Abstract: A method of forming a composite roll which has a hard wear resistant shell and a tough shock resistant arbor. The shell is adhesively affixed to the arbor, thus avoiding a shrink fit which places the shell under tension. The roll is adapted for use in applications where the arbor-shell interface reaches temperatures up to 400.degree.F, and the adhesive must withstand these temperatures without breaking down. The preferred adhesive is a thermosetting epoxy material cured at an elevated temperature with an aromatic diamine.

Abstract: A cartridge magazine for power tools by virtue of which the loading of the tool with a cartridge is semi-automated and a great number of such cartridges are stored in this magazine in readiness for a rapid reloading of the tool. The cartridges are contained behind one another in a channel and the part constituting the channel is tiltable between two end positions, in one of which the channel communicates with a cartridge chamber in the inner end of the barrel of the tool.

Abstract: A coping structure is provided wherein a splice joint between a pair of normally inverted channel-like coping members is had through use of a splice member which cooperates inside the channels of the pair of coping members for covering a transverse seam between adjacent longitudinal ends of the coping members, the splice member .[.web furthermore being biased to seam covering position by resilient means interposed between the splice member web and the web of a saddle, the saddle having legs engaging legs of the pair of coping members and.]. being .Iadd.supported and biased upwardly to cover the seam, and front and rear legs of the coping members being engaged, against upward movement, with means .Iaddend.secured to a wall supporting the coping structure.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for spinning staple fibers wherein a sliver is continuously delivered to a separation roller where individual fibers are separated from such sliver. The thus separated individual fibers are accelerated by means of an air current approximately to the peripheral velocity of the inner wall of a hollow body member, and then the individual fibers are delivered approximately tangentially to a quickly rotating hollow body member to form thereat a fiber ring, and finally, the yarn is axially withdrawn out of the fiber ring.

Abstract: An apparatus for trimming uneven edges from drawn and ironed metal bodies, such as cans, and breaking, knurling and discarding the scrap ring. The apparatus has oppositely rotating parallel shafts, one having an axially rigid supporting member, cutter and knurling roller at a free end on which a can is supported and the other having an axially rigid rotating wheel with a blade and knurling member peripherally mounted on adjacent sectors thereof. The blade cooperates with the edge of the cutter which is remote from the free end to trim the edge and the knurling member cooperates with the knurling roller. The members mounted on the first shaft and the teeth of the knurling member are configured to provide superior, relatively trouble-free operation.

Abstract: Means for scientifically supervised use when treating severe injuries and infections of the human eye. It enables a doctor or his nurse to administer a regulable but constant instillation of an antibiotic solution, chemotherapeutic agents, steroids or like solutions to the corneal area of the eyeball. A molded shield is conformingly superimposed on the eyeball and embodies a centralized concavo-convex corneal lens surrounded by a rim-like annulus which resides conformingly atop the sclera. Flexible tubing delivers the solution from a solution feeding bottle to the annulus in a manner that the eyeball is continuously lavaged while the over-all shield "floats" atop the constantly existing film of fluid.

Abstract: One end wall of a molded barrel of thermoplastic material has a general plane and is provided with at least two depressions at opposite diametric sides. A tubular portion is located in each depression and .Iadd.is .Iaddend.of one piece with the end wall, each of the tubular portions communicating with the interior of the barrel and terminating in the general plane. Reinforcing webs are provided in the respective depression at that side of the associated projection which faces at the middle of the one end wall and these reinforcing webs are each of one piece with the one end wall and the respective projection, bridging the respective depression.

Abstract: Metal containers, particularly for beer, have been made from stainless steel which is compatable with beer or aluminum which is specially coated to make a compatable inner surface. The stainless steel container is expensive when the wall thickness is such as to withstand rough handling and the cheaper aluminum container has a limited life depending on the internal coating. The present invention provides a double wall container of which the inner wall is of thin stainless steel. The invention solves the hitherto insurmountable problems of forming a thin walled inner vessel and expanding it inside an outer vessel so that the resulting inner vessel is without crevices which would otherwise be extremely difficult to clean to meet strict hygiene regulations.

