Abstract: In the field of canine humeral osteotomy, an osteotomy plate including a proximal plate portion lying substantially in a first plane for application to the humerus. The proximal plate portion has a bottom surface adapted for application to the surface of the humerus, and the proximal plate portion has at least one overlapping hole formed therein. The osteotomy plate also includes a distal plate portion lying substantially in a second plane for application to the humerus. The distal plate portion has a bottom surface adapted for application to the surface of the humerus, and the distal plate portion has at least one overlapping hole formed therein. The osteotomy plate also includes a transition region connecting the proximal plate portion to the distal plate portion.

Abstract: A computer program that can be installed on a web server to assemble web pages that can be accessed over the Internet by password to prepare financial planning reports for a client. The program takes gross income, subtracts income taxes, subtracts all money put into savings programs, and whatever is left is what the client spends in a given year or month. It further itemizes and subtracts the monthly payments for debt service since these items will be fully amortized or paid off at some point in the future and should not be included in baseline living expenses that will continue through a person's lifetime. The balance left after these calculations are completed represents the individual's current annual living expenses or standard of living that needs to be sustained throughout their lifetime with adjustments for inflation.

Abstract: A computer program that can be installed on a web server to assemble web pages that can be accessed over the Internet by password to prepare financial planning reports for a client. The program takes gross income, subtracts income taxes, subtracts all money put into savings programs, and whatever is left is what the client spends in a given year or month. It further itemizes and subtracts the monthly payments for debt service since these items will be fully amortized or paid off at some point in the future and should not be included in baseline living expenses that will continue through a person's lifetime. The balance left after these calculations are completed represents the individual's current annual living expenses or standard of living that needs to be sustained throughout their lifetime with adjustments for inflation.

Abstract: In the field of canine humeral osteotomy, an osteotomy plate including a proximal plate portion lying substantially in a first plane for application to the humerus. The proximal plate portion has a bottom surface adapted for application to the surface of the humerus, and the proximal plate portion has at least one overlapping hole formed therein. The osteotomy plate also includes a distal plate portion lying substantially in a second plane for application to the humerus. The distal plate portion has a bottom surface adapted for application to the surface of the humerus, and the distal plate portion has at least one overlapping hole formed therein. The osteotomy plate also includes a transition region connecting the proximal plate portion to the distal plate portion.

Abstract: A hollow working pole such as a luminaire pole is repaired by cutting the pole above ground level and inserting a sleeve. The sleeve is maintained in position while grout is poured to fill the space between the sleeve and the inner surfaces of the pole base. The top portion of the pole, previously removed, are replaced and grout is poured into the circumferential space between the insert and the inner surfaces of the upper portion of the pole.

Abstract: A hollow working pole such as a luminaire pole is repaired by cutting the pole above ground level and inserting a sleeve. The sleeve is maintained in position while grout is poured to fill the space between the sleeve and the inner surfaces of the pole base. The top portion of the pole, previously removed, are replaced and grout is poured into the circumferential space between the insert and the inner surfaces of the upper portion of the pole.

Abstract: A working pole such as a luminaire pole is mounted on a steel cylindrical sleeve extending upwardly from a concrete portion of a foundation member. The foundation member is placed in a hole provided therefor and the luminaire pole or other working pole is placed over the sleeve in contact with the concrete portion of the foundation member; grout is poured between the exterior surface of the upwardly extending steel sleeve and the interior surface of the luminaire pole.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for limiting the maximum torque that is applied to a screw during a surgical procedure. The driving connection between the input and output shafts of the device is established through a plurality of transmission balls, which are maintained in position by the action of an elastic element within the torque limiting device. When the counter-torque created by the resistance of the screw exceeds the torque exerted by the elastic element, the transmission balls are caused to be disengaged, thereby severing the driving connection between the input and output shafts and preventing overtightening of the screw. The present torque limiter can be fully sterilized by autoclaving, as required for use in a surgical setting.

Abstract: An apparatus for placing aerial cable from a cable reel. The apparatus includes a wheeled platform having a front and rear. A boom structure having an axially extending outer end is provided and a worker's platform is mounted to the outer end of the boom structure. A boom support structure carries the boom structure and is rotatably mounted on the wheeled platform for rotation about a vertical axis. The boom structure and the boom support structure are constructed to permit the worker's platform to be moved toward and away from the wheeled platform, raised and lowered with respect to the wheeled platform and rotated with respect to the wheeled platform. A lifting apparatus is mounted on the wheeled platform for supporting a cable reel at the rear of the wheeled platform. A bullwheel assembly is mounted on the wheeled platform forward of the boom support structure for guiding cable from the cable reel.

Abstract: A plurality of embodiments of dual-rate linear dampers which can be utilized as hold open rods. These dampers provide significantly greater resistance to movement in one direction than in the other and, in the claimed embodiment, effectively lock in the hold open position unless and until the design breakover force is incurred. A second spring causes axial compression and, hence, radial bulging, of a first spring causing a inner cylindrical member to be locked in position relative to an outer cylindrical housing. An actuator includes a first rod that extends through the inner cylindrical member, and a second rod portion that is biased by a third spring to a non-engaging position relative to the first rod. A laterally extending lever can be manually engaged to overcome the bias of the second and third springs to unload the first spring significantly reducing the resistance force enabling the relative positions of the inner and outer cylindrical members to be adjusted.

