Abstract: A distinctive variety of sugar maple characterized by rapid growth, hardiness, uprightness, and conical shape of the tree at maturity, as well as a distinctive coloration which changes from a light green in the Autumn to a variety of mottling of gold, orange and scarlet turning to blood red.

Abstract: There is disclosed an azalea plant having flower and growth habit similarity to a known variety Azalea kaempferi "Fedora" an unpatented variety, and foliage characteristics of a Kurume Azalea Hinodegiri, also an unpatented variety, distinguished however by the abundant flowers of purplish pink color with a pronounced white stripe on the reverse of each petal extending from the base at the center thereof to the extremity, the glossy, dark green foliage which is retained well in winter, and the upright habit of growth which makes it stand out among other low growing varieties.

Abstract: Cellular protein products are recovered from microbiologically produced masses by incorporation therewith of a protein material suitable as a food which acts as a flocculant.

Abstract: A rocker switch having a spring-biased lock lever within the contact actuator that extends out to catch beneath the rim of the hole in the frame to lock the rocker button in the "off" position. An insertable key, which may include the entire face of the rocker button, has a projecting cam effective when inserted to retract the lock lever to allow normal operation. Removal of the key prevents unlocking of the rocker switch for operation to "on" position. The lock lever has an angular end that allows actuation of the rocker button from "on" to "off" position even when the key is removed. This angular end cams on the frame to momentarily depress the lock lever and allow it to snap below the rim of the hole in the frame. This lock lever is then inaccessible except to the projecting cam of the key.

Abstract: A circuit board having a photoflash array is provided based on the screen printing of a radiation curable ink onto the surface of a substrate followed by the radiation cure of the ink.

Abstract: A crib sheet for retaining an infant in a central region of a crib or bed and preventing such an infant from displacing a blanket covering when unattended. The sheet includes a central pleat which extends along the entire sheet length and is sewed or otherwise fixed in a folded configuration at the ends thereof. A sleeper jacket is attached at an opening across the central pleat to form an integral sleeper unit. The extendable pleat between the fixed ends permits safe movement for the infant without binding the sheet or causing other discomfort.

Abstract: A water-repellent garment for particular use by meter readers. The garment is of a flexible material having a front panel including an opening in which is releasably secured a rigid, fog-proof, transparent window, to enable the reader to see through the window to read or write on cards held under the garment. The window is secured within the opening through the use of releasably securable means, such as VELCRO fastening tape. The releasable securement feature permits removal or replacement of the window, if desired, while also forming a weather-tight seal between the window and the garment material.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a collar construction which is adapted to be secured to the neckline of a garment such as a shirt, sportshirt or the like. The collar comprises an elongated panel which includes pointed wings at opposite ends thereof, a free marginal edge and a connecting edge extended between said pointed wings. The connecting marginal edge is adapted to be secured to said garment. Furthermore, the collar includes a pair of slits, spaced apart from each other and symmetrically arranged along the elongated panel with respect to the middle portion thereof. A central inner rear portion is defined between the slits, whereby the pointed wings being movable independently one from the other and from the inner rear portion of the panel, particularly when the collar is used in an open fashion over the lapels of the collar of a jacket, while the inner rear portion will be partially hidden by the collar of said jacket encircling the wearer's neck.

Abstract: An implantable prosthesis anchorage which contains a non-porous outer coating in the regions which is positioned in contact with bone. The non-porous outer coating consists of (i) at least one bioactive resorbable ceramic material which is a calcium phosphate and (ii) at least one polymer which is mechanically and chemically stable in the body. The ceramic material is in particulate form having particle diameters between 0.5 and 1 mm. The ceramic material particles is incorporated in the polymer in such a way that resorption of the ceramic material leads to a polymer structure with continuous pores filled with living bone tissue. Bioactivating bonding residues of the ceramic material are left on the inner surfaces of the filled pores which were created by the resorption of the ceramic material.

