Abstract: A variety of nectarine tree which is large size, vigorous, dense growth; the tree being a productive and regular bearer of medium size, early ripening, clingstone fruit having firm yellow flesh and a high degree of red skin color.

Abstract: A variety of nectarine tree which is of large size, vigorous, upright in growth; the tree being very productive and regular bearer of large size, late maturing, clingstone fruit having firm yellow flesh and yellow skin color substantially overspread with red.

Abstract: A variety of peach tree which is of large size, vigorous upright growth and the tree being a productive and regular bearer of large, early ripening, clingstone fruit having firm, yellow flesh, and a high degree of red skin color.

Abstract: A variety of peach tree which is of large size, vigorous growth; the tree being a productive and regular bearer of large, firm, yellow flesh, early ripening clingstone fruit, with a high degree of red skin color.

Abstract: A variety of nectarine tree of medium to large size, vigorous growth and regular, productive bearing of medium size, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit, with a high degree of red skin color.

Abstract: A vibration isolating and heat insulating hand grip for use with hand held pneumatic chisels and similar pneumatic hand tools. A manually grippable rigid sleeve is slidably mounted on a housing member which surrounds a rigid, tubular shell to define an annular cavity. Internally secured to the shell is a compliant, non-porous sleeve, the shell and the sleeve defining an inflatable annular chamber. A bladder confined between the housing and the shell communicates with the inflatable annular chamber so that movement of fluid back and forth between the bladder and the chamber causes the compliant sleeve to grip or release a tool shank. Such movement of fluid is caused by an annulus internally mounted on the rigid, slidable sleeve in alignment with the bladder.

Abstract: A quartz crystal wrist watch wherein means are provided for removably mounting along the periphery of the watch the battery power source, the oscillator and associated circuitry and an electro-mechanical converter. The electro-mechanical converter is provided with a rotor coupled to the gear train of the watch positioned in the central portion thereof. The oscillator and associated circuitry are removably mounted in said watch by means of a resin case adapted to carry said oscillator and associated circuitry.

Abstract: An improved braking system of the caliper type uses only a single hand lever. The operation of one of the caliper type brakes by use of the hand lever in conjunction with the inertia of the vehicle provides energy to supply power for the braking effort to the other caliper brake on the other wheel. This is accomplished by use of a movable mounting .[.means.]. for the first brake so that the combination of the movement of the rotating wheel and the brake in engagement with .[.said.]. .Iadd.the .Iaddend.wheel translates these forces into linear motion which is used to apply the braking effort for the other brake at the other wheel.

Abstract: A caplike member is received onto a container for including a supply of materials to be sprayed onto lawns, shrubs and the like. A swivel nut mounted on the caplike member interconnects with, say, a water hose. A rotatable drumlike body on the caplike member has a pair of inserts with different sized bores passing therethrough, and which bores or passages are selectively positionable in alignment with a feed opening connected to inlet water, which tube lower end has a single proportion balance control orifice. The insert openings have lateral communication channels opening into a feed tube that extends into the container. A nozzle is rotatably affixed to the drumlike body and is individually adjustable to select any one of several exit openings which form different spray patterns. A further aspect is the provision of a hand operable valving device which directs inlet water into the container as a pressurized jet for initial mixing with the spray materials.

Abstract: A reproducing machine including a device for forming an image of information on an original document and a device for transporting the document past the imaging device. The transport device comprises a strip member. The strip member supports the documents and moves past the imaging device to present the documents for forming an image thereof. The strip member may have a plurality of original document receiving pockets.

Abstract: A surface exposure device for use in a copying apparatus essentially comprising a supporting surface for supporting thereon an original from which a duplicate is desired, a lens assembly, a first carriage having therein a reflective mirror and a second carriage having therein at least one reflective mirror. The first and second carriages are conjointly displaceable in the same direction while the first carriage and the support surface undergo relative motion in opposite directions with respect to each other. Copying material on which the image of the original is to be reproduced is transferred at a velocity substantially equal to the relative velocity of movement of the supporting surface and the first carriage, the second carriage being moved at a velocity substantially equal to one-half of the velocity of the first carriage.

