Abstract: A machine for cutting and removing cord or band from secured goods, having a portal stand to which a conveyer brings the goods secured by cord or band. A cross beam can be vertically adjusted and guided along uprights and suspended from two rope lines which are run over fixed pulleys and connected with a pulley block that is actively connected to a gear brake motor. To one end section of the cross beam is mounted an adjustable cutter unit and to the other an adjustable suction unit. Both units have each one spring-mounted movable feeler plate. To the feeler plate of the cutter unit is mounted a vertically positioned cutter head and to the feeler plate of the suction unit is connected a suction head that removes the cut securing agents.

Abstract: Alpha-particle induced errors in integrated circuits, especially those used for memory storage, are reduced by subjecting the partially completed, or fully completed, integrated circuits to neutron irradiation. This irradiation creates "traps" in the single crystalline semiconductor substrates of the integrated circuits for any unwanted charged particles that are produced by alpha particle radiation. Consequently, such unwanted charged particles do not disrupt the integrity of any data stored in the circuit. In one embodiment, the neutron irradiation is applied during wafer fabrication and, in a second embodiment, the irradiation is applied after wafer fabrication but before packaging of the circuit, and in the third embodiment the irradiation is applied after a completion of the packaging step of the integrated circuits.

Abstract: A bipolar semiconductor is manufactured by forming a plurality of grooves along the vertical (111) planes in a high resistivity epitaxial silicon layer which is disposed on an N+ (110) oriented substrate. Low resistivity epitaxial silicon of the same conductivity type is then used to fill in the grooves, thus forming alternate vertical regions of high and low resistivity. A base region is then diffused into said epitaxial layer and a plurality of emitters regions are diffused into said base region at locations directly above the low resistivity epitaxial regions.

Abstract: A bezel installation tool is disclosed for blind securing bezels in a panel. The tool includes a rotary striker, bezel holder and load spring. As tabs on the bezel are bent over by the striker, the holder and spring clench the bezel about the edge of the opening.

Abstract: Manual mounting of large high density lead insertion connectors (1) onto circuit boards (3) is achieved by simultaneously engaging all connector leads (2) with a comb (9), sliding the engaged leads into alignment with receiving passageways (4) in the circuit board and pressing the connector leads into the receiving passageways. The comb has an exterior surface forming channels (10) corresponding in spatial relationship to the lead receiving passageways. A connector lead insertion apparatus (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) is utilized in conjunction with the lead insertion method to hold the circuit board and connector in fixed position with respect to each other. The apparatus further permits the comb to be guided into proper position prior to engaging the connector leads.

Abstract: In accordance with this invention a procelain coated metal board is provided which has flat surfaces and further has electrical connections between the face and reverse surfaces of the board. In accordance with a further aspect of this invention the boards of this invention are obtained by a method in which the connecting pins are sealed in a spaced relationship in apertures in the metal core of the board and insulated from the core prior to the application of the procelain to the surfaces of the core.

Abstract: A razor blade assembly is provided including a pair of skin-engaging structural elements, the razor blade being connected to a first one of the skin-engaging elements with the cutting edge forwardly directed. The second skin-engaging element is movably connected to the first and being movable relative to both the blade and the first skin-engaging element between first and second positions. In the first position the blade is exposed for shaving. That is the blade edge extends forwardly of a tangent plane to the front margins of the two skin-engaging elements. In the second position the blade is in a guarded position, that is rearward of the tangent plane. Preferably the first skin-engaging element is a guard bar and the second skin-engaging element is a cap member.

Abstract: A hair clipper blade set comprises a fixed blade assembly having a forward edge with a series of teeth extending therealong and a movable blade assembly having a forward edge with a series of teeth extending therealong. The movable blade assembly is supported against the fixed blade assembly for reciprocative movement across the fixed blade assembly with the teeth of the movable blade assembly operatively cooperating with theteeth of the fixed blade assembly to cut hair. The fixed blade assembly is of laminated two-piece construction and includes a molded blade carrier and a machined blade member, the carrier and blade being secured together in assembled relation. The laminated fixed blade assembly may be generally T-shaped in construction to permit use of the blade set within relatively confined areas, such as the nostrils or ears, to remove superflous hair. In this construction, the associated movable blade assembly is likewise T-shaped, and may also be of laminated construction.

