Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant named Blues characterized by the combined features of fuchsia pink flower color, semi-double to single flower form, cultivation below 12.degree. C., short peduncles, large flowerhead, compact habit, and excellent branching.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of geranium named Schone Helena particularly characterized by the combined features of porcelain rose flower color, large flowerhead, very fast rooting, cultivation below 12.degree. C., excellent branching, medium to dark green foliage, and stable peduncles.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant named Olymp, and particularly characterized by its semi-double flower form and vermilion red flower color, fast rooting, zoned leaves, large flowerhead, cultivation below 12.degree. C., and by its excellent branching.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a shaped precision article from molten metal or molten metal alloy wherein a gas atomized stream of molten metal or molten metal alloy is directed at a collecting surface to form a coherent deposit, the stream being cooled in flight by the atomizing gas, which is at ambient, preferably room temperature, sufficient heat being extracted by the relatively cold atomizing gas from the stream of molten metal in flight such that formation of the coherent deposit is independent or substantially independent of the thermal properties and temperature of the collecting surface, provided the temperature of the collecting surface is below the melting point of the metal or metal alloy being sprayed; and the deposit is worked as by a die to form the precision metal or metal alloy article.

Abstract: Sorting apparatus for collating both simplex or side one up and duplex or side two up copies from a copying machine. The sorting apparatus includes tray assemblies arranged .[.axially.]. .Iadd.radially .Iaddend.of a rotatable member adapted to rotate in clockwise and counterclockwise directions. A conveyor transports sheets toward a first or second feed zone adjacent the path of the tray assemblies. The direction of the tray assemblies and feed zone selected depend on the sorting mode of operation desired by the machine operator. The copy sets are unloaded at a gate into a tray member which is slideably reciprocated on receiving alternate sets to stagger the sets into separately identifiable stacks in the tray member.

Abstract: A multiple access fluid connector unit having two connector elements adapted for connection to a source of fluid or a fluid administration device and sealed on an opposite end. A plurality of spacially separate access ports are provided along the length of the elements, in communication with a fluid manifold that extends along the element. An outer end of each port has a removable cover to maintain the port sterile prior to use. Ports on one element are associable with ports on the other element to provide fluid flow through the unit. After association of two ports, when desirable to disconnect, the associated ports are severed from the elements and the element is resealed adjacent the cut. Two further of the sterile ports can thereafter be uncovered and used to reinstitute fluid flow through the unit.

Abstract: Star-block copolymers having functional groups associated with the nucleus of the copolymers have been prepared. The copolymers of from 10-90% by weight of a monovinyl aromatic compound and 10-90% by weight of a conjugated diene have at least 3 arms connected to a polyvinyl aromatic nucleus and up to the same number of polar functional groups attached to said nucleus as there are arms attached thereto.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of .[.otho.]..Iadd.ortho.Iaddend.-hydrocarbylthio)-phenols, having at least one hydrogen on a carbon atom ortho to a hydroxy group, with hydrocarbyl disulfides in the presence of catalytic amounts of aluminum phenoxide.

Abstract: Apparatus for digitally indicating the bearing angle of a source of microwave energy includes an antenna array of a plurality of antenna elements equispaced about an arc of a circle in a plane. Connected to each of the antenna elements is a different input port of a microwave power dividing and phase transforming hybrid matrix. Some of the output ports of the matrix are connected to input ports of a plurality of digital phase discriminators whose outputs emit a coded combination of binary level signals. The outputs of the phase discriminators are connected to an ambiguity resolving means which transform the binary level signals to an unambiguous digital word representing the bearing angle.

Abstract: A time variant measured variable is graphically displayed in moving strip chart format on a cathode ray tube. During a scan line the electron beam is intensity modulated at a position on the scan line whith represents the magnitude of the measured variable at a given time. The intensity of the electron beam at positions in successive scan lines is similarly intensitymodulated to produce a trend line representing the magnitude of the variable along the strip chart format. During the scanning of a subsequent raster frame, a new data value of the measured variable is displayed at a selected position at an edge of the viewing area of the strip chart format in thwe location previously occupied by the next sequential value and the older data values are simultaneously displaced. The oldest data value is deleted from the format. During a raster scan the electron beam is modulated at different intensity levels to produce chart lines and time lines on the strip chart format.

