Abstract: An African violet plant named Laurie having purple-pink flower color which is a more intense purple in the center; very prominent and bright yellow anthers which create a very good contrast with the flower color; profuse flowering; vigorous growth habit and early flowering; and long-lasting, non-dropping flowers which form a tight flower head above the leaves.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum named Mystic having a dwarf habit, flat capitulum form and spoon single capitulum type, dark lavender-purple color, eight week response, and an ability to be grown year around in 9 cm. pots with little growth regulation.

Abstract: A Chrysanthemum plant named Bronze Arola particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; decorative capitulum type; greyed-orange ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum of up to 6.5 cm. at maturity; uniform nine week photoperiodic flowering response to short days; medium plant height when grown as a pinched spray pot mum, and spreading branching pattern.

Abstract: A poinsettia plant named Minneken particularly characterized by the combined characteristics of pink colored bracts, vigorous dwarf growth habit, early flowering, outstanding keeping quality, and by its commercially significant ability of being grown as a single stem or pinched plant.

Abstract: A poinsettia plant named Minstrel particularly characterized by the combined characteristics of bright red colored bracts, dark green foliage, vigorous dwarf growth habit, early flowering, and by its ability to be grown as a single stem or pinched plant.

Abstract: A poinsettia plant named Mirabelle particularly characterized by the combined characteristics of creamy white colored bracts, dark green foliage, vigorous dwarf growth habit, early flowering, outstanding keeping quality, and by its commercially significant ability of being grown as a single stem or pinched plant.

Abstract: A compact attic mounted solar heating pack assembly includes an enclosed sheet metal plenum fixedly hung by straps from the attic rafters at the apex of north and south facing roofing sections. An electric powered blower fixed to the plenum has an air inlet open to the attic interior below the south facing roof section. An air outlet of the blower opens directly to the plenum interior. A plurality of flexible ducts are coupled to respective air outlets within the plenum at one end with their opposite ends terminating in diffusers mountable within holes formed within the underlying ceiling for delivering air from the plenum chamber directly to the building interior below the attic floor. A first normally open cooling thermostat is mounted within the attic at the apex, beneath the south facing roof section. A plastic heat barrier is hung from the ridge pole and extends well elbow the plenum chamber to trap heated air within the section of the attic beneath the south facing wall.

Abstract: Tape is wound into a package by traversing the winding position along a cylindrical core such that the winding position is intermittently and repeatedly halted at a plurality of positions arranged axially of the core so that at each position the tape is wound spirally following which the winding position is traversed to the next adjacent position. The spirals comprise at least one turn and more of the winding time is spent in forming spirals than in traversing between spirals. The spacing between the positions is such that the spirals do not overlap and such that the gap between the spirals is less than the width of the tape. The number of spirals wound at each position is insufficient to cause a step which interferes with traverse back to the position. Control of the traverse movement can be achieved either electronically by a pulse counter connected to the package support shaft or electro-magnetically by a control drum driven from the package support shaft.

Abstract: Finely divided lime, at any degree of slaking, is introduced in a steady stream into an agitated reactor designed to produce pellets or aggregates. Concentrated acetic acid is simultaneously introduced in a steady stream at a rate equal to the chemical combining rate required to produce calcium magesium acetate. Water content of the reaction stream is critical; the mol ratio of water, including water of neutralization, to the calcium magnesium acetate product must fall in the range 3.3-7.0 in order to form the desired pellets and to avoid sticking, caking, and dust emanation from the reactor. Product pellets are drawn off in a stream from the reactor and dried for use as a non-polluting roadway and walkway deicer. Traction agent is optionally incorporated into the deicer pellets by introducing a steady stream of traction agent to the reactor simultaneous with raw materials introduction. Magnesium-to-calcium ratios greater than one are achieved by blending dolime with magnesium-rich ore.

Abstract: An electric actuator which comprises an electric motor operable to a varying degree correspondingly to cause a spring to generate on an output member an output force which varies in accordance with the varying degree of operation of the electric motor.

