Abstract: A well branched, plant of the hybrid tea class with large, leathery foliage, and blooms becoming Neyron Rose, having very little fragrance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of black walnut tree (Juglans nigra L.) which is distinctly characterized by rapid growth rate, strong central stem tendency, and outstanding straightness for timber purposes. The nut-bearing habits of this tree are unknown. It has not borne either pistillate or staminate flowers during the first 7 years after grafting. The strong central stem tendency is due to the ability of the terminal bud to flush and outgrow the laterals. This variety also has good anthracnose resistance. This particular variety was discovered by the applicant near Martinsville, Ind. in a cultivated area. It occurred as a wild tree growing on land managed for timber-growing purposes and was discovered in the course of a search for unique and high quality black walnut trees to be utilized in breeding for outstanding timber qualities.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of black walnut tree (Juglans nigra L.) which is distinctly characterized by rapid growth rate, strong central stem tendency, average time in leafing, and outstanding straightness (little sweep and few crooks) thereby producing excellent timber qualities. The new variety has outstanding nut qualities as well such as abundant annual crops of large-sized nuts, begins nut-bearing early in life of tree, average 3 nuts per cluster, and produces kernels which exceed 20 percent of nut weight. The nuts are large and ripen early. The pistillate flowers mature early while pollen maturity is mid-season. In most years there is some overlap in female and male flowering. Flowering begins very early in the life of the tree. This new variety of black walnut tree was discovered by the applicant near Darlington, Ind. on land owned by Purdue University in a cultivated area.

Abstract: A chrysanthemum plant known by the cultivar name Stripes and particularly characterized as to uniqueness by the combined characteristics of flat capitulum form; spooned daisy capitulum type; medium yellow ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum ranging from 90 to 100 mm. at maturity; uniform seven week photoperiodic flowering response to short days; medium plant height when grown as a pinched spray pot; and semi-upright branching pattern.

Abstract: A cultivar of Spathiphyllum characterized by foliage which is green and cream-to-white in color.

Abstract: Friction driven toys including a gyroscopic stabilizing element. .Iadd.

Abstract: A panel of acoustically reflective material is removably supported on the bell of a wind instrument by a bracket which is jointed so that selectively the panel can be, (1) angularly positioned to reflect the sound back to the player or in other directions, (2) moved toward and away from the bell to adjust reflection of the sound, (3) moved to a muting position, and (4) moved to a non-reflecting location.

Abstract: Disclosed is fluid mixing apparatus employing a metering chamber divided by a flexible diaphragm. Two fluids are simultaneously injected into a mixing nozzle. The ratio of fluids is controlled by a feedback line which translates pressure from the first fluid outlet to the second fluid and thereby maintains a relatively constant ratio between the head pressures on the two fluids.

Abstract: An apparatus having a substantially uniformly heated surface is provided for heat exchange purposes, such as use in the printing of textile web materials. The apparatus comprises a cylindrical, rotatable drum including narrowly spaced inner and outer concentric shells defining an annular flow space, and provided with alternating partitions and baffles extending longitudinally within that flow space, thus providing approximately U-shaped flow paths, having entrance and exit legs, for the circulation of a suitable heat-transfer medium, such as hot oil therethrough. The apparatus also includes a centrally disposed concentric tubular conduit, or central feed passage, coaxial with the cylinder or drum, for supply and return of the heat-exchange medium.

Abstract: 1-Amino-4-cyano-1,3-butadiene compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein n is 1 or 2, when n is 1 R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 can be the same or different and represent hydrogen, alkyl including substituted alkyl, aryl including substituted aryl or cyclic alkyl groups, except that both R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 cannot be hydrogen, or taken together R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represent the elements necessary to complete a cyclic amino group and when n is 2 at least one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is alkylene or arylene; G represents an electron withdrawing group. The compounds are especially useful in photographic elements as UV absorbers.

Abstract: A conventional residential ground fault circuit interrupting (GFCI) device is utilized to control a traditional circuit interrupter in protecting a large power distribution circuit against ground faults. The GFCI device is connected in an energization circuit for a solenoid operable to open the interrupter contacts. A sensor responds to ground faults on the distribution circuit by impressing the current signal on one side of the energization circuit, thus creating a current imbalance effective to trip the GFCI device. Interruption of the energization circuit causes the solenoid to initiate opening of the interrupter contacts. In an alternative embodiment, the GFCI device is adapted to initiate opening of the interrupter contacts upon degradation of ground circuit continuity.

