Abstract: An electronic, undamped oscillator driven by a periodic input signal (forcing function) having a frequency equal to the natural frequency of the oscillator develops an output sinusoidal signal having a rate of growth (amplitude increase) proportional to the amplitude of the first harmonic component of the input signal. When the input signal is a force variation signal and the oscillator is tuned to the rotational frequency of a tire mounted on the force variation machine, the rate of growth of the output signal of the oscillator is proportional to the amplitude of the force variation signal. A peak follower detects the amplitude of the increments between successive peaks of the oscillator output signal. A meter indicates the amplitude of the successive peaks of the oscillator output signal, thereby indicating the amplitude of the first harmonic component of the force variation signal.

Abstract: A frangible element or weakened line in sheet material, especially tinplate, which is useful in opening means for containers. A method and apparatus for making the line is described. The frangible element lies between two portions of the sheet of greater thickness than the frangible element, to which it is joined by rounded steps or other rounded formations, and a hollow indentation, e.g., a bead, lies in one of the portions. By using a series of indentations, these can be arranged so that the opening of a tear-open panel in the container wall can be controlled more easily.

Abstract: .[.A process for the delignification of chips of vegetable matter by pretreating the chips to obtain at least 64 percent by weight refined vegetable matter, and delignifying the refine vegetable matter with chlorine dioxide. A pulp produced in high yield by the process which refines easier, dries more readily on a paper machine, exhibits higher on-machine filler retention, and possesses greater strength than conventionally bleached kraft pulp made from the same wood mixture. A paper produced from said pulp which has higher tensile, tear, burst, fold, pick and delamination strengths and greater brightness stability that paper produced from conventionally bleached kraft pulp made from the same wood mixture..]. .Iadd.

Abstract: Unique and novel phenolic synthetic detergent-disinfectant compositions are provided wherein the detergent component is an anionic detergent and the phenolic components thereof consist essentially of ortho phenylphenol in admixture with high activity and intermediate activity phenolics, the ratio of ortho phenylphenol to the high and intermediate activity phenolics being from about 4:1-1.1:1. When prepared as a use dilution, the ortho phenylphenol is present in an amount of at least about 450 p.p.m.When the ortho phenylphenol is employed only with the high activity phenolics, the preferred minimum amount of ortho phenylphenol should be at least about 600 p.p.m. and the ratio of the ortho phenylphenol to the high activity phenolics can then be from about 2.5:1-1.5:1 and, when used with intermediate activity phenolics at the same preferred minimum level, the ratio of the ortho phenylphenol to the intermediate activity phenolics can be from about 2.1:1-1.25:1.

Abstract: Method of producing microcapsules containing hydrophobic oily liquid, which comprises, in producing microcapsules by complex coacervation, using gelatin, as at least one hydrophilic colloid, adding an aqueous solution of shock preventing agent at a temperature lower than the gelling point of gelatin in order to prevent a rise in viscosity due to reaction of gelatin and aldehyde during hardening pretreatment and rapidly accomplishing hardening pretreatment.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the preparation of free-flowing, lump-free redispersible synthetic resin powders by spraydrying aqueous dispersions of synthetic resins containing an added amount of a water-soluble condensation product from melamine, formaldehyde and containing sulfonate groups.

Abstract: The reaction product of a carbohydrate such as a sugar, with an alkaline agent such as an alkali metal hydroxide solution has a high water retention power which is about as high as that of the neutral skin sugar fraction obtained by extraction of the stratum corneum and far superior to that of hygroscopic compounds such as glycerol, glycols, the water-soluble amino acid fraction of the skin and others which, although they attract water, permit rapid evaporation thereof.

Abstract: A circuit is provided in a traveling-wave tube package which eliminates the need of manually setting the power supply voltage to match the proper operating voltage of the tube. The circuit utilized within the traveling-wave tube package forms a part of the power supply, the remainder of which is provided externally of the traveling-wave tube package. By selecting the proper circuit components, the traveling-wave tube package can be connected without adjustment to a power supply and still operates at the desired voltage.

