Abstract: An improved sun visor which can be laid flat in its unused state in order to facilitate ease of storage and which can be removably attached to the temples of a pair of eyeglasses or sunglasses.

Abstract: The nursing dress includes an outer dress portion covering the torso of a woman and having a given color and design. An under dress portion, in turn, covers the torso from the inside upper front margin of the outer dress portion and extends downwardly over the top areas of the breasts to within a short distance of the nipples and is of the same color and design as the outer dress portion. This under dress portion may be detachably secured to the inside of the outer dress portion at the shoulders and side arm areas. An exposing arrangement such as zippers or buttons on the front of the outer dress portion permits an area of the outer dress portion to be removed from in front of the torso to expose the under dress portion and an uncovered area of a breast for nursing a child. Since the under dress portion has the same color and design as the outer dress portion, it blends in with the remaining front of the outer dress portion to camouflage the fact that an area of the outer dress portion has been removed.

Abstract: The jeans or trousers have a pocket or pockets sewn onto the hip portion to define an opening along the top of the pocket for gaining access to the interior of the pocket. The top of the pocket may be slanted for better access, and may include optional closure means or flap for closing the pocket. The interior of the pocket is provided with an opening through the hip portion of the trousers to permit access to the wearer's body.

Abstract: A fashionable ladies belt intended for wearing on the outside of the clothing has relatively wide side and rear portions and a narrow closure portion, which may be tied, buckled or otherwise fastened. A pocket is constructed on the inside of the belt so that it overlies a side of a wearer. The pocket extends the full vertical dimension of the belt and has a horizontal dimension of about four to five inches. An inward opening near the top of the pocket is closed by a zipper.

Abstract: Shorts adapted for use by patients in hospitals, clinics and physicians' offices. A pair of shorts are provided having a front portion (12) and rear portion (14) joined together at a crotch (20) and including a waistband (16) and identical leg portions (18) extending from the crotch substantially above the patient's knees. The rear portion contains an elongated opening (22) extending from below the waistband to above the crotch. A flap (24) secured at its lower end to the rear portion just below the opening contains a fastener (30) at the opposite end of the flap adapted to be removably fastened to a fastener (32) disposed on the rear portion above the opening whereby the flap covers the opening and can be unfastened to provide access to the patient's anal area.

Abstract: This invention relates to a safe guard protective equipment for fighting arts which protects the face and head of fighters in various fighting arts, and is constituted from a resilient cover body formed on the front with a viewing window for securing sufficient breathing and field of view for the wearer and covering the periphery of face and the sides of head and a protective mask secured fixedly to the front of the cover body to cover the viewing window, having a spherical viewing portion and formed of transparent anti-shock synthetic resin, and characterized in that the protective mask is individually provided in the lower half and the outer periphery of the viewing portion with vent holes and ventilating windows to exhaust the breathes of the wearer to the outside.

Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve has at least one occluder leaflet in which lateral extensions on each leaflet are insertable into generally trapezoidal or triangular depressions formed in diametrically opposed extension walls of the valve body and which depressions both guide and limit the opening and closing movement of each leaflet through predetermined angles of movement.

Abstract: Polymer pads are inserted between the bones of an arthritic or damaged body joint in order to better cushion the joint bones, thus relieving pain and improving function. It is preferred to introduce the pad by injecting a liquid that cures within the joint, while traction is applied to the joint bones. Silicones or tanned proteins are useful, and may contain radiopaque additives to enable radiographic inspection during injection and/or after the pad insertion is completed.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a flexible ceramic bio-implant member comprising a bundled body of a plurality of ceramic fibers having flexibility and elasticity and bundled into a desired shape in the state of the fibers being allowed to make flexible movement. The bio-implant member is enabled to serve the purpose of flexible reinforcement of a conventional implant member by the use of this flexible bio-implant member in combination with the latter.

Abstract: A foot section of the artificial limb comprising a base, a housing pivotally connected to the base to form an ankle joint, a shaft pivotally connected to the other portion of the base and extending into the housing, and a bumper device for adjusting a heel-height of the foot regardless of change of the heel-height. A pivotal axis of the housing relative to the base is positioned on a line which lies intermediate an axial line of the shaft and a toe break of the foot.

