Abstract: Apparatus for drying or removing adhering substances from the surface of a continuous advancing strand or other substantially non-adsorptive material moving at high speeds which enables the wire to be ink-printed immediately. The air wiper utilizes a compressed-air source to dry the wire, as well as a single vacuum pump for exhaust. Cone deflectors direct the wet air away from the wire and toward the vacuum chamber drainage.

Abstract: A shoe sole including an outer sole of substantially uniform thickness and a midsole. The midsole has peripheral portions that are relatively thick compared to its central portion which is relatively thin. The lower surface of the midsole is preferably configured as a concavity. The outer sole has a top surface which is connected to the concave lower surface of the midsole to define, along with the midsole, a general lateral concavity for the shoe. The lower surface of the outer sole includes tread members. The outermost tread members, outer sole and midsole cooperate to support the relatively thin central portion of the midsole in a cantilever fashion. Upon ground impact, the lower extremities of the tread members are urged resiliently upwardly and outwardly, and the relatively thin central portion flexes downwardly to provide cushioning for the foot of the wearer.

Abstract: The ski boot with an operating assembly for the closing and adjustment devices comprises a power source supported by the ski boot and operating a driving gearwheel which is selectively engageable with driven gearwheels for the winding of cables of closing and/or adjustment devices of the boot. Members are furthermore provided for removably blocking the unwinding of said cables.

Abstract: A snow plow wing assembly (10) comprising a pair of heavy duty plow wing extension units (11) adapted to be secured at a fixed angle relative to a conventional vehicle mounted snow plow (100) wherein each of the extension units (11) comprise a blade element (12), a mounted bracket (13); a brace element (14) extending between the blade element (12) and the mounting bracket (13); a stabilizing arm (15); a resilient guard element (16); and releasable securing means (50) for attaching the wing assembly (10) to the vehicle mounted snow plow (100).

Abstract: An animal identification tag having a stud for piercing the ear of an animal with the stud including a shaft of hard resilient material for extending through the ear of an animal and an ear-piercing tip of hard resilient material attached to one end of the shaft with the ear-piercing tip having sufficient hardness to permit an operator to force the ear-piercing tip through the ear of an animal and a retaining flange of hard resilient material extending out from the shaft to prevent withdrawal of the stud from an animal's ear with a retaining flange of flexible material attached to the retaining flange or hard resilient material so the flanges coact to thereby reduce snagging of the animal ear tag.

Abstract: A scrolling sign has a sign face member with windows in which indicia appear. A framework is mounted proximate the interior surface of the sign face member. A pair of shafts are mounted on the framework to contain a plurality of web rolls between which webs containing indicia extend. Guides adjacent the windows guides the web and prevent light leaks. The guides are so formed as to avoid shadows on the sign face member. A drive mechanism simultaneously rotates the shafts. Clutches, interposed between the web rolls and the shafts, are selectively operable to move the webs in one or the other direction across the window to alter the displayed indicia. A constantly applied differential brake is also coupled to said web rolls to maintain tension on the webs and to assist in their movement.

Abstract: A display board for displaying, behind a transparent window, a sheet document such as a paper document clinging electrostatically on the surface of a dielectric plastic backing board. The sheet document is covered by a sheet of transparent thin film plastic, preferably provided with a display window with a contrasting border or matte, which also tends to cling electrostatically against the sheet document with the result that the sheet document is sandwiched between the backing board and the sheet of transparent plastic film.

Abstract: A self-illuminating fishing lure (10) having a constant light source that is produced by a tritium capsule (12) encapsulated within a hard translucent fishing lure body (14). The tritium capsule (12) has an inside surface coated with phosphorus and a hermetically sealed quantity of tritium which is an isotope of hydrogen. The light from the capsule is produced by the continuous action of low energy electrons, emitted by the tritium, striking the phosphor. The tritium capsule (12) has a half-life of over ten years. Therefore, for all practical purposes, the fishing lure (10) will be self-illuminating for all of its useful life. The fishing lure (10) may be used at any depth, but it is especially effective for catching fish located in deep or murky waters.

