Abstract: A hybrid tea rose variety having continuous production of large red flowers, upright and vigorously growing bush, 7 leaflet leaves and bright yellow anthers with red centers.

Abstract: A Chrysanthemum plant named Ultralight having daisy capitulum type and flat capitulum form, dark purple ray floret color, nine week flowering response, upright growth habit, and excellent color retention at high temperatures.

Abstract: The present invention is a new and distinct variety of Chrysanthemum of a lighter than dawn pink bloom with a rose bengal red center.

Abstract: A philodendron plant named Imperial Green having rosette plant form; dark, relatively large foliage; ease of propagation by tissue culture; compact growth habit both in 4" and larger pots; close symmetrical internodes, and a fast growth habit.

Abstract: A motor operated valve, typically a butterfly valve driven by .[.a synchronous.]. .Iadd.asynchronous .Iaddend.electric motor (16), is provided with a torque sensing arrangement wherein an cyclic electrical signal representative of the rotational speed of the motor is produced by magnets (22) on disc driven by the motor and Hall effect switches (23,24). The frequency of this signal is compared in a circuit (43) with the frequency of current supplied to the motor to provide an indication of motor torque. Switches (46,47) define preset torque limits for the valve. If the limits are exceeded, a signal is fed to control logic (41) which operates switches (18) to control the supply current to the motor. The speed signal from the Hall effect switches is also fed to a counter (31) to develop a count representative of movement of the valve. The output of counter (31) is compared with preset valves defined by switch circuits (37,38) to define limits of travel for the valve.

Abstract: An improved speech analysis and synthesis system wherein LPC parameters and a modified residual signal for excitation is transmitted: the excitation signal is the cross correlation of the residual signal and the LPC-recreated original signal.

Abstract: Novel hypolipidemic nicotinates and related esters, being phenoxy organic compounds, are disclosed, as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof and method of treating hyperlipidemia therewith.

Abstract: A pacifier bib is formed from a flat panel of fabric having a wishbone shape. The bib includes a U-shaped collar adapted to have distal ends thereof attached together for encirclement around the neck of a child. An integral flap extends downwardly from the collar and is adapted to have its distal end folded over into a closed loop for attaching the handle of a pacifier to the bib.

Abstract: A foldable party hat having a number of flat, planar panels foldably connected to form an elongated strip. The ends of the strip are adjustably connectable with one another to form a hat band. The panels are also foldable into a compact configuration, with some of the panels folding over the others to cover the others and engage together to hold the folded band in its folded configuration. A further aspect of the invention is that the hat is adapted to hold novelties, such as balloons, on the surface thereof, to give the hat a festive appearance.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a novel form of recessed cavity and cover therefor, for use with bathtubs and the like, especially whirlpool baths, and in particular, for use as an overflow recessing device or means.In the prior art, overflow devices have projected from the bathtub wall. Such overflow devices thus present an obstruction and danger to a bathtub user.The invention herein recesses the overflow device behind the plane of the bathtub wall, and the recess is provided with a complementary cover so that the recess in the wall, in effect, can be made flush with the wall of the tub. The recess cover is pivotally connected to the bathtub recess opening.The covered recess is provided with a secondary drain means so that any water entering the covered recess will readily drain therefrom.

Abstract: An adjustable body support device comprises a seating portion for supporting the lower torso of the body and a back portion for supporting the upper torso of the body. An arm rest is fixedly secured to the seating portion for supporting the arms of the body and is selectively engageble and disengageable with the back portion to hold the latter in a predetermined position relative to the seating portion. An adjustable leg is hingedly connected to the back portion for selectively adjusting the back portion with respect to the support surface. An adjusting rack and bale may be provided for selectively adjusting the back portion in a series of stepped levels.

Abstract: A wall connecting piece for fitting to a concealed water main and for the connection of a hand-held shower hose contains a casing, which can be connected to the water main and on which is provided a connection for the shower hose. The casing contains a retaining head, which acts on the hand-held shower grip and which is pivotable about an axis passing through the casing.

