Abstract: A new variety of nectarine tree which is broadly characterized by its general resemblance to that of the Flamekist variety of nectarine tree (unpatented) but which bears fruit which matures for harvesting ten days later than the Flamekist variety and is freestone by nature.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of grapevine named `Melody`, and tested as NY 65.444.4, which originated from seed produced by a hand pollinated cross of `Seyval` (non-patented) and GW5 from New York (non-patented) is described. This new variety can be distinguished by its vinifera-type wine with varietal character, its resistance to powdery mildew infection and its adaptation to the climate of the grape growing regions of New York.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of grapevine from an interspecific cross (Labruscana.times.vinifera), named `Einset Seedless` and tested as NY 63.878.1 which originated from a seed produced by hand pollination of `Fredonia` (non-patented) with pollen from `Canner` (non-patented) is described. This new grapevine variety can be distinguished by its early maturing seedless fruit of attractive red color, having a unique mild American flavor, firm texture and adherent skin. Winter hardiness is good and storage life is considered to be excellent.

Abstract: A new and distinct carnation cultivar characterized by its profuse production of generally white flowers having deeply indented margins. The petals exhibits a slightly yellow coloration at the level of the claw of the petals, and their margins are deeply indented.

Abstract: A new variety of carnation of the closed calyx or non-splitting type, characterized by a vigorous growth and precocious blooming habit of very large flowers having dark red and violet coloration of its petals which are bordered by white margins.

Abstract: A body weight support system for skiing or other physical activities including at least one leg brace. The brace consists of a pair of parallel elongated tubular members interconnected by a cable, a plurality of cylindrical segment members are interposed in the knee section of the brace with the cable extending therethrough to form non-resilient flexure means for allowing the brace to bend with the knee upon flexure of the knee. Tensioning means are provided for the cable to establish the tension therein and hence establish a maximum angle deflection of the flexure means. The brace and flexure means are non-resilient so that once the maximum angle is attained the brace resists further deflection. The brace also includes fabric means spanning the tubular members for supporting the legs of the wearer. Strap means are provided for securing the brace to the leg and to a boot (e.g., ski boot).

Abstract: A pressure valve for a compressor of the hermetically encapsulated type. The valve includes a valve plate with a valve seat and upstanding pins on which at least one catch plate is placed to limit the stroke of a closing member formed by a valve leaf spring. The valve seat is disposed in an elongated depression of the valve plate and the pins are formed on an insert spring into the recess.

Abstract: An automatic focusing device and method for a camera in which the distance and direction to the focused position of a focusing lens of the camera are quickly determined after which the lens is moved directly to the focused position without the necessity of carrying out calculations as the lens is moved. Images of an object being viewed through the lens are projected onto first and second sensor groups. The outputs of the sensor groups are digitized then calculations are performed to determine the distance and direction to the position of correct focus. The lens is then moved to the focused position directly in accordance wtih the computed values.

Abstract: Magnesium-containing complexes are prepared by heating a mixture of magnesium hydroxide, magnesium oxide, hydrated magnesium oxide or a magnesium alkoxide; a carboxylic acid, a sulfonic acid, a pentavalent phosphorus acid, or an ester or salt of any of these; water; and an organic solubilizing agent (which may be liquid or solid at ambient temperature) for the acid or ester. The amount of magnesium is such as to provide a basic composition. The resulting complexes may be obtained in liquid (which may be thickened) or solid form, and are useful as additives for lubricants and fuels and as protective coating compositions for metal surfaces (such as automotive undercoats and frame coatings)..[.This application is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 681,627, filed Apr. 29, 1976 and now abandoned..].

Abstract: A rotating electric machine with a permanent magnet rotor, provided with a stator composed of a winding and a ferrite structure to provide low power losses and improved efficiency particularly at high rotor revolution rates, is constructed so as to optimize the performance of the permanent magnets on the rotor. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the ferrite being selected for its low hysteresis and eddy current power losses, generically referred to as core loss and its low loss factor which are frequency dependent, replaces laminated electrical iron. Additionally the permanent magnets selected to exhibit high intrinsic magnetic intensity and low remanent magnetic flux density, are arranged in conjunction with the ferrite to maximize the magnet's energy product as well as the magnetic circuit gap length, which in a combination provides a radical improvement in machine energy density.

