Abstract: In a textile machine provided with a doffing and donning apparatus utilizing a conveyor belt for temporarily supporting full size yarn packages doffed from the textile machine and carrying the yarn packages outside the textile machine and for temporarily supporting fresh bobbins supplied from a fresh bobbin supply device mounted on an outend frame of the textile machine, a method and device for transferring fresh bobbins from the bobbin supply device to the respective pegs of the conveyor belt when the conveyor belt is driven before starting the donning operation. When the conveyor belt is driven so as to pick up the fresh bobbins by the respective pegs, each peg is inserted into the bottom bore of the corresponding fresh bobbin in such a way that the head of the peg approaches the bottom bore of the fresh bobbin along a passage inclined to a plane along which the fresh bobbins are supported.

Abstract: Cartons for packaging and mailing books and the like include parallel major and minor walls which are foldably interconnected to form a tubular structure and a closure and protecting structure for each end of the tubular structure including end flaps which are folded to form triangularly shaped air cushions, and, in a modification, a trapezoidally shaped air cushion. The end flaps are provided with locking tabs which engage corresponding notches in the top surface of one of the major walls in order to form the air cushions.

Abstract: An electrophotographic copying apparatus wherein the original is placed face down onto a stationary transparent holder which is located above a reciprocating carriage for a lens element. The latter images the original onto a light receiving surface which travels along a straight path while the carriage moves in the same direction as the light receiving surface. The carriage can be moved by an eccentric drive, by a wiper which is attached to an endless belt or chain, or by a cam and follower assembly. The original is illuminated by flash lamps which are fired automatically while the carriage moves in the same direction as the light receiving surface.

Abstract: Electric discharge lamps of extended life can be produced or cheaper materials used in their manufacture by providing on the internal surface of the envelope and on the exposed surfaces of internal components a protective coating of a metal phosphate or arsenate glass. External surfaces can also be protected against corrosion in air or in the atmosphere within an outer jacket, where this is employed. The coating may be applied in a liquid medium which, preferably after draining, is warmed to evaporate the medium and thereafter baked to form the vitreous coating.

Abstract: A holographic optical memory utilizes an optical heterodyne technique to significantly increase the signal-to-noise ratio during the readout stage of operation. A light source provides a coherent light beam which is split into a readout beam and a local oscillator beam. The readout beam is directed to one of the holograms stored in the memory medium and a portion of the readout beam is diffracted by the hologram to form a reconstructed image of the bit pattern stored in the hologram at the reconstructed image plane. The local oscillator beam is superimposed with the diffracted portion of the readout beam. An optical frequency translator is positioned in either the readout beam or the local oscillator beam to cause the beams to have different optical frequencies. Therefore, when the two beams are superimposed, a beat frequency signal is produced. An array of detectors is positioned at the reconstructed image plane to receive the superimposed beams.

Abstract: A belt is formed of a single piece of high strength nylon line approximately 50-100 feet long attached to a belt buckle by a series of longitudinal loops which constitute the warp strands of a woven band. The weft strands of the band are woven through the warp strands in a series of loops, each succeeding weft loop passing through the end of the previous weft loop. At the end of the longitudinal loops, the end of the cord is passed through the penultimate weft loop and is then woven back through the warp to releasably lock the weave. The belt may be rapidly converted to a long single length of survival line by merely pulling the end of the cord out of the warp and through the penultimate loop to unlock the weave which can then be completely unraveled in seconds to yield a long and strong survival line of great utility.

Abstract: This invention relates to a fluid driven blood pumping apparatus for use as an artificial heart. This apparatus may be used as a temporary mechanical replacement or a permanent mechanical replacement for a malfunctioning heart.

Abstract: A medical securement element with a self-tapping screw thread is provided with biocompatible abrasive grains at the surface of the thread. The grains are preferably embedded in a layer of porcelain enamel on a metal substrate.

