Abstract: A new miniature rose variety of near white and Spanish orange coloring long lasting on the plant and as a cut flower.

Abstract: A new rose plant of the Floribunda Class is provided having attractive bicolor semi-double flowers. Such flowers are china pink on the inside and whitish-cream suffused with china rose on the outside. The rose plant is particularly suitable for forcing under greenhouse conditions to abundantly yield cut flowers. Under such growing conditions, commonly one flower is formed per stem; however, additional blossoms per stem may be produced particularly when grown out-of-doors and/or during the spring.

Abstract: A new variety of Ulmus parvifolia is characterized by its rapid growth rate, propagation rate and its leaf appearance which is dark, leathery and semi-glossy in comparison to other varieties.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Weigela is provided which originated as a volunteer seedling in a planting of Weigela florida Eva Rathke variety at Boskoop, The Netherlands. The present variety exhibits a vigorous and truly dwarf growth habit and forms attractive crimson flowers in greater abundance and for a longer duration than Weigela florida Eva Rathke variety. Accordingly, the present variety can be used to advantage in smaller landscape settings while offering superior characteristics when compared to related previously known Weigela plants which are larger in size and which flower to a lesser degree.

Abstract: A new hybrid tea rose for cut flowers and garden decoration, having as its seed parent Angel Face (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,792) and as its pollen parent Double Delight (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,847). The new cultivar produces an abundance of well-formed flowers having unusual blended colorations of lavender pink, and having an extremely strong, pleasing fragrance. It is a medium-height, bushy plant that is attractive in the garden.

Abstract: A part-time four-wheel drive vehicle has a transfer case and a split axle drive mechanism for the selectively driving two vehicle wheels. The slit axle drive mechanism has a clutch associated with one of the differential side gears for preventing back drive to the transfer case in the two-wheel drive mode. A control system for operating the clutch responsive to the operational mode of the transfer case comprises a vacuum motor and a solenoid operated two-way valve energized by way of a switch in the transfer case. The control system also includes a pneumatic time delay and a vacuum check valve.

Abstract: Process for making a reconstitutable dehydrated, cooked potato piece or strip. Raw potatoes are cooked and a dough of separated potato cells is formed therefrom. A small quantity of the cells are ruptured to release their starch contents. The released starch alone or in combination with additional raw starch which is gelatinized after mixing with the dough are used to give the dough an adhesive character which will permit the eventually dried potato pieces to be reconstituted in water without loss of piece identity. After rupture of the potato cells the dough is maintained in a heated condition until formed into strips or pieces of the desired size after which they are dried. An alternative process employs raw starch as the principle means for obtaining the desired adhesive character in the dried potato pieces. In the alternative process the dough is processed and formed into the desired pieces or strips without heating and thereafter the raw starch is gelatinized by application of heat.

Abstract: A dehydrated potato product yielding rapidly upon reconstitution pieces resembling pieces of fresh potato suitable for frying, as for instance hash brown potatoes, formed by preparing an aqueous dough of about 23 percent solids, not less than about 80 percent of which are undamaged potato cells and the balance of which includes conventional additives and not less than about 6 percent extracellular starch in a form to provide sufficient soluble edible adhesive, forming pieces of the desired size, and drying the pieces to a moisture content of about 71/2 percent.

Abstract: An improved welding hood with a chin operated face shield provides hood stability, adjustability, ease of use, long life, an ability to hook the viewing window shield open, and positive closing of the shield otherwise. A linkage from the chin of the operator pivots the viewing window shield on the face shield. A spring biases the shield closed, is adapted to be hooked, and is attached to the shield and the linkage.

Abstract: The heat conductive laminated clothing material comprises a ply or layered structure defining an inner face or lining opposing an outer face exposed to the environment surrounding it, as well as solar energy collectors associated with the outer face to pick up and spread thermal energy through the ply structure element, the collectors comprising metal foils having a light absorbing surface defined essentially by microdendritic structures associated with the foils.

Abstract: A helmet having a front shell and a rear shell movable with respect to each other. Portions of the two shells overlap each other and present mating surfaces which can engage to retain the shells in a given overlapping position and can disengage to allow the shells to change their relative position. A device is provided for selectively (a) holding the mating surfaces in engagement, or (b) releasing them to disengage.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing a vessel-equivalent prosthesis is described. A contractile agent such as fibroblast cells, smooth muscle cells or platelets is incorporated into a collagen lattice and contracts the lattice axially around an inner core. After the structure has set, additional layers may be formed in an ordered manner depending on the intended function of the prosthesis. Capillary beds, blood vessels and glandular structures may be formed by this process.

