Abstract: A new and distinct geranium plant and characterized by orange-red flower color, medium plant height, medium internode length, semi-double flower form, semi-spreading branching pattern, mid-season spring-pot flowering response, prolific outdoor summer flowering traits, good foliage durability, and good flower durability under outdoor summer conditions.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of New Guinea Impatiens plant, known by the cultivar name Chinook, a seedling resulting from the cross pollenation of unpatented pollen parent 76-73-1 and unpatented pistil parent 76-201-1 and is distinguished by its spreading growth habit; many small, slightly cupped, lightly candy-striped red-purple flowers; and very dark, reddish green, metallic looking (black-green with a dull shine) non-variegated foliage.

Abstract: A new dwarf peach plant has semi-double pink flowers with late July ripening fruit. The fruit is nearly spherical with a red flushed yellow skin, its flesh being sweet and yellow. This present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of peach tree of the genetically dwarf type, having pink flowers and freestone, yellow fleshed fruit. The original seedling of this new peach was discovered by Fedor Wassiliew among seedlings grown from various crosses made by Mr. Wassiliew in Orange, Calif. The exact parentage is unknown.The primary objective of the breeding program was to produce a variety of dwarf peach, usable as an ornamental plant in home gardens and producing an edible, tasteful fruit of good texture and juice content. This objective was fully achieved along with other desirable features, as evidenced by the following unique combination of characteristics which are outstanding in the new variety and which distinguish it from all other varieties:1.

Abstract: Interfitted tubular supports are connected centrally above an enclosure such as a pool, above or below ground, or a greenhouse and are connected at their lower ends to a peripheral rail surrounding the enclosure. The supports are connected to the peripheral rail preferably by clamping a horizontal tubular member to the flat top wall of the rail or alternatively, by individually clamping a plurality of spaced blocks lying on the flat top wall of the rail. A flexible plastic cover is fitted over the tubular supports and is releasibly clamped to the vertical sidewall of the rail by peripherally spaced clamping or pinching members. In one embodiment, especially for larger enclosures, the tubular truss support members are employed and support members all are interconnected by tubular stabilizing members as well as with guy lines. Some of the embodiments have a tubular ridge member which terminates above the peripheral rail at a height high enough to allow entry by a standing child or an adult.

Abstract: An automatic capacitor winding machine has a retractable bifurcated arbor and vertically movable clamps to grasp the ends of the capacitor dielectric layers and carry those ends to a point below the retracted arbor. The bifurcated arbor is registered in its retracted state with its slot parallel to the dielectric layers. The arbor is then extended and grasps the dielectric layers between its tangs. The pressure grasping the dielectric layers is partially removed to allow the arbor to rotate and pull the dielectric layers from between the clamps. A stripper washer is provided to freely rotate on the arbor with limited movement parallel to the axis of the arbor and with a relatively small clearance between the washer's inside surface and the arbor's outside surface. Photoelectric means are provided to accurately detect the location of the first tab (terminal) to time the insertion of the other tabs. A reciprocating blade severs the dielectric layers after the capacitor is wound.

Abstract: Apparatus and processes for breaking out a residual strand where one strand breaks in a strand combining operation. The invention makes use of the change in the line of travel of the residual strand to effect break out in the new line of travel.

Abstract: A portable display system having a plurality of hollow panel assemblies with each comprising two parallel and facing wall boards secured within a border strip device. Eight panel assemblies are hinged together to fold and unfold between a folded position in which all eight panel assemblies are in parallel stacked relation and an unfolded position in which the panels are opened in a continuous wall configuration.

Abstract: An improved apparatus for the simultaneous crushing and drying of materials, such as coal with high moisture content, which includes a .[.hammermill.]. .Iadd.crusher .Iaddend.having parallel top inlets for the material and a rapid flow of hot air. The material drops into the .[.impactor.]. .Iadd.impact .Iaddend.circle of the .[.hammermill.]. .Iadd.crusher .Iaddend.prior to any substantial mixing with the flow of hot air. The flow of hot air is selectively directed into the crushing chamber, behind the breaker plates or in parallel to both locations, to dry the material during crushing. A substantially unobstructed bottom outlet permits high flow rates through the apparatus. A method of crushing and drying high moisture content material is also disclosed.