Abstract: A laminate comprises a first substrate including a first layer of a blend of a polyolefin and an antifogging agent, and a bonding layer of polyolefin, preferably an ethylene unsaturated ester copolymer or low density polyethylene; a second substrate bonded to the bonding layer of the first substrate and comprising polyester or nylon; and a conventional adhesive between the first and second substrates; the bonding layer pre-treated by corona discharge before wind-up, and again treated by corona discharge before lamination. The laminates of the present invention exhibit much improved bond strength compared with conventional laminates.

Abstract: A plurality of embodiments of dual-rate linear dampers which can be utilized as hold open rods. These dampers provide significantly greater resistance to movement in one direction than in the other and, in one embodiment, effectively lock in the hold open position unless and until the design breakover force is incurred. The comparative resistance to movement in the two linear directions can be altered within the range of between five and ten times the force in the resistive embodiment by varying a number of parameters including, but not limited to, the number of disks in the string, the thickness of the disk flange, the number and depth of grooves in one or both surfaces of the flange, the tapering of the flange, and the properties of the elastomer.

Abstract: An apparatus for placing aerial cable from a cable reel. The apparatus includes a wheeled platform having a front and rear. A boom structure having an axially extending outer end is provided and a worker's platform is mounted to the outer end of the boom structure. A boom support structure carries the boom structure and is rotatably mounted on the wheeled platform for rotation about a vertical axis. The boom structure and the boom support structure are constructed to permit the worker's platform to be moved toward and away from the wheeled platform, raised and lowered with respect to the wheeled platform and rotated with respect to the wheeled platform. A lifting apparatus is mounted on the wheeled platform for supporting a cable reel at the rear of the wheeled platform. A bullwheel assembly is mounted on the wheeled platform forward of the boom support structure for guiding cable from the cable reel.

Abstract: A laminate comprises a first substrate including a first layer of a blend of a polyolefin and an antifogging agent, and a bonding layer of polyolefin, preferably an ethylene unsaturated ester copolymer or low density polyethylene; a second substrate bonded to the bonding layer of the first substrate and comprising polyester or nylon; and a conventional adhesive between the first and second substrates; the bonding layer pre-treated by corona discharge before wind-up, and again treated by corona discharge before lamination. The laminates of the present invention exhibit much improved bond strength compared with conventional laminates.

Abstract: An apparatus for placing aerial cable from a cable reel. The apparatus includes a wheeled platform having a front and rear. A boom structure having an axially extending outer end is provided and a worker's platform is mounted to the outer end of the boom structure. A boom support structure carries the boom structure and is rotatably mounted on the wheeled platform for rotation about a vertical axis. The boom structure and the boom support structure are constructed to permit the worker's platform to be moved toward and away from the wheeled platform, raised and lowered with respect to the wheeled platform and rotated with respect to the wheeled platform. A lifting apparatus is mounted on the wheeled platform for supporting a cable reel at the rear of the wheeled platform. A bullwheel assembly is mounted on the wheeled platform forward of the boom support structure for guiding cable from the cable reel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a chemically pumped laser system including means for generating chemicals that react to produce electronically excited molecules used by the laser system.

Abstract: An ionization source is disclosed for use with mass spectrometers and electron capture species detectors having an ionization light source excited so as to illuminate a fluid sample which flows past the light source whereby electrons are photoelectrically generated by a light source. Means are also provided to accelerate the photoelectrons and to extract heavy ions generated by the accelerated photoelectrons from the fluid sample. Further means are provided to focus the extracted heavy ions so that they may be detected. Also included is a means to maintain a vacuum between the light source and the sample and the detector.

Abstract: There is provided a photoionizer which includes a light source comprising a hollow torus, an ultraviolet transmitting window substantially surrounding a passage through the torus, a gas filling within the torus, and means for creating an electrical discharge within said torus. The photoionizer further includes an electrode means within said passage through said torus for collecting, or extracting, the ions produced by the said light source striking a gas within said passage, means for passing a preselected gas sample through said passage containing said electrode means, and means connected to said electrode means for measuring the ions collected by said electrode means resulting from the interaction between said light source and said gas sample or extracting means able to project a beam of ions from the ionization region or from an ion image outside the ionization region. Means are also provided for either intercepting or measuring surface currents.

Abstract: A simple change gear transmission utilizing an improved clutch structure and/or an improved idler structure to provide compounded countershafts is provided. The improved clutch structure involves the use of axially adjacent tube clutch members (76, 90) operated by side-by-side shift forks (86, 100) to selectively clutch one at a time four axially adjacent mainshaft gears (50, 52, 54, 56) to a mainshaft (18). Compound countershaft (16) comprising a forward portion (20) and a rearward portion (22) are provided for increasing the number and/or range of gear ratios. A combination tube clutch-idler shaft (108) is utilized to provide increased reduction to the rearward countershaft portion for first gear and reverse gear operation of the transmission.