Abstract: A toilet waterfall including a cover member arranged to fit on the open top of a flush tank of a conventional toilet and having a series of drip pans supported thereabove in superposed, staggered relationship so that water delivered upon flushing of the tank will be delivered through a suitable conduit to the uppermost drip pan to create a series of small waterfalls and another conduit for return of the water ultimately into the flush tank itself.

Abstract: A device for receiving and disposing of urine from bedridden women is disclosed. The device comprises a receptacle which anatomically conforms to the shape of the female genitalia so as to prevent dripping and is provided with a urine receiving opening and a urine discharge tube.

Abstract: A urinal for supine use. The urinal has a flexible inner liner cooperating with a rigid outer shell to define a generally oval-shaped receiving chamber. Edge portions of the inner liner protrude beyond the outer shell and are deformable to sealingly engage body parts of an intended user. A pump communicates through a duct section with the receiving chamber to evacuate collected liquid from the receiving chamber.

Abstract: A reversible shower curtain includes a two sheet laminate, each sheet being co-extensive, and a curtain header structure including a stiffening strip attached to an upper edge of one sheet and a covering strip over said stiffening strip. The covering strip is made from the same material as the sheet to which the stiffening strip is attached.

Abstract: An openable bath, principally for baths for elderly or handicapped persons, is made up of two parts 2, 3 one of which can pivot with respect to the other about a vertical axis. The fixed part 2 of the bath body 1 includes a stopcock assembly 21 governed by a push member activated by closure of the bath to stop the water supply to the bath tap assembly 9 unless there is complete closure of the bath, and the movable part 3 includes a float device 23 which bolts the closure device 5 in the closed position as long as the bath contains water.

Abstract: In an airplane having a pressurized passenger section, with a lavatory sink. The waste water from the lavatory sink is directed either to a toilet tank where it is stored, or to a drain mast line where it is discharged overboard during in-flight operation. A particular fluidic diverting system is used so that when the pressure differential between the passenger compartment and ambient atmosphere is above a certain level, air from the passenger compartment passes through a vent line to cause the fluidic system to operate in a manner that substantially all the waste water is directed through the drain mast line.

Abstract: A knock-down invalid bed having a main frame supported at its ends by head boards and separable into two halves at its midlength. Attached to each half are pivoting sections of a pair of tubular mattress-supporting subframes adjustable to support a patient horizontally and in different angular positions. The subframes support two link fabric units separably interconnected crosswise of the midlength of the bed. Attached to the head board and overlying one end of the bed is a patient helper device to aid the patient in shifting his position in bed, and other useful functions.

Abstract: A hollow beam is supported in cantilever fashion at one end on a frame and has laterally spaced rail flanges along its lower edges. A carriage has rollers on each corner which are supported on the rail flanges. A cable drum extends longitudinally of the carriage and is rotatable relative to the carriage. A shaft having a square cross section extends through the drum and the carriage and is rotatably supported at its ends by the beam. Rollers at each end of the drum and transverse to the shaft roll along the sides of the shaft. A motor mounted on the frame is connected to rotate the shaft and the drum thereon. A cable wound on the drum is connected to the center of a rigid hanger. Flexible suspension cables of equal length hang from the ends of the hanger and connect to the corners of a rectangular seat frame.

Abstract: A coordinate-type hoist device for lifting a handicapped person and allowing the person to move throughout a room. The device consists of two fixed rails disposed parallel to each other and presumably near the ceiling of the room. Two transverse rails ride along the fixed rails, and a "crab" rides along the two parallel transverse rails. The crab contains a motor arrangement for raising and lowering at least two hoisting straps. By using the apparatus, a handicapped person can sit or lie in a device to which the hoisting straps can be attached. Thereafter the crab motor can raise the hoisting straps to lift the patient, who can then move about the room by moving the crab along the transverse rails, and/or moving the transverse rails along the fixed rails. Alternatively, these crab and rail mvoements can be motor controlled. Limit switches are provided to prevent jamming and overloads, and a low voltage control system is utilized of safety purposes.

