Abstract: A begonia plant referred to by the cultivar name Fresco having large semi-double to double, deep orange-red flowers; heavy infusion of red pigmentation in the foliage; pleasant contrast of flower and foliage color; year round flowering with proper environmental conditions, and a vigorous growth habit.

Abstract: An African Violet plant known by the cultivar name Glacier and particularly characterized by its large white, star-shaped flowers having five to eight petals; strong and upright flower stems; heart-shaped leaves, vigorous growth habit, and by its long lasting, non-dropping flowers.

Abstract: A carnation named Duchess, a spontaneous mutant of the cultivar Queen (disclosed in U.S. plant patent application, filed Oct. 31, 1979, Ser. No. 89729, now U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,668). Duchess is particularly characterized by its commercial double flower type; flat flower form, twisting slightly with maturity; medium flower size; dark salmon pink flower color with minimum color oxidation; medium flowering response; 4 to 7 flowers and buds showing color per flowering stem; medium peduncle length; strong peduncle strength; and tall plant height.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of an electrically charged fibrous filter from a highly molecular non-polar fiber material wherein a .[.web.]. .Iadd.film .Iaddend.of the fiber material is continuously fed and stretched. At least one side of the stretched .[.web.]. .Iadd.film .Iaddend.is homopolarly charged by a plurality of corona charging elements. The charged .[.web.]. .Iadd.film .Iaddend.material is then fibrillated, collected and processed into a filter.

Abstract: Flame-repellant linear polyesters are obtained by incorporating by condensation phosphorus-compounds having the formula ##STR1## wherein R and R.sub.1 are organic radicals which may also contain hereto atoms into the linear polyesters, preferably those from terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol. These polyesters are materials of which flame-repellent filaments, fibers, sheets, press-moulded and injection-moulded articles may be made. Products of the invention can be used whereever especially acute risks of ignition and fire exist.

Abstract: A group operated circuit disconnect apparatus for overhead electric power lines has a base in the form of a box-like housing which mounts on a pole, an upright shaft extends through the housing, and a transverse shaft also extends through the housing. A linkage is mounted on the shafts in the housing so that axial rotation of the upright shaft axially rotates the transverse shaft, and this causes three circuit disconnect switches mounted on the housing to be moved simultaneously between closed positions and open positions, or vice versa, as the upright shaft is manually rotated. An end of the housing has a removable closure plate for access to the linkage.

Abstract: A microcomputer terminal system in which all input/output devices communicate with a microcomputer through a system bus. The microcomputer includes a microprocessor and a memory. Programs are stored in the memory of the microcomputer. The input/output devices include a keyboard and a cathode ray tube display. Through a read/write memory for the input/output devices interconnecting the keyboard and the cathode ray tube display with the system bus, the microprocessor, the keyboard and the cathode ray tube display perform their respective internal operations independently of the other.The keyboard selectively produces signals representing character data and control data in a serial manner. The data, along with a strobe signal, are entered into a keyboard encoder circuit and from there into the read/write memory for the input/output devices and then to the read/write segment of the microcomputer memory.

Abstract: A hospital patient gown in which a front panel is joined to two rear panels to form a garment having an elongated vertical opening at the back. One of the rear panels is vertically pleated with a reverse pleat and draped across the rear opening when the rear panels are fastened together at the top of the gown.

Abstract: A one piece athletic jersey on which the identification number or color can be quickly changed without removing the jersey. The jersey has a full flap of material hinged along the top of the shoulder seam which flap can be switched from the front or back by raising the flap over the head of the wearer. If the jersey is two-colored, the opposite sides of the flap are different colors corresponding to those of the jersey so that depending upon the position of the flap, the jersey will be one or the other of the two colors.