Abstract: A chain saw safety brake mechanism includes an actuating drum rotatably disposed around the periphery of a clutch drum and a brake band wound around the clutch drum at least one convolution and hooked at one of its ends its other actuating drum and attached to the other end to a chain saw body. A spring is provided for turning the actuating drum from its ready position to a brake actuating position in which the brake band is tightened around the clutch drum to arrest its rotation. A reset lever is provided on the actuating drum to turn it to the ready position thereby producing a spring force in the spring.

Abstract: A tactile measuring device including: a slide member adapted for sliding along a measuring rule; means for releasably securing the slide member at selected positions along the measuring rule to represent a predetermined measurement; and a plurality of primary gauge elements mounted with said slide member for movement between a retracted position and an extended position in which one or more of the elements tactilely represent an incremented change in the predetermined measurement.

Abstract: A length and angle gauge including first and second longitudinally aligned and slidably engaging ruler sections; means for releasably securing the sections; each section having an inner end and an outer end, one of the sections bearing a length scale starting at the outer end and ascending toward the inner end, the other section bearing a continuation of the length scale with the scale value for the minimum retracted length of the gauge starting at the outer end and ascending toward the inner end; a rotatable arm located at the outer end of each section and having a slanted surface; means for rotatably mounting the arm to the outer end; means for releasably securing the arm to the outer end; and retraction means for enabling the arm to be withdrawn within the outer end.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus to register the movements of the lower jaw with reference to the skull, substantially comprising an adjustable upper registering yoke anchored to the bridge of the nose and the cheeks with a nasion profile roller for the record plates and the reference indicator on the one hand and the lower registering yoke which is attached by plastering through the intermediary of a spoon to the movable lower jaw on the other hand. The apparatus according to the invention is characterized in that the lower registering yoke exhibits on both side arms which are attached to the cross-bar, holes, into which a recording and measuring device is inserted which is in contact by its registering stylus in the previously determined hinge axis points of the lower jaw either against the left-hand or the right-hand record plate which are attached to the upper registering yoke and permits a continual registration of the movements in all three planes, i.e.

Abstract: A position sensing device having a plurality of angular position sensing probes movably mounted within a support member for simultaneously engaging a surface when the support member is moved into proximity with the surface. Transducers associated with each of the probes sense movement thereof and provide electrical output signals indicative of the positions of the probes relative to the support member. The relative separation between the support member and the surface is determined through the calibrated movement of at least one of the probes as indicated through the signals of the associated transducer. Lateral position sensing is provided through a central probe mounted in cantilevered fashion to the support member, with two transducers positioned in orthogonal planes on the lateral position sensing probe which provide an indication in which direction the sensing device must be moved in order to eliminate sideway forces acting on the lateral position sensing probe.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the evenness of a substructure, e.g. a road surface, is fitted to a vehicle. The free ends of a number of pivotable measuring arms, uniformly spaced side by side over the entire vehicle width, engage the substructure resiliently during measurement. Each measuring arm is pivotably mounted in a measuring housing which has a plate spring coacting with each arm. On pivotation of the arm relative to said housing, as a result of unevenness in the substructure, the plate spring executes a corresponding deflection, sensed by strain gauges attached to said spring and giving output signals, proportional to the deflection, to an electronic unit wherein the signals are converted to output data representing the surface evenness of the substructure.

Abstract: An optically coupled in-process gaging system is disclosed for use with numerically controlled machine tools wherein a battery-powered gage unit is enclosed in a housing adapted for retention in an automatic NC program controlled selection from the NC tool magazine. The gage unit can be placed in a machine tool device, such as a spindle, whose movement is directed by the NC program to place a gage transducer of the gage unit in contact with a workpiece to perform dimensional gaging. The gage unit converts an electrical transducer signal into an infra-red optical FM signal for wireless transmission to a receiver unit coupled to a microcomputer-based control unit.

