Abstract: The device comprises a small electric motor driving, through reduction gearing, a gear segment associated with the visor pivot point. The gear segment has a configuration which includes a quarter of a circle and a straight portion which imparts the visor with an initial forward movement followed by a pivotal movement during the opening phase, and vice versa during the closing phase.

Abstract: A graft is used to supply blood to one or more coronary artery branches. The graft has an elongated U-shaped tubular body providing a continuous passage for carrying blood from a high pressure blood supply to a blood receiver. One or more openings in the body allow blood to flow into the coronary artery branches. The flow and pressure of the blood in the passage is controlled by a restriction located remote from the inlet end of the tubular body. The pressure differential between the blood supply and blood receiver maintains continuous and adequate blood flow at a desired pressure in the body passage and provides a continual supply of blood for the coronary artery branches.

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. Alternatively, all the layers may be formed concurrently. A plastic mesh sleeve is sandwiched between layers or embedded within the smooth muscle cell layer to reinforce the structure and provide sufficient elasticity to withstand intravascular pressure.

Abstract: A femoral insert combines bone ingrowth surfaces in the proximal portion of the shaft which is wide in the medial-lateral direction and curved in the medial aspect with a distal portion which has a round cross-section and is curved in the direction of the anterior bow of the femur. Accordingly, firm fixation of the implant is initially provided by the distal portion functioning as an intramedullary rod while long term stabilization is achieved proximally through bone ingrowth. Also, the neck connecting the spherical head to the shaft through the collar is anteverted with respect to the collar at an angle of about 10.degree. to 12.degree.. The prosthesis for the left femur is basically a mirror image of the prosthesis for the right femur.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for disposing of human waste wherein the liquid waste is evaporated off and the solid waste is dehydrated for easy disposal. A preseparating toilet bowl roughly separates the urinous wastes and the toilet rinse water from the fecal wastes and other solid wastes dumped into the preseparating toilet bowl. The liquid waste separated from the solid waste flows into an evaporator wherein it is evaporated into the atmosphere by means of air currents circulated through the evaporator. The solid waste drops into a dryer or incinerator wherein it is dehydrated by the heat or vacuum drying process, or a combination thereof, or incinerated by an electric heater or gas burner. The dried solid waste may be bagged and used as a fertilizer or it may be taken to a centralized incinerating plant.

Abstract: A swimming pool chemical tablet and storage container is provided for use in a skimmer of a forced circulation flow system, the swimming pool chemical tablet having a radial sidewall contact surface which contacts the frusto-conoidally shaped sidewall of the container at a location at least equal to one-half the predetermined height of the tablet to form a tablet-sidewall flow space above the sidewall contact surface to control the rate of dissolution of the tablet when water is circulated in the forced circulation flow system.

Abstract: A head support for a beauty parlor sink includes an elongated flexible band of water resistant material having apertures proximate its opposite ends, a cord extending through said apertures, and hooks attached to the opposite ends of the cord for engaging upper edges of the sidewalls of the sink.

Abstract: A portable spa including a base platform sufficiently dimensioned to support one or more occupants and being of an inflatable structure capable of being expanded or collapsed for use or storage respectively. A containment wall is interconnected between the base platform and a support frame so as to define a contained space with the remaining components of the spa in which water may be circulated. Fluid directing jets are mounted on an exposed surface of the platform so as to provide a turbulent action within the water of the contained space. The support frame as well as other structural components of the spa may be collapsible so as to facilitate assembly and disassembly of the spa at any of a plurality of locations.

Abstract: A bathing unit is particularly designed for home use, and includes a bathtub with an access opening in one side for easy ingress and egress, and a vertically sliding door to close the access opening. The bathing unit has a unique, combination door guide and grab bar arrangement, an adjustable control console, and a power door lock, all of which permit the bather to readily operate the door by himself, and to adjust the water temperature, flow and whirlpool from a seated position within the bathtub. The bather can receive total bathing and whirlpool therapy in private, without the need for an assistant. The combination door guide and grab bar arrangement includes a pair of support rods located on either side of the access opening, which function both as a track on which the door smoothly and easily glides, and also as vertical grab bars, which greatly facilitate entering and exiting the bathtub, and do not interfer with the operation of the door.