Abstract: An improved construction and method of making an artificial foot characterized by a rigid keel portion comprising a molded plastic material having a metal reinforcing strip imbedded within said plastic keel portion near the lower surface thereof. This keel portion is surrounded by a typical flexible foamed plastic material molded to said keel to form the outer surface of the foot. Preferably the reinforcing strip includes a metal receiver fixed to the strip and also is imbedded within the rigid keel to receive connecting means to attach the foot to the remainder of the prosthetic leg portion.

Abstract: An artificial lens is adapted to be implanted within the eye to replace the natural lens. A pair of arms projecting from the lens are held by a frangible thread such that the tips of the arms are spaced from but biased toward the peripheral portion of the lens. The lens is implanted immediately in front of the iris with the arms inserted behind the iris. After implanting of the lens, a laser beam is employed to break the thread. The arms then spring forwardly in a manner to firmly pinch the iris between their tips and the peripheral region of the lens.

Abstract: A stabilizing latch is provided for a combination unit having a fixed toilet bowl and a wash basin which is hingedly mounted on the unit and adapted to swing over the toilet bowl when the toilet bowl is not in use and to swing outwardly to permit use of the toilet bowl. The stabilizing latch automatically clamps the swinging wash basin to the floor when the latch is released. This feature is particularly valuable for aged or infirm people who may wish to use the wash basin for support while utilizing the toilet.

Abstract: A sanitary or commode chair has a wheeled chassis and an apertured seat adapted to be positioned over a W.C. The chair has side support arms which extend alongside a user seated in the chair. Each arm has an inturned end portion to provide front support for the user, and the end portions of the arms can be turned outwardly to the side to allow front entry and exit. Each support arm can also pivot rearwardly and to the side to allow side entry from a wheelchair.

Abstract: A filter wrench includes a cylindrical housing with internal lugs and a centrally positioned punch for draining and removing a screw-on filter having an outer canister and an inner filter element. As the housing is impactively positioned over the filter, the punch successively punctures the outer canister and then the inner filter element before the lugs indent the outer canister and the bottom of the housing abuts the canister. With the punch extending through the punctures, the housing is held on the filter while the outer canister and the inner filter element are drained through passages in the punch and an outlet in the housing. When draining is complete, a formed nut on the outside of the housing allows the filter wrench to be rotated causing the lugs to rotate the filter for removal.

Abstract: A buoy system for obtaining oceanic data from a predetermined depth to the urface includes an instrument vehicle programmed to cycle between predetermined positive and negative buoyancy conditions. A flexible tether having a degree of stiffness and a positive buoyancy factor distributed along its length is connected between a subsurface buoy and the vehicle so as to provide an increasing upward force on the negatively buoyant vehicle as it sinks toward a hovering depth at which the upward force of the buoyant tether balances the negative buoyancy of the vehicle.

Abstract: A device for adjusting adjacent differently immersed amphibious vehicle or floating bodies to a common coupling level, in which the oppositely located end or side walls of the vehicle or floating bodies to be interconnected are provided with supporting arms and abutment surfaces while the supporting arms arranged on the respective higher located vehicle or floating body are pivoted below abutment surfaces of the respective lower located vehicle or floating body which in response to a further movement of the pivotable supporting arms are automatically lifted into the common coupling level.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device attachable by way of a flexible conduit to the hot and cold water outlets found in a home, the device comprising a hollow handle structure provided with a cylindrical interior insert which communicates the water from the flexible hose to impinge onto the paddles of a plurality of pelton wheels mounted on a rotary shaft. The pelton wheels then drive the shaft in rotation, the shaft being geared by way of a pinion gear to an output sleeve to which a rotary brush is attached. The spend water is then passed through the sleeve into the brush. Included further in the handle is a control mixture arrangement for controlling the mix of warm and cold water passed therethrough.

Abstract: A cleaning device has a main brush which picks up dirt from a surface to be cleaned and deposits it in dirt-collecting receptacles as the cleaning device is moved over the surface to be cleaned. A pair of additional brushes is mounted in corner regions of the housing and delivers dirt toward the main brush. The additional brushes are rotated as the cleaning device is moved over the surface in opposite directions, and they are mounted in bearings for limited pivoting substantially in the opposite directions so that those portions of the bristles of the additional brushes which move toward the main brush are in contact with the surface to be cleaned. A driving wheel rotates the additional brushes in opposite angular directions depending on the direction of movement of the cleaning device, the additional brushes and the driving wheel being partly supported in a main portion of the housing, and partly in a cover which is connected to the main portion of the housing.

Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for cleaning the inside and outside surfaces of a cooking pot. The apparatus includes an upwardly extending washer-scrubber unit for washing and scrubbing the inside surfaces of the cooking pot and a downwardly extending washer-scrubber unit for washing and scrubbing the outside surfaces of the cooking pot. The upwardly extending washer-scrubber unit includes a scrubbing element mounted on a rotating sprinkler having two sets of nozzles, one set of nozzles for producing rotational movement of the sprinkler and the other set of nozzles for spray washing the inside surfaces of the cooking pot. The downwardly extending washer scrubber unit includes a scrubbing element mounted on a rotating sprinkler having spray type end nozzles. A washing machine having a plurality of the upwardly extending washer-scrubber units and a plurality of the downwardly extending washer scrubber units for cleaning a plurality of cooking pots either simultaneously or in sequence is also disclosed.

Abstract: A portable polishing apparatus having an electric motor with a housing, a polishing wheel assembly detachably secured to the lower end of the electric motor shaft, and a handle grip secured to the electrical motor housing. The handle grip is in the form of a steering wheel with its arms secured to the motor housing that is positioned within the perimeter of the steering wheel. The center of gravity of the polishing apparatus lies below the horizontal plane of the steering wheel thereby causing the polishing apparatus to automatically right itself any time a tipping force is removed therefrom. The steering wheel has an outer diameter greater than the diameter of the polishing wheel assembly thus facilitating the tilting of the polishing apparatus when desired. The polishing assembly has an eccentric orbital member and a polishing wheel.

Abstract: The invention provides an agitator having a beater bar and brush configuration in which the brush is closely mounted relative to the beater bar so as to receive reinforcement from it during the cleaning operation so as to have a kinetic action.

Abstract: A connector is provided for connecting one type arm end connector to a cross pin of a cross pin-type wiper blade. The connector has a body portion having a longitudinal axis with one part of the body portion receiving the end of a wiper arm and a second part of said body portion engaging the cross pin of the blade. Said second part has a pin-receiving slot in the forward facing wall and a pair of sidewardly-urged latch legs having contact surfaces spaced from the transverse axis of said pin-receiving slot. The legs are squeezed together as the pin-receiving slot is aligned with the cross pin and the squeezed legs are threaded between the side walls of the blade. The legs are released as the slot of the connector is snapped over the pin. The connector is rotated about the axis of the pin until the latch legs snap out of the opening between the walls of the blade.

Abstract: A windshield wiper element is disclosed which includes an elongated backing strip having a slot formed therein and a squeegee element having a bulbous head received in the slot. The backing strip has a plurality of breakage indications provided thereon at predetermined spaced locations, corresponding to predetermined windshield wiper lengths, to permit it to be used as a universally applicable windshield member with different sizes of super-structure. The backing strip includes means located between each of the breakage indications for engaging the head of the squeegee in order to resist longitudinal removal of the squeegee from the backing strip.

Abstract: An accessory transmission mechanism for causing the lance of a soot blower of the well-known IK long travel type to oscillate about its longitudinal axis, rather than rotating continuously in the conventional manner during its projecting travel and during its retracting travel, and which also drives the lance longitudinally, consists of a conversion transmission assembly adapted to be installed in the carriage of the blower. The conversion assembly includes a tubular idler shaft fitted on and rotatable independently of a solid inner shaft which is mounted in the blower carriage as a simple replacement for a corresondingly mounted shaft of the standard blower carriage. The tubular shaft drives a Scotch yoke mechanism and also drives the walking pinions which drive the carriage along the beam to actuate the lance longitudinally.

Abstract: Concealed self-closing door hinge has pressure element operating in a slender box-like housing comprising parallel ears which closely juxtapose the sidewalls of the slot in which the hinge operates. This gives additional support to the door. Various means for restricting the lateral movement of the pressure element are disclosed.