Abstract: There is provided a method for measuring a parameter whose value is calculable as an integral with time of a function of at least one variable so as to make possible the use of a microprocessor when measurements of such variables are desired. The variable is sampled periodically at a frequency asynchronous with the wave form which the variable follows and then there is periodically calculated the value of the function by summing the values for the function determined by the samples taken during the time between the calculations, thus determining the desired integral.

Abstract: A ski pole attachment made up of a hand receiving member of heat insulation material having an open and a closed end. The ski pole grip can extend into the open end or into an opening in the side of the end receiving member and the ski pole may be held in place in the hand receiving member by means of a strap extending through two slots in the hand receiving member or it can be received in a tubular member extending up into the end receiving member. The operator can place his hand in the hand receiving member with or without a glove on his hand and can grasp the grip on the ski pole thereby holding the grip with his hand inside the hand receiving member.

Abstract: A lightweight garment protective of the legs and lower torso during exercise, comprises(a) a pant with integral tubular legs, the pant and legs comprising lightweight stretch fabric, and(b) a pad at the knee portion of each leg, there being layers of such fabric at the inner and outer sides of each pad co-operating to retain the pad to the knee portion and sandwiched between the fabric layers,(c) each pad consisting essentially of lightweight batting.Typically, the fabric of each leg is characterized as elastically stretchable lengthwise of each leg, and in directions about the wearer's leg.

Abstract: The invention relates to an article of apparel and comprises a flexible elongated scarf being dimensioned such that it is supportable around a wearer's neck. In addition one or both ends are constructed such to represent a hand puppet including a body with a skirt element. Part of the puppet's usefulness is in developing dexterity.

Abstract: This novel and unique headband device serves to support a fresh piece of mistletoe in front of its wearer's head. Primarily, it consists of a strip of material, which is suitably fastened to the head of the wearer, and it also includes a fork member, having an opening for receiving the mistletoe, which is disposed of after its use. The headband may also be used for supporting other decorative or novelty items.

Abstract: A garment having a seamless crotch is described. The seamless crotch of the present invention may be used in conventional pants, such as dress pants and jeans, as well as in shorts. In conventionally lengthed pants, an essentially curved diamond-shaped crotch piece with concave edges and long tapering sections which extend down the insides of the legs of the garment is sewn into the garment. Forces generated by the assumption of a sitting position or by the raising of a leg of the wearer of the garment which would otherwise cause the garment to ride up the crotch are redirected in the area of the crotch. In the crotch piece there is no center seam along the crotch and the seams of the crotch piece curved in directions becoming transverse through the crotch so that the garment therefore does not ride up the crotch. In another embodiment a pair of shorts is described in which the crotch piece is truncated.

Abstract: An improved check valve which is particularly adapted for surgical implantation in the heart as a substitute for a natural heart valve. In one embodiment, the prosthetic valve (10) comprises a circular base (40) on which a pair of semiconical leaflets (42) are supported for pivotal movement between open and closed positions by T-shaped arms (60) and pin and slot connections. In a second embodiment (80), the semiconical leaflets (42') are supported and constrained for pivotal movement between open and closed positions by C-shaped arms (82) engaging apertures (84) and notches (86) on the leaflets. In the preferred construction, at least one of the leaflets (42, 42') can also translate for ease of operation.

Abstract: A two step surgical technique for implantation of a joint prosthesis. A bone cavity adjacent the effected joint is prepared for receipt of a prosthetic stem having porosities therealong for dynamic bony interfacial fixation and a tip adapted for subsequent removable securement to a joint element. The effected joint is resectioned in a subsequent second surgical technique and the opposing joint component is prepared for receipt of a prosthetic joint. The prosthetic joint is then implanted and removably secured to said previously implanted stem. A two piece implantable prosthesis is also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: An improved flexion biased prosthetic hip includes an extended biasing spring to permit hyperextension of the joint relative the frontal plane of the user. In addition, a bifurcated actuator rod is disclosed. This actuator rod transmits the biasing force of the extended biasing spring from a collar surrounding the leg pylon to the hip mounting plate. The bifurcated actuator rod eliminates the binding associated with the previously used actuator members that were formed as a plate with a roller contacting the pylon.