Abstract: An arrangement for controlling the flash duration in photographic cameras. A light-sensitive element within the apparatus responds to light originating from the source for flash bulbs and reflected by the object or scene to be photographed. The flash bulb is ignited by an ignition circuit which also generates the operating voltage for the light-sensitive device. Through the application of a discharge tube which has a considerably lower internal resistance, when ignited, than the flash bulb, the latter becomes extinguished when the .Iadd.quantity of .Iaddend.light reflected by the object or scene and impinging upon the light-sensitive device, is .[.of.]. a predetermined .[.magnitude.]. .Iadd.quantity..Iaddend.

Abstract: This specification discloses a color television system of the type in which a full color image is produced by superimposed red and white images corresponding to different color video signals representing different wavelength contents of the televised scene. The red and white images are produced by accelerating the electron beam to different velocities and the velocity of the electron beam is switched between these different velocities to produce the two superimposed images at the end of each line scan. The system incorporates a high voltage switching system to switch the voltage level applied to the screen of the picture tube in order to provide the necessary velocity switching of the electron beam. This switching comprises a transformer, the second winding of which is coupled with the relatively large capacitance provided by the screen of the picture tube. The primary side of the transformer is switched between open circuit and short circuit conditions. Energy is coupled into .[.and out of.].

Abstract: The font strip consists of a dimensionally stable photographic film on which have been developed timing marks and type characters. The font strip is accurately positioned on a rotating drum by guide posts which project through apertures on the font strip. The font strip is secured to the surface of the drum by the engagement of an end plate fastened to one end of the font strip, which end plate projects through pins mounted to the surface of the drum. The other end of the font strip is bent within a hooked end plate which engages a correspondingly tapered hook portion of the font drum. A tensioning mechanism associated with the font drum affords the necessary tension to maintain the font strip on the drum.

Abstract: The crown suspension consists of upper and lower dome-shaped elements each having a central portion and radially extending legs. The legs of the upper element are connected to the shell and means is provided for adjusting the position of the legs of the lower element relative to the upper element legs to enable the lower element to be fitted to various sized heads.

Abstract: A cooling jacket provides personal cooling for the wearer by convection as cold carbon dioxide gas circulates within the space between the inside surface of the jacket and the wearer's body. Dry ice is held in pockets inside the jacket, aand each pocket is vented to permit the gas to diffuse through the pocket into the space. The bottom of the jacket is provided with a waist band which closes the space at the bottom and restrains the escape of the relatively heavy carbon dioxide gas.

Abstract: The frontal long end of the necktie is composed of a lower long end section and an upper long end section. The upper section comprises a first piece constituted of a first fabric having an exposed given facing surface and formed to enable a slipknot to be made therewith. The lower section comprises an inner second piece constituted of said first fabric and an outer third piece superimposed on such second piece and constituted of a second fabric having an exposed facing surface different from that of the first fabric. Lines of stitching connect the side and bottom edges of the second and third piece together and the upper edges of such pieces to the bottom edge of the first piece to form the long end of the necktie.

Abstract: A belt loop for a garment such as a pair of trousers comprises a band of material sewn onto the garment to form a first belt loop and a larger, second belt loop overlapping the first loop and extending vertically beyond it. In addition to the two loops, a cloth belt may also be incorporated.

Abstract: An accessory which can be incorporated into a conventional bra at the time of manufacture or added subsequent thereto for conversion thereof to a mastectomy bra. The accessory hides variable amounts of scar tissue or other type of chest disfigurement in the region where the breast has been removed, by means which may be adjusted by the wearer, the area hidden depending in amount and location upon the nature and extent of the mastectomy, i.e., removal of all or a part of one or both breasts with or without removal of adjacent muscle tissue and/or lymph nodes.

Abstract: A bathtub book stand adapted to be mounted on a bathtub to support a book or magazine being read by a person sitting in the tub. The stand has a horizontal support beam extending across the tub. A flat book support member with a lower retaining lip is attached to the horizontal beam and can be tilted at varying angles.

