Abstract: An alloy for casting terminals for lead-acid batteries which has good corrosion resistance, produces less dross during manufacturing, has resistance to polypropylene degradation, as well as other improved features. The alloy is composed of antimony present in the range of about 2.5-4.75%; arsenic present in the range of about 0.15-0.35%; tin present in the range of about 0.23-0.6%; copper present in the range of about 0-200 ppm; sulfur present in the range of about 0-40 ppm and the balance lead. In an alternative embodiment, copper and sulfur are replaced with selenium in the range of about 40-90 ppm.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus for carrying in-line skates. The in-line skates have blades that include at least two adjacent wheels. The apparatus comprises a base member having a front, back and bottom. The base member defines first and second slots, each open to the bottom and extending from the front to the back. The first and second slots are each sized to receive the blade of an in-line skate so that the base member is substantially perpendicular to the in-line skate blades.

Abstract: The red, green and blue video output of a camera, telecine channel or video tape recording is fed into a video effects unit including red, green and blue circuits, each of which are the same. Each of these color circuits includes an emitter follower feeding into a paraphase amplifier which produces inverted and non-inverted signals which are fed into an emitter follower arrangement, across which is coupled a potentiometer having a tap feeding into an amplitude mixer. Also feeding into the amplitude mixer are signals derived from an audio circuit, signals derived from a blanking circuit and signals derived from a luminance circuit. These four signals or selected of these signals are amplitude mixed and fed into a further emitter follower arrangement and thence to a buffer amplifier, whereat a clamping circuit exerts a clamping action based on clamping pulses generated from a synchronization or composite video signal.