Abstract: The protective garment of the present invention primarily for use as protective athletic equipment includes protective gear for the shoulders, ribs, biceps, forearms, thighs, knees and shins. The protective garment is generally composed of variable pressure pads, air cushions, and/or shields. The variable pressure pad includes two superimposed plies of a light-weight, non-elastic fluid-impervious fabric material having the adjacent surfaces of the material sealed around the periphery to form a pressure tight inflatable garment which does not distend and other adjacent surfaces sealed at regions internally of the periphery to define a plurality of fluid chambers and fluid passageways. The internal fluid chambers are fluidly communicable with adjacent fluid chambers by means of the fluid passageways. The material crinkles and folds over at preselected regions to constrict fluid communication between the fluid chambers as an external force is applied to the variable pressure pads.

Abstract: A baseball glove according to this invention comprises an anti-glare web attached between sheaths thereof for the thumb and the index finger. A player can watch a fly by peering through the web without being hindered by the glare of sunlight or stadium lights of illumination.

Abstract: A necktie protector comprises a flat flexible plastic envelope having two identical elongate flat plastic faces joined at the long edges thereof and not being joined at the short edges thereof. Flat plastic tabs extend centrally from two adjacent unjoined edges.

Abstract: An upper-body garment, such as an athletic jersey, has a facility whereby its characteristic color may be changed so that a wearer while participating in a team sport may switch teams without having to change jerseys. The garment has an inner shell and an outer shell. The outer shell comprises front and rear panels having one color on the outside and another color on the inside which is the same as the color of the inner shell. The panels may be attached together over the shoulders when the one color is to be exposed, and the panels may be detached so as to hang down from a midriff section of the garment when the other color is to be exposed.

Abstract: An improved golf glove in which the wearer can grip a golf club more firmly. The palm portions of the fingers are made to be shorter than the back portions and the palm portion of only the thumb portion is longer than its back portion.

Abstract: This invention relates to an item of disposable protective headwear, particularly surgical headwear. The headwear has a crown-piece formed from a rectangular sheet of nonwoven fabric, e.g . a viscose rayon nonwoven fabric, having a pair of opposed side edges and a pair of opposed end edges. The sheet is pleated along longitudinal foldlines parallel to the opposed pair of side edges, and at least some of the pleats are secured together at each end of the pleated sheet. The opposed side edges being secured to a head-band of nonwoven fabric provided with tie-strings. In one embodiment of the invention there is provided a surgeons cap and a in another a surgeons hood. The invention also provides a method and apparatus for producing disposable protective headwear and in particular a method and apparatus for continuous production of disposable protective headwear.

Abstract: A helmet suitable for use by combat vehicle crewmen comprises a rigid she formed of a ballistic resistant material, having earcup receiving extensions affixed thereto. Earcups are mounted in the shell extensions and are capable of movement in two directions relative thereto. The helmet also has an internal suspension system which affords two additional size adjustments.

Abstract: A novel chemical dispenser for dispensing a predetermined volume of a chemical solution into a body of liquid, such as water in a toilet tank, in response to a change in the level of the liquid comprises a container which holds the solid chemicals to be dispensed, an air vent extending from the top of the container, and a siphon which enters the container through a deck located below the top of the container and has a U-shaped bend extending above the top of the container but below the top of the air vent. The dispenser structure provides substantial isolation of the chemical solution in the dispenser from the surrounding tank water between flushes without the presence of any isolating air bubbles and also provides a color change signal indicating when the solid chemical within the dispenser is depleted.

Abstract: A bath rack assembly for use in a bath or shower stall in combination with a bath seat appliance to store and retain toiletries and bathing materials within reach of a person utilizing the bath seat appliance. The generally L-shaped bath rack assembly has an attachment bar which removably hooks onto the bath seat appliance and has a floor, back, and at least one retaining bar to retain the toiletries and bathing materials on the bath rack assembly. The floor and back of the rack assembly are generally porous to prevent retention of bathing water. A retaining bar is provided to provide attachment for a razor blade shaving device. A generally horizontal grid apparatus is attached to the retaining bar to provide storage position for a bar of soap.

