Abstract: A fluid pump mechanism for delivering a smooth output of fluids to a system utilizing at least one piston in a chamber reciprocative therewithin. The piston has strokes that fill and empty the chamber in conjunction with the action of valve means located at the inlet and outlet of the chamber. Motive means causes reciprocation of the piston within the chamber. Control means is also included for minimizing the time during the piston cycle in which the piston is not emptying the chamber. The invention's scope also encompasses a pressure metering device for a fluid forcing means motivated by an electrical motor.

Abstract: A unitary garment generally known as a "jump suit" having hidden access flaps in the seat portion which can be easily opened and closed to allow the wearer to use toilet facilities without completely removing the garment. The access flaps are formed from a horizontal separation across the garment back at the waist and an invisible zipper which starts at the crotch rear area and extends vertically to and intersects the waistline area at the separation. A piece of elasticized material is attached to the garment above the separation and extends downward and covers the separation when the zipper is closed. A plurality of snaps or hook fasteners are spaced apart along the edges of the waist separation to secure the flaps to the upper waist portion of the garment. In another embodiment the elasticized material is integral the garment, giving even a more finished appearance to the garment.

Abstract: A prosthetic device to enable persons incapable of proper control of their fingers to manipulate objects such as brushes, pencils, or toys. It resembles a partial glove, covering only the palm, held in place with straps around the back of the hand. It uses hook and loop pile (Velcro for example) both to fasten the straps to the body and as a patch on the palm side to which objects fitted with mating pile can be attached. One strap is long enough to provide added support by passing over the handle of the object. A separate patch with a ring in the center is described--this works better for grasping reasonably rigid, extensive objects like balls.

Abstract: A belt having a stretchable substrate and fish-scale type plates attached to the substrate by stapler-like elements.

Abstract: A flexible goggle has an internal frame ledge with anti-glare textured surface.

Abstract: The medullary canal plug is formed by a deformable and expandable outer body having a jacket formed of a number of segments and a conical expansion body which is pulled into the outer body in order to expand the outer body. Spreading of the outer body causes barb-like anchoring elements to hook into the inner wall of a bone. The two bodies are permanently secured together via serrations on the inside of the outer body and the outside of the expansion body.

Abstract: A mechanical knee converts the weight of the wearer to a knee extensor force. A rotatable pulley is supported by the lower leg, and a collar which is attached to the upper leg is connected to the pulley by a link. The link is eccentrically connected to the pulley, and when the user applies weight to the collar, the link rotates the pulley. The extensor force is applied to the collar and the upper leg by a bar which is attached to the leg and which is slidably connected to the pulley by a sleeve.

Abstract: In order to create a water pressure jet cleaner, especially for clogged sinks, which is as simple as possible, quick and handy to use and which can be used with the most widely differing water faucets, it is equipped with a connecting hose (11) with a connecting adapter (7), which can be attached by means of a clamping device (32, 27-31). A cleaning head (13) is provided at the other end of the connecting hose (11).

Abstract: In a pop-up drain fitting threadedly secured to a spider at the lower end of the drain body, the improvement comprising a detent member pivotally joined to the lower end of the pop-up drain fitting. A stop member is disposed adjacent to the detent member to permit the detent member rotation in only one direction. The detent member depends downwardly by gravitational force to extend through the spider. Clockwise threading motion of the pop-up fitting into the drain body is permitted by the detent arm; counterclockwise rotation of the pop-up fitting causes the spider to impinge upon the detent arm and drive it into the stop member, thereby preventing removal of the pop-up fitting.

Abstract: A device for controlling the discharge of water from a toilet tank, in either a full flush mode or a partial flush mode, utilizes an opening mechanism that produces the full flush in its normal condition and without need for any extraordinary manipulation. Shifting the operating handle inwardly, while rotating it in the customary manner, will produce a partial discharge of the contents. The device includes a biasing member, which engages a moving part of the valve assembly to exert a closing bias thereupon, but which does not unduly limit the movement of the valve plug so as to constrain it to less than a fully open position.

