Abstract: A metal pipe bracket is disclosed for firmly securing a plumbing pipe within a stud bay. The metal pipe bracket has a U-channel that is slipped over a steel strap nailed between the two studs of a stud bay. Locking tabs located on the pipe bracket aligned with and snapped into locking holes on the steel strap. A metallic plumbing pipe either extending horizontally within the stud bay or vertically within the stud bay is then soldered to the pipe bracket thereby providing a secure attachment between the plumbing pipe and the stud bay structure. Secured in this manner, the plumbing pipe is held secure against vertical, horizontal, and axial movement. A pipe secured in this manner can be attached to a shower head or a shower water mixer valve. Upon subsequent use of the shower head or the mixer valve, the plumbing pipe is secure from movement that would normally be caused by repeated adjustment of the shower head and use of the water mixer valve.

Abstract: A reject type fuse clip for use with a cartridge type fuse having a grooved ferrule includes a fuse clip having a pair of upstanding clamping arms and a reject member disposed therebetween. The upstanding clamping arms of the fuse clip are provided with a receptor means, such as a web formed therein by a pair of slots, which is adapted for engagement by the reject member. The reject member includes a pair of spaced shoulder portions, with each shoulder portion having a slot in its underside adapted to engage the web members provided on each upstanding clamping arm of the fuse clip. The slots are configured so that the web member flexes during insertion into the slot, after which the reject member may not be removed from the fuse clip without damage to either the reject member or the fuse clip. A lead connecting collar is formed integrally with the fuse clip.

Abstract: A pipe supporting bracket of generally square, channel-shaped cross-section comprises a central web portion with a pair of side flanges depending from the respective opposite side edges of the web portion. The web portion and side flanges have spaced openings along their length for receiving suitable fastener devices for securing pipes against the respective faces of the bracket. In one version, the bracket is secured to the floor and projects vertically to provide pipe locating and securing surfaces. In another version, the central web portion has a projecting portion at one end for locating against and securing to a suitable supporting member.

Abstract: Apparatus for wrapping and sealing stacks of paper sheets from the output of high speed copiers and printers. The apparatus includes a paper handling assembly, a sealing assembly, rolls of a plastic film material, and a tote or hopper system. The paper handler permits single sheet feeding and inverting of sheets when desired. The sealing assembly wraps the stack of sheets with the plastic film and lowers a U-shaped sealing bar assembly around the wrapped package to seal simultaneously three sides thereof. Two of the three sides are parallel and near the edge of the plastic film, and are sealed with non-severing type seams. The third side is perpendicular to the other two sides and is sealed with a severing type seam. The severing type seam is made with a heating element on one side of the sealed plastic layers, and a non-heated cut-off wire located on the other side. The cut-off wire is also used to control the temperature in the seal area.

Abstract: A disposable marker and adapter for use in an integrator pen. The forward end of the marker fits within the adapter and a nib holder, projecting from the front of the marker, is threadedly retained therein. The rear end of the adapter is adapted to be frictionally retained within a conventional integrator pen body holder.

Abstract: A tote box for discrete sheets from a reproduction apparatus, such as an electronic printer, has a bottom wall on which the sheets are stacked. Four side walls project upwardly from the bottom wall, and handles on two opposite side walls can be grasped by a person to lift and remove the tote box loaded with sheets from the reproduction apparatus. When sheets are delivered face down into the tote box with the first page facing downwardly, the entire stack needs to be inverted as it is removed from the box. In order to unload and invert the sheets, the tote box is turned first ninety degrees onto the back wall of the box and then, by grasping handholds formed in the bottom wall, the box is turned another ninety degrees to completely invert the box, thereby leaving the stack of sheets on a support with the first sheet facing upwardly. The box is removed from the stack of sheets using the handholds on the bottom of the box.

Abstract: A disposable blood pressure transducer system for use with a catheter with or without a catheter flush/flow valve. The transducer housing has both electrical and fluid connections, with the electrical connections being protected from contamination by fluid.

Abstract: An alignment bracket assembly for holding and aligning a fire sprinkler supply pipe in a horizontal or vertical orientation relative to a pair of spaced apart building members such as joists, studs or T-bar suspended ceiling frame supports comprises a central member of non-circular cross-section, preferably square, and a pair of end members in telescoping sliding engagement at opposite ends of the central member. The end members each have attachment devices at their free ends for securing them to respective spaced building members. A pipe holding bracket is slidably mounted on the central member and has a pair of arms projecting from the central member for engaging opposite faces of the fire sprinkler pipe between them. The arms can be urged towards one another to grip the fire sprinkler pipe to maintain it in a vertical or horizontal orientation and reduce the risk of displacement or misalignment of the fire sprinkler head during ceiling installation.

