Abstract: An animal ear tag comprising two components formed of a plastics or other resilient material, a first component having a hollow stem with a flanged end which has a spike of hard plastic or other rigid material shaped from its back end with a hole for the reception of a guide pin of a reusable back plate, and the second component having a boss with a hole for fitting over such end whereby with each component detachably mounted on a jaw of a pliers like applicator and the pin of the backplate inserted through the hollow stem of the first component and into the hole of the rigid spike, on a closing of the jaws of the applicator, the spike and stem of the first component is forced through the ear of an animal, and through the hole in the second component, and on an opening of the jaws of the applicator, the rigid pin and its backplate is left within the hollow stem of the first component, and the second component retained on the hollow stem and the spike on the end of the first component, the reusable backing pla

Abstract: A seat protection device for skiers includes a belt with a compact container at the back of the belt which contains a seat protection flap fastened at one end to the inside of the container. The flap is folded or rolled into the stored position within the container. An opening provides access to the free end of the seat protecting flap whereby the flap can be unfolded or unrolled to cover the skier's seat. When the skier finishes using the seat protection flap, it is rolled or folded into the stored position back within the container.

Abstract: A novel process is disclosed in which garments and other cloth items are formed into their predetermined three dimensional shapes. Unfinished cloth is used to construct a shell which is then completely finished while maintained in the shape of the final product on a mold. The invention is also directed to the products obtained from the novel process and to the one-piece pattern used in the manufacture of pant garments in accord with the process of the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention entails a single piece garment having a two piece garment appearance. First, a dress type outer garment section is provided and includes shoulder areas as well as neck and arm openings. A lining or interfacing is secured interiorly of said outer garment section about said shoulder areas by stitching the lining or interfacing about said neck and arm opening. From the area where said lining is secured by stitching to said outer garment section, the lining or interfacing extends downwardly in an unsecured relationship to said outer garment section. This lower extending lining or interfacing is formed into a body suit that encloses a portion of a subject's mid-body area.

Abstract: The invention relates to a disposable protective cap, particularly a disposable nurse's cap. The cap is formed from a rectangular sheet of nonwoven fabric having a pair of opposed side edges and a pair of opposed end edges. The sheet is pleated along longitudinal fold-lines parallel to the opposed pair of side edges and the pair of opposed side edges are secured together. The pleats are secured together at one end of the pleated sheet and the other end of the pleated sheet is at least partly elasticated to provide an expandable and contractable opening for the head. The invention also provides an apparatus and method for producing the cap and in particular an apparatus and method for the continuous production of the cap.

Abstract: An ear protecting device for protecting a wearer from annoying and/or damaging noise levels. The device is comprised of a connecting member and a pair of muffs suitable for covering a wearer's ears. The muffs are suspended from opposite portions of the connecting member. The muffs are permeable to water vapor. Each said muff is at least partially porous. Each said muff has a specific airflow resistance of at least 15,000 SI rayls. Each said muff has a permeance of at least 2 metric perms.

Abstract: The invention relates to a joint prosthesis having an articular member fitted on an implant element housed in the bone cavity so as to slide without turning perpendicularly to the resection surface. The implant element is not provided with any abutting edge to limit its insertion into the bone cavity and the articular member is permanently supported with no twisting moment by the resection surface owing to its sliding possibility. The invention finds an application in hip joint endoprostheses.

Abstract: An artificial limb which is designed primarily for temporary use, such as for sports, while taking a shower, where the artificial limb is subjected to dirt, sand, or water. The artificial limb is constructed of a plastic tubular member which is split or bifurcated at one end to form a group of projecting fingers which define a cup-shaped region. A socket is formed of wrapped casting tape with the fingers being embedded in the socket walls during the wrapping operation.

Abstract: A passive dispenser adapted for placement in a body of liquid for dispensing materials, such as toilet tank additives, e.g., disinfectants, detergents, dyes, fragrances, and the like, in solution form from the dispenser in response to a lowering of the height of the body of liquid from a first elevation to a second elevation, the dispenser comprising two dispensing sections, the first dispensing section comprising a first product chamber containing a water-soluble cake, forming upon dissolution the first solution, and the second dispensing section comprising a second product chamber and a third product chamber, each said chamber containing a water-soluble cake, forming upon dissolution the second solution, the third chamber being disposed at least partially above the second chamber, there being fluid communication means therebetween, said second section being in separate relationship from the first section.