Abstract: An intraocular lens for implantation within an eye after cataract surgery, etc. The intraocular lens has a free-ended, compressible, sizing prong, which sizing prong in its natural uncompressed state has a preformed closed coil spring section between its ends. This intraocular lens with its sizing prong is particularly suited for implantation within the posterior chamber behind the iris where the sizing prong is outwardly biased against the ciliary sulcus area of the eye to hold the intraocular lens in proper viewing position.

Abstract: An intra-ocular implant constituted by a lens provided with loops for fixation extending substantially radially outside the lens. According to one of the features of the invention, at least one of the front loops is constituted by two wires curved towards each other and terminated by sharp points which overlap in rest position.

Abstract: A pair of rigid discs are riveted coaxially together at their centers to permit relative rotation therebetween. One disc has therethrough a pair of spaced, elongate slots, and the other a plurality of pairs of circular openings which are arranged about the axis of the discs in such a manner that only one pair thereof at a time can register with the two slots in said one disc. A resilient backing layer of rubber or the like is secured to the outer face of one of the discs and has therethrough a plurality of slots or openings which are similar to, and in registry with, the slots or openings in the disc to which it is secured. In use the overflow strainer of a tub is removed to expose the overflow opening, and the discs are rotatably adjusted until one of the pairs of circular openings registers through the pair of slots with the strainer mounting lugs.

Abstract: An apparatus for accommodating an electrical cord in a heated toilet seat having a toilet seat body and a base cover pivotally connected to each other, wherein an electrical cord adapted for electrical connection between a heater mounted within the toilet seat body and a controller therefore is secured at one by a grommet provided on the base cover and at the other end by a cord fastener in the toilet seat body. Sufficient cord slack is provided in the toilet seat body so that the cord may be retracted or extended during the pivoting of the toilet seat body. The cord slack is in the shape of a loop, and a guide stopper is positioned within the loop to guide the cord during extension and retraction and limit the maximum extension of the cord.

Abstract: A rugged and aesthetically pleasing cabana construction for a portable toilet is disclosed. Resilient plastic walls of the structure are connected to W-shaped corner extrusions to provide the cabana with indented corners to protect them from physical damage. The walls are secured in such a manner so as to minimize shear forces on the fasteners securing the edges of the walls to the corner extrusions. A cover hinged to the effluent holding tank is provided with an integral toilet seat. Preferably, the walls are co-extruded polyethylene plastic sheets with a double useable face, the inner faces of which have the same matching color to provide the interior of the cabana with a uniform aesthetically pleasing appearance while allowing the exterior of the cabana to be multicolored if desired.

Abstract: An arrangement for bathing invalids, or others with impaired ambulatory ability, comprises an enclosure having a bathtub with upstanding walls which form a stall. The bathtub includes a seat having an anatomical contour and a lateral opening adjacent the seat to permit invalid ingress and egress. A door with a generally wedge-shaped contour mates with and selectively closes the bathtub opening, and includes a seal compressed between the opening lip and the door to form a seal which is sufficiently leakproof to permit immersal bathing of a seated invalid. The door is slideably mounted on a hingeless track assembly, which vertically translates the door into the closed position and pivots the door as it is raised into a horizontal, overhead storage position. Shower heads are mounted on the walls of the stall to provide both shower and immersal bathing for hygiene and therapy.

Abstract: A patient positioning device characterized by a horizontal support beam, a pair of motors coupled to the support beam, a first cable and hook assembly associated with a first motor, a second cable and hook assembly associated with a second motor, and a motor controller operative to selectively actuate the first motor, the second motor, or both motors simultaneously. Rigid, body contoured supports and/or flexible slings are coupled to one or both of the motors to selectively lift portions of a patient's body from a bed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-purpose tool having particular, although not exclusive, use in conjunction with milling machines in which a drawbar is employed to engage and disengage a tool collet wherein the drawbar protrudes above the machine tool and is rotatable to release and secure the collet. The tool of the present invention combines a socket wrench for rotating the drawbar and a mallet for tapping the bar to free up the collet taper. The tool is dynamically balanced about the axis of the center of mass which is fitted to the protruding end of the drawbar. A handle is provided which is extendable to increase the torque or leverage available to the user and the handle itself is weighted to take advantage of centrifugal force to urge the handle towards its retracted position. A beveled pin or wedge device is also provided to inhibit the lowering of the drawbar with the tool still engaged with the protruding end.