Abstract: A sealed system process for the elimination (destruction or removal) of superfluous projections, such as unwanted burrs and sharp edges, on shaped or fabricated articles of manufacture, particularly those produced by mechanical shaping or fabricating, by treatment with transient elevated gaseous temperatures in a sealed and confined space. The transient elevated gaseous temperatures in the sealed and confined space are produced, for instance, by the ignition or other suitable reaction initiation of various compositions which are exothermic in the sealed and confined space, by the rapid and substantially adiabatic compression of a gas in the sealed and confined space or by some other manner such as by the rapid movement of a heated gas wave under pressure through the sealed and confined space, such as exists in a shock wave, so that the transient elevated gaseous temperatures are produced.

Abstract: .Iadd.Microbicidal properties are imparted to vinyl resins by the incorporation therein of a selected phenoxarsine compound dissolved in a solvent which may be one of a selected group of phenols and monocarboxylic acids. .Iaddend.

Abstract: Process for manufacturing a deodorizing gas filter which comprises dissolving polyvinyl alcohol in water; adding to said solution at least one substance which is an amphoteric ion exchange resin, activated carbon or coconut shell charcoal, thereby forming a pasty mass; adding to said pasty mass glyoxal, in an amount in excess of that which would be sufficient to acetalize the polyvinyl alcohol, and a small amount of acid for the acetal formation; impregnating the resulting composition into a non-woven textile fabric gas filter; and heating said impregnated filter at about 70.degree.-100.degree. C for 30 minutes to 2 hours, thereby converting said polyvinyl alcohol to polyvinyl acetal.

Abstract: A digital step motor having a wobble plate which rotates about a shaft, to produce mating contact between two sets of associated gear teeth, under the influence of a stepping electromagnetic drive. The wobble plate is coupled to the shaft about which it rotates by a universal joint free to move axially but restrained radially of the shaft.

Abstract: A protective guard for archers is adapted to be releasably and conformably fastened around the archer's forearm directly behind the hand which holds the bow with a protective strip of material extending upwardly along the forearm and having an upper free continuation which overlies a portion of the elbow when the arm is straightened so as to prevent accidental injury to the arm and elbow if the bowstring is improperly released.

Abstract: Garment construction for providing a down-filled jacket. There is provided in kit form for home assembly a jacket construction comprising a plurality of separately constructable panels. Each panel includes inner and outer sheets, said sheets being closed along their respective perimeters to form an envelope, the envelope is filled with down through a gate temporarily left therein, the gate then closed and with the down suitably distributed through the envelope, same is quilted. The independent and separate panels are then stitched together by stitching independent of the stitching by which the edges of the envelopes were closed and the whole is assembled into a finished jacket.

Abstract: The invention provides an aesthetic covering piece or bridging means between a toilet bowl and the associated flush tank to give a unitary appearance, to facilitate cleaning and to improve hygiene, the single bridging means cooperating with alternative tank covers without being supported by the tank or tank cover. The bridging cover-piece slides in adjustable relationship with respect to a supporting bracket which is fixed to the wall below the flush tank and which may support the tank, if desired. The bridging cover-piece can therefore be fitted without cutting to size or alteration. The form of the cooperating supporting bracket depends upon whether the assembly uses a light-weight tank cover or a heavy vitreous china cover. The bridging cover-piece and supporting bracket may be used in conjunction with suitable existing tanks and tank covers.

Abstract: A device, being one of a multiple of identical units adapted to be strung on a lane-separating cable for swimming pools, and being formed with deflecting and turbulence-inhibiting baffles or vanes, enclosed within an annular band or shell.