Abstract: A self-contained portable shower which can be readily disassembled and conveniently stored in a compact carrying case.

Abstract: A bee hive frame spacer comprising a spacer body having an opening lengthwise therethrough and having double side walls wherein ribbed interior side walls that engage the sides of frame extensions are adapted to compensate for variations in frame extension widths and wherein exterior side walls provide uniform frame-to-frame spacing within a bee hive body and absorb any extra space between frame extensions to prevent the accumulation of propolis. Mounting brackets are provided for attaching the spacer to frames with broken extensions. An extractor tab is provided on the top of the spacer to facilitate prying the frame out of a bee hive with a standard hive tool, and extractor lugs are provided to facilitate removal of frames with a special extractor tool.

Abstract: A dock leveller for releasable securement to a loading dock installation is disclosed. The dock leveller comprises a main frame with a ramp hinged to the main frame for swinging movement. Securement devices are provided for releasably securing the dock leveller to the dock installation. The securement devices comprise at least one latch for connecting the main frame to the dock installation. The arrangement of latches is such to fix securely the dock leveller to the dock for withstanding traffic over the ramp.

Abstract: A pallet for use in decking a bridge constructed from girder sections of the type disclosed in Patent No. GB 1209747 comprises a plurality of decking units (1) held in pre-determined disposition by tie bars (7) and spacers (6) so as to engage directly with corresponding recesses (4) in the girder sections (5). The pallet is provided with slinging eyes (9) and may be used to carry additional decking units for manual distribution along the girder sections.

Abstract: A car washer for a stationary car, including a pair of tracks on the floor, between which the car remains, an upright arch frame to pass over the car and having wheels on the track; a plurality of scrubber curtains of cloth, felt-like material cut into strips and suspended from the frame to engage and scrub the automobile as the frame passes along the automobile, means oscillating the strips in side to side direction, spray nozzles directing cleaning solution onto the strips; the mobile frame moving along the car, first in one direction, then in the reverse direction; upright rotary scrubbers on arms which swing toward and away from the automobile body, the arms being mounted on the upright frame, the rotary scrubbers also being made of strips of cloth, felt-like material, nozzles directing cleaning solution onto such strips, the rotary scrubbers being reversible, and the control means for the rotary scrubbers requiring reversing of the rotary scrubbers when the mobile arch frame reverses its direction.

Abstract: A rinsing brush for deep glassware is mounted on a rigid arm which is pivotally attached to a connecting element, in turn attached to a suction cup. A relatively rigid reaction cup is interposed between the suction cup and the pivoted rigid arm, whereby when the arm is swung to an upright use position, the rigid cup is depressed to clamp the margin of the suction cup while the latter is stretched upwardly by the connecting element. A locking sleeve above the rigid cup holds the brush on in the upright use position.

Abstract: A trash collection system for use on vehicles includes a main receptacle having an interior in which a partial vacuum is induced by a vacuum pump. A vacuum line network is connected to the main receptacle and includes one or more main collection lines extending along the rows of seats and feeder lines extending up between the individual seats. The upper ends of the feeder line are open allowing passengers to dispose of trash into the feeder line after first opening the spring-loaded lid. A liquid dispenser dispenses water into the main collection line to extinguish any lit material which may be disposed of into the system.

Abstract: A caster-locking device for baby carriages (1) has a fixed shaft (7) secured to the lower end of a front leg (2) of the baby carriage, a notched cylindrical locking body (8) attached to the fixed shaft, a caster bracket (10) installed for rotation on the fixed shaft, a ground-engaging wheel (4) rotatably mounted on an axle (13) inserted in the caster bracket, a locking lever (14) rotatably attached to the caster bracket and having an operating knob (14d) adapted to be operated for rotation from the outside. Holders (15, 16, 17, 18, 19) hold the locking lever engaged with or disengaged from one or more notches (8a or 8b) in the locking body. The orientation of the locking lever and notches relative to each other and to the wheel is such that the locking can take place only when the wheel is in a predetermined position.

