fuel block contains an energizing metallic powder, each particle of wh is surface coated with discrete particles of a polyfluoroethylene compound, preferably polytetrafluoroethylene, capable of reacting with the associated metal particle at a temperature below the combustion temperature of the block. The fuel block may be formed from hybrid propergols.