Abstract: A swimming pool cover assembly is adapted to be operated by hand by a single person, for extending a cover sheet over a swimming pool or for retracting the cover. The cover sheet is wound upon a drum at one end of the pool, while a rope is wound upon a spool located at one end of the drum. A hand crank or electric motor is used either to drivingly rotate the spool to take up the rope, or to drivingly rotate the drum to take up the cover. The rope is positioned in a tensioned loop configuration with its remote end being connected to the forward end of the cover sheet, and is supported on pulleys removably secured to the pool decking. The hand crank or motor drives either the spool or the drum through a gear mechanism, being automatically switched from one to the other depending upon the direction of rotation of the hand crank. Side fasteners secured along the side edges and free end of the cover sheet are removably attached to anchors on the pool decking when the cover is in its extended position.

Abstract: A hospital bed comprising a frame and a patient support surface constituted by an endless length of flexible material extending around a pair of rollers at the opposite sides of the bed, means being provided for traversing the material around said rollers. The flexible material will preferably be an open mesh material to assist in the healing and prevention of pressure sores.

Abstract: A chaise lounge includes an adjustable strap extending lengthwise for varying the support provided to a user or users of the chaise lounge. The chaise lounge is sufficiently wide to accommodate two adults either sitting or lying side by side. Diagonal side-braces are used for providing sufficient structural strength to support the two adults and maintain the frame against the tension of the support strap.

Abstract: This invention provides a multi-function cushion and its assemblies, which is made of a tough and flexible plastic cloth being soldered together with supersonic (or high frequency) wave heating means to form a suitable geometric shape. On the circumference, some lugs with assembling hole are furnished. After being filled with air or water, said cushion will become an air cushion or water cushion to be used on the water or the land; in addition, a plural number of said cushions may be assembled together with hook ring, or link and cord to form various shapes for many purposes.

Abstract: An elongated rectangular cross section hive body provides increased useable volume compared to a Kenya hive. An easily replaceable flat bottom board for the hive body is provided. Raised end walls for the hive body enable using selectively standard or top bar frames in the hive body. Side handle strips on the hive body having sloping top faces facilitate the use of a hive tool for easy removal of a simplified top board for the hive body. Honey and brood frames for the hive of increased strength and stability are provided. The hive body possesses greater stackability than the prior art without loss of stability.

Abstract: A combination gauge-socket wrench for use in removing, gapping and installing spark plugs, the gauge extending circumferentially about the upper end and increasing uniformly in thickness along its length, indicia adjacent the gauge to indicate the thickness through a selected portion of the gauge, the socket wrench being adapted to fit a conventional spark plug.

Abstract: A compound tool for installation of a cable tie band. The elongated tool has a transversely disposed open-ended, rectangular slot that broadly approximates the tie band in cross-section and through which the free end of a loosely assembled tie band is threaded, firmly tensioned and finger clamped on the tool handle, the tool bottom being fulcrumed on the band at the tie head. The tool is then rotated to tighten the band and secure the bundle. A cutter blade, incorporated in the tool structure, is so pivotally mounted and configured that in the shearing of the excess of tie band, the blade initiates shearing at the outside edge of the band-slot assembly and continuously during shearing exerts only a clamping force which influences the tie band into the slot.

Abstract: A piston head has opposite fluid drive surfaces and is enclosed in a cylinder housing also having opposite fluid drive surfaces. The piston head is secured to a piston rod anchored at one end to a stationary support whereby the piston head and cylinder housing produce driving movement of the cylinder housing. The cylinder housing has a work engaging arm on the exterior thereof. Fluid supply conduits lead into the piston head and open between the fluid drive surfaces. Control valves are provided between a pressured fluid supply and the piston head and include cycling controls providing advancing and retracting movement of the cylinder housing for reciprocating operation of the work engaging arm. A cycling operation is initiated by a normally closed spring return operating valve.

