Abstract: Helium-3 and helium-4 bombardment of InP over a fluence range of 10.sup.11 to 10.sup.16 ions/cm.sup.2 reproducibly forms highly resistive regions in both p-type and n-type single crystal material. Average peak resistivities are about 10.sup.9 ohm-cm for p-type InP and are about 10.sup.3 ohm-cm for n-type InP. High resistivity has also been produced in GaP, GaSb, GaAs, and InGaAs by helium bombardment. Stripe geometry lasers and planar photodiodes which incorporate helium-bombarded zones are described.

Abstract: An explosively operated device by which a strong magnetic field pulse and an electric current pulse of microseconds duration is produced. A cylindrical magnet is used to initiate the field, and its energy source is an explosive filled metal tube. Within the converter itself, the lines of magnetic flux are essentially axial. When an explosive charge in the central tube is detonated, the end of the tube flares radially, and the tube begins to expand along its length. As it does so, the tube compresses the magnetic field against the inner surface of a magnet. Simultaneously, a helical coil inside the converter experiences a rapid increase in flux density, thus satisfying Faraday's law. This interaction causes a pulse of electric current to be fed into the turns of the magnetocumulative generator as its initial magnetic field is maximized. As the central tube expands against the inside of the coil, it shorts out the turns one-by-one as the detonation wave travels axially along the converter.

Abstract: An on-line outlet temperature monitoring device to back up readings provided by stationary temperature detectors on individual process tubes in a nuclear reactor. The monitoring device includes a highly accurate temperature sensor that can be selectively coupled to the outlet end of any chosen process tube to verify temperature readings pertaining to that process tube. Specifically, the sensor is suspended in a movable enclosure that can be shifted into position about a supporting wall for the protruding ends of the process tubes. The movable sensor is used to back up readings provided by the stationary temperature detectors and to recalibrate the stationary temperature detectors so as to permit their use at lower tolerance limits.

Abstract: An implantable fluid dispensing device has an accessory housing set into the biocompatible shape of its device canister. A shelf is set into the canister to accept the accessory housing which contains a filter, an externally accessible infusion septum, or other accessory. The function of accessories in the accessory housing is independently tested. After an accessory is selected to match the particular application, the accessory module is mounted on the canister.

Abstract: A disperser of a powdery cloud which may be used to defeat infra-red sens used by enemy forces and an arrangement which will effectively and efficiently produce a cloud of powder for military applications.The disperser is provided with a barrel containing powder to which a cover is secured. The cover has an axial opening provided with an upper and lower cylindrical pipe section communicating therewith. A hollow elbow-like pysi is also secured to a second opening in the cover. Air is forced into the upper cylindrical pipe and travels down through the lower cylindrical pysi into the powder. This forced air carries the powder up to the elbow-like pipe and out into the atmosphere as a powdery cloud. Control of the dispersion process is by means of two slide-valves provided on the upper cylinder pysi.

Abstract: A radioactive waste disposal package comprising a canister for containing vitrified radioactive waste material and a sealed outer shell encapsulating the canister. A solid block of filler material is supported in said shell and convertible into a liquid state for flow into the space between the canister and outer shell and subsequently hardened to form a solid, impervious layer occupying such space.

Abstract: A method for intermittently applying a liquid to a threadline wherein varying the amplitude of vibration of an atomizing surface of an ultrasonic vibrator is the vehicle for atomizing and propelling the liquid onto a threadline passing in close proximity to the atomizing surface.

Abstract: A circuit having indication lights for demonstrating when a flash trigger pulse has been fed to an X-ray photographic system or the like, is provided. The invention is especially useful in noting that a false triggering pulse, or prefire had inadvertently happened to a flash unit of an X-ray system before it was intended to be used, thus triggering it to photograph, ruining its film. This invention is also useful in that it marks which in a plurality of systems had been the one that had been falsely triggered, and additionally useful in marking that all of the said units had been properly triggered when a true pulsing had been engaged for all units, or of marking which unit had failed to fire.

Abstract: A fluid connection for a container and a method of making the connection is escribed. The connection is provided subsequent to the manufacture of the container according to the teachings of the present invention.

Abstract: A silver halide color light-sensitive material having excellent properties for a sensitization treatment is described, containing a polymer coupler having an average molecular weight higher than 30,000 and having a polymeric unit derived from a monomeric magenta coupler represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, chlorine, or a lower alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; A is a phenylene group, a --CONH-- group, or a --COO-- group; B is an unsubstituted or substituted alkylene group, an unsubstituted or substituted aralkylene group, or an unsubstituted or substituted phenylene group; Y is --O--, --NH--, --S--, --SO--, --SO.sub.2 --, --CONH--, --COO--, --NHCO--, or --NHCONH--; Q is a residue of a megenta color-forming coupler which forms a dye through coupling with the oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developer; and m is 1 when n is 1, and m is 0 or 1 when n is 0.

