Abstract: A seat belt buckle has a latch plate provided with a locking tooth which is biassed into engagement with an aperture in a locking plate, and is provided with a slider operated lever to move the latch plate to release the locking plate. A protrusion is provided on the slider which lies adjacent a portion of the latch plate when in the locking position to prevent the latch plate being disengaged from the locking plate even if the device is subjected to a sudden shock.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for obtaining non-invasive cardio-pulmonary measurements, without voluntary patient cooperation, by means of an inhalation indicator dilution rebreathing device having a valving system and test gas chamber connected to a volume ventilator, the valving system being operable to connect the ventilator directly to the patient for normal ventilation or to effect inhalation and exhalation of the test gas during the measurement cycle, the test gas being monitored and analyzed by a test instrument such as a mass spectrometer to ascertain the cardio-pulmonary parameters.

Abstract: A conveyor including at least two endless chains each comprising a plurality of pivotally inter-connected links, each link comprising a synthetic plastics material, having a conveying surface, and having attachment means whereby additional elements may be mounted thereon and at least some of the links in each chain being engageable by a drive means.

Abstract: A buckle holds a plate attached to a safety belt by a latch-tooth engaging an aperture or notch. The latch-tooth is pivoted in the walls of a channel and is released by a lever moved by a slot in a slider. The slider slides on flanges on the channel walls. The lever is almost perpendicular to the plane of the path of the slider and when the plate is in the buckle the lever either passes through a slot in the plate and swings on the channel base or swings outside the channel on a rod through the channel walls.

Abstract: An integrated system for fabricating the wall section for a building. The wall section includes a framework composed of plural studs disposed in a parallel array between an opposed pair of plates and has sheathing secured over the framework. The system comprises a first workstation including a frame for supporting the studs and a frame for supporting the plates in abutment with the ends of the studs. Automatic nailing means are supported on a carriage which is movable along the frame and is operative to nail the abutting stud and plate portions together. Portions of the frame means are retractable to enable a conveyor to move the framework, once assembled, to a second workstation. The first workstation also includes cutting means mounted on a carriage for cutting off excess end portions from the opposed plates extending beyond the most upstream stud of the wall section. The second workstation includes a conveyor for receipt of the assembled framework.

Abstract: This invention concerns getters for controlled atmosphere and vacuum processes, and in particular, for processes carried out in an atmosphere having a very low oxygen content. The invention has been particularly developed for the vacuum brazing of parts, such as gas turbine components, but has a wide variety of other applications, including argon purged retort brazing and diffusion bonding.

Abstract: A demountable partitioning system for offices and the like includes an elongated floor channel member provided with teeth which engage the carpeting to ensure stability, with a series of snap-in supporting members which define a floor level raceway for service utilities and also support wallboard panels in horizontally spaced relationship above the raceway, whereby partitions can be dismantled and rearranged without damaging the existing building.

Abstract: A rope or cable having a series of loops and/or fairings extending laterally in spaced relation along its length is disclosed. In one embodiment, the fairings are composed of a series of strands which splay outwardly from a jacket applied onto a core. In one species of this embodiment, a layer of resilient material surrounds the core, and the jacket is braided over base portions of the fairings which overlie the resilient layer. In another species of this embodiment, the core is provided by an elongated cable, and the jacket is provided by a helically-wrapped tape which anchors the strands to the cable. In another embodiment, a central core is omitted and a braided jacket surrounds base portions of the strands to secure the fairings.Methods and apparatus for producing the faired articles are also disclosed.

Abstract: A high-strength parallel yarn rope comprises a series of multi-filament rope yarns which are bounded together in parallel relation along their lengths by a binder distributed only on the surfaces of the yarns to form a flexible rope core. The core is surrounded by a braided jacket, and a flexible layer of water-impervious material adhesively and mechanically bonds the core to the jacket.A method is also disclosed for manufacturing the rope.

Abstract: A combined leveling bracket and shock absorber for a cabinet is provided which comprises a base plate having a pair of upturned flanges through which the base plate is connected to interior sidewalls of a cabinet in which the bracket is mounted. A foot mounted on a threaded stem adjustably connects into the base plate. A rubber grommet is removably mounted on the threaded stem and is tightly secured against the bracket while the cabinet is in transit. As fastened against the bracket, the grommet provides a shock absorber effect which absorbs impacts during incidental droppage of the cabinet during transit. During installation of the cabinet the foot is threadably disconnected from the base plate and the rubber grommet is removed from the threaded stem. The stem is then rethreaded through the base plate until the foot is suitably adjusted to a desired height for level mounting of the cabinet on a floor or other like surface.