Abstract: An infant's crib construction is described which is collapsible to a compact bundle. The crib includes a baby enclosure of a pliant material and a frame of elongate substantially parallel side rods held in a spaced apart, erected position by beyond-center locking toggle spiders at the frame ends.

Abstract: A method of rapidly heat setting a shoe on a last wherein the shoe is subjected to dry air at elevated temperature, the air moving at a velocity at the shoe exterior of not less than five (5) meters per second for not more than three and one-half minutes. The method achieves shape retention in a lasted upper with improved efficiency.

Abstract: A device for providing an angularly displaceable work tool at a point removed from the power source comprising drive means, switch means associated with the drive means for actuating the drive means between ON and OFF positions, a drive shaft connected to the drive means, the drive shaft comprising a flexible rotatable member connected at one end thereof to the drive shaft, the other end of the flexible drive shaft having a work tool associated therewith, and being secured thereto, a flexible non-extensible shaft connected at one end to the switch means, and being capable of being readily actuated to actuate the switch means, both of the flexible shafts being contained in a flexible protective housing.

Abstract: A lightweight pneumatic powered portable scrubbing tool is disclosed, having a scrubbing brush member that is rotated by a cylindrically-shaped elongated air powered motor. The motor shaft is affixed to the brush member and supports the brush member. The motor housing is pivotally connected to an elongated main support pole, having an air supply hose disposed therewithin and along the length thereof. The air supply hose exits, through a union, from a peripheral portion of the main support pole and is interconnected with the motor. A fitting is mounted on an opposite end of the main support pole, i.e., remote from the motor, for interconnection with a fluid source through an air hose. An extension support pole fits over the main support pole and can be extended to a preselected position along the length of the main support pole. Rotation of the extension support pole in either direction relative to the main support pole permits locking of the extension pole to the main pole.

Abstract: A vehicle windscreen cleaner device comprises a container which can be fastened to or is made integral with a windscreen wiper arm. The container is cylindrical and a portion of one side wall is grid-like with apertures. Either a part of the side wall or part of the end wall are removable to permit the insertion of a stick or rod of cleaning agent. In use, when the vehicle is used in the rain water is entrained into the container by the slipstream, dissolves some of the cleansing agent and is entrained onto the windscreen.

Abstract: A car wash vacuum cleaner and the method of making same is disclosed. The car wash vacuum cleaner comprises an inner shell means. A plurality of vacuum motors are secured within the inner shell means and adapted to provide a suction means therein. A monolithic concrete outer housing surrounds the inner shell means and encloses the top and bottom thereon. A plurality of door means disposed on the concrete housing provides an opening within the housing and inner shell means to both provide a vent means for the vacuum motor and a means for removing dirt particles or the like from within the inner shell. A suction tube fitting extends through the concrete housing and inner shell and is adapted to attach to a suction tube. Dirt particles or the like are drawn through the tube and tube opening into the inner shell when the motors are energized.

Abstract: An apparatus for washing and drying phonograph records including a tank to contain a washing solution, and a phonograph record to be cleaned is mounted vertically for rotation within the tank. The washing solution is drawn in the bottom of the tank by a pump and discharged through jets against opposite faces of the rotating record. Mounted adjacent the jets is a pair of brushes which rotate against the opposite faces of the record to clean the same. After cleaning, air is discharged downwardly from an air tube against the opposite faces of the record to prevent the washing solution from dripping onto the record label and to the dry the record.

Abstract: A self-service, wet-vacuum cleaning machine for carpets, upholstery, and the like, utilizes a hand-held tool attached to both a vacuum hose and a hot water hose. A motor driven pump operates for a metered time to provide hot water under a high pressure in a direction that closes a valve in the hand tool to prevent spraying until it is called for by manually unseating the valve, thus allowing hot water to be sprayed on an area to be cleaned by wet-vacuuming. A spring in the valve housing exerts a force against the valve in a direction to unseat it, but not with sufficient force to do so against the hot water pressure. When the hot water pump is turned off, cold water under line pressure enters the hot-water hose through a T-fitting at a controlled low rate and passes through the valve now opened by the spring. This flow at a low rate prevents freezing in the hot water hose or spray valve.