Abstract: A compact industrial animal trap is provided with a gas injector to effectively, continually and rapidly exterminate rodents and other animal pests with carbon dioxide or other gases in a reliable, efficient and safe manner. The animal trap has a disposal chamber and an elongated entrance chamber. In the preferred form, the entrance chamber has a vertically pivotable floor to lift and carry the animal from the entrance chamber into the disposal chamber.

Abstract: The process and apparatus according to the invention are suitable for sterile and/or partially sterile preparation, inoculation and bagging of mushroom substratum. The joint application of the process and apparatus enables the use of agricultural wastes and the production of substratum in reduced time so that the yield can be multipled compared with the practices known so far and the expenditures are lower than those known so far.In the course of the process according to the invention dry straw and/or corn-cob are comminuted to the required size and admitted together with additive into a closed system. The material is treated with 90.degree. C. hot water until 70% moisture content is reached in the first step, while it is continuously mixed, then it is sterilized by heating for 35 minutes. Next the material is cooled to 25.degree. C. and the internal pressure of the apparatus is equalized to atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: A greenhouse for growing plants in desertic areas, including a watering system for recuperating condensate water from morning and evening dews and feeding this collected water to the plants.

Abstract: A basket used in displaying household plants is provided. The basket is characterized by improved resistance to the deteriorating effects of water exposure and includes a woven shell of interwoven cellulose strips and a molded plastic base fastened to the shell to form the basket. The base includes a water containing reservoir and a spacer to improve the durability of the otherwise cellulose basket.

Abstract: An apparatus for the delivery of water, nutrients or other liquid materials to the growing medium of potted plants, including a refillable chamber for the storage of the liquid, and means for attachment of the chamber to the vessel in which the growing medium is maintained. The chamber is equipped with a rigidly supported wick in the shape of an inverted U, one end of which is equipped with a float support, holding the wick in the liquid storage chamber. This allows adjustment of the depth of the wick into the chamber. The other end of the wick is inserted in a rigid passageway co-located with the growing medium. The apparatus is also equipped with an adjustable moisture-sensitive brake mechanism, regulating the movement of the wick support in relation to the liquid level in the refillable chamber thereby regulating the flow of liquid from the refillable chamber to the growing medium.

Abstract: A corner edge guard for the trailing edge of a swinging closure wherein the trailing edge is defined by surfaces which intersect at approximately 90.degree. to form a corner. The edge guard comprises legs which are also arranged at approximately a 90.degree. angle with the edge guard being disposed in covering a relationship to the corner. The edge guard is constructed and arranged such that concurrently with the fastening of the edge guard to the trailing edge, the distal end of the other leg forcefully bears against the other surface of the trailing edge. Preferably insulating means is disposed between the metal of the edge guard channel and the trailing edge. Various embodiments of corner edge guards are enclosed.

Abstract: A refrigerator door assembly comprising a plurality of insulated glass doors mounted in a cabinet frame for relative movement. The glass doors each includes an insulated glass unit having a plurality of glass panes disposed in side-by-side relation, a metal spacer interposed between adjacent of the panes for maintaining the panes in parallel relation with an air space therebetween, and a sealant about the periphery of the spacer for sealing the air space from the outside environment. An outer metal frame is disposed about the periphery of the glass unit, and rigid, non-metallic barrier members are interposed between the outer metal frame and the glass unit for retaining the glass unit within the outer metal frame and for forming a thermal insulating barrier between the outer metal frame and the glass unit and between the outer metal frame and the cabinet frame.

Abstract: The stator blades (vanes) of a gas turbine are removed and restored in considerably less time with an easy-to-use, special cutter assembly which arcuately cuts the encased portions of the stator blades in an efficient and effective manner. The cutter assembly has special, adjustable control arms with a power-driven grinding wheel and a saddle assembly which serves as a guide template to facilitate setup and cutting of the stator blades.