Abstract: A sleeping bag comprising a body portion, leg portions, and two sleeve members, first attachment structure fixed to the body portion, and second attachment structure fixed to a first of the sleeve members, the first and second attachment structures being releasably connectable to permit connection of the first sleeve member to the body portion, the first sleeve member having an opening in a free end thereof adapted to receive a free end of a second of the sleeve members, third attachment structure disposed on the interior of the first sleeve member, and fourth attachment structure disposed on the exterior of a second of the sleeve members, the third and fourth attachment structures being releasably connectable.

Abstract: A necktie molding device, comprising a longitudinally tapered, elongated, hollow member for forming a knot-like appearance in a necktie to be worn by a person. The necktie molding device also includes an extended base member.

Abstract: A sanitary footgear article in the form of a sock or stocking having adhering to the inner sole portion a multiplicity of resinous spots having embedded therein fine particles of copper, silver or copper-silver alloy.

Abstract: Athletic foot apparel essentially in the form of a sock includes portions adapted to provide muscular support to the calf and ankle and a padded bottom portion for effectively absorbing shocks imparted to the foot during athletic activity. The ankle and calf portions include a layer of elastic material with the elastic material of the ankle portion being spaced from the elastic material of the ankle portion. Each layer of elastic material is disposed between inner and outer layers of fabric material. The padded bottom portion is secured to the sock and may be comprised of latex.

Abstract: A surgical prosthetic device or implant is disclosed consisting of a coherent metal substrate and a pure metal porous coating. The pure metal porous coating is formed by thermal decomposition of a coating of thermally-decomposable metal compound particles and sintering of the metal particles so formed. The surface of the device or implant is irregular but the porosity is substantially uniformly distributed throughout the coating. The coating is strongly adherent to the substrate and supports the ingrowth of bone tissue for fixation of the device or implant in the body. Such coating also supports the ingrowth of fibrous tissue for the attachment of tendons and ligaments to the device.

Abstract: A prosthesis providing improvement over the floating center prosthetic joint of U.S. Pat. No. 3,916,451 by providing, inter alia, an improvement in the structure for retaining the floating ball in the humeral component and the strength of the lip of the floating ball, and further providing piston-cylinder means utilizing body fluid present in the implanted prosthesis to provide hydraulic action for reducing the amount of shock loads transmitted to the implanted prosthesis during normal human activity.

Abstract: An intraocular lens device made of a transparent, flexible, medical grade silicone elastomer molded to form a generally cylindrical lens body implantable within the pupillary margin of the iris and to form a plurality of flexible plate-like attachment tabs which project laterally from the lens body anteriorly, or posteriorly, or both anteriorly and posteriorly of the iris, and which tabs are connectable to the iris by teflon pegs.

Abstract: An artificial leg has a stabilized knee mechanism, that is, a mechanism which resists flexion of the leg when the latter is under load. The leg has upper and lower leg components, for example thigh and shin, and the knee mechanism includes a hollow brake drum with a brake shoe inside it. The drum is connected to the thigh and the shoe to the shin. The shoe frictionally engages the inner surface of the drum to resist flexion of the leg when it is under load.

Abstract: A douche appliance connectable to the pan of a water closet comprises a spray arm assembly including a retractable water conduit having one end attached to a spray head and extending into the water closet pan and another end connected to a pressurized water supply; an instantaneous heating, thermostatically controlled electric heater provided in flow line between the pressurized water supply and retractable conduit; and, an electric body parts dryer selectively coupled to an interior space defined by the pan or to a location suitable for drying a user's hands.

Abstract: A bulkhead for a swimming pool has a simple, lightweight frame, improved movability within the pool and means for suppressing the ill effects of waves produced by a swimmer nearing the bulkhead.

Abstract: An automated skimming flow perimeter gutter control system for swimming pools is provided having a water cleaning and recirculation system receiving water from the pool, cleaning it, and returning it to the pool; a first drain line connecting the pool to the water recirculation system for water feed from the pool for cleaning; a gutter conduit for disposition about the perimeter of a swimming pool, receiving overflow across a top edge thereof and adapted to carry water at a level below a predetermined level in the swimming pool; a second drain line connecting the gutter conduit with the water recirculation system for water feed from the gutter for cleaning; skimming means receiving skimming flow across a top edge thereof at the perimeter of the swimming pool; a first drain valve in the first drain line which when open allows water from the pool to flow to the water recirculation system, and when closed stops such flow; a balance means in flow connection with the first and second drain lines and the water reci

Abstract: A bath lift, for lifting a disabled person into and out of a bath, has a telescopic column for mounting on the floor alongside the bath. A lifting arm mounted on the top of the column projects therefrom and carries a support, such as a legless chair structure, for the person being bathed. An upper portion of the column is non-rotatable about the axis of the column, and the arm is mounted to swing about a vertical axis. Locking means are operative to lock the arm against swinging movement relative to said upper portion of the column in one or more angular positions, and the locking means can be released manually to free the arm for movement about said vertical axis.

