Abstract: A vending machine for newspapers and the like having a coin operated mechanism with:(a) a coin sorter;(b) a coin chute assembly having a plurality of vertical chutes through which coins of different denominations, from the coin sorter, fall;(c) a trip wire, one end of which extends through the coin chutes and can move downwardly in the chutes with downward movement of coins;(d) a totalizer, connected to the other end of the trip wire, for counting the value of coins which fall through the coin chutes; and(e) a vending controller connected to the totalizer.

Abstract: Responses of a human subject may be by voice, hand or foot movement, or bodily secretions, as examples. A hiatus of such responses may be termed a lapse in the continuity of the response, including a hesitation pause in the voice, a movement of hand or foot on a monitored control of a motor vehicle or vehicle simulator, or pulsatile bodily secretions on a monitored control of an implantable insulin pump. In a voice response, the hesitation pause may be more than about one second in the voice of a subject during a dialogue or monologue. The hiatus rate of such responses is indicated by the present apparatus, as is the average hiatus duration for two or more hiatus rates. The dominant hiatus rate is also determined and indicated. A microprocessor is utilized in such determination. The foregoing abstract is merely a resume of one general application, is not a complete discussion of all principles of operation or applications, and is not to be construed as a limitation on the scope of the claimed subject matter.

Abstract: A brush in which the individual bristles are arranged in clusters so that the bristles are parallel to one another and perpendicular to the brush body for improved gathering and aligning of hair without damage thereto. One embodiment also has a casing having a panel with a plurality of openings extending therethrough, a cradle member positioned within the casing carrying a plurality of elongate support members with thread-like monofilament bristles attached thereto. Each of the bristles extends into one of the openings in the panel in a close-fitting relationship. The embodiment also includes means to retract the bristles into the casing through the openings whereby the close fitting relationship between the openings and the monofilament bristles exert a scraping action to the bristles to clean them of any foreign matter adhering thereto.

Abstract: Electronic apparatus is disclosed which is usable to determine the fluency of a person's speech. This apparatus may monitor a dialogue directly, may be connected to a telephone to monitor a dialogue, or may be connceted to be responsive to a recording of the dialogue. The apparatus determines the number of hesitation pauses of joint silence of both persons bounded by speech uttered by the subject which pauses are in excess of a time interval in the order of one second of time. The apparatus gives an indication, either visible or audible, when the number of such pauses exceeds a presettable limit per unit of time. The apparatus may be used by the medical profession to determine in a subject the existence of or proneness to clinical coronary artery disease where the rate of such hesitation pauses is in excess of a presettable value. It may also be used by disc jockeys, sales personnel, executives, or the like.

Abstract: Electronic apparatus is disclosed which is usable to determine the fluency of a person's speech. This apparatus may monitor a dialogue directly, may be connected to a telephone to monitor a dialogue, or may be connected to be responsive to a recording of the dialogue. The apparatus determines the number of hesitation pauses of joint silence of both persons bounded by speech uttered by the subject which pauses are in excess of a time interval in the order of one second of time. The apparatus gives an indication, either visible or audible, when the number of such pauses exceeds a presettable limit per unit of time. The apparatus may be used by the medical profession to determine in a subject the existence of present clinical coronary artery disease where the rate of such hesitation pauses is in excess of a presettable value. It may also be used by disc jockeys, sales personnel, executives, or the like.

Abstract: A brake shoe assembly and an apparatus and method for making same wherein the brake shoe includes a pair of spaced parallel arcuate ribs having outside radii secured to the underside of an arcuate plate with the inside radii of the arcuate ribs having a greater thickness than the outside radii. In accordance with the apparatus and method for making the brake shoe assembly, a straight length of rectangular bar stock having opposite faces is bent into an arcuate shaped member while maintaining the bar stock substantially flat with the opposite faces extending transversely to the axis of bending at a bending station. Subsequently, a plurality of holes are pierced between the opposite faces of the arcuate member at a piercing station.

Abstract: An apparatus for bonding brake linings to the tables of brake shoes for heavy duty vehicles by applying heat and pressure. A pair of brake shoes received in movable carrier members are forced by a ram into engagement with brake linings received in a pair of spaced apart restrainer members located in opposed face to face relationship. The brake shoes are heated to a bonding temperature by a pair of movable electric heater units associated with each restrainer member.

Abstract: A fixture for bonding an elastomeric solid tire to a rim of a wheel. The fixture has mating first and second die portions defining an annular cavity constructed and arranged to receive the wheel and the tire with a bonding agent therebetween to be cured. The cavity and the tire define a circumferentially continuous passage into which a fluid is admitted under pressure to urge the tire radially inward into firm engagement with the rim of the wheel and heating elements are disposed radially inward of and adjacent the rim to raise the rim to an elevated temperature to cure the bonding agent and thereby firmly adhere the tire to the wheel.