Abstract: A connector is provided between a wiper arm and a wiper blade. The connector includes aligned openings in the parallel walls of the wiper blade with extensions of the opening extending radially outward from the center of the opening. The connector also includes on the wiper arm a transverse member of a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the aligned openings in the blade. A pair of opposed stops extend radially outward from the transverse member with the stops being oriented to align with the extensions on the openings in the blade when the arm and blade are in any position other than the wiping position on the windshield. After the transverse member passes through the openings and the stops pass through the opening closest to the arms, the blade is rotated relative to the arm to secure the arm on the blade ready for wiping the windshield.

Abstract: A paint roller cleaner wherein a paint roller is pivotally mounted within a housing, and an in-line series of jets of a water-detergent solution are directed at and along the paint roller. The line of jets is positionable so that they will both effect rotation of the roller and wash paint out of it. Cleaning is aided by the irregular surface of a scrubbing member which engages the paint roller as it is being sprayed with liquid and rotated. After the washing operation, a series of in-line jets of air are directed at the roller, and these jets are positioned at an angle to both rotate and dry the paint roller. The detergent solution is injected into the water by means of a venturi tube positioned in the path of the flow of the water prior to its ejection by the jets.

Abstract: A vehicle for cleaning drains or cesspools has a tank for taking up and transporting waste material such as sludge, an aspiration pipe and a reel for the pipe. The reel is so placed that, at least when aspiration is taking place, its axis is upright, this making possible the use of a single-piece aspiration pipe which only has to be uncoiled from the reel to the degree necessary to get the inlet end of the pipe to the point at which it is needed within the cesspool or the like.

Abstract: A nozzle assembly (26) to be connected to an outlet 24 of a flexible inflatable bag (18, 20) for emitting a stream of air under pressure therethrough to remove fluid from the surface of a vehicle including an elongated body portion, an inlet portion (36) defining a first elongated opening (37) and being adapted to be connected to the bag outlet (24), and a nozzle portion (38) defining a second opening (40) having a smaller area than the first opening (37). The nozzle assembly (26) is characterized by a plurality of rollers (50) and a plurality of projections (52) extending from and being integral with the nozzle portion (38) for supporting the rollers (50) longitudinally along the nozzle portion (38).

Abstract: A carpet steaming tool comprising an elongated plenum having a flat steam dispensing surface and a blade member extending along the tool and projecting transversely beyond the dispensing surface to comb or stir a carpet pile while steam is being dispensed.

Abstract: An upright type electric cleaner including a main body case (1) and a suction port body (1), wherein when the main body case is brought to an upright position as the machine is inoperative, a rotary brush extending downwardly from the bottom of the suction port body (1) is released from contact with the surface to be cleaned. The suction port body includes a single switching knob which, when manipulated, enables the speed of operation of the rotary brush and the distance between the rotary brush and the surface to be cleaned to be adjusted simultaneously. A part of exhaust air of the cleaner released through a blower is led through a sound absorbing duct located in a bag compartment into a cord reel chamber to thereby greatly reduce the noise level of exhaust and preventing cord overheating of a power cord of the cleaner.

Abstract: An upright vacuum cleaner includes a rotary brush 12 disposed at a suction port in a floor nozzle 4 and capable of being rotated or stopped by shifting a motor-driven belt toward a drive pulley 17 or an idle pulley 18. The upright vacuum cleaner can conveniently be used for cleaning flat noncarpeted floors as well as carpeted floors.