Abstract: A beach kit is provided which includes a beach towel, an inflatable pillow, a pillow cover in which the pillow is received, and stakes for staking the pillow cover and towel together to the sand. The cover is convertible into a carrying bag or case and includes reinforcing members (e.g. pairs of wooden dowels) located along two edges, and fasteners at the corners for connecting the ends together to form the bag. The stakes fit through aligned openings in the cover and towel to hold the two together.

Abstract: A bedding assembly including a base encompassing portion, a base covering portion and a body covering portion; the base encompassing portion including a peripheral section around the periphery of a base, the peripheral section extending between the top and bottom surfaces of the base, at least one connecting section extending over the bottom surface of the base and permanently joining opposite lower edges of the peripheral section; the base covering portion including a first sheet disposed over substantially the entire top surface of the base and in contact therewith, a first fastener releasably securing the edges of the first sheet to the upper edges of the peripheral section along substantially the entire length thereof; the body covering portion including a second sheet disposed over the first sheet and in contact therewith, the second sheet including at least one pleat extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base intermediate and parallel to the edges thereof, a second fastener re

Abstract: This invention relates generally to devices which are designed to facilitate the collection of honey and the cultivation of beehives. More specifically, it relates to a particular beehive construction which permits more than one colony of bees in the same beehive each with their own queen to collect and store honey in one or more common honey supers.

Abstract: There is provided an improved hand tool having a body portion with an axe blade attached thereto. A knife blade extends from the body portion and a sheath is pivotally mounted on the body portion so as to be movable between first and second positions. The sheath is configured to cover the knife blade when the sheath is in the first position and to cover the axe blade when the sheath is in the second position.

Abstract: A continuous flow laundry system and method incorporates a fluid flow control, temperature control, and heat recovery systems. Steam is injected into the system to derive appropriate temperatures for washing laundry; rinse water is provided at a predetermined elevated temperature by passing fresh water through a heat exchanger to derive heat from designated outflows of the system. As soiled laundry enters the system to flow counter to the washing fluid flow, it is subjected to a flushing section provided with flush water at a reduced elevated temperature; the laundry is then passed through a washing section where it is subjected to water at an elevated temperature for the washing cycle. The washed laundry is passed to a rinse section and subsequently to an extractor section for removal of excess water therefrom.

Abstract: Mechanical sweeper with slotlike bearing bores with introduction slits in partition walls and outwardly open wheel recesses in the housing wherein the drive/running wheels are closed externally with a smooth surface and are retained by check plates and retaining pockets on the partition walls.

Abstract: An ice scraper and breaker combination comprising a common hand-held blade scraper upon which is mounted, to the back of the body of the scraper, multiple sets of toothed rollers or disks which are used to break up the ice prior to scraping.

Abstract: This cleaning pad holder is designed to clampingly grip a steel wool or other type pad, so as to clean or polish kichen utensils or other articles, without the user injuring his or her fingers in doing so. The device includes a cylinder, which serves as a handle grip, and a sleeve on its interior, serves as a plunger to operate the jaws that grip the pad, the jaws being of a spring clamp secured to the sleeve.

Abstract: A scouring pad is formed by disposing layers of a thermoplastic resin above and below a layer of metal wool. The resin and metal are compressed and heated to a temperature above the melting point of the resin. The resulting pad has mat-like upper and lower layers of metal fiber and resin, and an interior layer of metal fibers which is substantially free of the resin. The pad has a reduced tendency to shed metal fibers.

Abstract: A cosmetic towel or the like for removing moisture from the skin without rubbing or chafing which includes a piece of smooth, slick fabric and two pieces of towel which are layered on each side of the smooth, slick fabric, the layers of fabric and pieces of towel being stitched together around their edges with knitting yarn or the like.