Abstract: An apparatus for macerating meat in which a plurality of slotted discs, spaced apart by crushing rings and mounted for rotation on a shaft are disposed in opposition to a generally circular roller having a smooth surface whereby portions of meat introduced between the slotted discs and crushing rings and the smooth roller are carried between the opposed members, macerated and do not jam between them.

Abstract: A hose clamp structure and hose construction employing same are provided wherein such structure comprises a pair of cooperating interconnectible members each having a plurality of teeth adapted for interconnecting engagement and wherein the members upon being interconnected around an associated hose end extend substantially over a first arcuate length of the hose end with a second arcuate length of the hose end completing the remaining 360.degree. circumference of such hose end. Each of the members is defined as a separate part and has means for connecting the members to the hose end such that when the members are connected to the hose end the second arcuate length of the hose end is employed as clamping means and the connected members and second arcuate length cooperate to define an annular construction enabling the hose end to be clamped around an associated structure.

Abstract: A lever-operable fastener for pulling two parts of a skiing boot toward each other comprises a rack (1) , which is secured to one of said parts and adapted to receive a tensioning lever (2). A tensile element (3) is connected to the other of said parts and acts on said tensioning lever at a point which is spaced from a detent element (4), which is provided on the tensioning lever (2) and is adapted to extend into a tooth space of said rack (1) so as to define a fulcrum for said lever.

Abstract: A grip for cable, especially fragile cable such as fiber optic cable having a fragile connector at one end thereof. The grip comprises an elongated, hollow protective sheath with an open rearward end for receiving the connector therein, a pulling device coupled at the forward end of the sheath by means of a forwardly tapered nose piece and an open mesh sleeve coupled at the rearward end of the sheath for engaging the cable upon a longitudinal stretching thereof which radially reduces the sleeve around the cable. The pulling device comprises a shaft journalled for free rotation on the nose piece by ball bearings mounted in the nose piece to allow the sheath to rotate about its longitudinal axis as it is being pulled.

Abstract: A cord lock is provided for securing or locking a flexible cord or the like. The cord lock has but three pieces, a molded plastic cylinder and a molded plastic piston, and a biasing spring trapped therebetween. Snap-over cammed retaining means are provided for holding the piston and cylinder in assembled relation against the biasing force of the spring. Confronting flats are provided on the outer surface of the piston and inner surfaces of the cylinder to maintain rotational alignment so that a pair of lateral apertures in the cylinder can be aligned with a cross-bore in the piston for movement of a cord or the like therethrough.

Abstract: A clamping arrangement for clamping a corona discharge wire in electrophotographic copying apparatuses has a bush member with an inner surface provided with a plurality of teeth, a clamping member located inside the bush and having an outer surface provided with a plurality of teeth, so that one end portion of the corona discharge wire can be clamped between the teeth of the bush and the clamping member, a sliding member displaceable in a longitudinal direction of the corona discharge wire so as to support at least the clamping member therein, and a spring member engaging the sliding member and acting in a direction which is opposite to the pulling direction of the corona discharge wire.

Abstract: A magnetic fastener using a permanent magnet. A first ferromagnetic plate and a permanent magnet attached thereto are mounted on a body of a handbag or the like, and a second ferromagnetic plate is mounted on a cover thereof so that the second ferromagnetic plate may be magnetically fastened to the first when the cover is closed.

Abstract: A hose clamp, which may be completely made of plastic, comprises two clamping stirrups which can be anchored in clamping position by interaction of a tongue on one stirrup and a toothed section of the other stirrup. The hose to be clamped can either extend through coaxial openings of the clamping stirrups or be introduced between the stirrups from the side. In the first case, the clamp can only be removed over a free end of the hose while, in the second case, the clamp can be positioned at any point along the hose as desired.

