Abstract: A new variety of coast redwood useful for Christmas tree and ornamental purposes. The new variety exhibits dense columnar form with upturning lower branches. The growth rate is significantly slower than that of a normal redwood. The new variety does well in full sunlight or partial shade. The foliage color remains green throughout the year. The new variety can be reproduced on a commercial scale by rooting branch cuttings.

Abstract: A new and distinct clone of the species Trachelospermum asiaticum, characterized as novel by its dwarf size.

Abstract: A new and distinct Kalanchoe hybrid named Mercur characterized by its deep orange flower color, highly floriferous habit, sturdy, upright self-branching plant form with above average keeping qualities, and its adaptability to 10-15 cm. pot plant production on year around basis in controlled environments.

Abstract: A new and distinct Kalanchoe plant named Bali having vigorous growth habit and root system, highly floriferous habit, with orange colored flowers being formed at every shoot, freely branching, and by its suitability for production in 8 to 15 cm. pots.

Abstract: A new variety of Streptocarpus plant is characterized by its small, narrow and flattened leaves. The plant has bouquet-type small flowers standing above the leaf line. The flowers have a flattened appearance resulting from flat bottom petals and reflexed top petals.

Abstract: A chrysanthemum plant named True Luv having flat capitulum form; decorative capitulum type; deep lavender ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum ranging from 105 to 115 mm. at maturity; uniform eight week photoperiodic flowering response to short days; short plant height when grown as a pinched disbud pot mum, and semi-spreading branching pattern.

Abstract: A chrysanthemum plant named Surfine having flat capitulum form; decorative capitulum type; light yellow ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum ranging from 70 to 85 mm.

Abstract: A chrysanthemum plant named Tempter having flat capitulum form; decorative capitulum type; medium yellow ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum ranging from 90 to 120 mm. at maturity; uniform nine week photoperiodic flowering response to short days; tall plant height when grown as a pinched, disbud pot mum, and semi-spreading branching pattern.

Abstract: A chrysanthemum plant named Vista having semi-incurved to flat capitulum form; anemone capitulum type; light bronze to golden yellow ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum ranging from 35 to 50 mm. at maturity; uniform seven week photoperiodic flowering response to short days; short plant height when grown as a pinched spray pot mum, and spreading branching pattern.

Abstract: A chrysanthemum plant named Tabasco having flat capitulum form; decorative capitulum type; orange red ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum ranging from 100 to 120 mm. at maturity; uniform nine week photoperiodic flowering response to short days; tall plant height when grown as a pinched, disbud pot mum, and semi-spreading branching pattern.

Abstract: A Philodendron plant of compact form having broad thick leathery leaves with prominent depressed veination, brick red color when immature and becoming black red upon maturing.

Abstract: To fasten together two or more overlying sheets of metal or other material having plasticity or deformable properties by partially piercing and deforming sections of the sheets, a fixed pierce-and-forming punch is used in cooperation with a double-acting press having two separately actuatable rams. For displacing sections of the overlying sheets, one of the rams carries a hollow cylindrical pierce-and-forming die the die cavity of which is vertically aligned with, and cooperates with, a fixed pierce-and-forming punch supported in the base. The other of the rams carries a flattening punch which is slidably movable within the central bore of the hollow cylindrical die. The pierce-and-forming die is supported by means which includes fine adjustment means so that the position of the die may be adjusted for different thicknesses of sheets to be fastened, and also for wear on the die and/or punch.

Abstract: The portable single burner campstove of this invention is characterized by compactness to conform to the space limitations of backpacking. The cooking unit assembly which can be mounted on top of a tank includes a reflector bowl, a burner within the reflector bowl and a grate. In addition, there is provided a burner box attached to the reflector bowl in communication with the burner. The burner box includes internal venturi means for carrying fuel from the tank into the burner box. In particular, there is provided a tube extending inwardly from the side of the burner box. The tube serves to entrain air with the fuel as the fuel is fed into the burner box. In addition, the burner box serves as a mixing chamber and distribution plenum for feeding a steady flow or an air/fuel mixture to the burner. The portable single burner campstove of the invention is characterized by high efficiency with minimum external dimensions.

Abstract: A new form of chewing tobacco in cake form but with a low tensile strength such that it may be easily torn, broken, or bittin into smaller pieces.