Abstract: A concealed recessed urinal system in which a urinal is hidden from view by means of a frame mounted in a wall with hinged doors which, when opened, allow a drip guard to pivot outwardly. The system is flushed by a conventional water supply and activated by a valve. The urinal is a sanitary device for catching and disposing of human liquid waste.

Abstract: A mattress is provided having a body which incorporates a plurality of air supply chambers which are connected to air supply conduits, a plurality of inflatable air sacs being mounted on the mattress for supporting a person thereon and being connected to ports in the chambers so that air can be supplied to the air sacs via the conduits and supply chambers.

Abstract: Bedding. A pair of strips of hook and loop fastening material are attached to and circumscribe the side of a mattress. The strips are positioned on the side of the mattress one above the other. Strips of hook and loop fastening material are also attached to the undersurfaces and near the outer peripheral edges of top and bottom sheets on the mattress. The bottom sheet is smaller than the top sheet so that the strip of fastening material on the bottom sheet is attached to the upper strip of fastening material on the side of the mattress. The strip of fastening material on the top sheet is attached to the lower strip of fastening material on the side of the mattress. The strips of fastening material attached to the undersurfaces of the top and bottom sheets are fabricated from hook material and the strips of fastening material attached to the side of the mattress fabricated from loop material, or vice versa.

Abstract: Means for spanning the joint between adjoining structural members of a bridge or like structure which is of the kind consisting in a body which runs along the joint and can be flexed to engage a bead or thickening along each edge of the body in a corresponding recess or groove in the adjacent member. In the particular case of the invention the bead or thickening is associated with a tongue which engages behind an upstanding nose in the recess of groove to promote the fastening.

Abstract: A device for locking a vehicle to a loading dock during a loading operation. The device includes a frame mounted on the front surface of the dock beneath a pit which houses an adjustable dockboard. A slide assembly is mounted for vertical movement on the frame, and the slide assembly includes a locking member adapted to engage an abutment on the vehicle, as the slide assembly is elevated. To raise and lower the slide assembly, a motor is mounted on the slide assembly and drives a gear that engages a rack carried by the frame. The rack is spring biased to an upper position, and on operation of the motor in one direction, the slide assembly is raised to bring the locking member into engagement with the abutment on the vehicle. Continued operation of the motor will then move the rack downwardly relative to the gear and slide assembly, and downward movement of the rack will activate a switch to cut off power to the motor.

Abstract: An ambulatory power lift including a base and a movable lifting platform connected by a scissor lever assembly. Hydraulic power cylinders expand said scissor assembly in a manner which applies a substantially vertical lifting force to said platform. A modular power unit directs hydraulic fluid to said cylinders and allows the remote control of the lifting operation. A retractable bridge assembly on one end of the platform automatically raises as said lift is lowered, and a retractable wheel assembly allows the lift to be selectively transported in a lowered condition. A retractable guardrail closes at least one end of the lift platform. Safety means are also provided to prevent tampering with said power unit and to prevent entrapment between the platform and base.

Abstract: A combination toothbrush and tongue scraper is provided with the tongue scraper comprising a loop having a width greater than that of the handle and possessing sufficient flexural rigidity for the loop to remain open during use and to sufficiently deflect widthwise to allow passage of the tongue scraper through an aperture of a conventional toothbrush holder when in nonuse.

Abstract: A toothbrush has an elongated handle and a brush head supported at one end of the handle for a limited pivotal movement between opposed arms of a yoke structure, i.e., by torsion bar support elements joining the support arms to opposed edges of the brush head. A further resilient element may be employed between the brush head and the proximal end of the handle to provide additional resistance to pivotal movement. Preferably the further resilient element is designed to have an increased spring constant as the brush head is pivoted progressively farther from its normal position in substantially coplanar relation with the handle and thus acts as an effective stop limiting maximum pivotal movement of the head.

Abstract: A power spray nozzle using a single fluidic oscillator to disseminate liquid, selectively and cyclically, from one end of a floor brush to the other and return.

