Abstract: .Iadd.A cryogenic freezer for freezing products comprising an elongated horizontal tunnel, a conveyor extending therethrough, a liquid cryogenic spray at the outlet end of the conveyor, a plurality of substantially closed gas recirculating flow paths in series relationship along the length of the tunnel and individual fans in each recirculating flow path for causing gas contact with product being conveyed through the tunnel. .Iaddend.

Abstract: 1. A hypodermic needle support structure comprising in combination .[.;.]. .Iadd.: .Iaddend.a plastic main support member having .Iadd.an inner end, and an outer end portion terminating in an outer end; .Iaddend.a passage extending longitudinally .[.therethrough which provides.]. .Iadd.through said support member to provide .Iaddend.access to the interior of said support member from either end thereof.Iadd.; said longitudinally extending passage including a smaller diameter portion adjacent said outer end and a larger diameter portion adjacent to said smaller diameter portion; means defining a shoulder between said smaller diameter portion and said larger diameter portion; .[.with said support member having at the outer end.]. .Iadd.; said outer end portion of said support member including .Iaddend. a rigid support section.[.,.].; a generally tubular metal eyelet member .Iadd.; a hypodermic needle cannula; said eyelet member being .Iaddend.

Abstract: The invention relates to an internal seal for rotary piston combustion engines of the trochoid type in which a housing consisting of two end pieces and a multiarcuate shell contains a polygonal piston rotatably mounted on an eccentric. At least one sealing ring conconcentric with the piston axis of rotation is disposed in a recess of the piston in each of its two end faces. The ring is pressed by spring means against the adjoining end piece and is sealingly and slidably engaged therewith to prevent passage of coolant or lubricant into the working chambers. The seal between the sealing ring and a wall of the recess in the end face of the piston is effected by an elastic ring.

Abstract: A reactive, stable dispersion can be prepared by the in situ polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer in an appropriate reactive medium such as a polyol. The in situ polymerization produces a dispersed polymer containing reactive radicals. The stable dispersion can be employed in any of a number of reactions, e.g., polyurethane-forming reactions, to introduce into the resultant product, as an integral part thereof, both the polyol and dispersed polymer.

Abstract: An improper or undesired second ground connection on the load side of the neutral conductor of an electrical supply system is detected by coupling an oscillator to the neutral conductor and to least one other conductor of the supply system in a balanced mode. In the absence of said improper or undesired second ground, oscillator signals cancel on the two conductors. When said second ground is present, oscillator current flows therethrough and the impedance change in the grounded neutral conductor is reflected back to the oscillator tank circuit to change the output signal of the oscillator. Change in output signal is detected and actuates circuit breaker to disconnect the supply system.

Abstract: For increased comfort and durability of appearance, each leg of a pair of trousers is provided with a plurality of ribbed creases extending generally longitudinally along its periphery.

Abstract: A central flow prosthetic cardiac valve for disposition in the heart and the aorta for controlling the pulsatile flow of blood into and from the heart, having a plurality of valve flaps for positive opening and closing of the valve during pulsatile flow of the blood.

Abstract: A prosthesis for replacement of a damaged joint or load-bearing structure in an animal or human body comprises a shaped structural member, a relatively thick or cushioning coating of a physiologically inert elastomer over the surfaces of the structural member in load-bearing relationship with the skeletal structure of the body, and an open-pore, tissue-ingrowth-receptive fabric coating the elastomer, all elements being firmly bonded to each other. In many embodiments, a stem of the prosthesis comprising the above elements is adapted to be inserted into a bone cavity, and is eventually affixed firmly thereto by fibrous tissue and bony ingrowth. Stability of the stem portion is enhanced by buttresses integral with the base of the stem.

Abstract: A swimming pool which has a plastic liner sheet having an inner surface directed toward the interior of the pool to define the interior thereof and an outer surface directed away from the interior of the pool. A plastic backing structure which is rigid engages the outer surface of the liner sheet so as to form a backing for the latter. The plastic backing structure takes the form of a plurality of units situated one next to the other along the periphery of the pool with each of these units being composed of a series of extrusions situated one next to the other. Each of the extrusions is hollow and has front and rear parallel walls interconnected by strips which are situated one above the other between these walls.