Abstract: A motor-vehicle seat hinge has an upper hinge element secured to the back part of the seat and a lower hinge element secured to the seat part, a positioning plate securable at any of a plurality of angularly offset positions and coacting with an abutment on the upper element to define the rest position for the seat back. An inertial two-arm pawl is pivoted on the upper hinge element and has on one arm a stop face which is engageable with the positioning plate in a blocking position of this pawl to prevent forward pivoting of the back seat. The other arm of the pawl is weighted so as normally to pivot from the blocking position into a freeing position when the back part is slowly pivoted forwardly but to resist due to its inertia the change of its position when the back part is subject to an abrupt forward movement.

Abstract: An electrical contact is disclosed which is formed from a single, integral piece of sheet metal and includes an active contact element, a terminal element and a hood. The hood covers at least the active contact element to protect the pin-engaging tines formed integrally therewith from inadvertant distortion or breakage.

Abstract: Aluminum electrolytic capacitor foil is etched in a bath containing 0.7 to 2.0 M hydrochloric acid, 0.2 to 0.5 M hydrated aluminum trichloride, and 0.02 to 0.4 M phosphate ion while subjected to the action of alternating current at 35.degree. to 55.degree. C.

Abstract: A thermoplastic synthetic resin such as polyethylene or ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin containing 0.1 to 10 wt. % of a specific additive selected from specific classes of compounds, namely saturated higher fatty acid amides, saturated higher aliphatic amines and complete esters of saturated higher fatty acids is found to be very suitable for production of expanded articles and can be easily formed into expanded articles with little shrinkage after expansion, free from creases on the surface or cracks on the cell walls, and having excellent characteristics such as good closed cellular characteristic, high compressive strength, low density, etc.

Abstract: A dry diving suit has a protective piece which extends completely around each leg, the underlying material of the leg and the protective piece being united longitudinally only at the inseam. A two-layer leg is thus provided with but one longitudinal seam. Each leg is glued at its lower edge to a latex sock. The protective piece is seamed circumferentially to the leg above the glue line of the sock. The inseam extends vertically down only to the circumferential seam of the protective piece.

Abstract: A vest having projectile-stopping capabilities, including a network of inner shock-resistant plates lying under a layer of ballistic material to minimize the force imparted by a slowing projectile upon a wearer of the vest.

Abstract: A motorcycle helmet defines a cavity in a hard fiber shell. A thermo-electric heat pump is mounted in the cavity, and a light metal rediator is bonded to both shell and pump. One way conductors energize the heat pump from a motorcycle battery source to pump heat from the hard fiber shell to the radiator. A flexible blatter filled with heat transfer liquid is mounted in the hard fiber shell and below the heat pump and in thermal contact with a wearer's head and the heat pump, for conducting head heat to the pump to electrically pump to the radiator for radiation to the atmosphere.

Abstract: Meshwork patterns are impressed upon the whole or a portion of a back leather member of a baseball glove to stiffen the leather and mesh-like apertures are formed in the stiffened leather to provide it with air-permeability.

Abstract: A high-strength ligament prosthesis having biological acceptability, flexibility, porosity and resistance to prolonged stress in excess of 100 Kg with little change in modulus, and less than 20% ultimate elongation is provided. These characteristics make the high-strength prosthesis favorable for critical applications, such as knee and ankle repair. The high-strength prosthesis is constructed of a biological compatible yarn having an outer shell with an "H-beam" cross-section and a velour surface to encourage rapid invasion by host tissue and a reinforcing core of the same yarn. The ends of the reinforcing core and outer wall are fitted with end tips to limit displacement of the core within the outer shell and to facilitate positioning of the prosthesis during surgery with minimal effort. An enlarged elongated end tip is particularly well adapted for special surgical procedures, such as arthoscopic procedures.

Abstract: An overflow pipe in a water closet supports a valve arm which carries a valve for opening and closing an outlet in the bottom of the tank. A first float is connected to the outer end of the valve arm to maintain the valve in an open position until the water level falls below a predetermined level. A second float is carried on a float arm pivoted intermediate its ends to the support. Cooperating lock means are provided on the end of the float arms opposite the float and in the travel path of the valve arm whereby a horizontally disposed pin on the valve arm is adapted to engage a horizontal surface on the adjacent end of the float arm and move therealong into locking engagement with a vertical shoulder thereby holding the valve in an open position until the water level in the tank falls below a second predetermined lower level thereby releasing the valve arm to return the valve to its closed position. A trip handle is connected to the first float for initially moving the valve to an open position.

