Abstract: A new variety of chrysanthemum plant originating as a sport of Horim (unpatented) and characterized by satiny golden blooms, vigorous growth, three month response and permanence.

Abstract: A dwarf peach tree of upright-spreading bushy compact habit, having chilling requirements slightly higher than "Bonanza". The blossoms are single to semi-single, showy, moderate sized and pink. The crop borne is heavy. The freestone fruit is about 21/2" in axial and transverse dimension and the flesh is firm, juicy, fine-grained and melting. It is characterized by a subacid flavor, and a capacity to retain its firmness and quality even somewhat beyond the full ripe state.

Abstract: A distinct and new variety of African violet plant distinguished by its large upstanding flowers of intense pink color with petals having entire margins which form a distinctive cluster at the center of the plant rising above a generally horizontal and rotate spread of large leaves having relatively short to half-long and thick petioles having a slender conical shape at their upper ends below the leaf.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Juglans regia characterized in having semi-upright growth, moderate vigor and early, heavy production; and a distinguishing short, elliptical nut shape. The medium textured, light colored shell is well sealed, having a kernel percentage average of about 54 percent.

Abstract: There is disclosed a peach tree which is the result of budding from a limb sport discovered on the variety known as "M. A. Blake" (N.J. 117) characterized by its more vigorous tree habit with tough, non-brittle branches, attractive color and appearance of the fruit, substantially earlier fruit ripening than "M. A. Blake" and virtual immunity from canker and brown rot.

Abstract: .Iadd.A sweeping machine having a frame, a pair of support members, and means for mounting the support members on the frame. A brush is rotatably mounted between the support members. A drive mechanism for the brush includes a source of power in a form capable of being transmitted by conduit means and a motor attached to one of the support members and being located substantially within an interior chamber defined by the brush and with the motor being capable of utilizing power from the source to rotate the brush..Iaddend.

Abstract: A Punch and Stripper Assembly for use in a punch press includes a punch with a shoulder at an intermediate portion thereof, a head threaded onto an end of the punch for being engaged by the ram of the press, a compression spring engaging the head, a washer engaging the opposite end of the spring, a retainer acting between the punch shoulder and the washer, and a stripper sleeve for acting between the workpiece and the retainer, whereby the position of the head on the punch provides a preload to maximize spring life, as well as to control the effective height of the assembly with respect to the ram. With this assembly, no special tooling is needed to assemble it. The retainer can be inverted to alter the retractive position of the punch shoulder. .Iadd.

Abstract: Simultaneous production of a large number of winding packages of filaments of flat, round or profiled cross section by apparatus including extrusion devices, at least one cooling device, guide means, after-treatment devices (stretching, heating, etc.) and winding devices.

Abstract: A size mixture comprising a substituted cyclic dicarboxylic acid anhydride and polyoxyalkylene alkyl or alkylaryl ether or the corresponding mono- or di-ester is used to size paper products. In accordance with a preferred embodiment the liquid size mixture is added directly to the paper stock system without prior emulsification.

Abstract: Curable powder coating resin compositions comprise a small proportion of an alkoxylated polyamine-aldehyde resin and a polyester resin having an acid number below 20, a .[.melting.]. .Iadd.softening .Iaddend.point between 60.degree. and 130.degree. C., the acid component comprising a dibasic armoatic carboxylic acid and the alcohol component comprising diols such as 2,2-di(4-beta-hydroxyethyoxy-phenyl-) propane, certain glycidyl esters and certain dihydric aliphatic alcohols.The curable powder-coating composition is applied to a substrate by a powder-coating process and the coated substrate is heated to a temperature of from 120.degree. to 220.degree. C. for 10 to 60 minutes. .Iadd.

Abstract: A collector-up binary structure of the type having spaced semiconductor regions forming a plurality of active devices for interconnection as a binary circuit is disclosed. The structure includes a semiconductor body of one conductivity having a planar surface, and spaced first, second, third and fourth transistors formed in said body. Fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth transistors are included, said fifth and sixth transistors being formed in the base regions of said second transistor and said seventh and eighth transistors being formed in the base region of said fourth transistor. Lead means provides ohmic contact to each of the respective regions of the respective transistors and interconnecting means is provided for connecting the plurality of active devices as a binary circuit. A structure further including ninth and tenth source transistors is also disclosed.