Abstract: An apparatus for wiping lenses or the like to clean them includes a wiping means for wiping a lens and a support means for supporting the wiping means in operative relation. Adhesive means may be used to attach the wiping means to the support means. Respective support means may be connected by a force fit frictional engagement of a protruding member in a receptacle associated with respective support means. A pair of support means may have respective heads for holding respective wiping means in operative relation; one of the heads may be concave and the other convex with respect to a plane therebetween. Moreover, means to facilitate manual grasping of the apparatus for convenient use also may be provided as part of the support means. A cleaning material or the like may be provided in the wiping material.

Abstract: According to the invention, an improved connector is provided between a windshield wiper arm and blade. The wiper arm has a trunnion member which cooperates with a cam surface on a socket associated with the wiper blade. Upon relatively rotating the wiper arm and blade, the trunnion travels along the cam surface and causes the blade to be conformingly reoriented relative to the windshield. The cam surface is chosen depending upon the configuration of the windshield.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning tubes which apparatus comprises a hollow barrel which is connected to a primary drum containing a coiled resilient tape so that the tape may pass from the drum along and out of one end of the barrel, an electric motor operatively connected to an inner end of the coil of tape and arranged to rotate the coil of tape and to drive the tape out of the barrel and to retract it into the drum, a cleaning device such as a brush attached to an outer end of the coil of tape, and a vacuum hose connected to the other end of the barrel and adapted for connection to a vacuum generating apparatus to create suction at said one end of the barrel, in which apparatus there is provided associated with the drum and the coil of tape a proximity switch sensor and a plurality of targets adapted to be sensed by the proximity switch sensor, relative rotation between the sensor and the targets causing the sensor to transmit impulses to a visible display device to indicate the amount of tape unwound from the coi

Abstract: The invention concerns a device for processing fish and introducing the same into cans. It is characterized in that the fish are placed in alternating alignment in threes or fours in troughs of a conveyor which comprises one middle trough element flanked by two outer ones and whose support surface comprises a base plate raisable and lowerable by the force of a spring. The fish brought onto the base plate are guided to a cutting device which cuts out the rump pieces of the fish and which is adjustable with regard to the desired fish length. Subsequently they are gutted by the use of low pressure. The transfer of the fish into the cans held ready in time with the troughs occurs in the lower run of the conveyor, maintaining the packing pattern predetermined by the introduction into cans by lifting the base plate. In that process the can supply is monitored such that each can is only confronted with a full trough.

Abstract: A fastener for sports shoes, particularly for skiing boots or mountaineering boots, comprises a base member (1), which is adapted to be secured to one side part of the quarter of the shoe and is provided with a track (10), which extends in the direction in which the fastener is to be tightened. That track receives a slider (2). A tightener lever (4) is pivoted on said slider and provided with a loop member (5), which is adapted to be hung into a hook provided on the other side part of the quarter. A locking block is provided for connecting the slider (1) in the desired position.

Abstract: A hinge (7) is used to join two parts (5, 6) of a band or bracelet, the hinge enabling the parts to be attached and detached when the parts are positioned at a predetermined angle relative to each other. The first part (6) comprises an assembly formed of a pin (10) and a first cradle (11) which partially surrounds the pin, with which it is coaxial, wherein a space (12) is provided between the pin and the first cradle. The second part comprises a second cradle (14) which is designed to slide into the space (12) and to be articulated around the pin to keep the two parts attached together within a given angular range. The invention may be employed on a folding clasp of a band for a wristwatch.

Abstract: A safety hook construction is operable for providing a simple, safe and durable interconnection between a safety belt, harness, etc., and a safety line. The safety hook comprises a hook body, a closure member pivotally mounted on the body and normally biased to a closed position wherein a mouth portion of the hook body is obstructed, and a latch mounted on the closure member which is normally biased to a locked position which prevents opening of the closure member. The safety hook is preferably formed so that the latch is pivotally mounted on the closure member and normally biased so as to engage a locking shoulder formed on the edge of the body opposite the mouth to prevent opening of the closure member. Accordingly, the hook can be operated with one hand, i.e.