Abstract: A snap-on swimming pool gutter cover is formed of a generally planar major portion including a rear edge and an inverted, channel-shaped, front, female portion which snaps down onto a correspondingly shaped male portion of the gutter lip. The rear edge is received in a horizontal slot in the rear wall of the gutter.

Abstract: A collapsible crib has a framework substantially in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped including front and rear upper and lower rods which are foldable at their substantially central portions. Connecting bars which cross each other in a crisscross relation are pivotably mounted at ends on distal ends of the lower rods. Links are pivotably connected between the other ends of the connecting bars and side rod portions of front and rear frames of the crib framework. When the crib is unfolded or while it is being collapsed, the links are held substantially parallel to side rod portions of the lower rods. One of the upper rods of the framework may be mounted on swing rods so as to be angularly movable outwardly and downwardly, or may be mounted on slidable brackets on the side rod portions of the front and rear frames so as to be slidable downwardly for allowing the baby to be taken into or out of the crib.

Abstract: A foldable bunk bed assembly is disclosed including an upper and lower bed assembly that can be opened independently. The upper bed assembly includes a leg assembly which includes at least one rung to facilitate climbing into the upper bed assembly. Also included are biasing means to aid in the opening and closing of the upper bed assembly.

Abstract: A baby safety barrier has an upright panel, a platform panel and one or more hinges connecting the panels along adjacent edges thereof, the hinges having leaves mounted to rotate between a position at which they are substantially parallel to and overlying one another and a position at which they are substantially perpendicular to one another, and a locking device for releasably retaining the leaves and panels in the perpendicular position.

Abstract: A fluidized patient support structure in which a mass of granular material is received within an open top container between a fluid diffuser plate and a flexible sheet on which the patient may lie in a supine position. Pressurized fluid passes through the diffuser plate and suspends the granular material in a fluidized form. The diffuser plate has a predetermined variable contour and a predetermined depth of fluidized material thereabove adequate to support a patient in a supine position.

Abstract: An inflatable air pad, or fluid impervious pad, is provided having three layers, the top and bottom being joined together to form an enclosed envelope with a middle layer interposed between defining an upper and lower chamber. Fluid is allowed to flow from one side of the middle layer to the other, such that there is uniform pressure throughout. A sealable port is provided in the enclosed envelope for the injection of fluid under pressure. The middle layer is attached to the top layer in a series of seals or attachment points in a rectangular array and is similarly sealed to the bottom layer in a similar rectangular pattern; however, the two patterns are positioned 180 degrees out of phase with each other. These patterns form a series of small cushion areas in the upper and lower chambers respectively and the cushion areas are nested within each other on an offset basis.

Abstract: A ventilating inner cover, for a beehive wintering outdoors, is disclosed. The inner cover provides adequate, but not excessive ventilation while preventing a draft through the beehive. The inner cover embodies a ventilation channel that connects the top-center volume of the upper brood chamber with the outside atmosphere. The ventilation channel is simple to construct, being formed into the structure of the inner cover.

Abstract: Inventive considerations have shown that the use of shorter liquid ratios can be realized in the course of wet-treating textile ropes in jet dyeing machines if the textile goods are driven by means of a non-inert gas stream and the dyestuff or product formulations necessary for carrying out the type of treatment desired are brought into contact with the goods by atomization into the circulated gaseous driving agent.

Abstract: The specification describes a device that admits of performing a variety of servicing, inspection and maintenance functions on the viewing surface of a simulator dome. The structural arrangement of such device includes a circular track supported by the base floor of the simulator and at least one arcuate carrier track extending from one end at the circular track, upwardly in a plane perpendicular to the circular track and at a constant distance from the viewing surface, to the opposite end at the circular track 180 degrees from the end. A servo unit, carrying a desired implement to perform some function on the viewing surface, is indexed along the arcuate carrier track after the arcuate carrier track is turned 360 degrees. Suitable wheels support each end of the arcuate carrier track on the circular track.

Abstract: An apparatus for absorbing liquid such as water from a surface such as the ground comprises a compressible, absorbant body. According to the invention the absorbant body comprises a plurality of circular discs of absorbant material, each pair of adjacent discs being sealed off from each other by means of an interposed foil such as a plastics foil so that upon compression of the body each disc will discharge its liquid such as water at the edge portion of the disc.

