Abstract: A method for dewatering an aggregate solid substrate is disclosed which comprises placing the substrate between two moving permeable belts, compressing the substrate between the belts, contacting the substrate with a displacement fluid while it is still compressed between the belts such that the substrate and the fluid remain in plug flow while in contact with each other, removing relatively pure water which is expressed by the displacement fluid, further compressing the substrate between the belts to remove excess displacement fluid, and collecting the dewatered substrate. In a preferred embodiment, both the relatively pure water and the excess displacement fluid are collected for recycling, direct disposal, or other use.

Abstract: The characteristic feature of the herein disclosed method resides in that it involves a zone control over temperature and humidity of articles being treated within the space of a tunnel chamber, the articles being blown with an air agent having a temperature of 40.degree.-100.degree. C. prior to the step of temperature increase whereas in the zone of said temperature increase the articles are treated with a steam-air mixture for a period of 1-6 hours, the temperatures and humidity of the mixture being gradually increased to their permissible values corresponding to the given type of articles being treated; in so doing the articles in the isothermal curing zone are affected for a period of 2-6 hours with a heat-carrying agent having a temperature of 60.degree.-95.degree. C. and a relative humidity close to 100% while in the cooling zone the articles are blown with a cooling agent having a relative humidity of 35-90% for a period of 0.3-1.5 hours.

Abstract: A hydro-extracting apparatus for drying cheeses of yarn comprises a rotary table having a plurality of spindles mounted thereon, on which spindles cheeses of dyed yarn are mounted vertically, a device for holding and conveying the cheeses one by one, which device includes a cheese lifting mechanism and a movable arm mechanism having chucks for engaging and releasing cheeses, this device being adapted for conveying cheeses one by one from the spindles of the rotary table to a hydro-extractor and, after hydro-extraction, to deliver the cheeses one by one to a cheese receiving unit, and a centrifugal hydro-extractor for hydro-extracting each of the cheeses, which hydro-extractor is laterally spaced apart from and adjacent to the foregoing device for conveying the cheeses. A flexible drive shaft and a spring are provided in the hydro-extractor to absorb vibrations, whereby hydro-extraction of dyed cheeses can be performed intermittently, consecutively and efficiently.

Abstract: An apparatus for dewatering aggregate solid substrates is disclosed which is comprised of a frame, two moving permeable belts, means mounted on the frame for guiding the movement of the belts, roller means mounted on the frame for positioning the belts such that the substrate is guided and compressed between them, means for contacting the substrate with a displacement fluid while it is compressed between the belts such that the fluid collects between the top belt and the roller means before permeating through the top belt and contacting the substrate, means for removing relatively pure water which is expressed by the fluid through the bottom belt, means for further compressing the substrate to remove excess displacement fluid, and means for removing the dewatered substrate from the apparatus.

Abstract: Impregnated wood and other impregnated cellulose based materials are dried in high boiling drying media, drying oil, under reduced pressure. During the treatment the material is withdrawn from direct contact with the drying medium at several times. The absorption of oil in the materials can hereby be controlled. Materials of different qualities and origin can be dried with good results and the oil absorption does not have to be made dependent on the penetration depth of the impregnating solution. An autoclave for drying of wood according to this process preferably has a rectangular inner cross section and is provided with means for lifting and lowering the materials. Preferably a lifting table or frame.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved heated can roll of high thermal efficiency for web or sheet processing machines, such as a papermaking machine. The improved can roll has means for insulating the ends of the internally heated can rolls to provide a segmental heat insulating part spaced from the roll end or head to provide an air space adjacent to the head or roll ends, resulting in a large reduction in heat loss. Improved means for attaching the insulator assembly to the end faces of the can roll includes use of panel assembly bolts screwed into threaded bores provided within thickened bolt heads of the can roll head bolts.

Abstract: A shoe insert of a cross-linked polyolefin body foamed with closed pores or cells and having a fiber layer arranged on one or both surfaces, the fiber layer consisting of fibers and/or filaments which are distributed over the surfaces in a pattern and which at least partially penetrate the polyolefin body.

