Abstract: The subject of the present disclosure is a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant characterized by the delicate blending of soft pink and soft apricot plus high center and excellent rose form.

Abstract: A new variety of Muscadine which is very vigorous, with large fruit of a dark red color, which occurs in large clusters of from 10 to 20 berries, each berry having a diameter of about 0.8 inches; the individual berries having a sugar content of from about 19.5 to about 22.5 percent and producing a fruit yield of from about four (4) to about five (5) tons per acre.

Abstract: A new variety of Muscadine which is very vigorous, with large fruit of a russetted light bronze color, which occurs in medium clusters of from four to eight berries, each berry having a diameter of about 1-3/16 inches, an individual berry sugar content of from about 18.5 to 21.3 percent and producing a fruit yield of from 31/2 to 41/2 tons per acre.

Abstract: There is disclosed label printing and applying apparatus by which labels are successively printed and applied to merchandise. The apparatus feeds pressure sensitive labels mounted on a web of supporting material to a printing zone and to a delaminating zone. An applicator disposed downstream of the delaminating zone is used to apply the labels to merchandise.

Abstract: The disclosed apparatus attaches to the patient for monitoring the patient's condition and administering the correct electrical stimulation to a suspected heart attack victim as soon as possible after the occurrence of the attack and in the absence of medical personnel. The apparatus preferably includes an oro-pharyngeal airway provided with electrodes for ascertaining electrical activity of the heart. A microphone attached to the airway, or a strain gauge applied elsewhere to the patient's body, detects bodily motion, for example respiration. If neither substantial electrical activity nor bodily motion is detected, the patient is considered to be in a cardiac arrest and a pacing impulse is applied to the patient via the aforementioned airway electrodes and/or other electrodes, while if electrical activity is ascertained in the absence of bodily motion, a defibrillating pulse is applied to the patient.

Abstract: A tidy box made entirely of polypropylene consists only of two parts fitted together after moulding. One part, the lower part, forms the base of the box together with a lid provided on one side with a catch or fastening lug and on the other side with a pull handle. The lid is made integral with the base by a polypropylene hinge so that the whole forms a single piece. The other part, the upper part, forms side parts, a top, back and front, the latter forming a fixed frame for the lid without any bottom cross-member, and the top has a notch and retaining edge for co-operating with the lid catch or fastening lug, the whole again forming only a single piece.

Abstract: Novel carbonic acid esters are disclosed which are useful in a process for introducing esterified carboxy-type protective groups on amino and/or imino groups in amino and/or imino group-containing compounds for the temporary protection of said amino and/or imino groups. Additionally, processes for preparing said esters are also disclosed. .Iadd.

Abstract: A new system of serially culturing human anterior pituitary gland cells in a new nutrient medium to produce large amounts of human growth hormone. Since only human growth hormone can be used to treat growth deficiencies in man, there is a great demand for the hormone, which is in relative short supply since only 2 to 3 mgs. of the human growth hormone can be extracted from one human pituitary gland obtained at autopsy. Using the new system of culture and new nutrient media, the human pituitary cells can be grown in vitro to produce in approximately three weeks, more than 20 times the amount of extractable growth hormone than that which was originally present in the original tissue now used for extracting the 2 to 3 mgs. of the hormone.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of thermoplastic graft copolymers which comprises heating for about 15 seconds to 60 minutes, with mixing, a trunk copolymer of at least two monomers, at least one of said monomers providing amine-reactive sites taken from the group consisting of the anhydride group, e.g., maleic anhydride; a vicinal pair of carboxylic groups and a carboxylic acid adjacent to an alkoxycarbonyl group, wherein the alkoxy group contains up to 20 carbon atoms, and at least one of said monomers containing no amine-reactive sites, and at least one side chain polymer having per chain one active amine site taken from the group consisting of primary and secondary amines, the remainder of said side chain polymer being substantially unreactive with the reactive sites, e.g., amino-substituted polycaprolactam, polylaurolactam, polyethylene oxide, etc., of the trunk copolymer. The process provides control of the type and length of the side chain polymer grafted onto the trunk copolymer.