Abstract: An armored cable assembly for locking cycles and the like comprising a cable with a welded inner fitting at each end surrounded by a metal sheet or conduit, the end of such sheet and said inner fitting extending into a cylindrical recess in each of a pair of outer fittings and being secured therein by a pin extending through said outer and inner fittings, in a direction normal to the axis of said cable. The outer fittings have each a hole through which the shackle of a padlock may be passed for securing the ends of the cable assembly.

Abstract: A handhold for a twisted strand rope comprising an elongated body of a length sufficiently long to span the palm of the hand of a user and of a circumference sufficient to be firmly grasped by the user's hand when the hand is closed. The outer surface of the body has a plurality of notches or grooves uniformly spaced therearound and at least equal in number to the number of strands in the rope, these notches or grooves being disposed at both ends and/or longitudinally of the body for individually holding a strand of the rope. A length of a rope equal to the length of the body is untwisted to separate the strands thereof so that the body can be inserted between the strands and each strand inserted or nested in a longitudinal groove or a corresponding pair of notches at opposite ends of the body. The body is retained within the rope by the natural tendency of the rope strands to assume their twisted orientation.

Abstract: A display casket for removably holding a body display container having a continuous lateral flange around its upper periphery with the casket having a casing with front, rear and side walls, a bottom and a lid, with each of the walls having an upper surface to engage under the lateral flange of the display container for support thereof. The display casket has a first set of hinges with removable hinge pins pivotally mounting the lid to the rear wall. A second hinge interconnects the casing and the lower edge of the rear wall for downward pivoting of the rear wall, and a releasable latch holds the rear wall in upright position. Pivot structure coacts between the front wall and the lid to enable reverse inclination of the lid for insertion and removal of a body display container relative to the casket through an opening provided by downward pivoting of the rear wall.

Abstract: A carousel rotatable about a fixed axis carries a plurality of treatment units which are mounted on the carousel removably for easy repair and replacement. A supply fixed adjacent the carousel feeds a strip of pressable material tangentially toward the carousel. Each of the units has a cutter for severing from this strip a portion of the pressable material, a gripper for holding the strip during such severing, a winder for rolling up each of the severed portions into a tampon blank, a press for compressing the tampon blank into a finished tampon, and a heater for heating and thermally fixing the finished tampon. These various devices are all controlled by at least one cam fixed adjacent the carousel and operatively engageable with the various elements of each unit for synchronously operating same and thereby automatically producing tampons at a high production rate.

Abstract: A method and product in which a stud or rivet-like element is secured in a base or two elements are hingedly connected by means of a pin, in which the stud or pin is prevented from rotating relative to at least one element. The at least one element is provided with a non-circular hole into which the pin is inserted and then upset so as to assume the non-circular shape. The stud or pin is of the semi-tubular type having a bore of critical length, relative to the thickness of the at least one element, so as to confine upsetting substantially to the depth of the non-circular hole.

Abstract: The disclosure herein describes a device for inserting a plastic bail band on a parenteral solution bottle equipped, adjacent its bottom edge, with a band-receiving recess; the device consists of a hollow cylindrically shaped member on top of which is placed the band and in the side wall of which is formed a series of radially displaceable fingers; a bottle-receiving plunger is slidingly mounted within the cylindrical member effecting, when actuated, radial displacement of the fingers; the opening of the fingers is calculated so that the fingers never touch the bottle as the band is slid along the bottle into the band-receiving recess.

Abstract: The invention relates to an automatic method for obtaining directly a moulded finished product provided with nails, e.g. clips for tubes or electric cables. The method comprises successively at a first station an injection phase in a mould defined by a fixed half-mould and a movable half-mould, a transfer phase to a second station of the movable half-mould bearing the moulded clips, a phase in which said clips are provided with nails at said second station and a phase in which the moulded clips, provided with nails are ejected, the cycle of the phases being resumed after the transfer of the movable half-mould to said first station.

