Abstract: A rotatable floor treating pad is provided by uniformly modifying a strip of conformable low-density abrasive product to provide an expandable zone on one side, a contractable zone on the other side, or both, each or a combination of which permits formation of the strip into an annulus without buckling, forming an annulus of the strip and setting the formed annulus to cause it to maintain its shape.

Abstract: A rotatable floor treating pad is provided by uniformly modifying a strip of conformable low-density abrasive product to provide an expandable zone on one side, a contractable zone on the other side, or both, each or a combination of which permits formation of the strip into an annulus without buckling, forming an annulus of the strip and setting the formed annulus to cause it to maintain its shape.

Abstract: A terminal display incorporates a cathode ray tube (CRT) that is mounted in conjunction with a keyboard for use by an operator such as a bank clerk. Main and remote CPU's are accessed by the keyboard to provide an input for recording a signature card through a signature capture device including a television camera. The signature information in the form of the relevant bits or characters is transmitted to the main CPU for storage through a buffered system that incorporates a portion of this invention. In order to save storage space, only those relevant bits that relate to a given character designating the number of spaces is recorded in a manner whereby blanks and the appropriate number thereof are recorded as a single character form, indicating the number of blanks, thereby compressing the signature character bits substantially.