Abstract: A lightweight, collapsible camp toilet having a supporting frame, a toilet seat carried by said supporting frame, and a bag-type receptacle suspended beneath the toilet seat. Linkage means are provided to automatically open the bag when weight is applied to the seat, and to allow the bag to close when the weight is removed from the toilet seat.

Abstract: This invention provides a decorative cover for the exposed exterior side of a bathtub, the cover being in the form of decorative material such as a textile, to the back side of which cover is applied a plastic sheet carrying adhesive on each side whereby one side of the sheet is adhesively secured to the back side of the cover and the other side of the sheet may be pressed against the outer wall or side of the bathtub to be adhesively secured thereto.

Abstract: A "Child's Cave" provides a small "living" enclosure in which a child can work or play. In this enclosure, a seat assembly faces a shelf that acts as a working surface. Access to the enclosure is provided by cut-outs in one or both of the front and rear walls. The wall panels also define a separate clothes storage space which can be closed to the exterior by a curtain. An upper bed extends along the top of the article to provide a main sleeping surface and form a ceiling for the living enclosure and clothes storage space. Climbing holes form a ladder to this bed. The article has the further features that (a) the seat assembly and shelf can be horizontally aligned to form a second, lower bed; (b) slidable drawers are located in the lower part of the clothes storage space; and (c) the climbing holes are spaced apart non-uniformly, the spacing between the uppermost pair being less than that between the other pairs.

Abstract: A mattress base or support member is formed by a metal frame assembly having a plurality of metal frame members that define the outer periphery of the mattress base and that support a plurality of struts for alternately mounting a resilient cushion, such as a sheet of polyurethane foam, thereon to form a foundation when the frame assembly is disposed in a first condition or mounting a spring assembly thereon to form a box or inner spring when the frame assembly is disposed in a second, inverted condition. The frame assembly includes corner braces disposed at each corner that receive and retain vertical support means, such as legs, rollers or casters, thereby eliminating the customary lowermost adjustable bed frame. A fabric cover is placed over either the box spring or the foundation and is secured to the frame assembly by a resilient clip band, which is preferably sewn to the lowermost edges of the cover, to form an upholstered mattress base.

Abstract: An easily washable and reconstructable hygienic mattress in which its enclosure consists of a perimetral box-like band and two equal half-linings, namely a bottom and a top, joinable by their edge to the band by connection means the stuffing being provided in prefabricated elements removably inserted into said enclosure.

Abstract: A patient care system for monitoring respiratory distress problems and providing therapeutic treatment comprising, a sensor for generating patient derived respiratory activity signals, detecting an apnea episode from the signals, and providing in response to a detected apnea episode, stimulation of the patient by a momentary inflation of a pneumatic means adapted for placement under the patient to raise the patient and induce loss of equilibrium for startling the patient into a natural respiration pattern.

Abstract: A mattress is made up of a central core, insulators on either side, pads of stuffing on the insulators and a cover with a zipper closure and an inner flange holding the components in place. By providing discrete components with the uniquely designed cover, untrained personnel can separate one or more components of the mattress which may require repair or replacement all to the end that mattresses need not be sent out to a factory or mattress renovator.

Abstract: An apparatus for loosening threaded lids from jars or similar containers having screw-type lids. The apparatus includes a rotatable bottom support platform having a friction pad for supporting and rotating the container, and a top, vertically movable friction pad for engaging the threaded lid whereupon rotation of the bottom support platform rotates the container relative to the lid for loosening the lid to facilitate removal. The apparatus includes a drive motor which is energized as the top friction pad is biased downwardly and into engagement with the lid of the container. Alternatively, the drive motor can rotate the support platform in an opposite direction to seal jar lids for use during canning. The apparatus also includes a can opener on the underside of the apparatus housing which is operated by the same drive motor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel process for continuous washing of a textile web in flattened condition by guiding the web along a zig-zag-shaped path over a plurality of guide rolls arranged in two vertical parallel rows in a vessel, while maintaining in said vessel a temperature of at least 100.degree. C and an over-pressure of at least 1 atm., and while subjecting at least one side of the substantially horizontal sections of the web between successive guide rolls to spraying with a wash solution. The invention also includes the apparatus in which said process is carried out.