Abstract: Cross-contamination of the patients using the same bathtub in a health-care institution is precluded by lining the tub, before it is filled with water, with a disposable sheet of biologically-clean, flexible plastic film, thereby establishing a physical barrier to prevent any contact (and consequently a transmission path for bacteria) between the bathtub and patient and between the tub and water. Openings are made along the liner's edges in order to hang the liner onto a series of hooks affixed to the three walls surrounding the tub, the hooks being appropriately shaped so that they can be used by the installer to pierce or puncture the liner to make the openings. The liner is merely draped over the front of the tub. Installation is expedited and made easier by providing a series of markers, such as printed rings, along the edges of the liner to designate the areas that should be pierced to achieve proper positioning and centering of the liner within the bathtub.

Abstract: Ventilator apparatus to remove foul air and objectionable odors from a toilet comprising a vent duct manifold molded into the rear portion of the toilet bowl rim and communicating with a laterally extending coupling. The coupling communicates with a vent stack of the sewer in order to vent the manifold. The vent stack communicates with a blower which draws foul air out of the toilet bowl and discharges the air to atmosphere. The intake opening of the vent duct is positioned to prevent entry of water thereinto by a lip extending downwardly on the front edge of the vent duct.

Abstract: A cup-like shield formed of resiliently flexible material is mounted on one end of an elongated adjustable rod. The shield is positionable about the inlet of an overflow passage in a lavatory bowl and locked into sealed relation with the bowl by means of the adjustable rod engaging, through a cushioned second end, the opposite wall of the bowl. The shield opens upwardly for the introduction of liquid and laterally for discharge of the liquid into the passage inlet.

Abstract: A patient-lifting stretcher comprises a movable flexible frame formed of two closed longitudinal slideways between which there are movably mounted two parallel support sheets staggered with respect to each other which have one end in common provided with a reversing roller and two separate ends each having a reversing roller. Over these rollers and sheets there slide two cloths whose common end is connected to a fixed point and whose other ends, after passing over the rollers, are each firmly connected with a separate fixed point so that when the stretcher is displaced, one of the cloths moves under the body of the patient while the other, below this one, moves over the mattress or other surface which has until then directly sustained the body.

Abstract: A generally rectangular frame for supporting the springs in a box spring assembly consisting of horizontal side and end rails, a plurality of transversely spaced cross rails supported on and extending between the side rails, and a center rail supported on and extending between the end rails and interlocked with the mid portions of the cross rails so as to support the cross rails intermediate their ends. The cross rails and the center rail are longitudinally arched to provide a mattress foundation which is convexly arched in two directions when viewed from above. Telescoping bracket supports are provided for mounting the ends of the center rail on the wood end rails so as to eliminate the necessity for slotting the end rails and uniquely shaped tabs are struck out of the cross rails to enable easy interlocking of the center rail with the cross rails during assembly of the frame.

Abstract: A body positioner and the like is formed from a block of polyurethane foam having resilient characteristics capable of deformation and of permitting the passage of air and having an unsymmetrical pentagonal cross-section and having a length substantially greater than its width so that the block may be rotated on its major surfaces to provide for a variety of adjustable continuous positioning support surfaces along a major portion of the body of a patient while lying upon an operating table or examining table.

Abstract: Liquid-containing pulp material, especially sulphate pulp containing black liquor, is deposited as a mat on a moving filter and subjected to displacement washing with a liquid such as clean water supplied to one side of the pulp mat and displacing the black liquor, which emerges in substantially undiluted form from the opposite side of the mat. The filter is a screen moving over a supporting floor, said floor and screen together forming a "resistance floor" providing a substantial flow resistance to the liquid. A layer of displacement or washing liquid (e.g., water) is maintained over the pulp mat covering the surface thereof. This layer may have a depth or height of e.g. 10 to 100 cm, thus protecting the surface of the mat against the effect of supply means for displacement liquid and providing a pressure on the upper side of the pulp mat assisting in overcoming the flow resistance of the pulp and the floor.