Abstract: An apparatus for bonding brake linings having a plurality of fixtures on a conveyor. Pairs of linings and brake shoes with a bonding material therebetween are releasably clamped in each fixture between a load ring and a pair of generally opposed pressure block assemblies. The bonding material is heated to an elevated curing temperature in each fixture by electric heater elements disposed in the block assemblies. The heated fixtures and shoes are cooled by a stream of air at ambient temperature produced by a blower and the brake shoes are clamped in and released from the fixtures by press assemblies associated with the conveyor.

Abstract: Electronic apparatus is disclosed which is usable to determine the fluency of a person's speech. This apparatus may monitor a dialogue directly, may be connected to a telephone to monitor a dialogue, or may be connected to be responsive to a recording of the dialogue. The apparatus determines the number of hesitation pauses of joint silence of both persons bounded by speech uttered by the subject which pauses are in excess of a time interval in the order of one second of time. The apparatus gives an indication, either visible or audible, when the number of such pauses exceeds a presettable limit per unit of time. The apparatus may be used by the medical profession to determine a subject's proneness to clinical coronary atherosclerosis where the rate of such hesitation pauses is in excess of a presettable value. It may also be used by disc jockeys, sales personnel or the like.

Abstract: A locking system which enables a pair of telescoping members to be slidably movable with respect to each other and locked in a pre-determined position. The outer telescoping leg is generally of cylindrically configuration and has an aperture therein. A sleeve, also having an aperture formed therein, is rotatable about the outer surface of the outer leg. A brake lug is positioned in the leg aperture and the sleeve aperture is of tapered thickness about the leg axes. Rotation of the sleeve about the outer leg causes the brake lug to press against the outer surface of the inner leg and prevents the legs from moving along the leg axes.

Abstract: A brake shoe lining bonding fixture wherein a brake shoe support is encompassed by a tension band which has a shoe support with radial finger locators and buffer pads at each end of the shoe to carry the band near the ends of the pressured brake lining to prevent corner crushing of the lining. A pressure bar to urge the shoe support against the tension band is interengaged with guide slots on the shoe support and lies in contact with a heavy leaf spring to maintain pressure when mechanically applied and locked in to the shoe support mechanism.

Abstract: An automatic bagging machine for placing transparent plastic bags over garments so as to enclose individual garments. The apparatus includes a turntable which has a number of upright garment stands, and an indexing system for rotating the turntable. The garments are carried by the stands on the turntable from a loading station to an operative station and then to an unloading station. The apparatus also includes an assembly for placing a plastic tube from a supply of plastic tubular material over a garment located at the loading station and then cutting and sealing this tube at an upper portion to form a transparent bag for the garment. Thereafter, the garment in its bag is moved to the unloading station and then is transported to a storage rack.

Abstract: A semi-automatic bagging machine for assisting an operator in bagging clothing garments is disclosed. The bags are formed from a polyethylene material supplied in continuous, tubular form from a roll, by transversely sealing the material at a desired location and severing it near the seal, thereby closing the top of one bag and leaving an open end of the continuous material for the bottom of the next bag. A series of perforated, hollow plastic spheres, of the type known as "wiffle balls", is supported by the apparatus, within the path of the tubular material, for spreading and maintaining the material apart, thereby greatly facilitating the operator in manually drawing the material over the garment.

Abstract: A pre-bond process for brake linings which includes a curing process by the application of infrared heat for a short period of time to prepare the surface of the molded brake linings, after which the bonding material is applied to the brake shoes or tables, and high pressure applied during a further curing process to set the bonding material.

Abstract: An episodic infusion pump apparatus with feedback control for periodically administering a pharmaceutical, such as oxytocin or the like, to induce labor in a pregnant woman. The drug is administered at periodic intervals except during labor contractions or when the fetal heartrate indicates fetal distress.

Abstract: A respirator for infants wherein air is delivered to a nasal catheter at a preset pressure during the inspiratory phase, the flow being maintained in an amount sufficient to maintain the pressure regardless of leakage, while pressure and volume are monitored during the expiratory phase through a bellows which operates a recording device and can be adjusted to maintain a desired minimum terminal pressure at the end of the expiration; also the method of effecting respiration by means of such a respirator or equivalent devices.

Abstract: A retractable bristle brush comprising a housing having a bottom side, a top side, spaced side walls and spaced end walls, a plurality of openings extending inwardly from the bottom side, a plurality of bristles aligned with said openings, means mounted for movement between retracted and extended positions of adjustment relative to the housing, the inner ends of said bristles being connected to said means for movement of said bristles through said openings to retracted position within the housing responsive to movement of said means to retracted position and for movement to extend perpendicularly outwardly from the bottom side of the housing responsive to movement of said means to extended position.

Abstract: The useful life of cooking oil is increased by treating the cooking oil with a food compatible acid to counteract the adverse effect of food juices which are dissolved in the cooking oil. The cooking oil is generally also contacted with a suitable adsorbent, such as an activated carbon, to adsorb soluble oxidized and/or pyrolytic contaminants.