Abstract: A boat stanchion is formed of a single, continuous strand of fiberglass and thermosetting resin. The fiberglass strand is wound into a loop having a multiplicity of turns and the loop is then flattened to form a substantially straight bundle of overlapping strand sections. The strand bundle is placed in a mold with thermosetting resin. One half of the mold includes a pair of pointed rods which separate the strand sections when the two mold halfs are brought together to form two holes. The partial loop of overlapping strand sections at one end of the bundle encompasses one of the holes and approximately one half of the overlapping strand sections at approximately a mid-point of the bundle are positioned on one side of the other hole and the remainder thereof are positioned on the other side of that hole.

Abstract: A collapsible raft includes opposed hinged rigid hull and deck members joined by a flexible watertight skirt and surrounded by a peripheral inflatable tube. The hinge plates interconnecting the hull and deck may be selectively locked in an open condition. In the preferred form, the hull and deck members each include a water sealable hatch and appropriately valved ventilator tubes that render the raft invertible and serve to protect the occupant(s) from drowning and exposure. A second form of the invention is embodied in a pleasure craft wherein the deck is open and includes a seating arrangement and provision for mounting an outboard motor.

Abstract: A subaqueous conduit extends from a mainland terminal and leads to the base of a tubular mooring stanchion which extends above the sea surface. The base of the stanchion is located at a depth of up to 100 fathoms adapting the stanchion for the mooring of very large oil tankers. Secured to the stanchion is a double floating pontoon structure to which tankers can berth. The tankers are moored alongside the pontoon structure and discharge their oil through swivel-jointed tubes at the upper portion of the stanchion which permit relative motion of the tanker caused by sea conditions. The pontoon structure can be ballasted to submerge the same to a predetermined depth during adverse weather conditions. The stanchion may receive oil from two tankers simultaneously and is adapted for connection to a plurality of submarine conduits by which oil from the stanchion may be received at a plurality of land-based reception points.

Abstract: An improved mooring buoy is provided having means for maintaining the shackle at the upper end of its hawser above water level when the buoy is at rest in the water. The buoy is provided with a floating body having a generally vertical passage extending therethrough. The lower end of the hawser is shackled to a weighted line, such as a chain, which is connected to a dead weight. Both the weighted line and the hawser are slidable freely through the passage relative to the floating body of the buoy. Means are provided for limiting the downward sliding movement of the hawser relative of the floating body, to thereby maintain the upper end of the hawser above the water level. The buoy also may be provided with a skirt extending below the floating body to a depth sufficient to terminate below the usual level of the ship's propeller, to prevent the propeller from becoming entangled in the submerged weighted line.

Abstract: A one-piece molded plastic water ski having an elongated body of V-shaped transverse cross-section through the fore and mid sections of the ski, with the angle between the sidewalls increasing progressively toward the aft section to provide a substantially flat bottom at the aft end. The mid section has a footrest with an upper surface approximately level with the upper edges of the body, and with stirrup pieces secured thereto.

Abstract: A circular water ski device an upper and lower surface and having a revolving platform on the upper surface. There is a space between the upper and lower surface filled with buoyant material. The lower surface in a first embodiment has a general concave cross-section which may capture an air bubble, and provide a relief for the escape of entrapped water in another embodiment.

Abstract: A combination pool sweeper and vacuum cleaner is provided with a plurality of ride wheels and a pair of endless rubber tracks for movably supporting a suction chamber defining housing adjacent the pool surface to be cleaned. The suction chamber housing is provided with a bail for the attachment of a control handle for guiding the tool over the surface to be cleaned. A pair of counter-rotating brushes are driven from one of the endless rubber tracks through a gear train. A portion of this gear train, along with the suspension bearings of the rubber track, is mounted in a reciprocable bracket and includes a pair of pinions which alternately, depending on the direction of motion of the tool, engage drive gears attached to the shafts of the rotary brushes, ensuring that rotation of both brushes is always in the direction of the suction chamber of the combination tool irrespective of the direction in which the tool moves.