Abstract: A stand-alone support assembly for supporting at least one pass-through w rest in independent relation to a machine tool includes a base member, a slide base, a horizontal slide block and a vertical slide block which are mutually cooperable to facilitate positioning of a pass-through work rest in three mutually perpendicular planes so as to enable exact positioning of the work rest relative to a workpiece supported by the machine tool.

Abstract: An improved method is disclosed of bonding an electrically conductive matal to an electrically conductive layer which is adhered to and which overlies a curved non-metallic substrate. This method comprises providing a non-metallic substrate with a curved surface. This substrate has adhered to its surface an electrically conductive layer. An electrically conductive material which is to be bonded to the electrically conductive layer is placed on the electrically conductive layer. A rigid, substantially inert and transparent to laser beam energy, cover means is placed on the electrically conductive material sufficiently to hold the electrically conductive material against the electrically conductive layer. A high energy density pulsed laser beam is directed on the materials at a sufficiently high energy density thereby welding the materials together.

Abstract: The launch mode for a cruise missile utilizes a solid propellant booster ket to propel the missile from the launch platform to a speed and altitude sufficient to enable the missile to transition to the cruise flight mode. Immediately following booster burnout the missile jettisons the booster and transitions to cruise flight by deploying aerodynamic lifting surfaces and starting its cruise engine. The shaped trajectory launch mode significantly reduces the required booster motor impulse by deploying the cruise missile wings during boost flight. The aerodynamic wing lift enables the missile to fly a flatter trajectory reducing performance lost in climb and results in higher booster burnout velocity and significant improvement in launch performance.

Abstract: A missile having a forward warhead section. The missile warhead section iudes a skin for enclosing various missile components. The skin or shell of the warhead is comprised a plurality of pellets incorporated within the structural shell and forming a part thereof. The pellets are supported on a sheet explosive which is actuated to direct the pellets away from the missile body for impact with an incoming ICBM.

Abstract: The invention comprises a plastic bottle having a threaded cap with a hole n its center and two hollow plastic tubes having the same diameter. One of the hollow tubes is empty and is used to seal the device in transit. The other hollow tube is filled with an explosive fluid and capped with a detonator with wires that connect to a power source. The device is designed to create a volatile mist of air and combustible fluid by dispersing the combustible fluid by means of an explosive charge. The explosive charge is made up of an explosive fluid and is an integral part of the device. The device can be manufactured from commercially available, inexpensive materials and requires no skill or tools. The device can be safely operated. It is made entirely of plastic materials; there is no metal which may fragment.

Abstract: A system and method for wide-area mine clearance employs a plurality of f-containing plastic containers disposed a horizontal distance apart which permits an overlap between adjacent aerosol clouds formed therefrom when explosive bursters are simultaneously detonated within each container. At least one detonation charge is exploded within one of the aerosol clouds following a predetermined time delay for detonating the line of overlapping clouds whereby a line of ground surface is exposed to a fuel-air explosion capable of detonating susceptible mines therein. The distance between adjacent containers and the height each container is suspended above the ground is related to the weight of the liquid fuel contained in each container. In the preferred embodiment, each plastic container is suspended from a tripod having a hook or other means for permitting attachment and detachment of a crane hook whereby the tripod may be positioned over uncleared ground from a location well within cleared ground.

Abstract: The invention discloses a self-controlled, portable gas compressor which lizes a low pressure air source to compress a high pressure air source in a single stage booster compressor pump which is automatically shut down by an air pilot switch when a predetermined pressure is reached.

Abstract: A magazine for a weapon having a barrel extending in a firing direction iudes a cartridge storage drum which stores a multiplicity of cartridges in a spiral path with a longitudinal axis of the cartridges lying perpendicularly to the firing direction. If the weapon is an automatic rifle, the storage drum can be mounted in or under the stock of the rifle. A guide made up of curved rods extends from the drum and defines a guide path along which the cartridges are fed and rotated from their respect to the firing direction. A feed box is connected to the end of the guide rods at a location remote from the drum for feeding the cartridges to a bolt and chamber area of the weapon. Along the guide path the cartridges engage each other at pivot points so that the cartridges are somewhat free to pivot within the confines of the guide rods but still push each other along the guide path. One or more followers are provided behind the last cartridge.

Abstract: The invention provides for precise control of the initial trajectory of the etals of a discarding sabot from a gun-launched, sabot-driven projectile, so as to eliminate or minimize unbalanced forces on the projectile and avoid disturbance of its flight path. To achieve this precision, a separate, symmetrically oriented hinging element between the sabot petals is used. The hinging element is structurally separate from any means by which the sabot is secured to the projectile or other ammunition components, so that its shape and location, and the material from which it is made, may be oriented specifically to this function. The sabot petals are furthermore contoured with relief cuts so that as the petals rotate open about the projectile, the stress on the hinging element becomes sufficient to rupture it only after the petals have opened sufficiently to clear the projectile.