Abstract: A framework in the form of spaced-apart roll bars permanently interconnected, reinforced and adapted as a unit for convenient securement to the body of vehicles such as jeeps, sport cars, and the like, having convertible tops, full or half fabric tops. The framework is made of metal pipes all of uniform diameter assembled as a unit by welding or the like to provide a strong, durable, rigid, cagelike frame which together with its manner of securement to the vehicle is such that passengers or occupants of the vehicle will be protected against rollover or other impact forces from any direction. .Iadd.

Abstract: An electric cable connector which will accept cable ends of the type having a connector lug secured thereto. The connector lugs are clamped into a conducting body portion which is covered by a cylindrical insulating cover detachably secured thereon. In one form of the invention the body is solid and has opposed slots for receiving the lugs. In the other form of the invention the body is split and is forced together by rotating the insulator sleeve with respect to the body. In another form of the invention the body is split and is clamped together by a transverse bolt to clamp the lugs therebetween.

Abstract: Fully killed high-strength low-alloy steels consisting essentially of .12% to .20% carbon, 1.10% to 1.65% manganese, .05% to .20% vanadium, .005% to .025% nitrogen, .04% maximum phosphorus, .025% maximum sulfur, .60% maximum silicon and balance iron are characterized in a hot-rolled finished condition by yield strengths in excess of 80,000 p.s.i., ultimate tensile strengths in excess of 95,000 p.s.i., ductilities as measured by percent elongation (2 inches) in excess of 18% and good toughness. The steels are hot-rolled finished in the temperature range 1550.degree. F. to 1650.degree. F., cooled at a rate within the range 20.degree. F. to 135.degree. F. per second and collected by coiling or piling within a temperature range of 1025.degree. F. to 1175.degree. F. The steels modified by the incorporation of .01% to .10% of a rare earth are further characterized by improved formability.

Abstract: A knot simulator has a shield with top and bottom sections. The inner surface of the shield carries upper spring clips on the top section, and an enlarged clasp spans the bottom section. The clips and the clasp co-operatively hold the panels of a necktie behind the shield to simulate a tied appearance.

Abstract: A prosthesis that replaces the articulating surfaces of the knee joint with mechanical devices which are designed to reproduce its function. A portion of the lower end of the femur is removed and replaced by a cap while the upper tibia is cut off and replaced by a tibial plateau. The articulating surface of the patella is modified to permit fixation of a third component which articulates with a groove in the anterior part of the femoral cap.

Abstract: A radiographic film cassette suited for being used in combination with a daylight unloading system is presented. It comprises a cover and a bottom frame which are hingedly connected to each other in such a way that not only a rotation at the hinges occurs, but also a lifting up of the cover near the hinges. In this way the sheet of X-ray material becomes completely free. Further, two deformable pins are provided in the bottom part in order to permit the air to flow under the sheet, avoiding thereby a sticking of the latter to the screens. The cassette is advantageously used with a simple unloading device, placed in front of the entrance slit of a processing machine; the unloading device itself may be supplementarily equipped with means to print identification data on the sheet of X-ray material.

Abstract: The deoseptic assembly is supported directly from the diverter valve assembly of a bedpan rinser apparatus and includes a deoseptic valve member rotatable with the diverter valve and employing a cavitating venturi to aspirate a quantity of sanitizing fluid into the bedpan spray arm to mix with the water flow when the flush valve is actuated. The container for the sanitizing fluid is supported from the deoseptic valve housing attached to the diverter valve assembly. A novel check valve and flow control valve are included in the deoseptic assembly.

Abstract: A tank having an outlet conduit is provided with a valve assembly for controlling the flow of a fluid through the outlet conduit. The valve assembly includes a first valve element cooperating with a first valve seat formed by the conduit to provide a first valve. A second valve element cooperates with a second valve seat formed by the first valve element to provide a second valve. Valve opening means are pivotal on the tank to selectively open the second valve or the first and second valve to permit the discharge of fluid volumes of different magnitudes.Both the first and second valve elements can be heavier than equivalent volumes of the fluid so a first float is provided to maintain the first valve in its open state and a second float is provided to maintain the second valve in its open state. As the surface of the fluid descends, the respective floats close their respective valves at fluid levels dependent upon the initial height of the floats in the tank.