Abstract: Apparatus including a recirculating feeder and document positioner is coupled to a copier. The copier has variable contrast and density controls. Ordinarily, the document positioner directly feeds document sheets seriatim to the recirculating feeder tray. However, if a document sheet requires copier contrast or density adjustments, the document sheet is stopped at the copier exposure platen, adjustments made to the contrast and density controls and a copy is made. Further adjustments and copiers are made until a proof copy having an acceptable contrast and density is produced. The document sheet is then delivered to the tray. A memory stores the location in the document of each stopped document sheet and the proof copy adjustment information. When all document sheets are in the tray, then the recirculating feeder, copier and memory operate to produce a production run with each copy sheet having acceptable contrast and density.

Abstract: Tungsten monocarbide is prepared by sparging a molten composition comprising an alkali metal halide and an oxygen compound of tungsten with a gas comprising a gaseous hydrocarbon, particularly methane.

Abstract: In the fabrication of a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) or of a metal gate field effect transistor (MESFET), characterized by a polycrystalline silicon gate (13) and a short channel of about a micron or less, a sequence of steps is used involving the simultaneous formation of source, drain, and gate electrode contacts by a bombardment with a transition metal, such as platinum, which forms metal-silicide layers (19, 21, 18) on the source and drain regions (10.1, 10.2) as well as the silicon gate electrode (13).

Abstract: A visor for a billed type hat having a holder (20) of similar configuration to the periphery of the bill with a lens (40) distending at right angles downward in front of the bill covering the wearers eyes. A socket (26) within the holder (20) rotatably connected to a link (50) provides vertical movement and a jaw (58) is further rotatably attached to the link (50). The jaw also contains a pair of fingers (64) that springingly separate to grasp the bill of a cap near the crown. The device rotates upward from the cap and, through friction of the rotating members, remains in the elevated position at the wearers option.

Abstract: A disposable and readily removable universal side shield for a variety of styles of eyeglasses. Each side shield is specifically constructed to fit on either the left or right side of the eyeglasses. Each shield includes a flexible sheet including a base portion having an adhesive on an inner face for attaching to the top and sides of an eyeglass lens frame and a generally bell-shaped shield portion. At least three spaced slits extend from the base edge into the shield portion and are sufficiently close to allow the material between adjacent slits to be torn out by hand, forming a slot in a selected position. The slot receives a bow of the eyeglasses so that the shield straddles the bow along the inside of the bow when the shield is in place. The side shield closes the area between the lens and the eye of the wearer to wind, dirt, and the like when the shield is in use.

Abstract: The aim of the invention is a garment characterized by the fact that it comprises a single piece of material which before dressing the baby is a flat surface in substantially the shape of a cross having a longitudinal and a transversal axis (DD and AA) in which the four projecting parts (1+2, 3+3bis, 4+4bis, 5) have substantially quadrilateral forms, and in which:two of these quadrilaterals (3+3bis, 4+4bis) form the lateral parts;the upper part (1+2), after dressing, forms the front of the garment;the lower part (5), after dressing, forms the back of the garment;a system of fasteners (7, 8, 9, 10) equipping said upper part (1 and 2) and the lower part so that the lower part (5) may be attached to the upper part (1 and 2), once the upper part (1 and 2) has been folded down (over the shoulders) to cover the front of the baby's body.

Abstract: A postman's belt is provided, comprising at least one adjustable circumferential band having an enlarged section attached thereto such that the enlarged section is positionable on the side of the wearer. A storage pouch may be added to the belt.

Abstract: A toilet ventilation generally comprised of an inventive toilet seat, a pre-filter, a water bleed-off means, an exhaust tubular member, and an electrically powered air extraction means. The inventive toilet seat rests directly on a toilet bowl rim and contains a plurality of ducts within the toilet seat. The series of ducts guide the odorous air toward the air extraction means. A water bleed-off means is implemented to trap moisture suspended in the odorous air and to prevent the moisture from entering the exhaust tubular member and the air extraction means thereby increasing the expected life of the ventilation system.

Abstract: A height adjustable toilet bowl is provided including a water actuated cylinder (10) for moving it between a low position and a high position, a cleaning water circuit (1) adapted to be connected to a water supply pipe (2), a hose (11) interposed between the cleaning water circuit (1) and the water supply pipe (2) and an outlet pipe (3) connected to a discharge duct (4) through an extensible pipe (12), wherein the water actuated cylinder (10) is a flexible cylinder connectable selectively to the water supply pipe (2) and to the cleaning water circuit (1) through a three position valve (13), a pipe (16) being interposed between the flexible cylinder and the three position valve.