Abstract: A door hinge and hold open which includes generally U-shaped male and female hinge members having the legs thereof pivotally secured to each other. The hold open lever is pivoted to one of the legs of the male hinge member and biased into engagement with a detent roller on a respective leg of the female hinge member by a compression spring seating between the base of the male hinge member and a spring retainer generally traversing the legs of the male hinge member and having one side thereof engaging the hold open lever and the other side thereof engaging the other leg of the male hinge member.

Abstract: In a hinge device for inclined tiltable windows with external overlapping cover rails, the base plate of the main frame supports through a pair of pivotable links an intermediate member which is movable in a parallelogramlike--or pantographlike--manner and itself carries a pivot pin on which the sash base plate of the hinge device is journalled. The rotation of said base plate about the pivot pin is co-ordinated with the movement of the intermediate member by way of a coupling link that through pivot pins is connected with the sash base plate and the pivotable link adjacent the coupling link, respectively. The coupling link makes it possible in a simple and cheap manner to reliably controlling the hing parts during the full tilting of the sash in both directions.

Abstract: By increasing the mass and reducing the surface friction of the piston driving a penetrating bolt in an animal stunning gun and providing that bolt with a conically-shaped recess at its tip, maximum penetrating force with minimum gun complexity is achieved. The control valve releases the piston driving fluid, e.g. compressed air, very rapidly for the maximum surge effect on the piston driving the bolt. Further simplification of the gun without the sacrifice of any performance is achieved by utilizing magnetic or mechanical retention means for the bolt prior to the firing of the gun.

Abstract: A stunning gun having a relatively massive cylindrical piston with annular recesses, such piston forming a slip fit with its containing cylinder and riding on an air bearing, is provided with a springless valving system which relies on differential air pressures to keep the valves closed and permits a massive air influx into the containing cylinder when one of the sources of air pressure acting on one of the valves is cut off by the manual opening of another valve in the system.

Abstract: A machine including a bone press cylinder with a rod member for axial displacement of the main bone of a fowl part. Stripping blades are driven by blade cylinders into lateral engagement with the fowl part bone. A shear blade severs remaining tendons and ligaments from the dislodged bone. Bone guides confine the part bone for axial passage past the stripping blades and shear blade. The bone press cylinder rod member carries a cam equipped plate the cams of which actuate, in sequence, the various powered blades of the machine. The stripping blades, shear blade and bone guides are all mounted on a detachable member of the machine to permit convenient removal for cleaning and maintenance purposes.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for cleaning squid bodies which have been separated from the heads and tentacles, employing upstream and downstream, partially overlapping, facially confronting, perforate conveyor belts, through the perforations in which a vacuum apparatus is employed to hold such bodies tightly against the belts. On the upstream belt, successive bodies are slit along one side to fillet them, thus to enable them to lay out flat on the belt, with mechanical and hydraulic scrubbing action then employed to clean one side of each body. Where the two belts overlap, a transfer action takes place, with the successive bodies there transferred to, and then held against, the other belt to expose the opposite sides of the bodies for mechanical and hydraulic scrubbing action.

Abstract: A system for monitoring and securing a zone associated with a power driven textile machine, which machine includes a part which moves when the machine is in operation in a manner to endanger an individual present in the zone, which system includes a radiation emitting device for producing a beam of directed radiation and for directing such beam along a path coincident with at least one boundary of the zone, a radiation responsive device positioned in the path of the radiation beam for producing an output indication when it is not receiving the directed radiation and a control unit connected to the radiation responsive device for halting movement of the part in response to appearance of the output indication.

Abstract: A meter clamping ring for securing an electric meter housing of the type haing a peripheral mounting flange to a meter socket, comprising a clamping ring having ends with portions adapted to overlap to align lock receiving openings. One end is provided with a housing for enclosing the lock. In one embodiment of the invention, the end portions have cooperating means allowing them to be snapped together into the bolt-receiving position to facilitate assembly of the bolt. Resilient means is provided on the inside of the ring which is dimensioned to be flexed against the meter mounting flange when the ring is assembled to prevent any looseness between the ring and the mounting flange resulting from manufacturing tolerances.

