Abstract: Apparatus and method for receiving, positioning and clamping a chicken and severing the breast bone of the clamped chicken before releasing it while moving the chicken in a directed path of travel.

Abstract: An apparatus for recovering the meat of small crustaceans comprises a loading mechanism, a mechanism for destroying the shell and separating it from the meat, including a receiving bell-mouth, a plain-wall curving duct with a rectilinear portion and a connection for feeding the working fluid. The connection includes a nozzle coaxial with the rectilinear portion of the duct, the latter being adjoined by a helical passage terminating in a diffuser. The invention enables recovering the meat of crustaceans in the form of a solid lump of the muscular tissue, devoid of the shell, liver, lipides, gastrointestinal tract and other impurities, and to use this meat for production of high-quality canned krill meat.

Abstract: A roll turning or grinding machine is provided adapted to receive a multi-roll stand, such as a four-roll stand whose rolls are to be machined or ground by means of a tool, the roll stand being not provided with a drive shaft for the rolls whereby the rolls rotate freely or idly during a rolling operation, said machine having gear wheels journalled in a support and driven by a motor and engaging counter-wheels attached to the rolls for driving the rolls to machine them or while they are being ground.

Abstract: Yarn treating apparatus having a yarn treating chamber formed therein which is surrounded by a first wall lying on a flat plane extending axially and a second wall connected to the sides of the first wall and constituted with a plurality of flat surfaces, a curved surface, or a plurality of curved surfaces or a combination thereof. The second wall is symmetrical with respect to an imaginary standard plane, perpendicular to the first wall and axially extending. A plurality of fluid jet nozzles is formed on the second wall, and fluid jet flows symmetrical with the imaginary standard plane are ejected from the fluid jet nozzles and meet with each other on or above the first wall before they reach it or on the first wall while they blow towards the first wall.

Abstract: A device is described for facilitating the application of an identifying label to a specific location on the surface of an integrated circuit package. In performing its function, the device permits an operator to lift a self-adhering label containing the desired indicia from its backing card while visually aligning it in the device. The operator then places one end of the integrated circuit package into the device, thereby effectively aligning the label with a desired location on the package surface so that it may be transferred thereto. The device finds particular application in an actual operative high density packaging system wherein the adjacent surfaces of a pair of integrated circuit packages are visible only through a narrow slot in a package hold-down member. Labels, such as those placed on generic PROM packages by operators immediately after programming, are thus precisely located so that their type designation can be seen through the aforementioned slot.

Abstract: This invention provides a method of and an apparatus for fitting and removing a so-called unpuncturable inner tube with respect to a corresponding pneumatic tire. The inner tube is elongated and disposed in front of the tire held in a vertical position, and the lower front portion of the tube is introduced into the lower portion of the tire. The apparatus comprises a gantry-like frame structure for holding the tire vertically, and a movable carriage extending at right angles to the gantry and supporting a tiltable device comprising essentially two arms pivotally interconnected and adapted to elongate the inner tube. Removal of the inner tube is also feasible due to the provision of means for partially crushing the tire containing the inner tube until one portion of the tube projects into the central aperture of the tire from which it is then expelled by a push arm extension adapted to be fitted to the upper one of the pair of extension arms.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing thin-walled metal tubes and structures utilizing thin-walled metal tubes. A continuous metal tube is formed by passing longitudinally-extending metal tape through forming tools which bend the lateral edges of the metal tape towards each other to form the tube. A continuous wire or tape is wrapped in the form of a helix around the tube. The wrapped tube is heated to melt soldering material that joins the lateral edges of the folded metal tape to each other. The soldering material can take the form of a separate sheet positioned between the wire or tape and the folded tube, a coating applied to the wire or tape, or a coating applied to a surface of the metal tape. The thin-walled tube is attached to other members to form composite structures.

