Abstract: 1. A new and distinct variety of Kalanchoe plant substantially as herein disclosed characterized by the unique combination of flowers borne clearly above the foliage, said flowers being of large and uniform size, graceful, cusped petal shape and distinctive, attractive and uniform bright contrasting crimson flower coloring contrasting with a large green glossy regular leaf and upright sturdy branches.

Abstract: A tall outdoor bush rose plant of the Grandiflora class, having a vigorous much-branched habit of growth and carrying strong, short to medium length flowering stems, sometimes with one bloom or sometimes with three or more blooms to the stem. Resistance to mildew is significantly better than with plants of the same genus under comparable conditions. The general color effect is between brilliant yellow and moderate orange yellow when the flower is freshly opened. This lightens to generally lighter tones of the same shading after the flower has been open for several days. Blooms have a slight pollen fragrance.

Abstract: A peach tree generally similar to the Springcrest Peach Tree (unpatented) which bears early ripening, yellow fleshed, semi-freestone fruit from 7 to 10 days earlier than the Springcrest.

Abstract: An apparatus for correcting skew and/or bow distortions in woven or knitted fabrics during tentering in which the relative speed of two laterally spaced, driven fabric-engaging means or tenter chains is varied without altering the mean speed of the two fabric-engaging means to thereby obtain a straightened fabric of substantially uniform yield.

Abstract: Bias cutting of rubberized fabric material wherein a carriage is reciprocated on a support frame, which frame may be adjusted angularly to determine the bias angle of cut. A cutter support is mounted on the carriage for movement therewith. Such cutter support journals for rotation a shaft that supports on one end a rotating cutter with a plurality of circumferentially spaced linear cutting edges that cooperate with an anvil carried by the cutter support to shear the fabric material. A guide is located adjacent to the anvil over which the fabric material is to travel and under which the conveyor belt moves. Upon completion of the cut, the cutter, anvil and its supporting framework is pivoted out of the way to permit the indexing of the material and the return of the cutter and anvil during such indexing to the starting position in preparation for the succeeding cutting operation.

Abstract: Axial leads extending from opposite ends of electronic components are straightened by two pairs of fingers having pads which press on the leads and are rotated in opposite directions while they are driven along the leads. The straightening fingers have pads on their ends which are made of a soft resilient material, such as nylon. The fingers each have a cam follower on their ends away from the pads which allows the fingers to be opened and closed by the longitudinal motion of a cam on the end of a rod that is slideably positioned in a rotating tube. One end of the tube is attached to a support member and the fingers are secured to the support member. The finger pads are preferably shaped so that they overbend the lead by a small amount, such as 5.degree..

Abstract: In a floating cover for inside a tank a plurality of spaced parallel support bars extend across the tops of laterally spaced horizontal pontoons that support them. Metal sheets covering the spaces between the bars have edge portions resting on the bars and clamped against them by clamping bars to form a deck. The deck may be provided with vertical sleeves, in which posts of different lengths can be mounted for spacing the deck different distances from the bottom of a tank.

Abstract: A multi-passenger seat is supported by a lower cantilever frame which comprises a horizontal seat frame and an inclined arcuate truss support frame. The horizontal seat frame includes two elongated horizontal stretcher members attached at one end to the wall of a vehicle and at least two cross frame members interconnecting the stretcher members at laterally spaced locations. The inclined arcuate truss support frame is located beneath the horizontal seat frame; and it includes fore and aft inclined arcuate frame members rigidly attached at their upper ends to the stretcher tubes respectively at locations preferably on the aisle side of the transverse center of the horizontal seat frame. The inclined arcuate support frame members extend downwardly from the seat frame and preferably they converge toward each other. They are connected to the wall at locations above the floor of the vehicle.

Abstract: A water resistant corrugated paperboard material is prepared wherein the paperboard components (medium and liner or liners) are each coated on both sides with a thermoplastic film which acts as a water barrier and a water resistant adhesive for bonding the components together. The corrugated medium is also pretreated with an internal size treatment to prevent edge wicking, and, for the purpose of corrugating the medium without deleteriously affecting the thermoplastic film, the corrugating rolls are preheated to a temperature slightly less than the melting point of the thermoplastic film while a lubricating material is simultaneously applied to either the corrugating rolls or the medium at the corrugating nip.

Abstract: A transistor power amplifier is provided with direct-current-coupling between stages and to the loudspeaker. The output stage is push-pull single-ended and includes two transistors connected in series at a midpoint of the stage. A split power supply has a center-tap connected to one output terminal and the other output terminal is connected to said output stage midpoint. Amplification and drive stages are direct-current-coupled in cascade to the output stage. A direct-current negative feedback network extends from the output stage to an amplification stage to maintain the output terminals at substantially the same quiescent potential to prevent direct-current flow through the voice-coil of the loudspeaker.

