Abstract: A new hybrid tea rose variety of exhibition form and orange red and cadmium yellow.

Abstract: A new floribunda rose variety of yellow and orange red coloring.

Abstract: The liner is produced by folding portions of an elongate piece of fabric into overlapping relation about one or more longitudinally extending fold lines, so that the folded liner, when inserted as a liner in a conventional necktie casing, will lend improved body and feel to the tie during use. The blank from which the liner is produced has a wide end and a narrow end, respectively, and in at least one embodiment includes an integral pocket section which can be attached to one end of the outer casing to provide therefor the conventional facing or tipping.

Abstract: A strip for a stringer of a sliding fastener which is constituted by a row of successive discrete transverse strip elements which are interconnected at their opposite ends by two longitudinally extending cords, each element having an enlarged central portion and opposed leg portions with enlargements at their ends through which the cords pass and are embedded. The strip is bent to a U-shape and stitched to a mounting tape.

Abstract: A percussion drill bit has an anvil portion and a removable head portion incorporating cutting inserts arranged in circumferentially-spaced groups separated by fluid flow passageways, at least some of the inserts being arranged at axial and radial positions with respect to the drill axis so that during working operation these inserts penetrate the formation being drilled by generally equal amounts and are thus subject to generally the same loading. The removable head portion is retained on the anvil portion of the bit by a splined and threaded lock nut arranged so that the threads are not subjected to cyclical fatigue loading due to operation of the percussion force generating tool.

Abstract: A diffuser for a conditioned air system for buildings incorporates a self contained and integrated sensor actuator for varying the volume flow of conditioned air through the diffuser in response to changes in room air temperature.The sensor actuator structure for sensing the room air temperature and for modulating the conditioned air flow is entirely contained within the diffuser structure and is powered directly by the changes in room air temperature without auxiliary equipment or power systems.The self contained diffuser is fully adaptable to existing systems to provide either or both modulated cooling and modulated heating and also to supply modulated cooling with the capability of morning warm-up.The diffuser is constructed to direct the air flow from the periphery of the diffuser and into the room at an angle and with a velocity which causes the air flow to have preferred aerodynamic characteristics so as to hug the ceiling and to avoid dumping.

Abstract: A wheelchair is disclosed which is convertible into a wheeled stretcher, wherein the chair seat will assume a comfortable angle with respect to the horizontal when the chair is in the seating position and will assume a horizontal position coplanar with the back of the chair when the chair is in the stretcher position. The chair seat and back may be locked into any relative position between a fully erect seated position and a fully reclined stretcher position. Leg support members which are connected to the chair may assume any angular position with respect to the horizontal without regard for the relative positions of the seat and back of the chair. The leg support members may have their lengths independently adjusted.

Abstract: A resilient, thermally bonded, non-woven fibrous batt having a uniform compression modulus in one plane which is more than the compression modulus measured in a direction perpendicular to that plane, and a substantially uniform density across its thickness is obtained by preparing a batt comprising at least 20% by weight of crimped and/or crimpable conjugate fibres having or capable of developing a crimp frequency of less than 10 crimps per extended cm. and a decitex in the range of 5 to 30. The batt is thermally bonded by subjecting it to an upward flow of a fluid heated to a temperature sufficient to heat the batt to a temperature in excess of the softening temperature of the low softening component but below the softening temperature(s) of the other component(s) of the conjugate fibre to effect inter-fibre bonding. The thermally bonded batt is then cooled by an upward flow of cool air.

Abstract: A displacement device in a thermoplastic web welding apparatus withdraws the leading edge of the web from the welding apparatus during pauses in feeding and/or production to prevent melting and sticking of the leading edge.

Abstract: This is a cipher system for enciphering a stream of binary data by means of a product cipher. A clear message represented in a binary data format is transformed into a cipher message by operating on each bit of clear information with a complex modulo-two addition function. This function is dependent on previous internal cipher digits transmitted and varies for each message bit processed. The function is developed by continually shifting a key matrix under the control of a varying control matrix. The control matrix is formed from the sub-product of the complex function developed in generating each cipher bit.

