Abstract: A structure of a grid tee member for suspension ceilings, and a method for producing such structure is disclosed. Such grid tee provides a web, a bulb at one web extremity and a flange at the other web extremity. The tee section includes three strips of material in which the first strip is relatively thin and is shaped to provide the web, a portion of the bulb and a portion of the flanges. A separate cap strip is secured to the flanges on the side thereof remote from the web and separate stiffening material having a generally U-shaped cross section is located within the bulb with the base of the U located at the extremity of the section. The three strips provide a structure in which material is concentrated at the extremities and is therefore efficiently placed to provide a high moment of inertia and high rigidity to the total structure.

Abstract: An electronic valve block assembly for controlling the operation of glassware forming machinery. A selector mechanism is utilized to couple either a high pressure plenum or a low pressure plenum to the input port of a solenoid operated valve. A pressure regulator is interjected between the selector mechanism and the valve to finely control the pressure, providing ample flow of output air over a wide range of pressures. A preferred embodiment of pressure regulator is described. Also described is an adapter plate for making the valve block compatible with varying IS machine manifold configurations.

Abstract: An electronic component lead cutting and clinching mechanism having means for operating substantially simultaneously on a plurality of aligned leads. The cutting edges are angularly oriented to align with the component leads and raised to a position adjacent the undersurface of the wiring board into which the component leads have been inserted. Pneumatic cylinders actuate the mechanism.

Abstract: A brake assembly including a pair of brake shoes having adjacent ends pivotally mounted to a support and an actuator disposed between the ends of the brake shoes. The brake shoe webs are recessed at one end to engage a fixed anchor pin. The recess provides an arcuate bearing surface adapted to bear against a portion of the pin and permit pivoting movement of the brake shoe about the pin as the brake is actuated and released. The recess is also so oriented relative to the pin that the recess abuts the pin and prevents the brake shoe from moving away from the anchor pin. The brake assembly also includes an anchor pin having axially spaced cylindrical bearing areas adapted to radially, slidably receive the open ended recesses of a dual web brake shoe and a pair of oppositely facing surfaces extending radially outward at axially spaced locations on the pin to abut the brake shoe webs and prevent the anchor pin from being axially displaced from the support.

Abstract: A mixture of iodine with a poly-2-vinylpyridine.I.sub.2 or a poly-2-vinylquinoline.I.sub.2 charge transfer complex is an improved cathode material of a plastic state and in conjunction with a metal anode, for example lithium, provides primary cells with improved capacity and performance characteristics.

Abstract: Information-carrying discs are comprised of a substrate having an information bearing layer derived from 15 to 100% by weight of at least one polyacryloyl-containing heterocyclic monomer.

Abstract: A communication conferencing arrangement is disclosed which relies upon the use of a plus/minus (+/-) nonlocking button followed by the operation of a button associated with any other line appearing at the station. If the operated line button is associated with a currently active line that line will be removed from the conference. If, however, the operated button is associated with a nonactive line (held or idle) then that line will be added, in conference fashion, with the communication leads of the enabling station. Provision is made to allow any number of added connections up to a preset maximum number at any station.

Abstract: A process for pretreating refractory ores improves the recovery of gold from such ores upon subsequent cyanidation. After comminuting the ore and forming an aqueous slurry, the ore is subjected to pressurized oxidation at an elevated temperature. By adjusting the pH to below about 1.85 and maintaining the pressure and temperature above 300 psig and 160.degree. C., respectively, very high recovery of gold can be achieved. Additionally, by maintaining a preselected soluble iron concentration in the slurry, the oxidation of the ore is promoted and proceeds at a more rapid rate.

Abstract: An insulative cabinet construction having a shell portion formed of a plurality of panels having securing portions interlocked in secured relationship. A liner is spaced inwardly of the shell structure, and foamed-in-place insulation is formed between the shell structure and liner so as to be adhered to the shell structure and liner and effectively embed the securing portions of the shell to maintain the interlocked secured relationship thereof. The interlocked portions of the shell may be crimped portions, staked portions, or stamped-together portions, as desired. The shell panels may include flanges on edge portions to provide column strength at the corners of the cabinet. The shell panels may be prefinished. Preformed closure means are provided extending between the liner and shell structure outwardly of the insulation.