Abstract: A convertible couch of a generally conventional size which may be readily converted into a single or twin bed assembly. Rollers are provided beneath the extending arm members of the back couch portion, the rollers being engaged with rail members disposed therebeneath on the horizontal cushion section to facilitate rolling of the back support member with respect to the lower cushion section. A locking latch is provided at the forward end of the arm members to lock the respective members in the desired position.

Abstract: This application relates to an articulated sofa bed construction in which a bar is pivotally attached to the frame at the location where the knees of the user are located when the sofa bed is in bed defining position so that the bar can be raised beneath the mattress to form a knee supporting hump in the bed. The application also relates to a spring tie down construction to prevent the mattress supporting fabric from exerting undue pressure on the head section of the frame when it is in its raised head supporting reading position.

Abstract: Pillow apparatus includes a centrally disposed slot extending axially through a pillow which receives a user's head and a relieved portion beneath the slot, on the bottom of the pillow.

Abstract: A tool is disclosed for setting a screw anchor within a wall. The tool includes a plastic handle attached to a threadable member for engaging the screw anchor. The plastic handle is contoured for easy grasping and has a hole at one end to facilitate rotation of the tool. The handle preferably has a recessed screwdriver blade at the opposite end for tightening a screw in the set screw anchor.

Abstract: A moisture control system is provided for controlling the amount of chemical added to a fabric. The system includes a suction pipe having a slot therein and a fabric positioned to pass over the slot. A vacuum source is connected through conduit means to the suction pipe. A source of liquid is provided including a predetermined percentage of chemical therein to be added to the fabric. Liquid from the liquid source is added to the fabric and the fabric containing the liquid from the liquid source is advanced over the suction pipe whereupon vacuum is applied to the fabric to deliquefy it. The vacuum source is set to provide a predetermined vacuum depending on the chemical concentration of the liquid and the composition of the fabric. As the fabric passes over the slot a change in the vacuum is sensed and the vacuum source is actuated to retain the vacuum to the predetermined condition thereby maintaining a constant moisture level and amount of added chemical in the fabric.

Abstract: A sluice apparatus intended for dosed introduction of abrasive or rubbing elements into, and removal from, a liquid-carrying pipe or tube line system includes a drum-like collecting vessel with three connecting valves--namely, two continuous flow valves and one catcher valve. Disposed inside the vessel is an apertured catcher basket which is spaced from the inside wall of the vessel and which has the geometry of a partial drum with two side plates. Its upper end is secured by means of holding tubes adapted to be supported on holding pins so that the basket can be easily inserted and withdrawn.

Abstract: The invention concerns a pipe cleaning machine for rotating cleaning spirals of different diameters. To adapt the container for the cleaning spiral and the machine to cleaning spirals of different diameters with a minimum of accessories, the container for the cleaning spirals is made in a known manner in the form of a guide hose, but the inside diameter of the guide hose and of its coupling to the machine is equal to or greater than the inside diameter of the hollow shaft parts of the machine which receive the cleaning spirals and a collet for adapting the machine and the guide hose to different cleaning spiral diameters is removably mounted in the coupling.

Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning leaves and other debris from overhead building gutters having a scoop-shaped body open at one end with a plurality of spike-like projections extending from the body. An inverted U-shaped attachment is connected to the scoop-shaped body, and at least one pole defining first and second free ends is provided for removable connection to the attachment.

Abstract: A windshield wiper arrangement for motor vehicles which includes a telescopically constructed wiper arm having an effective length which can be altered during a wiping motion by a crank drive which acts upon the wiper arm and serves to create a particularly good wiping field. In order to enable a particularly compact and reliable construction, the drive for the windshield wiper arrangement is accommodated in a lower part of the wiper arm which is constructed as a housing. The drive includes a toothed gearing driven by a wiper drive unit, with the toothed gearing serving to drive the crank drive. The housing is constructed in such a manner that the windshield wiper arm and crank drive have a common axis of rotation.