Abstract: A method of fabricating the measuring junction of a grounded-junction sheathed thermocouple to obtain fast time response and good thermal cycling performance is provided. Slots are tooled or machined into the sheath wall at the measuring junction, the thermocouple wires are laser-welded into the slots. A thin metal closure cap is then laser-welded over the end of the sheath. Compared to a conventional grounded-junction thermocouple, the response time is 4-5 times faster and the thermal shock and cycling capabilities are substantially improved.

Abstract: A target and target assembly for a camera tube in which a semiconductor plate is provided on an annular support. The plate has a semiconductor monocrystalline edge portion which comprises an integrated circuit for processing the electrical signals originating from the target. The central portion of the plate is provided with a radiation-sensitive layer having one or more radiation-permeable electrodes. The integrated circuit is provided with inputs which are connected to the electrodes and with leads for the supply and control voltages. A window is provided on the electrodes and overlaps the inner edge of the support, the window, the edge portion and the support adjoining each other in a vacuum-tight manner.

Abstract: High track density multitrack magnetic heads are batch-fabricated from a stack of wafers which are photolithographically processed to provide lands and grooves on the wafers. Thin magnetic films are deposited in the grooves; and coils respectively inductively cooperative with the films are photolithographically formed about the films, the lands serving both to provide track-to-track spacing and to protect the magnetic films from magnetostriction-producing stress.

Abstract: A method of terminating coil windings is disclosed in which the ends of the coil wire are wound around posts which are integral with the bobbin prior to and, at the conclusion of, the coil winding process. The bobbin is provided with terminal-receiving cavities located such that the ends of the coil wire extend from the posts across these cavities. Electrical connections to the ends of the coil wire are made by cutting off the posts and thereby severing the wire at a location adjacent to the post and inserting terminals into the cavities which establish contact with the ends of the coil wire. The lead wires can then be connected to the same terminals.

Abstract: A warp-knit elongate structure is provided which has a pair of spaced warp-knit elongate webs and a plurality of transverse thread portions spaced longitudinally of and interconnecting the warp-knit elongate webs. The shape of the warp-knit structure is corrected into a ladder-like structure and then is introduced into an elongate mold cavity, in which synthetic resin is molded around the portion of the warp-knit webs and the transverse thread portion which are disposed in the mold cavity. A molded product that constitutes a portion of a coupling element assembly is separated from the mold cavity, and is bent about its transverse central axis into the shape of a U. A guide drum is disposed adjacent to a molding wheel for guiding the warp-knit structure onto the molding wheel and for rectifying the shape of the warp-knit structure into a ladder-like structure.

Abstract: An apparatus for simultaneously feeding a slide fastener chain and folding back article members attached to an outer edge portion of one or both tapes of the slide fastener chain includes a pawl arrangement slidably mounted in a first elongated member for engaging and advancing fastening elements of the slide fastener chain retained in a channel formed between the first elongated member and a second elongated member. A guide is attached to one of the first and second elongated members for folding the article members back as the slide fastener chain is advanced.

Abstract: A shaving assembly is disclosed for use in surgical shaving or the like, the assembly being adapted to effect removal of hair close to the skin without damaging the epidermis. The assembly comprises a blade seat, and a blade cap secured to the seat, with the outwardly facing surface of the cap being substantially planar and defining a locating and reference plane for contacting the surface of skin to be shaved, whereby to locate and orient the assembly with respect to the skin. Handle means extend from the assembly for grasping and drawing same across the skin in a given direction during shaving. Razor blade means are secured between the seat and cap. The cutting edge portion of the blade means protrude in the given direction beyond the edge of the cap, and the center plane of such portion makes an angle of from about -5.degree. to 14.degree.

Abstract: A dry shaver includes a housing which has an inner surface which bounds an interior of the housing, receiving an installation of the dry shaver, and an outer exposed surface. A plurality of elastic portions extend outwardly beyond the outer surface at a plurality of locations so as to protect the housing against damage due to scratching and impacts.