Abstract: Apparatus for reading a disc-shaped record carrier in which video and/or audio information is recorded in a preferably spiral track. This information is optically read by means of a beam of radiation which via a reflecting element transmits the information present in the scanned point of the record carrier to a read detector. The radial position of the scanning point is controlled by controlling the angular position of the reflecting element which for this purpose is included in a control loop. In order to reproduce the information at a speed different from the recording speed, for example to display slow-motion pictures or still pictures, the reflecting element may be subjected by means of a control signal to an abrupt change in angular position so that the scanning point undergoes an abrupt radial displacement. This displacement preferably takes place during the frame flyback periods of the video information.

Abstract: An umbrella-like hat for protection from sun or rain, comprising a plurality of ribs, an upper central hub, a plurality of steel threads, a lower central hub, a plurality of braces, a flexible cover, an upper tubular member, a lower tubular member, a top member, a catch member, and a plug. The hat can be readily collapsed to form a small and easily-stored package when not in use.

Abstract: A toilet of the incinerating type includes several pots which are set on a turntable at equal angular intervals, with one of the pots ready for use at all times. A pot containing human waste is automatically connected to an incinerator for incineration of the waste, and the other empty pots are automatically moved to a desired position ready for use and a position waiting for use.

Abstract: A toilet seat hinge is provided, which permits the attachment of a toilet seat to toilet bowls having substantial variations in spacing between the holes into which the toilet seat is bolted. The hinge comprises a threaded bar around which a pair of collars are attached. Rotation of the threaded bar causes the collars to move along the length of the bar. Fastening means are attached to each of the collars, and permit the attachment of the toilet seat to toilet bowls having widely differing hole configurations. A conventional mounting means for a toilet seat cover is attached to the bar, but is not directly attached to the toilet bowl.

Abstract: A lock member projects perpendicularly from the inner surface of the top of a toilet tank cover into the tank and has a bore formed therethrough. A lock rod passes through the bore through the lock member and bores formed through the front walls of the toilet tank in alignment with the bore of the lock member. The lock rod has a threaded part coupled in the bore through the front wall of the tank and a head having keyholes formed therein for accommodating a special key whereby the lock rod is rotatable by the key to insert it through the bores of the tank and lock member and to remove the lock rod from the bores.

Abstract: A coupling which permits the rapid assembly without tools, of furniture frame members into a complete furniture frame. Each coupling of the system includes a hook member formed of a metal plate and having a pair of hooks that can hook onto corresponding rods in another frame member to connect the frame members together. The hook member lies in a slot formed in one furniture piece, while the other furniture piece has a corresponding slot for receiving the hooks and has a pair of dowel rods which receive the hooks. The rods extend through the slot, in the case of a thick furniture piece, and lie behind the slot in the case of a panel furniture piece.

Abstract: A buoy for mooring vessels, has a rotatable turntable on the top, which rotates about the vertical axis of the buoy. A mooring yoke which couples to ships at one end has the other end pivotably attached to the turntable so that it is pivotable about a horizontal axis. The mooring yoke has bumper equipment on either side of the location of the pivotable axis so that its pivotable motion can be restricted to a predetermined arc.

Abstract: Apparatus for polishing metal electrolytic refining cathode plates, in which cathode plates are transported individually by means of a series of transferring and hanging devices, with the cathode plates thus transferred being polished in a polishing mechanism while moved vertically and while their dielectric frame supporters are protected so as not to be subjected to the polishing operation effected by the polishing mechanism.

Abstract: A tool for cleaning slivers and the like from a surface of a workpiece, such as the bushing of a chain drive track. In one form, the tool includes structure defining a manifold having an opening and arranged to be abutted to the workpiece with the opening juxtaposed to the workpiece surface on which slivers and the like may be deposited. Fluid, such as air, under pessure is delivered into the manifold and directed substantially directly against the juxtaposed workpiece surface to entrain the slivers and other foreign matter on the prelubricated surfaces. A suction is applied to the manifold for sucking the excess fluid and the entrained slivers and other material outwardly from the manifold. In another form, the manifold is movable against complementary wall surfaces to define a chamber in which the workpiece is disposed. Movement of the manifold to and from the wall surface may be effected by suitable powered mechanism.

Abstract: A rotary scraping or abrading tool in which a rotatable disc has a multiple of guiding bores through which scraping elements are axially arranged. The scraping elements have outer active ends extending beyond the face of the disc facing the workpiece to be treated. Inner ends of the scraping elements bear against a disc of elastic material. The scraping elements are provided with axial play within the bores which are arranged as coacting sets of holes in at least two adjacent parallel discs. The scraping elements are in the form of circular cylindrical tubular studs with a scraping end cross-cut and with an inner end thereof having a head. The cross section of the head exceeds the cross section of the remainder of the stud. The bores, moreover, have an axis at an acute angle relative to the direction of rotation of the discs.