Abstract: A portable unisex urinal that can be removably attached to a bathroom fixture, such as a bathtub and can be used by both males and females. The purpose of the device is to use far less water for flushing the urinal after it is used than is required to flush a standard toilet. Also, my device has a drain tube that may be connected to a standard drain already provided, such as the drain for a bathtub to which the device is attached. The portable urinal has a perforated hose extending around its rim and connectible to a removable water containing reservoir that has a manually controlled valve for delivering the desired volume of water into the hose for flushing the sides and bowl of the urinal after each use. The bowl is so shaped as to be readily useable by both sexes.

Abstract: A urine conducting apparatus is described which enables a woman to urinate from a standing position and which may be supported during use solely by the legs and body of the user. The urine conducting apparatus comprises an outer tapered flexible urine conductor having a wide inlet mouth contoured to envelop the perineum, and a liner adapted to fit within and cover the interior surface of the outer conductor. The inlet mouth of the conductor has a thickened rim containing embedded spring means constructed to enable the conductor to be supported within the crotch of the user in fluid tight engagement with the perineum by an inward movement of the user's legs.

Abstract: A water recirculation system is described wherein the discharge of one or more dental cuspidors is rendered reuseable and continuously used in the operation of a water sealed vacuum pump in a dental vacuum discharge system.

Abstract: A plurality of internal transversely oriented webbings are disposed within a sleeping bag intermediate the occupant and the bottom insulating sleeping bag panel. A suspension system is attached to the lateral extremities of the webbings to support the sleeping bag without crushing the insulating material within the bottom panel.

Abstract: A high capacity molding apparatus operable without substantial pause for molding a series of articles such as food material patties having a movable mold, a continuously operable drive for moving the mold between a position in which a mold opening is in communication with a material supply means and a discharge position and return, a pressure device for forcing material from the supply at the filling position at the mold opening, a continuously movable drive operable through successive pressure cycles for operating the pressure device in which the mold moving structure is operated out of time phase with the pressure operating structure for initiating the mold movement prior to the completion of a corresponding pressure cycle. The disclosure also includes an improved removal device for removing the shaped articles from the mold openings. The disclosure also includes an improved filling arrangement for filling the mold opening from the supply of moldable material.

Abstract: A device of the type described includes a base having an arcuate serrated member for engaging a portion of a jar cap, and a flexible friction type member such as a strap or the like is adjustably arranged with the base and a spring biased handle. Operation of the handle as by squeezing tightens the strap around the cap, whereupon a gripping action is provided by the strap and the arcuate serrated member so that an operator exerted torquing or twisting action rotates the cap. The base may carry at one end thereof a can perforator and at the other end a bottle opener.

Abstract: Each of a pair of clip members comprises a plate-type member of rectangular configuration having a rectangular corner cutout forming a pair of perpendicular edges. Each clip member has a channel formed therein and extending perpendicularly to one of the edges and linearly with the other of the edges for accommodating the ledge part of a stiffener of a ship's hull and bulkhead with one of the edges abutting the underside of the plank-type part of the stiffener. A pair of bracket members support a scaffold platform between them. Each bracket member comprises a plate-type member having a rectangular part tapering downward to a narrow part and a rectangular corner cutout in the rectangular part forming a pair of perpendicular edges.

Abstract: A generally horizontal panel member having upper and lower surfaces and first and second front and rear ends is provided. The central portion of the forward end of the panel member has an edgewise outwardly opening generally U-shaped notch formed therethrough for seatingly receiving the heel portion of a boot therein with the toe portion of the boot projecting outwardly and forwardly of the forward edge portion of the panel member. The forward edge portion of the panel member, on opposite sides of the notch, includes upstanding flanges which terminate upwardly in rearwardly deflected horizontal flanges beneath which the toe portions of the soles of a pair of boots may be received with the undersurface of the sole portions of the boots at the toe ends thereof disposed in contact with the upper surface of the panel member and the weight of the heel portions of the boots preventing the toe portions of the soles thereof from curling upwardly.