Abstract: The invention relates a means in scissors for balancing the closing force of the scissors. It comprises a wave-shaped spring washer clamped between the head of the scissors rivet and the shear blade, at least one of the contact surfaces being wave-shaped and provided with the same number of waves as the spring washer.

Abstract: A portable drum opener tracks around a cover rim of a drum while cutting through an outer lip of the cover rim. It includes a rotatably driven drive wheel for engaging a radially inward facing surface of the cover rim for advancing the opener around the drum. A shaft that is movable toward and away from the outer lip of the cover rim carries a cutter wheel for pressing against and cutting through the outer lip in a region opposite the drive wheel. A pair of guide wheels are mounted for rolling against the outer lip of the cover on opposite sides of the drive wheel to support the opener during cutting, and a spring biased bracket urges the guide rollers against the outer lip of the cover. A lost motion coupling between the movable shaft and the guide roller bracket lets the guide rollers press independently against the drum rim during the cut but retracts the guide rollers away from the cutter rim when the cutter is retracted at the end of a cut.

Abstract: A strain gage extensometer used for measuring uniaxial and biaxial strains in material test specimens. The extensometer is composed of two independent axial strain measuring sensors joined together by a resilient member which is instrumented to provide transverse strain data. All compliant, instrumented members are coupled to the deformations of the specimen, which thus causes strain in the instrumented members which is sensed by suitable strain gages and instruments. A special attachment mechanism is provided by the thin, parallel elements machined into one of the sensors.

Abstract: A device for gauging the center distances between a pair adjacent anchor pin openings of a brake spider is described. The device has lugs that fit into the openings, and provision is made for gauging at least two center distances. One of the mugs is movable relative to the other between two different positions. The type of spider is automatically revealed when a correct fit is obtained.

Abstract: Drawing apparatus comprising a fixed but interchangeable stencil provided with a cut-out having a definite shape serving as a guide for a drawing member, and a support for receiving the inscriptions of the drawing member, said support being rotatable so as to be able to be moved rotatably in increments through successive stages.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a tool for borehole logging comprising a plurality of extendable caliper arms to determine borehole contour.

Abstract: A tooling gage for gaging the accuracy of critical surfaces on a tool. The gage is universal in the sense that it may be used to check a wide variety of tools. The gage comprises a work holder and one or more adjustable gaging devices. Means are provided for securing each gaging device in adjusted position with respect to the tool.

Abstract: A liquid food, a medicine or a natural food to be dried is subjected to vacuum evaporation and drying with a dry gas simultaneously or alternately, and by this drying method, the substance is effectively dried without freezing of the substance. A gas containing volatile components, which is discharged from the drying step, is introduced into an absorption layer and is regenerated to a drying gas while the volatile components of the substance, such as aroma, are recovered in the form of a liquid. In this drying method, the drying process is carried out entirely in a closed circuit system.

Abstract: The drying medium (T) is driven through the adsorbent (5) of the adsorption cell (1) in the same direction as the process medium (P). Initially it is ejected through an auxiliary output (19) and a device (26) for removal of dampness and then is changed-over towards a main output (18) and preferably into the workroom (A).

Abstract: Apparatus wherein tobacco is dried in several successive units each of which contacts a continuous stream of tobacco with hot air. The moisture content of tobacco is measured between a preceding unit and the next-following unit, and the temperature of hot air which is supplied by the next-following unit is respectively increased and reduced when the monitored moisture content of tobacco respectively rises and decreases. The temperature of air which is admitted by the preceding unit is maintained at a constant value. The temperature of air which is supplied by the next-following unit is further influenced, when necessary, in dependency on measurement of such temperature and in dependency on differences between the final moisture content of tobacco and a preselected optimum moisture content. The detector which monitors the moisture content between the preceding and next-following units is built directly into the conveyor which transports the tobacco stream through the drying units.

Abstract: An apparatus for the distribution of gas in a fluidized bed reactor comprises in combination a generally cup-shaped container and an inverted generally cone-shaped gas distributor having a truncated apex the section of truncation defining a generally circular or polygonal opening, the lip portion of the container fitting against the similarly-shaped opening of the distributor.

