Abstract: A low pressure cordless and tubeless tire is provided in the vicinity of the widest portion of the tire body with annular reinforcement ribs extending continuously or discontinuously along the entire circumference of the tire body at the side walls. Adjacent the first annular ribs are second annular ribs located between the side walls and the shoulder region of the tread section. The first and second ribs at each side wall define an annular groove therebetween.

Abstract: This invention relates in general to the manufacture of segmented mirror solar collector troughs and specifically to the method and apparatus employed to initially subject the faceted segments to a lateral compression by the application of a vacuum prior to impregnating the segments in a fiberglass substrate which maintains the compressive force when the vacuum is removed.

Abstract: A method and device for emptying a belt reel or bobbin filled with tobacco leaves or portions thereof, the belt being withdrawn from the bobbin and wound on a reel, while each time the tobacco leaf portions are removed from the corresponding strip of belt, wherein prior to the removal of each tobacco leaf portion the belt is stretched in excess of the normal tensile force required for winding off the belt in order to detach the tobacco leaf portion from the belt, which additional stretching effect need only be very slight in order to pick up all tobacco leaf portions without disturbance.

Abstract: A process for creating playthings that fly, and airplanes in particular, that unites extreme lightness with considerable tensile strength, both for the individual component parts and for the assembled model.The said process is constituted by a number of stages that comprise: the production, through the punching of extruded polystyrene, of one or more members of limited thickness and of suitable shape that constitute the fundamental parts of the toy; the production of a pair of facing members, of a shape and an outline corresponding to that of each limited thickness member; and finally, the fixing of the said pair on both sides of the said members of limited thickness, so that the outline thereof is fully covered.

Abstract: A method of causing a vinyl resin blanket to adhere to a silicone belt during removal of a printing transfer sheet by applying a corona discharge to the belt.

Abstract: A tire and a tire and rim assembly. The rim comprises a pair of annular support members extending axially outwardly of a pair of bead seat surfaces. The axial width of a tread of the tire is greater than the axial distance between the annular support members. A plurality of sidewall appendages are connected on the exterior surfaces of the sidewalls of the tire such that they are spaced apart from the annular support members when the tire is inflated and in supporting contact with the annular support members when the tire is uninflated and under load. The sidewall appendages extend radially and axially along the sidewalls such distances that when the tire is uninflated and under normal load, the support members support the sidewall appendages to maintain the shape of the sidewalls substantially the same as when the tire is under normal inflation pressure and load.

Abstract: There is disclosed herein an improved needle assembly or fistula set which includes a hollow metal needle, a larger plastic fluid-carrying conduit, and plastic spacers between the needle and the conduit. The conduit and spacers are heat sealed to each other so as to provide a fluid-tight junction with the needle.A method for heat sealing the fistula set is also disclosed. In that method, the needle is used as one electrode and the other electrode includes jaw-like members which engage and surround the conduit at the junction where the heat seal is to be formed. During the heat sealing operation, the conduit and needle are maintained in substantial coaxial alignment so as to assure coaxial alignment thereafter.A fixture or tooling apparatus is also disclosed for effecting heat sealing and assuring substantial coaxial alignment.

Abstract: A method of producing an endless toothed belt of synthetic or plastics material, or similar extrudable material, having a wire- or thread-like reinforcing insert which extends in the circumferential direction of the belt and having a fabric cover covering the toothed side of the belt. A finite belt strand is formed in a closed mold cavity from introduced liquid plastics material and from a fabric strip which is introduced along that shaping surface of the mold cavity which forms the toothed side of the belt strand, thus coating the toothed side of the belt strand with the fabric strip. That side of the belt strand which is remote from the toothed side of the belt is provided with a plurality of grooves extending in the longitudinal direction of the belt strand.

Abstract: A method of fixing trim on an object to be bake-painted and a device for carrying out said method are disclosed. The device for fixing trim on the object to be bake-painted has a depression from therein and the depression is filled with a thermosetting synthetic adhesive. A strong bond between said trim-fixing device and an object is obtained by temporarily attaching the device with a suitable means to the object at a prescribed position and heat-treating the painted object with the device temporarily attached and thereby, curing the paint and the adhesive and at the same time, bonding the trim-fixing device fast to the object by the adhesive.

Abstract: A mattress includes a flexible tube having a pair of major surfaces alternating with a pair of side surfaces with marginal portions of the major surfaces extending beyond the side surfaces at each end of the tube. The marginal portions are bent toward each other and lap sealed along seams extending substantially between the side surfaces to form the end surfaces of the mattress. At each corner an insert is disposed along a line where the end surface approaches the side surface and is attached thereto by a continuous lap seam having substantially parallel sides extending substantially between the major surfaces. An associated method includes the provision of a special mandril for heat sealing the insert.