Abstract: This invention provides a submersible self-priming dispenser of measured doses of toilet tank additive in which the additives are solid products which will dissolve in water. It dispenses a measured amount of the water soluble additive each time the tank is emptied. In the present invention, when the tank is full, air locks form to separate both the top and bottom openings of the dispenser from the tank and prevent the water-dissolved additive in the dispenser from mixing with the water in the tank. Dual chambered embodiments are also presented so that, if more than one additive is used, they may be kept in separate solutions between flushes.

Abstract: A drainpipe straining device can be attached either through an existing cleanout hole within the drainpipe or can be releasably secured to the drainpipe through a radial hole formed in the pipe. The device includes a plug member having substantially axially extending bristles. The shank of the plug member may be received within the bore of a cleanout hole already provided in a drain structure, or releasably received within a bore formed in a ring adapted to be secured to a radial hole drilled into the drainpipe. The ring member can be secured by strap means to the drainpipe and held in place thereon to releasably receive the plug. Solid materials will be received and collected by the bristles on the drain plug and can be removed from the drainpipe simply by removing and cleaning the plug and associated bristles.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for creating in a water pool a wave for surfing, the pool having a reservoir at one end open to the pool beneath the undisturbed water level of the pool, a fan connected to the reservoir for expelling air from it and drawing water from the pool into the reservoir to store water above the undisturbed water level of the pool, and a valve for selectively sealing the reservoir against the intrusion of air and rapidly ventilating the reservoir so that the stored water flows into the pool by gravity at a velocity near its theoretical limit.

Abstract: A lightweight portable shower foldable into a backpack for campers or the like. A pliable water storage bag lies on a floor unit that also supports a vertical, sectioned, standpipe having a valved showerhead at the top. An annular curtain rod is held in a horizontal position by a hooking device at the top of the standpipe and supports a tubular shower curtain that is elastically connected to a rigid footpad atop the storage bag. In use, the weight of the user standing on the footpad provides water pressure to force water through the standpipe and showerhead. The elastic coupling to the footpad assures that the curtain will remain taut as water is forced from the storage bag.

Abstract: A free-standing shower permits remote drain discharge, having a shower cabinet with wall structure defining a peripheral base edge fitted upon or interengaged with a base extension formed of identical, interlocked members. A lightweight, foam material sub-base is provided under the shower floor, which is raised above the supportive surface by the base extension. The sub-base guides and locates a drain pipe assembly including a drain pipe which extends laterally through and beyond the sub-base to permit drain discharge at a location remote from the shower.

Abstract: A expandable mobile house trailer which includes a relatively rigid main body portion having a floor structure and opposite pairs of vertical side and end walls thereabout. Two parallel arch beam supports are located inside of the main body portion. Each of the arch beam supports is positioned adjacent to and affixed to one of the vertical side walls of the main body portion. The ends of the floor are attached to the corresponding ends of the two arch beam supports. A plurality of vertical structural tension members is affixed at spaced intervals to each of the two arch beam supports. The floor is suspended from the lower ends of the vertical structural member. Two of the structural tension members on each of the two arch beam supports are paired, act as main support members and have substantially more structural strength than the other structural tension members. The floor of the main body portion has a wheel well opening on each side between the two paired structural tension members.

Abstract: This invention relates to an accessory article for those liquid filled bed mattresses that are commonly marketed as "Waterbeds" and/or "Water Beds". Installation to said type beds provides a rigid "auxiliary mattress corner" to which mattress cover and fitted sheet may be attached to remain securely and snugly fitted to said mattresses in normal daily usage. This invention may also be attached to conventionally constructed mattress, that is, fiber/spring and/or polymerics for the same purpose and result as with said type liquid filled mattresses.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for treating continuously moving staple length textile fibrous materials to uniformly apply a liquid treating composition, such as a dye or other chemical thereto, wherein loose staple fibers are temporarily formulated into a web for continous delivery by gravity down a conveying chute into the nip portion of a pair of applicator rollers containing a treating liquid on their surfaces, and wherein the fiber conveying chute and its discharge end are maintained at preferred angles of inclination and distances from the nip of the two applicator rollers to facilitate continuous delivery of the fibers uniformly through the nip portion of the applicator rollers to improve the application of liquid materials thereto. The fibers are thereafter continuously conveyed for heat treatment in loose random staple length form and under compression through a RF energy confined heating tube.