Abstract: An electronic schedule calendar and diary for storing in an electronic memory a plurality of future calendar appointments and events for each of a plurality of daily, weekly, or other date interval periods, and enabling the selective retrieval and electronic display of said plural appointments and events for any selected time period. The electronic diary employs manually or remotely controlled entry of said future appointments and events in digital form; manually or remotely controlled correction and updating of said data; and manually controlled retrieval or readout into a visual electronic display. A time-of-day electronic clock may also be included together with an automatic alarm for providing an alarm for each selected appointment or even entered into the memory. In a systems version, a plurality of electronic diaries are employed with a central memory or monitor. Each diary is selectively placed in communication with the central memory for transfer of data therebetween.

Abstract: A writing instrument, having a mechanism for alternately retracting and protracting its writing point, comprises a shackle alternately closed and opened by that mechanism, for releasably fastening to an associated object.

Abstract: A two-cylinder pump for heavy flowable materials, such as concrete, comprising a shutter mechanism which is pivotable across an apertured face plate, the shutter mechanism being sealed against the face plate by means of a cutting ring which is axially movable relatively to the shutter mechanism and is supported thereon with its rear side engaging a rectangular-section flexible rubber ring, whereby the cutting ring is urged resiliently against the face plate, means for locating the cutting ring, along a portion of its length, on the shutter mechanism, a seating for the flexible ring on the cutting ring which includes an annular extension which partly overlaps the longer cross-sectional side of the flexible ring in the axial direction, a seating for the flexible ring on the shutter mechanism which includes an annular extension which partly overlaps the longer cross-sectional side of the flexible ring in the axial direction, said annular extensions partly overlapping the ring from opposite sides thereof so that

Abstract: A cold weather buoyant garment has inner and outer layers with an intermediate layer therebetween. The intermediate layer is formed of a major portion of open cell foam material, such as polyurethane, with a minor portion of a closed cell material, such as polystyrene beads, uniformly dispersed in the open cell material. This composite intermediate layer exhibits good vapor transmission characteristics while simultaneously providing buoyancy characteristics sufficient to assist an individual immersed in cold water and wearing the garment to remain afloat.

Abstract: In a combination incorporating a replacement faucet spout there is included a series of bushings, and a series of spout nuts through each of which a base end portion of the replacement spout may be disposed.

Abstract: This invention relates to a floor drain and methods for its installation, more specifically to a floor or shower drain having two sets of weep holes and to a method for its installation.Conventional drains generally in use today have only one set of weep holes to drain water which may seep down to a water impervious pan. As a result, if the shower stall is installed improperly, water may seep out and cause extensive water damage.The invention relates to a shower drain installation which will be effective in preventing water damage even if the subfloor is not ideally suited for promoting drainage in a shower.

Abstract: A self-contained system including a housing structure and a toilet bowl in the housing structure adapted to receive human waste and fluid for diluting the waste, transporting the waste and rinsing the bowl. A macerator is in the housing in communication with the toilet bowl. Discharge structure is provided for removing effluent fluid from the system. The system provides for flushing the bowl and dumping the contents into the macerator for conditioning of the solids. The bowl is subsequently refilled. Fluid is transported by pump from the exterior of the system to the bowl for flushing and refilling thereof, and for transporting effluent fluid from the macerator to the exterior of the system. Controls are provided for directing the fluid through the system and facilitating the handling of waste and transportion of the treated waste to the exterior of the system. The system is designed to transport fluid to an elevated or remote location. It is also a significant water saver.

Abstract: A lifting apparatus, for lifting disabled persons, including a harness, which is front-fitting so that it can be fitted and removed with ease and speed by disabled users themselves because it does not have to be placed from the back underneath the buttocks. The harness, nevertheless, provides maximum safety and comfort as straps self-position to ensure a vertical lift even from the prone position. The harness is used in conjunction with a suspension frame which has four points to which the harness also attached from the front easily and quickly. The frame is shaped and dimensioned so that a safe stable comfortable and upright sitting position is achieved throughout a lifting operation. The disabled user can thus be more independent as manual propping up in a wheelchair by a helper is unnecessary as the risk of slipping off does not arise. The frame also incorporates a stirrup-bar which eliminates the need for a separate, heavy, monkey pole and grab handle.