Abstract: Between a pre-shaping device and a pressing device for tampons there is interposed a delivery device. The longer parallel legs of the L-shaped pressing jaws are set at a distance which corresponds to the diameter of the tampon. The shorter legs of the pressing jaws are oriented towards the longer leg of the other pressing jaw. The width of the pressing jaws corresponds at least to the length of the tampon and of the withdrawal cord. The delivery device is arranged for reciprocating movement transversely of the pressing jaws and has a transmitting channel which corresponds to the opened pressing device as well as a receiving channel which corresponds to the closed pressing device. Also interposed along with the delivery device, and in alignment with the transmitting channel, there is a transmitting device, and there is also a transmitting device in alignment with the receiving channel and the ejecting channel.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing novelty yarn with an unusual configuration. An effect yarn is fed to a novelty yarn jet, and a core yarn is fed to a different yarn port in the same jet, the core yarn being maintained substantially taut. The combined core and effect novelty yarn is taken up from the jet and periodically (preferably pseudo-randomly) a pronounced variation in linear density is provided in the combined yarn. This linear density variation is accomplished by introducing a first fluid pulse into the jet at a first position to form a loop in the effect yarn, which loop extends substantially coincident with a portion of the core yarn, and then utilizing a second fluid pulse at a spaced position from the first pulse to impart a spiraling and/or rotating action to the loop of effect yarn to wind the effect yarn around the core yarn.

Abstract: A texturizing nozzle for synthetic filaments is openable and closable to facilitate lacing up. The nozzle comprises a two-part carrier structure with the parts movable towards and away from each other to open and close the nozzle. The thread path through the nozzle is defined by means of insert elements releasably mounted on the carrier structure at least in that region of the path in which the main texturizing step is performed. A thread infeed passage and a (preferably single) fluid infeed passage bring thread and treatment fluid together at a junction location, and a guide passage (which preferably widens in the downstream direction) leads the thread and fluid from the junction location to the texturizing region.

Abstract: A controlled deflection roll wherein the individual pressure or support elements thereof have operatively correlated thereto springs which act in addition to the pressure force exerted by the pressure or support elements. At the same time there are provided external pressing or contact devices which exert a predetermined pressing or contact force. These pressing devices, in the work position of the controlled deflection roll, bring about a force equilibrium in conjunction with the pressure or support elements and the springs.

Abstract: An improved method of manufacturing a swash plate assembly for use in a compressor, fluid motor or similar device in which a plurality of pistons are connected, by means of connecting rods, to a swash plate which drives (or is driven by) the pistons. A plurality of piston assemblies are made by casting the piston around one end of a connecting rod section which is formed with a ball thus providing a ball-socket connection therebetween. Mating spherical ends with through-bores to receive the piston connecting rod section are cast-in-place and captured in sockets within the swash plate. The connecting rod section of the pistons is mated to the through-bores of the mating spherical ends and are positioned in an appropriate fixture to a fixed final relationship. The connecting rod sections are secured to the sidewall of each through-bore by a means such as electron-beam welding to secure the overall length of the final assembly.

Abstract: A method of making leak-tight tube joints, in a non-brazed tubular heat exchanger or the like, including the steps of expanding tube ends out into mechanical contact with a header plate in which they are received, and, in conjunction with this step, introducing a sealant into tube joints. According to one invention aspect, the sealant has the form of a relatively ductile elastomeric or metallic material and is introduced into a joint as a coating on a tube end. In another invention aspect, the sealant has the form of an anaerobic adhesive and is introduced into the joint as a liquid by a capillary action for subsequent curing in the hidden crevices and voids of the joint.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing a metal fitting from a high pressure hose and reusing that fitting by applying it to another high pressure hose wherein the fitting comprises an inner sleeve which is inserted into the hollow of the hose and an outer sleeve which clamps the hose between it and the inner sleeve, the apparatus comprising a retainer plate which functions as a fixed seat for the outer sleeve of the fitting, the retainer plate having a bore and a counterbore, the bore having a diameter at least as large as the outside diameter of the inner sleeve and a counterbore having a diameter substantially the same as the outside diameter of the outer sleeve; a push plate adapted to push against a said inner sleeve; and a means of moving the push plate through a linear distance sufficient to disassemble or assemble a fitting on a high pressure hose.

Abstract: A device is disclosed for automatic setting of a window element or headliner, particularly onto a vehicle body disposed on a support connected to a conveyor line. A movable setting tool is equipped with means for retaining said element and sensors for detecting the proximity of the vehicle body and particularly the frame to receive said element. The sensors send, possibly by processing means, control signals to drive means of said tool, in order to position the tool correctly with respect to the body onto which is rests.