Abstract: An improved and simplified device for removal of deposits on furnace walls is disclosed which can be operated by a single individual. The device is characterized by rotating scrapers driven by internally-contained air-powered motors. The horizontally opposed scrapers are journalled on each end to pairs of arms which are connected together at a pivot spaced from the journals. Air cylinders, powered from a common source with the air motors, spread the arms apart simultaneously with activation of the air motors to bring the rotating scrapers in contact with the furnace walls.

Abstract: A spring actuated door opening and closing assist device is disclosed which comprises first and second tubular members positioned in telescoping relationship. Each of the tubular members has a hole formed therein in a direction transverse to the centerline of the telescoping members for receiving a shaft of a support bracket for door closing apparatus. A coil spring is located within the telescoping tubular members and extends between the respective holes in the members. The holes are bounded by internally flared portions of the surrounding tubular member which provide bearing surfaces for the shafts of the support brackets and provide abutments for the ends of the coil spring whereby the operation of the device is relatively smooth and quiet and yet the device can be relatively inexpensively manufactured.

Abstract: A double-action hinge for single-hinge top-mounting flexible or semi-flexible doors, of a type mountable on an upright laterally-facing door jamb support, having an axis of hinge-pivot extending uprightly substantially parallel with a mounting door jamb support, with the upper hinge pivot being fixed to a point of and mounting for pivotal rotation as a hinge-mounted door swings to and from in double action through a doorway space framed by a door jamb, and the lower hinge pivot structure being mounted to move freely along an outwardly-extending elongated slot space of a slot-forming lower hinge-support structure permitting a lower end of the hinge axis to move-away from the door jamb support structure when the door swings away from a center position, and an abutting structure having spaced-apart surface portions adjacent the door jamb support structure being mounted on the lower hinge pivot structure fixedly such that the abutting structure turns as the hinge pivots as in opening the door one direction or the

Abstract: In a carding apparatus, a precarding area is provided with two lickerin cylinders having a nip area between them in which is disposed a dihedric body having an edge projecting toward the nip between the cylinders which controls the passage and transfers of the fibers from one cylinder to the adjacent cylinder while removing short staple fibers and other impurities from the web; the body is pivotally mounted to provide a clearance between its inner surface and the surface of the second cylinder through which the impurities pass to be discarded from the carding device.

Abstract: Fiber slivers must be condensed during the course of a spinning process or their mass must be determined. For this purpose there are employed so-called grooved pairs of rollers, that is to say, profiled rolls which define a sliver throughput groove which is limited or confined at both sides. The sliver is guided through a feed or delivery funnel up to the throughput groove. The danger thus exists that individual fibers can jam between the side surfaces or faces of the rollers which form the lateral boundaries of the groove. This danger is eliminated with the invention in that the fiber outlet opening of the feed funnel is located within the region of a wedge-shaped gap which is bounded by an overlapping zone of the side surfaces or faces of the rollers.

Abstract: A seam for joining the ends of a fabric to form an endless belt which can be used for papermaking, is created by attaching a continuous coil to each fabric end, the loops of the coils being preformed so that when the loops are intermeshed each loop of one coil engages or creates an interference fit, with two loops of the opposite coil. To strengthen the seam, a pin is inserted in the tube formed by the intermeshed loops.The loops are joined by using a tool which has two channels through which the ends are brought together. The channels are formed between two plates attached to the ends of scissor arms.

Abstract: A button cover for use in particular with shirt cuff button and generally to cover buttons on any article of clothing, formed by a button covering member and a button engaging member pivotally connected one to another. A perimeter spacing edge is provided therebetween, divided in two portions respectively integral with the covering member and the engaging member, an opening being formed in it. By rotating the covering member with respect to the engaging member, a passage is provided for the button thread when accomodating the button therebetween. Fastening means are provided for securing said covering member and said engaging member one to another after the button is interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A double lock safety hook adapted to a single lock hook permitting a belt connection, such as a fall protection device, window washer's harness, and the like, to be retained within a hook throat. A snap keeper is engageable with the latch member to lock the latch member with the latch member abutting the hook nose so that accidental release of the belt connection is reduced. The snap keeper is mounted along and in juxtaposition to the shank of the single lock hook and is easily installed on equipment without the necessity of drilling holes in the hook body. A means for positioning the keeper along the shank is also provided for moving the keeper between its first and second positions.