Abstract: A sweeping machine with a hopper and a dirt and debris control flap in the hopper. The sweeping machine includes a rotary broom adjacent the hopper opening which receives dirt and debris swept from a surface being cleaned by the broom. The hopper is maintained under negative pressure by a vacuum blower. A filter is also located in the hopper through which air is drawn by the blower. A dirt and debris control flap is pivotally mounted in the hopper with the flap having a first extreme position in which an outer edge of it is spaced adjacent an upper edge of the hopper opening and a second extreme position in which an outer edge is closer to a front end wall of the hopper. When the flap is swung from the first extreme position to the second the outer free edge of the flap moves through an intermediate position close to the bottom wall of the hopper and moves dirt and debris on the bottom wall toward the front end wall.

Abstract: A suction nozzle unit for selectively aspirating dust from flat surfaces and from joints or edges has a connecting suction member, a body part connected with the latter and having two separate air passages provided with different cross-sections and forming a joint nozzle and a surface nozzle, and a switching element alternatingly communicating each of the passages with the connecting suction member to actuate a respective one of the nozzles. The connecting suction member is rotatably connected with the body part, and the surface nozzle is provided with a bristle-containing member.

Abstract: A poultry skinning machine for removing the skin from poultry parts utilizes rollers having inter-engaging helical teeth that laterally transport the poultry parts while removing the skin from the product. The rollers act in cooperation with a cover means having a shearing section disposed in a substantially bearing relationship along at least a portion of the rollers adjacent their ends. The shearing section facilitates separating the product from detaching skin whereby roller clogging is avoided by directing skin through a receiving gap formed between end bearing means. The skinned product is at the same time conveyed atop the closely fitting shear section.

Abstract: A deadending device for guy cables and the like is provided which gives enhanced holding power (typically above the rated strength of the cable) while being relatively inexpensive to produce and easy to field install. The device includes a frustoconical, cable-receiving wedge block, preformed gripping wires for application to the cable and about the block, and a socket for receiving the block and surrounding wire portions. The gripping wires are permanently preformed during manufacturing using a novel method to present, adjacent one end thereof, an arcuate section configured to generally define a portion of an imaginary frustoconical surface complemental with the wedge block periphery. In this manner the wires substantially self-align in an even pattern about the block, and the need for wire-holding flanges or the like on the block or socket is completely eliminated.

Abstract: A slide fastener stringer includes a row of helically coiled or zig-zag coupling elements of thermoplastic synthetic resin with a reinforcing core extending longitudinally therethrough. The coupling elements are secured to one surface of a stringer tape by sewing threads having portions running across and over upper legs of the coupling elements. Some of the coupling elements are cut off to provide an element-free space on the stringer tape. A terminal or endmost complete coupling element disposed adjacent to the element-free space has a free-ended connecting portion remote from a longitudinal edge of the stringer tape. To form an end of the slide fastener stringer, the free-ended connecting end portion of the terminal coupling element is fused to the stringer tape, and at the same time, the upper leg of the terminal coupling element is heated and pressed toward the stringer tape.

Abstract: A slitting apparatus for separating face-to-face pile fabrics, double plush ware or the like, into two separate panels includes a closed loop feedback arrangement that maintains equal tension on both panels thereby permitting the cutting knife to sever the double plush ware exactly in the center thereof reducing panel rejects. The feedback arrangement is of the analog type thereby insuring almost instantaneous and continuous control of the tension of both panels.

Abstract: For the attachment of a ballistic hood at a projectile body prior art constructions of projectiles provided a groove in the projectile body. The employment of such groove in the projectile body is undesired for armor-piercing projectiles. By adhesively bonding the ballistic hood to the projectile body there can be avoided the use of such groove. Through the provision of ribs at the inner surface of the ballistic hood which contacts the projectile body there is afforded an exact alignment and centering of the ballistic hood upon the projectile body.

Abstract: Temperature control means for a deflectable shell roll having lengthwise passages and being mounted for rotation on a fixed beam received in the inner race of a triple race bearing. The middle race of the bearing rotates with the shell roll and provides conduits between the roll shell passages and a central axial bore communicating with a rotary joint providing an inlet and an outlet for circulation of temperature control fluid through the shell passages.

Abstract: A machine for fabricating driveshafts includes a frame including a support bed. A tailstock with centering spindle is mounted on said support bed. A headstock with driving spindle coincident with said centering spindle's axis is also mounted on said support bed. A rotatably lockable phasing plate is receivable in said driving spindle for mounting a rotary workpiece coincident with said axis. A phasing plate lockable in a positional relationship to said driving spindle phasing plate is receivable in said centering spindle for mounting a rotary workpiece coincident with said axis.