Abstract: Apparatus for honing at least one of a spaced apart, coaxial pair of cylindrical inner surfaces. The apparatus includes a rotating shaft having a selected length; a pair of expansible and contractible honing tools spaced a selected distance apart and carried on the shaft, at least one of the tools comprising an abrasive stone; means for rotating the shaft; means for adjusting the distance between the honing tools; means for reciprocating the shaft to repeatedly transverse the honing tools over the coaxial cylindrical inner surfaces; and means for independently expandibly and contractibly adjusting each one of the honing tools independently of the other of the honing tools.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for sandblasting a workpiece. The workpiece is placed at a machining position. Air is sucked around the workpiece at the machining position in a first direction to produce air streams. During sucking, abrasive grains are blown against a face of the workpiece in a second direction for sandblasting the work, the second direction crossing the first direction at an angle .theta. smaller than 90.degree.. Abrasive grains blown against peripheries of the workpiece are larger in velocity than abrasive grains blown against a central portion of the workpiece.

Abstract: Structure for use on a roof consisting of a plurality of standard elements in the general form of planks that lock together which are formed with a dense outer impermeable skin and a lightweight insulating interior.

Abstract: A multiple panel metal roofing system is installed on a continuous roof deck. Elongated support members are aligned to create a supporting frame structure formed as a plurality of grid sections each having sides defining the perimeter of each grid section. A plurality of substantially planar outer skin sections are aligned with the grid sections such that the edges of adjacent skin sections overlap above the upper surface of the support members. A layer of sealant is positioned between the overlapping edges of adjacent skin sections. Fasteners such as screws penetrate through the overlapping edges of adjacent skin sections and the intervening layer of sealant and extend into the upper surface of the underlying support members to immovably secure the overlapping edges of adjacent skin sections to the underlying support members and to form a compressed watertight seal along the perimeter of each grid section.

Abstract: A transportable shelter with a basic structure having the dimensions of a container and being transportable as such, wherein, in order to enlarge the inner space, at least one side wall can be moved generally parallel to its position in the transport state towards the outside, wherein additional side walls, connected with the movable side wall, can be folded in accordion-like fashion, while a floor and ceiling element for the enlarged room area are fastened to the upper or lower longitudinal edge of the basic structure having the dimensions of a container.

Abstract: A composite metal/concrete floor system and method of installation. The system includes a novel decking profile; snap-in cover plates to provide longitudinal cells for three services; a lateral trench with sheet metal rails and bottom plates; and cooperating preset inserts. The deck and cover plate may be used as distribution cells suspended between the bar joists of a formed deck.

Abstract: A modular structure for a prefabricated building includes prefabricated modules connected by dowel type fasteners. The fasteners include a dowel element with a diverging frustum of cone sectors which form heads at each end of the dowel and set screw fasteners which have a frustum of the cone front end which bears on the frustum portion of the dowel. The dowel fits in opposing holes in the panel edges and the set screws are inserted in blind holes which lead into the dowel receiving holes.

Abstract: A two-piece edge fastener used to secure two adjoining building panels to a substrate or other supporting structure. One piece is a female fitting, for bonding to the edge of one of the panels, that has an outer portion defining a cavity with a shoulder on one side thereof. The second piece, for bonding to the edge of the other panel, is a male fitting having an outer portion carrying an outwardly extending protuberance whose free end is at least generally complementary to the shape of the cavity, with the outer portion of the male fitting having a shoulder on one side of the protuberance. A fastening flange extends outwardly from one of the fittings, providing a hole for receiving a fastener for attaching the fitting to the substrate or supporting structure. A masking member extends outwardly from the other fitting to conceal the fastener.

Abstract: An ornamental facing structure has an elongate base supporting a plurality, typically four, of facing members, which may simulate bricks, in side-by-side relationship; the structure has a thin bar for insertion into a narrow elongate slot in a surface on which the facing structure is to be mounted; the facing structures can be readily applied in side-by-side relationship to face a wall surface.

Abstract: A construction of girder and joist supports for framed concrete slabs wherein continuous metal decking and standard joists are used and wherein rigid connections are established between the concrete and the girders by means of shear connectors which are embedded in the concrete and connected to extensions fixed to the tops of the girders.