Abstract: A filter assembly is provided having a filter chamber and a filter element therein that is replaceable without contamination of filtered fluid with unfiltered fluid even though the filter chamber is not emptied of unfiltered fluid comprising, in combination, a filter housing; a filter chamber in the housing; an inlet for unfiltered fluid and an outlet for filtered fluid in the housing; a filter element removably disposed in the filter chamber across the line of fluid flow from the inlet to the outlet so that fluid flow from the inlet to the outlet normally proceeds through the filter; a weir spaced from and downstream of the filter element, compelling filtered fluid from the filter flowing towards the outlet to proceed upwardly through the space between the weir and the filter and then by overflow across the weir; and a weir follower operatively associated with the base of the filter element and movable along the weir in fluid-tight relation to the base and the weir, to carry filtered fluid in the space betwe

Abstract: Separate units of a heat-sensitive product are each pre-treated by heating at least the main part of the unit to a pre-heating temperature of at least 50.degree. C., a cooling medium being brought into direct or indirect contact with the unit so that its surface layer is prevented from acquiring a substantially higher preheating temperature than its inner parts; and each product unit is then heated to substantially sterilizing or pasteurizing temperature by electro-magnetic energy of at least microwave frequency.

Abstract: A logarithmic amplifier comprising a common-emitter type transistor amplifier circuit with an emitter resistor and a collector load. A bias voltage is applied to the base of the transistor through a diode so that the overall input-output transfer characteristic of the amplifier exhibits a logarithmic characteristic for a relatively wide range of input signals. A cascade connection of several of the basic amplifier circuits enlarges the dynamic range over which a logarithmic transfer characteristic is achieved.

Abstract: A shoulder pad for football players comprising a left-hand member which fits over the left shoulder and a right-hand member which fits over the right shoulder. Each of the members is a relatively rigid member of generally inverted U-shape as viewed from the side and has a chestplate portion, a backplate portion and an arch integrally connecting the plate portions. Each member has padding on the inside thereof with the padding at the top of the arch comprising an inner portion beneath the arch and an outer portion extending laterally outwardly beyond the arch. The outer portion has front and back sections which are separate toward their outer ends for allowing the sections to spread apart on upward movement of the outer part of the shoulder. A cover pad overlies the separate outer ends of the front and back sections and is hinged to the inner portion of the arch padding for permitting the cover pad to swing upwardly on upward movement of the arm at the shoulder.

Abstract: A boxing glove is disclosed herein which is made of a unitary piece of leather on the frontal portion of the same so as to eliminate the seam which normally transcends the inner bottom of the thumb portion and the striking surface of the glove. The glove may be made of Nappa leather and contains all the seams present therein in the interior portion of the palm.

Abstract: The present invention provides a padded, flexible football glove which includes a wrist protecting portion and a hand protecting portion. The hand protecting portion is provided with individual elastic finger and thumb receptacles. The finger receptacles are connected via a common restraining strip of material to restrain excessive stretching of the finger receptacles while the thumb receptacle is provided with its own restraining strip. The thumb pad is webbed to the finger pad to limit the movement of the thumb pad. The glove is further provided with a plurality of transverse flexible joints to permit its flexing and securing means at both the hand protecting portion and the wrist protecting portion to secure the glove in position.

Abstract: There is disclosed in the present application a sleeping garment for a child in the form of a bag which is closed at the bottom and provided with releasably fastened shoulder straps at the top. When the shoulder straps are unbuttoned, the child may be easily inserted into the garment from the top without requiring that its body be strained or twisted to permit insertion into the garment.

Abstract: A filigreed belt with an outer layer having design openings formed therethrough such that the outer layer has a solid central portion. The design openings and solid center portion extend to the end of the belt opposite the buckle. Openings for the tongue of the buckle are formed through the solid center portion of the outer layer at the end of the belt opposite the buckle.

Abstract: The invention is a device to assist people who are incapacitated by age, injury, illness, or other causes, to eliminate body waste. The device may be used while in bed or while seated. The device consists of two segments. A first segment (in conjunction with the second segment) is used when the user is confined to a bed. A second segment is combined with the first segment for use when the user is able to sit up, as in a chair. The first segment consists of a pair of side supports which are fastened to the second segment and may be set at various angles in relation to the horizontal. A transverse member is affixed to the side supports, the transverse member having suitable leg rests therein to support the user's legs at various angles in a plurality of positions to assist in the human waste elimination.

Abstract: A hand washing and drying apparatus having automatic means for providing hand washing material and hand drying air. The hand washing and drying operation is effected within a space defined by a bowl. The bowl may be recessed within the apparatus to facilitate an efficient use of warm water and warm air during the hand washing and drying operation. The hand drying air outlet may be mounted to the bowl for delivering the hand drying air directly thereinto. Similarly, a means for delivering hand washing material in the form of water may be mounted directly to the bowl. The automatic controls may include manually operable portions adapted to be manipulated by the user without substantially removing his hands from the bowl space. A soap dispenser may be mounted in the device adjacent the bowl space. The bowl may be provided with an upper arm extending at a forward angle for facilitated hand washing and drying.

