Abstract: There is disclosed a new variety of rose of the hybrid tea class which is particularly distinguished by its unique purplish reddish to purplish pink tone, high centered flower of classic open formation, bordered by rim of ruby colored petals, distinct fragrance, larger, waxier foliage leaflets than its parent, Swarthmore, U.S. Plant. Pat. No. 2,444.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of apricot tree which is dwarf in size (4 to 6 feet), dense and semi-upright in growth and being a regular and productive bearer of early maturing, medium size, firm, freestone fruit of good eating and keeping quality.

Abstract: A chrysanthemum plant known by the cultivar name Radiant and particularly characterized as to uniqueness by the combined characteristics of flat capitulum form; spooned daisy capitulum type; dark red bronze abaxial ray floret color; golden bronze adaxial ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum ranging from 75 to 100 mm. at maturity; uniform nine week photoperiodic flowering response to short days; tall plant height when grown as a pinched spray pot; and semi-upright branching pattern.

Abstract: A chrysanthemum plant known by the cultivar name Vanguard and particularly characterized as to uniqueness by the combined characteristics of flat capitulum form twisting with age; decorative capitulum type; dark yellow ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum ranging from 70 to 90 mm. at maturity; uniform nine week photoperiodic flowering response to short days; short plant height when grown as a pinched spray pot, and spreading branching pattern.

Abstract: A chrysanthemum plant known by the cultivar name Butterball and particularly characterized as to uniqueness by the combined characteristics of flat capitulum form; pompon capitulum type; dark yellow ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum ranging from 40 to 45 mm. at maturity; uniform eight week photoperiodic flowering response to short days; tall plant height when grown as a pinched spray pot, and semi-upright branching pattern.

Abstract: An African violet known by the variety name Alaska having the combined features of large star-shaped white flowers having blue-violet centers and tinged edges, with the flowers being supported on strong upright stems; prominent golden yellow anther cells at center of flower; medium green, large leaves, and vigorous growth habit.

Abstract: Apparatus and method are disclosed for externally testing flanged or hubbed connections used on fluid conducting conduits. A ring gasket fits between the faces of the connecting flanges or hubs to effect a fluid tight seal. A test ring also fits between the faces of the hub or flange connection in a manner so as to form a space between the test ring and the ring gasket. Seal means closes the space between the test ring and the faces of the flanges or hubs. The outside diameter of the test ring is confined within fastening means which secures the hubs or flanges together. Fluid under pressure, used to test the effectiveness of the ring gasket seal, is applied to the space between the ring gasket and the test ring seal means. The pressure in that space falls when the ring gasket is defective but remains constant if the ring gasket is sound. Following the test, fluid pressure is bled off the space between the ring gasket and the test ring seal means.

Abstract: An integral intrauterine contraceptive device comprises a relatively thick elongated stem, a downwardly bowed crossbar secured to the top of the stem, and a pair of downwardly and inwardly extending arms formed as continuations of the crossbar. The crossbar and arm construction is designed for atraumatic embedding in the endometrium to reduce expulsion caused by uterine contractions.

Abstract: Powder compositions for producing high resistivity resistors capable of withstanding high voltage surges without large changes in resistivity, said compositions comprising finely divided pyrochlore-related oxides, lead glasses and metal titanates. Alternately to comprising titanates, the compositions may comprise metal titanate precursors such as crystallizable glasses capable of forming metal titanates upon being heated or titanium oxide plus a glass which react to form metal titanates.

Abstract: Substituted pyrroloquinoxalinones and diones, useful as anti-inflammatory and anti-thrombotic agents.

Abstract: A mercury vapor lamp having a light transmissive envelope defining an arcuate capillary plasma cavity. A mounting base secured to one end of the envelope has a configuration which is geometrically unique with respect to the position and spatial orientation of the plasma cavity. A mounting block and clamping arrangement have a configuration complementary to that of the lamp base so as to receive and releasably secure the lamp base and, therefore, the plasma cavity in a fixed predetermined position and orientation relative to its operating environment. The lamp is energized by means of an electrical potentional applied to electrodes in the plasma cavity or by reactance coupling an r-f power source to the cavity.

Abstract: A garment construction for a coat in which a plurality of panels are sewn together, front and back torso panels being seamlessly connected at the shoulder, having been cut from a single piece of fabric. Similar left and right torso panels are longitudinally joined, together with left side and right side sleeve panels and collar panels to form a coat.