Abstract: A process for the production of fluid fertilizers (suspensions and/or solution type) made from merchant-grade phosphoric acid (50-58 percent P.sub.2 O.sub.5), sulfuric acid, liquid anhydrous ammonia, and water, wherein liquid ammonia is heated in heat exchange means juxtaposed hot fertilizer product to form gaseous ammonia, which gaseous ammonia, along with phosphoric acid and sulfuric acid, is fed to a pipe-cross reactor wherein a melt of ammonium polyphosphate sulfate is formed, which melt is subsequently mixed with cooled recycled product to produce a fluid fertilizer with N:P.sub.2 O.sub.5 weight ratios ranging from about 0.3 to 1, which contains from about 10 to 60 percent of its P.sub.2 O.sub.5 values in the form of polyphosphates and 3 to 8 percent by weight sulfur. About 45 percent of the P.sub.2 O.sub.5 as polyphosphate is easily attainable in the product with ambient acid feed temperatures, i.e., about 50.degree. F. to 100.degree. F.

Abstract: A seed treater composition is disclosed for use in application as an aqueous slurry to plant seeds to protect seeds and seedlings against plant pests, which composition comprises 15% to 50% by weight of 2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethylbenzofuran-7-yl methylcarbamate pest control agent, 0.5% to 15% by weight of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate copolymer emulsion adhesive sticker having a high solids content of 60% to 70% and a viscosity of 0.5 to 4.0 Pa.s at 25.degree. C., and, to 100%, one or more suspending agents and surface active agents, water, and, optionally, other diluents, adjuvants, or other additives as desired.Disclosed also is a method of protecting plant seeds and seedlings against crop pests, which comprises applying to the seeds the disclosed seed treater composition, and drying the treated seeds to remove excess liquid and to form an adherent coating on the seeds, the pest control agent being dispersed in the adherent coating.

Abstract: Free radical promoters for use in curing resin compositions comprising an unsaturated polyester and an ethylenically unsaturated copolymerizable monomer are disclosed for use with conventional initiators. The free radical promoters comprise ferrocene or ferrocene substituted on one or both cyclopentadienyl rings with an alkyl, alkoxy, hydroxyl, carboxyl, carboxaldehyde, hydroxyalkyl, amino, halo, cycloalkyl, or aryl radical.

Abstract: An adjustable dress capable of fitting different size and shaped women. The dress is uniquely formed by front top portions and a front skirt joined by a midriff sash. Back yokes and a shoulder pattern are joined to the front. The back yokes provide the fullness of the back which adjusts to all sizes within a predetermined range. The arrangement and fullness of the patterns forming the dress allow for adjustment to the body within the garment. When the sash is tied by drawing it to the rear on each side, excessive fullness in the front is neatly and evenly draped in accordian fashion between the side seams at the rear by relocating excessive body fabric from the front to the rear where it is held neatly in place by the sash. The resultant dress forms an attractive garment on any size woman within the selected range of measurements.

Abstract: A trousers waistband structure employing a two-part elastic band, an elastic reinforcement strip attached to the two-part elastic band such that the lower linear edge of the reinforcement strip depends freely from the band, and a linearly extensible waistband fabric web which is attached to the upper inside edge of the two-part elastic band, looped over the elastic band and reinforcement strip and attached, along its second linear edge, to the trousers body. The lower linear edge of the reinforcement strip is attached, by means of blind stitching proximate the seam between the trousers body and the waistband fabric web, to pockets previously inset in the trousers body.

Abstract: A porous polytetrafluoroethylene material is disclosed having a molecular microfibrous structure having, at one surface, a strong orientation in a given direction and, at another opposite surface, a strong orientation and a direction at right angles to the first, in which the orientation of the microfibrous structure progressively changes from one surface to the other. A process for preparing such an element is also disclosed.

Abstract: A prosthesis for forming the spherical part of a hip joint with a calotte-shaped cap is disclosed. The inner surface of the prosthesis is provided with grooves and ribs which are evenly distributed over the circumference of the inner surface and extend along planes which, in turn, extend through the rotational symmetry axis of the outer cap surface. A sleeve having jacket is provided with holes is rigidly secured at the inner end of the inner cap surface on the cap and projects partly out of the latter. The ribbing of the inner cap surface and the sleeve permit the prosthesis to be firmly and durably secured in an operation on the bone without cement.