Abstract: This mounting assembly is particularly adapted for mounting telescopic sights on pistols. The mount base is secured to the pistol at its breechward end by a screw which is threaded into a tapped hole in the pistol, which tapped hole is conventionally formed at the factory and is standard on pistols. The muzzleward end of the mount base is secured to the pistol barrel or pistol frame by means of a clamp. A screw is threaded into the clamp and tightens the clamp against the mount base. The mount base is provided with opposed surfaces which are forced against complementary surfaces on the clamp to tighten the clamp about the barrel or frame of the pistol when the clamp is tightened against the base.

Abstract: A bowsight is provided for an archery bow including a support bracket for attachment generally parallel to the length of the archery bow. A plurality of sights are connected to and are longitudinally spaced along the support bracket. Each of the sights defines an outer longitudinal height and a smaller inner longitudinal height. The outer heights are successively smaller from sight to sight. Each of the outer longitudinal heights are positioned so that the bow will be properly aimed at a target when the outer longitudinal height of any one of the sights equals the apparent vertical height of the target. The inner longitudinal heights are successively smaller from sight to sight in the same direction as the outer heights become smaller. Each of the inner longitudinal heights are of a dimension so that the bow will be properly aimed when the inner longitudinal height of any one of the sights is equal to the apparent vertical height of the target.

Abstract: A wet and air-permeable fibrous web, such as a cellulosic sheet coming from a paper mill, is dried by being led around a rotating drum with peripheral interstices centered on a perforated suction tube. The latter opens into a low-pressure chamber inside a stationary sectorial shield which has a wall, facing against the direction of drum rotation, provided with one or more apertures for the moisture-laden air to be exhausted. The peripheral interstices are formed by strips lying between a pair of axially spaced end rings, these strips intersecting a plane transverse to the axis of rotation along lines whose distance from that axis increases progressively in the direction of rotation whereby air drawn through the web by suction is also mechanically accelerated, against the centrifugal force, toward the center of the drum.

Abstract: A skating shoe including a rigid structural member embedded within the sole of the shoe which permits the selective mounting of one or more wheel truck assemblies throughout the length of the shoe. The embedded beam design provides a rigid soled skate shoe having a low center of gravity which increases skating maneuverability and facilitates the use of a single mount truck and wheel assembly hanger. A plurality of attachments are additionally provided which allow the shoe to be utilized in ice skating, mountain climbing, and skiing applications.

Abstract: A front end loader having a vertically moveable forwardly concave implement such as a bucket or log grapple, is provided with a snow plough accessory which is readily attachable to and detachable from the implement, the accessory having a blade which can be swung from side to side.

Abstract: A device for protecting shellfish dredge chain bags, featuring arcuate strips of reinforced rubber attached to the bottom side of the bag to cushion and separate the bag from abrasive action against the ocean floor when it becomes weighted with rocks and shellfish. These arcuate strips are cut from used vehicle tires and are attached to the chain bag in a manner that protects the forward edge and corners of the strip and the attaching device from catching on the ocean floor while allowing the longer portion of the reinforced rubber strip to trail beneath the chain bag.

Abstract: A pullyoke assembly for a scraper that includes a transverse torque tube having a central tubular member rigidly interconnecting the lower portions of a pair of drawbar members and being connected through each of the drawbar members to an outer tubular member which has a pair of outwardly flared ends, with one of the flared ends being rigidly secured to a pull-arm that extends rearwardly for pivotal connection with a scraper bowl, and the other of the flared ends being connected to one of the drawbar members in axial alignment with the central tubular member.