Abstract: The invention concerns a scraper device, as well as a tool for assembling such scraper device. The scraper device includes a scraper element and a support element, the scraper element having a groove permitting elastic deformation to establish a form-locking connection between the scraper element and the support element. The tool has a groove sloping toward guide surfaces and enables pressing of the scraper element into the support element by means of an area of pressure that expands in width.

Abstract: A power head unit for use with an external source of vacuum, which unit includes an outer housing defining a brush chamber, a vacuum chamber and a dry chemical carpet cleaning powder retaining chamber. The powder retaining chamber is fashioned with at least one slot extending adjacent the brush chamber which slot is closed off by a covering device such as a sliding door. The sliding door is fashioned with apertures the size of the at least one slot so that correspondence thereof will permit the dry chemical carpet cleaning material to escape from the slot. A powder dispensing roll is provided internally of the powder retaining chamber to convey the dry chemical carpet cleaning material to the slot.

Abstract: A nozzle for a vacuum cleaner which is provided with a suction conduit for attachment to the vacuum cleaner housing. The nozzle has two working members alternately in contact with the work surface. Either of these working members can be alternately placed into operative position by means of a servo mechanism in the form of an actuating member that is movable between two positions.

Abstract: A caster includes a support plate and a yoke adapted to support the support plate, the yoke being pivotably joined to the support plate for rotation about a generally vertical axis. An axle is support by the legs of the yoke and at least one wheel is rotatably supported on the axle. A first ball bearing assembly is provided including a bearing race surrounding the axis of rotation of the yoke and a plurality of balls housed in the race. A second ball bearing assembly is spaced from the first ball bearing assembly and is positioned above the axle, the second ball bearing assembly being adapted to transfer a substantial majority of the weight applied on the support plate to the caster wheel.

Abstract: A gut casing holding nozzle includes a rotating fill tube 1 with a gut casing holding element 4 on its end. This is surrounded by a conical section 5, which is mounted in a mounting 8. Between the conical section 5 and the gut casing holding element 4 there is an annular slot for the gut casing to pass through. The conical section 5 is attached to the mounting 8 with radial and axial play, with the mounting 8 able to rotate. Two anchoring pins 13 attached to the mounting 8 are inserted into cavities 14 in the conical section 5, so as to cause that piece to rotate along with the mounting. In so doing automatic centering of the conical section 5 as compared to the fill tube 1 is guaranteed. Even out-of-round conditions in the fill tube or variations in gut casing wall thicknesses are compensated for automatically. The gut casing holding device is suited for high speed work conditions.

Abstract: A cable harness adjustable to snugly secure axially aligned cables, wires, lines, cords, hoses, tubes and the like, having a wide range of bundle sizes, comprising a loop shaped flexible strap having a ratchet lock at one end thereof and a plurality of ratchet flaps spaced at intervals along its length, the ratchet lock having a channel therethrough orientated in the longitudinal direction of the flexible strap, and adapted to receive the free end of the flexible strap and to permit the passage of the strap therethrough, the channel also having a plurality of teeth orientated to engage the ratchet flaps on the flexible strap and to thereby prevent the backwards withdrawal of the strap from the channel while permitting its further insertion, the ratchet lock has a lateral opening feature which enables the cable harness once closed to be opened by removing the flexible strap laterally from the ratchet lock.

Abstract: A device for mechanically joining sheet material, comprising a separable fastener which may have a pair of complementary extruded plastic members provided with resiliently separable interlocking fastener profiles, and at least one, and generally both, of the fastener members having releasable jaw extension structure for receiving and gripping and retaining sheet material to be joined. In certain forms, the jaw structure includes locking bar means arranged to be inserted into a cavity of the jaw structure. The jaw structure may be extruded from a plastic of greater durometer than the interlocking profiles.