Abstract: The invention is an improved gown for mothers that need to nurse their baby without partially disrobing. The gown is provided with two apertures, one on each side, essentially under each arm. The apertures are so located that either breast can be exposed easily for nursing a child. An inside panel is so arranged on each side so as to completely cover the apertures so that the breasts or any part of the body cannot be seen while wearing the gown. The location of the apertures are such that the mother can insert both hands at the same time to open a nursing type brassiere, in preparation for nursing a child, without opening the gown or otherwise exposing the body in any way.

Abstract: Genuine leather fabric in the piece comprising a plurality of geometrical sections cut from genuine leather left over scrap, said sections being of selectively predetermined configurations and being secured to each other in end-to-end and side-by-side relation to form a continuous piece which defines said genuine leather fabric in the piece having ornamental characteristics imparted thereto by said secured together sections of predetermined geometrical configuration. The resulting fabric can then be cut in accordance with conventional patterns to form the panels which are assembled and finished into completed articles, such as gloves.

Abstract: A vascular prosthesis comprising a tubing of porous polytetrafluoroethylene, the polytetrafluoroethylene tubing having a fibrous structure of nodes and fibers connecting the nodes together and having a structure in which the fibrous structure at the inside surface of the tubing is finer than the fibrous structure at the outside surface of the tubing.

Abstract: An irrigation system for human body such as anus and private part. The system comprises a heated water containing tank, a pair of heated water ejection units of an injection nozzle type for scouring or irrigating of anus and private part of female, and a heated air drying apparatus for drying anus and private part. A first temperature sensor is disposed in the tank for controlling intermittently a control circuit associated with a water heating unit in the tank so as to stabilize the temperature of the heated water in the tank. A second temperature sensor is disposed in the tank for deenergizing the water heating unit in the event the temperature in the tank rises up to a predetermined higher level. A pump motor unit and a water passage for mixing and agitating the tank water to avoid non-uniform temperature distribution are associated with the tank.

Abstract: A passive dosing dispenser for issuing, for example, a predetermined volume of a toilet tank additive solution into a toilet tank as the water is draining therefrom while the toilet is flushing. A preferred dispenser comprises a product chamber for containing a quantity of a solid type product which can be dissolved in water to form a toilet tank additive product solution, a reservoir for containing a quantity of said solution in fluid communication with said product chamber, an inlet/discharge conduit having its lowermost end in fluid communication with said reservoir and its uppermost end in fluid communication with a syphon tube, an air trap disposed adjacent said inlet/discharge conduit for isolating said product solution from the toilet tank water in said syphon tube during quiescent periods, and an air vent in fluid communication with said reservoir and product chamber.

Abstract: A fluid-containing mattress for reducing rapid fluid motion in the mattress is provided in one direction while permitting fluid flow in the opposite direction. The mattress comprises upper and lower sheets connected together in superposed relation. A number of thin, elongated members or strips are internally attached to the upper and lower sheets within the mattress. A strip attached to the upper sheet and a strip attached to the lower sheet are intermittently joined together at their longitudinal edge portions to form a one-way strip valve. A plurality of these strip valves are formed within the mattress to selectively direct fluid motion. Passages are also provided to bypass these strip valves so that the fluid eventually returns to all segments of the mattress and a uniform displacement of fluid is maintained in the mattress.

Abstract: A fisherman's pliers combines in a single tool the gripping, holding, compressing and flattening features of a needlenose or similar pliers with a hole punch and with both straight edge and half-moon metal cutters, whereby hollow and solid so-called "pencil lead" sinker material can be prepared efficiently while fishing for attachment as a sinker to a fishing line.

Abstract: A method and construction for binding wide groups of sheets such as calendars so that they may be opened without sheet offset and completely folded back. The method comprises the steps of forming a series of elongated openings along one edge of the sheet group, providing flat binding strips, and feeding the binder strips toward the apertures while simultaneously deforming the binding strips just before they enter the apertures so as to cause them to have a coiled shape, whereby the binding strips will be fed in curved fashion through the apertures and their ends will overlap to form individual circular coils.

Abstract: The device according to the invention employs a known clamping assembly to clamp the upper edge to stretch and fold up the edge against the sole. Complementary clamping clips hold the upper edge at the last or to a shoe tree hollow. Also present is a right set and left set of members for upper edge adherence at the last or shoe tree hollow. The aforementioned members are divided into two or more sections independently oscillating about axes approximately parallel to the direction of approaching movement to the last or shoe tree, and independently oscillating about an axis which is approximately horizontal and perpendicular to said direction. The oscillation being controlled by motors that are independent for each individual section. Moreover, each of the right and left sets, is adjustable in height and orientable about an axis parallel to the last or shoe tree approach direction.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning swimming pools in a stepwise movement over the pool walls comprises a balanced operating head having an inlet and an outlet, the outlet adapted to be swivelably connected to a longitudinally resilient and flexible suction hose. The inlet axis is inclined at an angle of between thirty degrees and sixty degrees to that of the outlet. A passage extends through the head from inlet to outlet, and an oscillatable valve in the head is adapted to alternately open and close said passage. A baffle plate is disposed in the head between the inlet and valve to form a restricted suction connection between inlet and outlet around the valve when the passage is closed, the connection being as restricted as practical commensurate with proper valve movement.