Abstract: The elevatable platform assembly of a conventional cargo transfer vehicle of the type used to on and off-load aircraft cargo is modified to include an auxiliary platform, or catwalk, which is selectively adjustable to "bridge" that sector shaped space remaining between an aircraft cargo hatch and the platform assembly when the vehicle is misaligned with respect to the aircraft.

Abstract: Support leg construction for tank portable bridges including a housing or support leg formed by respective inner and outer sleeve members. A longitudinally movable stanchion is guided intermediate the inner and outer sleeves. A hydraulically operable piston member is disposed in the inner sleeve and includes hydraulically operable detent spring ring locking means for selectively locking the piston to the stanchion. A further hydraulically operable spring-ring locking mechanism is fixedly disposed at the open end of the inner sleeve for selectively locking the stanchion in position with respect to the inner and outer sleeves.

Abstract: A cleaner for combs which comprises a generally circular planar head having radially extending bristle tufts and hard rubber elongated tines disposed about different 180.degree. circumferential portions. The head has a pair of spaced apart recesses which lockably receive a pair of spherical knobs upstanding from an elongated handle for securing the head to he handle in either of two opposite angular orientations to selectively expose either the bristle tufts or the elongated members for use.

Abstract: A floor mop which is provided with a ready removable brush means so that a floor surface can be quickly and thoroughly cleaned. A standard form of mop is provided with a brush that can be easily removed and quickly attached thereto and whenever the brush is worn and needed to be replaced the operation is very simple and as simple as replacing a mop to its holder. The brush is so arranged and equipped that it can be attached to a standard type of mop device which is obtainable in the market place.

Abstract: A compact dental hygiene device that may be easily carried in the pocket to permit a user thereof to concurrently brush his teeth and remove foreign material from the spaces therebetween.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for a combined suction and blow-off nozzle connectable to a source of compressed air, which also includes means to collect particles in case the nozzle is used as a suction nozzle.

Abstract: A caster utilizing mounting structure, leg structure rotatably mounted on the mounting structure, and a wheel rotatably mounted upon the legs wherein the relatively movable parts of the caster are sealed against the entrance of foreign matter by means of a resilient synthetic material cover. In the method of constructing a caster in accord with the invention components thereof are coated with the coating material, such as by dipping, and the coating material, after curing, is severed at the desired locations to form sealing edges between relatively movable components. In a preferred method of forming the caster, mandrels having a configuration similar to the final caster components may be employed, however, it is within the scope of the invention to use the caster components themselves for molding purposes wherein the sealing material is later severed at the desired locations.

Abstract: An electromagnetic door holding device for a door closer of the type having a spring operated rotating spindle operatively connected by an arm to a slider mounted for reciprocal movement in a track usually secured to the door frame wherein the slider has a cam which when the door is swung to a fully opened position engages and is held by an electromagnet against movement relative to the slider when the door attempts to return to a closed position and which engages and moves a detent carried by the slider into engagement with detent engaging means in the track so as to prevent movement of the slider relative to the track and thus releaseably hold the door in the open position. The energizing of the electromagnet allows the spring to move the cam out of engagement with the detent and thus permit the slider to move and enable the door to move to a closed position.

Abstract: A handle attachment capable of frictionally engaging a cylindrical side wall of a carboy type bottle, such as a five-gallon bottle in which drinking water is delivered, to permit the bottle to be conveniently lifted and placed in an inverted position on a dispenser.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for shaping an article from moldable material and particularly a food article as from ground raw meat, fish and the like to produce firmly packed articles with relatively low power requirements while avoiding the entrapment of extraneous air in the article. The apparatus and method also include seals for sealing the mold and mold opening against substantial loss of liquid components during the molding. The material is pressure fed into a mold opening provided with an air vent means and the entering charge of material vents the air from the mold opening and then the material itself operates a valve to close the air vent against substantial losses of even liquid components of the moldable material.

