Abstract: A rose-plant of the Floribunda Class is provided having double flowers which are of orpiment color on the inside and yellow on the outside. The seed parent of the new variety was obtained by the crossing of the variety Sweet Promise (known in the United States as Sonia) and the variety Golden garnette. The pollen parent of the new variety resulted from the crossing of the variety Meialfi and the variety Meifan to form a first plant which was crossed with the variety King's ransom to form a second plant which in turn was crossed with the variety Whisky mac.

Abstract: An African violet plant known by the cultivar name San Francisco having girl type leaves, star-shaped lilac colored flowers carried on strong and upright stems, vigorous growth habit, compact bouquet and habit, and by its non-dropping, long lasting flowers.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an improved sport glove construction comprising connected inner and outer glove shells of different constructions, each contributing significant and desirable characteristics to the combination. The inner glove is constructed of a highly elastic, stretchable material, so constituted as to be received tightly over the entire hand of the wearer, snugly enclosing and conforming to the individual fingers and thumb, as well as the palm and back areas of the hand. The construction of the elastic inner glove shell is such as to provide a secure yet comfortable feel to the glove. The elastic inner glove is entirely enveloped by a second or outer glove of a material and construction selected to provide appropriate gripping and other characteristics. The outer glove may be of a somewhat elastic material, such as knitted fabric, but may also be of a relatively nonelastic material, such as leather, vinyl or the like, or may be a combination of materials.

Abstract: An implantable heart valve including a suturing ring within which the body of the valve may be rotatably positioned following surgical implantation. The suturing ring is held to the valve body by binding means, such as an annular band or series of cord wraps. In one embodiment, the binding means may be heat-relaxed after the suturing ring has been bound to the valve body, thereby facilitating rotation of the valve body in the suturing ring. Slip ring means may be interposed between the suturing ring and the valve body to facilitate rotation. The slip ring means may be shaped to permit the binding means to hold the suturing ring tightly at its edges to the valve body to prevent the suturing ring from separating from the valve body at their mutually adjacent edges. The slip ring means may comprise a single ring or a pair of concentric slip rings having a mutual low-friction interface.

Abstract: The apparatus is adapted to fit on the lower surface of conventional toilet seats, and comprises (1) a base element, (2) a support element, including handle, rotatably secured to the base element, (3) an elongated fluid carrying arm extending from the support, and (4) a sprayhead. By rotating the handle, the sprayhead moves through a relatively shallow arc from a retracted position adjacent the lower surface of the seat at the rear thereof through an operative path beneath the opening in the seat. The axis of rotation of the support element and the configuration of the fluid-carrying arm are such that the focal point of the arc of the sprayhead is several inches above the plane of the seat.

Abstract: The disclosure is of a buoyant, air-filled, plastic cover for swimming pools, large ponds, and the like, and to facilities by which these may be constrained to float on the water (or other liquid) without proneness to disarrangement, especially in the regions of skimmers formed in the sides of the pool.There is disclosed a pool cover subdivided into interfitting sub-sections, preferably of a rectangular shape. These are provided with coacting marginal abutments which interengage to prevent one cover section from overriding another. These abutments are in some cases of sufficient specific gravity to sink the edge portions of the cover sections somewhat deeper in the water than the remainder of the cover, which is airfilled, and of low specific gravity. Abutting, or interengaging edge elements are disclosed which mechanically engage in a confining manner, preventing overriding.

Abstract: A cover for a toilet is characterized in that the cover and the seat are movable independently of each other with the cover carrying the seat and being directly pivoted on the toilet fixture without the need for any additional coupling means. The combination of the cover and the seat is coupled to the toilet fixture by means of axially displaceable spring biased pins.

Abstract: A water economizing system for new or existing buildings where the waste lines of lavatory sinks, showers and clothes washing machines are connected to a storage reservoir for accumulation of water therein. This accumulated water is filtered and treated and thereafter used for the operation of water closets of toilets, the storage reservoir providing for the removal of solids and foam by flushing action at the top and subsequently by the gravitational separation of solids which are periodically flushed from the bottom of the reservoir into the sewer. The pumping action which delivers the accumulated water to the water closets of toilets may optionally be hydraulically operated by a portion of the water drained to the storage reservoir.