Abstract: A rug and upholstery cleaning apparatus comprising a nozzle embodying a pair of chambers separated by a baffle elevated to provide a passage therebelow, one chamber comprising a suction chamber and the other a cleaning chamber having a jet directing a stream of cleaning fluid to the area of said passage and angled to penetrate and sweep through the pile of the material being cleaned to the depth of the soil therein, the combined action of suction chamber and pressure of the stream of cleaning fluid causing the pile to tend to become erect and aligned, and the suction in a simultaneous action with the injection of cleaning fluid causes the cleaning fluid to have a sweeping action through the pile and the suction withdraws the cleaning fluid with the soil therein to the extent that whereby what is substantially dampness remains in the pile.

Abstract: This invention relates to an insect and the like pest disposal device designed to attach to the suction extension hose of a suction cleaning machine and to a disposable filter bag that receives and retains such pests for disposal without the necessity of having to physically contact the captured pests during the disposal operation. The device uses no insecticides nor leaves any poisonous residues. A first and second tubular member, each having an extending, elongate portion and aperture therein, cooperatively engage to define a hollow housing member. A tubular, air permeable bag, closed on one end and having an opposite extending, elongate end having an aperture therein is adapted to be received and retained in the hollow housing member to receive and retain objects entering the interior cavity of the hollow housing member.

Abstract: A small poultry limb, such as a turkey drumstick, is clamped to a longitudinally movable ram. The limb is thrust by the ram through a first resiliently flexible stripping device and a second stripping device. The bone passes through the stripping devices but the skin and tendons clamped to the ram are held and turned back over the ram thus exposing the meat for stripping.

Abstract: A lash device constructed according to the present invention includes a stiff flexible plate adapted to be attached to a substrate in overlying engagement therewith. The plate has a strap restraining device, in the form of a cross bar, on the upper face thereof, and has an outwardly flared peripheral wiper edge defining a recessed surface area on the underside of the plate. An attaching area on the plate is adapted to be fixed to the substrate to attach the plate thereto with the recessed surface area disposed in overlying engagement with the substrate, thereby flexing the plate to press the wiper edge firmly against the substrate along a continuous line of engagement therewith.

Abstract: A U-bolt clamp saddle construction is disclosed particularly adapted for applications such as clamping catalytic converter pipe connections requiring a rigid saddle. The saddle clamp is of two-piece welded construction, each piece being formed of sheet steel with a square-sided channel on either side, each piece also having an intermediate web having a semicircular cutout adapted to engage the pipe diameter to be clamped. The outer edges of each of the channels are abutted by positioning the pieces together, which pieces are then welded at weld projections located along the edges and on the web to form a high strength flangeless saddle construction for maximum clearance at installation of the clamp. The square-sided channel allows clearance for weld flash, while enabling standard sized nuts to be used.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hot melt adhesive attachment pad for releasably securing distinct elements together and particularly useful in the construction industry or a spatial vacuum environment. The attachment pad consists primarily of a cloth 11 selectively impregnated with a charge of hot melt adhesive 12, a thermo-foil heater 13 and a thermo-cooler 14. These components are securely mounting in a mounting assembly 17 and 18. In operation, the operator activates the heating cycle transforming the hot melt adhesive to a substantially liquid state, positions the pad against the attachment surface, and activates the cooling cycle solidifying the adhesive and forming a strong, releasable bond.

Abstract: The invention relates to a buckling device of the type having a strap or other connecting means, a male and a female elements, means for retaining said strap and male and female catch means. Said catch means consist of a retaining volume of said female element and a protuberance of said male element. Two abutments of said male elements cooperate with two obstacle means of said female element in such a way that said male and female catch means are preserved from any traction forces applied to the buckling device. The removal of said abutments of said element from said obstacle means of said female element is produced by the crushing of an elastic means of the male element within a holding volume of the female element.

Abstract: A separable slide fastener has a pair of warp-knit stringer tapes each with a series of openings for easy attachment to a knit fabric. Each of the stringer tapes includes a reinforcement film bonded to a lower end portion thereof and having a recess which allows some of the tape openings to be exposed for use in attachment to the knit fabric. The recess may be covered with a thin layer penetratable by knitting needles. A separable bottom end stop is injection-molded on the reinforcement films bonded to the stringer tapes.