Abstract: An apparatus for encasing a product including a product encasing machine, linking apparatus, and a looping apparatus. The product encasing machine includes a rotatable stuffing tube having a fin head mounted on its forward end. The fin head imparts rotational drive and longitudinal drag to the casing as the casing passes thereover as the casing is being filled. The rearward end of the stuffing tube is mounted in a socket type apparatus to permit the stuffing tube to be pivotally moved upwardly and laterally to facilitate the installation of the folded casing thereon. A modified device for supporting the discharge end of the stuffing tube is also disclosed comprising a split bearing member which embraces the rotating fin head and casing. The bearing member may be selectively opened to permit the stuffing tube to be pivotally raised to its loading position. The bearing member is spring loaded to permit different dragging forces to be selectively applied to the casing.

Abstract: An apparatus for looping and conveying an encased product comprising a support positioned adjacent one end of the encasing apparatus and having a guide pan pivotally movably mounted thereon adapted to move between first and second positions. The guide pan is adapted to slidably receive the casing issuing from the encasing apparatus. A conveyor comprising a plurality of spaced apart hooks is provided adjacent the guide pan and comprises carrying device for moving the hooks along a predetermined path. The conveyor is positioned so that the hooks will pass adjacent the lower end of the guide pan so that the hooks will catch and carry away the casing at spaced apart points along the length of the casing as the casing passes out of the lower end of the guide pan. A power mechanism is provided for pivotally moving the pan between its first and second positions to cause the hooks to catch the casing at the spaced points along the length of the casing.

Abstract: Bivalvular mollusks, notably oysters, are opened by inserting a sharp tool or nozzle formed with an internal passage into the mollusk, between the two valves or shells thereof, and allowing compressed air to flow through the passage. The tool may comprise a needle shaped nozzle or a blade-shaped nozzle. The compressed air may be supplied either from a foot-operated pump to free the hands of the user or from a releasable cartridge associated with or constituting the handle of the device.

Abstract: The clams are first subjected to a shearing action in the first unit which is a rotating perforated drum having inwardly extending spokes with a rotating rotor disposed within the drum and off-set with respect to the drum axis. The rotor has outwardly extending spokes in intermeshing relationship with the drum spokes. In the first treating unit, the clams are partitioned into uneviscerated tongues, muscles, straps, siphons and occasional spines and then conveyed onto a classifier which separates the tongues from the remaining parts of the clams and discharges the spines to waste. The uneviscerated tongues are then fed into an eviscerator, which is identical in construction to the first unit but is operated at higher relative rotation between the drum and the rotor, where the tongues are flexed and subjected to shearing forces to expel the viscera.

Abstract: Apparatus for separating the fillets of a flatfish comprising a backbone path on the back and belly sides of which are provided one pair each of circular filleting knives, conveyor disks, and backbone guides, and a separating tool with scraping edges, wherein the back disks are stationary and the belly ones swiveling, the backbone guides enter between said disks which are inclined to each other and double-sided truncated cones, the inner sides of each disk pair form narrow gaps in the region of the backbone path and have serrations.

Abstract: Bundle tie devices, which may be of metal, comprises a thin strip of material having transversely extending slots. The slots have enlarged ends and the material between the enlarged ends is formed outwardly to provide vanes which are interleaved when the device is applied to a bundle. The side of the strip which is against the bundle has no projections which might damage the insulation of the wires in the bundle.

Abstract: A grocery cart attachment comprising a clip adapted to be removably applied to the side of the grocery cart. Retainers on the clip hold a grocery list pad to the clip, and a pencil holder on the clip is adapted to hold a pencil.

Abstract: A preformed multiturn coupling element of the helical-coil or meander type is juxtaposed with a tape and a loop is formed by a stitching thread whose needle is thrust upwardly between each pair of turns. A gripper engages the loop and draws it laterally out of the coupling element to reintroduce it between another pair of turns where it is engaged by another loop thrust through the tape. In one embodiment the thread passes through the tape and an overlying filler cord, its loops being drawn half-way around that cord and being interlinked at points between the cord and the tape.