Abstract: A swimmer's glove having a hand portion with hollow tubular fingers extending therefrom in a normal position for swimming and webs between the fingers. The joints joining the fingers to the hand portion and the joints in the fingers are constructed so that they will bend only in the closing direction of the hand. The hand and fingers of the swimmer are thereby reinforced against bending in the opening direction of the hand when force is exerted on the glove from the side toward the closing direction of the hand as the swimmer moves the glove through water while swimming, and the glove can be bent when the hand of the swimmer is closed.

Abstract: A knockout mechanism for a high-speed automatic cold heading machine having first and second eccentric shafts. A driving link is mounted on the first eccentric shaft by an antifriction bearing. A rocker arm is pivotally connected to the driving link at a location spaced from the connection of the link to the first shaft. The rocker arm is connected to the second shaft so that the rocker arm continuously oscillates. Knockout means including an ejecting rod are actuated by the rocker arm to eject a blank from a die of the machine. The stroke of the rocker arm is adjusted by adjusting the second eccentric shaft.

Abstract: The method of manufacturing a threaded nut having a case containing a separately formed essentially helical coil structure which forms an internal thread and is fusion bonded to the case, preferably by electron beam welding. The coil structure desirably has a locking portion which is substantially free of direct attachment to the adjacent portion of the case, with this locking portion and the surrounding portion of the case both being deformed to a condition requiring radially outward displacement thereof upon threaded engagement with a mating screw, to thereby attain a very effective self-locking action preventing unscrewing of the nut.

Abstract: Slippers of heat-sealable synthetic polymeric sheeting comprise a sole member and an upper member joined thereto by a heat-seal joint, the upper member having a progressively wider portion of said sheeting relative to the sole member, as measured across the slipper, whereby a permanent foot-receiving pocket is provided to facilitate donning the slipper without requiring the use of the hands. Method and apparatus for making such slippers comprise steps or means for joining separate bands of the material by heat-sealing the bands to each other on profiles corresponding to the sole and upper members, while simultaneously providing extra width in the upper member to create the foot receiving pocket.

Abstract: Apparatus for lasting of shoes has an elastic and flexible pad disposable in a cavity provided in a suitable housing. A portion of the pad is relieved for conforming to the configuration of a shoe last suspended in the housing cavity. Proper relieving of the pad permits same to stretch nonuniformly to conform to the irregular configuration of the last when a substantially uniform fluid pressure is applied to the pad, and this conforming of the pad to the last forces an upper arranged between the pad and last to be wiped over edges of the last and into contact with an insole disposed on the last for facilitating the securing of the upper to the insole.

Abstract: A scrubbing machine that includes an articulated vehicle having a power unit and a trailer unit coupled thereto, said trailer unit having cleaning and dirty solution tanks thereon, a squeegee assembly on the power unit having a central liquid take-up tube and a second take-up tube at one end portion thereof, controls operated by turning the vehicle in the appropriate direction for switching the application of vacuum from the central tube to the second tube, a scrubber head unit and an assembly for mounting and carrying the scrubber unit on the vehicle and raising and lowering the scrubber unit including an articulated joint to permit limited pivotal movement of the scrubber head about a generally vertical axis and an axis perpendicular thereto.

Abstract: A device for washing and drying reusable scorecards utilizing a tank having an inlet aperture and an outlet aperture. A means is also included for conveying the scorecard edgewise through the tank and through a scrubbing station and a drying station. The scrubbing station is submerged in a cleaning fluid contained in the tank whereby fluid is supplied to the scorecard during the scrubbing operation. A means for drying the scorecard is located at the drying station which comprises a pair of revolving wringer rollers operable to remove the cleaning fluid from the scorecard.

Abstract: A rinsing system for steel strip after acid pickling comprises a plurality of consecutive adjacent rinse compartments, each of which contains a bath of rinse solution which is sprayed onto the strip as it passes through the compartment. Fresh water is added to the last compartment and a volume of solution equivalent to the added fresh water is continuously transferred from each compartment to an adjacent compartment. A concentrated waste rinse effluent is removed from the first compartment.