Abstract: Hydraulic door closer apparatus comprises a cylinder, a piston disposed in the cylinder, linkage means coupled to the piston for transmitting forces between the piston and a door, and a hydraulic circuit for controlling movement of the piston in the cylinder. A temprature responsive control element is provided in the hydraulic circuit to alter the characteristics of the circuit in response to changes in ambient temperature or temperature of the fluid within the closer.

Abstract: The "bellies" of mollusk such as clams are removed from the remainder of the clam meat by introducing one whole clam body at a time into a fluid shearing zone where a separately introduced high velocity stream of fluid serves to shear the belly from the clam meat. Apparatus for carrying out this method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A clamp is provided for securing a plurality of elongated articles in a spaced relationship; the clamp includes a base provided with posts, each including a securing element, which mutually define a recess therebetween to accept articles of a plurality of sizes. In addition, the clamp includes a pair of straps, one end of each being connected to the base and including a securing element on the opposite end; securing elements on each strap and post are each provided with an opening therethrough, which openings are aligned and adapted to accommodate a bolt or the like. The bolt and securing elements cooperate to provide structural support to the clamp.

Abstract: A paper clip incorporating metal wire inner and outer loops for strength is encapsulated by a resilient material to increase gripping power. In cross section the encapsulation is generally triangular, forming a gripping face and two ramp faces. The ramp faces reduce the likelihood that extra papers will be inadvertently picked up by the clip.

Abstract: A fastener has two interengageable halves. Each half has first and second elements extending along the length dimension of the fastener. The two elements are interconnected, in a direction transverse to the length of the fastener, by a resilient part which is tensioned in the separated state of the fastener and relaxed in the joined state. In the zone of the separated state the tensioned state of the resilient part is maintained by a stable engagement of the first and second elements of each fastener half. In the zone of the joined state the first elements of the two halves are in an interengaging stable relationship.

Abstract: The baffle is in the form of a relatively thin flat plate supported in a fixed position substantially perpendicular to and spaced from the exit orifice of the air jet. The baffle is provided with an opening through which the yarn passes after leaving the exit orifice of the air jet. The opening produces a shock wave in the air leaving the exit orifice and passing through the opening and the yarn is drawn against an edge of the opening which functions as a twist trap. First adjustment means is provided for varying the distance between the baffle and the exit orifice and second adjustment means is provided for varying the perpendicular position of the baffle relative to the exit orifice. This baffle permits higher operating speed of the air jet and enhances the crimps, curls and loops imparted to the yarn by the air jet.

Abstract: An optical adjusting method and apparatus for aligning the electron gun system in color television picture tubes during the sealing process. The electron gun system and the picture tube prior to assembly are separated from each other with the electron gun system being supported for rotation about its longitudinal axis and having optically effective position marks which may comprise slots or columns thereon for aligning the electron gun system in a predetermined alignment. A light beam traverses the position marks which, in the electron gun system, when properly rotated, coincides with the axis between a light source and a light intensity measuring means such that the electron gun system is aligned in its predetermined alignment when a maximum light intensity with respect to a predetermined threshold is detected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus for storing and serially positioning a series of carrier strip mounted electrical connectors at a wire insertion station whereat pairs of small gauge insulated wires are trimmed and inserted into the electrical connectors. Each wire-receiving portion of a connector is located by a projecting portion on the connector. A reeling device advances the carrier strip until the projecting portion registers against a stop which momentarily positions the wire-receiving portion correctly at the insertion station. Subsequent to connection of a pair of wires in the connector the stop is removed allowing advancement of the carrier strip. The stop is then replaced to engage another of the projections on the same connector or another connector to position momentarily another wire-receiving portion of the connector at the insertion station.

Abstract: A method of fabricating flexible joints such as are used in automotive steering linkages or the like wherein each housing is provided with an integral internal spherical bearing surface formed during the forging and inner cavity machining operations. The method is further characterized by the production of ball studs for such flexible joints which include integrally formed lubrication grooves.

Abstract: A catalytic unit for treating gases, particularly exhaust gases of internal combustion engines, comprising a housing, adapted to be connected in an exhaust gas line, and a monolithic carrier body provided with a catalytic agent. The carrier body is mounted within the housing by an intermediate layer arranged in compression between the circumferential surface of the carrier body and the housing. According to the invention, the intermediate layer is so compressed by the surrounding housing that it exerts a pressure on the surface of the carrier body in the range of 20 to 80 N/cm.sup.2.