Abstract: Mop holder includes a main frame portion having a loading bar cantilevered at one end to the main frame portion and a hinged side gate at the other end which can be lifted up to permit a mop swab to be slid on or off the loading bar at such other end. A clamping bar movable toward and away from the loading bar releasably clamps the mop swab tightly against the loading bar.

Abstract: An artist's brush helpful in painting leafy vegetation such as trees, bushes, and the like, having a plurality of tiered layers of bristles, each of said layers containing bristles of various lengths arranged within said tiered row to form a plurality of furcations. By application of the brush to canvas, the furcations create alternating painted and unpainted areas, creating an effect similar to that of spaced apart leaves.

Abstract: A blind cleaning device having a handle and a plurality of spaced fingers extending from the handle. Blind cleaning elements are provided on the fingers and the slats of the blind are insertible between the elements. The fingers are moved in unison from the handle to squeeze or clamp the slats therebetween. Movement of the device, when the fingers are moved to clamp the slats therebetween, along the blind slats, efficiently cleans all surfaces of the slats in a single pass. The cleaning elements may be fake fur or lambs' wool and coated with a dust attracting cleaning agent prior to cleaning the blind slats.

Abstract: An apparatus including a powered brush for the periodic cleaning of a chimney or other smoke conduit. A reversible electric motor drives a brush carrying threaded shaft centrally disposed along a length of chimney conduit. Trigger means includes a toggle actuated at one limit of brush travel and alters a motor control circuit to effect reverse motor operation and hence change the direction of brush travel. The lower end of the motor driven shaft is stabilized against lateral displacement by a stationary spider within the chimney with the spider additionally serving to support the toggle and a push rod actuated by the toggle. The push rod passes through and stabilizes the brush against rotation.

Abstract: A shoe support apparatus, particularly for supporting a shoe for cleaning and shining, in the form of a base plate that is designed for temporary mounting to a conventional door and that has an outwardly extending shoe support means which comprises a heel support and a spring-loaded adjustable toe support that is connected thereto in a manner permitting a slight amount of rocking motion of the toe support. For door mounting, the base plate has a tapered opening so that it can be received over a doorknob and hung from the doorknob stem, and further has clamping means for clamping the base plate securely to the door edge adjacent the doorknob. The apparatus may be partially collapsed and totally removed from the door for portability and storage.

Abstract: A system for cleaning material from a surface of an object, such as an MLC mask, having movable support member having extended along its length a line of liquid dispensing nozzles and a line of gas dispensing ports for respectively cleaning and drying the surface. The liquid dispensing nozzles and said gas dispensing ports are arranged to respectively provide a continuous line of liquid spray and a continuous line of gas at an angle with respect to the surface so as to form a wedge therewith in the direction of motion of the movable support member. The nozzles and ports are preferably arranged on both sides of the object to simultaneously clean both sides. The support member is moved vertically with respect to the surface by an air cylinder.

Abstract: An improved support (48) for mounting a crescent shaped squeegee assembly (46) on the body (18) of a self propelled walk behind floor scrubbing machine (10) of the type which deposits cleaning fluid on a hard surfaced floor, scrubs the floor, and then squeegees and vacuums the dirty cleaning fluid from the floor. The squeegee supporting means (48) includes first and second intermediate members (84, 98) and first, second, and third pivot means (68, 70, 72). The first pivot means (68) secures the first intermediate member (84) to the body (18) for swinging movement about a generally vertically extending axis (Z). The second pivot means (70) secures a forward portion of a downwardly and rearwardly extending arm (90) to the first intermediate member for swinging movement about a generally transversely extending axis (Y). The second intermediate member is secured to a rear portion of the arm, the securing means including an attitude adjusting member (102).