Abstract: A card rack includes parallel pairs of coplanar fins that extend inwardly from side walls whose spacing is adjustable. The inner edges of the coplanar fins are spaced apart so as to provide a passage for an elongated stop member that extends through all the compartments. Holes in tabs at both ends of the stop member receive self-tapping screws. The threaded portions of the screws engage opposed faces of upper and lower pairs of fins to secure the stop member in place. The screws can be loosened to slide the stop member along the upper and lower compartments and thereby adjust the depth of all the compartments.

Abstract: A cleaning device for firearms having a firing pin and a barrel with a shell chamber, in which a casing contains several barrel cleaning layers consisting of an abrasive, solvent, wiper and lubricant layers. A propellant is disposed in the casing in close proximity to the firing pin which activates the propellant to propel the cleaning layers through the barrel. The propellant may be a cartridge containing CO.sub.2, having a neck and cap in close proximity to the firing pin which strikes and ruptures the cap to release the CO.sub.2 and drive the cleaning layers through the barrel. A soft fabric may be disposed around the cartridge, and may be impregnated with lubricant for treating the barrel after the cleaning layers have passed therethrough.

Abstract: A gun having a forend at the underside of the barrel including a body of elastomeric material with outer surfaces deformable to cushion a user's contact therewith and preferably containing a reinforcing material stiffer than the elastomeric material desirably taking the form of a U-shaped reinforcing element which is clamped and retained between a fastener and the barrel of the gun to secure the forend to the barrel.

Abstract: An inverted generally channel-shaped member is provided for downward embracing engagement over the stock of a flint lock mechanism equipped muzzle loading rifle having its flint lock mechanism supported from one side of the rifle stock. The channel member includes opposite side depending first and second flanges interconnected by an upper bight portion extending and secured between the upper marginal edges of the side flanges and the bight portion includes an opening in vertical registry with the flint lock mechanism. The bight portion includes an opening formed therein in vertical registry with the flint lock mechanism and a top wall portion is supported from the channel member for swinging movement into and out of closing relation with the opening.

Abstract: A firearm having over and under double barrels in a side break arrangement which could be utilized for shotgun, rifle or handgun. A hinge arrangement for the double barrels comprises a cylindrical portion of the hinge on a main frame which detachably mounts to the other portion of the hinge which is part of a mounting bracket that detachably mounts on the barrels. A cocking lever is operated by barrel motion to move a cocking plate with retracts two separate and independent firing pins that are latched into place for selective release by a single trigger operated successively twice. A safety device includes a shifting lever which is automatically operated upon cocking or opening interposed selectively against the trigger to prevent accidental firing.

Abstract: An insect controlling device and method which provides an environment within foraminous barrier to which at least certain fertilized female insects will be attracted to deposit their eggs, and in the barrier assuring wasting of the thus deposited insect eggs. The barrier may take a number of different forms for selectively controlling various species of insects, such as fruit flies, house flies, mosquitos and the like. The barrier may serve the dual function of insect control and predatory creature food supply, such as a bird feeder, fish feeder, or the like. For mosquito control the barrier prevents hatched mosquito larva or mosquitos from escaping a body of water in which the mosquitos may incubate.

Abstract: A pan having a perforated bottom is within and rests on the bottom of the snail trap container which is inserted into the ground. An upwardly extending handle of the pan carries a cover and supports it above the open top of the container to serve as a rain shield. The handle is hollow and receives a float. A liquid level gauge in the form of a rod is affixed to the float and projects upwardly through the top of the handle.

Abstract: Mussels and related bottom dwelling creatures may be eliminated from an underwater bed by applying to the zone of at least the bottom 2 feet of water above the bed water-soluble sulfite salt such as sodium metabisulfite to substantially deplete dissolved oxygen in the zone. Thereafter, hydrogen sulfide may be directly added to the zone, being stabilized by the absence of oxygen therein the enhance the mussel kill. Thereafter, as fresh water is added to the zone, the hydrogen sulfide and residual sulfites are oxidized to relatively harmless sulfates.