Abstract: A mechanical harvester for marine bivalve mollusks and the like. A harvester head is provided for movement along a bottom to be harvested, which head includes driven tined elements for dislodging mollusks from the bottom and for removing dislodged mollusks and conveying same away from the bottom. The harvester head is supported by a cable system, preferably from a marine vessel, that is adapted to impart a substantially constant lifting force on the harvester head over a predetermined range of water depth, such that a predetermined pressure only is applied by the head against the bottom during harvesting, whereby damage to the bottom that would hinder replenishment of marine life is avoided. The harvester head is also capable of pitch and roll movement to follow the contour of the bottom during harvesting.

Abstract: An excavator has a dozer blade coupled to transversely spaced first and second fore-and-aft extending drive housings thereof by first and second separate push beams having their respective forward ends universally coupled to the blade. The first push beam has its rear end universally connected to the first drive housing while the rear end of the second push beam is connected to the second drive housing by an angling link which is swingable fore-and-aft so as to cause fore-and-aft movement of the second push beam; a length adjustable jack forms a stabilizer strut which is coupled between the first push beam and the blade so as to maintain the latter in a desired pitch. Individual lift actuators are connected to the push beams for selectively adjusting the latter vertically either together or separately. A side load transfer strut is connected between the forward end of the first push beam and the second drive housing.

Abstract: An ironing board which is constructed from at least two planar members each having at least one planar surface, the planar members being arranged so that the edges thereof abut with the planar surfaces thereof falling in a common plane, there being sufficient space between the edges of the planar members to permit the passage of steam therebetween, the planar members being fastened together in a suitable manner. A plurality of legs are fixedly secured to the planar members to support the planar members above a supporting surface.

Abstract: A correctional collar to be worn around the neck of a person convicted of a crime comprising an elongated flexible strip having a width of about one to two inches and a length of about fifteen to thirty inches; the strip having a first pair of transversely spaced holes adjacent one longitudinal end of the strip, the strip being provided with a second pair of transversely spaced holes arranged in parallel relation and longitudinally spaced a first predetermined distance away from the first pair of holes, the opposite end of the strip being provided with a plurality of additional pairs of transversely spaced holes arranged in parallel relation to each other and parallel to the first and second pairs of holes; each pair of holes of the additional pairs of holes being longitudinally spaced from each adjacent pair a second predetermined distance, the holes of all pairs of holes having the same transverse spacing; a plate having a width greater than the transverse spacing between the holes of each pair of holes and

Abstract: A device for facilitate insertion of cartridges into a magazine used in a firearm. The device is adapted to enter the feed mouth of a magazine and depress the topmost cartridge therein. The device also serves as a loading tray to guide the next incoming cartridge into the feed mouth.

Abstract: A fishing rod capable of increased casting distances is made of two (2) concentric-frictionally engaged blanks and includes a stiff, but not rigid butt zone incorporating most of the first blank, a fast tapered mid-zone overlapping both blanks and a flexible tip zone at the distal end of the second blank. The blanks have inner diameter of different taper rates per unit of length in the various zones to achieve the desired characteristics. The inner diameter taper rate of the mid-zone is, importantly, an order of magnitude greater than the taper rate of the butt zone. Mandrels employed to fabricate the respective blanks are tapered accordingly.

Abstract: A fishing lure and method of fabrication is presented wherein the lure is comprised of a central core which includes hook hangers, leader connection means and a depth controlling weight. The central core is surrounded by an image of the bait being duplicated by the fishing lure and that assembly is encased in a clear plastic shell which includes lenses formed within the plastic material to create a life-like visual impression of various portions of the bait such as eyes, fins and gills.

Abstract: A multipurpose fishing device having a single elongated essentially flat planing or hydrofoil surface with a first eyelet rigidly suspended on one side above the longitudinal axis of the surface and displaced away from the surface and at least one additional eyelet at or near the trailing edge of the surface. Such a device can be employed as a conventional fishing bobber or cork, fishing lure, and/or water kite in a variety of types of recreational fishing including trolling, bank or ice fishing and rod and reel casting. The device is particularly useful in that it combines the features of bait casting with the concept of a water kite, thus allowing the angler to readily work the entire surface of a river or stream from the bank or shore.