Abstract: A hydrotherapy method and apparatus for using available tap water supply pressure to mix fresh tap water, tub water, and air to discharge a water-air stream into a tub below the water surface. Energy derived from the tap water supply is used to concurrently translate a discharge nozzle along a path substantially transverse to the stream discharged from the nozzle.

Abstract: A bath for use by a physically handicapped or physically impaired person, comprising a bath structure (11), a seat (13) located within the bath structure (11), said seat (13) being connected to a seat support (16), said seat support (16) being connected to a mechanical linkage (19) located externally of the bath structure (11), and means (29) for pivoting the linkage (19) in order to move the seat (13) between an upper position in which it is located at or above the upper edge of the sides of the bath structure (11) and a lower position in which the seat (13) is located at the bottom of the bath structure.

Abstract: Apparatus used in conjunction with a bed and having rollers and a transfer sheet to transport a patient over the bed and partially onto a horizontal seat of a wheelchair. The patient is then raised to a normal seated position, without requiring any effort on the part of the patient. The patient can also be transported to a sitting position at the end of the bed, or to a standing position on the floor. The apparatus is arranged for installation on existing hospital or home-type beds so that a patient can be comfortably transported to a seated position on a wheelchair, commode, surface, or to a seated or standing position at the end of the bed.

Abstract: A boxspring and mattress set of the type wherein the boxspring has a flat upper surface and a peripheral edge includes a mattress likewise having a flat surface adapted to rest on the surface of the boxspring, the peripheral edge of the mattress corresponding to the edge of the boxspring. The set is provided with a hook-and-pile fastener with the pile portion thereof affixed to the flat surface of the mattress and the hook portion thereof affixed to the flat surface of the boxspring opposite the pile portion, both the hook and pile portions being respectively disposed away from the peripheral edge of the mattress and boxspring so as to remain hidden from view when the mattress overlies the boxspring with the peripheral edges thereof in corresponding relationship.

Abstract: A mat for use on a sandy beach which includes a rectangular shaped flexible vinyl pad having a top edge, a bottom edge and two side edges. The vinyl pad is flexible enough to fold up or roll up and is able to conform to a beach surface when in an unfolded condition. A flexible vinyl wall is attached to the top of the vinyl pad for forming a substantially rectangular compartment on the top of the vinyl pad. This wall includes a top wall spaced inwardly from the top edge, a bottom wall spaced inwardly from the bottom edge, and sidewalls spaced inwardly from the side edges of the pad. These walls are all connected together and even though they are flexible will tend to remain upright when the flexible vinyl pad is in an unfolded condition on a horizontal beach surface. Consequently, with such walls in place, sand is prevented from entering the place between the walls where a person can lie down.

Abstract: A support for a baby's head including a fabric covered foam member adapted to receive the baby's neck in a generally U-shaped inset. The fabric covering extends beyond the covered member and terminates in a pair of flaps which are adapted for positioning behind the baby so as to assist in positioning the support. When the baby nods, its head contacts the covered member in a supporting fashion.

Abstract: A composite foam seat cushion is comprised of foams of different firmnesses which are bonded to adjacent foams without adhesives or glues. The cushion has a supportive bottom of one or more firm foams, a layer of soft foam on the top of and supported by the bottom layer, a protective front foam cap for the front edge of the layer of soft foam, a protective back foam cap for the back edge of the layer of soft foam and side walls of foam(s) of suitable firmness to provide support. A method of preparing the composite foam seat cushion is disclosed.

Abstract: A foam pillow has two main support surfaces on opposing sides thereof. One surface includes convolutions defining a relatively flat profile and the other surface includes longitudinal ribs of arcuate cross-section, which define a curved profile having at least two prominent lobes of differing heights and a central trough. The pillow is particularly adapted for support of a person's head in the trough, with the user's neck received on one of the lobes. Reversal of the lobes permits variation in the amount of neck support. The ribs comprise spherical ridges and have circular channels separating their bases to provide a heat and moisture dissipation function. The curved support surface may include cross-hatching at various intervals to provide extra dispersion of pressure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process and device for the wet treatment of textile material in hank form. The material travels in a circulating passage through an intensive treatment drawframe with subsequent folding-down, further conveying, and finally renewed feeding to the intensive treatment drawframe by a hank winding device. Circulating conveying of the treatment bath through the intensive treatment drawframe occurs while the textile material is passed through the horizontally arranged intensive treatment drawframe essentially at the same speed as the treatment bath. Such material is also under the action of the tensile force of a second hank winding device, which works at essentially the same conveying speed as the hank winding device upstream from the intensive treatment drawframe.