Abstract: An adjustable bed frame having a pair of side rails interconnected by a pair of adjustable cross rail assemblies. The cross rail assemblies each include a pair of rails of L-shaped cross section. A fastenerless latch mechanism is provided for retaining the cross rails in a position of adjustment. The latch mechanism comprises a headed protrusion extending from one of the cross rails and fitted within a slot of the other rail and a protrusion on the other rail fitted within an aperture of the first rail, the two protrusions being located on mutually perpendicular legs of the respective rails. The two cross rails are locked in this assembled relation by a pivotable latch fixedly secured to one of the rails and movable into a position of engagement with the rails so as to secure their respective protrusions against relative movement.

Abstract: A cushion adapted for outdoor use in connection with outdoor furniture or the like including a pair of opposed woven fabric side layers, preferably formed of loosely woven plastic coated filaments, and an interlayer formed of a water impervious material disposed between the side layers, the side layers and interlayer being mutually attached, preferably by heat sealing, along their respective peripherally extending edge regions so as to define a pair of adjacent isolated chambers separated by the interlayer. A filler material is located entirely in one of the chambers such that the interlayer is contiguous with the inner surface of one of the side layers and spaced from the inner surface of the other of the side layers. The outer surface of at least one of the side layers will remain dry or be easily dryable even after either one of the side layers of the cushion is exposed to wet weather conditions.

Abstract: A relatively small watercraft typically used by one or two persons includes a pair of spaced and usually parallel pontoons, each of which consists of an elongated body of closed-cell foamed plastic such as polystyrene. A load-distribution truss is provided on top of each of the foamed cell bodies, for transferring vertical loads to said bodies. A personnel station extends generally between the two spaced pontoons and above said pontoons. The personnel station includes a chair and a floorboard, and is sufficiently narrow so as to restrict personnel on the station to a central portion of the watercraft. A structural frame of tubular members or the like may be selectively connected to the pontoons, or the frame may be permanently connected to them. In one embodiment wherein the structure frame and the pontoons are only temporarily connected, a plurality of eye bolts and specially positioned slots are utilized so that the eye bolts need never be removed from the watercraft.

Abstract: An arrangement for connecting an underwater product distribution unit (PDU) to a hose that extends up to a ship, which is simple in construction and yet which enables the hose structure to apply considerable torque to rotate the outer portion of the PDU to follow the ship as it drifts about the PDU. The coupling includes a rigid pipe extending largely perpendicular to the vertical axis of the PDU, with an outer end of the pipe connected to a hose leading to the ship and an inner end of the pipe pivotally connected to the rotatable portion of the PDU in a joint that permits the pipe to pivot up and down.

Abstract: A boot or shoe comprises a pre-formed portion and a portion which is moulded in one piece on to the pre-formed portion and which includes the sole unit and those parts of the upper not constituted by the pre-formed portion. The pre-formed portion comprises side panels extending along each side of the shoe and a sock for underlying the foot, which sock interconnects the side panels and the side panels and sock may be made in one piece or in separate pieces which are fastened together, as by sewing, before the moulded portion is moulded on to the pre-formed portion. The moulded portion is made from a plastics material, e.g. polyurethane, and the material does not overlap the inner face of the pre-formed portion but overlaps at least some of the marginal regions of the two side panels. The sock lies in the top surface of the sole unit. The two side panels may together extend also round the heel region of the upper and the plastics material may cover the outer face of the panels in the heel region.

Abstract: The invention disclosed relates to an apparatus for removing residual toner from a surface to be cleaned which has a rotatable cleaning brush in frictional engagement with the surface, a dusting bar disposed in abutting relation to brush bristles of the cleaning brush for dusting toner off said brush bristles, both of said dusting bar and said brush bristles being made of electrically conductive material with at least one covered with an insulating material, and means for forming an alternating electric field between the brush bristles and the dusting bar. By this, residual toner is effectively removed from the brush bristles to prevent occurrence of the filming phenomenon.

Abstract: A cleaning device comprises a housing and a cleaning body. The cleaning body is mounted on a stub shaft which is glidingly arranged in a guide bore at one end of the housing and the guide bore and stub shaft extend in the working direction in which the cleaning body is pressed against an object to be cleaned. A driving system for driving the stub shaft and the cleaning body mounted thereon in an oscillatory manner includes a drive motor, a shaft axially extending from one of the motor ends, a flywheel mass mounted on the motor shaft for generating an oscillatory motion, a connection for transmitting the oscillatory motion to the stub shaft and a resilient mounting for the drive motor in the housing.