Abstract: A water-tight, air-tight or otherwise sealing slide fastener has a series of discrete coupling elements secured to a support tape, a connecting cord extending longitudinally through and interconnecting the series of individual elements in equally spaced relation and a series of sealing strips each clamping a region of the tape which is folded around the elements. The connecting cord is dimensioned to fill the interspaces between adjacent elements so as to prevent entry of foreign matter.

Abstract: A buckle assembly comprises a socket and a plug which are made of synthetic resin and which can be assembled together. The socket includes an attachment for connection to one end of a belt, and a pair of hooks extending from the attachment, the hooks having a pair of locking bodies spaced from each other by a gap, respectively, and a pair of arms integral therewith and having a pair of first recesses opening away from each other. The plug has a base, an attachment extending therefrom for connection to an opposite end of the or another belt, and a retainer extending from the base, the retainer having a pair of spaced studs and a pair of holes disposed between the studs and the base and defining therebetween an insert and a pair of legs extending between the studs and the base. The legs have a pair of second recesses opening away from each other.

Abstract: An apparatus for making capaticive structures, which apparatus provides a plurality of supplies of webs, each web having a dielectric substrate with a metallic film upon one side of that substrate. The apparatus further provides a rotatable drum spaced from the supplies of webs, a plurality of rollers associated with each web supply with each web being strained and tensioned over its respective plurality of rollers, and a means for slitting the webs into ribbons prior to winding the ribbons on the drum to provide alternate layers of metallic and dielectric materials. The rollers and slitting means are positioned with respect to each other and with respect to the drum to support the ribbons over substantially their full length prior to winding on the drum.

Abstract: A fluid pressure actuator construction and method of making the same are provided, the method comprising the steps of forming a housing with an annular surface, securing an outer peripheral portion of a flexible diaphragm to the annular surface to define a fluid chamber with the housing whereby certain pressure differentials acting across the diaphragm cause movement thereof relative to the housing for actuation purposes or the like, and before the step of securing the diaphragm disposing a compression spring in the chamber to act between the housing and the diaphragm to tend to move the diaphragm in a direction away from the chamber, disposing a backup plate in the chamber so as to engage against the side of the diaphragm that faces the chamber, causing the spring to have one end thereof bearing against the backup plate, and forming the diaphragm to comprise a lamination having a polymeric layer defining the side thereof facing away from the chamber and a metallic layer defining the side thereof facing the c

Abstract: A hot water heater tank is formed from a cylindrical body or tube and a header subassembly. The header subassembly includes first and second headers sized to fit in separately sized sections of the body of the tank. The subassembly, comprising the headers and interconnecting heat exchange tubes, is coated with a protective ceramic material prior to insertion into the cylindrical body of the tank.

Abstract: A mounting assembly for coupling together a plurality of fluid actuated components utilizing a pressurized fluid which provides a versatile structure to enable easy customizing of control systems. Each component has ports to receive and to discharge fluid when secured to the mounting assembly. The assembly has a main face with at least a first face recess separated from an adjacent second face recess by a partition, a portion of the partition being adapted to be removed to provide communication between the first and second face recesses. The assembly also has input and output connecting recesses adapted to receive and to discharge fluid and to communicate with the face recesses. The assembly includes an intermediate plate fitted and sealed between the components and the mounting plate to seal portions of the recesses to form passages through the mounting assembly.

Abstract: A system for recovering waste heat from a stream of heated gas is disclosed. The system includes a convection heat transfer chamber, a boiler tank, and a plurality of heat pipes thermally interconnecting the convection heat transfer chamber with the boiler tank. Each of the heat pipes includes an evaporator section which is disposed in heat transfer relation with a stream of heated gas flowing through the convection heat transfer chamber, and a condenser section disposed in heat transfer relation with a volume of water contained within the boiler tank. The boiler tank is provided with a header plate having an array of heat pipe openings through which the heat pipes project. A heat support sleeve is received in each heat pipe opening in sealed engagement with the header plate, with the heat pipes projecting through the support sleeves and thermally interconnecting the convection heat transfer chamber with the boiler tank.

