Abstract: A climber rose variety having vigorous climbing plant, blooming in large clusters on terminals and from laterals, throughout the growing season, of generally lavender color.

Abstract: An azalea plant named Charly characterized by its red flower color, very large flowers which are semi-double in form, excellent growth habit, ease of propagation, early response, and its ability to grow and blossom at relatively low temperatures.

Abstract: A new F3 open pollinated selection between a black currant and a gooseberry is particularly distinguished by its large berry size. The new variety has the further characteristics of the variety Ribes nidigrolaria.

Abstract: An Achimenes plant named Blue Rose having double flower form with five full size petals and four-six smaller petals, attractive violet-blue flower color, floriferous flowering habit, and a rapid growth habit.

Abstract: An impatiens plant named Comet, having large deep pink to red purple flower color, large number of leaves in a whorl, multiple flowering at a leaf axil, good keeping quality of flowers, extremely floriferous, long internodes on a compact plant, terminal shoot that is slow to elongate, irregular lateral branching from the leaf whorl, and by its adaptability to various environments of use.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of impatiens plant named Vista Salmon and White, characterized by its very large and bright salmon-rose flowers having white eyes, profuse flowering habit, early maturing, medium-green foliage, vigorous growth rate, excellent self-branching, and by its tall and spreading habit, making the cultivar suitable for bedding plants, pot plant culture and hanging baskets.

Abstract: A new hybrid Asiatic lily cultivar particularly distinguished by the orange red and golden orange coloring of the tepals of its medium sized blooms and by its very bushy and lush foliage borne on a single erect stem which bears a large number of buds and flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Olympia, particularly characterized by its distinctive pink-lavender flowers, its excellent year round performance with good heat tolerance, profuse flowering, and by its medium green, pubescent foliage.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named Parasol having flat capitulum form and single capitulum type, spoon tipped pink-purple ray florets, variable length spoons, 130-150 mm. diameter across face of capitulum, tall plant height and semi-upright branching pattern, and the fading of its flowers to almost white under very high temperatures.

Abstract: A digging wheel for a suction dredger vessel which digging wheel rotates about a horizontal axis and has at its circumference a plurality of closely spaced partly overlapping scoops while the suction mouth in the interior of the wheel has an extension which extends into the scoops and fits through the outlet of the scoops. The effective passage between the leading edge of a scoop and the outlet edge of a preceding scoop is smaller than the outlet and any further passage towards the pump is of the same or larger magnitude than the outlet of a scoop.

Abstract: A fluid impervious expandable enclosed bag containing separately compartmented first and second gas generating components which, upon admixture in successive amounts, generate gas causing the bag to expand gradually from a collapsed condition to an ultimately fully expanded condition. The internal compartmentation in the bag also contains a solvent medium and a time release capsule of one of the components, thereby providing apparatus that can be mass produced and used for insertion into aerosol-type liquid product dispensing containers to provide relatively constant expulsion pressure during use.

Abstract: A releasable marine tether connection comprises a tether having a segmented spring collet which can be expanded to become trapped in an anchor chamber. A spigot is provided in the base of the chamber which urges the plug upwards relative to the collet when the tether is pushed into the chamber to make the connection. To release the connection tension is removed from the tether and the plug moved down to allow the spring collet to close and move out of the chamber.

Abstract: Apparatus for manufacturing a composite metal wire including a core metal wire having extruded therearound a coating metal layer which is different in material from the core metal wire. The coating metal is fed into a narrow passageway which is defined between a circumferential groove formed on the outer edge of a rotary wheel and a close fitting surface of a fixed shoe block, the cross-sectional area therebetween decreasing for half the distance between entry and discharge and thereafter increasing until discharge. The coating metal is carried towards an outlet end of the passageway by frictional drag with the surface of the passageway in accordance with the rotation of the wheel.

Abstract: Improvements in sprinkler systems having fluid under pressure flowing therethrough and a sprinkler head with a pop-up nozzle actuated by fluid pressure. An impeller is actuated by the fluid flow to rotate the nozzle and thus rotate the spray of fluid therefrom. A transmission is disposed between the impeller and the nozzle for transmitting rotation of the impeller to the nozzle. The transmission is sealed off from the fluid passing through the system by a resilient expandable diaphragm at one end. A fluid pressure responsive seal is provided in the system in sealing engagement with the nozzle. The sealed-off portion of the transmission is completely filled with a lubricating medium which is free to selectively contract or expand against the diaphragm in response to varying ambient conditions encountered by the sprinkler head. The nozzle may also include means for varying the pattern of the sprayed fluid and may be comprised of molded plastic components which may be assembled together.