Abstract: A separable slide fastener comprises a pair of stringer tapes each carrying on its inner longitudinal margins a row of coiled filamentary coupling elements sewn to the respective inner tape margin with a core thread extending through each of the coiled coupling element rows, and a separable bottom-end-stop assembly mounted adjacent to the bottom ends of the opposed tapes. The bottom-end-stop assembly includes a pair of separate pin members attached by clinching to the respective inner tape margins at bottom end portions thereof, which portions are devoid of coupling elements, and a socket member secured to one of the pin members and having a bore for receiving a portion of the other pin member. Each of the other pin member has a longitudinal channel receiving the element-free bottom end portion of the respective inner tape-margin. Before attachment of the pin members, the bottom end portion of each inner tape-margin is trimmed or shaped along its inner edge that projects inwardly from the core thread.

Abstract: A silk screen printing frame includes a tensioning device for tensioning the silk screen printing fabric in such a way that in the side walls of the frame a groove of C-shaped cross-section is arranged. To tension the screen fabric, the fabric is looped around a clamping strip, which is inserted into the groove opening. The clamping strip is elastically deformable and occupies an increased width under tension, so that after the clamping strip has snapped into the groove, the screen fabric is taut. The clamping strip is arcuate and consists of an elastically bendable spring material of plastic or metal.

Abstract: A snap-fit buttom assembly comprises a female and a male member both molded and adapted to be coupled together with a snap-fit and a pair of tack members adapted to be joined with the female and male members for attachment thereof to a pair of fabric pieces separately. The female member, which is composed of a circular plate-like base and a cylindrical socket integral therewith, has along its periphery a plurality of openings each extending through the base and merging with the socket's bore receptive of a plug of the male member. The openings are angularly aligned, about the axis of the female member, with a plurality of inwardly directed locking projections of the socket. In production, the female member can be molded on a pair of mold halves; one mold half for shaping the base has a plurality of projections each having a contour corresponding to the shape of the individual opening.

Abstract: A buckle for a watch band comprising a stopper fixture slidably mounted on one end of a band and a linking member fixed to the other end of the band to join to said stopper fixture. The stopper fixture includes a pair of side plates, a bottom plate and a top plate. The top plate is provided with a joint opening in the shape of a wide opening connected to a narrow opening in the direction of the band.

Abstract: In order to permit a motor-compressor unit to be connected with the coolant circuit of a cooling device without interference from the walls of a compartment provided in the cooling device for housing the motor-compressor unit and to secure the motor-compressor unit in the compartment, the motor-compressor unit is placed at least partially outside the compartment and is pushed into the compartment and secured therein only after its coolant conduits have been connected with the coolant circuit and the electrical connections have been made. For this purpose, a mounting plate is temporarily installed in the compartment and the motor-compressor unit is loosely placed on it. After the connections have been made, the motor-compressor unit is pushed into the compartment on the mounting plate and then the mounting plate is removed. The tongues on rails secured to the motor-compressor unit are then screwed into the housing of the cooling device at the entrance to the compartment.

Abstract: A strap and vane positioning fixture is provided for aligning simultaneously the segments of straps forming a fuel rod grid. The fixture comprises a plate having a plurality of rods extending from it, in rows and columns, positioned for entry into cells of a grid. The rods at the periphery of the plate comprise a first set and have at their upper ends a spade with a single blade, the remaining rods comprising a second set and having at their upper ends a spade with a pair of blades. A method comprising engaging vanes extending from certain straps to align segments of each strap between the slots thereof, and holding the straps in the aligned position.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for making an armored electrical cable from a plurality of reinforcing struts and a plurality of electrical conductors covered by an armored jacket. The apparatus includes a series of stations along an assembly line that feed, converge, orient, combine, compress and wrap the struts and conductors into the cable configuration. The cross section of the cable so formed is rectangular, although this rectangular shape can be made arcuate by bending.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for rapidly and accurately inserting axial lead components such as capacitors and resistors or the like into printed circuit boards mounted in an X-Y PC board positioning device. In accordance with the invention a plurality of magazines each of which contain a multiplicity of the components are loaded into a receiver chute of the apparatus. The apparatus functions, responsive to a signal from the PC positioning device, to remove an individual component from a magazine, deflect the leads to a position at right angles to the body of the component and insert the thus formed leads accurately into spaced apertures of the PC board which have been maneuvered by the X-Y apparatus to a component receiver station. The device includes means for automatically removing exhausted magazines and replacing the same with filled magazines.