Abstract: A prefabricated building panel comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending transversely spaced trusses, each truss comprising opposed channel members and undulating truss member joined to and extending between the channel members. One of the channel members of each truss is fastened to a sheet. A plurality of spring clips are fastened to the other of the channels at longitudinally spaced points. Each clip includes wings extending transversely of the channel. A second sheet is provided and has longitudinally extending grooves with the grooves having a configuration such that the spring clips extend into the grooves and the wings engage portions of the grooves to laterally restrain the sheet.

Abstract: A masonry wall structure comprising hollow concrete block units laid in courses, wherein each of the block units comprises front and rear panel members and a pair of side panel assemblies which form a gap between adjacent two of the block units. The side panel assemblies are connected to the front and rear panel members by means of reinforcing bars projecting rearwardly and forwardly from the front and rear panel members, respectively, into the gaps on both sides of each block unit, connecting bars projecting forwardly and rearwardly from the side panel assemblies into the gaps, steel wires binding overlapping end portions of the reinforcing and connecting bars together, and a body of cementitious material such as mortar filling the gaps and having completely buried therein those end portions of the bars which are bound together by the steel wires.

Abstract: Bracket-style support elements (10) to be mounted subsequently to a building wall (14, 15) for a curtain facade (13) consist of a horizontal support (2) with at least two associated, bolt-like wall mounting elements. In order to make it possible also to use normal facing stones, to be able to anchor the support element securely in the foundation masonry (14, 15), and to ensure reliable protection against wetness as well as good insulation, the wall mounting elements are constituted by grouting anchors (4) surrounded up to the support (2) by a sleeve (7) and exhibiting respectively a central anchoring bolt (5) with a barbed disk (6) arranged at the insert end (22), and the support (2) is constituted by an L-shaped rail (3), the grouting anchors (4) projecting from the vertical leg (8) of this rail on the side facing away from the horizontal leg (9).

Abstract: A slim seam roofing panel comprises a generally planar roofing panel section, a first, upstanding male section integrally connected to the panel section, and a second, upstanding female section integrally connected to the panel section at a location remote from and parallel with the male section for mounting over the male section of an identical adjoining roofing panel so as to form a slim seam. The male section includes a vertical portion that is received within the female section, a lower arcuate mounting portion and parallel upper and lower horizontal extension portions. The female section includes two parallel vertical spaced-apart portions that receive the male section vertical portion, and a horizontal extension portion that is received within the male section horizontal extension portions. The roofing panel also comprises an anchoring member that captures the male section arcuate mounting portion.

Abstract: A combination sled/spacer comprising a molded body which has tie wires permanently connected thereto. The sled/spacer is adapted to be affixed to the outer surface of a steel reinforcing cage prior to the time that the cage is inserted into a pier hole in the ground. A preferred material for the molded body is a cementitious material, so that the concrete which is poured around the reinforcing cage will be similar to the material from which the sled/spacer is made. A plurality of longitudinal and transverse tie wires is preferred, so that the sled/spacer may be connected easily to both longitudinal and spiral members of a reinforcing cage. A typical sled/spacer has a length within the range of six to twelve inches, and is tapered from a wide surface which lies immediately adjacent the reinforcing cage, to a more narrow surface which bears against the sides of a pier hole. The surface which is expected to rub against the side of a pier hole is preferably convex.

Abstract: Composite beam of polygonal cross-section comprises wooden external walls and a core of a material, such as concrete, providing the beam with its mechanical strength. The walls comprise flat elements assembled by means of bonded groove and tongue corner joints. Screws are embedded partially in the walls and partially in the core to bond the walls to the core.

Abstract: A device for inserting coupons in cigarette packets, in particular in hinge lid packets, includes a guide rail 14, 16 parallel to the packing conveyor 2 for raising the lower edge 11 of the inner frame 10 away from the cigarette bundle 6 so that a coupon C can be fed edgewise under the gap. A plough rail 48 may push down the inner frame on to the coupon after it has been inserted.

Abstract: An inserter is provided for use with one or more feeders. The inserter will receive material ejected from the first feeder, create at least one fold in the insert and then direct the insert into an awaiting envelope. The envelope is gradually opened as it is moved into position to receive the insert. A second insert may be urged into the first insert to initiate the fold in the first insert and urge the first insert into the envelope. The envelope preferably is provided with a pair of slits on one surface to facilitate the initial separation of the opposing surfaces thereof.