Abstract: A cover 20 for a cell cavity 7 in a plastic watch case 2 is provided on its periphery with three lugs 28. The back surface 4 of the case is provided with three recesses 12 into which the lugs can enter freely. With the aid of a tool 38, the cover is rotated while ultrasonic or thermal energy is applied to the lugs. Thanks to this energy, the lugs themselves deform and move into the thermoplastic material in order thereby to form three undercuts. A bayonet joint closure assembly is thus formed. See FIG. 5.

Abstract: A pipe and sleeve telescoped joint with the pipe and sleeve in sealing engagement and keys embedded in both pipe and sleeve at their interface. The size and number of the keys are calculated from the size and strength of the pipe. The sleeve is sized and its strength selected from the strength of the pipe, and the sleeve ends are shaped to hold the joint circular when it is made. The apparatus includes means for holding the midportion of the sleeve circular when creating the joint, and for cooperating with the sleeve ends to keep them circular. The sealing engagement is created by firing a propellant into a substantially incompressible medium, like water, held by the apparatus in a cavity about the sleeve, and a piston separates the explosive propellant from the pressure medium.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is proposed for the simultaneous joining together of a multiplicity of individual helical coils in forming a link belt section intended for co-operation with other like sections to produce a link belt of a requisite length, coils of opposite hand being arranged side-by-side in pairs and such pairs being combined together to form the section. Hinge wires are threaded through the interdigitated turns of adjacent coils to maintain the integrity of the total structure.The apparatus includes a guide means for locating the individual coils one relative to another and a roller nip arrangement through which the coils, in a requisite relative disposition, are caused to pass. Hinge wire insertion means is also provided, whereby individual hinge wires are introduced into the interdigitated turns of adjacent coils.

Abstract: A method and structure for producing a vertically built MOS structure which permits the out diffusion of dopant from a layer of chemically deposited (CVD) doped oxide into a layer of CVD laser recrystallized polysilicon is disclosed. This out diffusion is accomplished during a high temperature oxidation treatment of an intermediate structure. Source and drain mask alignment is chosen such that this out diffusion of dopant from the CVD glass at its boundary limit will meet with a diffusion of implanted ions. This process makes possible minimal overlap of the drain and source zones with the gate, thus reducing coupling capacitance while providing increased packing density.

Abstract: A method of repairing shorts in parallel connected vertical semiconductor devices including a plurality of parallel-connected transistors comprises an anodizing step, before the electrodes are formed, in addition to the conventional manufacturing steps. Since defective semiconductor regions due to short circuit, poor withstand voltage or pin holes are insulated from the corresponding electrodes by an insulating material formed in the anodizing step, even if any of parallel-connected transistors are defective, the integrated circuit is usable, thus reducing the percentage of defectiveness of the vertical semiconductor devices in the assembly line production thereof.

Abstract: A static bipolar random access memory cell includes first and second transistors formed in epitaxial silicon pockets 41 and 42 in a substrate. The collectors 19 and 19' and bases 15 and 15' of the transistors are interconnected with polycrystalline silicon 21 doped to match the conductivity types of the regions contacted. Undesired PN junctions 40 and 40' created thereby are shorted using an overlying layer of a metal silicide 25. In a region overlying the N conductivity type polycrystalline silicon 23 or 23', the metal silicide is removed and a PN junction 37 or 37' created by depositing P conductivity type polycrystalline silicon 35c or 35c'. If desired additional P type polycrystalline silicon 35a and 35b may be deposited across the surface of the epitaxial layer where the base regions of the two transistors are formed to reduce the base series resistance.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, capable of forming, with good controllability, impurity regions of a low impurity concentration, includes the steps of: forming a gate electrode on a surface of a semiconductor substrate through a gate oxide film; forming a first film on the surfaces of the gate electrode and the semiconductor substrate; forming a non-single-crystalline silicon film to cover the entire surface; forming a second film to cover the entire surface; performing anisotropic etching of the second film to form residual second films on the side walls of that step portion non-single-crystalline silicon film which is formed corresponding to a shape of the gate electrode; performing etching of the non-single-crystalline silicon film by using the residual second films as masks to form residual non-single-crystalline silicon films on the side walls of the gate electrode through the first film; ion-implanting an impurity having a conductivity type opposite to that of the semiconductor substr