Abstract: An athletic support fabric having a knit synthetic substrate with an adhesive coated on the face thereof. The substrate has a weft yarn inserted on the face and a non-woven web on the rear thereof, each being held in place by a chain stitch knitted therethrough.

Abstract: .[.The disclosure is of.]. .Iadd.An .Iaddend.apparatus for generating raster scans on an oscilloscope combined with an electron microscope used for scanning and examining semiconductor devices. A scanning electron microscope can be operated to generate artificial or induced faults in semiconductor memories, and the raster scanner, in carrying out a scan, will visually display on the oscilloscope natural and artificial or induced faulty locations or cells in semiconductor memories. The semiconductor memory under test is positioned at different locations in the microscope, at each of which an artificial fault is generated until a position is reached, at which the artificial fault coincides, or nearly coincides, with the natural fault location as displayed by the raster scanner. When this is achieved, the electron microscope can then be used to examine the naturally faulty location or cell to determine the reason for the fault.

Abstract: A disposable protector for a garment collar made up of a thin plastic sheet of water impervious material glued to a first side of a non-woven material and a pressure sensitive adhesive surface on the second side of the sheet. A removable paper strip is attached to the pressure sensitive material which can be removed and the protector attached to a garment collar band by means of the pressure sensitive adhesive with the non-woven material adjacent the neck of the wearer.

Abstract: A gown, such as for a patient's use in a hospital or doctor's office, has front and rear openings extending from the neck to the hem. The rear of the gown is permanently closed at the neck only, with an overlap between the left and right side panels extending to the hem. The gown can be opened anywhere down the back, below the neckline, between the overlapped panels. One or more releasable ties at the back maintain the patient's modesty. The front panels of the gown are not permanently closed but are joined in overlapping relation by releasable ties. The gown thus can be put on like a coat, and easily tied by a patient in the front. A doctor or nurse can nonetheless readily remove the gown from the patient over the head, or pull the gown aside, for examination or treatment.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a combination ski glove and ski strap. The glove has the hook portion of a fastener extending back on the backside thereof from the thumb and forefinger junction. The strap has the loop portion of the fastener materials are pressed together, the strap is affixed to the glove. If the ski pole to which the strap is connected becomes jammed, the strap is peeled away and no injury to the skier's hand or arm occurs.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for automating the production of pants from at least four workpieces, whereby construction is initiated by aligning the outseam edges of one front workpiece with one back workpiece, and joining these edges for forming a composite workpiece, the operation is then repeated for obtaining a second composite workpiece; the composite workpieces are folded open and like edges are aligned together; either one of the aligned front or back rises are joined; the unjoined rise may be folded open and a waistband joined to the waist edge portion; the material is folded back to place the unjoined rise edges in alignment, and the other rise is joined; one leg is folded back to place the unjoined rise edges in alignment, and the other rise is joined; one leg is folded over or under the waist for leg bottom finishings; the material is next folded about the central longitudinal axis of the pants with the legs spread away from one another; inseam edges for each pant leg are aligned; and the inseams are joi

Abstract: A bicyclist's helmet has an outer shell; an inner liner; forward air inlet structure and rearward air discharge structure, as well as air channeling in between the inlet and discharge to provide ram effect cooling; resiliently collapsible bellows padding on the liner to engage the wearer's head; retention straps that pass through the liner in order to attach to the outer shell; insert plugs associated with the outer shell to anchor the straps in spaced relation to the channeling and collapsible pads; a wrap-around eye protective visor that also provides a sun shade, the visor being detent adjustable at the front of the helmet; and a retention strap buckle that takes-up excess strap length.

Abstract: A releasably attachable face mask that forms a contiguous channel with an attached goggle to improve goggle ventilation. An elongated pocket or duct formed between two surfaces on the face mask mates with the goggle ventilation system to form the contiguous channel.The channel forms a venturi to draw air out from the goggle interior to the atmosphere through the contiguous channel.