Abstract: A damping system for damping relative rotation of a pair of members having confronting surfaces spaced apart by a primary gap or zone of capillary dimension, a viscous damping fluid in the gap contacting the confronting surfaces of said members and held in the gap by capillary attraction to provide a damping action upon rotation of the members relative to one another, the arrangement providing a non-migrating self-supporting viscous fluid damping system. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the confronting surfaces of the members defining the capillary gap or zone are in non-parallel relationship, for example, one of the confronting surfaces may be planar and the other conical wherein the rotational axis of the rotatable member is disposed on the point of the cone to provide a point contact bearing minimizing friction and centering the viscous damping material adjacent the axis of rotation to provide a more uniform controlled damping action.

Abstract: A rope wick for selectively applying liquid chemicals to plants. The rope wick comprises an outer covering made of braided polyester yarn and an inner core made of spun acrylic yarn.

Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for handling and growing a plant with the aid of a container adapted to be partially filled with water and having an inner wall surface disposed in use substantially parallel to an upright axis, and including a holding device which may be moved along the inner wall surface between a position near the water level to a position thereabove, and which engages the inner wall surface with its outer surface in any of the positions, and is adapted to receive at least the stem of the plant, the steps include holding the plant in the container, and displacing at least a lower porton of the plant in an upright direction in the container in dependence of the growth of the plant.

Abstract: A plastic door comprises inner and outer plastic panels. A metal window frame includes a high strength intrusion beam secured thereto. The outer panel is secured to the inner panel with the window frame disposed within the two panels. Hinge and latch elements may be connected to the metal frame through the inner panel.

Abstract: A gate assembly including a closure part which moves in a sliding fashion across an opening and elongated supporting members which are pivoted at one end at a point remote from the closure part but in register with the opening and which are connected at their other end to one side of the closure part.

Abstract: A casement type window is composed of a frame and sash which are independently made, each comprising a unitary prefabricated synthetic plastic shell having bonded therein a wooden frame which faces interiorly of the building wherein the window is mounted. Synthetic plastic elements of the frame or sash are accurately associated and brought together under pressure at mitered corner abutment joints which are heat fused to form an integral self supporting member before being united with their wooden frame components.

Abstract: A multiplicity of abrading discs are individually mounted in an abrading head. The discs are each self-aligning for following the contour of the surface to be abraded. The discs are rotated to abrade the surface and a multiplicity of openings in the head permit debris, generated by the discs, to be removed from the work by a vacuum source attached to the head.

Abstract: A method for preparing an abrasive coating from silane and an oxygen-containing gaseous compound such as N.sub.2 O, CO.sub.2, H.sub.2 O and the like is disclosed. The abrasive coating is prepared using the glow discharge method. The coating may be used to lap submicron articles.

Abstract: Tools for honing an exterior cylindrical reference surface and for honing an interior cylindrical surface concentric with but offset from the reference surface each have a cylindrical feed sleeve slidable axially along the outside of the tool body. As the sleeve is movable axially with respect to the tool body, a plurality of honing stones carried by the tool body moves radially with respect to the cylindrical surface being honed.

Abstract: This invention relates to means for protecting nuclear reactors and other structures from earthquakes, explosions, cyclones and other sources of sudden external shock, said means including a support system comprised of a base, a pedestal, hanger-rods and an elastomer element.

Abstract: Device for mounting plastic sheets on roofs or walls of greenhouses or other heated buildings with large window areas. A mounting flange is pasted or screwed to the pane or sash. The mounting flange includes a projection having a head with an inclined face facing the base of the mounting flange. A clamping member including a wedge-shaped base having an aperture therein is placed over the projection. As the clamping member is moved parallel to the mounting flange, shoulders on the clamping member adjacent the aperture engage the inclined face of the projection head to press the plastic sheet firmly between the clamping member and the mounting flange. Resilient tongues are provided on the clamping member to prevent accidental removal of the clamping member. Provision is made for placing a wire through a plurality of these devices to further hold the plastic sheet in position.