Abstract: A method of producing a multi-ply metal bellows wherein the plies are telescoped together to form a multi-ply tube and annular grooves are inwardly rolled in the multi-ply tube at spaced intervals therealong while the tube is supported internally on either side of the grooves, as they are rolled, and is held against substantial deformation. Crest and root constraining dies are assembled around the multi-ply tube and in the grooves and then the tube is pressurized internally, while the dies are pushed together, so that the undeformed portions of the tube bulge outwardly into the dies. The bellows is then completed by removing the dies and putting spacing shims in between the bulged convolution crest portions and then pushing the ends of the tubes until the shims are lightly held between the bulges.

Abstract: A method for producing a MISFET having a gate electrode formed at the base of a grooved recess. The grooved recess is formed with steep side-walls (e.g., be reactive ion etching, ion beam milling or by using an orientation dependent etchant) and gate and source and drain contacts are formed by the simultaneous deposition of conductive material (e.g., metal evaporated from a point source.) Steepness of the side-walls of the recess ensures separation of the conductive material, isolating the gate electrode from the remaining conductive material providing the source and drain contacts.A silicon MISFET may be produced, using a diazine catalyzed ethylenediamine-pyrocatechol-water solution etchant, and exposing the (110) crystal plane face of the silicon to the etchant to form the recess.

Abstract: A method of fabricating FETs to reduce parasitics. Contact is made to the source and drain regions through a polycrystalline silicon runner which is aligned with the edge of the gate electrode. This is accomplished by providing a layer such as palladium over the gate electrode and depositing the polycrystalline silicon layer over the device. The polycrystalline silicon and palladium form a silicide which is then selectively etched leaving the remaining polycrystalline silicon aligned with the gate.

Abstract: A hand tool for inserting wires into electrical terminals of an electrical connector has a wire insertion head defining a channel for the connector and a ram for driving wires successively into terminals of the connector. The connector is advanced in a step wise fashion through the channel after each wire has been inserted into a terminal. The ram has a depending pin engaging in a transverse slot in a cam plate carrying a spring loaded connector advancing pawl for engaging openings in the connector.

Abstract: Washers are cascaded downwardly from a vibratory feeder into a reservoir which overlies a rotatable disc having a series of angularly spaced pockets. As the disc rotates, each pocket picks up a washer and carries the washer to an assembly station where a screw blank is telescoped into the washer, the screw blanks being delivered to and being carried by heads spaced angularly around a rotatable turret. A feeler senses the approximate quantity of washers in the reservoir and causes the vibratory feeder to be activated automatically when the supply of washers is low and to be de-activated when the supply is large. An arcuate shoe, an agitator, and a sensor also are provided for camming the washers into position to be received by the pockets, for agitating the washers in the supply, for ejecting excess washers from the pockets, for detecting the absence of washers in the pockets and for ejecting any washers which might not receive screw blanks, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention relates to manufacture of electrical conductors by winding small gauge wires helically on a drum, bonding the wires to a flexible sheet of polymeric material also wrapped on the drum, and stripping from the drum the composite of wires and polymeric material that form an array of flat, spring resilient, lengths of substantially parallel conductors.

Abstract: A disposable razor having a sliding cover for protecting and exposing blade edges, selectively, with a manually operable cover actuator molded integrally with the cover.

Abstract: Scissors with thumb retainer for receiving the two phalanges of the thumb. The thumb retainer integrally joins and is generally in line with the shank of the thumb-actuated blade. It includes a cup portion against which the outer end of the distal phalanx seats and an elongate sleeve portion joined to the cup portion, constructed to restrain the two thumb phalanges therein. During a cutting operation, upward and downward movement of the thumb occurs in the swing plane of the blades and is generally parallel to the palm of the hand.