Abstract: Apparatus for simultaneously cleaning and skiving reinforced hose including vacuum means for removing particulate matter from the interior of the hose. Rotating cutter means are provided for skiving an exterior covering layer from said hose. The hose is mounted in longitudinally moveable clamping means and fed into the longitudinally fixed rotary cutters and vacuuming means.

Abstract: An improved mounting structure for movably mounting the handle of a power driven vacuum cleaner including spring biasing structure urging the handle to a central neutral position and permitting the user of the vacuum cleaner to effect selective forward and rearward movement of the vacuum cleaner by suitable manipulation of the handle against the action of the spring biasing structure. The spring biasing structure is defined by a cartridge which is mounted in a tubular portion of the handle. Improved bearing structures are provided for providing facilitated longitudinal reciprocation of the handle for facilitated control of the forward and reverse operation of the vacuum cleaner.

Abstract: The specification discloses a surface cleaning apparatus having an air blast pickup head in which the suction in the exhaust chamber can be increased by the operator during operation of the apparatus to facilitate the ingestion of larger objects of debris and litter.

Abstract: A telescoping cleaning tool adapted to remove debris and the like from a poorly accessible surface. The tool includes telescoping inner and outer tubes wherein one end of one of the tubes is adapted to receive air under pressure, as from an air nozzle, and the opposite end of the other tube is provided with a sharpened edge for scraping debris and the like from a surface. An orifice is provided adjacent the sharpened edge for directing the air under pressure against such debris. The one tube is preferably provided with a handle near its air-receiving end so that an operator may grasp the handle with the fingers and press the air-receiving end into an air nozzle held in the palm of the hand, thereby permitting the tool to be used with one hand only.

Abstract: A hinge mounting device, particularly for furniture door hinges, includes a hinge casing and a hinge arm interconnected by links pivotally mounted on the hinge casing and the hinge arm by means of pivot pins. The hinge arm is slidable into and fixable onto a mounting plate that is securable to a furniture element, for example a side wall.

Abstract: Inflation gas pressure interior of a flexible tubing, such as a food casing, advancing continuously through multiple processing zones, is controlled variably from zone to zone by coacting metering rolls and gas pumping nip rolls arranged on the tubing travel locus.

Abstract: Apparatus for forming a tubular non-woven web comprising filament supply means and filament forwarding means, between which there is no cumulative angular motion, and a filament collector comprising a number of continuous belts arranged to form a vertical channel, onto the inside wall of which the forwarding means project filaments to form a non-woven web. There are at least two filament forwarding means. The continuous belts are synchronously driven to carry the non-woven web away from the filament forwarding means.

Abstract: A tracking device is illustrated wherein a rotatable guide is moved in a path approximating the path of the trumpet or other coiler sliver guide means responsive to suitable gearing and wherein the rotatable guide has a scalloped surface over which the sliver is fed for minimizing contact between the sliver and the rotatable guide and producing positive rotation of the rotatable guide by the sliver, avoiding sliding friction therebetween.

Abstract: An apparatus for maintaining sliver thickness uniform whereby the web from a carding machine is gathered by a trumpet and passed between a grooved driven roller and a sensor roller riding in the groove so that the movements of the sensor roller vary as a function of sliver density. The sensor roller is mechanically connected to a magnetic core so that movement of the sensor roller varies the coupling between a primary transformer winding and a pair of secondary windings. The voltages induced in the secondary windings are applied, after a delay, to a first differential amplifier whose output in turn is connected to a second differential amplifier which is periodically rendered operative by a pulse generator and to which is also connected a potentiometer for adjusting desired density. The output of the second amplifier is connected to a pair of relay coils, one responsive to positive excursions and the other to negative.

Abstract: A device for use in the manufacture of buttoned upholstery includes a loop of thread or the like and a bar having a notch which is capable of receiving and nipping a part of the thread of the loop. The bar and thread are passed through an eyelet of an ornamental button and a half-hitch knot is formed. The bar is passed through the article and when turned at right angles to the loop forms an anchorage on the surface of the article opposite the surface receiving the button.