Abstract: A buckle for a safety belt or harness for a vehicle. The buckle comprises a plate having an aperture defined therein and a casing which separably receives the plate through an entrance slot in the casing. A latch mechanism positioned within the casing releasably latches the plate to the casing. A spring mounted in the casing has one end located closely adjacent the entrance slot and is compressed by the plate when that plate is inserted into the casing. The spring urges the plate outwardly and applies outward force thereto in an essentially continuous manner until the plate is nearly completely ejected from the casing.

Abstract: A disassemblable exhaust muffler and cabin air heater suitable for use on aircraft engines or the like comprising a plurality of assemblable modules which can be readily disassembled to facilitate periodic inspection and repair of the muffler assembly in accordance with prescribed maintenance and inspection schedules. The muffler assembly includes a perforated exhaust gas conduit having a gas flow obstruction at a position intermediate of the inlet and outlet ends thereof and around which an inner shell is removably disposed defining an inner chamber for sound attenuation which in turn is encircled by a removable outer shell defining an outer chamber through which cabin air is adapted to be passed in heat exchange relationship with respect to the periphery of the inner shell. The outer shell and inner shell are readily disassemblable to expose internal areas to inspection for the presence of any structural defects and for effecting any repair thereof.

Abstract: An improved method for brazing aluminum and alloys of aluminum in which at least one of the surfaces to be joined is coated with a controlled quantity of metallic manganese which is effective during the high temperature vacuum brazing operation to promote a wetting and flow of the brazing filler metal between the surfaces to be joined and a penetration of the tenacious aluminum oxide film thereon, thereby producing a substantially uniform and high strength bond.

Abstract: An elongated article such as a rope or cord having a series of fairings spaced apart along its length is produced in a continuous manner by the method and apparatus of the present invention. The rope comprises a core having a plurality of yarns surrounded by a layer of resilient material, and a braided jacket surrounds the core and anchors the fairings thereto. The fairings are provided by a resilient fairing yarn which is fed toward the core and which is manipulated by a needle during braiding of the jacket to cause each fairing to have a base portion anchored between the jacket and the resilient layer of the core and streamer portions extending outwardly from the base portion. The needle is mounted for reciprocation parallel to the moving core upstream of the braider, and the fairing yarn passes through the eye of the needle and a first length is displaced through the path of movement of the braid yarns into engagement with a gripping assembly located downstream of the braid yarns.

Abstract: A metering applicator apparatus has an accurately controlled fluid or compound discharge which discharge is the difference between the discharge of a constant displacement metering pump and the discharge of a pressure regulating device. The constant displacement metering pump discharges a constant predetermined volume and pressure of fluid. The pressure regulating device downstream of the constant displacement metering pump has a carefully controlled braking arrangement for controlling the volume and pressure of fluid maintained in the system with the balance being motored or bypassed through the pressure regulating device and back to a supply tank. The difference between the fluid from the constant displacement metering pump and the fluid motored or bypassed back to the tank is the volume of fluid at a constant pressure available at the applicator gun or nozzle.

Abstract: A building where the window openings in the facade and/or ceiling are provided with two spaced apart window panes at least one of which has the property of absorbing sun-heat radiation and between which air is allowed to pass, said building being provided with an air and heat circulation system comprising a combination of two different air duct systems. One system comprises at least one closed channel system for circulating air absorbing the heat from the window, which system includes spaces between the window panes and, in the walls, floor and/or ceiling, channels communicating with said spaces. In this system the air is brought to circulate at a speed depending on the desired room temperature. The other system includes a special channel system connected to the rooms for supplying intake air to said rooms. In this system the air is brought to circulate at a speed determined by the desired room ventilation.

Abstract: Cast panels for building assembly and erection are formed and cured through the use of an apparatus which particularly facilitates high rates of production of such panels and thereby facilitates more economical building construction practices. Fluid materials being cast into panels are received within forms which comprise a cured concrete bed defining a horizontal planar surface maintained at an elevated temperature. Following curing of the fluid materials cast into the forms, stripping of the panels from the form is facilitated by vertically movable side forming members and by bulkheads separating the cured materials into predetermined panel lengths.

Abstract: Fittings are provided for use in terminating parallel yarn ropes containing one or more electrical conductors, and methods are disclosed for securing the fittings to the ropes to afford separation of the conductors from the rope and connection to electrical apparatus. One fitting has a frusto-conical body portion providing a tapered peripheral surface with an axial bore and a bail extending beyond the base of the body. The rope yarns are inserted into the bore at the narrow end of the fitting and divided into two pairs of bundles with each pair being splayed outward diametrically of the bore and returned along the outside of the fitting for wrapping helically in opposite directions for a predetermined distance about the periphery of the rope. The ends of the bundles are secured to the rope, so that when tension is applied between the bail and the rope, the wrapped bundles grip the outside of the rope to mount the fitting securely to the rope.