Abstract: A first data processor (10) and at least a second data processor (11) are connected by a data link (12). The processors each have a communication adapter (14) which is connected to the data link and system clock (21) which times functions within the processor. Under a synchronous data link control (SDLC) protocol which has information frames and supervisory frames, one of the processors is designated as the primary station and the other, the secondary station. Whenever supervisory frames are transmitted between the primary and secondary stations, means are operative for inserting a mandatory non-polling quiet period of a predetermined length prior to each poll so that the processor at the secondary station is freed for non-polling functions.

Abstract: For special applications modifications of the sweetness intensity or the taste characteristics of the new non-nutritive sweetener Acesulfame K may be required. The taste of Acesulfame K can be modified using mixtures with magnesium sulphate, sodium glutamate, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, quinine sulphate, maltol, ethyl maltol, 2.5-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-4-oxo-4.5-dihydrofurane, or thaumatin alone or in suitable combinations, in which Acesulfame K is the main ingredient. These mixtures may be used instead of pure Acesulfame K in the following preparations. For preparing granules, powders, tablets, or solutions Acesulfame K can be mixed with potassium chloride, potassiumdihydrogen phosphate, potassium acetate, potassium hydrogentartrate, disodium hydrogenphosphate, trisodium citrate glucono-.delta.-lactone, starch syrups of low DE (=Dextrose Equivalent) values, low-viscosity carboxymethyl cellulose, and gumarabic alone or in suitable combinations.

Abstract: A gown for use by hospital patients and the like wherein the beginning and ending end edges are located at the front and side of the patient. A separable shoulder portion is provided for that side of the gown by upper edges adjacent both end edges overlapping the upper edge of the back panel of the gown which are interconnected by releasable fastening means, e.g. material fasteners. This gown enables dressing of a patient with one arm encumbered by intravenous feeding in that the shoulder portion is separable, and it further provides for chest and stomach examination without removal of the gown. It further provides for coverage of the patients backside when venturing from the bed, all with a design that is universal to all patients and inexpensive to produce.

Abstract: A shirt collar is described which eliminates the need for stays, but yet lies flat and maintains a crisp and neat appearance with time. The disclosed collar includes a flexible lining material characterized in that it is relatively stiff in the transverse direction of the collar and relatively flexible in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A roll extends around the upper end and along each side of an infant's back. The panel continues beyond the roll as a flap on which the infant sits. The roll is formed by an outer layer enclosing a resilient but compressible material and preferably has a larger diameter from the top of the panel, which may have a curved, convex contour followed by the roll, along each side of the panel to a position corresponding to the shoulders of the infant, and then decreases or tapers to the end of each side of the roll. Both the outer layer of the roll and a front layer of the panel may be quilted fabric layers with a rear layer of the panel being fabric.

Abstract: A bicyclist's helmet comprises:(a) an outer shell containing distributed openings through which air streams may enter the helmet,(b) a liner in said outer shell and supporting same adjacent such openings,(c) the liner forming left and right air flow channels communicating with the openings, the channels openly facing the interior of the helmet lengthwise of the channels for conducting air toward the rear of the helmet.In addition, a screen may be located over at least one of the channels; the openings may be transversely elongated and have narrow slit width to increase air pickup yet maintain helmet strength; a removable brow perspiration pad may be employed inwardly of a frontal opening in the helmet; an adjustable visor may be incorporated in the helmet; and a quickly attachable and detachable connection may be employed on the helmet retention system.

Abstract: The invention contemplates haptic construction for support of a finished intraocular lens element, wherein the haptic has plural radially outward stabilizing-leg formations, which incorporate a feature of radial adaptability in terms of the anterior-chamber wall size to which the lens may be fitted. Various embodiments are described to illustrate application to a single-piece and to multiple-piece haptics, and to illustrate radially compliant yieldability as well as ratchet-retention of a selected radial span of the stabilizing leg formations.

Abstract: A wall sleeve and installation jig for the vandal-resistant mounting of multiple adjacent fixtures. The jig is positioned in a wall such as the wall of a prison cell and fixtures such as a lavatory, mirror, light or the like are securely mounted thereon.