Abstract: A golf club cleaning apparatus is disclosed that is capable of cleaning both right-handed and left-handed irons and woods and is also capable of cleaning the faces and the bottom of irons as well as the front driving face and sole plate of woods. A first opening into the apparatus is provided for right-handed clubs, and a second opening is provided for left-handed clubs, with each opening being designed to accept either a wood or an iron for cleaning of the same. The overall appearance of the apparatus resembles a golf ball sitting on a tee, with the upper portion being at least partially filled with a cleaning or washing liquid. A golf club is held in place after insertion through one of the openings into the device, with the bottom and back in contact with a receiving tray.

Abstract: A floor sweeping attachment attachable to the underside of a factory fork lift truck. The device is in the form of a rectangular frame mounted on wheels to which a rotary brush sweeper unit is fastened. The wheel units of the frame are each mounted on a rotatable vertical pin, slidably fitted in a vertical tube of the frame. A pair of tapered wheels are fastened to the upper section of each wheel unit and ride under and lift up the frame when the device is moved sidewise to lift the brush sweeper unit above the floor level so as to avoid wearing of the brush bristles and brush sweeper wheels when the attached lift truck is not moving in a general forward or rearward motion.

Abstract: A portable wiping machine for removing water from a wet surface which may be manually moved over the surface and it includes a large drum whose cylindrical surface is perforated and covered with water absorbing material, such as a sponge. The sponge is compressed by its rolling contact over the surface and the expansion of the sponge portion as it leaves the surface will absorb the water therefrom. A sponge compressing roller is yieldingly held in contact with the top of the drum and a water receiving tray is fixedly mounted within the drum interior in a position to catch water squeezed from the sponge. A water retaining tank is supported by the machine and receives water from the tray. The tank can be emptied of water as desired.

Abstract: A professional squeegee comprising a handle, wiping blade holder and a resilient wiping blade of rectangular cross section. The blade is retained by the blade holder in a floating restraint by means of a longitudinal groove in the blade or the upper leg of the holder and a corresponding longitudinal bead or other protrusion in the other element for mating engagement with the groove. Removable pins engage the holder and detents at the end of the wiping blade to support the wiping edge at the extremities. Holding the blade in this manner allows it to float and assume its true wiping edge without distortion or influence from external clamping.

Abstract: Canister type vacuum cleaners, which can be used in any of their horizontal and upright positions. The vacuum cleaners include a casing housing a motor and a vacuum pump and a readily accessible compartment for a dust bag. The casing is free of protuberances and is configured so it will slide easily across the surface of the area in which it is used. It may be surrounded with an integral or removable cover to keep the cleaner from damaging furniture, etc., and/or a removable dolly may be attached to increase the mobility of the cleaner. A readily locatable, foot-operated power switch external to the vacuum cleaner casing is also provided to facilitate turning it on and off.

Abstract: A suction port device comprising a shield member extending along at least one of the peripheral edges of an opening formed in a suction port body, so that the suction force of the vacuum cleaner can be made substantially uniform in intensity over the entire length of the suction port body.

Abstract: A carpet gripper with headless carpet anchoring pins or prongs and a method of making same. A carpet gripper including: a strip having upper and lower surfaces and inner and outer edges; headless carpet anchoring pins or prongs extending upwardly through the strip from the lower surface of the strip through and to a level above the upper surface of the strip; each prong being inclined upwardly and outwardly toward the outer edge of the strip from the lower end of the prong to its upper end; the lower end of each prong being bevelled and having a surface which is obliquely oriented relative to the prong, which is at least generally perpendicular to the upper and lower surfaces of the strip, which faces generally inwardly toward the inner edge of the strip, and which is in a plane extending generally longitudinally of the strip; and the apex of the bevelled lower end of each prong being crimped toward the outer edge of the strip and being embedded in the lower surface thereof.