Abstract: A portable foldable playpen assembly comprising a foldable frame assembly and an enclosure. The foldable frame assembly includes a central hub, at least four support legs spaced outwardly of the hub, and a linkage assembly hingedly connected to the central hub and to the legs. The linkage assembly is adapted to maintain the legs in a first expanded spaced array in which they are upright and generally parallel and widely spaced from the central hub and to permit movement of the legs into a second contracted compact array in which the legs are much closer to the central hub and to each other for transport. The enclosure is secured to the support legs and may include a depending skirt at the base of the enclosure.

Abstract: A tie-down system for securing articles in the bed of a pick-up truck includes a set of C-shaped channels fixedly secured proximate the upper, inner edges of the side walls, the front wall and the tail gate of the pick-up bed. A plurality of eye bolts is demountably and movably received in the channel members, so that a rope or ropes may be fastened to the eye bolts for holding down articles. The tie-down system may also be used in combination with a sleeping surface having plurality of eyelets, simply by extending a plurality of hooked tension springs between the eye bolts and the eyelets.

Abstract: A sleeping bag having an image of a doll attached to the upper surface thereof which image includes separate arm and leg appendages which are secured to the upper surfaces of the sleeping bag and at least one selectively opening panel member which defines the body portion of the doll and which is secured to the upper surface of the sleeping bag in such a manner that when in a first position it defines a pocket in which various articles may be stored and when in a second position the sleeping bag may be folded and received and enclosed therein to thereby form a doll having three-dimensional characteristics. In an alternate embodiment the head of the doll is attached to an edge of the sleeping bag so as to form a pillow when the sleeping bag is in use.

Abstract: An improved air chamber for use with a marginal perimeter support adapted to surround and support a fluid-filled bladder of a floatation sleep system. The air chamber comprises an elongated cylinder closed at its ends to form an air-tight chamber. Opposing interior surfaces of the cylinder are interconnected by, for example, tie members extending in a longitudinal direction within said elongated cylinder for less than the full longitudinal dimension of such cylinder. The tie members divide the cylinder into at least three sections located one on top of another, with such sections being in flow intercommunication. Moreover, with this invention, the cross-sectional area of the upper- and lower-most sections may be substantially equal and greater than the cross-sectional area of any intermediate sections.

Abstract: Apparatus for the production and collection of bee venom by the use of electrical conductors disposed in the colony with a fibrous pad therebelow. A square wave voltage is applied to adjacent conductors to excite bees and cause them to deposit venom in the underlying pad.

Abstract: A bristle shaft device for use in disinfecting subgingival parodontal pockets, parodontal pocket edges and tooth surfaces, the device having a rotationally symmetrical gingival edge cup having an axis and an external periphery and a plurality of coaxial bristle shafts arranged coaxially in a ring and held in position by the cup. The shafts project from the external periphery and are formed as individual radially adjacent layers. One of the layers extend beyond the other layers so as to have an exposed end and can penetrate into a subgingival parodontal pocket up to a ligamentum circulare. Another layer adjacent to the one layer resists a bending of the exposed layer. The remaining layers are formed as multiple stepped layers that drop off in steps from each other in a radially outward direction providing further reinforcement. The one layer is radially innermost of the rest of the layers. Both the one layer and the adjacent another layer project beyond the remaining layers.

Abstract: The apparatus comprises a low speed feeding roller on which are provided teeth, and a high speed scraping roller on which are mounted steel brush wheels. In operation, the pre-cut used wires are fed into the apparatus and the coating is scraped off by the steel brush wheels to obtain substantially exposed copper wire.