Abstract: A bathtub especially for use on a bed and comprising a flexible liner, one rigid support frame for each of two side walls, frame holding means for each side wall, and a support beam between each side wall to hold said frames upright and spaced apart such that the end walls of said flexible liner will also be held upright by tension; and a method of bathing a bedridden person using said bathtub by sliding said flexible liner under said person, installing said frames in planar contact with said sidewalls, installing said beams to hold said side walls and said end walls upright, and filling said bathtub as desired.

Abstract: A sport shoe in which the shoe sole is bonded to an insert layer during the formation of the shoe sole by injection-molding and the assembly of the shoe sole and the insert layer is secured to the shoe upper by an adhesive applied between the insert layer and the shoe upper.

Abstract: This invention relates to apparatus for cleaning submerged surfaces and particularly the surface of swimming pool walls and floors. The apparatus has a cleaning head comprising a shaft carrying a rotateable turbine in a housing. The apparatus has means associated with the turbine for causing the apparatus to move over the surface to be cleaned in a step by step manner. The invention also provides for the cleaning head to include means for automatically changing the operative position of the apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus for wiping lenses or the like to clean them includes a wiping means for wiping a lens and a support means for supporting the wiping means in operative relation. Adhesive means may be used to attach the wiping means to the support means. Respective support means may be connected by a force fit frictional engagement of a protruding member in a receptacle associated with respective support means. A pair of support means may have respective heads for holding respective wiping means in operative relation; one of the heads may be concave and the other convex with respect to a plane therebetween. Moreover, means to facilitate manual grasping of the apparatus for convenient use also may be provided as part of the support means. A cleaning material or the like may be provided in the wiping material.

Abstract: Coating compositions can be applied to substrates to produce a novelty finish by the use of a coating applicator having a mat of sized glass fibers and/or strands in contact with the coating. The novelty finish achieved with the glass fiber strand coating applicator has continuity of pattern, which is achieved in a fascile and efficient manner. The coating applicator has a core with an inner and outer surface and mat of sized glass fiber attached to the outer surface. The glass fibers have a residue of a sizing composition having a carrier, a film forming polymer, and compatible coupling agent. The one or more glass fibers may be selected from bulked, texturized, hollow, hollow with etching and solid continuous and staple glass fibers and mixtures thereof. The thickness of the mat on the core to comprise the applicator is in the range of about 0.125 to about 2 inches (3 to 50 mm.).

Abstract: A knife scraper for rotating drums, particularly for the drums of a cylinder mill, which exhibits a knife beam (5) in which the knife (3) is mounted as well as a counterweight (12) for pressing the knife (3) on the associated drum (1, 1'). In order to make it especially simple and quick to adjust the knife (5) while simultaneously keeping the installation costs and manufacturing costs low and to make the knife (3) essentially self-adjusting in normal operation according to the invention, several mechanical tension elements (11-15) are provided along the length of the knife (3) by means of which by slightly elastically bending the knife surface (F) extending beyond the knife beam (5) the cutting edge (4) of the knife (3) can be pressed against the drum (1, 1').

Abstract: A semi-concealed hinge has been provided for mounting a door in a relatively close adjustable operating relation with a furniture side rail or frame. A socket part is adapted to be substantially fully positioned within a backwardly and edgewise open slot in the door to carry a swing arm part on a hinged knuckle, in such a manner as to enable the door to be pressure-retained in a desired position, such as in a closed position. A connector or screw-on bracket-like plate is either integral with or secured to the swing arm part and, if it is a separate part, has a screw and slot mounted relation with the swing arm part that enables "up" and "down" adjustment of the door with respect to the frame. The connector or screw-on plate has opposed guide flange portions that are adapted to fit over and to be carried along opposite sides of the frame, and to cooperate with an inwardly positioned adjustment plate.

Abstract: Magnetic door hardware for closing swinging doors. Two magnets are axially aligned with the door post, and the magnetic fields of the magnets are aligned so as to produce a radial torque when the door is swung open. One magnet is attached to the door post, and the other magnet is attached to the door frame so that the radial torque produced by the magnets causes the door to rotate to the closed position.