Abstract: A pool cover made of vinyl or other suitable solid material extends dome-like over the entire pool and has a skirt welded to the inner surface of the cover and engaging all inner surfaces of the walls of the pool. The skirt is adapted to extend below the water line and up to the edges of the pool walls. The cover has end portions extending over the wall edges upon the deck and adapted to receive water bags or the like which hold the cover in place.

Abstract: A toilet seat of the type having a central opening located over a toilet bowl. The toilet seat employs means for the support of the ischial tuberosities as well as the sacrum of a person situated thereon to promote the comfort of the user and in particular those having proctological difficulties. Unnecessary strain normally imposed upon pelvic muscles in the use of a conventional toilet seat is relieved.

Abstract: A sofa bed including a seat and back pivotally connected to each other and mounted to a stationary base by means of a five-bar linkage located at opposite sides of the sofa bed. In the "bed position," the five-bar linkage is in an open or expanded state with the seat and back extending in coplanar relationship in horizontal plane parallel to and above the base. In the "sofa position," the five-bar linkage is closed or collapsed and the seat extends in a horizontal plane and the back extends in an upright inclined position. To actuate the sofa bed between said positions, the seat is grasped at a forward edge portion and slightly raised which activates a second linkage, namely a four-bar linkage, which actuates and controls the five-bar linkage while permitting it to either open or close depending upon the position of the sofa bed to be achieved.

Abstract: A patient lift board for manipulation by a single attendant of a patient having back complications and being confined to a bed. The lift board is rigid having one smooth side for sliding contact with the bed surface. The opposing side of the rigid board is covered with a padding for contacting a patient from a point on the patient's back at the lower end of the spine to a point at the back of the patient's head. A plurality of hand holds are provided about the periphery of the rigid board for manual engagement by the attendant. A wedge member is configured with horizontally opposed base and apex and having a side for contacting the bed surface and an opposing side for contacting the smooth surface of the rigid board, thereby elevating the patient's head above the bed surface while simultaneously supporting the patient's back.

Abstract: A bed pan having an improved construction is provided which includes an elliptically shaped vessel having a continuous vessel forming sidewall, a bottom wall, and a top wall which is tilted upwardly from front to back. A recess is provided in the top wall through which waste material may be deposited into the vessel in the usual fashion by a user thereof. A downwardly turned lip in the top wall defines the recess therein. Underlying the mouth of the recess, a plate member is slidably mounted in the lip. A slot is provided in the rear portion of the sidewall and the plate member may be withdrawn therethrough, and access may then be had to the vessel interior.

Abstract: This invention relates to folding beds and aims at correcting certain shortcomings of all other folding beds. The invention contains the mechanism of a Space-saving Folding Bed the legs of which at both ends automatically unfold when the bed is unfolded for use, and also automatically fold onto the frame when the bed is folded up.

Abstract: An infant waterbed for use in an incubator is disclosed that comprises a tray, a flexible mattress that sits in the tray and holds a fluid, such as water, that is capable of supporting an infant, a cover that fits over the top of the tray to separate the infant from the mattress, a frame that surrounds the cover and fits over the edge of the tray to hold the cover in place, and an oscillator that includes a bladder that sits under the mattress and means for inflating and deflating the bladder randomly at a predetermined frequency. Compensatory vestibular-proprioceptive stimulation is imparted to premature infants by placing them on the above described oscillating waterbed.

Abstract: A trailable houseboat is disclosed combining a travel trailer module and pontoons which are positioned along the roof of the trailer module cabin for land use. Such pontoons are supported by a power operated mechanism so that they can be moved from the highway position to a launch position, in which they extend along the sides of the cabin at a level sufficiently low to permit floating of the boat but sufficiently high to allow the boat to be rolled on its wheels. After launching, the trailer module is raised with respect to the pontoons to increase the freeboard and to raise the road wheels up out of the water. Folding decks are positioned adjacent to the ends of the cabin for highway use and extend between the ends of the pontoons in the water configuration. Folding walkways are also provided for water use to cooperate with the ends of the pontoons and the decks to provide a large level deck system completely around the cabin.