Abstract: A slide fastener has a separable bottom end stop including a pair of separate members mounted on opposite marginal beads of a pair of stringers having interlocking fastener elements carried on the beads. The bottom end stop members are disposed adjacent to the lowermost fastener element for being interlocked with one another. A pair of register marks is disposed one on each of the stringers and is spaced from the bottom stop members to such an extent that the register marks are disposed below the rear end of the slider at the beginning of interlocking of the bottom stop members within the slider upon threading of the pair of stringers through the slider. The register marks are used as a reference to place the separate bottom stop members in correct alignment one with another for proper interlocking.

Abstract: A device for removing curl, folds and the like from a moving web in which elongated fins associated with top and bottom plates cooperate to define a web passageway therebetween. The top plate is preferably associated with the bottom plate such that the top plate is biasable away from the bottom plate by seams, etc., passing therebetween, and may include quick release coupling to facilitate assembly and disassembly of the device without affecting the process with which the device is employed. Relative positions of the top and bottom fins may be adjustably controlled. Preferred different fin spacing permits the handling of webs of varying weights and constructions.

Abstract: An apparatus for compressing a web W of fibrous material where the apparatus includes a first surface (3) movable in one direction and a second surface (5) movable in an opposite direction at a speed slower than the speed of movement of the first surface. A confining means (7) having an apex (10) extends between the surfaces. A stuffing chamber (13) is formed between the two surfaces and the confining means. Movement of the first surface feeds a web of material into the stuffing chamber and movement of the second surface moves compressed material out of the chamber.A method of compressing a web W of fibrous material where said material is forced into a stuffing chamber (13) formed between a confining means (7) having an apex (10) and two surfaces (3 and 5). A web of material is fed into the stuffing chamber by moving one of the surfaces in one direction at a particular speed.

Abstract: A device for collecting body liquids comprising, a receptacle having a chamber to receive and collect the body liquids. The device has a stand having a back member, and legs extending from a lower portion of the back member. An upper portion of the stand is connected to an upper portion of the receptacle. The device has an elongated handle member having inner and outer ends, with the inner end of the handle member being connected to the upper portion of the stand.

Abstract: A roll with a revolving hollow roll and a stationary cross head which extends therethrough lengthwise, spaced a distance from the inside circumference of the hollow roll on all sides, has, in the space between the hollow roll and the cross head, a longitudinal chamber provided with a feed line for pressure liquid, divided by a sealing arrangement which comprises strip shaped longitudinal seals extending on both sides of the action plane of the roll, as well as transverse end seals. The transverse end seals are designed as gap seals, the gap surfaces of which are kept spaced from each other by separate precision antifriction bearings.

Abstract: A dewatering roll or cylinder of a wire press possesses radial support walls upon which there is supported a roll shell or jacket. The roll shell possesses gaps or spaces piercingly extending through the roll shell. The support walls are provided with outflow openings for the expressed liquid.

Abstract: A tube support structure for a helically coiled fluid heat exchanger including a plurality of support strips interconnected by a plurality of support members. Two tubes are nested between support members against a support strip, a spring plate is placed over the tubes and a second strip is pressed on the assembly to the desired spring pressure and affixed.

Abstract: An X-ray transparent and biological inert medical clip for treating aneurisms and the like and process for producing same wherein a graphite reinforced composite film 15, 16, 20 and 21 (FIGS. 1a-1d) is molded into a unitary structure having a pair of "hourglass" like cavities 30, 31 (FIG. 2) hinged together (33) with a pair of jaws 27 and 28 for grasping the aneurism extending from the wall of one cavity and a silicone rubber pellet 35 (FIG. 3) disposed in the other cavity to exert a spring force through the hinge area 33 to normally bias the jaws into contact with each other.

Abstract: A tubular rivet is formed having flared conical head portions in fastening elation to a plurality of laminates presenting outer surfaces that are inclined to planes normal to a bore through the laminates and having countersinks the axes of which are normal to the respective outer surfaces by means of a mandrel having a conical forming head on a bendable pull shaft extending through an annular anvil having a conical forming surface and adapted to swivel relative to the pull shaft.