Abstract: A siphoning water closet incorporating a toilet bowl having a first flushable reservoir for liquid wastes and a second flushable reservoir for solid wastes, the reservoirs being separately flushable so as to expend less flushing water and to expel less disposable sewage than conventional single flush siphoning water closets.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a water-saving toilet bowl wherein the main flush inlet and secondary flush inlets are improved whereby the secondary flush enters into the upper reservoir later than the main flush; and in addition, the guiding plate between the upper reservoir and lower reservoir is prolonged to increase the acceleration of gravity; having the features that no more than six liters of water is required to flush away the defecation or the like.

Abstract: A camping bed for station wagons is comprised of paired, upstanding frame elements which extend between the tailgate door and the rear seat of the station wagon and are separated by a spacer member at their bottom edges so that they are located against the inner side walls of the station wagon. A rear pillow, which spans between the upper edges of the frame elements is divided into front and rear portions, each of which is pivotally mounted to the frame elements by hinges. Accordingly, each portion can be independently raised for access to materials which are stored beneath it. Located beneath the rear portion, which generally covers the well of the station wagon, is a drawer unit that is slidably mounted on tracks. Therefore, by sliding the drawer unit outwardly through the station wagon tailgate door, access to the well is available.

Abstract: An improved sleeping bag construction having an expandable pillow pocket at the head thereof, a bag portion extending along less than one-half the length of the sleeping bag, the upper portion of which includes a pair of longitudinally arranged edges which extend substantially beyond the bottom portion of the bag, and a foot portion having a longitudinally extensible and laterally expandable section within the bag portion at the foot of the sleeping bag, the bag and pillow pocket characterized by large, radiused corners and being joined about the edge by piping strips.

Abstract: A waterbed frame is formed of side rails having inner rigid support elements surrounded by resilient cushion material. All sides of the frame may be formed by such rails with the rigid elements being connected at the corners, so that the rigid elements are in effect floating in the cushion material. Alternatively, two such side rails may be attached to more conventional appearing foot and head boards.

Abstract: A back support means which may be detachably positioned on a mattress comprising a bottom sheet having a width to cover the central portion of a mattress and extending across the width of said mattress, which bottom sheet along with a top sheet form an open-ended pillow receptacle substantially extending the width of said bottom sheet. Within the open-ended pillow receptacle is placed a pillow of a size substantially conforming to the interior of the open-ended receptacle. The pillow is filled with shredded polymeric foam, preferably a rigid or semi-rigid shredded polystyrene foam.

Abstract: A pillow or cushion is provided having an outer fabric sheath stuffed with resilient wadding such that the pillow is extended in an outstretched position in its first mode, therebeing hands with finger-like projections at the outer ends of the pillow which can interlock to form a closed loop in the second mode of the pillow.

Abstract: An improved glazing tool including a manually operable cutting device, of a scissors-type variety, having a pair of arms mediately secured to one another by a pin for permitting pivotal movement therebetween, on one side of the pin the arms having face-to-face complementary cutting edges thereon and on the other side of the pin a pair of handles permitting manual operation thereof, one of said arms being longer than the other arm, the forwardmost portion of the longer arm having a hub with a small roller freely mounted thereon, and the opposite end of the longer arm extending rearwardly beyond the other arm forming a handle and terminating in a flat blade.

Abstract: The method of this invention comprises the improvement of using an open frame skein carrier with arms to loosely hang the yarn skeins. This allows a shorter total heat-setting time; eliminates kinks, and improves bulk and bulk uniformity of the yarn.

Abstract: A wheel mounted power driven sweeper for cleaning hard to clean floors such as hardened animal manure from animal houses, concrete slabs in feed lots, of any other type application requiring a sweeper for cleaning material therefrom. The sweeper characterized by having a plurality of circular brushes mounted thereon in combination with circular cutting knives disposed adjacent said brushes. The sweeper further characterized by having an adjustable front wheel for adjusting the height of the brushes and cutting knives above the floor surface.