Abstract: A saw aligning mechanism or assembly in the preferred structure of this disclosure is supported on a power hand saw by a support. The saw comprises a motor, a handle, a blade and a trigger switch. The assembly comprises the support, an elongated shaft and an aligning device or plate. The shaft extends longitudinally in substantially the same direction as the cutting movements of the saw and is connected to the support. The aligning plate extends substantially transversely to the shaft for butting against an object to be cut. The aligning plate is connected to the shaft by a bore which allows the aligning plate to slide and pivot on the shaft. A second form of the disclosure presents an assembly wherein the elongated shaft is slidably connected to the support.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for precision turning horizontally clamped workpieces which are inclined to sag, by means of a numerically controlled lathe.

Abstract: Apparatus for inspecting the chimbs of cylindrical articles such as kegs or drums comprises means for rotating a keg about its cylindrical axis and sensing means arranged to engage the chimb of the keg and to sense displacement of the chimb from a predetermined position. In the preferred embodiment, a lower sensing unit 18 has two actuating arms 132 and 232 pivoted about horizontal axes. Each arm has at one end a roller (136,236) which engages the chimb 302 of a keg 300 under the resilient bias of a spring (154,254). At the other end the arm has a steel plate (138,238) moving over a proximity sensor (152,252). Deformation of chimb 302 at any point in its circumference causes the plate on one or other arm to move away from the proximity sensor which gives an appropriate signal to electrical control circuitry of the apparatus. An upper sensing unit 20 is provided so that the upper and lower chimbs of a keg can be inspected simultaneously.

Abstract: An upright flat body member is provided on a gauge which is arranged to lie flatwise against a brake hub plate for positioning such body member precisely parallel with the brake hub plates. The body member has a depending portion with a positioning finger arranged for axial alignment with the wheel spindle. The body member also has an upper extension which supports a gauge member projecting perpendicular to the flat body member and arranged to determine the angular disposition of the upwardly extending portion of a spring strut relative to the flat body member. The gauge includes adjustable features to accommodate different models of struts.

Abstract: The object to be measured (2) is placed on carrier (1). Measuring pins (7,8) can be adjusted roughly in terms of height after loosening screws (11). Sliding carriages (5,6) are guided movably by spherical guides in measurement support members (3,4) perpendicularly to the direction of measurement. Measuring pins (7,8) located in support members (3,4) which are provided with handles (13) and which are connected with sliding carriages (5,6) by means of leaf springs (14). If the laterally adjustable support member (4) is moved into the measuring position, the sliding carriages (5,6) with their measuring pins (7,8) can, within the limits of leaf springs (14), be freely centered in the pitch of the thread to be measured (2a) thus providing the ideal prerequisites for correct measurement of the thread diameter.

Abstract: A magnetic compass including a flexible bowl having a rim with an annular inwardly facing groove. The inwardly facing groove is adapted to engage a flange of a transparent cover in a tight sealing relationship, the combined assembly enclosing a compass rose.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for use in conjunction with a tiltable rectangular drafting table for producing perspective drawings within a working area centered on the table. The apparatus comprises a left side, right side and bottom holding means and an elongated drawing guide associated with each holding means. The extremities of the drawing guides which are located within the working area are pivotably joined at a juncture. Manual movement of the juncture causes simultaneous pivotal movement of the drawing guides about vanishing points in a manner to enable straight lines to be drawn for a perspective drawing.

Abstract: Apparatus for removing water from solid drill cuttings is disclosed. The apparatus includes a rotatable, cylindrical retort vessel having a counter rotating auger-type conveyor therein, with the vessel heated by an induction heating coil surrounding the vessel and travelling along the length thereof. In a preferred embodiment the apparatus includes a general assembly of a pair of retort vessels each with a counter rotating auger-type conveyor therein, located generally in the same vertical plane, with the downstream end of the upper vessel being in communication with the upstream end of the lower vessel. A method of removing water from drill cuttings is also disclosed.

Abstract: The water content of a material, which tends to either absorb water or to release water, is changed with the aid of a film, which at least partially separates the material from the adjacent space and is impermeable to liquid water but permeable to gaseous water. Polyvinyl alcohol with a particular degree of polymerization and degree of hydrolysis is used as the film material. The film can be mechanically or chemically after-treated. The moistening or de-moistening of the material, which is solid, liquid or gaseous, is effected, utilizing a water vapor pressure gradient, under very mild conditions.