Abstract: A sliding clasp fastener or zipper has an automatic bottom stop consisting of three parts: a male member and a female member which are secured to the opposite halves of the zipper after their last teeth and which are shaped for coupling engagement by rotating one towards the other, and a stopper element of parallelipipedic shape secured to either zipper half beneath the corresponding one of said members in such manner that its oblique sides lie substantially at right angles to the general plane of the zipper. One of the lower transverse edges of the stopper element is bevelled.

Abstract: A slide fastener is disclosed which comprises a pair of stringer tapes of a warp-knitted structure including wales and fastener component parts attached to the tapes. These fastener component parts are made of a thermoplastic material and attached by injection, extrusion, supersonic or high-frequency heating to the stringer tape or tapes. The resulting tape or tapes are provided with the material of the fastener component parts extended into and through the interstices of the knitted structure and further into the wales so as to provide increased stability of the parts against displacement or detachment under severe stresses.

Abstract: In a releasable strap connector wherein the male connecting member has at least one prong insertable into a socket in the female connecting member, which socket is intersected by a transverse rocking bar, the latter being cut away at the intersection so as to leave the socket unobstructed for the insertion of the prong and being resiliently urged into an obstructing position into engagement with a pocket in the prong to hold the prong connected, and a lever being employed for rocking the bar from an obstructing to a non-obstructing position for the release of the prong; the improvement of lever locking device for locking the bar against accidental oscillation which includes a pair of hollow legs of said lever telescoping on registering arms of the rocking bar and springs in the hollow legs urging the legs and the locking lever upwardly away from said bar; the connecting top of the locking lever has a pin extending laterally from each side thereof, each pin riding in an adjacent guide in the frame of the femal

Abstract: A syringe holder comprising pivotally mounted clamp members, first latch means connected to each said clamp member, first biasing means urging said clamp members toward an open position, a pair of levers pivotally mounted one beside each clamp member, second latch means connected to each said lever for selectively engaging said first latch means to lock said clamp members in a closed position and second biasing means urging said levers and said second latch means associated therewith toward a latching position.

Abstract: A coffin has at its bottom two parellel corrugated sheets which are spaced apart from each other and also spaced above and parallel to the bottom of the coffin. Cellulose wool or sawdust is disposed between the sheets, which are perforated for the passage of body fluids therethrough and may also contain activated charcoal or silica gel between them. In the space below the sheets there is disposed a solid bactericidal material such as permanganate- or formaldehyde-containing material or material releasing bromine, chlorine or iodine. A drain may also be provided at the level of the bottom of the the coffin.

Abstract: Integral structure crimping gears having timing gear teeth and crimping gear teeth of the same outside diameter, the tooth thickness of the crimping teeth being less than the tooth thickness of the timing teeth at any given diameter of the structure.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting an insulated electric wire into lengths and crimping a terminal to the end of the resulting wire lengths, comprising means for intermittently supplying said insulated electric wire through a predetermined distance, a cutter blade assembly operable in timed relation with the intermittent wire supply and including a cutter blade for cutting the wire and a cutter blade spaced forwardly therefrom for cutting only the insulator of the wire, wire length transfer means laterally extending and mounted pivotally at a position spaced from the assembly, which transfer means comprises a circulating conveyer having a plurality of grippers disposed at intervals and being moved intermittently in timed relation with the intermittent wire supply for conveying the wire lengths away from the supply means, and driver means for alternately driving the transfer means to a normal position and a forwardly shifted position in timed relation with the intermittent wire supply, the abovementioned timed relation

Abstract: A replaceable handle for a hollow file which includes an elongate metal bar having a reverted hook formed on the outer end thereof with the opposite end having an upstanding portion extending perpendicularly to the bar. A hand grip portion extends perpendicularly from the upper end of the upstanding portion generally parallel to the bar. A threaded stud extends rearwardly from the upstanding portion and a channel shaped hook member is mounted on the threaded stud. A thumb nut is threaded onto the threaded stud engaging the hook member to force it toward the hook member at the other end of the bar to clamp the upper surface of a hollow file therebetween.