Abstract: A capacitive discharge unit for a fireset for initiating a fuzing event to detonate an explosive material. The capacitive discharge unit includes a capacitor for storing a voltage, and a silicon carbide thyristor for switching from a high to a low impedance state in response to a triggering pulse, which results in electrical current flowing from the capacitor to the fuzing load. The fireset may further include a controller for providing the triggering pulse to the silicon carbide thyristor. The capacitor stores between 500 V and 1200 V, and the silicon carbide thyristor has a rise time of between 78 ns and 141 ns. The capacitive discharge unit may further include a silicon carbide diode, in the form of a reverse current blocking diode or a Schottkey diode, functioning as a shunt to prevent a reverse current from passing through the switching silicon carbide thyristor.

Abstract: A workstation for supporting work articles at an elevated position comprising a base plate; a workstation mount connected to the base plate and configured to selectively mount the workstation on one of a ladder and a railing; and at least one tray sized and arranged for being inserted into the at least one tray opening and thereby installed in the workstation, the at least one tray being selectively removable from the tray opening to separate the tray from the base plate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to personal cleansing compositions in liquid or gel form, which can be used for cleansing the skin and hair and is particularly useful as a body wash, facial wash or hand wash. A key feature of the invention is its highly structured nature arising from interaction of polymeric and surfactant constituents, which is useful for the stable incorporation of insoluble benefit agents such as particulate exfoliants, encapsulates or oils. Furthermore, the present invention is cost effective, offers a high degree of mildness, has desirable in-use properties and is easy to manufacture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a self-foaming or post-foaming gel or cream composition, comprising surface active agents and polymer, plus a post-foaming agent packaged in an aerosol or other container. The composition is milder than a typical soap based system, and delivers acceptable performance at a cost below that of equivalently performing systems based upon synthetic surfactants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to personal cleansing compositions in ‘post-foaming’ gel or cream form, which are particularly mild, can contain high levels of emollient skin-care ingredients and produce copious amounts of creamy foam in use. The structure of the compositions enables stable post-foaming gels or creams to be made combining unusually low surfactant levels with high levels of emollient oils. The present invention provides an effective solution to the dual consumer need for highly skin caring cleansing formulations with excellent foaming characteristics.

Abstract: A workstation for supporting work articles at an elevated position comprising a base plate; a workstation mount connected to the base plate and configured to selectively mount the workstation on one of a ladder and a railing; and at least one tray sized and arranged for being inserted into the at least one tray opening and thereby installed in the workstation, the at least one tray being selectively removable from the tray opening to separate the tray from the base plate.

Abstract: The head of a golf club is improved by reducing the drag and wake turbulence produced in the air when the golf club is swung to strike a golf ball. The club head has a convex sole with an elongated depression defined therein. The inboard end of the depression is located proximate both the heel and the ball-impact face and extends outwardly at a diverging angle from the ball-impact face to an outboard extremity located inboard from the toe of the club head. This depression or channel is thereby closely aligned with the direction of travel of the club head during a normal downswing and follow through of a golf stroke. Also, the top of the club head is covered with a relatively rough coating, such as a textured paint with granules encapsulated therein. The roughness average of the top surface of the club head, as measured by a profilometer, is it least three times as great as that of the ball-impact face and at least three times as great as that of the sole of the club head.

Abstract: The aerodynamic performance of a golf club shaft is improved by texturing the outer surface of the hozzle end portion of the shaft shank to provide an arithmetic mean of profile roughness which is greater than about 0.50 microns. This profile roughness is significantly greater than the arithmetic mean of profile roughness of a conventional smooth surface of a golf club shaft, which is typically between about 0.47 microns and about 0.50 microns. A roughness average on the hozzle end portion of the shank of a golf club shaft of between about 4.3 microns and about 5.0 microns is preferable. The hozzle end portion having such an enhanced roughness average should extend at least about five centimeters and no greater than about fifty centimeters from the tip of the golf club shaft that is inserted into the club head hozzle. A golf club shaft having these features will create less wake turbulence and less wake vacuum in moving through the air during a golf swing than a conventional golf club shaft.