Abstract: A recording instrument pen and pen arm and the combination thereof, the mounting means comprising a rearwardly extending channel-defining member associated with said pen and including a slot having two widthwise segments at lengthwise positions thereof, the forward segment being of lesser width than the rearward segment, the forward tip of the pen arm being adapted to be received in said slot and to be securely positioned by engagement at at least four spaced-apart positions therein.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus and related method for a continuous casting apparatus includes a series of spray nozzles for spraying a coolant against one surface of a moving chill substrate. The invention apparatus includes an enclosure having vacuum applied thereto for preventing migration of the sprayed coolant from the surface against which it is sprayed to the surface contacting the molten solidifying material. Any coolant having a tendency to escape along sealed edges of the enclosure is forced back into the enclosure by the pressure gradient. The edges are sealed by elongated plastic rods. Additionally, scrapers are provided for removing remanent coolant from the sprayed surface. The coolant is sprayed at a high velocity to increase its heat transferring efficiency.

Abstract: Disposable pen and pen arm for a recording instrument, the pen stylus and pen arm being correspondingly elongated and bent to mate with one another in their assembled configuration. The pen body having a slot for receiving the pen arm upon installation and piloting the pen body rearwardly to an installed location, which is otherwise not conveniently accessible.

Abstract: A disposable marker apparatus for use with low torque recorders includes a bifurcated body with two separate ink reservoirs in the first and second body segments interconnected by a connector segment. The connector segment includes an ink transmitting member. A stylus tube extends from the body. A pivot member is provided to engage an associate pivot support outwardly from said pen body. A substantial portion of the mass of the marker is below the connector segment and the pivot member. The result is a marker having a center of gravity below the pivot so that the swinging marker tends to stabilize after disturbance due to vibration or rapid marker excursion.

Abstract: A locator and support for precisely locating and supporting plumbing pipes relative to structure of a building. The support includes a strap fastenable to the building structure and having a plurality of precisely located openings for receiving the pipes, the pipes being secured within the openings by an adhesive or by soldering, or by the clamping action of inserts carried by the strap and receiving the pipes. Such inserts are slotted to laterally receive the pipes, if desired, and are each characterized by a conical or tapered inner surface which spreads the skirts upon insertion of the pipes so that the radially enlarged skirts prevent separation of the inserts from both the strap and the pipes.

Abstract: A set of sheets delivered seriatim from a copier/duplicator or other source are advanced along a sheet path leading from an input station to an assembly station where a booklet is formed. As a sheet is moved along the path a line of adhesive is applied to one surface of the sheet adjacent to one side edge of the sheet. In the assembly station the sheets are jogged to align the sheets of the set and then pressure is applied to the sheets over the line of adhesive. When the entire set has been bound together into a booklet, the booklet is removed from the assembly station and delivered to an output station, such as a tote tray.

Abstract: Catheter patency flow-flush controller comprising push-button valve mechanism with fast flow flush path surrounding the valve member, normally closed by a valve element and valve seat interposed between the inlet and outlet of the internal passageway of the controller by a coil spring located external of the internal passageway, the coil spring also compressively retaining a resilient seal at all times about the entry way through which the valve plunger enters the controller internal passageway. Preferably, the valve member push-button actuator includes a top cap member with dependent skirt which serves also as an alignment guide during valve movement by sliding engagement with an upwardly open skirt associated with the controller housing. Other features of the invention are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: A set of sheets delivered seriatim from a copier/duplicator or other source are advanced along a sheet path leading from an input station to an assembly station where a booklet is formed. As a sheet is moved along the path a line of adhesive is applied to one surface of the sheet adjacent to one side edge of the sheet. In the assembly station the sheets are jogged to align the sheets of the set and then pressure is applied to the sheets over the line of adhesive. When the entire set has been bound together into a booklet, the booklet is removed from the assembly station and delivered to an output station, such as a tote tray.

Abstract: Convenient disposable marker tip design minimizes marker passing distance and provides a constant width trace line independent of the angle at which the marker tip engages the writing surface. The marker tip comprises a nib shank, surrounding and supporting a nib having a partially spherical tip. The nib shank is shaped to provide maximum coverage of the nib surface and minimum passing distance between adjacent nib tips.

Abstract: A coffee roasting process for forming a low density roasted coffee having a yield of high soluble solids in which the green coffee beans are dry roasted by passage in a fluidized bed through a two-stage roaster. In the first stage, the beans are heated to a temperature of 550.degree. F. to 570.degree. F. by a roasting gas for partial roasting and expansion of their cellular structure. Then, in the second zone, the beans are contacted with an independent roasting gas stream at the same temperature and lower velocity to complete the roasting process.