Abstract: A Josephson junction element which comprises a substrate, a first strip-like superconductor thin film layer arranged on said substrate, a second strip-like superconductor thin film layer arranged on said first superconductor layer in crossing relation thereto, an insulator layer disposed between said first and second superconductor layer at the crossing area and a weak link portion connecting said first and second layer together across the sides of the thickness of said insulator layer. A method for manufacturing such Josephson junction element.

Abstract: A semiconductor device wherein collector connecting wiring made of for example n.sup.+ -type polycrystalline silicon layer is formed by an anisotropic etching which simultaneously engrave a groove in a semiconductor substrate. A collector layer is formed on a non-etched projection, while base contact hole is formed in the lower portion of the groove. Therefore, the base contact hole is not contacted with collector layer, thus preventing the flow of a leakage current and short-circuiting therebetween.

Abstract: The property of Group III-V compound materials, whereby ion bombarded material becomes highly resistive but recovers its original low resistivity by annealing at a temperature which is dopant and material dependant, is utilized to fabricate integrated circuits which include buried semiconductor interconnections or bus bars between devices.

Abstract: A silicon substrate having a silicon dioxide bird's head is provided. A thermal oxide layer is grown on the exposed silicon surface. A layer, e.g., 4000 A.degree., of phosphogermanosilicate glass is deposited on the thermal oxide and on the silicon dioxide bird's head. The structure is heated to 950.degree. C., causing a reflow of the glass which results in a planar surface. The thermal oxide and the phosphogermanosilicate glass are then wet etched at the same rate with a solution of hydrofluoric acid, ammonium fluoride, and deionized water. The wet etch is terminated when the exposed silicon surface is reached, resulting in a smooth surface as defined by the planar reflow surface. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: An electric motor having a stationary shaft carrying two spaced-apart bearings rotatably supporting a rotor. The shaft has an axial bore communicating with a radial slot in the shaft. An elongated locking member extends from the bore, through the slot, and into operative engagement with one of the bearings. A plug within the bore holds the locking member in place. A collar surrounds the shaft in the region of the slot, the locking member fixing one end of the collar against said one of the bearings. A compression spring surrounding the shaft presses against both the collar and the other of the bearings. The bore merges with the slot along an inclined surface which guides one end of the elongated locking member through the slot as the locking member is advanced along the bore during assembly.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for aligning and presenting an electrode strip to the winding arbors of a machine for winding electrode assemblies of an electrochemical cell. A variable width recess is provided on an electrode carrier member for facilitating insertion of the electrode strip into the recess and alignment of the electrode strip for presentation to the winding arbors.

Abstract: A process is suggested for making electrical contacts between the two surfaces (11,12) of a printed circuit board (10), whereby by means of an electrically conductive printed coating conductive ribs (15) are made. The ribs (15) embrace the edge of the printed circuit board (10), thus eliminating the making of apertures in the printed circuit board.

Abstract: An electrical connector which is capable of being used to interconnect insulated conductors in the field or in a factory during in-line processing includes a frame and contact element. The contact element which is used to establish an electrical connection between the conductors includes a center portion and two opposed bifurcated beams. A portion of each beam is upstanding from the plane of the contact element. Furcations of each beam define a slot for receiving one of the conductors to be interconnected. The contact element is attached to the frame which includes at least one deformable tang at each end. End portions of conductors to be connected are each positioned across an end of the frame. The tangs are wrapped about the conductors, the conductors are moved into the slots of the beams, and excess portions of the lengths severed.

Abstract: A portable knife including a knife and at least one utensile. The portable knife comprises an assembly of elongated plates at least one of which defines a longitudinally extending pocket having an open end which receives and retains an elongated portion of the utensile. The plate that defines the pocket is displaceable at at least one side at its open end transversely of the assembly to permit receiving and removing the utensile.