Abstract: Hot gas is used to dry the paper on a rotatable drum. A plurality of spokes interconnect a rotatable shaft and the drum. The hot gas flows within the drum and directly contacts the spokes. The spokes extend tangentially from the shaft to the drum.

Abstract: A dryer fabric impregnated with metallic particles so as to increase the thermal conductivity of the fabric and also reduce its emissivity. The dryer fabric is a woven fabric having a plurality of interstices between its warp and weft yarns. By coating the fabric with a synthetic resin mixture containing metallic particles, such as aluminum particles, the interstices are substantially filled with metallic particles thereby improving the thermal properties of the fabric.

Abstract: An horizon projection device for an aircraft simulator.The device comprises an aerial image 4 of a part of the Earth's surface, an optical image projector comprising a variable magnification system 13, an optical scanning device 18 and a wide angle projection lens 17. The optical system 13 forms in the focal plane of the wide angle lens 17 an intermediate image whose dimensions depend on the magnification. Controls responsive to the altitude, to the attitude and to the heading simulated by the pilot act on the magnification of the optical system 13, particularly to correct an apparent altitude variation due to the shift between the eyes of the pilot and the wide angle lens, during simulation of the aircraft going over on to its back.

Abstract: An astronomical chart and projection system for mapping celestial movement plots the longitudinal positions of planets, as measured along the ecliptic, against time in a rectilinear coordinate system with each of the planets being represented by a line on the chart, such a line being designated the "major line" of the planet. The major line corresponding to at least one of the planets is repeated at fixed longitudinal displacements from itself to generate harmonic reproductions, typically at 45 degree intervals. These harmonic reproductions allow a user to immediately extract aspect information between the planet whose major line is harmonically reproduced and other planets, whether or not harmonically reproduced. The longitude and time axes preferably have a common origin at respective longitude and time coordinates corresponding to the vernal equinox, thus permitting sidereal and tropical time information to be extracted from the chart by simple linear scaling of coordinates.

Abstract: A terrain vehicle contour measuring and storage system is disclosed, for ulating a carrier vehicle, which senses and follows a model board surface by means of first, second, third, and fourth terrain probes, with each of the terrain probes providing an analog signal which is proportional to the elevation sensed by the terrain probe. The terrain probes are connected in a unique combination with a pair of shift registers, with each shift register having a plurality of adjacent storage bits, and a computer. The computer, upon sampling the analog signals obtained from the terrain probes, calculates the pitch, roll, and heave of the carrier vehicle body being simulated by the terrain vehicle contour measuring and storage system.

Abstract: A first sheet of rubber adapted to be put under a shoe and secured in place over the top of the shoe has a sole portion made up of the first sheet of rubber, a layer of foam rubber and an inner layer of sheet rubber sewn to the first sheet to enclose the foam rubber. The device provides cushioning comfort for the feet of the wearer while standing, walking or running on hard surfaces.

Abstract: Improvements in digging apparatus, and in particular the lip and teeth of an excavating bucket for a backhoe machine. The bucket has spaced sides attached to a rear wall and a flat bottom which curves towards the rear wall. The sides and rear are joined to the bottom, and the bucket opening has a periphery defined by the upper edge portion of the rear wall, sides, and the forward edge of the teeth. The marginal, forward end of the bottom is in the form of a specially constructed bucket lip. A plurality of digging teeth are mounted individually to shanks formed at the forward end of the lip. The teeth are arranged respective to one another to provide a continuous cutting edge from one to the other side of the bucket, and the teeth are attached to the bucket lip. The geometrical configuration of the digging teeth, the bucket design, and the tooth distribution pattern increases the digging efficiency and provides a smooth excavated surface.

Abstract: The open ended bag label is a folded rectangular paper shape that is folded around an open ended bag and allows for the removal and replacement of the bag contents without removing the label.