Abstract: A hairbrush of the cylindrical bristle type in which a brush head carrying the bristles is rotatably connected to a brush handle. The brush head includes a portion adjacent to the handle which is free of bristles having a roughened surface to allow manual control of rotation of the brush head relative to the brush handle. In one form a heating element is included within the brush head.

Abstract: A suction apparatus for extracting liquids from a web, e.g. an organic solvent from a fabric treated with the solvent by impregnation, comprises a tube having a pair of shell halves defining an axially extending gap between them, the web passing over this gap and the tube being evacuated. The gap is widened or narrowed by a jaw-type mechanism which can be adjusted by a screwthread assembly tending to swing the jaws of the device about a hinge axis lying outside the tube diametrically opposite the slot or gap.

Abstract: Cleaning devices are described which include a vacuum cleaner wherein electrostatically charged brushes that brush dirt off a floor, are electrically grounded to remove charges that could tend to hold dirt to the brushes.

Abstract: A hand grip adapted to be slipped over the metal handles of cooking utensils such as pots and fry pans, having particular application to commercial grade utensils wherein the handles are metal and customarily not provided with a thermally insulating gripping portion. The hand grip is elongated and made of a resilient silicone rubber material having low thermal conductivity so as to remain cool to the touch even though the metal handle becomes quite hot. Extending nearly completely through the grip is a longitudinal opening having a plurality of axial ribs within the opening, which define axial passageways for the flow of air between the metal handle and grip thereby enhancing the insulating qualities of the grip in some circumstances. If desired, the opening may be flat and unobstructed. The grip has suitable durometer and frictional characteristics to remain in place on the metal handle during use.

Abstract: This invention relates to a cabinet hinge for the hinged connection of two cabinet parts, having two hinge parts each adapted to be fastened to one of the cabinet parts and pivotally connected with each other by a hinge system, and having an additional spring element, for instance a leaf spring. This spring element produces a holding or snapping action and it is fastened at each end to one of the hinge parts. In order to facilitate the mounting of the pretensioned spring element, a bearing body is provided to hold the spring element on at least one of the two hinge parts.

Abstract: A meat tenderizing device includes sharp tipped blades mounted in a support body and a spreader assembly for spreading the blades apart such that the device can be utilized to tenderize meat by forcing the sharp tipped blades into the meat to cut connective tissue of the meat during insertion and spreading the blades apart while the blades remain in the meat to tear the connective tissue of the meat.

Abstract: A mechanism for rotating a cannister during the filling of the cannister with textile material from a carding machine or the like which includes a turntable rotatably mounted on a frame for supporting a cannister having a movable bottom including a plurality of flexible metal bands arranged on the frame for reciprocating movement between a retracted and an extended position with upper end portions in angularly disposed relationship, the upper ends of the bands secured together for underlying engagement with the cannister bottom and the adjacent side edges of the bands provided with releasable interlocking means engageable during the movement of the upper portions of the bands into the extended position to form a pillar together with drive means for moving the bands between the retracted and extended positions to permit downward movement of the cannister bottom during the filling of the cannister with textile material.

Abstract: This invention relates broadly to an apparatus for shortening wires, cables and the like without requiring the disconnection of such wires and cutting off the ends thereof to achieve the shortening. The apparatus consists generally of a sheet metal or the like shortening device which has a degree of flexibility therein by means of which the shortening function is accomplished. The wire or the like to be shortened is affixed to lugs or the like which are struck from the edge of one portion of the device and from this portion extends a tail which is bent towards the aforesaid portion and the wire is affixed to the bend which is made in this tail portion. The amount of shortening of the wire is determined by the place where the tail is bent.

Abstract: A base which can be attached to a wall adjacent to a tub holds a flat spring secured to the base, the distal end of which flat spring holds an end of a shower curtain firmly against the wall in order that dripping and splashing may be prevented as a result of the use of the shower. The flat spring has an arcuate tab on the underside of the distal end of the spring and a handle on the exterior side of the distal end of the spring in order that the spring may be manually lifted away from an engaged shower curtain to release the shower curtain from the wall as desired. A circular ring in the cap fixed to the proximal end of the spring engages a circular channel in the base to secure the cap, spring and base together with a pin in the cap passing through a hole in the proximal end of the spring and to engage a shaftway in the base to secure the spring, cap and base in engagement.