Abstract: Screw clamp pin extractor for clamping pins of the type having a body fastened to a spreader lying between two tongs secured to a screw, and a nut acting against a spring. The extractor comprises a pneumatic motor, a nose portion engaging the clamp pin and carrying a sleeve brought into contact with an assembly of sheets, said extractor comprising moreover an internal mechanical system. When the motor rotates for unscrewing pins the device is locked on the pin and the nut of same can be unscrewed, and thereafter, the pin is extracted through the action of a jack. The extractor can be attached as desired either to the body of the usual manual screwing machine or a robotic head known in itself.

Abstract: First and second body portions have inwardly facing surfaces provided with recesses and lugs capable of providing a longitudinal driving connection between the two body portions. One of the body portions has recesses for receiving wire attaching studs of a metal fence post. These body portions have a tapered configuration for receiving a wedge clamping ring, and by applying a driving member against one end of the abutment member when installed on the fence post, the latter can be driven for installation or removal from the ground.

Abstract: A centrally oriented circular land for engaging the cylindrical shroud of a freeze plug is disposed on one side of a disc. A partial spherical depression in the other side of the disc interconnects with a spherical member at one end of a driver which interconnection transmits a force applied by the driver through the disc to the freeze plug to seat the freeze plug irrespective of the angular orientation between the respective axis of the driver and the disc.

Abstract: An improved insulated tubing string with insulated coupling formed of concentric tubing members insulated from each other to prevent heat from the inner tubing from being conducted to and through the outer tubing. The coupling joins the outer tubing of successive tubing assemblies to provide additional strength to the string and the inner tubing is insulated within the coupling to prevent heat loss at the coupling. The inner tubing is elongated during fabrication and joined to the outer tubing when elongated to reduce heat stress on the string when in use.

Abstract: An apparatus and process for removing a fireplace insert are described. The apparatus comprises a pair of front rails which telescope from a pair of rear rails to be inserted beneath a fireplace insert. The rear rails have support means extending from the front thereof for supporting the front of the rails upon an elevated surface and adjustable support means at the other end for aligning the rear rails with a hearth surface.

Abstract: Helixes are assembled into face structures by providing an initial helix which is stretched and retained on a work table, and a first helix which is attached to the initial helix, inserting into the first helix of a prestretched second helix by means of a joining tool and from a discharge conduit so that the second helix exits from the discharge conduit at an acute angle with respect to the first helix and moved along the latter connecting the second helix with the first helix by inserting an insert wire into the overlapping areas between the head arches of the first and second helixes, and displacing the thus finished face structure by a predetermined distance between insert wires in a timed sequence before a subsequent such inserting step for a further helix to be inserted into the second helix.

Abstract: A fruit storage bin apparatus for temporary storage of fruit has a frame wall, a floor and a ceiling forming an enclosure. An inlet is provided in the upper part of the enclosure and an outlet is provided through the walls in the lower part of the enclosure, while the floor is at a raised position relative to ground level. A center column member is mounted between the floor and the ceiling and has a plurality of support arms attached thereto in predetermined positions to support a fiberglass reinforced polymer chute. The chute is made up of sections connected together and to the support arms for lowering the fruit to the floor level, where it is temporarily stored. The method of making a fruit storage bin for the temporary storage of fruit provides for building a framework, attaching a floor and ceiling to the framework, and then attaching a center column between the floor and ceiling. The support arms are of a predetermined shape and attached in predetermined positions along the center column.

Abstract: There is disclosed an improved apparatus for joining a plurality of pieces of sheet metal by first drawing and then laterally extruding the material to be joined into an enlarged shape which will permanently mechanically interlock the pieces. The apparatus utilizes a novel die construction in which portions thereof pivot laterally in response to lateral extrusion of the joining material, and is applicable to conventional "lanced" type joints as well as to a novel leakproof joint which is also disclosed. A method of forming a leakproof joint between a plurality of pieces of sheet metal is also disclosed.