Abstract: An invalid lift and transfer device has two rigid cantilever frames, a first of which is caster supported for rolling along the ground and a second of which is supported on the first frame for vertical movement, which movement is actuated by a jack engaged therebetween. A patient sling is suspended between opposite sides of the second frame. The frames, in aggregate, define between them a space which at a rear end is open laterally and vertically sufficiently to accept a wheelchair, bed, toilet or other patient support and which at the forward end is open up to a height sufficient to permit the leg and foot supports of the wheelchair, with the patient's legs and feet thereon, to project therethrough forwardly of the frames.

Abstract: A bed having a horizontal supporting body and vertical side frames and a rectangular mattress resting on the body and fitting between the frames, the mattress being formed by a multiplicity of individually removable juxtaposed pillows, each pillow in plan view forming a meaningful symbol such as an animal and the pillows having covers representatively colored and decorated to represent the symbols, the upper surface of the supporting body having markings outlining the designed arrangement of the pillows, and a matching spread used over the mattress.

Abstract: A tinted soft contact lens such as a hydrated hydrogel lens having a variegated iris pattern is prepared by forming an iris pattern on the lens with a viscous paste which can contain an unoxidized vat dye. The lens is treated with a developer solution to obtain a tinted lens having an iris pattern which can be clear or different in color or in hue from the surrounding iris area.

Abstract: For use with an anchor plate and tendon in a member made by casting and cng a protective hermetic sealant housing is disclosed. Briefly, the housing has a tray and cover enclosing the anchor plate. The tray and cover join together at frictionally engaged lips to receive hermetic sealing grease to prevent anchor plate or cable rust, corrosion, etc. The tray and cover join at adjacent peripheral lips holding the parts together.

Abstract: A rotary travelling device comprising a main supporting member rotatably around a first axis substantially perpendicular to a travelling surface, a subsidiary supporting member mounted on the main supporting member for free rotation around a second axis substantially parallel to the first axis, a rotary disc mounted rotatably on the subsidiary member, and a driving means for rotating the rotary disc. The central axis of rotation of the rotary disc is not perpendicular but inclined to the travelling surface, and the under surface of the rotary disc comes into inclined contact with the travelling surface. The device is further provided with means for rotating the subsidiary member around the second axis according to the rotation of the main supporting member around the first axis.

Abstract: A hand-held ice scraper having an elongate handle portion and a blade attached to one end thereof. The scraping blade is substantially J-shaped and comprises dual outwardly flared scraping arms, one of which is longer and wider than the other. One of the scraping arms has a scraping surface with a smooth, beveled edge while the other features a scraping surface having a plurality of elevated ridges, each ridge having a beveled edge. The blade is firmly secured within the handle portion, preferably be an interference fit.In one embodiment the scraper has a selectively operable illumination means mounted within the handle portion. The illumination means is adapted to direct light through a translucent blade.

Abstract: A windshield wiper assembly in addition to carrying the wiper blade, also carries an additional cleaning device which may be a brush, an ice scraper, or an additional blade through which washer fluid may be sprayed. The additional device is coupled with the wiper arm-and-blade assembly by means of a coupling which may be operated by an adjusting element. The additional part is only used, when it is really necessary and, in addition, serves to reduce pressure on the wiper arm-and-blade assembly in the parking position.

Abstract: A dust-removal apparatus for textile machines and machine rooms includes a chamber containing dust-laden air, a clean-air chamber, a tube disposed between and separating the chamber containing dust-laden air from the clean-air chamber, at least part of the tube being a filter element, a suction device connected to the clean-air chamber, another switchable suction device in the form of a filter cleaning device connected to the tube, the tube having an inlet end, and a device for selectively closing the inlet end of the tube.