Abstract: It is disclosed that high purity alkali metal salts of carboxyalkoxy succinic acid are produced from maleic acid and a hydroxy organic acid by reaction of zinc or alkaline earth metal salts of said acids to form a zinc or alkaline earth metal carboxyalkoxy succinate, by reacting the zinc or alkaline earth metal carboxyalkoxy succinate with an alkali metal carbonate in a stoichiometric deficiency of carbonate to selectively react with the alkaline earth metal carboxyalkoxy succinate, leaving the impurities as insoluble alkaline earth metal salts, removing the zinc or alkaline earth metal as insoluble carbonate, and recovering an alkali metal carboxyalkoxy succinate solution which is then evaporated to dryness.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for video signal recording comprises helically scanning a plurality of transducer heads (20-23) sequentially along separate parallel paths (30-32) of equal width on a record medium (10) at a rate such that a plurality of the scans occur within a field interval, and diverting the signal in predetermined sequence to different ones of the heads. The scanning of said heads and diverting of the signal to different heads is arranged to cause some redundant recording of information in different ones of the paths, information recorded in a path that is adjacent an edge of the medium having corresponding redundant information recorded in an internal path that is bounded by other parallel paths.

Abstract: A collapsible protective covering assembly for protecting the head of a bearer includes a collapsible frame, a flexible shield mounted on the frame and a garment collar for attachment of the frame and shield to the garment. The frame includes a front base member, which with the collar as a matching base member, forms a base for the assembly, and also includes a plurality of ribs. Snaps are employed to detachably attach the frame and protective shield to the collar. The front base member has an open configuration with respect to a rib for spreading a front portion of the shield (a face shield) in a protective configuration and a collapsed configuration with respect to the rib for bunching the front portion in a non-protective configuration. Each rib similarly has an open configuration with respect to another rib for spreading a portion of the shield in a protective configuration, and a collapsed configuration for bunching the portion in a collapsed configuration.

Abstract: Crash-helmet in the form of a bell-shaped hood with a visor covering the field of view and arranged above a chin guard, characterized in that the hood consists of at least two swivelling parts connected by means of a hinge arrangement and which can be interlocked by safety locking devices on the abutting surfaces.

Abstract: A cardiac valve prosthesis comprising an annular metal element into which an occluding element having a truncated cone shape, is half-floatingly mounted, said annular element being provided with means cooperating with said occluding element for defining the maximum aperture of the valve, and abutting elements having very small overall dimensions, arranged in the upstream portion of said annular element, which portion defines the closure position of the occluding element of the prosthesis.

Abstract: An artificial, triple-lobed semilunar valve is disclosed for replacing the aortic or pulmonary valve in the heart. The valve includes a flexible suture ring which conforms to the shape of the aortic root and three flexible pockets which are mounted within the suture ring. When fluid flows through the suture ring in one direction, the pockets bend outwards to the vessel wall and lie free-floating in the fluid, thereby permitting fluid to flow through the valve. However, when the fluid begins to flow in the opposite direction, the pockets open and contact one another to close the valve thereby preventing fluid flow in the opposite direction.

Abstract: A prosthesis of the hand and including as many finger members thereof as may be required and the forearm as well, and comprised of an articulated thumb and one or more opposed fingers motivated by angular movement of the upper arm relative to the lower arm through pull cords that operate through buffer means to draw said fingers into prehensile grasp with an object and releasable therefrom by a spring bias.

Abstract: A device for raising and lowering the lid and seat members of a toilet comprises a pair of independent hydraulic systems each operatively associated with one of the toilet members. Each hydraulic system includes a manually operable control valve, a hydraulic cylinder having a water inlet/outlet port disposed at each of its distal ends and means operatively connecting the piston rod of the cylinder to the associated toilet member. Either of the toilet members may be raised by operating the associated hydraulic system such that the control valve directs water to one of the cylinder ports while receiving exhaust water from the other port causing the piston rod to move in a first direction whereby the toilet member is pivotally moved in a counter clockwise direction. The toilet member is lowered by operating the control valve for reversing the cylinder ports receiving and exhausting water causing the piston rod to move in a second direction whereby the toilet member is pivotally moved in a clockwise direction.