Abstract: An improved hose clamp apparatus for alternatively clamping, tightening and/or release of a hose associated with a collar of an engine, motor, pump or the like, in tightly confined or constricted spaces most accessible primarily from a direction substantially parallel to the hose comprising, a rotatable geared shaft engaging and driving corresponding transverse slots formed in a flexible band surrounding the hose being clamped. When a sufficient axial force component is supplied to the shaft so as to defeat the spring biasing force and disengage a shaft member, rotation thereof is possible so as to alter the circumference of the flexible band and correspondingly loosen or tighten the clamp apparatus about the hose fitted upon the collar.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for applying gasket material to the skirt of a gasket for the mounting cup of an aerosol container, wherein the gasket material is mechanically applied to the mounting cup through the use of a novel mandrel and cutting arrangement. A mounting cup, having a uniquely placed gasket, said gasket extending from the skirt into the channel of the mounting cup.

Abstract: A machine cuts elongated wire segments from a continuous wire strand. A belt type conveyor conveys each segment in incremental steps along a path, with the axis of each segment transverse thereto. The conveyor initially grips a segment near one end and presents it to a first terminal attachment machine on one side of the conveyor where a first terminal is attached. Then, separator devices cause the conveyor to temporarily release its grip on the wire segment to allow wire shifter devices, first, to axially shift the wire segment very rapidly a great distance so that the conveyor can regrip the wire segment near its other end and, secondly, to axially shift the wire segment slowly for a short distance to precisely position its opposite end in final position wherein a second terminal attachment machine on the other side of the conveyor attaches a second terminal to the opposite end. A control system comprises sensors for determining when the wire segment has been moved by the wire shifters.

Abstract: A composite sleeve for use in a hot-rolling roll for H-section steel and channel steel comprises a working layer adapted to contact the material to be rolled and composed of two layers, i.e., a first outer layer made of one of adamite with graphite, spheroidal graphite cast iron and adamite having high resistance to sticking, and a second outer layer made of adamite or high chromium iron having high resistance to wear; and an inner layer adapted to be out of contact with the material and made of spheroidal graphite cast steel or spheroidal graphite cast iron having high toughness. The first outer layer covers the second outer layer, and the second outer layer covers the inner layer, the three layers of the first outer layer, the second outer layer and the inner layer being joined together by melting.

Abstract: Free standing apparatus adapted for use with a clip clinching tool capable, at high speed, of exerting a pulling force on a clip assembly whereby the clips comprising the assembly are sequentially severed and wrapped on elements of a workpiece, especially overlapping wire members employed in the manufacture of furniture, mattress innersprings, and the like, to firmly secure the wire members together. The apparatus includes a flexible track, provided with guides, along which the interconnected clips of the clip assembly are pull-fed into the clinching tool.

Abstract: A vessel with a metal skin particularly well suited for cosmetic use is provided. The metal skin covers the shoulder region from the base of the neck over the side wall and extends inwardly over a substantially planar metal plate adhered to the bottom of the container. The metal skin is formed into a cup shape and the jar is dropped in up-side down and crimped over the metal plate on the bottom. Pre-forming the shoulder region of the metal skin avoids unsightly stress marks in the upper exposed portion of the container.

Abstract: A process for fabricating a building module is disclosed and claimed. The building module includes a load bearing frame, preferably utilizing metal components welded together. The frame is produced in subsections, namely two portal frame subsections, a floor frame subsection, a roof frame subsection, and optionally cantilever section frame subsections. The various frame subsections are assembled with the use of jigs which monitor correctness of the appropriate components, after which the subsections are transferred to a final frame assembly site, where they are located on jigs which properly position same with respect to other subsections, after which the subsections are secured to each other to form a unified module frame. The frame is then lifted and casters or the like are removably secured to a lower portion of same, whereby the completed frame may be moved, preferably on a trackway, past a plurality of finishing stations where predetermined further assembly steps are performed at each such station.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a set of components for a machine tool including at least one elongated machine bed and one spindle stock, with a drive motor, adjustably guided on the machine bed, with components connectible with the machine bed being held to the machine bed by a groove and spline guide running in the longitudinal direction of the bed.

Abstract: To effect the automatic changing of tools rapidly and provide a large number of tool pots with a small space in an automatically controlled machine tool, an automatic tool changing apparatus is positioned between the magazine proper and the spindle axis and an arm having a tool gripping claw at each end thereof is adapted to engage and disengage with the tools perpendicularly to the tool axis and the spindle axis, whereby the tool changing operation is accomplished by a series of movements including forward and backward movements, in-and-out movements, half-turn movements and spiral movements.