Abstract: An invalid supporting structure for relieving pressure on bony areas or any other desired area of a received person to alleviate decubitus ulcers and accelerate the healing thereof. The structure comprises a resilient, sponge-like pad having at least one aperture located at a predetermined position adapted to register with a desired area of a person with means for passing a gas into and venting the gas from the aperture.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a bed-side foot-rest structure includes two elongated members separately mounted by upright bolts onto a side member of a bed frame, mounted for pivotal movement, distal ends of each of the two elongated members having mounted therebetween pivotally a foot-rest additional horizontal structure, the elongated members being horizontally extending and laterally horizontally pivotally mounted by the upright bolts such that when mounted, the foot-rest additional horizontal structure is collapsable to and extendable from beneath the side member of the bed frame, and when extended serves as a foot-rest for a person seated on a side of the bed.

Abstract: A hose washing machine is provided including a frame and a pair of brushes supported by the frame in opposed relationship and for receiving a hose therebetween. Each of the brushes has a planar brush face engageable with the hose, and the brushes are supported for rotation about an axis transverse to the planar brush faces. The brush face of one of the brushes is positionable in opposed mating relation with the brush face of the other brush, and at least a portion of each of the brush faces engages the hose and moves in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the hose. A first motor is provided for rotating one of the brushes in one rotational direction, and a second motor is provided for rotating the other of the brushes in an opposite rotational direction.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in an apparatus for developing printing plates comprising pairs of upper and lower rolls adapted to convey said printing plates, bearing means at each end of each upper roll, and toggle lever means adapted to raise and lower said upper rolls with respect to said lower rolls, the improvement comprising a plurality of pivotal forked head means each having an upper and lower arm adapted to engage each of said bearing means, swivel shaft means supporting said forked head means and being parallel to the conveying direction of said printing plates, said upper arms of said forked head means being adapted to exert pressure on the top of said bearing means when said bearing means is in a lowered position, and said lower arms of said forked head means being adapted to support said bearing means in a raised position, means connecting one end of a toggle lever means to each forked head means, and means connecting the other end of said toggle lever means to a rotatable control shaf

Abstract: A doctor for a papermaking machine comprising a blade holder carrying a doctor blade and a pressure plate bearing against the doctor blade, the pressure plate and/or the doctor blade being formed of a multiplicity of short contiguous sections, with or without links connecting the sections together.

Abstract: Apparatus for facilitating performances of chores such as cleaning the udders of cows includes a band and a latch for clamping the band on a pail which contains cleaning fluid. A pair of upright members extending from the band and support a disposable towel dispenser above the pail. A handle which is located on top of the dispenser enables carrying the dispenser and pail as a unit.

Abstract: A powered sweeping machine is disclosed, particularly suitable for efficiently removing light and heavy weight litter from surfaces such as parking lots, warehouse floors and the like. The machine includes a main frame carrying a hopper and a powered brush. The brush operates through an opening in the lower side of a brush housing. The hopper is separated into a debris receiving compartment and a filter compartment. An air fan and an associated duct recirculates air from the far end of the debris compartment to a zone adjacent the brush. This nonfiltered air is discharged into the brush housing and again moved through the debris compartment to aid in moving debris to the far end of the debris compartment. A fan is provided for withdrawing a portion of the air from the filter compartment and discharging the air to the ambient atmosphere.

Abstract: A suction pump for removing excess soldering tin at a soldered joint. The suction pump has a tensionable piston which jumps or snaps back upon a release thereof. A shock occurs in the suction pump and is transmitted onto a collecting nozzle. A shock absorbing device is mounted in axial direction in the collecting nozzle and absorbs the shock to act positively on the operation.

Abstract: Complementary portions arranged in opposed relationship comprising inflexible short segments having inner straight edges, and rolled long segments fitting spaced apart notches on each of said portions, and a pivot pin extending through passages defined by said rolled long segments.

Abstract: A push button lock for a safety belt is described including a first lock part which has an insertion aperture at one end, and a second slide in tongue part which is insertable into the opening in an axially extending plane of the first part. Within the first part there is a receiving housing which includes a web portion with a side wall on each side edge of the web portion which latter has a fixed stop which is engageable on a transverse edge formed on the tongue.A slot is provided in each side wall of the receiving housing and this has a first part which is parallel to the axial plane and a second part inclined with respect thereto. The housing has a push button which is axially slideable therein and this comprises a cross-bar, two side walls which are spaced apart by the cross-bar and a manually actuable portion at the insertion opening end of the lock part.

