Abstract: The head, rolling diaphragm, intake and discharge ports form a single module, separate and easily removable from the principle cylinder of a rolling diaphragm filling unit. The rolling diaphragm may be fixed or removably attached to the head. Intake and discharge valves of various types may be mounted directly in the head, or may be mounted remote to the head module and fluidly connected directly to the head by tubing. Flanges of the rolling diaphragm provide an air and liquid tight seal between the head and base and removably attached to the head so as to facilitate visual inspection of the product contact surfaces of the head cavity prior to clamping the head module to the base.

Abstract: A modem adapter for use with a standard parallel port of a personal computer (PC) for interfacing to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). The modem adapter accepts digital data, eight bits at a time, from a standard PC parallel port and modulates this digital data into an analog format, compatible with the PSTN. Conversely, the modem adapter accepts analog data from the PSTN and converts it into digital data and transfers this data to the parallel port, at least four bits at a time. The modem adapter of the present invention thus neither requires any additional circuit cards in the PC's card slots nor dedication of any of the existing serial ports. Redirector software intercepts software I/O instructions directed toward a serial I/O port and redirects and reformats these instructions to the modem adapter through the parallel port. This redirection permits existing modem control software to be used without modification with the modem adapter of the present invention.

Abstract: A method for multi-target tracking of targets from a sensor system generating a sequence of successive data frames. The method includes the steps of deleting stale data and any hypotheses generated for the previous frame, leaving an unstructured collection of tracks. Observations in each frame are processed to form a set of tracks. A fresh set of hypotheses is formed from the new track set, wherein none of the tracks within any hypothesis have any observation in common. Track clusters may be formed to reduce the processing burden.

Abstract: Variable array thinning to achieve efficient radar pulse shaping for advanced radar waveforms such as pulse burst or monopulse doppler. At the beginning of the pulse, only a few elements, spread out over the array, are turned on. The effective amplitude can be controlled with precision because each element is either off or at saturation. High efficiency is maintained because the off-state of each element is long enough so that prime power is not consumed.

Abstract: A frequency synthesizer (100) for use in combination with the transmitter (30) for transmitting guidance information to one or more ground launched active radar guided missiles simultaneously which is tunable to a plurality of frequencies separated by a predetermined interval. The frequency synthesizer (100) employs a phase-locked loop (110) having a phase detector (114) which receives input signals of common frequency from two dividers (112 and 124). Frequency control is achieved by varying the divisor of one of the dividers (112).

Abstract: In a weapon system 10 incorporating a target position sensor (14), an information system (16), a power source (22), a launcher (20), and an airborne vehicle (18), a launcher control system (12) which incorporates a communications interface (26) for coupling the information system (16) and the target position sensor (14) to a launcher (20) and an airborne vehicle (18). The communications interface (26) receives target position information and launch and control orders and provides launcher and airborne vehicle status. A airborne vehicle interface (28) couples the launcher (20) and the airborne vehicle (18) to the information system (16) and a power source (22). A transmitter (30) communicates updated target position information to the airborne vehicle after launch. A power control unit (32) converts and regulates power from different power sources (22) to be used by the launcher control system (12).

Abstract: A radar processor is described which performs acceleration compensation for accelerating targets. A set of matched filters is formed that compensates for each one of a predetermined set of target accelerations. The matched filters optimize the signal-to-noise ratio by weighting and combining the Doppler filters over which the target is spreading. As a result, enhanced detection capability of maneuvering targets that spread their energy over Doppler filters is provided. Radar processor loading is reduced, thus making practical the implementation of long coherent arrays.

Abstract: In a weapon system 10 incorporating a target position sensor (14), an information system (16), a power source (24), a launcher (20), and an airborne vehicle (18), a launcher control system (12) incorporates a communications interface (26) for coupling the information system (16) and the target position sensor (14) to a launcher (20) and an airborne vehicle (18). The communications interface (26) receives target position information and launch and control orders and provides launcher and airborne vehicle status. A airborne vehicle interface (28) couples the launcher (20) and the airborne vehicle (18) to the information system (16) and a power source (22). A transmitter (30) communicates updated target position information to the airborne vehicle after launch. A power control means (32) converts and regulates power from different power sources (22) to be used by the launcher control system (12).

Abstract: A method for reducing interchannel noise or spectral splatter in fast fourier transform processing of digital data. Data is buffered and processed along two paths. During processing along the first path, a sharp discontinous edge is detected. Weights are applied to data samples around the edge to smooth the discontinuity. When the edge is processed by fourier transform methods, the sharp edge no longer causes broad band interchannel noise.