Abstract: An improved apparatus, particularly applicable for shampooing corners of wall-to-wall carpeting comprises an elongated, hand gripped shaft in two segments structured to allow the apparatus to be pointed into the corners of such carpeting, a container secured to the shaft to store shampoo for use in the apparatus; a rotatable brush secured to the shaft acting to contact and clean the carpeting; and a conduit providing shampoo from the container to the brush. A system which allows the operator to control when and how much shampoo is released from the container is also disclosed.

Abstract: Apparatus for removing uneven and crusty deposits from, and burnishing the surfaces of, conveyor rolls employed in the manufacture of flat glass. The apparatus includes a lower main unit comprising an elongated main frame having a pair of roll supporting stations for rotatably supporting at least one conveyor roll, and for supporting an upper removable surface cleaning or brushing unit comprising a frame slidably supporting a reciprocating carriage upon which is mounted a rotating annular brush for engaging the surface of the conveyor roll. The lower unit is provided with a series of burners for maintaining the temperature of the conveyor roll at a level sufficient to facilitate removal of encrustations thereon and to permit the roll to be reinstalled in a lehr immediately after being cleaned without the usual preheating.

Abstract: A wiper for attachment to the bottom edge of a sliding door or window, particularly a shower door, so that as the door is opened and closed the track along which it runs is wiped clear of standing fluid. The wiper preferably includes a base member which is attached to the door and a water dispersive pad attached to the base member in wiping contact with the track.

Abstract: A chimney cleaning apparatus for the removal of soot from chimneys and flue pipes. The apparatus includes permanently installed brackets, pulleys and cords and an adjustable frame supporting a sandbag scraping means and a soot collection bag attached to said frame for each cleaning. The apparatus functions upwardly and downwardly using the cord and pulley system, such that the operator may clean the chimney from its interior base opening.

Abstract: Improved chimney flue cleaning apparatus including a chimney cap operable to support a pair of horizontally disposed pulleys; a horizontally disposed drum rotatably mounted in the flue adjacent its lowermost end; a handle for rotating the drum; and an endless cable, with attached brush, threaded about the pulleys and drum. The drum is provided with a single groove helically wound about its exterior surface in threadlike manner. The cable may be wrapped one or more turns about the drum to prevent slippage of the cable. A cable adjustment is provided for controlling cable tension. The brush may be provided with arms having cable engaging apertures for proper centering and stability of the brush as it moves in a vertical upward and downward direction, dependent upon the direction in which the drum is rotated.

Abstract: A vehicle headlamp wiper includes a relatively rigid support and a flexible wall joined to the support so as to define a chamber. A liquid inlet to the chamber is provided in the support. Outlets are provided through a surface of the flexible wall which is opposite the headlamp lens. A multiplicity of scrubbing or scouring elements, e.g. loops of plastics or abrasive particles, are anchored to the flexible wall and engage the headlamp lens. When liquid fills the chamber, the wiper can conform to curvature of the headlamp lens by deformation of the flexible wall and even caked-on dirt on the lens can be removed because of the provision of the scrubbing or scouring elements.

Abstract: A windshield wiper attachment disclosed comprises an elongated wiper blade member and a carriage member including a pivot arm for supporting the blade member at a first end of the pivot arm. The attachment further comprises an adaptor assembly including a bracket pivotally connected to a second end of the pivot arm and an adaptor pivotally connected to the bracket, the adaptor being adapted for connection with a wiper arm member. When the adaptor is connected to an arm member, the adaptor, the arm member, the bracket, the first end of the pivot arm and the blade member are aligned.A second windshield wiper attachment also disclosed comprises the same elongated upper blade member and adaptor of the first windshield wiper attachment. A second carriage member of the second attachment includes a disk member for supporting the blade element by flanges integrally formed therewith at a position spaced from a central pivot axis.