Abstract: A high speed floor buffing machine equipped with a pad holder for an X-shaped buffing pad is disclosed. The arms of the pad holder have a wedge-shaped cross section that acts as an air foil to create air currents that flow up between the arms of the buffing pad. The casing surrounding the pad has a specially designed tunnel-like spiral diffuser that guides the air currents into a collection box. The casing also has a flexible skirt mounted to the lower edge thereof, extending around three-quarters of the casing periphery, and closing the gap between the casing and the floor. The chassis has two pair of wheels and is designed so that when the buffing machine is off, the machine rests entirely on the wheels with the buffing pad raised off the floor, and when the machine is on, the air currents urge the pad against the floor with a predetermined pressure. Alternate embodiments of the pad holder are disclosed.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaning machine for fireplaces and the like having a decorative canister enclosed in a vacuum chamber containing a fireproofed dust bag, a blower and electric motor unit and storage reels for an electric cord and a flexible vacuum hose.

Abstract: A handle for tools, specifically for screwdrivers, is disclosed. The handle consists of two materials of different hardness, of which the harder material supporting the tool is incompressible under the forces occurring at operational load, whereas the other material permits slight elastic deformations under forces of load. In order to obtain a hand-sympathetic design which nevertheless transmits high torques, the two gripping zones of softer material are situated adjacent to a gripping zone of harder material located between them.

Abstract: A door handle arrangement has a bearing member (14) with a door handle bore (43) for mounting to the door leaf and also a door handle with a neck (11) which is axially inserted into the door handle bore (43). Conical segments (18) which are arranged around the neck (11) of the door handle are provided between the bearing member (14) and the neck (11) of the door handle. The conical segments have a conical outer peripheral surface and/or a conical inner peripheral surface, which cooperates in axially sliding manner with a corresponding complementary shaped counter-surface of the bearing member (14) and/or of the rotary spigot (12), and are biased axially by springs (15) in a direction which reduces the diameter of the opening which receives the neck of the door handle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a unitary flexible retainer for holding the legs of eviscerated poultry tightly against the body of the fowl over the rear body opening and includes a central locking member cooperating with straps for positively securing the poultry legs tightly against each of the hocks thereof, together with anchors into kidney openings in the poultry backbone.

Abstract: The disclosure pertains to means and method for effectuating considerable squeezing to a fowl between a back supporting surface and a breast supporting surface whereby the so treated poultry has it feces squeezed out of its anus. The squeezing manipulation occurs most satisfactorily downstream of the scalding step i.e. the feather removing step and prior to an eviscerating step. The bird is carried by a shackle arrangement in a conventional manner, i.e. the bird is carried upside down by a moving endless chain and is either manipulated or worked upon in a conventional and well known manner at various stations. The manipulative station to unload the intestines or feces and the wash away of the excrement is the gist of the present invention.

Abstract: In an apparatus for advancing a bundle of filaments, a pair of rolls defines a nip through which the bundle passes. A blower blows a stream of gas across an outer periphery of at least one of the rolls in a direction opposite the direction of rotation of that roll to dislodge adhering filaments therefrom. This prevents filaments from lapping the roll. The gas stream forms an obtuse angle with a radius extending from the point of intersection of the gas stream and the roll periphery.

Abstract: Retainer for convenient storage of writing implements or the like upon a clipboard having a movable clip member with an upper circular catch member aperture, and an elongated lower edge portion; an elastic band member for retaining the implements against the clip member, having an upper hook grasping the upper apreture, and a lower hook for grasping a lower edge portion of the movable clip member.

Abstract: A circumferentially contractible clamp operated by a bolt and nut actuator wherein a U-shaped safety saddle pivotally mounted upon one end of the clamp band includes a threaded bore receiving a threaded stem of the nut threaded upon the bolt. The inner end of the stem is operatively associated with the band other end wherein rotation of the nut tensions the bolt and the interconnection of the nut stem and the saddle supports the nut such that the stem will maintain the band in a contracted condition even if the bolt fails.

Abstract: A push pin fastener for securing light automotive trim components to portions of an automobile includes a base portion and a shank extending perpendicularly from the base portion and cantileverly supporting a pair of triangularly shaped locking legs from the free end of the shank. The locking legs are foldably deflectable and are supported on a bridge portion between a pair of straight locking legs extending from the base portion.