Abstract: A perpetual calendar in the form of a desk calendar or wall supporting calendar including a front panel with a window cutout revealing a laterally movable slide having a projecting tab thereon engageable with notches or seats to properly locate the slide in relation to the window and maintain the slide in position. The calendar also includes printed indicia above the window opening indicating the days of the week and printed indicia below the window opening indicating the years. The slide includes indicia indicating the date of the month and additional indicia indicating the month of the year thereby providing easily adjusted indicia which can be readily observed to provide a calendar which will properly indicate the day of the week, the month, the date of the month and the year for many years.

Abstract: A display unit is disclosed in which a frame assembly magnetically supports a plurality of removable display strips in predetermined patterns and in which alpha-numeric character elements are magnetically supported on the display strips and frame assembly in information displaying sets referenced in part by markings located on the surface of the display strips.

Abstract: A collapsible decoy comprised of two main body halves which are joined together along the upper back portion by a hinge thus allowing one main body half to be folded over the other. The coloration of the body halves is such that when one body half is folded over the other one, a different specie of water fowl becomes visible. A pivotal mount for the decoy is provided with an adjustable friction device to control movement of the decoy under various wind conditions.

Abstract: A new and improved aquarium fish net having an open, porous pocket defined by spaced, parallel side walls of relatively course mesh or large pore material joined by a continuous, seamless, front-bottom-rear wall of relatively fine mesh or very small pore material. The porous pocket is suspended from a vinyl covered wire frame, the ends of which are twisted together and supported in an elongated wooden handle.

Abstract: A programmable fish line jiggler having a rod holding the line and a rotatable member for moving the rod up and down and thus move the bait on the end of the line. The rotatable member has movable contacts thereon which engage the rod for inducing the up and down movement of the rod, and the contacts can be positioned in selected positions on the member so that the actual jigging action can be selected by the fisherman.

Abstract: Trolling apparatus with controlled reel rotation is described which includes a large diameter reel rotatably mounted on a base with a drag assembly in contact therewith, and a handle for rotation mounted directly to the perimeter of the reel, with line from the reel passing over a pulley and through a bracket for bait attachment. The controlled rotation of the reel for winding and unwinding of the line is attained by direct manual manipulation, and by engaging and disengaging a dog assembly which may be manually or automatically actuated and which provides a drag on the reels' rotation.

Abstract: A self-threading casting bobber for automatically letting out a predetermined length of fishing line to position a sinker and hook attached to the line at a predetermined depth beneath the bobber and including a lock mechanism selectively actuable to fixedly clamp the fishing line in place within the bobber to allow the line to be wrapped on a rotatable spool mounted within the bobber.

Abstract: A double barbed fishhook is provided for advantageous use with live bait. This double barbed fishhook structure is formed from a single piece of metal wire rod having barbs at each end and folded into the desired configuration. The fishhook structure includes an elongated shank, a line attaching post at one end of the shank, a U-shaped hook at the opposite end and a barbed stem intermediate the hook and post. The line attaching post and barbed stem project a predetermined distance from the shank in relationship to the length of the hook and end gap of the U-shaped hook. The U-shaped hook, barbed stem and line attaching post all lie in a same common plane.

Abstract: The improvements in a collapsible fish trap of the present invention include a flotation collar releasably secured around the flared neck of the trap above the fish-holding chamber in the trap, as by latch means in the form of one or more pins and rotatable latch arms. The collar maintains the neck in an uncollapsed, fully open state with the upper open end of the trap adjacent to the surface of water when the trap is immersed therein. This provides convenient access to the holding chamber. Moreover, the collar prevents loss of the trap and fish therein by sinking. In one embodiment, the collar is of soft resilient foamed elastomer. It can also be formed of hard foamed plastic segments, cork or the like, or can be in the form of an inflatable expandable doughnut. The float may include trap-locating means, such as a brightly colored surface layer, which may also be fluorescent or phosphorescent, to facilitate the recovery of the trap should it slip its moorings.