Abstract: Buoys for use in submarine cable and pipe laying are fastened to the cable or pipe by lengths of line stored within the buoys. The buoys descend with the cable to a point where they are unaffected by wave action. Water is free to enter the bottom of the buoys and compress the gas therein thus reducing buoyancy and, through the release of a brake, controlled, in turn, by a float, allowing the line from which the cable or pipe is suspended to pay out.

Abstract: Automatic assembling method to screw a nut on a bolt comprises steps of detecting a position of a bolt which is maintained by a supporter, and of positioning in rough a nut thereto by a positioning mechanism, in which the nut is supported by an attachment coupled with a motor through an elastic mechanism, which is capable of deformation in both directions of an axis and a radius. The nut, then is movably pressed against the bolt and rotated by the motor. When the nut is not screwed on the bolt, the positioning mechanism changes its position in two dimensions so that the nut is maintained movably pressed against the bolt and the nut is rotated again. The changing position of the positioning mechanism will be continued until the nut is screwed on the bolt.

Abstract: An edge folding machine having edge snipping means, and means for adjustably determining maximum and minimum feed length settings for workpieces having different edge configurations, is also provided with mechanism whereby an operator can adjust the amount or spacing of margin splitting by the snipping means as considered appropriate for "inside", i.e. concave edge portions of the work.

Abstract: A meat cleaning machine having an improved meat driving cylinder which includes a series of concentrically arranged, axially spaced, meat driving rings having outwardly projecting teeth which define the outer surface of the cylinder, and a supporting framework which consists of a pair of ring-shaped end frames positioned axially outwardly of the meat driving rings and interconnected by a pair of cross members disposed outwardly of the periphery of the cylinder. Each end frame has a pair of spaced, outwardly opening slots and a single inwardly opening slot. The slots in each end frame are aligned and form seats to journal the ends of grooved rollers which receive the meat driving rings in their grooves to support them, space them axially of the cylinder and maintain them in concentric relationship to each other.

Abstract: Rotary toothbrushes herein disclosed comprise an elongate horizontal tubular barrel with a depending rearward handle. At the barrel forward part is a pair of upright rotary brushes with the bristles extending transversely inwardly toward the barrel and revolvably secured thereto with a common axle means so that the twin-brushes rotate in co-angular unison. There are bi-directional powering means, and preferably manual, to cause the twin-brushes to move in alternating angular directions whereby bucal and lingual sides of upper and lower teeth are simultaneously swept. Specially arrayed bristles promote efficacious sweeping and cleaning to the teeth and gingival surfaces. Aptly positioned stationary brushes might be on the barrel between the rotary brushes. Dental hygiene liquids can be stored within the hollow handle and controllably deliverable therefrom along tubular plumbing having a lead-end extending toward one or both twin-brushes.

Abstract: A generally triangular shaped frame receives the open end of a sack with the end of the sack being overlapped on the frame. A handle is releasably engaged with the frame and includes means along the handle for engaging the overlapped sack end to aid in retaining the sack in open position on the triangular frame.

Abstract: A novel dust pan is provided having flexible partially secured top wall, foldable handle means and a crosswire retainer means, wherein a broom is intended to be stored in said dust pan when both are not in use against the wall, the handles of said pan resting on the floor.

Abstract: In the apparatus for regeneration of filters for antidust respirators according to the invention, a pump for blowing air through the filter comprises two coaxially mounted bellows with common bottom and top walls. The bottom wall is rigidly fixed in the casing of the apparatus and has passages for the admission of air into the space between the bellows, and for discharging dust-laden air from the interior of the inner bellows. The top wall supports an adaptor with a cover, for mounting the filter being regenerated.The apparatus according to the invention enables the bidirectional blowing of the filter, thus improving the quality of regeneration and reducing the time required for cleaning.