Abstract: A hinge having first and second elongated hinge members. The two hinge members rotate one within the other between open and closed positions. The hinge members are constructed to avoid any longitudinal gaps between the hinge members in either the open or closed positions.

Abstract: A device for separating the gizzard from the connected entrails of slaughtered poultry comprising an inlet, two oblong cylindrical parallel rotating transport elements and a gizzard separating device, the first element with a helical transport ribbon along its circumference and the second element with at least one row of longitudinal short ribs projecting from the surface and fitting between the screw ribbon of the first element.

Abstract: A sausage skin storage and feeder apparatus comprises a storage container for storing a plurality of layers of shirred sausage casings, an upwardly sloping bottom wall in said container, a conveyor disposed along the bottom wall for transporting the bottom layer of casings upwardly to a discharge location, the upper layers of casings rolling backward in the container, a chute extending from the discharge location to a loading location opposite a stuffing horn and means for dispensing casings onto the stuffing horn.

Abstract: When sausage casings closed at one end are filled and closed on a combined filling and closing machine in the making of sausages which in their final shape have a non-circular cross-section, the sausage casings are filled to less than their entire volumetric capacity because, e.g., a rectangular cross-section has a larger perimeter than a circular cross-section having the same area. In order to exclude air from the unfilled portion of such sausage casings as far as possible and to permit the processing of small and large sausage casings and the filling of sausage meat into a sausage casing consisting of a continuous tubing, part of the sausage casing is initially filled with the intended quantity of sausage meat. The displacing shears of the closing machine are then almost completely closed. Thereafter the filled sausage is compressed by means of pressing jaws before the sausage casing is closed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for monitoring the diameter of sausages and providing a visual display of the diameters. A sausage contact means is mounted along a conveyor which carries the sausages from the stuffing apparatus. The sausage contact means monitors the diameter of the sausages moving along the conveyor, and any difference between these diameters and a selected standard diameter is displayed on a statistical analyzer visible to the operator of the stuffing apparatus.

Abstract: High-shrinkage stretch-broken tows of acrylonitrile polymers are obtained by fixing with saturated steam at maximum temperatures of 140.degree. C. after drawing and before stretch breaking and stretch breaking at a draft of at least 30%.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the working conditions between two rotating cylinders equipped with a point clothing wherein complete elimination of the disturbing influences of the centrifugal force and the increase in temperature of the cylinders onto the working conditions is achieved.

Abstract: The textile fiber sliver is deposited in cans in the form of cycloid-type loops. During deposition, the sliver is delivered via a rotating funnel gear wheel into a rotating can. In addition, the mutual distance between the axes of rotation of the gear wheel and can is varied by laterally displacing the can. Also, the rotational speed of the can is varied during operation so that when the distance between the axes of rotation of the wheel and can is at a minimum, the can rotates at a maximum speed. Likewise, when the distance between the axes of rotation is at a maximum, the can rotates at a minimum rotational speed.

Abstract: A high draft apparatus for use in the worsted spinning process. At the gilling or bobinoir step of the worsted spinning process, a porcupine roller and a middle roller are disposed between a front roller and a back roller to prevent an occurrence of unevenness and to obtain a uniform sliver.

Abstract: A clamping device for shackle mechanisms which can also be used as a tear-open safeguard and as a sheet turner consists of a flat body (8) with two L-shaped apertures (9,9'), one leg (10,10') of each aperture (9,9') extending parallel to the plane of the sheet shackels (17,17') and the legs (11,11') extending transversely thereto being arranged in line, also on the flat body (8) there are two hook-shaped portions (12,12') with a mouth (13,13'), this mouth (13,13') extending, over the distance of the sheet-shackle legs (4,5), parallel to the transverse leg (11,11') of the aperture (9,9') and the mouth (13,13') and transverse leg (11,11') being clampable firmly to the sheet-shackle legs (4,5).

Abstract: The invention provides a clothes peg, preferably a one-piece moulding of plastics material, comprising a pair of limbs extending from a shoulder region. The limbs converge but spread to parallel condition when pushed over the clothes line, and the resilience of the limbs and strength of the shoulder region hold the peg to the clothes line. Adjacent the shoulder region, the limbs have on their inner faces longitudinally extending ribs having flat clothes line engaging faces, which ensure the effective gripping of the line when the line is adjacent the shoulder region.