Abstract: A method is provided for calculating the unambiguous ranges of a radar target in a radar system employing multiple PRFs. The radar system provides digitized data items indicative of return signals in each of a plurality of range intervals for each PRF. A base PRF is selected and a range interval containing a target return signal is selected therefrom. This range interval is correlated with particular range intervals of the remining PRFs to find specific target return signals therefrom which satisfy a first predetermined relationship. This relationship generally provides that a target is identified if a preselected number of correlated range intervals of all PRFs have target return signals therein. If this relationship is satisfied, the target range is calculated from a range equation.

Abstract: Methods are described for targeting the release of an active pharmacological agent in an animal by administering that agent encapsulated in proteinoid microspheres which are stable to the environment encountered from the point of introduction until they migrate to the targeted body organs, fluids or cells and are there unstable. Orally administered delivery systems for insulin, heparin and physostigmine utilize encapsulating microspheres which are predominantly of less than about 10 microns in diameter and pass readily through the gastrointestinal mucosa and which are made of an acidic proteinoid that is stable and unaffected by stomach enzymes and acid, but which releases the microencapsulated agent in pharmacologically active form in the near neutral blood stream. Basic proteinoid microspheres encapsulating a dopamine redox carrier system are administered in the weakly basic, where they are stable, and then enter the blood stream, where the encapsulated agent is similarly released.

Abstract: A bearing liner to be fitted within a housing bore. The bearing liner comprises a hollow cylindrically shaped member having an external circumferential support, such as a rib, located away from the ends of the liner. The bearing liner has a gap extending from one end to the other to facilitate the axial insertion of the bearing liner into the housing bore. An undercut in the housing bore engages the support thereby retaining the bearing liner within the housing.

Abstract: A synthetic aperture radar processing system receiving return data from a plurality of transmitted pulses which utilizes frequency alignment for partitioning the received data into patches of data in an orderly sequence, a plurality of patches of data being formed in each of a plurality of range subswaths and being sequentially aligned in range columns. For each subswath, the return data is filtered in patch filters having wide bandwidths and passband overlaps selected so that each patch of data is totally included within a passband. The patch filters are selected for each subswath to provide sequential columns of data. Each patch of data for each subswath is then frequency shifted to an interpolator narrow band filter having a passband selected so that data outside of each patch is eliminated.

Abstract: A filling machine for filling containers with an accurately predetermined amount of a fluid product in which a flow meter for accurately measuring the flow rate of a fluid product fed to a filling nozzle is provided in the feed line leading to such nozzle which generates signals in its output indicative of the amount of flow; the signals are counted in a counter which causes the feed line to be shut off when a predetermined programmed number of pulses has been reached. The counter is reset automatically by an indexing device which indicates that the filled container has left the filling position and a new container has arrived in the filling position; resetting of the counter causes the vavle to reopen, thereby restarting the filling operation.

Abstract: This invention relates to a float controlled dispenser for automatically releasing predetermined amounts of a detergent or a bacteriostatic liquid into the flush tank of a toilet bowl whenever the bowl is flushed. The dispenser comprises a bottle necked container mounted in an inverted position in the flush tank and a dispensing valve assembly consisting of a plug having a tapered end and force fitted into the neck portion of the bottle, said plug having a central orifice circumscribed by an annular planar valve seat and of a bell shaped float member having an annular measuring chamber in which is centrally located a vertical fluted stem projection for limiting the float's up and down movement within the plug's central orifice. The base of the stem projection is circumscribed by an annular planar surface for sealing contact with the plug's planar annular surface.

Abstract: A power supply arrangement that substantially eliminates the effects of the sidebands and harmonics at the switching frequency of the power supply on the RF carrier of an amplifier or other unit being supplied power. The switching frequency of the power supply arrangement is continuously varied in frequency at an appropriate rate and deviation with the result that a band of frequencies replaces the fundamental switching frequency of the power supply and all harmonics so that noise created by the switching frequency signal and the RF signal are then similarly diffused. The net power present as spurious noise in the amplifier unit is constant with the maximum amplitude of the noise as viewed, for example, in a doppler filter being substantially reduced. In a radar transmitter, for example, the transmitted pulse frequency appears as PRF sidebands of the CW frequency and the extraneous modulation from the switched power supply provides sidebands of the PRF sidebands.

Abstract: Non-aqueous antifoam compositions comprising a lipophilic nonionic surface active agent homogeneously dispersed in a transient non-aqueous siloxanate antifoam agent.

Abstract: Transient, non-aqueous antifoam compositions which comprise the product resulting from heating a silica filler and a condensation product of a partially hydrolyzed trifunctional silane.

Abstract: Self-dispersible, non-aqueous antifoam compositions comprising a lipophilic nonionic surface active agent homogeneously dispersed in a non-emulsified diorganosiloxane antifoam agent.

Abstract: A circuit to control the RF drive to a gridded traveling wave tube (GTWT) to operate the tube in saturation across the entire RF band and at all PRF's and pulse widths. Control is attained by sensing the GTWT output and using a feedback circuit to vary an input variable attenuator to the GTWT based upon whether the output is increasing or decreasing.