Abstract: A clasp for a wrist bracelet comprises upper and lower pivotally interconnected plates. Flanges are provided for connecting the upper plate to one end of a wrist bracelet and the free end of the bracelet is selectively received between a pivotally mounted locking plate and the lower plate. The plates are movable between a spaced apart or open position wherein the free end of the bracelet may be slid freely beneath the locking plate, thereby allowing a wearer to obtain a comfortable fit, and a locked position wherein the plates are pressed together and the locking plate is actuated so as to restrain further movement of the free end of the bracelet.

Abstract: A clamp has a split ring with projections extending outwardly from shoulders on the ring. The projections converge towards each other outwardly of the ring and have grooves onto which a nut is threaded. This causes the projections to be moved towards each other thereby closing the gap in the ring, and tightening the clamp. The inward movement of the projections is facilitated by grooves in the shoulders. A rib and projections are provided on the radially inner surface of the ring to facilitate the gripping of a body clamped by the clamp. A strengthening rib and handles are provided on the radially outer surface of the ring. The clamp is simple and secure and can be manufactured cheaply from a plastics material.

Abstract: After compressive shrinking, moist (15% to 25% moisture by weight of fabric), preshrunk fabric is directed into a drum-type drier in which it is restrained while being dried to a moisture content of say 5% to 14%. Thereafter, the fabric is completely dried in a loop-type drier and additionally preshrunk while the fabric is in a relaxed state.

Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus (10) and a method for forming, in situ, an external guard member (12), preferably of a spring steel wire material, on a hose (14).Spring steel wire is highly desirable as a material for guard members. Heretofore it has been necessary to preform the spring steel wire on a coiling machine and install precut lengths of the coil onto partially assembled hoses.The present invention overcomes the above problems of construction and assembly by providing an apparatus (10) and method for forming the preferred spring steel wire guard member (12) in situ on a hose (14) having fittings preassembled on both ends. The apparatus (10) includes a forming head (20) having separable first and second portions (46,48). A plurality of radially spaced die members (60) are provided on the first and second portions (46,48) to fully form two complete coils of a guard member (12).

Abstract: Valve spring compressor tool for internal combustion engines having an overhead camshaft. The tool has a fulcrum bracket removably attached to the engine providing means to pivot a lever, and a lever assembly having a depressor member used to depress the valve spring and means to retain the lever in position to hold the valve spring in the depressed state.

Abstract: A matrix releasably mounted on an elongated matrix shoe is pressed by end faces of a pair of spring-biased clamping levers tiltable at outer ends about axes parallel to the axis of the matrix against an upwardly extending abutment face of the shoe, and a tool including a slide movable between the clamping levers to spread the same apart and having a withdrawal lever tiltable above the slide about an axis extending transverse to the latter and carrying a pin arranged to enter a catch bore provided in the matrix for withdrawing the matrix in the direction of the elongation of the shoe from the latter.

Abstract: A retrievable float valve hanger tool assembly provides a hanger sub having a first upper connection for attaching the hanger sub, for example, threadably, to a drill string or work string. A second lower connection means on the sub provides both external and internal threaded (for example) connections, which allow the sub to be connected on its inner threads to a float valve canister and at its external threads to an extension which forms a protective housing about the float valve and its valve canister during operation. The device places the float valve below the joint of the sub and the extension so that an explosive charge can be detonated at the joint allowing easy removal of the float valve from the drill string in the event that the drill pipe becomes stuck. A continuous bore through the assembly allows fluid circulation through the tool in the work string and also allows the explosive charge to be lowered by wireline, for example, to the tool assembly at the appropriate joint.

Abstract: A saturation-limited bipolar transistor device or circuit and a method of making same are provided which includes a merged NPN transistor and a PNP transistor structure formed so as to produce denser cells or circuits. A simple process is used to form the structure which includes a double diffused technique for making the PNP transistor. The PNP transistor has a double diffused emitter-base arrangement wherein the emitter is asymmetrically positioned with respect to the base so as to also serve as a contact for the base of the NPN transistor. The PNP transistor limits the input current by bypassing excess current to a silicon semiconductor substrate or chip. The structure includes an N type epitaxial layer formed on an N type subcollector with a P type region provided near the surface of the epitaxial layer. The epitaxial layer serves as the NPN collector and as the PNP base contact region.