Abstract: A positively locking snap utilizing a conventionally shaped snap hook having a normally open hook end portion which is opened and closed to receive and discharge a line or other fixture by movement of a U-shaped spring biased closure pivotally connected to the snap body at a position remote from the open hook portion, the U-shaped spring biased closure extending beyond the body of the snap hook on the side opposite to the open hook end and capable of being moved in a direction away from the hook end portion about the pivot to open the snap hook end portion when a locking member received between the snap hook body and the spring biased closure on the hook side of the snap hook body is moved from a position where it interferes with the movement of the spring closure to a position where is does not interfere with that movement, the movement of the locking member being facilitated by the provision of an exposed lateral extension of the member extending beyond the spring biased closure toward the end of the snap h

Abstract: A latching mechanism for latching the front plate of a circuit board module to the circuit board module rack effected by merely inserting the module in the rack. The mechanism includes a resilient tab having a prong with a tapered head. The prong mates with an aperture of a mount on the rack such that at full insertion of the module the head engages the mount through the aperture thus precluding withdrawal of the module from the rack. Depressing the resilient tab allows withdrawal of the prong from the mount through the aperture to unlatch the mechanism and permit withdrawal of the module from the rack.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for applying bottom end stops to a slide fastener chain and simultaneously gapping the chain at predetermined intervals. The apparatus includes a means for positioning and holding a group of fastener elements on the chain, said means being pivotally movable in contact with the applied bottom stop in a plane either perpendicular to or parallel with the plane of the chain.

Abstract: A heat exchanger including a first piece of heat conductive tubing wound in helical configuration defining a plurality of first helical flights having an outboard portion thereon and a second piece of heat conductive tubing wound in a helical configuration defining a plurality of second helical flights having an inboard portion thereon where the first and second helical flights are arranged so that the outboard portions of the first helical flights are in heat conducting contact with the inboard portions of the second helical flights and where the first and second helical flights have been formed by forcing the outboard portions of the first helical flights and the inboard portions of the second helical flights together so that the portions are forced into heat conducting contact with each other. The disclosure also describes the method of manufacturing the heat exchanger and the method of operating the heat exchanger.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for renovating sliding gate valve plates or for adapting conventional plates for use with problem-beset metals. Stationary plates (1) have their orifices (2) bored out to downwardly-tapering form and correspondingly tapered prefabricated refractory insert rings (3) are then cemented in place, the rings having axial depths equal to the plate thicknesses. An orificed plate (7) furnished with an integral depending nozzle (12) has its flow passage (13) bored out such that an upper bore portion extending through the plate (7) and part way along the nozzle (12) is transversely larger than the following downstream bore portion. A prefabricated refractory insert ring (9) is cemented into the upper bore portion, ring (9) being substantially as deep axially as the said bore portion. The downstream bore portion is lined with cementitious, metal-reinforced material (14).

Abstract: Electromagnetic energy shielding material in forms such as form stable gaskets, caulking compounds, coatings, adhesives, etc., the material being composed of a plastic binder and electrically conductive particles having an aluminum core, a first metallic layer thereover e.g., of tin and a silver outer layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for the wiring of terminal elements which permits a plurality of separate operations such as connecting and withdrawing of a wire to and from a terminal element, respectively, and severing of the wire, to be carried out, and which may be manufactured at low cost because of its simple structure. To this end the tool comprises a bipartite plastic grip member (3) accommodating a ram (2) and a striker mechanism. On a protruding ram head (2a) there is provided a wire cutter (6) which may be actuated through a pin-and-slot guide (5, 6c) during a connecting operation. Locking means function to releasably connect the ram (2) to a slider (8) accommodated within the grip member (3) so as to be longitudinally movable.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing adjacent tubs implanted with dopant material ions in the manufacture of LSI complementary MOS field effect transistor circuits (CMOS circuits), and also provides a method sequence for a CMOS process adapted to tub manufacture. In accordance with the principles of the invention, for the greatest possible spatial separation of the tubs, a p-tub (5) is produced before a n-tub (8) and an undercutting (25) of a nitride layer (4) serving as the implantation mask in the p-tub production is intentionally produced, so that, during a subsequent oxidation, the edge of the oxidation is shifted toward the outside by about 1 to 2 .mu.m. Further, the penetration depth x.sub.jn of the n-tub (8) is set smaller by a factor at least equal to 4 relative to the penetration depth x.sub.jp of the p-tub (5), whereby the thickness of the n-doped epitaxial layer (2) and the penetration depth x.sub.jp are about matched to one another. The two tubs are separately implanted and diffused.