Abstract: Urban wildlife is recovered from chimneys and similar relatively inaccessible locations by placing a cage at a point of egress, maneuvering a sound-making device to a point near the wildlife, preferably on the other side thereof, activating the sound-making device to startle the wildlife, and recovering it in the cage when it flees the noise.

Abstract: A launching apparatus for a resilient drive mobile toy having a driven wheel. The launching apparatus includes a receptacle for accommodating the mobile toy, the receptacle including an opening for passing the mobile toy and a floor plate having a slot formed therethrough for partly projecting the driven wheel outwards. Provided to the receptacle are a holding device for releasably holding the mobile toy so that the driven wheel engages the slot for stopping the rotation thereof by friction and another device for pushing the mobile toy toward the opening so that the driven wheel is disengaged from the slot when the holding is released.

Abstract: An electrically lighted plush toy having a glowing face or head. A semi-rigid vinyl, hollow, translucent head has a plush exterior cover attached thereto. The plush exterior cover encloses a resilient mass which surrounds an essentially cylindrical, molded plastic, translucent battery and lightbulb housing. A retaining ring in the neck portion of the head coaxially positions and retains the housing. The housing has an integrally molded battery compartment, an integrally molded globe for enclosing a lightbulb, and an integrally molded operating lever positioned on its exterior. A first electrical conductor and a second electrical conductor are positioned in the interior of the housing with at least one battery and a lightbulb. The operating lever is adapted for depressing the first electrical conductor through an opening in the housing to contact the second electrical circuit and complete an electrical circuit formed by the electrical conductors, battery and lightbulb to light the lightbulb.

Abstract: A rotary applicator for applying herbicides or other chemicals to vegetation is described. The applicator is especially useful for use in fruit orchards, nurseries and around any plant or bush that grows on or from a stem or trunk above ground.

Abstract: A sliding type door assembly for a vehicle, includes a guide rail fixed to the body of the vehicle, a door moving along the guide rail between its closed position and rear most open position, a guide follower attached to the door in such a manner that the guide follower can follow the door along the guide rail when the door moves, a brake mechanism for applying the braking power to the door by controlling the movement of the guide follower in relation to the guide rail, and a brake release means connected to the brake mechanism for releasing the brake mechanism.

Abstract: Weatherstripping for a double-hung window includes horizontal and vertical weatherstripping elements arranged so that each horizontal weatherstripping element forms a sliding seal with each vertical weatherstripping element to provide a complete seal in a double-hung window without the need for supplemental crack sealing members.

Abstract: Base structure is provided defining a predetermined workpiece center axis and workpiece support structure is rotatably supported from the base for rotation about the center axis. The workpiece support structure includes positioning structure for adjustable shifting of the support structure along the center axis and mounting structure for support of a compressor housing therefrom with the center axis of a cylindrical portion of the housing substantially coinciding with the first mentioned center axis. A mount portion is carried by the base and is laterally spaced from the first mentioned axis. A cutting wheel assembly including a rotary power driven cutting wheel is provided and a support arm swingably supports the cutting wheel assembly from the mount portion for oscillatory swinging movement relative thereto about an axis paralleling the first mentioned axis and with the axis of rotation of the cutting wheel also paralleling the first mentioned axis and swingable toward and away from the latter.

Abstract: A system for finish grinding a workpiece monitors the actual radius of the workpiece as the finish grinding progresses; feeds the grinding wheel into the workpiece at a feed rate which decreases, preferably at an exponential rate, as a desired final radius of the workpiece is approached; and terminates the feeding of the grinding wheel at the desired final radius of the workpiece. In a preferred embodiment, the grinding wheel is trued, simultaneously with the finish grinding, by feeding a truing element into the grinding wheel at a rate that varies as a function of the decreasing rate at which the grinding wheel is fed into the workpiece.

Abstract: Disclosed is a convex lap comprising a plurality of polishing elements which are radially adjustable to ensure that the effective radius of the polishing surface remains constant as the polishing elements are worn down. A means is provided to radially set individual and independent clusters to enhance polishing of certain compound curves.