Abstract: Apparatus and method in which a number of thin, disc-like wafers are moved in an arcuate path while supported in a generally upright position. While so supported, the wafers are indexed between a plurality of cleaning stations which may include a scrub station, a scrub rinse station, a rinse station, and a dry station. In the scrub rinse and/or scrub station, the wafers are rotated while contacted on opposite surfaces thereof by a pair of rotating brushes disposed in a closed position, which brushes may be moved to an open position to accommodate movement of the wafers therebetween. Furthermore, a bracket of unique construction serially moves the wafers into the travel path. Means for introducing the wafers to the path and for removing them therefrom are further included.

Abstract: A bottle conveying and cleaning apparatus for handling a succession of bottles at high speed. The apparatus comprises a lower portion of a vertical first rotary conveyor which receives the bottles in open-end trailing disposition, reorienting means which changes the disposition of each bottle to open-end radially outward during its conveyance by the first rotary conveyor, a linear conveyor which grasps each bottle at the bottom of the first rotary conveyor while its open end is downward and maintains each bottle in open-end downward orientation while conveying it past cleaning means associated with the linear conveyor, and means for inverting each bottle, removing it from the linear conveyor and placing it on an output conveyor with the open end up.

Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for capturing lint, dust, fly and the like particulate matter released by the passage of sliver to the trumpet of an orbital sliver coiler utilizing an annular plenum arranged to surround the circumferential path of travel of the trumpet of the coiler. The plenum is formed with a stationary outer plenum section having an outlet connected to a suction hose, and a rotating inner plenum section formed with an inlet opening arranged adjacent and moving with the trumpet of the coiler. Air and particulate matter released by the sliver is drawn through the inlet opening into the plenum.

Abstract: A pivot bearing arrangement comprises a door closer, a door rotatable relative to the door closer, a shaft journal rotatably supported in the door closer, a journal extension connected in the axial direction for rotation with the shaft journal, the free end of this journal extension connected with the door, wherein the shaft journal and the journal extension are guided so that they are mutually nonrotatable. The improvement comprises mutually facing end surfaces on the shaft journal and on the journal extension provided in a conforming manner, axially aligned threaded bores provided in the mutually facing end surfaces of the shaft journal and of the journal extension, and a threaded pin inserted at either of its ends into one of the threaded bores.

Abstract: A method for automatic evisceration of killed poultry, particularly broilers, whereby the animal is clamped with the belly up at its tail head to a substantially horizontal supporting plate, and eviscerated in this position. An apparatus for carrying out the method and comprising a substantially horizontal supporting plate adapted to receive an animal lying on its back in a predetermined position in relation to the supporting plate, by providing at one free terminal edge of the supporting plate a clamping means serving to detachably secure the tail head of the animal to the supporting plate, and where the supporting plate is movable to a position opposite at least one dressing means.

Abstract: A two rail overhead conveyor device for meat processing is disclosed comprising an eviscerating platform conveyor, an entrance or feed rail, a lower rail for smaller carcasses and an upper rail for larger carcasses running parallel to each other above the eviscerating platform, a sensor to detect carcass size, a first rail switch connected to the sensor to direct the carcasses to either the upper or lower rail, an incline conveyor to raise the larger carcasses to the upper rail level, an indexing switch to regulate the flow of carcasses to the eviscerating area, a conveyor chain to propel the carcasses along the rails, and a second rail switch and detector to coordinate the transfer of eviscerated carcasses from the upper and lower rails to the exit rail.

Abstract: Cottonseed processing machinery has an automatic variable speed feeder. Cottonseed flows through a chute into a hopper and out of the hopper onto a gratefall adjacent turning saw blades. A curved section coextensive with the gratefall overlies the gratefall and urges the cottonseed toward the gratefall and saw blades. The sensing means of a switch detects movement of a weighted arm urging the curved section toward the gratefall. A float shaft is rotated between the gratefall and the curved section in the cottonseed roll. Pulleys drive one part of an electric clutch from the clutch shaft. The other part of the electric clutch when energized connected the first part to the speed reducer which in turn drives the feed roll shaft.

Abstract: The invention relates to a beater roll comprising a body and a saw tooth wire helically fitted to the surface of the body wherein the helical convolutions are in spaced relation and wherein a sealant is employed to seal repetitive gaps or spaces between the base of the wire and the smooth cylindrical surface of the beater roll, such repetitive spaces or gaps being caused by placing the set necessary to accommodate wire clothing to the cylindrical surface of a roll as used in open end spinning.

Abstract: A coiler mechanism has a carrousel type can changing apparatus employing a pivoted power operator for engaging through a spring actuated pawl the can moving mechanism which is provided with a brake so that the can changer repeats, accurately positioning successive cans in the same spot beneath a coiler head each time.