Abstract: A locking device for locking the trailing wheels of a wheeled carriage, particularly of a perambulator, in the straight running position, the trailing wheels being mounted for pivotal movement about an upright axis extending perpendicular to their axis of rotation without intersecting it, wherein a support member carrying the axis of rotation of the trailing wheel is connected to a vertically extending sleeve mounted for rotation about its vertical axis in a concentrically surrounding cylindrical recess in the wheeled carriage, and wherein a resiliently deformable plug extends through the sleeve from above, the plug having a disk-shaped enlarged head portion engaging the rim of the upper end face of the recess and being in positive locking engagement with the sleeve so that the plug is non-rotatably connected therewith, the locking device including a substantially vertically extending engagement surface formed on the disk-shaped head portion for positive locking engagement with a locking member pivotally moun

Abstract: An automatic door closer has an elongated fluid-filled housing having a closed end and an opposite open end, a plug closing the open end of the housing, a first piston reciprocatably arranged in the housing and dividing the latter into a first pressure space adjacent the closed end and a second pressure space adjacent the plug, a closer shaft adapted to be connected to a door, extending transverse to the elongation of the housing and turnably mounted in the housing in the region of the closed end, elements connecting said closer shaft with said first piston for moving the latter during turning of the closer shaft in door-opening direction in a first direction reducing the volume of the first pressure space while increasing the volume of the second pressure space, the piston-moving elements comprising a piston rod slidingly guided in the first piston and having a free end facing the plug, a spring cooperating with the first piston for biasing the latter in a second direction opposite to the first direction, a

Abstract: Door speed is controlled by a pneumatic dashpot including a spring-loaded piston having a piston rod which extends through an elastomeric silicone rubber braking sleeve which is longitudinally compressed as the door opens to increase the friction between the piston rod and the sleeve. One or more enlargements on the piston rod provide increased friction as the rod moves through the braking sleeve to control closing speed and to provide greater wind resistance.

Abstract: A door track adapted for carrying a trolley supporting a door for rolling movement. The door track includes one or more single-piece track members having a first substantially planar surface and a pair of substantially identical spaced apart portions extending from the first substantially planar surface and forming a channel with the first planar surface. The spaced apart portions each have a substantially planar portion adjacent the first substantially planar surface to provide a plurality of flat mounting surfaces. The spaced apart portions further include inwardly curved portions extending from the substantially planar portions which are adapted to support a trolley for rolling movement therealong. The inwardly curved portions are spaced apart to freely receive a door supporting member which is secured to the trolley.

Abstract: A machine to form lump-type crab meat from smaller particles of cooked crabmeat by extruding the same under pressure from a cylinder having a discharge nozzle adjoining a die plate having one or more contoured cavities in a flat face thereof and movable past said nozzle to receive compressed crab meat particles in compact congealed condition for molding into a desired configuration resembling natural lump-type commercial crab meat. A knife member on a slide shears the molded lump of crab meat from the extrusion end of the discharge nozzle and sealing means on it prevent appreciable escape of natural juices of the crab meat from the molded lumps, and ejecting plungers having contoured ends form part of the molding surfaces of the die cavities and are reciprocable to eject the molded lumps when the die plate is moved to clear the die cavities from said discharge nozzle.

Abstract: The birds to be processed in a poultry processing plant are individually weighed and subsequently sorted into respective weight categories of either over or under a calculated reference weight which varies with the weights of a number of the lastweighed birds in a base sample to maintain the numbers of birds being currently sorted into the two categories substantially equal.

Abstract: A combination fish skin cutting and grasping tool which has a cutting edge formed in one piece and integral with one of the jaws thereof and furthermore has a projection thereon for limiting the depth of the cutting so as to prevent damage to the meat of the skin while at the same time insuring that a clean cut of the skin will be made. The combination skin cutting and grasping device prevents the need to use separate tools and to switch from one to the other, thereby making the job of removing skin from fish much more efficient.

Abstract: The invention relates to a theft deterrent device which can be lockably fastened to an article (4) made of cloth, leather, skin or like material, in a manner such that it can only be removed from the article with the aid of special means intended therefor. The device is, to advantage, in the form of a clamp which can be closed around an edge part of the article and therewith automatically locked in position. Arranged in the two halves of the clamp-like device are steel pins which penetrate the material from which the article is made, so that the device sits firmly thereon. The device includes one or more enclosed spaces, preferably in the form of glass ampoules (19) arranged in cavities (15) in the device. The ampoules contain a heavily staining and/or ill-smelling substance, for example a gas or liquid under pressure, and are arranged to break readily if an attempt is made to remove the device by force.

Abstract: A closure for necklace, bracelet or the like comprising a spring-ring with a gapped annular or similar form and a sliding catch therein actuated by a spring contained therein, the closure having a lug with two approximately parallel generally flat laminar portions extending substantially parallel to each other and connected to the spring ring to which they are soldered or welded, the lug having means for connection to one end of a necklace, bracelet or the like.