Abstract: A group of cabinet modules can be lined up side-by-side against a wall with space between the modules, and between them and the wall, to provide communicating passages for receiving concealed wiring. Pilasters cover these spaces, and also spaces between the outer modules and end panels. A slip-in fastening system for the pilasters facilitates the installation and maintenance of the wiring. This system can also be incorporated in a free-standing space divider by assembling a group of units back-to-back.

Abstract: A foldable chair contains a back support for supporting a person in a seating position. The chair has a seating structure with two front legs for providing vertical support to the seating structure, a seat connected to the top of each of the two legs, and two rear legs positioned respectively behind each of the two front legs. The rear legs extend above the seat and are also connected to the seat. A pivot rod is connected to each of the two rear legs above the seat for pivotally supporting the back support. The back support has a back cushion support containing a pivot rod hole configured to fit around the pivot rod. The back cushion support in turn connects to a back cushion. An upright holding mechanism connects to a lower end of the back cushion support and is configured to releasable hold the back cushion support in a vertical position. The back cushion is connected to an upper end of the back cushion support for rearwardly supporting the person in the seating position.

Abstract: A catch pan for a standard broiler includes a trough extending behind the grille below the level of the grille surface. One side of the trough hooks over the ridge present in the standard broiler, and the other side of the trough extends upward to form a stop plate for debris scraped from the grille. Handles permit the catch pan to be lifted off the ridge for cleaning.

Abstract: The layers of materials constituting the sub-roof under a water-impervious membrane are adapted to provide localized downward drainage passages to a drop-off point that is detectable from underneath the roof. The location of the leak is thus identified within a spacing of these passages. The rupture of the membrane causing the leakage is then easily repaired with a minimum disturbance to the roof structure.

Abstract: The oriented biopsy needle assembly includes a cannula hub assembly having a cannula hub fixedly attached to the proximal end of a cannula and a barrel member integral with the proximal end of the cannula hub. The barrel member and cannula hub have longitudinally coaxial bore therethrough axially aligned with and extending to the cannula. A pair of inwardly flexible finger pinching arms formed integral with and extending lengthwise over the outer surface of the barrel member are aligned opposite to each other, and each arm has an inwardly extending detent positioned to be downwardly flexed into oppositely aligned corresponding cutout slots of the barrel member. The cannula hub assembly cooperates with a stylet hub at a proximal end, a shoulder portion at a distal end of the hub, and a distal stem portion extending distally from the shoulder portion and terminating at a distal end fixedly attached to the proximal end of a sampling stylet.

Abstract: A blueprint developing solution and process for developing blueprints, wherein the ammonia odor in the blueprints is reduced without eliminating the odor of the developing solution, comprising the incorporation of an effective amount of sodium chlorite in the developing solution or the addition of the vapor products of an aqueous sodium chlorite solution to the developing chamber of a blueprint developing machine.

Abstract: A multi-color powder coat paint recovery apparatus that permits rapid color changes in a powder coat operation comprises a rotatable paint booth positioned adjacent to a painting station, with the booth having a plurality of individual paint color chambers angularly spaced around the periphery of the booth. Each chamber has an open outer side and a filter mechanism at an inner side, with the inner side being in communication with an exhaust outlet from the interior of the housing. The chamber further has primary and secondary paint hoppers positioned below each filter mechanism. An air circulating mechanism draws air inwardly from the painting station through the open outer side of the chamber, through the filter mechanism, out of the housing through the air outlet, and then returns the air through a filtered outlet in a plenum chamber behind the paint applicator. Each color chamber corresponds to a separate paint color.

Abstract: A spray booth ventilation system is adapted for receiving long, slender workpieces suspended from an overhead monorail conveyor. The pieces are carried into and out of this booth, where the paint is applied by conventional equipment. The gases within the booth, which are a mixture of fresh air and evaporated paint solvents, is partially recirculated and re-injected into the booth at discharge orifices defining the edges of the entrance of the booth. Arrangements are provided for equalizing the flow throughout the booth in a vertical direction to avoid points of stagnation which might cause fumes from the booth to emerge from the opening, so that the velocities of the inflow can be minimized to eliminate the danger of collision of the parts as they swing in response to the gas flow, and thus cause damage to the painted surfaces.

Abstract: A self-diagnosing resistance welding cable and method for monitoring the relative increase in cable resistance while a cable is in use, without disconnecting the cable. The cable incorporates a reference resistor in one of the terminals in thermal communication with the cable, such that a comparison in resistance variation between the cable and reference resistor cancels the effects of temperature variation on resistance change. The reference resistor is connected in series with the cable in an electrical test circuit. The test data is sampled each time the welding machine is cycled, and the data is updated and processed by a computer on a continuous basis. The system also monitors the actual temperature of the cable and the flow of coolant through the cable. Multiplexer circuits are used to monitor multiple welding cables with the same computer.