Abstract: A dual area tangent piston is provided that includes two integrally conned pistons of different cross-sectional areas with the pistons being non-concentric and aligned at one side along a common line at a common tangent point of each piston area.

Abstract: A Gazania named Mitsuwa Super Clump having yellow flowers, and characterized by, as compared to known clumping yellow Gazanias, of being much more hardy and vigorous, with longer leaves, taller flowers, and growing more rapidly.

Abstract: A Gazania named Mitsuwa Orange having bright orange flowers which is much easier to propagate as compared to other orange trailing Gazanias, and which is very consistent as to the bright orange color in successive propagations. The foilage is noteworthy for having two characteristics not heretofore found together in any other Gazania; dark green leaves and a full trailing habit.

Abstract: A Gazania named Mitsuwa White having pure white flowers with a yellow center which is easier to propagate as compared to other trailing Gazanias, and which is very consistent as to color in successive propagations. The foliage is noteworthy for having two characteristics not often found together in Gazanias; dark green leaves and a full trailing habit.

Abstract: A lotus plant having rose pink flowers with rolled petal edges, borne well above the leaves.

Abstract: A two part ski boot, one part being slidably connected to the other part, such as through a tongue and groove arrangement, is shown in which the parts may be locked to one another in any of a plurality of locations. A series of bores extending transversely through the tongue and groove are provided so that at least one bore in one part can be brought into alignment with a bore in the other part and a pin can be received in the aligned bores to lock the parts together. The tongue and groove may extend the full length of the boot or only a portion of its length. An end cap can be attached to the open end of the boot if desired.

Abstract: A marine tether anchoring device comprises an anchor body and a segmented spring collet that moves axially relative to the anchor body. As the anchor body moves downwardly relative to the collet the upper end of the collet is expanded by a wedge structure which is attached to the anchor body and lockingly engages the wall of an anchoring chamber. The lower end of the tether line is attached to the wedge structure and cannot escape from the anchoring chamber. Release is effected by slackening the tension on the tether line and supplying fluid to a piston supported in the anchor body so that the piston forces the collet downwardly and releases the segments of the spring collet from the face of the wedge structure. Retraction of the collet is completed by a cam ring that engages faces on the collet as final downward travel of the collet takes place.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved device for intravaginal implantation in mammalian females characterized by an axially-extending hub encircled at both ends by a plurality of radially-extending springable spine-like fingers defining multi-pointed stars, the two stars being so located relative to one another and to the hub linking them together that no portion of the hub is left accessible to the vaginal wall musculature to a degree which will allow contortions thereof to expel the device while, at the same time, leaving sufficient hub exposed between the stars to receive and hold a small object no longer than it is nested within the fingers in protected relation.

Abstract: A combinatorial weighing system designed for weighing out a desired number or weight of articles, wherein groups of articles are respectively weighed by a plurality of weighing machines, combinatorial addition is performed on all or a fixed number of possible combinations for weighed values obtained, a particular combination whose combination value is equal or the closest to a set value is selected, and articles are discharged from the weighing hoppers corresponding to the selected combination. It is contemplated to improve performance of this system by ensuring that groups of articles successively discharged from the weighing hoppers are collected separately one from the other without intermingling. To that end, an intermediate shutter is provided in a collecting chute.

Abstract: An improved dialyzing hollow fiber of cuprammonium regenerated cellulose, showing a substantially similar network structure of fine gap passage routes having a max. gap size of 200 A when .[.seen.]. .Iadd.observed .Iaddend.at .[.its.]. any cross-section and .[.logitudinal.]. .Iadd.longitudinal .Iaddend.section, having skinless structure at its inside and outside surface of the hollow fiber and representing a superior water permeability.

Abstract: Disclosed is a muting circuit, in which the generation of click noise is prevented in that the muting operation is caused to occur at an instant when the instantaneous level (i.e., waveform level) of the input audio signal becomes zero for the first time since the appearance of a muting signal. .Iadd.A muting-off circuit is also disclosed for turning off the muting circuit. .Iaddend.

Abstract: A trippiong device of a circuit-breaker is detachable so as to be able to cover ranges of excess currents with a small number of calibers each represented by an interchangeable tripping device. For this purpose, the magnetic excess current detection circuits are made in two detachable parts, one fixed to the tripping device, the other installed floating on the housing of the device to be controlled whose interchangeability permits the automatic changing of the magnetic characteristics of the tripping device.