Abstract: A button or the like to be joined in one-point - fastening having two parts lying on both sides of the carrier material, the two parts to be connected to one another. One of the button parts has a hollow shaft, the pointed front end section of which is off-set with respect to the rearward shaft section by means of nominal breaking positions.

Abstract: The present magnetic closure device has one or more holding members and one or more closure members, each with a surface configuration providing an increased frictional force, when two matching surface configurations cooperate. One member of a pair forming a closure device is a permanent magnet of so-called hard magnetic material, while the other member of a pair is a magnetic armature made of ferromagnetically soft, magnetizable material. The increased frictional force and the magnetic force combine to provide an effective closure device for articles of non-magnetic material, such as leather goods, textiles, and synthetic materials. The two members have a square or rectangular configuration and are corrugated whereby both members have the same configuration and the permanent magnet has poles of one polarity extending along the entire length of a ridge in the corrugation, and poles of the opposite polarity extending along the entire length of the valleys adjacent to a ridge.

Abstract: A tongue and buckle fastener for a safety belt harness in which the tongue has a head portion securable by a spring-loaded latching member in the buckle. A spring loaded tongue ejector ejects the tongue from the buckle after operating a push-button to move the latching member to a release position. The latching member is biased and guided for movement transversely of the tongue insertion direction. A camming member, between the push-button and the latching member, is guided for movement in the tongue insertion direction. The camming member has ramps, one at each side, which co-operate with respective shoulders on the latching member. A pair of spring arms exert a return bias on the camming member and extend between the shoulders and the ramps.

Abstract: An adjustable hose-type clamping device fabricated entirely of a polymeric material, the device comprising an elongated flexible strap element having a thread form provided integrally along a portion of one side thereof; an enclosure member is fixedly secured adjacent one end of the strap element and includes spaced apart end wall portions and an arcuate-shaped side wall portion, a gear element disposed within the enclosure member and includes a double enveloping worm gear form adapted for engagement with the thread form on the strap element, one end of the gear is provided with a tool engaging portion whereby the gear element may be selectively rotated to effect advancement of the strap relative to the enclosure member.

Abstract: A sheet workpiece having an edge bent over on one face of the workpiece towards the center of the workpiece is continuously displaced in a transport direction over a flat support surface that lies against the other face of the workpiece at the bent-over edge. Compressed air is blown from a guide in a flow direction extending transverse to the transport direction, outwardly from the workpiece center, and generally parallel to the surface so as to blow this bent-over edge flat. A plurality of nozzles inclined slightly downwardly toward the surface and backwardly in the transport direction may be employed, as a single elongated nozzle producing a band-shaped current of air may be used, or a plurality of nozzles spread out in a two-dimensional array. Such a flow of air may also be directed from both faces at the workpiece edge in order to flatten out this edge no matter which way it is bent over.

Abstract: Utilization of finish and recovery of materials for control of pollution are improved in a tow crimping process wherein an advancing tow of fibers which have been processed in an aqueous bath or series of aqueous baths is uniformly compressed in a confined space under a nip pressure of 600-1,000 lbs./in. to exude solvent-containing water from the tow, the exudate being returned to the last aqueous bath, a predetermined amount of finish is applied to the tow, the fibers are crimped in a stuffing box crimper whereby some of the finish and a small amount of residual moisture are exuded from the tow, the exudate is recovered and removed to a storage container, the exudate is re-applied to the tow at a rate corresponding to the rate of exudation and the crimped tow is collected and then dried.

Abstract: A factory barge for manufacturing reinforced concrete products comprises a batcher plant mounted at one end of the hull for preparing ready mixed concrete, a reinforced concrete product unloader mounted at the opposite end of the hull, and, between the batcher plant and the unloader, in the order mentioned, concrete placers for receiving the concrete from the batcher plant and placing it into elongated molds held in the fore-and-aft direction, compactors for compacting the concrete in the molds, a curer for curing the concrete compacted in the molds, and a mold remover for removing the molds from the cured concrete products. An equipment for fabricating reinforcement cylinders is mounted on a deck above the deck where the concrete placers are installed, and means for transferring the molds from the concrete placers to the compactors, curer, and mold remover is so disposed as to handle the molds while maintaining them in the fore-and-aft direction.