Abstract: A counter device includes an outer annular dial which may be set to a desired detent position to indicate, for example, the number of copies required from a copying machine. A push button positioned at a null position within the annular dial may then be depressed to operate a control circuit initiating operation of the copying machine and simultaneously engage the counter mechanism of the counter device. The push button then moves incrementally to register with the setting on the annular dial, whereupon the counter device automatically terminates operation of the copying machine by opening the control circuit and simultaneously resets the push button to the null position.The internal mechanism of the counter device includes a ratchet and pawl operated by an external drive from the copying machine. The ratchet and pawl are advanced in incremental steps to register with the preset detent position of the annular dial. The ratchet is then released and returned to its initial or the null position.

Abstract: A two-phase motor preferably of the induction or hysteresis type is driven from a variable frequency clock circuit by energizing the motor windings in phase quadrature over the frequency range. Speed control is provided by mechanically modulating a light emitting diode (LED) and photoresistor combination that couples to the clock circuit for determining its frequency of operation. The output of the clock circuit in turn couples to a two-phase generator that drives output bridges associated with the motor in phase quadrature. The photo resistor is characterized by a relatively .[.lone.]. .Iadd.low .Iaddend."off" (return to dark resistance) time constant that provides automatic braking when the speed control is set to zero. The system further includes a feedback circuit responsive to motor load fluctuations sensed by monitoring the DC current drawn by output bridge circuit means associated with the motor for controlling the frequency of operation of the clock circuit.

Abstract: In an automatic flash camera having a lens with a rotatable focusing ring, a lens attachment coacts with the focusing ring to control the camera. In the attachment, a mounting arrangement detachably mounts the attachment to the end of the lens. An interconnecting arrangement, rotatably mounted on the mounting arrangement, engages the focusing ring to move therewith. A variable resistance system is mounted on the two arrangements and is varied by movement of the interconnecting arrangement relative to the mounting arrangement. The variable resistance system includes an adjustable member which is movable between a number of positions. In one position the variable resistance system exhibits one range of resistances corresponding to one type of lens when the interconnecting arrangement is moved. In other positions the variable resistance system exhibits other ranges of resistances each corresponding to lenses of other aperture ratios and focal lengths.

Abstract: A protective apron has a fabric base sheet with an over-all plastic coating on which is superimposed a belly band completely across the apron from one side to the other. The belly band comprises a layer of substantially all-plastic superimposed on the plastic coating of the base sheet fabric and laminated thereto throughout the contiguous areas thereof.

Abstract: A hard hat in which the bill has been moved upward on the hat to define a space therebelow that is contoured to hold face protective gear in its normal shape when not in use by the wearer of the hard hat. A forward part of a fore and aft extending reinforcing projection defines a finger hold thereon.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved EMG-based method for actuating a prosthetic appliance wherein a single pair of electrodes may be used to actuate several artificial limb movements by way of sampling and repeatedly resampling substantially the entire time function of the myoelectric signal as it appears on the limb stump over a period so short that the signal remains quasi-stationary, comparing a minimum number of parameters of such signals with a range of values of these same parameters stored within the data bank of a microcomputer, and actuating one or more functions of a prosthetic appliance whenever the current data for the sampled parameters all falls within a preselected domain chosen on the basis of the historical data.

Abstract: An occluder for a prosthetic heart valve assembly adapted within a seating-ring passage having a body including a downstream sealing section comprising a plurality of cuspids which engage each other to define a closed sealing section when the occluder is in its closed position and which flex outwardly relative to each other when the occluder is in its open position to define a central open passage through the occluder, and an armature reinforcing the body. The armature includes an annular ring and a plurality of reinforcing arms hingedly connected to the ring and extending through each cuspid to permit flexure of each arm relative to the annular ring.

Abstract: A ball-and-socket joint prosthesis developed for the shoulder has one component in the form of a ball connected through a neck to a stem, a first cup engaged with the ball in a snap fit which is held captive by a first clip connected round the cup, and a second cup releasably engaged around the remainder of the ball. The second cup is slotted from its rim to accommodate the first component neck and so predetermine the relative positions of these parts, and the second cup rim is complementary with that of the first cup to predetermine the relative positions of the cups around the ball. The resultant assembly therefore fixes the relative positions of the one component and first cup to facilitate securement of these parts, while keeping the articular surfaces free of cement, and the second cup is removed after securement to leave a stable captive ball-and-socket joint.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for conserving water in which water which has once been used as for washing, or the like, in a wash basin is drained therefrom into the tank of a flush toilet so that the water is first used for washing or other sanitary purposes and is then used a second time for flushing the toilet.

Abstract: A combination plumbing fixture is provided for institutional use which combines a toilet, wash basin and drinking fountain. Both the water and the waste connections are made through the floor, making it adaptable for use in buildings which do not have a pipe chase.