Abstract: A paper web is passed between a pair of first and second corrugating rolls to form corrugations therein. The second corrugating roll is provided with a plurality of longitudinally spaced annular suction grooves in communication with a suction device from which subatmospheric pressure is applied through the annular suction grooves to the corrugated web, while it is travelling around the second corrugating roll, retaining the corrugations in the flutes of the roll.

Abstract: A method of making close tolerance laminates comprises the steps of positioning in an open stack a plurality of B-staged epoxy resin saturated fibrous sheets and providing the top and bottom of each stack with a contour pad, the stack-facing side of which is adapted to provide a horizontal pressure gradient ranging from higher at the center to lower at the edges, and consolidating the stack under heat and pressure. In contrast to conventional processes which produce laminates which are eliptical in shape (thicker in the center), the new process produces laminates having little or no center-to-edge variation.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing artificial breasts uses a two-component silicone rubber composition capable of a cross linking addition reaction, has cups sheathed by plastic sheeting layers initially joined by welding except for one opening through which the silicone composition is introduced under pressure and then the composition is vulcanized and the opening closed by welding.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing lined latex girdles in which one end of a fabric sheath which will form the liner of a latex girdle is sewn or otherwise held closed together and slipped over an annular rectangular frame, with the closed end of the bag disposed in the middle of the annular rectangular frame. A flat form, with curved sides, is first covered with a latex film, and while tacky, is pushed through the frame, engaging the fabric liner. As the form is pushed through the frame, the liner slides over the frame, and contacts the sides of the form. When the form has been pushed completely through the frame, the liner will be supported on the form, which may then be easily withdrawn for final processing. Close tolerances between the dimensions of the form and the frame assist in providing quality control with respect to the interpenetration of the fabric liner and the latex film.

Abstract: An improved thermoforming process for the production of formed articles of corrugated plastic board having small radius curvatures and deep drawings, which comprises heating said corrugated plastic board at the portions to be formed into small radius curvatures or deep drawings more intensively than at the other portions, and applying pressure to said portions thereby crushing the rib structure in said portions without crushing the rib structure in said other portions.

Abstract: An ultrasonic tool is used for dissolving the bond between nested components cemented together by a plastic layer. The vibrating tool causes softening of at least portions of the plastic layer, and subsequently the components can be readily detached from one another.

Abstract: A friction welding apparatus for welding a pair of members in which the welding surfaces of the members are contacted under pressure with each other, relative circular orbit motion of the members producing friction therebetween thereby heating and melting the welding surfaces and the relative circular orbit motion being stopped to locate the welding surfaces in a predetermined position.

Abstract: A bias-ply pneumatic tire comprises a tire cover having a thread portion, a pair of opposed side walls integral with the tread portion and a pair of opposed bead portions integral with the respective side walls and adapted to firmly engage with associated rim flanges of a wheel rim. Each of the bead portions includes at least one bead core embedded therein. The tire cover includes a bias-ply carcass structure composed of a plurality of carcass plies laid on a bias at a predetermined angle with respect to the midcircumferential plane of the tire.

Abstract: The traction device of the invention is for use with a vehicle wheel supported by lugs and having a tire. The traction device has a base with openings for the reception of at least two but less than all, the lugs for supporting the base. A plurality of spaced radial arms are supported by the base with each having an end adapted to extend beyond the outer periphery of the tire and protrude into an icy surface. Each of said ends is adapted to lie in a vertical plane adjacent to the outer side wall of the tire. The end of each arm may advantageously be free to move in and out while being spring biased outwardly, be threadably attached to the arm for movement inwardly and outwardly, or be pivotally connected to the arm for movement into and out of an operative position. The said ends may extend different distances beyond the outer periphery of the tire. Preferably, the base is secured on less than all of the lugs and has a bearing recess accommodating a nut on a lug to which the base is not secured.

Abstract: The invention relates to improving the heat transfer properties in boiling liquids of tubes and other surfaces by applying a very porous reticulated organic foam layer in contact with the tube surface, and then plating a thin metal coating on the foam substrate. Preferably, the tube is copper and the plating consists of a first electrolessly applied layer of copper and a second electroplated layer. The foam is preferably in the form of a thin tape which is spirally wound about the tube. Pyrolization of the foam after plating improves the heat transfer performance of the tube.