Abstract: A process for forming a resistor structure which comprises a polysilicon strip having a resistor region with tungsten leads formed on opposite ends of the strip. A protective oxide is grown on the sides of the silicon strip preventing undercutting of the oxide layer disposed beneath this strip. This prevents formation of the tungsten under the strip or along the sides of the strip which would otherwise place stress on the strip in addition causing other problems.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a control device includes interconnecting a switch segment with a terminal and another switch segment and mounting a plurality of electrical circuit elements within a housing with contact sections of the electrical circuit elements being located in different preselected elevations therein, respectively. The terminal is associated with the housing with the another switch segment extending in overlaying spaced apart relation with the contact sections of the electrical circuit elements located in the housing. A method of operating a control device and a control device are also disclosed.

Abstract: Apparatus for successively attaching terminals to stripped ends of electric conductors which are delivered from a wire cutting and insulation stripping apparatus to a conductor supply zone in which the conductors are successively picked up by gripping jaws of finger assemblies carried by a conveyor chain and transported to a terminal attaching zone including successive spaced apart first and second terminal attaching devices, each having dies for crimping a terminal end portion to a received end of the conductor, and in which a conductor gripping mechanism in the terminal attaching zone is operatively controlled to axially move the conductor with a terminal attached to one end by the first terminal attaching means in a direction and for a period dependent upon its length to dispose its opposite end in a predetermined position for the attachment of a terminal thereto by the second terminal attaching device.

Abstract: A semi-automatic, poly-sleeve labeler has a banding station to which containers are conveyed, there being a roll supply of flat, tubular, poly-sleeve labels above the station. A fixed, upstanding, flat, holder and an inclined, spring-biased, pivoted, flat, holder are mounted at a predetermined distance above the level of the conveyor path to support an open band. The operator tears off a band, places it over the holders, presses a pedal which causes a piston head to lift the container at the station, up through the holders for frictional engagement within the band. The banded container is removed and the parts return for the next cycle. A gear rack and pinion mechanism advances the bands individually and successively over a spreader to a tear-off location at about eye level. The spreader includes oppositely disposed concave recesses in each of which one of the oppositely disposed feed rolls is seated.

Abstract: A splicing head for positioning multiple wire pairs of a cable for connection to an electrical connector is provided with a removably mounted comb to facilitate the addition of a second cable to a connector with a connected first cable. The splicing head has a bed for receiving a modular electrical connector with its sattached cable. The comb is then mounted by vertical supports on a backside of the splicing head. The comb has multiple wire guides. A second cable is placed adjacent the comb and its wire pairs are separated and placed in the wire guides. The ends of the wires of the second cable are then attached to proper contacts on the modular connector mounted on the bed which already carry the corresponding wire pairs of the first cable. The comb is then removed to allow removal of a connected unit consisting of the modular connector, the pre-connected first cable, and the newly connected second cable.

Abstract: A process for the production of bi-metallic contact rivets with especially thin precious metal layers.

Abstract: A razor handle comprising a grip portion, a neck portion, a connector at a free end of the neck portion for connecting a shaving unit to the handle, and a pusher member molded integrally with the handle and movable in response to pressure applied thereon by an operator to cause a free end of the pusher member to bear against a shaving unit disposed on the connector to dislodge the shaving unit from the connector.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tube cutter, especially for plastic tubes, which comprises a housing that can surround the tube and having a rotation guide gripping the tube. The tube cutter has a cutting tool which can be sunk into the outer surface of the tube, having a lengthwise guide and a tool holder movable therein. The cutting tool has a cutting edge which runs at an angle to the direction of movement of the tool holder and lies substantially in a plane passing through the rotational axis. By these means it is possible to produce bevels with the cutting edge.

Abstract: A fabric repairing tool is provided with a cylindrical sheet metal cutter having a helically extending sharp cutting edge. The cutter is affixed to an arbor which moves the cutter into a die mounted within a stationary sleeve wherein the arbor is slidably supported to cut out a piece from fabric held in the path of the cutter.