Abstract: A moisture stripping device for non-evaporatively stripping moisture from a moving film such as a photographic motion picture film. The film is cleaned in a liquid bath which has ultrasonic energy applied thereto. The film leaves the bath and passes through an air nozzle which is supplied with a source of air pressure. The air nozzle consists of a split block having a film slot extending through the block. A plurality of air jets are conducted into the slot at opposite sides thereof. The film, wet with cleaning solution, enters the slot and is non-evaporatively dried by air pressure which forms a moisture barrier at the lower edge of the slot. The slot is only slightly wider than the thickness of the film, yet the film is protected from touching the sides of the slot by an air cushion formed by air jets directed at both sides of the film. The air jets are formed by a plurality of air holes in the split block. The holes conduct air from the air source to the film slot.

Abstract: A curtain suspension device comprising a curtain board having a horizontal hole at each end for fastening upon a pair of stem brackets, each of which comprising a wall plate having peripheral holes for fastening to a wall by means of screws, and a central threaded hole receiving a correspondingly threaded stem extending at right angles to the wall surface to receive the curtain board at its outer end, and a spring clip adapted to clamp one upper corner of a curtain against the wall. The wall plate of said stem bracket is provided, diametrically opposite to a peripheral hole therein, with a slot in the form of an arc of a circle the center of which coincides with the center of said hole, and the wall plates of said two stem brackets are mounted or adapted to be mounted in a manner such that the symmetry axis through the peripheral hole, the center hole and the slot of said two wall plates intersect at an angle of 90.degree.

Abstract: Disclosed is a calibrating device for expanding and controlling the draw-off speed of a shirred tubular casing 4a from the stuffing horn 1 of a stuffing machine during the filling thereof. This device comprises a hollow calibrating pipe 2 having a central bore therethrough for mounting on the stuffing horn 1 of a stuffing machine, and an enlarged circumference 8 at one end thereof which applies a frictional force to the tubular casing 4 as the casing is drawn over the pipe during filling. At least the enlarged end 8 of the pipe 2, moreover, is made of a resilient material to provide this area with a variable circumference to eliminate damage to the casing due to variations in the size thereof. Means 3 are also provided for adjusting the effective circumference of the enlarged end 8 of the pipe 2.

Abstract: A crabmeat extraction apparatus and method for extracting the meat of the crab from its inner meat cavities using uniquely designed cleaning probe and conveying tube used in association with a standard home vacuum cleaner as a suction source to pull the crabmeat into a central container. The system includes suction hoses with crabmeat probes attached thereon leading to the collection container. The meat collection container has a hose attachment leading to a standard home-type vacuum cleaner which serves as the source of negative air pressure or suction for collecting the meat. Additionally, a little water is initially sucked into the system to keep the meat moist and lubricate the tubes. The crab is initially prepared by removing the outer shell (carapace), the legs, etc. and the entrails, etc.

Abstract: Crab meat is removed from cooked crabs by placing the cooked crabs on a platform and then subjecting them to an increasing, almost vertical, pressure by passing a convex surface over them. The meat is thereby expressed from the peel and falls into a receptacle. The peel adheres to the convex surface to be scraped off and away by a scraping blade.

Abstract: An improved apparatus for depithing fibrous vegetable material, such as sugarcane bagasse, comprises a rotary hammer assembly suspended from a rigid framework that is supported removably on an upright enclosure which itself is supported in functioning position by a framework on its base. The hammer assembly comprises a plurality of individual stacks of hammers and their holders, each of which constitutes a unit separate from the other stacks and has means individual thereto for adjusting the radial positions of the hammers in the stack relative to a screening wall through which pith is separated from fibers by rotation of the hammer assembly. The screening wall is composed of several perforated arcuate screening sections any of which may be reached through a door in the enclosure, and may be unfastened and displaced to give access to the hammer assembly or for replacement of a screening section.