Abstract: A building comprising a main structure with its own walls and roof, a secondary roof structure located with respect to at least portion of one wall of the structure so that it can be moved between a position in which it extends outwardly to form the roof of a verandah, porch, carport or the like and a more or less vertical position in which it substantially covers said portion of the wall the mounting of the secondary roof structure being such that it is biased to the outwardly extending position.

Abstract: This invention is directed to method and apparatus for repairing damaged dry wall building panels and includes a selectively constituted repair strip operative to properly position the marginal edges of a redefined opening and replacement panel segment to effect co-planar positioning of the latter relative to undamaged wall sections.

Abstract: A stairway construction system is provided utilizing modular tread/riser stair step units and two or more notchless stringers.

Abstract: An arrangement of combined structural and solar panels wherein each panel is formed of a parallelepiped body having a bore formed in each one of a pair of opposed side edges. The bore is provided with a conically enlarged recess, and a pipe section which extends within the recess. The pipe sections are placed in registry when a pair of panels are abutted edge to edge, and a coupling is secured over the registered pipe sections to join and seal the connection.

Abstract: A building panel of composite wood materials adapted to cover intersecting surfaces on opposite sides of an apex at the hip or ridge of a roof or corner of a building includes a substantially flat back face and an irregular outer weather face resulting in variations in panel thickness at different positions on the panel face. The panel is provided with a V-shaped groove formed in the back face and extending along an axis adapted to overlie the apex of intersection on application of the panel on a building and also includes a V-shaped groove formed in the irregular outer weather face directly opposite the V-groove in the back face defining therebetween a panel web of substantially constant thickness between the apexes of the grooves that is less than the average nominal thickness of the panel between the faces. These grooves facilitate the bending of half portions of the panel on opposite sides of the grooves to fit against intersecting surfaces on a building roof or wall corner.

Abstract: A wall panel (10) for use as a foundation and upper wall is disclosed. The wall panel (10) comprises a plurality of spaced first framing members (11) having top ends, (11a) bottom ends (11b), first edges (11c) and second edges (11d). A plurality of spaced second framing members (12), having top ends (12a), bottom ends (12b), first edges (12c) and second edges (12d) are provided. The spacing between the first framing members (11) is substantially equal to the spacing between the second framing members (12). The bottom ends (12b) of the second framing members (12) are positioned on top of the top ends (11a) of the first framing members (11). Means for fastening the first framing members (11) to the second framing members (12) are provided. Foundation grade treated sheathing (17) are cooperatively connected to the first edge (11a) of the first framing members. External sheathing (18) is cooperatively connected to the first edge (12c) of the second framing member (12).

Abstract: A multiple pane glass window unit comprising an outboard glass sheet spaced apart from an inboard glass sheet, spacer members positioned between and connected to the horizontal and vertical portions of the glass sheets to space them apart, said spacer members including a horizontal head spacer member connected to a horizontal sill spacer member by a pair of spaced-apart vertical side spacer members, said vertical side spacer members spacing apart the glass sheets and stiffening and supporting the side edge portions of the glass sheets against pressures of wind and rain and the elements, and factory-affixed gasket members attached to the vertical edges of the side spacer members for sealing the vertical space between side-abutting window units, said gasket members being adapted to be compressed between the sides of side-abutting window units, said side spacer members including a side spacer member that is U-shaped in cross-section with the legs of the U facing sideways from the window unit, a foam spacer tape

Abstract: The kerfed edges of wall panels attached to H-studs by engagement of the stud flanges within the kerfs are protected against breakage by panel bracing ribs installed within the wall cavity by insertion of the ribs into apertures located in the webs of the studs. Said ribs are bowed wafers of plastic or other flexible material having a notched tab at each end. Insertion of the vertically oriented tabs into said apertures and rotation of the bow to orient said tabs horizontally secures the bracing rib to the stud.

Abstract: The suspended woodbeam ceiling is formed of a plurality of beams which lie spaced from each other and at right angles from each other to receive drop-in ceiling panels therebetween. These beams are interconnected with each other, are supported from the overhead, and join the wall rail with the several hardware structures of this invention. The hardware structures engage on one beam and connect it to adjacent structure. Engagement is by lips engaging in grooves and spring teeth engaging in the body of the wood.

