Abstract: A dispensing valve assembly for dispensing a fluid product and preventing air from being drawn into the fluid product through the valve includes a flexible diaphragm valve (10, 50, 100) and a valve seat insert (12, 58, 102). The flexible diaphragm valve flexes from a concave closed position to a convex open position in which fluid product is dispensed through a dispensing opening (26, 56, 116) in the diaphragm. The valve seat insert is positioned adjacent an inside surface of the diaphragm valve in its closed position to prevent the valve from buckling inward and prevent air from passing into the fluid product through the valve.

Abstract: A device for containing and delivering a payload from a container which has a closed end and an open end and at least one side wall extending between the closed end and open end, a lid secured to the open end having an orifice, a closure tab pivotally connected to the lid and closing the orifice, and an actuating member pivotally secured to the lid and being manually actuated for moving the closure tab into the interior of the container to open the orifice. The device includes a capsule disposed within the container for containing the payload. The device also includes a support structure disposed within the container and contacting the closed end, the device being held under compression solely between the closed end and the lid in response to a compressive force against the support structure by the container for securing alignment of the capsule with the orifice of the lid.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a keyboard having a first and a second mounting member with each mounting member having a first end and a second end spaced from the first end. A first and a second tray member are slidably mounted to the first and the second mounting member, respectively. A first and a second rear mounting bracket and a first and a second front mounting bracket are also provided. The first rear mounting bracket is adjustably mounted to the first end of the first mounting member and the second rear mounting bracket is adjustably mounted to the first end of the second mounting member. The first front mounting bracket is adjustably mounted to the second end of the first mounting member and the second front mounting bracket is adjustably mounted to the second end of the second mounting member. A keyboard tray may be provided with the tray having a first side connected to the first tray member, and a second side spaced from the first side and connected to the second tray member.

Abstract: A mounting device for removably attaching a support apparatus to a work surface, the support apparatus having a first mounting bracket with a first attachment plate and a second mounting bracket with a second attachment plate. The mounting device comprises a first clamp slidably connected to the first mounting bracket and a second clamp slidably connected to the second mounting bracket. Each clamp has a first wall, a second wall, and a third wall. The first attachment plate is positioned between the first and third walls of the first clamp, and the second attachment plate is positioned between the first and third walls of the second clamp.

Abstract: A two-section portable gate carries a rotatable control handle at an upper surface thereof for purposes of installation and removal of the gate in a doorway. When the handle is rotated to an extended state, the two sections of the gate can be moved relative to one another to fill the opening in the doorway. When the handle is moved to an intermediate position, the gate sections are locked together and further relative movement is not possible. When the handle is moved to a closed or locked position adjacent to an upper surface of the gate, the gate sections are forced apart a predetermined distance thereby creating normal forces, and in turn frictional forces, which lock the gate into position in the doorway and resist its removal. Spring loaded bumpers can be used on edges of the gate sections to take into account non-square openings.

Abstract: A safety latch for latching a door of an enclosure to the enclosure includes a receiving member mounted to the enclosure and a latching member engageable with the receiving member, adapted to be mounted to the enclosure door. The receiving member includes a base portion for mounting to the enclosure and a receiving post-extending from the base portion. The receiving post has first and second diverging surfaces. The latching member has first and second generally symmetrical, opposingly oriented, spaced apart, biased latching elements. The latching elements are biased toward one another, and are configured for independent locking engagement with the receiving post when the receiving post is inserted into the latching member. Each of the latching elements includes a releasing member extending therefrom and operably connected thereto for releasing the latching member from locking engagement with the receiving post.

Abstract: A lock for use with an associated toilet having a rim portion and a generally outwardly oriented, depending surface, and having a seat cover thereon includes a releasably engageable receiving member and locking member. The receiving member has a housing and a pivotably connected mounting member. The mounting member is mountable to the rim portion of the bowl on the depending surface thereof. The housing includes at least one lock receiving element therein. The releasably engageable locking member has an elongated cover retaining element and at least one biased locking element. The locking element includes a releasing member thereon for releasing the locking member from the lock receiving element.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a two-section flag pole comprising a pointed lower section for planting into the ground and an upper section having a colored area and a numbered flag for establishing a target in a game of flying-disc golf. Each flag may be removed from or rolled over the pole and the pole can be disassembled for ease of storage. A threaded or snap-on quick-coupler is used to assemble the two sections of each pole, so that it may be easily and quickly installed at each selected target site. The flag poles can be manufactured entirely by utilizing standard-size tubing available for gardening applications.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a two-section flag pole comprising a pointed lower section for planting into the ground and an upper section having a colored area and a numbered flag for establishing a target in a game of flying-disc golf. Each flag may be removed from or rolled over the pole and the pole can be disassembled for ease of storage. A threaded or snap-on quick-coupler is used to assemble the two sections of each pole, so that it may be easily and quickly installed at each selected target site. The flag poles can be manufactured entirely by utilizing standard-size tubing available for gardening applications.