Abstract: A pair of bait receptacles are provided on either side of a passageway designed to entice the rat to be trapped past a first one-way gate. The passageway leads the rat upwardly through a passageway and a second gate or flipper in middle of climb. At the top, he slides downwardly to a holding tank provided at the rear of the rat trap and readily removable therefrom for disposing of rats trapped therein.

Abstract: A light fixture incorporating a motorized insect exterminator includes a frame, a light source, and a motor mounted on the frame. A drive shaft of the motor is connected to an end of a clear and pliable plastic impeller. A translucent plate is mounted between the light source and plastic impeller. The free end of the impeller is rotated between 2,000 and 3,600 RPM's by the motor, sweeping out a circular area in the proximity of the plate on the opposite side from the light source. Flying insects, attracted to the light source, fly toward the light source, slow down to land on the plate, fly through the circular area at a relatively slow speed, and are fatally hit by the rapidly revolving impeller. The impeller is flexible enough and light enough to not injure or cut a finger which comes in contact wih the rotating impeller.

Abstract: A trap particularly designed for snails and slugs is provided which includes a housing having multiple doorways to permit ready entry by the snails and slugs, which doorways are closable to permit easy disposal and shipment. The housing has a cover which provides an overhang over the doorways so as to prevent water entry from sprinklers or rain as well as to provide an inviting hiding place for snails and slugs. A pesticide is disposed in the housing as well as a dry bait attractant, the latter of which is activated by water from a water reservoir provided in the cover.

Abstract: An illusion toy has an upper compartment in which a figure with sword or wand in hand appears to strike through a solid neck, and a lower compartment in which the mechanism for rotating the sword or wand is housed. The upper compartment has a cover on it with a hole to receive the neck. The neck has a head on its outer end, which, larger than the hole, remains on the outside of the cover. The neck can be withdrawn through the hole, and remounted at will. The mechanism includes a shaft that carries on its upper end the wand or sword, a pinion or the lower end of the shaft that is turned by an arcuate segment rack, and a spring biased overcenter mechanism to flip the sword or wand through more than 270.degree., in response to the manipulation of a handle, at such a rapid rate that the sword or wand appears to traverse an arc through the neck instead of moving in the opposite direction.

Abstract: A model figure representing a horse and rider and consisting basically of two pivotally interconnected parts, each of which is an integral unit, formed, for example, of moulded plastic material. In one embodiment of the invention one of the parts is constituted by the arms of the rider and the majority of the horse, apart from the shoulders and fore legs. The hind legs may be formed integrally with this part or they may be pivotally attached to it. The second part of the model in this embodiment consists of the shoulders of the horse and the whole of the rider, apart from the arms. The fore legs may be formed integrally with this second part or they may be pivotally attached thereto. In a second embodiment of the invention, the first part of the model consists of the body and arms of the rider, together with the majority of the horse, while the other part of the model consists of the rider's legs, together with the shoulders of the horse.

Abstract: A toy racing apparatus including an inclined section of track and a bowl. The track enters the bowl through an opening in the lower sidewall where its surface is tangent to the interior wall. A vehicle placed at the upper end of the track will speed down the track, enter the bowl, and progress in a spiral path upwardly inside the bowl. In a preferred embodiment, the bowl is transparent and flags are positioned to be displaced as a vehicle reaches particular heights in the bowl.

Abstract: There is disclosed electronic apparatus for devitalizing a band of cells girdling a tree trunk to cause the death of an unwanted tree or other plant, including a source of radio-frequency energy, and first and second r.f. electrical couplers to the stem or trunk of the plant or tree; preferably such couplers are flexible chains or the like and are caused to encircle the tree by a first actuator which closes jaws of a portable portion of the apparatus around the tree and a second actuator which draws the flexible couplers snug against the trunk of the tree. Death of the plant is believed caused primarily by devitalization of a band of cells girdling the stem of the plant and in particular the cambium cell layers are devitalized by being elevated in temperature by dielectric heating or induction heating effects.