Abstract: A method and device for assembling pre-shaped pairs of coaxially mating parts in interfitting assembled relationship one within the other and briefly embodying the concepts of rotating the mating parts in unassembled positionally oriented relationship through a first arcuate path with the corresponding interfitting portions thereof disposed transversely of their respective rotational planes and in adjacent confronting relationship with one another, and concurrently rotating an axially elongated assembly member in rotational synchronization with the mating parts and through a second arcuate path deployed in adjacent oblique planar relationship with the arcuate path of rotation of the mating parts to thereby direct the assembly member to travel along an arcuate path disposed to cause the assembly member to uniformly advance and retreat relative to the arcuate path of rotation of the mating parts and during such advance to forcefully urge the mating parts into assembled interfitting relationship one within the o

Abstract: In apparatus for inserting the connecting leads of circuit component parts which are successively arranged along a feeder tape with the leads extending from the tape in a same direction, a mounting bracket is provided which is manually rotatable about a vertical axis and on which are mounted a tape advancing mechanism and a cutter for cutting off the connecting leads of the component part which is brought to a cutting position. An insertion head extends coaxially with the vertical axis to provide reciprocating movement in response to the feeder advancing movement. A gripper is pivotally mounted at the lower end of the insertion head and operable to rotate during the downward movement of the insertion head from a horizontal position to hold the component part whose connecting leads are being cut off to a vertical position to orient the cutoff ends of the leads toward matching holes of a printed-circuit board.

Abstract: The bed and upright of a machine tool are made of structural steel tubes which are welded together to form unitary structures. Each of the structural steel tubes is substantially rectangular in cross-sectional shape.

Abstract: A method of forming a through-the-partition intercell connection between adjacent cell groups in a multicell, lead-acid storage battery. Plate strap lugs are positioned on either side of an aperture in a partition between adjacent cells. One of the lugs has a substantially flat face thereon abutting the partition while the other and opposing lug has a cavity formed in its partition-abutting face, which cavity is substantially axially aligned with the aperture during positioning. The battery is rotated 90.degree. such that the cavity-bearing lug lies beneath the flat-faced lug. The flat-faced lug is then arc welded through its center backside such that the melt formed flows by gravity through the aperture in the partition and into the cavity in the opposing lug. After the battery is inverted and the center backside of the cavity-bearing lug arc welded to fuse the lugs together, cold pressing the lugs together completes the connector forming process.

Abstract: Thin flat electrical cells and batteries comprising frames formed with a central opening for receiving wet electrical cell components and made from a two layered structure of a high melting thermoplastic material and a lower melting thermoplastic material, and methods of making the same.

Abstract: An improved reinforced flexible printed wiring board is disclosed. The reinforcement in this printed wiring board is composed of a fabric woven from a yarn of plied continuous filaments of polyester and glass. The fabric is impregnated with an appropriate resin which is subsequently cured. This printed wiring board is found to have improved mechanical and thermal characteristics with little degradation in electrical properties.

Abstract: Solderable leads (22) of the type which project in parallel relationship from a continuous independent support rail (30) are rapidly and efficiently assembled to substrates (26) by simultaneously feeding a pair of the independent support rails (30) and their associated leads (22) to locate successive leading sets of leads (22) on opposite sides of a lead-substrate assembling position (36). In the assembling position outer portions of the leading sets of leads (22) are engaged to move the leads (22) in opposite directions toward a substrate (26), so as to cut the support rails (30) and thus sever the leading sets of leads (22) from the remaining leads (22) on the support rails (30). Continued movement of the severed sets of leads (22) then causes the leads (22) to be assembled to respective opposite sides of the substrate (26) simultaneously.

Abstract: A tool for wrapping insulated wire without first stripping or slitting the insulation is obtained by means of a novel bit configuration which crushes the insulation during the wrapping process causing the terminal corners to pierce and contact the wire core. Additional features include means for breaking the wire after wrapping, and means providing a continuous supply of fresh wire.

Abstract: A safety razor for a single edge type blade includes a longitudinal passageway through the handle with a lateral slotted opening in the shaving head over the blade. The lower end of the handle is connected by flexible tubing to a water faucet which supplies water through the passageway. The water flows out of the slot across the blade to continuously lubricate the facial areas being shaved. An adjustable clamp on the tubing regulates the flow of water.