Abstract: An assembly for detachably mounting a caster wheel to the underside of a structure such as a chair or cabinet. The assembly includes a mounting bracket which is secured to the structure and has transverse mounting slots formed in a parallel, spaced apart arrangement therein. A caster plate having a caster wheel mounted thereto is detachably secured to the bracket by depending flange members which cooperate with the mounting slots of the bracket. A mounting bolt is utilized to prevent subsequent detachment of the caster plate from the bracket once assembly is completed. The mounting bracket forms a channel and may extend along the entire width or length of the structure such that more than one caster can be mounted to the bracket.

Abstract: A swivable caster includes plastic wheel means rotatably mounted on a plastic stem at the lower end thereof. Near its upper end the stem is provided with an annular groove having a nylon split ring disposed therein and having its peripheral portion disposed outside of the groove. This peripheral portion engages a downwardly facing shoulder that extends inward from the internal wall forming a socket that receives the stem. Engagement of the split ring with the shoulder limits insertion of the stem into the socket. During this insertion the split ring is compressed radially so that it acts as a friction means to hold the stem in the socket and also provides a bearing for swiveling of the stem.

Abstract: A double pivot hinge for vehicle doors includes a hinge arm pivotally interconnecting door and vehicle mounted hinge butts. A first and second latch means are alternately movable between latched and unlatched positions to either latch the hinge arm to the door mounted hinge butt for movement of the door and hinge arm as a unit to the 90.degree. open position or to latch the hinge arm to the vehicle mounted hinge butt for movement of the door relative to the hinge arm between 90.degree. and 180.degree. open positions. A detent means detents the first latch means in unlatched position during movement of the door between 90.degree. and 180.degree. open positions. The detent means is automatically released as the door moves from the 180.degree. position to a position immediately adjacent the 90.degree. open position to permit uninterrupted closing movement of the door.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for assembling spring frame hinges that utilize a pin having a tapered self-aligning section, a stepped midsection and a raised diameter stopping element. By harvesting the offsetting tension created by the hinge tang and curls the pin is easily inserted, lockingly held securely in place without the use of any additional fastening technique and yet can be non-destructively disassembled with little difficulty. In preferred embodiments of the invention audio confirmation that the pin has been properly inserted is achieved and a locking flush pin is disclosed.

Abstract: A clamp for attaching a shirred casing article, to a stuffing machine. The casing article includes a shirred casing carried on a disposable sleeve and the clamp comprises a plurality of radially movable elements arranged circumferentially about an end of the sleeve. The elements are driven by a cam which rotates about the longitudinally axis of the sleeve such that rotation in one direction presses the elements radially inward against the sleeve and rotation in an opposite direction moves the elements radially away from the sleeve.

Abstract: A cinching device for tensioning and securing a line across a cargo load is disclosed which has a body formed with a sinuous guideway providing a first jam cleat so that frictional engagement between the line and the body increases as the line is drawn taut in the body of the device to secure the device to the line. An arcuate guide surface is formed in the body proximate the first jam cleat to permit movement of the line over the guide surface so that the line may be looped over an external anchor and pulled against the anchor and the first jam cleat to provide a mechanical advantage which is used to tension the line. The body of the cinching device also has a second jam cleat to receive and secure the line after it has been pulled taut by using the mechanical advantage inducing arcuate guide surface.

Abstract: A fastening member provided at the end of a spring-elastic mounting strap of a tire chain. The fastening member has an introduction passage and an attachment passage for a cooperating fastening member that is secured to the other end of the mounting strap. A guide passage interconnects the introduction passage and the attachment passage. This guide passage, at the level of a hook arm portion that partially separates the introduction passage from the attachment passage, extends at an angle of greater than 90.degree. relative to the longitudinal axis of the attachment passage. In this way, the cooperating fastening member can be easily hooked in the fastening member. The inclined course of the guide passage relative to the longitudinal axis of the attachment passage assures a high degree of protection against accidental unhooking.