Abstract: A shim for adjusting the fit of an electrical receptacle, switch or the like with the exposed surface of the surrounding wall is disclosed. The shim most preferably comprises a generally C-shaped piece of rigid material having a plurality of shimming and connecting surfaces defining a central opening. Most preferably the shim is characterized by two diametrically located shimming surfaces having concave interior edges and connected by a single connecting surface. This configuration provides shimming surfaces having increased shimming areas, while provided a shim which is easily installed and adjusted.

Abstract: With such machine tool the tool magazine is arranged independent of the machine stand. To obtain a tool changer having a simple course of movement which, additionally, does not transmit any vibrations from the tool magazine to the work spindle, the tool changer consists of a slide or carriage which is movably arranged upon a rail. A drive is provided for the carriage for moving the latter upon the rail. The rail is attached at the tool magazine and is extended in length by an extension piece which is arranged at the machine stand.

Abstract: A system for exchanging a cutting tool of a tool holder which includes a tool having a tool head which carries a cutting element and is provided with a bore. The tool head is removably connected to the tool holder. A spreading cylinder is provided for engaging the bore of the tool head to remove the tool head from the tool holder. The system further includes a magazine having a plurality of locations for receiving tool heads equipped with cutting tools.

Abstract: A thin film transistor has a semiconductor layer, an insulating layer and source, drain and gate electrodes. The improvement comprises creating an enhanced conductivity layer in the semiconductor by ion implantation or diffusion on phased deposition. The benefits of the enhanced conductivity layer are that transistor action is obtained without the conventional annealing step and DC stability is much improved.

Abstract: Complementary MOS field effect transistor circuits are produced in silicon gate technology, with the method steps up to the structuring of the gate electrode being executed in a known manner. Both source/drain implantations (FIG. 3, 8 and FIG. 5, 10) occur with only one mask (7a). This mask (7a), which is composed of silicon nitride, is utilized for the source/drain implantation 8 of the n-channel transistors (9). The source/drain implantation (10) for the p-channel transistors (11) occurs without a mask and the oxide layer thickness, d.sub.6, over the source/drain regions of the n-channel transistors (9) functions as a masking layer. An advantage of this process sequence is that switched capacitor structures (FIG. 6, 5b, 12) can be simultaneously produced whereby the oxide layer thickness, d.sub.4, over the polysilicon-1 level (5a, 5b) determines the thickness of the insulating layer, d.sub.cox, of the capacitor structures (5b, 12).

Abstract: Analog or digital MOS circuits in VLSI technology are produced by a method in which the manufacture of two troughs (5, 8) occurs with only one mask (3) used in production of the p-trough (5). The n-trough (8) is formed by a surface-wide implantation (7) of an ion selected from a group consisting of P, As and Sb. The channel implantation of the p-transistors occurs simultaneously. The field (11) and channel (12) implantation of the n-channel transistors is carried out with a silicon nitride mask (9), i.e., a LOCOS mask, and a double boron implantation (10a, 10b). The field implantation (16) of the p-channel transistors is carried out with arsenic (15). Advantages of this process sequence include reduction of parasistic edge capacitances at the source/drain edges with fewer masking steps.

Abstract: To increase the slot fill of armatures wound on a flier type armature winding machine of the type having inner and outer commutator shields, the outer shield is retracted during a portion of each winding cycle for each coil to permit the rotating fliers to draw the wires nearer to the armature shaft and thus deeper into the coil receiving slots. The inner shield, which has notches for exposing a pair of commutator hooks, is rotated to position the notches outside of the paths of the wire when the outer shield is retracted. A tamper assembly is provided for engaging the coil ends immediately after they are wound. The tamper assembly includes tamper rods slidably supported by the winding forms and also includes actuators for pushing the tamper rods into engagement with the coil ends. The tamper assembly may be operated after each winding cycle or only after selected winding cycles.

Abstract: An automatic mounting apparatus for electrical chip components comprises a parts feeder including a plurality of hoppers with the chip components therein, and a parts applicator including means for picking up the chip component and movable in orthogonal directions in programmed sequence to transport the chip components successively from the parts hopper to a printed circuit board for automatic mounting thereon within a minimum time.

