Abstract: A combination flashlight and electronic sensing device for identifying urine or feces or both and configured for facilitating stealthy detection of the same.

Abstract: A combination flashlight and electronic sensing device for identifying urine or feces or both and configured for facilitating stealthy detection of the same.

Abstract: A packaging component and packaging system are disclosed. In an embodiment specifically adapted as a system for packaging vehicular radiators, the invention provides a generally planar tray member component as a blank having two opposed sides, with a portion of each opposed side being foldable out of the plane of the tray member to yield arms to the tray. Strapping is supplied which is engageable with the arms when the arms are folded upon the radiator placed upon the tray member. Opposed ends for the tray member have a portion which is likewise foldable out of the plane of the tray member, yielding legs to the tray when so folded. The packaging system can include at least one stand-off element mountable on one of the radiator and the tray member operating as a spacer and positioner relative to a container within which the tray member is received with the stand-off element mounted in place.

Abstract: A relatively small liquid-crystal display (LCD) device located well above the fresnel stage of an overhead projector produces large, sharp images with full color and motion. A focus-correcting lens moves with the overhead projector's optical head to maintain proper projection-focus and magnification. Spectrally-selective filters are interposed between the LCD device and fresnel stage to avoid LCD deterioration. A fan-actuated shutter or electrically-actuated shutter optionally provide still further protection. Optical collimation methods are employed to attain a large depth-of-field and image brightness.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting the fluorescence of a luminescent material. Photo-semiconductors receiving the visible fluorescence from a target luminescent material and directly from a discharge lamp are electrically coupled to oppose each other resulting in a single-channel detector inherently balanced and insensitive to variations in the excitation stimulus. The photo-semiconductor output is sent through a second harmonic amplifier making available a phase detection of the fluorescence instead of an amplitude detection. The phase of the signal is compared with a known phase from the excitation power source. By adding signals that either reinforce or oppose, the phase information is converted back to amplitude information at a voltage level that can be easily detected. The compared output then triggers an indicator producing an indication of the amount of fluorescence of the target luminescent material.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting the fluorescence of a luminescent material. Photo-diodes receiving the visible fluorescence from a target luminescent material and a luminescent reference are coupled "back-to-back" resulting in a single-channel detector inherently balanced and insensitive to variations in the excitation stimulus. The photo-diode output is sent through a second harmonic amplifier making available a phase detection of the fluorescence instead of an amplitude detection. The phase of the signal is compared with a known phase from the excitation power source. By adding signals that either reinforce or oppose, the phase information is converted back to amplitude information at a voltage level that can be easily detected. The detected amplitude is compared against the amplitude of the excitation stimulus to account for amplitude variations in such stimulus. The compared output then triggers an indicator producing an indication of the amount of fluorescence of the target luminescent material.

Abstract: An opaque adapter for an overhead projector uses a hood with clamshell doors to provide generous access to the projector stage during transparency projection and efficient light shielding during opaque projection. The clamshell doors are oriented upon hinges slanted to the vertical so as to rise away from the stage when opened. Spring devices offset the gravitational forces on the doors, allowing rapid motor actuation with very little power. Dual dichroic optics maintain a cool stage despite high light intensity, and internal baffles further increase brightness.

Abstract: An optical projector having opaque and transparency operating modes employs a pair of illumination paths, conventional overhead-projection optics, common focus elements, and a large-aperture stage. Oversized objects such as large books or magazines are accommodated by a resilient bottom of a light-constraining hood assembly. A light source is oriented in a manner that eliminates optical or physical interferences between the pair of projection modes. The hood assembly provides novel reflectivity for image intensification in the opaque mode and easy access to the stage for either opaque or transparency projection. Most elements associated with either projection mode can be detached in a unit, leaving solely the remaining mode capability.

Abstract: A compact, portable bar code scanner employing as a light source a light-emitting diode consumes extremely low input power. The scanner, which detects the reflectances from bars and spaces of the bar code symbol, uses optical beam-shaping methods to attain a large depth-of-focus for a non-laser system. A shaped illuminating light beam is caused to blink when the symbol is outside the depth-of-focus range and a signature imposed upon the light beam enables the scanner to substantially reject light interference. A scanning version employs an optical assembly mounted upon a bimorph leaf spring that is caused to vibrate at its natural mechanical resonance. The scanner operates with bar code symbols responsive to red light and is of sufficiently low weight to be easily hand-held.

Abstract: A ladder securing device which comprises two connectors for attachment to the runners of a ladder. One of the connectors includes a first rotatable element on which is mounted a second rotatable element. The elements are rotatable about axes which are at right angles to one another. A curved metal band is attached to one of said elements and the other connector includes an arrangement such as a locking pin for releasably securing the metal band to it. The arrangement of the first connector is such that the band can pivot about the two axes.

Abstract: An orthodontic appliance having an arcuate labial bar shaped to generally conform to the outer surface of a row of teeth and an arcuate lingual bar shaped for positioning on the inner surface of the same row of teeth. The two bars are held together and serve to urge the teeth located between the bars into a desired arcuate shape. Screw means are disclosed for attaching the labial and lingual bars and tapered screw means may be used whereby the further insertion of a tapered screw will tend to urge a tooth either away from or toward the center line of the jaw. The labial and lingual bars may be affixed to a collar or cap which may be attached to a molar or other tooth. A channel affixed to the lingual bar is disclosed whereby the nut for any screw may be held out of direct contact with the user's tongue. The labial and lingual bars may be attached by ratchet means located near the extremity of each bar.

Abstract: An applied force whose mangitude is to be measured is caused to change the spacing between a pair of conductive plates. The resulting variation in capacitance between the plates is employed in an RC oscillator circuit so as to produce a frequency that is reciprocally related to the capacitance. A neutralizing circuit serves to cancel the effect of stray capacitance, and a digital counting device converts the oscillator frequency to a scaled number indicating the magnitude of the applied force.

Abstract: 1. In a frequency measuring system for measuring and indicating the frequency position of a signal within an extended band of frequencies, wherein said extended band of signals is divisible into a plurality of first sub-bands of equal extent and a plurality of second sub-bands of equal extent, the frequency extents of said first and second sub-bands being respectively different from each other, means for converting said signal to first signals only one of which occurs within each of said first sub-bands, means for further converting said signal to second signals only one of which occurs within each of said second sub-bands, means capable of measuring plural frequency locations within said plurality of first sub-bands for indicating the frequency location within said first sub-band of said first signal, and means capable of measuring plural frequency locations within said plurality of second sub-bands for indicating the frequency location within said second sub-band of said second signal.