Abstract: A ski boot having a foot receiving casing and a leg portion, as well as a pressure distribution plate which is disposed between casing and an inner boot portion inserted in the casing, and which plate is provided with a device which presses the pressure distribution plate towards the instep region. The pressure distribution plate is under the influence of a device which presses the plate against the instep of the foot, so that the plate abuts substantially the entire instep and is pulled towards the heel of the foot.

Abstract: A strap connector comprises a connector body and a core. The connector body is formed in a hollow, approximately square pole like shape with openings formed in two opposed sides thereof. The core is provided with a groove part which is of a width approximately equal to the sum of diameters of two pieces of strap and a base part which has an end face a little wider than the width of the groove part and is located away from and facing the opening of the groove part at a distance about equal to the diameter of the strap.

Abstract: A novel apparatus for clamping a cable in an overhead transmission line system. Said apparatus comprising an elongated clamp having a lower half and an upper half, said lower half having openings to receive U-bolts therethrough to secure the upper half thereto. The lower half having means for allowing the U-bolts to free the upper half from the lower half without disassembling the entire U-bolt assembly. Said means including a slot and an opening, each to receive a leg of the U-bolt, said opening having an interior beveled area to allow the U-bolt to tilt away from the clamp body and said slot permitting a leg of the U-bolt to rotate away from the clamp body. The upper half of the clamp having grooves for retaining the U-bolts, each groove on one side of the clamp having a pair of retainers adjacent thereto crimped over the U-bolt and on the opposite side having a reduced wall area to allow the U-bolt to be lifted off of the grooved area.

Abstract: An automatic lock slider for a slide fastener provided with discrete coupling elements includes a locking prong which is movable into and out of a guide passage in the slider. The prong has a cam surface downwardly canted at an angle of 20.degree.-30.degree. which represents the critical point at which the coupling elements would otherwise become displaced or dislodged when subjected to stresses tending to spread apart the fastener chain, and the cam surface initiates at a position above the upper end surface of the coupling element. This arrangement facilitates passage of the fastener chain underneath the locking prong without marring the coupling elements when external forces are exerted on the fastener chain.

Abstract: A snap-type fastener is set forth having a female part and a male part. The female part has a casing housing a resilient member having resilient inwardly directed prongs defining an opening, the rear of the casing of the female part is closed by a disc provided with rearwardly directed prongs which serve to fix the female part to a garment. The male part has a disc provided on one side with a projection having a head portion which can be pushed through the opening formed by the resilient prongs. The male part also has prongs which serve to fix the male part to another part of the garment.

Abstract: A process for producing capacitors (9) of the stacked type envisages, in the order stated, a reel (4) being formed by simultaneously winding two superposed dielectric films 1, 2, around a support, the films being offset transversely and metallized on one side, the separation of the reel from the corresponding support e.g. by transverse shearing the reel (4), with the creation of one or more capacitive rods (6) extending rectilinearly, the metallization of the longitudinal end faces (6a) of each rod either before or after separation from the support (3: 10: 12: 14), and finally the transverse shearing of the metallized rod in order to produce individual capacitors 9, each of which of a predetermined capacitance. The rods (6), extending rectilinearly, have little or no internal pressure so show little tendency to delaminate and, furthermore, are readily handled for production of individual capacitors.

Abstract: A flexible machining system includes a four axis double end slant bed unit which can be operated as a single or double spindle chucker, a precision boring machine, a way-type machine, a lathe or an automatic bar feeder. By providing the unit with a fifth axis, it may also function as a jig milling machine.

Abstract: An improved crankcase structure for engine blocks and the like, may be fabricated wherein the crankcase is initially cast or otherwise formed with bearing caps integral therewith. The caps are preferably secured by severable connecting portions unidirectionally longitudinally adjacent their associated bearing receiving portions in the transverse webs of the cylinder block. The complete crankcase is then machined and the bearing caps are separated for subsequent assembly to the crankcase in conventional fashion. Consequently, the invention reduces the amount of tooling and machining time and equipment required for manufacturing crankcases for engine blocks and the like.