Abstract: The lead of an electrical component that extends from the bottom of a printed circuit board that is being assembled is inserted through an aperture in a fixed, rigid cutting finger. A cutting sleeve fits over the finger and is rotatable coaxially thereabout. A cutting blade on the rotatable sleeve wipes past the aperture and cuts the lead. As the blade cuts the lead it also clinches, or bends, the lead toward the bottom of the circuit board. Two such mechanisms operate simultaneously to cut and clinch both leads of an electrical component such as a capacitor or resistor.

Abstract: Nb wire and Sn plated Cu wire and/or Sn plated Cu foil strip are fabricated into a composite that is mechanically worked to form a multifilament superconductor precursor that does not require intermediate anneals and that has required amounts of Sn distributed throughout its cross section for efficient reaction with the Nb filaments.

Abstract: A fluid-cooled electrical conductor having excellent heat transfer, low eddy loss, and good space factor is made by encapsulating small magnet wire strands, which constitute an electrically conductive member, in a meltable matrix that supports the wire; wrapping the matrix with an insulating tape having a silicone adhesive backing and thereby forming an insulating member that surrounds the matrix; perforating the insulating member so that an inlet and an outlet are formed through which an insulating coolant fluid can flow; and, heating, melting, and removing the meltable matrix.

Abstract: Keying members (42--42), used to permit mating connectors (32--32) to be inserted onto the proper locations on a backplane (22) of a PCB mounting shelf (10), are initially inserted in a transfer member (62). The transfer member (62) is then positioned proximate the backplane (22) and the keying members (42--42) are urged therefrom onto the backplane (22) by an ejection apparatus (60).

Abstract: A tool for use in stripping plastic sheath from electrical cable has first and second handles pivotally connected in a scissor-like configuration so that each handle has a grip portion and a jaw portion. Each jaw portion carries a jaw element with a transverse cutting blade and a longitudinal slitting blade. The cable is inserted between the jaw elements so that it extends through the tool between and generally parallel to the handles. When the grip portions are moved together, the jaw elements engage the cable so that each transverse blade makes a transverse cut through the plastic sheath. At the same time each longitudinal blade makes a slit in the plastic sheath near the transverse cut. The tool is then pulled toward a free end of the cable so that each longitudinal blade slits the plastic sheath to the free end. The transverse blades are pivotally mounted on the jaw elements so that they swing away from their cutting position when the tool is moved along the cable.

Abstract: A combined pocket knife and money clip has a casing formed of two disc like pieces of injection molded plastic which have a cavity therebetween, a grommet which extends through the casing, a blade pivotally supported on the grommet within the cavity, a spring clip which is retained on the casing by the grommet and cooperates with the casing as a money clip, and a linear spring wire within the casing. The spring wire acts on a cam portion of the blade to bias the blade to an interior position in the cavity and to an exterior position where its cutting edge is located outside the casing.

Abstract: The folding knife structure of this invention is operable to present a blade member which is rigidly held so as to not be movable in any direction except upon great pressure to the folded condition. Our folding knife structure includes a handle assembly; a spring bias assembly connected to the handle assembly; and, a blade assembly pivotally connected to the handle assembly and operably connected to the spring bias assembly. The spring bias assembly includes a spring member having a main body connected to the handle assembly and, integral therewith, a guide portion which is engageable with the blade assembly. The blade assembly includes a blade member having a blade body; an alignment portion integral with the main blade body; and, a cutting edge integral with the main blade body. This invention lies in the contacting relationship of the guide portion of the spring member and the alignment or lock portion of the blade member so as to achieve a line contact therebetween.

Abstract: An underwater cutting or penetrating device includes a source of liquid nogen for cooling a workpiece to a cryogenic temperature before impact by an explosively driven member. Attachment by magnet or clamp, and provision for confining the coolant by flexible gasket or boot are described.