Abstract: Textile strands are compressively crimped by propelling them lengthwise, as by a fluid jet, into a rotating cylindrical chamber having a foraminous surface. Rotation of the chamber aids in collection and temporary retention of the crimped strand until it is withdrawn therefrom at the leading edge of the strand accumulation after about half a revolution. The crimped strand is withdrawn between an edge of the chamber and an adjacent solid surface rotating therewith, as by conical rolls.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for stuffer box crimping yarn is disclosed in which continuous filament drawn yarn having a thermoplastic component and varying in denier along its length is treated in the same crimping area and where that portion of the yarn of higher denier is texturized to a lesser extent than that portion of the yarn of lower denier. The apparatus for carrying out the method provides a crimp site and a very short plug guiding area which establishes the lateral width of the plug. A pair of pressure shoes are oppositely disposed on either side of the plug of crimped yarn as it leaves the guiding area.

Abstract: A method of producing a novel deeply creped fabric by using partially bulked yarn. Gyratory (or torque-imparted) partially bulked yarn obtained from a known twisting - heat setting - untwisting process is additionally twisted, or said process is conducted on the pre-twisted yarn to give extra twists to the non-bulked portions, so as to make conspicuous the difference between the bulked and non-bulked portions, and a fabric is woven or knit by using such yarn and is subjected to a creping treatment.

Abstract: A method of making an electrical terminal in a metal capacitor housing. The terminal includes a metal disc on which a metal pin is eccentrically formed. By means of the pin, a part of an insulating foil inserted between the terminal and the housing is pressed through a hole in the housing, after which the pin is riveted. The foil is removed from the end of the pin, whereby a capacitor electrode can be welded to the pin.

Abstract: A parting tool for cutting off stock lengths on a lathe or screw machine which supports the cutting blade in tension, thus enabling the use of a narrow cut-off blade that can cut larger diameter stock than conventional cut-off tools. The cutting blade is mounted in slots of the two arms of a Y-shaped holder, with the cutting edge located between the holder arms. The blade is anchored to the holder by a support pin that engages an open slot in the rear blade edge, and by cammed pins in the holder arms, locking in the front edge of the blade.

Abstract: A rectangular shaped cutting tool having an upwardly, forwardly and sidewise opening V-shaped recess formed in one side face, with the edges of the V being uniformly sloped to form an acute angle with the inner wall of the recess, and a replaceable triangular shaped cutting insert formed of a hard, brittle metal, having its edges bevelled to correspond to the slope of said edges, vertically positioned in the recess and jammed downwardly and against the recess inner wall by both an upper releasable clamp and by cutting forces upon the exposed cutting corner of the insert. The uniform slope of the recess edges and its three openings permit the interchangeable use of inserts which are inaccurate or slightly variable in thickness and edge length. The improvement wherein the insert edges are bevelled from its opposite faces to define a cental raised ridge along its edges, rather than from one side, to allow the insert to be used in either left or right hand insert holders interchaneably.

Abstract: A center cutting indexable insert end mill which can be used for axial plunging in solid material or side cutting. The center cutting insert having corner radii is positioned with the axial center line of the tool shank intersecting the inner corner radius. A single square insert with side clearance angle having the cutting face located in a radial plane provides alternate active cutting edges for axial and/or radial feed; alternatively a second diametrically oppositely located identical insert located radially outward of the center cutting insert performs side and outermost axial cutting functions.

Abstract: Method of manufacturing a catalyst type exhaust gas purifier utilizing a divisible vessel to hold an integrated catalyst, while a packing is inserted at the junction between the divisible parts. The space between the vessel and the catalyst is filled with a castable refractory material, which is then solidified, after which the packing is removed and then the parts of the vessel are drawn together at said junction.