Abstract: A razor blade arrangement is provided, wherein the razor blade is supported for movement between concave and convex configurations. The razor blade is mounted in a cartridge which holds the blade flexed in convex configuration. The blade is so mounted in the cartridge and the cartridge is so mounted on a handle, that the cartridge-blade assembly may be flexed upon an application of a force on the face thereof. The cartridge-blade assembly is detachably mounted on the handle. The blade is mounted in the cartridge so as to permit relative longitudinal displacement between the blade and cartridge. This movement is afforded by means of providing elongated holes in the blade, which are engaged by pins or pegs forming part of the cartridge. The method of the invention comprises flexing a razor blade between convex and concave shapes in correspondence with the surface to be shaved. The blade is actually flexible in the order of magnitude of about one-eighth of an inch.

Abstract: A cable splitter is disclosed for splitting the outside sheath of a cable containing one or more inner conductors. The cable splitter comprises an elongated member having a trough disposed along the entire longitudinal length thereof. A handle extends perpendicularly from one end of the elongated member. A cutting element is positioned through a boss extending from the opposite end of the elongated member such that the cutting edge of the cutting element extends into the trough. The amount by which the cutting edge extends into the trough is made adjustable by means of set screws threadably disposed through the boss to engage the cutting element. The trough comprises a cross-sectional configuration substantially identical to the cross-sectional configuration of the cable to be slit. Thus enabling the cable splitter of this invention to slit the sheath of the cable along the edge thereof, rather than along the flat, midportion of the cable.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method of forming a terminal for an optical fiber cable consisting of an optical fiber, a plastic buffer and at least a protective sheath. Also there is disclosed a tool for scribing the projecting end of the optical fiber so that the projecting end can be simply separated from the cable and the line of separation will be normal to the end of the terminal or connector. In a preferred embodiment the scribing tool has an equilateral triangular scribing element which selectively presents six active scribing surfaces.

Abstract: A cutting device comprising an elongate arm and a pair of mountings for circular rotatable cutting blades, each of the mountings being slidably mounted on the arm. A circular rotatable cutting blade is rotatably mounted on each of the mountings. Each of the mountings is selectively lockable in position on the arm so as to selectively prevent sliding movement of the mountings. An elongate handle is attached to the arm intermediate the pair of mountings.

Abstract: An acute dihedral angle is measured by determining the slope of one plane relative to the other. A base member is disposed on one plane and has a threaded bore which axially extends perpendicular to the one plane. A screw member threadedly engages the base member bore and has a peripheral diameter D. An annular collar member threadedly engages the screw member between the base member and the second plane and has a peripheral diameter D'. The slope between the planes is measured by rotating the screw in the base member and the collar about the screw until the peripheries of both the screw and collar contact the second plane. The tangent of the acute angle between the planes can then be computed as (y'-y)/(D'-D) (1/2), where y' and y are the distances from the first plane to the points of contact at the second plane of the screw and collar, respectively.

Abstract: A hand-held measuring implement comprises a transparent scale-carrying member provided with a graduated scale. A reading unit is movable along said scale in unison with a feeler and comprises photoelectric receivers, which scan the graduated scale through respective line screens. The graduated scale is illuminated by light sources, which are disposed on the same side of the graduated scale as the receivers and are movable with the latter. Signal-processing circuitry is provided for processing the indicating signals generated by the receivers. The implement comprises also a display device and power supply means. To improve the light efficiency and to reduce the power consumption of the light sources and to reduce the effects of an ageing and soiling of the scale-carrying member, the latter is wider than the graduated scale and provided on the side opposite to the line screens with a reflecting covering.

Abstract: An incremental measuring instrument having a series of reference marks extending alongside a division of a scale is provided with a selector element which is slideable along the length of the scale and can be aligned with a selected one of the reference marks in order to bring the selected reference mark into operation. The position of the selector element with respect to the selected reference mark is fixed by a plurality of filler elements which cooperate with a selector element to form a column of elements arranged end to end within a guide. Holding elements at the ends of the guides preclude undesired longitudinal movement of the column of elements.

Abstract: An improvement is disclosed for an incremental measuring apparatus of the type which includes a graduation and a plurality of reference marks on a scale, in which selection elements are provided to allow individual ones of the reference marks to be selected to go into operation during the measuring process. The selection element is mounted within a housing which includes at least one clamping element which operates to clamp the housing in position in a guide groove extending along the measuring scale. The combination of the housing and the clamping element operates to clamp the selection element securely in place in alignment with the selected reference mark.