Abstract: In a corner roller tool for rolling mud laden applied tape into a corner dry wall seam, a pair of tandem rollers are provided for rolling the creased tape into the corner seam and for squeezing out excess mud from beneath the tape. The rollers each comprise a wheel having a tread portion of generally V-shaped radial cross section. The included angle .theta. between the opposed faces of the V-shaped tread portion is approximately 90.degree. for pressing the tape into firm engagement with the side walls of the corner seam. The corner roller wheels are carried from a frame which is pivotably coupled to a elongated handle. The handle is pivotable in at least two orthogonal directions to facilitate rolling of the tape into the corner seam when the operator can not face directly into the seam. The corner roller wheel are free to move laterally on their respective axles to facilitate tracking of imperfect seams. The included angle between the tread face portions of the two wheels are preferably larger than 90.

Abstract: A method of assembling a plate fin coil by making sheets of single pass single row plate fins from plate fin stock. The fins within each sheet are connected by tabular portions and have openings for the receipt of hairpin tubes which form part of the flow circuitry of the heat exchanger. A plurality of sheets are arranged in registration so that hairpin tubes may be inserted through the openings within the fins to form partially assembled heat exchanger coil cores. The adjacent coil cores may be separated at this point by rupturing the tabular portions connecting the fins within the various sheets or additional process steps may be completed simultaneously upon the entire coil bundle having many coil cores. At some time in the plate fin coil assembly process the rows of plate fins are separated into single or multi-row coils by rupturing the tabular portions to form the appropriate row size coil core. A coil bundle formed by partially assembling coil cores having sheets of connected fins is also disclosed.

Abstract: A tool for effecting interlocking of the flanges of adjoining siding elements after such elements have been sprung apart for insertion of insulation between the siding and building. The tool has a unique shape to effect progressive camming of one of the interlocking flanges in relationship to the other until the interlocking flanges are moved so close together as to spring in interlocking relationship.

Abstract: Interfitting apparatus including a fitting jig formed with a plurality of regulating openings each for receiving therein one of a plurality of shaft members having chamfered forward ends, which are objects of interest, to hold the shaft members by regulating their posture and allow them to move freely within tight tolerances, and a table at least slightly movable in a horizontal direction for supporting, by precision positioning, an object formed with a plurality of holes separated from one another by a spacing substantially the same as the spacing between the regulating openings of the fitting jig.

Abstract: Conductors are removed from the sheathing of a cable by attaching a sleeve to the outer surface at one end of the sheathing of a selected length of cable. When the sheathing is made of lead, the sleeve has internal threads that are passed onto the sheathing. Alternative measures for attaching the sleeve to the sheathing include forming a bonded film of solder or cured adhesive. The free end of the sleeve is joined with a fitting coupled by a conduit to a source of lubricant under pressure. Lubricant is forced through the sleeve into the sheathing under sufficient pressure to cause the lubricant to flow along the conductors of the cable. After the lubricant disperses within the sheathing, the conductors are withdrawn. When the cable is buried, anchoring of the sheathing is usually unnecessary. When anchoring is necessary, a T-shaped anchor is attached by threads to the sleeve and a rope is used to attach the anchor to a support surface.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in machining and statically balancing a large and heavy workpiece such as the runner of a hydraulic turbine. The apparatus includes a vertical center support column on the upper end of which is mounted a rotatable turntable. The workpiece which is to be machined and statically balanced is suitably clamped to and rotates with the turntable, the workpiece extending radially beyond the turntable so that as the turntable is rotated the workpiece is moved past a machining tool which is suitably supported along the path of rotary movement of the workpiece. The turntable is detachably secured to a composite member which comprises a bearing, such as a roller bearing, integral with a gear, such as an internal ring gear, the composite member being in underlying relation to the turntable.