Abstract: An improved header construction for a heat transfer apparatus of the type utilizing a plurality of concentric, longitudinally extending tubes including an inner tube, an intermediate tube and an outer tube with the intermediate tube extending beyond the outer tube and the inner tube extending beyond the intermediate tube. The header includes sealing members for the intermediate and outer tubes. Each sealing member is butt welded at one end to its associated tube. The other end of the sealing members defines a radially inwardly directed sanitary radius which is welded to an outwardly directed sanitary radius formed in a band which, in turn, is welded to the next innermost tube section. The method of assembling a header in accordance with the above is also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for joining the free end of a first pipe to a coupling collar secured to the end of a second pipe includes a longitudinally extending member adapted to engage the coupling collar while supported by the second pipe, and a flexibly extending member secured to the lateral member. With the pipe ends adjacent, the flexibly extending member is wrapped spirally about the first pipe and secured thereto. A lever member adapted to engage the flexibly extending member is then placed on the longitudinally extending member, and operated to tension and pull the flexibly extending member, which draws the end of the first pipe into the coupling while also rotating the first pipe.

Abstract: A helical coil comprising a plurality of turns of bar stock is mounted on an expanding mandrel which is operated by a hydraulic cylinder or the like to expand the internal circumference of the coil against the resilient resistance thereof. A severing device is then employed to form a cut across the turns of the coil so as to sever each turn as a separate ring having a gap therein corresponding in width to the thickness of the severing device. The expanding mandrel is then released so as to allow the rings to spring back to their original circumference. In this way, the gap in each ring is closed. Each ring may then be flattened to remove the helical pitch so that the ring will be in a single plane with the severed ends of the ring aligned. The severed ends may be welded or otherwise joined. The disclosed machine preferably employs a rotary abrasive disc for forming the cut across the turns of the coil. The width of the cut corresponds to the thickness of the abrasive disc.

Abstract: A brushing apparatus for carpets and the like has a housing one side of which faces a surface to be brushed and is provided with a plurality of wall portions connected with one another by weakened hinge-like zones so that these wall portions are produced in flat condition and can then be displaced relative to one another to a condition in which they define a trough. A brush extends along the trough and, when rotated in response to movement of the brushing apparatus over the surface, picks up dirt and deposits it in the trough.

Abstract: A yieldably resilient, tubular bellows is fastened to a metal cylinder by first inserting an axial end portion of the bellows in a more rigid clamping ring whose internal cross section is greater than the cross section of the cylinder, but not substantially greater than that of the outer cross section of the bellows, then axially juxtaposing the bellows and the cylinder, and exerting axial pressure in opposite directions on the ring and the cylinder while preventing the bellows from moving out of the ring until an axially terminal portion of the cylinder enters the bore of the bellows, smaller in cross section than the cylinder, and is axially coextensive with the ring, whereby the bellows is radially compressed between the ring and the cylinder.

Abstract: A modular truck body comprises a pair of upstanding side modules each having an L-shaped cross section, a bottom module having its outer edges secured to inner edges of the side modules and an upstanding front module secured between the side modules and having its lower edge secured to the bottom module. The modules are aligned and pre-assembled at a manufacturing plant and then disassembled for shipping purposes. At a customer's job site or the like the modules are re-assembled and secured together for installation on the frame of a truck.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a self-flanging nut construction utilizing a tubular body having a laterally extending flange at one end and an opening therethrough, said opening having a first portion and a second portion of differing cross sectional areas, the first portion being formed with a thread and the second portion defining a riveting flange. A plurality of circumferentially spaced serrations are provided on the periphery of said body adjacent said flange. When the nut is placed adjacent a sheet metal body having an opening therein with the opening in alignment with the opening in the nut and the nut is forced against said plate, the metal surrounding said opening in said plate is first deformed axially of the opening to form a tubular portion and thereafter the riveting flange is deformed laterally outwardly over the end of the tubular portion formed on said plate.

Abstract: The plumbing assembly includes a tube having a free edge portion at which at least one inverted T-shaped projection is formed. The projection is located with its cross bar extending parallel to the free edge of the tube and the stem thereof extending from the cross bar towards the free edge and terminating at a point spaced therefrom. An annular ring formed with a threaded outer peripheral surface and a relatively smooth inner surface has at least one recess formed in its inner surface for receiving the stem portion of the T-shaped projection, thereby to prevent relative rotation between the tube and the ring.