Abstract: The present invention features a slab laser apparatus having a stable/unstable resonator. The slab laser comprises a slab-shaped medium for producing a beam of coherent light. The slab-shaped medium is physically defined by an entrance end face; a rear, exiting end face; and two oppositely disposed and substantially parallel side faces. The respective end faces of the medium are disposed along an axis defining a "p" plane; the side faces are disposed along an axis defining an plane. A light beam entering at the entrance end face of the slab-shaped medium along the "p" plane axis reflects back and forth within the slab-shaped medium via total internal reflection, exiting at the rear end face. A stable optical cavity is defined for the "p" plane, comprising a hemispherical, high reflector curvature having an finite radius of curvature, and a flat, partially reflecting, outcoupler. An unstable optical resonator is defined for the plane, which operates in a low order transverse mode.

Abstract: An adjustable masking mechanism for use in connection with the exposure of a sample to a beam of analytical radiation and a beam of viewing radiation that facilitates aligning the movable elements of the mask with the edges of the sample. Whereas the prior art mechanisms utilize materials that are opaque to both the analytical radiation and the viewing radiation, the present invention uses one or more movable elements that are substantially opaque to the analytical radiation and at least partially transmissive to at least a portion of the spectral range of the viewing radiation.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for selectively attaching an unbalanced data transmission conductor to electronic data processing equipment. The equipment includes a balanced data transmission terminal having a pair of slots and a grounded fitting that is disposed about the slots. The connector includes a base and one or more balanced conductor pins that are mounted to and extend from the base. The pins are inserted into the slots to establish electrical contact with the balanced data transmission conductor. A sleeve-like unthreaded ground conductor element is mounted to and extends from the base and is disposed about the pins. The ground conductor element is slidably engaged in electrical and mechanical contact with the grounded fitting when the pins are inserted into the slots. A jack is mounted to the base and is selectively engaged by a complementary plug formed at one end of the unbalanced data transmission conductor.

Abstract: An equipment shelf, for removably retaining circuit boards at selectably spaced locations in a system, includes side panels being connected in a spaced relationship one with another by extruded aluminum cross connecting members. A board slider retaining element in the form of an elongated polycarbonate strip is laterally and removably disposed in each cross connecting member. Each strip defines fastening locations, mounting orifices, being arranged in a predetermined pattern. Each of a plurality of board sliders is longitudinally fixed between a pair of the fastening locations, so that lateral spacings of circuit board positions in the equipment shelf are defined by the fastening locations. Lateral spacings of circuit board locations for a system are conveniently selectable by manufacture or choice of polycarbonate strips with an appropriate arrangement of the mounting orifices.

Abstract: An equipment shelf includes circuit board slides being arranged to support edges of circuit boards, whereby the circuit boards are removably retained in a system. First and second end panels are fixed in a spaced apart relationship by a pair of front cross connecting members and by a pair of rear cross connecting members. Each of the circuit board slides is carried between an inner edge of a front cross connecting member and an inner side of a rear cross connecting member. As each board slide is overlapped by only one of the cross connecting members, the cross connecting members are more widely spaced from front to back than would otherwise be the case, whereby greater area for a flow of a ventilating medium is available.

Abstract: The subject invention features diagnostic circuitry installed on one or more chips of a board. This diagnostic circuitry is constructed so that during a diagnostic interval it generates a diagnostic output signal if and only if it is supplied with normal voltages on service supply structures (such as ground, B+ supply, clock) distributing service voltages to devices on the board. The diagnostic output is connected to a diagnostic output pin of the chip which may also serve as one of the operating pins of the chip (such as a signal input pin). The receptacle for the diagnostic pin is connected on the board to a diagnostic interface at the periphery of the board.