Abstract: A sound barrier is provided for use in front of a building opening, such as a sliding or inwardly hinged window. The sound barrier comprises a substantially planar panel and a frame formed with elongate members, each member having a channel opening. A barrier member mounted circumferentially of the building opening is received within the channel opening of each frame member but in spaced relation thereto. The barrier member cooperates with the frame and the combination defines a tortuous passageway that permits the passage of air but interferes with the transmission of sound.

Abstract: A footing box has notches for receiving an end of grooved grade beams. The end of each beam includes an aperture for receiving a reinforcing rod extending lengthwise from a grooved column supported on the ends of the beams in the footing box, to enable the grade beams and column to be unified when grout is poured into the footing box. Grooved roof beams are supported at their ends by the column and connected to the column by a reinforcing rod extending through an aperture in the end of each roof beam. Wall panels are positioned in the grooves of the column and the beams.

Abstract: A method of insulating a structure comprising the steps of applying at least one strip of pliable sealing material in an airtight relationship to an area of the structure to be thermally insulated, and applying, as needed, successive strips of said material in overlapping relationship with each other and said first strip until a desired area of said structure is entirely covered with a continuous, airtight, overlapping, thermal barrier layer, said sealing material comprising a plastic layer, with a pressure-sensitive adhesive on at least one side thereof.

Abstract: A clip for attaching a filler strip to a channel for suspending ceiling panels, including prongs for holding the filler strip.

Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus for closing a filled bag, the content of which may be an item of dressed poultry. The apparatus comprises a bottom member for supporting the bag during the closing operation. First and second sets of gripping means arranged one above the other and opposing members of each of which sets are operative to move toward and away from each other to respectively bunch together a portion of the bag located above the content. One set of gripping means is operative to move upward and away from the other set such that while this operation is taking place the lower set hold the bag and its contents firmly and the upper set pull the bag tautly over the content. Means for severing excess material above the bunched portion and a pointed pin to pierce and support the severed upper portion of the bag are additionally provided.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a packaged web product and apparatus therefor wherein superposed webs are compressed and while compressed webs pass through an open-ended forming device having a closed perimeter and simultaneously enveloping the compressed, superposed webs, and thereafter transversely severing the resultant product into identical units.

Abstract: A carton for packaging semi-fluid material is formed from specially constructed integral carton blank and a special process for assembling the same. The blank has a front panel, a bottom panel, a rear panel, a cover panel, and a front cover sealing flap articulated one to the other in the order named, with end-forming flaps and glue-flap extensions extending laterally therefrom adapted to be glued together to form inner and outer walls and side-cover flaps. The bottom outer wall-forming flap is glued to the inner wall-forming flaps by glue strips along the side edges of the latter, where they are joined to the front and rear panels, and the side-cover flap has a tuck-in tab adapted to be tucked in under the bottom outer wall-forming flap between the glue strips. The glue-flap extensions fold over the side-cover flaps and are glued thereto by an extension of the glue strip adjacent the front carton front.

Abstract: A cardboard sheet dispenser is incorporated in a bacon or pork product slicing machine line that is operable to group slices in shingled fashion into segregated batches of predetermined weight. The dispenser directs a cardboard sheet in synchronized fashion with the movement of the batches so that individual batches are placed on a sheet and thereafter transferred to subsequent packaging stations. The dispenser includes a hopper for receiving vertically stacked cardboard sheets and is provided with a plurality of restrainers that cooperate in supporting the stack of sheets and at the same time fan the sheets to minimize sticking of the sheets one to the other. The base of the hopper includes a plurality of strippers also serving to support the stack of sheets and assures that only one sheet is removed from the base of the hopper at a time.

Abstract: Aquatic weeds are harvested by dragging a cable through such weeds in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cable while rotating the cable around its longitudinal axis, whereby the weeds are wound around the cable and thus pulled from the bottom of the waterway. The cable passes around a drum on a frame, the frame and cable being rotated together on a platform. The platform is mounted on a land or water based vehicle. The calbe can be winched into the frame between blades which cut the weeds from the cable.