Abstract: The constructional parts have walls formed of elongated elements, such as res or tubes, wound spirally in juxtaposition about the axis of symmetry of the part and connected to each other. The elongated elements are bent to shape utilizing a bending device having at least one bending groove conformable to the predetermined three-dimensional geometry of the part to be manufactured. One end of each wire or tube is fixed to the bending device and the other end is engaged in a clamping and adjusting device designed as a combined Cardan swivel joint which, during the bending, it utilized to continuously control the adjustment parameters of the wire or tube, about three mutually intersecting axes, in conformity with such predetermined three-dimensional geometry of the part.

Abstract: A method for repairing holes and rust areas in automobile and truck bodies comprising the steps of identifying or providing a cavity behind the hole or rust area, filling said cavity with a moldable plastic material which will harden as a closed cell foam and provide a support base behind the hole or rust area, removing any hardened plastic support material on the surface of the body which does not conform to a desired body surface contour, applying a plastic filler to the area, the plastic filler being selected from the class consisting of a polyester resin and filler mixed with a catalyst or an epoxy resin and filler mixed with a catalyst, and grinding the surface of the plastic filler to a feathered edge at the surface of the metal surface.

Abstract: A method for producing a spring manometer measuring system that includes a deviation detector spring connected to an indicator by a tie rod, and the spring is subjected to a reference pressure for spring deflection measurement before producing a tie rod bearing.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for attaching a first member having a predetermined cross-sectional shape to a thin walled second member at a predetermined attachment position. The second member is supported on one side around the outer periphery of an area substantially corresponding to the shape of the first member at the attachment position on the second member. A drive means then engages and drives the first member through the other side of the second member at the attachment position whereby the first member punches a plug corresponding to the shape of the first member from the second member. The first member thus forms a hole in the second member in which the first member is frictionally engaged.

Abstract: Three pressure elements are employed in reducing the transverse area circumscribed by the outer periphery of a resilient ring type seal to permit its placement in a groove formed in a bore which is smaller in circumference than the outer periphery of the seal. One pressure element is applied to the outer periphery of the seal, and two to its inner periphery at points which are spaced equally on either side of a line which extends from the center of the seal through the outer pressure element. The two inner pressure elements are then rotated outwardly in opposite directions around the outer pressure element to fold a portion of the seal inwardly on itself around the outer pressure element, thereby reducing the transverse area circumscribed by the outer periphery of the seal. While so reduced, the seal is placed within the bore opposite the groove, and the outer pressure element then drawn axially out of engagement with the outer periphery of the seal to permit its expansion into the groove.

Abstract: An assembly tool utilizes a tubular bar to support and torque a pronged d-shaped work holding member on one end and a socket disposed in a knurled handle end. An alignment wheel is axially fixedly positioned on the bar proximate to the work holding member. A movable alignment ring slidably disposed on the bar intermediate the handle end of the bar and the alignment wheel is used in conjunction with the alignment wheel to help guide, insert and tighten a threaded burster retainer work piece in a projectile case while torque is applied to the tubular support bar.

Abstract: A method of applying a band-type crack arrestor to a pipeline formed from a plurality of sections of pipe connected together end-to-end relation comprising placing the arrestor over the outer diameter of a pipe section and applying radial force to the inner diameter of the pipe section to engage the arrestor in a substantially stress free tight fit.

Abstract: A display device wherein a liquid crystal is contained between accurately spaced transparent electrical contacts to allow control over the transparency or transmissive properties of the display by application of a voltage to the contacts. In one version the spacing is provided by an inorganic frit of particles which occupy the space between the electrical contacts and impart a ground glass optical property. The particles provide accurate separation that prevents the contacts from short circuiting and when immersed in a liquid crystal give the display an overall transparent or other characteristic as desired. Preferably, the contacts are applied to glass substrates which are hermetically sealed by fusion of a denser glass frit applied between peripheral edges of the substrates. In a further version, spacing is provided by a set of legs perpendicularly emanating from one of the electrical contacts and supporting it from the other electrical contact.

Abstract: A multifilamentary superconductor having a large number fo NbTi filaments in an aluminum alloy matrix which is stabilized by a high-purity aluminum sheath is disclosed, together with the method of its manufacture. An Al alloy billet having a number of NbTi rods disposed therein is extruded. A superpure Al sheath is added; this product is then enclosed in copper and wiredrawn after which the copper is etched off.