Abstract: A pipeline pig is disclosed, the preferred embodiment incorporating all plastic components including a central elongate mandrel being hollow along the middle to a forward transverse partition, a nut which threads to the forward end of said mandrel, said nut and mandrel locking together to secure components on said mandrel. The device further supports N cups, the cups preferably backed by adjacent discs for stiffening purposes and being spaced along the mandrel by spacer means. Scrapper discs can be used with the leading disc being harder & smaller while scrapping discs are softer and larger.

Abstract: A device for cleaning leaves and other debris from elevated roof gutters for use by a person standing on the roof of a house or building which includes a rake member for scraping leaves and other debris from the bottom of a gutter and a handle for manipulating the rake member. In its preferred form, the rake member is substantially flat, generally rectangular, and slotted, and has a bottom edge bent out of the plane of the rake member, and a side edge also bent out of the plane of the flat portion of the rake member into a plurality of fingers arranged in a step-like manner for lifting and grasping leaves and other debris during removal from the gutter.

Abstract: An improved two part snap hinge is disclosed, including a swinging hinge portion, a reference hinge portion, and a reduced connecting hinge portion, and in which the reduced connecting portion is integral with both the swinging and reference hinge portions and extends continuously between two points in a path which is displaced from the straight line therebetween, and which lies in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of the reference hinge portion. In this manner, upon swinging the swinging portion about the reduced connecting portion, it swings through an intermediate position, on either side of which forces are created which tend to urge the swingable portion in a predetermined direction.

Abstract: A hinge for a casement window having components releasably held in positions related to each other to provide for movement of a window-supporting sash arm between closed and egress positions. The structure includes a support arm pivotally connected between a track of the hinge and the sash arm. The pivot mounting of the support arm to the track, or the effective length of the support arm can be varied to enable movement of the window sash from an egress position to a washability position.

Abstract: An apparatus (FIGS. 3 to 7) for manufacturing food products such as skinless sausages comprises a tube which contains a plurality of plugs strung along a wire. The plugs are shaped to define sausage end shapes and spaced to define sausage-shaped compartments for filling with sausage-forming material. The plugs and wire are driven through the tube by a motor-driven sprocket which has peripheral recesses for reception of the plugs. Between the recesses the sprocket periphery has slots for receiving the wire. The contents of the tube are cooked by being heated and then cooled by suitable fluid jackets around the tube, or otherwise. In other embodiments, a flexible tube is pinched to form sausage compartments which are moved peristaltically (FIGS. 1 and 2) and a belt having partition-forming formations is rolled within the tube (FIGS. 8 to 11).

Abstract: The invention aims at improving an apparatus for dividing fillets into portions, such as, for example, tails, loins and possibly center pieces by effecting the necessary dividing cuts while simultaneously and automatically safe-guarding an adaptation to the particular fillet dimensions or other optically striking features. To this end, a cutting mechanism arranged above a fillet supplying conveying surface and constituted by at least one cutting member is suggested, whose circular knife has a flattened portion, which, when facing the conveying surface, offers a passage position of the circular knife and by a well defined rotation makes it possible to bring the knife into the cutting position. The cutting members are controlled by computing the dimensions and/or optically striking features of a fillet image obtained by means of a video camera and supplied to a computer.

Abstract: The specification discloses a portable fish scaling device which is simple and easily used and cleaned. The device includes a water-tight bucket, an abrasive continuous surface within the bucket, and an agitator for agitating water within the bucket. As the water is agitated, fish suspended within the water gently tumble against the abrasive surface and are thereby scaled. Preferably, the abrasive surface is an inwardly dimpled bucket liner; and the agitator is a rotatable impeller.