Abstract: A quick release clamping assembly for connecting two components at least one of which has an arcuate shaped clamping surface. The assembly consists of a stem projecting from one of the components through the other component and a clamping nut mounted on the stem. The clamping nut is rotatable with respect to the stem between the clamping-in position in which it clamps the two components together in the released position in which one component is movable with respect to the other about the stem. The clamping nut has an underside directed towards the clamping surface of the first component. The underside of the clamping nut is formed to provide a clamping surface of a concave curvature corresponding to the convex curvature of the clamping surface of the first component and a release recess angularly disposed with respect to the clamping surface and extending inwardly with respect to the nut above the clamping surface of the clamping nut.

Abstract: The hinge comprises a pair of hinge members pivotally connected by a hinge pin. One hinge member, while made of relatively flexible plastic, is made dimensionally rigid between spaced fasteners by virtue of its attachment to one cabinet member. A flexible strap integrally formed on the one hinge member is engaged by a cam part of the companion hinge member to generate a substantial turning torque between the members as a function of angular movement, the turning torque reaching a maximum and changing directions just before a limit of relative angular movement is achieved whereby a self-closing or self-latching results.

Abstract: A counterbalance mechanism features a single stationary bracket, which serves as a free pivotal and thrust bearing support for a counterbalance assembly extending through the bracket for connection to a lid operating linkage.

Abstract: An automatic machine for sectioning poultry comprising a series of knives for performing selected cuts, and includes a mechanism for inserting the poultry carcasses into the machine, as well as improved mechanisms for performing selected cuts and for centering a carcass to be split into two halves.

Abstract: A tube-like socket is provided in a machine for stuffing sausage and the like. A nozzle is swingably or pivotally mounted for swinging movement between operating position in which a sausage tubing feeds between the socket and nozzle, and idle position away from the socket. A hook-like structure is pivotally converted to the mounting mechanism for the nozzle such that it projects through the nozzle with the nozzle in idle position and automatically feeds sausage tubing through the nozzle as the nozzle is swung to operating position.

Abstract: A fiber web for use in the manufacture of slub or jaspe yarn is produced by a modification of a carding engine whereby a final fancy roller is mounted on a controllably movable support for movement towards and away from the surface of the carding drum, thereby varying the thickness of the sliver obtained before the sliver enters the doffing cylinder. The movement of the fancy roller may be controlled by a programme carried on an endless tape.

Abstract: The tie clasp is formed from a single sheet of spring metal and is secured to a narrow band by an adhesive strip, after which the band is secured at each end to the broad portion of a four-in-hand necktie, the distance between the stitches at each end of the band being such as to admit the small end of the tie between the portion of the tie and the band, the clasp itself having a slotted base portion and a folded spring clip folded over the slot in the base portion wherein the slot is substantially wider than the folded clip portion to allow a substantial distance on each side of the spring clip to provide ample space for the shirt material to be depressed into the slot between the inner surface of the base portion and the spring clip to increase the holding power of the clasp.

Abstract: A diaper fastener comprising a length of web having a surface which includes a plurality of longitudinally aligned zones. A first end zone is secured to a first portion of the diaper and a second end zone is coated with an adhesive whereby it is securable to a second portion of the diaper for retaining the diaper on an infant. Third, fourth, and fifth intermediate zones are provided with the fifth zone being coated with an adhesive. Each of the third and fourth zones have a limited affinity for the adhesive employed in the second and fifth zones and the web is folded such that the second and third zones are in contact and the fourth and fifth zones are in contact.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clamp for securing an element in a recess provided in a support. This clamp has the general shape of a parallelepipedic cup and comprises a base portion applied on the bottom of the recess and two pairs of mutually confronting branches including means for anchoring the cup within the recess and the element within the cup.

Abstract: A seat belt system is disclosed for mounting relative to the seat assembly of a vehicle which includes one or more harness restraint adjuster devices having retaining means including a pair of cooperating clamping members for engagement with opposite sides of the webbing belt. The clamping members are normally closed on the belt to anchor it in a fixed position, but manual release means allows for disengagement of the clamping members to vary the length of the seat belt system. The belt is free to move within the restraint adjuster in one direction without any need to utilize the release means, and the retaining means automatically reclamps itself against the belt when the adjustment is completed.Guide means including spaced apart fixed bearing surfaces are assembled to side members of the support means and are so located as to limit the forward translation of the clamping members while there is tension in the springs.