Abstract: A tool changing system for turning machines is disclosed wherein a tool magazine having a plurality of common-based tools carries the tools on a serpentine chain matrix. The tool holders are secured to the links of the chain. The tool storage magazine is removable from the tool changer base, and replaceable with a similar tool storage magazine. A tool interchange arm is carried on a dual slide assembly, wherein a first slide moves a pair of gripper fingers to positions between the tool holder block on the tool turret of the machine and the tool storage magazine. When changing ID tools, which are mounted to the face of a tool turret, a secondary slide is moved relative to the first slide, to provide additional onward stroke positioning, and a turn-around cylinder rotates the interchange arm housing and gripper fingers to bring the tools around to the face of the tool turret.

Abstract: A first masking layer on a semiconductor body is defined by exposing a layer of negative acting radiation sensitive resist to a radiation pattern through a mask. Doped regions are then formed at unmasked surface areas of the body. A layer of positive acting resist is provided on an insulating layer at the surface of the body, and a second masking layer is defined in this layer by exposure to the pattern radiation beam through the same mask. An insulating layer pattern which is accurately aligned above the doping region is then formed by etching the exposed parts of the layer. Alternatively, the same type of resist is used at both exposure stages. By adjusting the resist processing, the second masking layer is made larger than the first masking layer. In this case, the second masking layer is used to define an oxygen mask before oxidizing the exposed surface of the body to form an accurately aligned oxide layer pattern.

Abstract: A semiconductor body having at least a surface region of a first conductivity is provided with a insulating layer over the surface region. A substantially horizontal first conductive layer is formed over the insulating layer. The insulating and first conductive layers are masked and etched to form openings in the layers to the semiconductor body where the source, drain and gate region of the device is desired to be formed. The openings have substantially vertical surfaces on the layered structure. A conformal, highly doped of a second conductivity conductive layer is formed over the openings having these vertical surfaces and over the insulating and conductive layers. The conformal layer is anisotropically etched to substantially remove the horizontal portions of the conformal layer while leaving the openings with a substantially vertical conformal conductive layer on the sides thereof.

Abstract: The lateral transistor is described which has both its base width and the emitter region of the transistor minimized. This minimization of the elements of the lateral transistor gives high performance. The lateral transistor which may be typically PNP transistor is formed in a monocrystalline semiconductor body having a buried N+ region within the body. A P type emitter region is located in the body. An N type base region is located around the side periphery of the emitter region. A P type collector region is located in the body surrounding the periphery of the base region. A first P+ polycrystalline silicon layer acting as an emitter contact for the emitter region is in physical and electrical contact with the emitter region and acts as its electrical contact. A second P+ polycrystalline silicon layer is located on the surface of the body to make physical and electrical contact with the collector region.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device comprising at least one bipolar transistor and a VIP isolating layer which are formed in both an epitaxial layer and a semiconductor substrate, an impurity-introduced region having the same conductivity type as that of the semiconductor substrate is formed so as to surround the V-groove. A buried layer of the bipolar transistor comes into contact with the VIP isolating layer to divide the impurity-introduced region into two parts, one of which is combined with a base region and the other one of which serves as a channel stopper.

Abstract: A method of making semiconductor integrated circuit devices with narrow and deep isolation regions of polycrystalline silicon and wide and thick isolation regions of thermally grown silicon oxide. A multi-layer of a first silicon nitride layer, a polycrystalline silicon layer, a second silicon nitride layer and a silicon oxide layer are formed on a semiconductor body. A photoresist layer is applied on the surface of the silicon oxide layer. An opening is formed in the photoresist layer and the multi-layer. The silicon oxide layer under the photoresist layer is side-etched through the opening. The exposed polycrystalline layer is converted into another silicon oxide layer. Another opening surrounding the silicon oxide layer is formed to expose surfaces of the semiconductor body. Deep grooves are formed in the semiconductor body.