Abstract: Cotton on a rick is placed upon a slab adjacent to the gin. A feeder unit having a plurality of drums advances against the rick to move the cotton from the rick onto conveyors to feed the cotton gin. The feeder unit is reversible, so that as soon as a rick is finished in the first direction, it may be reversed to feed against a rick in another direction. The height of the unit is adjustable. Doors close behind the last of the rick to prevent the cotton from scattering, and extending panels on the door contain the cotton along the slab.

Abstract: A process for producing mass filters for use in mass spectrometers. Several electrodes having precisely shaped surfaces must be held in precisely determined positions with respect to each other. Insulators are placed into position on the surface of a mandrel and a layer of metal is deposited over the mandrel and insulators to form a composite unitary structure, including the electrodes. The deposited metal overlying the insulators is then removed, electrically isolating the electrodes.

Abstract: A method of assembling a pressure sensor is disclosed. The sensor includes an aneroid capsule and an electrical circuit secured to opposite sides of a first insulator. The capsule and circuit are electrically interconnected. Second and third insulators are assembled on opposite sides of the first insulator bearing against respective ones of the aneroid capsule and the electronic sensing circuit. The subassembly so formed then is partially inserted into the open end of a hollow can having a closed opposite end with a port therein. A vacuum is applied to the port to suck the subassembly into the hollow can.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a spherical bearing rod end having an outer race member, an intermediate member of yieldable material within and supported by said outer race member and an inner race operationally supported by said intermediate member comprising preforming a rod end blank having a cylindrically shaped head section at one end thereof, flattening the cylindrical section to cold form two enlarged faces, forming a bore through said faces thereby leaving a uniformly cold formed annular area to serve as the outer member, inserting in said bore said intermediate member and said inner race member, interlocking with mechanical interlocking means said intermediate member and inner race member within said bore to effect the bearing support of said inner race member within said intermediate member.

Abstract: A method of making a furniture leveling device and product wherein a metal blank is stamped to provide at least a pair of openings which upon further shaping of the blank into a C-shape become aligned, one of the openings having a portion of the blank extruded thereabout to provide a depending metal throat having at least three threads for supporting a bolt, the bolt being adjustable through an opening in the furniture piece for convenient leveling.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a machining process especially suitable for facilitating the construction of large turbines wherein displaceable guide blades for directing fluid to the rotor have to be provided on the downstream side of the volute or spiral tank of the turbine. Hitherto the whole unit had to be machined and assembled in the workshop and then transported to site.

Abstract: A support assembly for two rows of U-shaped tubes comprises a U-bend rack which aligns and holds the U-bend portions of the tubes in a plurality of leg racks which align and hold the straight leg portions of two rows of tubes, the support assembly is utilized in inspecting shipping and simultaneously installing two rows of tubes in a vertically oriented heat exchanger.

Abstract: A method of assembling the parts of a heat exchanger, in which a pipe bundle is lowered into an open-topped vessel, and a wall of the bundle is secured to the wall of the vessel by welding. Prior to placing the bundle in position, a sealing ring is provided around the bundle between the outer periphery of a circumferential wall thereof and the inner periphery of the wall of the vessel, which ring hermetically seals the annular opening between the pipe bundle and the wall of the vessel after the bundle has been placed in position. The sealing ring is desirably made of a deformable material having suitable dimensions to be compressed axially between an outwardly extending wall portion of the pipe bundle and an inwardly extending wall portion of the vessel when the pipe bundle is fully lowered into the vessel. The seal ring may be made of material which melts at the operating temperature of the heat exchanger and can be thereby eliminated after welded joint has been tested satisfactorily.