Abstract: A method for assembling multi-unit, party wall residential buildings employs fire-resistant structural panels which are manufactured off-site and installed in the structure as completed party walls. The individual units are assembled side-by-side and thereafter the factory-assembled, fire-resistant party wall panels are introduced into the building covering the contiguous walls of the individual units. Satisfactory fire ratings for the resulting buildings can be achieved. The fire-resistant wall sections are fabricated from a frame which is covered with fire-resistant panels on both surfaces and filled with acoustical insulation.

Abstract: An improved machine and method of making and folding an insert and a personalized envelope therefor.

Abstract: Retractile cords disposed in a U-shaped configuration are arranged about the periphery of a turntable with the ends of each cord adjacent to the peripheral edge being terminated with modular plugs. As a cord having its ends terminated with modular plugs is moved into a last work station, a pickup arm removes the cord. As the plug-ends are moved outwardly from the turntable, a middle section of the U-shaped cord is engaged by a snagging pin that is moved into one portion of a foldable tray to hold the middle section of the cord as the plug ends are moved farther along above the tray. The plugs are released, and the cord retracts and drops into the tray. Then the snagging pin is retracted, and the tray is caused to be folded to form an opening beween portions of the tray. The cord descends through the opening into an open end of a bag formed between two plies of a plastic material. The plies are bonded together adjacent to the open end and the bag is separated from its supply.

Abstract: Stacks of paper sheets are delivered onto the upper reach of an endless conveyor or onto the upper side of a platform which is movable through an open side and into the interior of a carton at a carton filling station. The open side of the carton is closed, by pivoting the corresponding side wall upwardly from a level at or below the level of the bottom wall of the carton, upon completion of insertion of a stack.

Abstract: A reader-filler machine adapted to insert a discrete strip of microfilm having a series of image frames into a selected channel of a microfiche jacket. The jacket is provided with parallel channels each having an entry slot adjacent the front end. The machine includes a film drive mechanism which cooperates with an optical viewer. The film strip is advanced by the mechanism along the track of a track block which terminates adjacent the front end of a pivoted table which is spring-loaded. The block includes a pair of pressure fingers projecting from either side of the track exit and a pair of flat locating guides flanking the fingers. In operation, the user first tilts the table downwardly with respect to the track exit and places the jacket thereon to cause the guides to enter the channels on opposite sides of the channel to be loaded, thereby orienting the selected channel with respect to the track exit.

Abstract: A device for packing poultry with means (7) for supporting an opened bag (9) and means (12,13) for pushing a fowl into said bag, a pushing member (12) having a vertical central baffle (26) oriented in the pushing direction to guide the legs of the fowl in order to prevent a twisting movement of the pushed fowl, which otherwise at times could happen and provoke irregularity or even disturb of the pushing operation.

Abstract: A wrapping material of the horizontal form, fill and seal type has, positioned between a horizontal tube former which forms a web of wrapping material into a tube with a longitudinal bottom joint and an infeed conveyor which advances articles to be wrapped at regular intervals towards the tube former, a platform on which the articles are temporarily supported until pushed off it into the tube former by succeeding articles delivered by the infeed conveyor.

Abstract: A conveyor for transporting containers in a vertical position along a defined path through a power adjustable, container rotating mechanism. The rotating mechanism includes a pair of elongate friction members respectively disposed laterally adjacent the defined path of travel. One of the friction members is a movable wall device and the other friction member is a static wall device. Each friction member is laterally movable by cam devices controlled by power operated linkage mechanisms.

Abstract: A truss assembly and attachment member for use in constructing assemblies. The attachment member includes an intermediate leg with first and second connecting plates disposed at opposite ends of the intermediate leg. Each of the connecting plates have a plurality of sharp projections extending generally perpendicular from the connecting plates. The intermediate leg has at least one projection extending from the side opposite the sharp projections of the connecting plates and extending substantially the entire length of the leg between the connecting plates. This projection is higher in the proximity of the connecting plates than in the center of the leg midway between the connecting plates. The leg also has a pair of side flanges projecting from both its outside edges and extending in an opposite direction from the projection.