Abstract: A golf glove that encourages a proper grip on the upper hand of a golf grip comprises a conventional golf glove having an elongated padded hump positioned adjacent the third and fourth fingers of the golf glove and aligned parallel with the bases of the third and fourth fingers of the glove. The hump is formed of leather or other flexible sheet material into a pocket, and the pocket is filled with cotton batten or other non-woven compressible fibrous material. The hump non-elastically conforms with the shape of the grip and forms an enlarged portion that urges the grip against the knuckle portion of the third and fourth fingers of the hand and enhances the gripping action of the third and fourth fingers. The hump does not extend over the heel portion of the hand and does not impair significantly the feel of the glove club.

Abstract: A vehicle seat back comprises a blow molded body with a reinforcing beam extending upwardly along at least one side of the body. The lower extremity of this beam is secured to the base structure of the seat. The upper extremity of the beam can from a mounting point for a shoulder harness belt terminal. Crash forces on the seat back and seat belt shoulder harness are thus transmitted through the reinforcing structure to the vehicle frame without involving the relatively weak molded or fabricated conventional frame components of the seat frame to create a low mass, structural restraint seat system.

Abstract: The oriented biopsy needle assembly includes a cannula hub assembly having a cannula hub fixedly attached to the proximal end of a cannula and a leg extending proximally from the proximal end of the cannula hub.. The cannula hub has a longitudinal coaxial bore therethrough axially aligned with and extending to the cannula. A stylet hub assembly fixedly attached to a sampling stylet includes a stylet hub at a proximal end, a shoulder portion, and a stem portion extending distally from the shoulder portion and terminating at a distal tip member. The distal tip member is slidably received on a rail of the leg extending proximally from the cannula hub to avoid undesirable rotational movement of the stylet and allow longitudinal movement of the stylet hub assembly on the rail only when the distal tip member is oriented such that the sharpened distal ends of the cannula and sampling stylet are oppositely directed.

Abstract: Forceps used in handling laboratory tissue samples being embedded in paraffin are prevented from accumulating congealed paraffin by maintaining the temperature of the grasping portions of the forceps above the point at which the paraffin remains liquid. Electrical resistance heaters are attached to the forceps, and these are energized by an appropriate electric circuit.

Abstract: This cover for an opened beverage container has a pivoted valve in the withdrawal passage that is opened and closed according to the position of a tubular spout integral with the valve. The valve is supported by journals engaging bearings, and having a conical sealing portion. The spout has a ball-ended vent plug engageable with a vent opening in the cover, with the opening having a snap-in section and a dissociated more relaxed sealing section that continues to grip the ball end gently after repeated uses of the snap-in function.

Abstract: A process for the agglomeration of coal fines comprises the steps of mixing the coal fines with an agglomerating liquid which is further comprised of a reagent and a solvent portion. The coal fines are thereafter separated from the agglomerating liquid, dried, and preferentially compressed into pellet form. The process also entails the recovery and return of the agglomerating liquid. The agglomerating liquid of the present invention includes the reagent portion which is a member or a combination of the group consisting of aromatic tertiary amines, nonaromatic cyclic amines or primary organic amines. The solvent is an organic solvent, desirably a member or a combination of the group consisting of toulene, chloroform, carbon disulfide or dimethylacetamide. The pellet formed from the process of the present invention is uniquely water resistant and of controllable hardness.

Abstract: A marine railway has a carriage pivotally connected to a support frame near the front of the carriage, and on a transverse horizontal axis. The rear of the support frame is carried by compression springs resting on the carriage. The support frame is provided with support abutments that are adjustable to accommodate the contour of the boat. A cable loop extends from a submerged pulley at the outer end of the railway, and engages a winch activated by a remote control unit. The carriage is interposed in one side of the loop.

Abstract: A system for handling bales of feed includes a freight trailer with a tongue that can be offset laterally to cause the trailer to follow a path to one side of the path of a tractor to permit a front-loading device on the trailer to engage bales of feed and raise them onto a load-carrying platform of the trailer. The platform is tiltable downward to the rear to induce sliding movement of loaded bales, and to release said bales in a vertical stack. The platform is provided with a device to grip the top bale of a stack and insert a lifting member under the stack to retrieve it for feeding operations. The platform is tiltable downward-forward to induce forward movement of the bales for release onto a bale shredder carried in part on the tongue of the trailer.