Abstract: A portable sanitary facility is disclosed which, in one embodiment is particularly adapted for use by males needing only to relieve themselves of liquid body wastes. A sanitary unit is carried by a trailer to achieve portability between a use station and a disposal site. The sanitary unit includes a main compartment more or less encompassed by a trough with apertures being provided in the compartment walls to drain liquid introduced into the trough into the compartment interior. The main compartment is divided into a plurality of sub-compartments by transverse vertical baffles which include a series of apertures for establishing liquid communication between the subcompartments. The baffles serve to prevent shifting of the liquid load and thus stabilize the trailer during transport to a disposal site. A valved outlet is provided to permit draining the facility at a disposal site. Removable access covers permit entry into the facility interior during fabrication, maintenance and cleaning.

Abstract: A toilet bowl provided with a hot water spray for washing after relieving a bodily need and a hot air blower for subsequent drying of the washed portion of the body. A rapid heat exchanger to heat the water is provided with several tubes arranged in groups of concentric spirals at a radial distance from one another, inside a tubular chamber in which the hot air intended for drying is electrically heated and blown to flow along the tubes. The rapid heat exchanger can either be housed in a space in the bowl or in a fixed part of the seat.

Abstract: A shower partition with a horizontal guide rail includes a door assembly displaceable in the guide rail by guide roller mounted on eccentric pins. Each eccentric pin is arranged in a hole provided through the upper edge of the door assembly. In the case of a shower partition of this kind, the purpose to be accomplished is to simplify vertical adjustment of the door assembly at low structural cost, and to ensure that the adjusted position is reliably secured. For this purpose each eccentric pin is slid in an elongated slot of the door assembly through an end opening. Also provided is a connector member having arms which bear upon opposite engagement surfaces of the eccentric pin in order to secure the latter against rotation.

Abstract: A modular bathroom unit is described, coming in a single cabinet, in which an hydraulic system, a drainage system and the system of regulation of different fixtures are integrated, and consisting of a least one equipped washbasin, one toilet with cover and one shower.

Abstract: A side rail assembly for a bed-like stretcher includes a tubular side rail with first and second tubular posts connected at each end. Each of a pair of mounting members connected near each end of the stretcher frame includes first and second vertically spaced-apart pivotal connection points. First and second linkage bars are pivotally connected between each of the posts and the connection points of one mounting member to form a pivotally connected quadrilateral. A handle is mounted to each of the posts for pivotal movement about a horizontal line, while a handle linkage connects the handles so that movement of either handle causes identical movement by the other. A latch on each post cooperates with a catch fixedly attached to the frame. A latch actuator connects each latch with a handle, so that pivotal movement of either handle causes the latches to disengage from the catches, permitting lowering of the side rail assembly.

Abstract: A bedsore preventing apparatus comprises an air mattress having at least two groups of pneumatically expandible and contractible cells respectively communicating with one another in each of the groups, each of said cells in one of the groups being positioned between adjacent ones of the cells in the other group, an air pump for supplying air under a pressure to the cells in each group through each of conduit pipes for the respective groups, and a valve means provided at least in one of the conduit pipes and cyclically actuated for changing over its mode between open and closed modes so that, upon activation of the apparatus, the cells in at least one of the groups sequentially expand and contact to sufficiently change inflation and deflation pattern of the cells of the air mattress for avoiding continuous support at any specific positions of patient's body lying on the mattress and preventing patient's bedsore at such positions.

Abstract: A restraint for a bedridden individual which comprises a fabric sheet from which extends a plurality of spaced apart fastening straps from the periphery of the sheet. Each fastening strap is to be secured to a portion of the bed frame with a human being located in the supine position on the mattress being confined within the space formed between the fabric sheet and the mattress. The restraint may include a turtleneck to be located about the neck of the individual.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a plug-containing type internally threaded anchor to be set in concrete which is used to optionally and firmly fix hardware, such as ceiling members, floor members and wall members, to the surface of a concrete structure and it also relates to a method of producing the same which promises mass-production effect. The invention is characterized in that as a means for preventing the plug contained in the anchor body from accidentally slipping off owing to vibration, shock or other external forces exerted during transport or laying operation, the anchor body is formed with an internal thread by rolling whose internal diameter is smaller than the outer diameter of the plug, so that the crest portion of the internal thread bulging by a predetermined amount above the anchor body holds the plug in slip-off preventing condition.