Abstract: A multiblade rotary lawnmower is disclosed that includes a pair of rotary blade members that are located in tandem relation but are disposed such that the swath of cut of the rear blade member overlaps with the swath of cut of the forward blade member, the rear blade member also fine cutting the area that is first cut by the first blade member and further mulching the grass and vegetation as cut thereby.

Abstract: A method for cleaning threshed grain in a combine harvester is disclosed wherein the threshed grain is conveyed into a cleaning cylinder that is rotatably driven at a sufficient speed to impart centrifugal forces on the threshed grain to urge the grain through sieve openings during each entire 360 degree revolution of the cleaning cylinder. The cleaning sieves are mounted within axially extending cleaning shoes connected to the rotating cleaning cylinder for individual reciprocatory movement along a generally axial direction inclined inwardly toward the axis of rotation to convey the threshed grain rearwardly and help the cleaned grain pass through the sieve openings. Simultaneously with the rotating of the cleaning cylinder and the reciprocating of the cleaning shoes, a fan blows air through the sieves in the cleaning cylinder to make the unwanted residue airborne for discharge rearwardly from the cylinder, the air also being directed through the threshold grain twice before it is received on the sieves.

Abstract: A collector leaf construction for a grape harvester or the like including a generally planar body portion having an inner end, a concave leading edge, a convex trailing edge, and a convex outer edge, a pivot mounting at the inner end, a reinforcing plate at the inner end, and fasteners for securing the reinforcing plate to the body portion at the inner end.

Abstract: Charges of loosely bunched crop material are swept along an arcuate wall section leading to the inlet opening of a baling chamber while their volumes are decreased by compressing them radially outwardly against the arcuate wall section. The feeding and compressing mechanism is in the form of a rotary drum having radial partitions defining the feeding and compressing chambers and hinged plate portions to effect the compressing.

Abstract: An agricultural-machine intake has a frame adapted to travel along the ground in a travel direction, a transverse feeder fixed extending horizontally and transversely to the direction on the frame, a pair of end mounts on the frame and a center mount transversely flanked thereby, supports carrying the mounts on the frame for up and down movement generally tangential of the transverse feeder, and a jointed reel centered on and rotatable about at least one horizontal reel axis extending transverse to the direction through the mounts. The reel has outer ends journaled in the end mounts, a jointed center journaled in the center mount and axially subdividing the reel into two halves, and radially extending tines. Respective ground-engaging end and center skids are vertically displaceable on the frame. Respective end and center links connect the end and center skids to the respective mounts for synchronous vertical movement of the skids with the respective mounts.

Abstract: A combination yarn processing machine and overhead creel assembly comprising a machine mounted overhead creel assembly including a bobbin carriage which pivots about an axis mounted on a framework above the yarn processing machine. The bobbin carriage pivots through a circular arc between an up position substantially above and over the processing machine and a down position substantially above and beside the machine without substantially changing the length of the yarn extending between creel bobbins or other yarn packages in the bobbin carriage and the processing machine and is loaded and unloaded to replace empty yarn packages while the processing machine is in operation drawing yarn from still laden yarn packages on the same bobbin carriage. A spring loaded counterbalancing system holds the bobbin carriage in the up position and in the down position and aids in minimizing the effort expended by operators servicing the machine while moving the bobbin carriage between the up and down position.

Abstract: A metallic cable for reinforcing elastomeric articles comprises a single strand of two filaments twisted together in a first direction, and a single filament helically disposed around the strand in a direction that is opposite to said first direction and has a pitch that is not greater than one and one-half times the lay length of said strand.

Abstract: On the main frame (1) of the ring spinning machine a box-shaped frame (11) is supported, which is used for exchangeably and loosely taking up storage devices (14), which can be lined up in a row. The storage devices (14) on their lower side are provided with a plurality of suspension devices (16) for taking up the roving bobbins (10). The frame (11) also is used as a rail arrangement for a transporting carriage (15), which can, using suitable elevator devices (17,18), and along its movement from one end of the machine to the other, take up at least one plate-shaped storage device (14) with empty roving bobbins (10), and can deposit at this location a plate-shaped storage device (14) with full roving bobbins (10).These measures permit complete automation of the exchange of roving bobbins on the machine.