Abstract: An artificial joint for implantation into a living body comprising two members held together by magnetic forces of attraction with the magnetic lines of force running substantially along the direction of the pivotal axis and transversely across the primary direction of movement of the two members.

Abstract: An artificial hand has a stationary wrist and two fingers and a thumb pivotal from a horizontal axis in the wrist. The thumb may have two separable portions, one of which is pivotal away from the other along a generally vertical axis by manual prepositioning. This enables rounded objects such as doorknobs to be grasped by the curved main finger and the two thumb portions, making stable three-point contact. The two fingers are pivotal along the wrist axis in a fixed range of motion with respect to the thumb, and a spring urges the fingers toward a normal open position. Tension of a sheathed cable fitted to a standard body harness closes the fingers to the thumb, enabling a powerful grip. The second finger is straight and normally remains alongside the curved finger until, upon closure of the curved finger and contact to its tip with the thumb, further cable tension closes the straight finger against the thumb to grip small or flat, thin objects.

Abstract: An improved ocular prosthesis is provided in which the diameter of the pupil of the prosthesis can readily be varied to correspond to the diameter of the pupil of a person's natural eye when same is exposed to either direct or indirect light.

Abstract: A self-contained, compact towable facility having sanitary components and electrical, water and gas distribution systems with minimum weight, optimum balance and a maximum volume of water adapted to be stored therein and including a frame having an axle and a tow bar adapted to be coupled to a towing vehicle, a multi-stage potable water storage and drain and waste water collection and isolation system which includes a potable water storage system, adapted to be filled by an exterior source, comprising tanks having a predetermined geometrical shape and balance over the wheels forming the axle of the trailer and wherein the tanks are positioned to have the collective center of gravity thereof located at approximately the collective center of gravity of the drain and waste water collection and isolation system.

Abstract: A drainage apparatus for an aircraft lavatory system includes a waste holding tank that receives waste from the individual toilet units. The waste holding tank has a pressurization port and a waste drain opening formed in an upper portion thereof. A blower is coupled to the pressurization port to force air into the tank to pressurize it, thereby forcing waste out of the tank through the waste drain opening. The waste travels through an internal waste drain conduit having a first end located at the bottom of the tank below the level of the waste and a second end coupled to the waste drain opening. Preferably, a flow control device is interposed in fluid communication between the blower and the pressurization port and is operable to direct the flow of air from the blower either into the tank for pressurization or out of the tank to create a partial vacuum within the tank to aid in vacuum flush of the toilet units. An auxiliary pressurization source is also provided in the event of blower failure.

Abstract: An arrangement and method for defining personalized environments for nursing homes are provided, which supply safety, comfort, control, and sense of personal ownership for aging people occupying the nursing home. A plurality of wall panels distinct from the nursing home permanent walls define a room environment, and utilize a bed assembly as the focal point with a plurality of miscellaneous clothing and article supporting and enclosing structures. The bed is integrated with the wall panels and miscellaneous structures so that the bed does not detract from the functioning of the structures, and all miscellaneous structures are supported on the wall panel so that they are spaced from the ground at least a distance sufficient to provide clearance for the toeboards of wheelchairs. The corners of all miscellaneous structures and the bed assembly are rounded, and sufficient clearance is provided between the bed assembly and any miscellaneous structures along both sides and the foot of the bed assembly.

Abstract: A waterbed mattress with one or more open-celled foam members used for dampening wave action in the water is disclosed. The foam members are supported by the buoyant force of the water and require no attachment to the surface of the waterbed mattress bladder. A vacuum means for evacuating air from the bladder and the foam member after the bladder has been drained of water is also disclosed.

Abstract: An assembly is described for filling a water bed mattress or pumping the contents therefrom. The assembly includes a siphon pump which is attached directly to the mattress outlet and may be secured to an integrally formed storage chamber in the mattress and stored therein when not in use. Collapsible conduit can be used with the siphon pump and the integrally formed storage chamber may also include storage facilities for the collapsible conduit.