Abstract: An implosion-resistant cathode ray tube has an envelope with a flared portion sealed to a skirt portion joined to the viewing portion of a face plate member. A pair of substantially flat rimbands each has one or more bracket members affixed thereto and an adhesive applied to the inner surface thereof. The rimbands are positioned on the skirt portion rearward of the jointure of the viewing and skirt portions and formed to encircle and adhere to the skirt portion by a strap member applying a compression force to the rimbands.The cathode ray tube is fabricated by selecting and positioning a pair of substantially flat rimbands in a jig for positioning brackets, welding the brackets to the rimbands, applying adhesive to the inner surface of the rimbands, placing the rimbands on the tube and encircling the rimbands with a strap member to form and compress the rimbands and adhere the adhesive to the skirt portion of the face plate member.

Abstract: A loader (10) for a gear burnishing machine includes a gear carrier (144) and a guide embodied by a rack (122) for cooperating to move a gear to be burnished into meshing relationship with a gear rack of the burnishing machine. A hopper (22) including a feed mechanism provides feeding of the gears to the carrier. Carrier movement moves the gears from the hopper to the machine as the guide rack aligns the gear teeth for meshing with the gear rack teeth. A retaining shaft of the carrier captures the gears between spaced retainers of the carrier as the gears move to the machine for burnishing. A retaining member (66) and a movable dog (84) of the feed mechanism cooperate in feeding gears to the carrier. After burnishing, an actuator including a pusher (204) moves the burnished gear off the guide to a delivery unit 14 including an inclined ramp (198).

Abstract: Permanent repair of a rusted pinchweld in the windshield securing channel of an automobile is effected by replacement of the rusted portion with a highly malleable repair panel of novel design. The repair panel has a generally Z-shaped cross section and dimensions compatible with the pinchweld of an automobile. The panel is secured to unrusted pinchweld by any suitable means and rendered leakproof by suitable body repair procedures. The reconstructed pinchweld offers a base for windshield replacement closely approximating the original construction. Further degeneration is checked by rendering the entire repaired structure leakproof with proper installation techniques.

Abstract: A method of making a sight glass assembly generally including forming a housing having an opening therethrough provided with an annular wall, forming a lens having an annular peripheral wall provided with a diameter greater than the diameter of the housing wall at predetermined equilibrium conditions, effecting a change in the predetermined equilibrium conditions of the lens and housing sufficient to cause a dimensional change between the diameters of the housing and lens walls sufficient to permit the insertion of the lens into the opening of the housing, inserting the lens into the housing opening while maintaining the change in conditions so that the lens wall is positioned in opposed relation to the housing wall, and maintaining the lens in the opening with the lens and housing walls disposed in opposed relation while permitting a return to the equilibrium conditions of the lens and housing whereby the housing and lens wall will engage to place the lens in radial compression and form a fluid tight seal th

Abstract: An inplace gasket belling machine for belling one end portion of a plastic pipe and inserting a gasket therein includes a preliminary mandrel and a primary mandrel. The preliminary mandrel has a pipe expanding portion disposed forwardly of a belling sleeve carrying portion whereby upon advancement of the preliminary mandrel, the belling sleeve is carried into the expanded pipe end portion. The primary mandrel has a gasket carrying portion and a gasket positioning sleeve slidable thereon whereby upon retraction of the preliminary mandrel from the belling sleeve and insertion of the primary mandrel therein, a gasket is positioned within the expanded pipe end portion. Upon retraction of the belling sleeve from the pipe end portion and retraction of the gasket positioning sleeve independently of the gasket carrying portion, the pipe end portion is collapsed onto the gasket carrying portion prior to retraction of the primary mandrel from the completed pipe end portion.

Abstract: A device is provided for automatically and continuously bending, crimping, and trimming the leads of electrical components having leads located on only one side of the component body. A vibrating supply container is provided which stores components and supplies the components to a conveyor. The conveyor transfers the components in sequence, one at a time adjacent one another in a groove to a transfer slot. A rotatable turning disc is provided adjacent the transfer slot which carries crimping and bending tools at the periphery thereof. The tools are arranged in pairs, with one of the tools being pivotally mouned at the carrier disc and the other being relatively fixedly mounted. The relatively fixedly mounted tool is disposed so as to grip a component in the transfer slot as the carrier is rotated thereby, while the pivotally mounted tool subsequently is pivoted into crimping engagement with the leads as the carrier continuously rotates.