Abstract: A multilayer circuit construction includes a conductive layer formed of an alloy of a noble metal and a small amount of a base metal disposed on a heat resistant insulating substrate. The portion of the substrate not covered with the conductive alloy is covered with an oxide of the base metal constituent of the alloy. The construction may be formed by depositing a base metal layer over the substrate, followed by depositing the noble metal over a part of the base metal layer. By oxidizing at high temperatures, the exposed base metal layer is converted to oxide, while the noble metal and the base metal thereunder diffuse into each other to form the alloy.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for automatically assembling end shield assemblies of subassemblies for electric motors. In a preferred form, a system and methods are provided that utilize a non-palletized, non-synchronous concept to convey end shields through a number of assembly stations. At process stations situated along a conveyor, operations are performed on components. One method includes controlling traffic of sub-assemblies by toggle type escapements. A stop or latch of unique design stops end shield components in midstream, and "lifts" of unique design disengage parts from the conveyor and also support such parts during various operations. Photo-optic devices and proximity and reed switch mechanisms are utilized for control purposes. The work stations involved in one system include a unique assembly and pressing station involving oil well covers; a unique feed wick seating system; a unique lubricant adding operation; and unique "building block" mechanisms and methods.

Abstract: A method of making a core adapted to be used in a dynamoelectric machine. The core has a plurality of slots extending therethrough defining a plurality of first pole sections interposed between adjacent ones of a plurality of integrally interconnected second pole sections, respectively. In this method, a plurality of sets of magnetic material elements are located within the slots generally between the first pole sections and the adjacent ones of the second pole sections, respectively, and a nonmagnetic hardenable material is provided at least within the slots so as to at least in part fill the interstices of the slots generally about the magnetic material element sets in the slots, respectively.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the manufacture and adjustment of a Josephson effect magnetic flux pick-up. This process comprises depositing a thin, uniform layer (1) of a superconducting material on a cylindrical insulating bar (2) having an axis and a cylindrical surface, then making a cut (5) through the layer of superconducting material on a line along the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical bar (2), which line is parallel to the axis of the cylindrical bar, while leaving a bridge (7) between two edges of the layer of superconducting material defined by the cut, then subjecting the pickup thus manufactured to pulses for adjustment of the critical current, by induction, and in measuring, by induction, the parameters of the pick-up.

Abstract: A plug-in electrical fuse comprises a fusible wire (9) disposed within an insulating housing (1) and connected between the ends of two blade-like terminals (4) secured within and projecting from the housing. Fuses of this type are manufactured by forming a strip of terminal members from strip metal, each member comprising two spaced substantially-coplanar blade-like terminal portions interconnected at their leading ends (5) by an integral cross-bar portion, and each terminal member being integrally connected with each adjacent terminal member in the strip by an interconnecting bar of the metal strip. Fusible wire is secured to the terminal portions adjacent their rear ends to form a strip of terminal and wire assemblies, and this strip of assemblies is mounted in a strip of insulating housings with the fusible wires disposed within the housings and the leading ends of the terminal portions projecting therefrom.

Abstract: An improved, selective, radiation sensing device is provided which includes a thin strip of pyroelectric material. One side of the material is coated with a continuous layer of metallic material to form an electrode while the opposite side is coated with at least a pair of electrodes and the output of the electrodes are electrically connected to a differential amplifier. A layer of energy filter material is applied over the continuous electrode. This layer is transparent to all energy outside of a desired energy frequency band to which the device is to be sensitive but absorbs and converts to heat all energy applied which is within this band. This heat is conducted quickly into the pyroelectric material which produces a voltage change in the output from the corresponding electrodes.