Abstract: A foot covering article adapted to be worn over the bare foot and directly underneath a sock for the purpose of preventing the formation of blisters when engaging in athletic activities and the like. The article is made of a single, porous, non-woven film-fibril sheet of plexifilamentary strands, wherein the sheet is consolidated by a large number of very small point bonds, and includes a plurality of minute perforations extending through the thickness of the sheet. The sheet is formed into a foot enveloping shape comprising a bottom portion which covers the sole of the wearer's foot, side portions extending upwardly from the bottom portion, a heel portion which covers the heel of the wearer's foot, and a front portion which covers at least the forward portion of the top of the wearer's foot.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an artificial heart which comprises a rotary piston shaped like a trilobar or bilobar hypotrochoid or epitrochoid and a body which defines a cavity which is the rotor casing when the latter is driven both in circular translation of radius e equal to the eccentricity of the trochoid and in rotation about its center with an angular velocity of which the number of revolutions per minute is the same as the pulse of the patient.

Abstract: An intraocular lens for use as an artificial lens implant anteriorly of the iris which has a pair of position fixation elements providing a three-point support for the lens. One of the position fixation elements has a portion swivelable about a base portion attached to the lens body so that the position fixation element may be adjusted to provide a three-point support corresponding to measured dimensions of the eye and may be attached in the selected position by sutures before implantation in the eye.

Abstract: A self packaging urine conduit for women comprises a flexible, reversibly deformable and fluid-tight tubular medial element, a relatively rigid tubular end piece connected to one end of the medial element to form a continuous fluid-tight channel therewith, a rim connected to the other end of the medial element, and a handle element connected to the rim. The rim has an undeformed dimension that is greater than the inner dimension of the end piece, but is resiliently deformable to fit within the end piece. The medial element is capable of being reversibly inverted for storage of the rim, the handle and the medial portion within the end piece. The conduit is maintained in packed condition by the pressure of the deformed rim against the inner surface of the end piece.

Abstract: Novel apparatus is disclosed for deodorizing and cleansing a toilet bowl in which a fragranced detergent cake is floated on the surface of the water in the hold tank with a small volume of water on the detergent. The container holding the detergent is adapted to drop with the water as the water is exhausted during flushing and to spill the perfumed detergent containing water into the final increment of flush water leaving the tank. This water then remains in the toilet bowl after flushing.

Abstract: A device for use with a toilet seat including a lever adapted to fit through a hole in the toilet seat cover so as to allow rotation of the lever when the toilet seat cover is in a horizontal position, a latch connected to the lever so that the latch will rotate in direct relationship to the lever and pivotally connected to the lever so that when the toilet seat cover is in a vertical position, the latch will lay substantially against the toilet seat cover and when the toilet seat cover is in a horizontal position, the latch will hang away from the toilet seat cover, and a retainer which is adapted to be affixed to a toilet and positioned so that when the toilet seat cover is in a horizontal position, rotation of the lever will allow rotation of the latch into or out from the retainer.

Abstract: The amount of water discharged from the tank of a flush toilet is controlled in a stepless manner by means of a rotary volume control lever concentric with the usual flushing handle. The volume control lever is connected with a slider on the arm of a float which floats at the surface of the water in the tank. The slider is connected by a lost-motion connection with a closure for the discharge opening of the tank. When the water level in the tank falls to a level determined by the position of the slider on the float arm, the closure, which has been opened by operation of the flushing handle, is closed to prevent further discharge, thereby conserving water.

Abstract: A seat for a collapsible invalid wheelchair comprising: a flexible padded seat; an elongated, generally rectangular opening in the seat; reinforcing means located within the seat and at the underside of the seat respectively on either side of the said opening; flanges on the underside of the seat; a removable waste-receiving receptacle sliding in said flanges and extending over the full length of said opening; and a detachable flexible padded flap adapted to close said opening after the receptacle has been removed; the arrangement being such that the removal and closing of the flap, and the insertion and removal of the receptacle can all be accomplished by the chair occupant without leaving the chair.

Abstract: The invention refers to a shield arranged at a distance above a sauna heating unit and attached to said unit by means of downwardly directed supporting members. The shield is arranged at an angle to the horizontal plane and its object is to guide the stream of hot air and possible steam generated when pouring water over the heated stones or similar in the sauna heating unit obliquely upwards, i.e. out in the sauna room towards the persons in the sauna room.