Abstract: A guard for a chain saw of the type having a housing and an elongated saw blade projecting outwardly from the housing including an endless chain having an upper run and a lower run includes an elongated guard arm having a generally arcuately-shaped cross-section, and a spring-loaded hinge pivotably connecting the guard arm at one of its ends to the housing for movement between a first and second end position. In the first end position, the guard arm overlies and extends above the upper run of the chain in a spaced-apart generally parallel relationship thereto, and in the second end position, the guard arm extends upwardly generally normally relative to the chain upper run. The guard arm is resiliently biased by the spring-loaded hinge so that it normally assumes and is urged into the first end position thereof.

Abstract: Drafting instrument for drawing ellipses using scribe arm and members capable of being pivotally connected at two points along the scribe arm, one of the members being constrained to move along a straight line congruent to the minor axis and the other of the members being constrained to move along a straight line congruent to the major axis, as the members reciprocate along their respective lines, a point of the scribe arm describes an ellipse.

Abstract: During the measurement of the length of filamentary materials, for instance a yarn, which is wound into a cross-wound package which is driven by a grooved drum, appreciable errors arise because there is not taken into account slippage. Therefore, with the present method during the winding operation the slip, which is governed by the relationship of the circumferential velocities of the grooved drum and the cross-wound package, is continuously measured in successive time intervals, and there is undertaken a correction of the yarn length determined without taking into account the slip. Thus, sensors continuously measure the rotational speeds of the cross-wound package and the grooved drum, and an angle measuring device determines the diameter of the cross-wound package, these measuring results then being inputted to an evaluation circuit. In the evaluation circuit there is computed the slip and such is incorporated into the length measurement.

Abstract: A centering device for locating and aligning the center of a workpiece with the center axis of the spindle of a manufacturing machine such as a drill press and the like, comprising a centering pointer and a centering block; the centering pointer having a needle slidably disposed therein and an indicator lamp and being adapted to be detachably mounted to the spindle of the manufacturing machine, the centering block having a cylindrical surface and an L-shaped cut away to be mounted onto an edge of the workpiece, the L-shaped cut away having one surface passing through the center axis of the centering block.

Abstract: The device for sensing the outer diameter of a roll of web upon unwinding of the web from the roll for the actuation of a control member when the diameter of the roll has been reduced to a predetermined minimum diameter, comprises a follower arm capable of swinging movement to-and-fro in the direction of the axis of the roll around a fixed axis and urged in the direction of the said roll axis. The swinging movement of the follower arm controls the actuation of a control member. The follower arm carries a feeler element intended to bear against the circumferential surface of the web roll, and the said feeler element is constructed as a gauging fork or snap gauge having a pair of arms which are spaced between each other of a predetermined distance, in such a manner that the clear distance or clearance between the said two arms corresponds to the predetermined minimum diameter of the roll.

Abstract: A touch sensor which is used to examine the machining accuracy of articles to be worked or used in a numerical control tool machine with an automatic tool converter (ATC) known as the machining center comprising a sensor rod which contacts the workpiece and detects the position to be worked, a plunger which shifts the displacement of the sensor rod to a rectilinear motion, a globe joint portion which is provided between the sensor rod and the plunger, a flange portion provided at the rear end portion of the sensor rod and a sensing device connected to the flange portion. In the touch sensor of the present invention, the displacement of the sensor rod is detected with the sensing device through the flange portion, the detecting signals are transmitted to a memory or the numerical control tool machine and in this way the machining accuracy of the workpiece or position to be worked can be detected automatically and exactly.

Abstract: An instrument is disclosed for measuring internal dimensions by effecting an absolute measurement of an internal dimension of a workpiece using two measuring elements.This instrument for measuring internal dimensions has probes of the measuring elements disposed at two points on a plane incorporating the center axis of a positioning member, the forward end portion of which has a tapered surface, and the probes are adapted to abut against the inner wall surface of the workpiece which is guided by the tapered surface of the positioning member, whereby a distance between the two probes in the aforesaid abutting state is detected by a displacement detecting device, thereby measuring the internal dimension of the workpiece.