Abstract: An integrated circuit wherein the base and surface collector regions of the I.sup.2 L vertical transistor are formed by the same steps used to form the collector and base, respectively, of complementary bipolar transistors. Thus, a high voltage bipolar transistor of the same type as the vertical I.sup.2 L transistor may be formed using separate process steps, thereby optimizing the design of both devices.

Abstract: This specification discloses a self-aligned manufacturing method of a Schottky gate FET. This method comprises the steps: forming a gate metallic layer on a semiconductor substrate and a mask overhanged on the metallic layer; ion-implanting impurity ions into the semiconductor substrate using the mask to form a source/drain region; depositing an insulator on the gate metallic layer side surface and the other surface below the mask; directionally etching said deposited insulator using the mask to expose the source/drain region; depositing a source/drain electrode using the mask; and removing the mask.

Abstract: A method of attaching electrical conductors to a thin film magnetic transducer having a transducing element and a plurality of substantially planar conductive leads formed into a predetermined pattern comprising the steps of mounting the thin film magnetic transducer on a substrate adjacent a medium contacting surface with the conductive leads thereof extending from the medium contacting surface, positioning an electrical circuit member having on one side thereof a plurality of planar connecting elements which have a relatively thin diffusible conductive metal coating contiguous the conductive leads, placing a quantity of curable epoxy bonding material adjacent the plurality of planar connecting elements of the thin film transducer wherein the epoxy bonding material is selected of a material having a curing temperature which is less than the thermal stress temperature of a thin film magnetic transducer wherein at least one of the electrical characteristics and the magnetic characteristics of the thin film mag

Abstract: A method of making a planar fork contact initially having plural tines with respective coplanar surfaces and gold inlay material integral with such coplanar surfaces, to bring them into substantially confronting relation with each other within the plane of the contact. Other steps include setting the twist to maintain such inlay containing areas in such confronting relation, controlling such twisting and the location of the respective twists for contact uniformity, and using cut-away tabs on the tines to facilitate twisting. The invention also relates to an apparatus for making such planar fork contacts, especially by utilizing the method of the invention.

Abstract: Projecting leads (28) on a support container (16) for a mini-oscillator assembly (14) initially are straightened in perpendicular directions in a lead-straightening mechanism (48). The straightened leads (28) then are reverse-bent in a bending mechanism (50), utilizing contact pads (26) on a substrate (22) of the mini-oscillator assembly (14) as anvils, so that the lead outer end portions retain the assembly adjacent the support container and so that the lead outer end portions can be bonded to the contact pads. Seating of the lead outer end portions (59) firmly on the contact pads (26) is insured by a lead-seating mechanism 60. The lead-bending mechanism 50 also applies pressure to the substrate (22) in the lead-bending operation to cause uniform spreading of an adhesive material (33) between the substrate and the support container (26).

Abstract: A one-piece disposable razor having a blade edge protector molded integrally with the razor operable to latch releasably to the razor.

Abstract: A pineapple cutter is provided with a cylindrical body 1 having a cutter edge 1a at the circumference end portion of the lower end, a pair of handles 5, 5 connected to the outer surface of said cylindrical body, a pressing sheet mounted on the inner portion of said cylindrical body 3 slidably in the vertical direction, and a pushing member secured to the upper portion of the cylindrical body connected with the pressing sheet.A pineapple is cut by being inserted into said cylindrical body 1.

Abstract: A cutter frame or base of substantially C-shaped configuration is rotatable about a substantially vertical axis and carries an oscillating cutter element. The cutting edge of the cutter element can be guided between the base fabric and the appliqued flat goods along a seam or the like by means of rotating handgrips.

Abstract: A checking and aligning stand for measuring and aligning structure sections of the strand guide of a continuous casting plant includes measuring surfaces to determine the mounting position of the structure section. In order to be able to effect a quick check of the mounting position of curved structure sections of a bow-type continuous casting plant without impeding the casting operation during this adjustment work, at least two pairs of measuring surfaces arranged at an angle to each other, preferably at 90.degree., to determine the roller-way coordinates relative to the position-defining supporting surfaces of the structure section are provided on the checking stand.