Abstract: A special bathtub for invalids has a fixed end part which abuts an oblong rotatable end part operable by control of the pressure of the water source. The center of curvature of the abutting faces of the fixed end part and the oblong rotatable end part is offset from the pivotal axis of the rotatable end part to incorporate a wedging feature in effecting a watertight seal. An interlocking latch and water sensor prevent inadvertent opening of the tub when it is filled with water.

Abstract: A portable apparatus to enable a wheel chair invalid to be transferred onto and out of a bed or chair, comprising an overhead track extending over the bed or chair supported by a tripod with telescoping legs at each end, and a wheeled carriage that rides on the track. The wheeled carriage is equipped with a winch and rope tackle that hooks onto a flexible fabric sling in which the invalid sits. Activating the winch raises the sling clear of the wheel chair and the wheeled carriage is moved over the bed or chair. The sling is then lowered to the bed or chair and disconnected from the tackle. The apparatus can be broken down in sections, the tripod legs telescoped and folded, and all parts placed in an automobile trunk for transport or storage in a small space.

Abstract: A water bed flotation mattress comprising a bladder of flexible sheet plastic with vertically spaced horizontal top and bottom walls and vertical side and end walls and slackily filled with a fluid medium; said mattress including a thin, flat, flexible, horizontal intermediate wall normally in spaced parallel relationship between the top and bottom walls and a plurality of laterally spaced parallel thin and flexible partitions fixed to and extending between the intermediate and bottom walls and cooperating therewith to define elongate open ended fluid conducting tunnels and float structure about the plane of the intermediate wall to normally buoy up the intermediate wall and partitions within the mattress.

Abstract: An aquatic device having improved stability and maneuverability comprising a member to be moved through water and a curved plate attached to the member for forming a chamber having an inlet opening and a substantially unobstructed outlet opening and a cross section whose area continuously decreases in going from the inlet opening to a point beyond the inlet opening in the direction of the outlet opening. A water ski aquatic device embodying the invention is disclosed.

Abstract: A method for making a fastener having a head and a shank from wire or rod consisting essentially of AISI 200 or 300 series stainless steel comprising the following steps:(a) cooling the wire or rod to a temperature of less than about minus 75.degree. C.;(b) drawing the cold wire or rod through a die at a strain sufficient to provide a tensile strength for the wire or rod in the range of about 75 ksi to about 160 ksi, the strain and the die size being such that the area of the wire or rod will be reduced by at least about 3 percent; and(c) dividing the wire or rod into slugs and cold heading each slug to provide the fastener.

Abstract: A shoe side or combined heel seat and side lasting machine has two side lasting assemblies, each comprising wiping elements mounted for pivotal movement, independently of adjacent elements, about first and second axes extending respectively transversely and lengthwise of the last bottom. For providing a substantially continuous wiping surface, the first axis lies in the plane of the work-engaging surface of its associated element, along the longitudinal center line thereof, when said surface lies horizontally. Also each shoe lasting assembly can pivot bodily about an axis adjacent the edge of the work-engaging surface of the most heelwardly disposed element, in the plane of its work-engaging surface. Associated with each pair of wiping elements is a clamp pad, said pad being caused clampingly to engage the shoe, while the inwiping movement of the elements continues, by operation of a common piston-and-cylinder arrangement.

Abstract: A method for the continuous processing of laminar flexible workpieces, especially in the production of leather, shoes or clothing is disclosed. The method involves the pressing, especially hot-press gluing of workpieces wherein the workpieces are conveyed along a continuous path in pressure zones comprising at least one low-pressure zone on the input side for spreading or smoothing the workpieces and at least one succeeding high-pressure zone for pressing the workpieces. The workpieces are preferably conveyed in a generally upwardly direction from the inlet toward an outlet generally superposed above and in a direction opposite the inlet feed of the workpieces.