Abstract: A shower bath, sink, or other fluid receiving vessel is described wherein heat is reclaimed from the drain fluid to warm the incoming cold water to reduce the amount of hot water which must be mixed in to produce water of the temperature desired for use within the vessel. The improvement consists of a cover pan for collecting the received fluid and depositing it on a particular region of the vessel floor which is contoured to direct the received fluid along a particular channel to a drain. The cold water supply tube is positioned within the channel in contact with the draining fluid. The warmer drain fluid transfers heat energy into the cooler water flowing within the submerged cold water supply tube.

Abstract: An improved beehive including a dome-shaped upper portion and a lower support portion with a mouth and a pathway leading into the dome-shaped structure with the pathway having a roof and a floor, the roof being of a first predetermined mesh sized to permit passage of worker bees and the lower portion being of a finer or smaller mesh so that worker bees cannot pass into a collection zone preferably a drawer-type collection box.

Abstract: A cross or X-type socket wrench comprises a longitudinally extending shaft with socket wrenches at opposite ends thereof and a pair of shafts extending laterally from the central portion thereof. The laterally extending shafts extend at an obtuse angle to each other in a plane extending at a right angle to the longitudinal axis of the socket shaft and having pedal steps at the outer ends thereof. In the preferred embodiment the outer ends of the laterally extending shafts are rebent in a direction opposite to the obtuse angle of the shafts so that the weight of the rebent ends and the pedal steps supported thereon are located to maintain the center of gravity thereof on a line extending through the longitudinal axis of the socket shaft. The end of one of the pedal steps is sharpened and bent to provide a claw for removal of automobile hubcaps. In an alternate embodiment, the socket wrenches are removably supported on the ends of the socket shaft.

Abstract: A combined socket wrench and gauge for removing, installing and setting the gap of spark plugs includes an elongated tubular body with a socket in one end and an annular gauge wall extending axially from the other end. The gauge wall has a series of flat gauge members in edge-to-edge relationship, forming a polygon of gauges of predetermined thicknesses. The distal edge of each gauge is beveled. The gauge sizes are stamped into the outside body surface.

Abstract: A floatation garment adapted to aid in keeping the user afloat in the water. The garment has at least one floatation pad of suitable flexible floatation material of a predetermined thickness, the pad having one or more lines of reduced thickness extending across the pad. A fabric cover or shell having an outer and inner panel is provided with the floatation pad being disposed within a pocket between the outer and inner panels. The outer and inner panels are sewn to the pad and to one another along the lines of reduced thickness thereby to hold the pad in place with respect to the shell and to permit the garment to readily be flexed along the lines of reduced thickness.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing insoles from flexible, porous and stickable sheet plastic material by sheering the sheet to form a peripheral cut of the insole and an internal cut in the heel area to form an open area surrounded by a land area. The insole is then placed in a mold die and plastic is injected to fill in the open area and surround the land area to conform to a predetermined contour. The insole is stabilized in the die by a plurality of rods positioned within the die.

Abstract: A drill attachment for driving and guiding a snake or eel used for unclogging stopped up drain pipes. The attachment is fastened to the body of a conventional electric drill and includes a guide tube, part of which is flexible for leading an eel or snake through a chuck which is attached to a leading portion of the eel. A reduction gear is interposed between the drill shaft and the chuck so as to drive the chuck and eel at reduced speeds. The attachment converts an electric drill into a highly useful household "do it yourself" device for unclogging kitchen and bathroom sinks and drains.

Abstract: A device for dislodging standard staples having their side portions imbedded in carpet and for dislodging standard staples having their side portions hooked around carpet thread. A toothed member has teeth spaced such that standard staples' side portions will fit between two teeth with at least one other tooth between the two teeth, such that the staple will not turn out of the fit. The teeth are also spaced close enough such that a staple's hooked side portion will not fit between the teeth. Embodiments include the toothed member being the head of a hand rake and being the surface of a drum which is motorized.