Abstract: A downwardly opening generally circular plan-shaped horizontal housing is provided including opposite side maximum width portions and having a driven rotary vacuum blade assembly journalled therein about a central upstanding axis. The lower end of the downwardly opening housing is at least substantially closed throughout an annular zone extending about and inwardly from the outer periphery of the housing lower end and a depending skirt structure is provided establishing a substantial barrier to the longitudinal flow of reduced pressure air inward toward the center of the annular zone immediately beneath the latter from all horizontal directions, except those horizontal directions extending inwardly toward the center of said annular zone from said opposite side maximum width marginal portions.

Abstract: A garden- and/or yard-clearing implement which serves as a multi-purpose lement comprising a basic tool, such as a rake, shovel or the like, mounted on a handle, and an additional tool accessory displaceably mounted on the basic tool; wherein, preferably an attachment bar is displaceably mounted on the basic tool, and the tool accessory is mounted on the attachment bar with the attachment bar, which carries the tool accessory being displaceably retained on the resilient tines of a leaf rake and the tool accessory preferably being in the form of a brush or ice scraper.

Abstract: A tool for smoothing a granular surface, such as golf course sand trap surfaces, has a tool head with a plurality of tines extending therefrom. A first means on one side of the head prevents material from building up ahead of the tines and a second means on the other side of the tines smooths the surface of the material through which the tines have already passed. The invention may also include a third means, for smoothing the surface of the material at the edge of the rake sweep path. These means can be provided by an elongate tubular body with dished end surfaces.

Abstract: A glass fiber bulk strand roving that is made up of a multiplicity of strands, each of which is made up of a plurality of individual fibers, for example, 200 of such fibers. Each strand of the roving has a multiplicity of rather long, axially extending loops, for example, axially extending loops with a calculated length of at least 6 inches, and a multiplicity of shorter, unbroken, cross-axially extending loops that are formed in the axially extending loops of such strands. The axially extending loops and the cross-axially extending loops interengage and intertwine with one another to form a composite entangled structure. The roving of the present invention is made by a process that uses a finger wheel to form axially extending loops in strands and a spinner downstream of the finger wheel.

Abstract: A heat management system is provided for a gas turbine engine (10) having first and second oil cooling loops (14, 16). The system distributes excess fuel flow from a main fuel pump (44) among a plurality of upstream locations (58, 60, 68) for managing the transfer of heat between the oil loops (14, 16) and the flowing fuel. A diverter valve (62) regulates the distribution of the bypass fuel responsive to engine heat generation, oil temperature, and/or fuel temperature. A passive fuel distribution configuration using one or more fuel flow restrictors (72, 74, 76) is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention concerns a system for controlling heat expansion and thermal stress in a gas turbine disk. The system includes perforated plates mounted close to and facing at least one surface of the disk, particularly opposite its rim and around its thick inner bored section. Conduits are provided for bleeding cold air and hot air from various stages of the compressor or from the turbine and for injecting cold air toward the rim of the disk and hot air toward its thick inner bored section through the corresponding perforated plates at the beginning of each acceleration, and, preferentially, during deceleration, for injecting hot air toward the said rim and cold air toward said inner bored section. The invention applies particularly to gas turbines used to propel aircraft.

Abstract: In an engine of the type wherein the combustion of fuel is initiated by a detonation wave, a plurality of axisymmetrical rotor elements are fixed along the length of a drive shaft. The drive shaft has a central longitudinal chamber which is supplied with the fuel mixture. Each rotor element has an annular initiation chamber which communicates with the central chamber of the shaft and a system of ducts which extend outward from the initiation chamber to exhaust openings. The initiation chambers and the associated systems of ducts are selectively filled with the fuel mixture and detonation is selectively initiated in the initiation chambers. This detonation produces detonation waves which propagate outward in the ducts resulting in the combustion products being ejected from the ducts in the form of high speed jets to produce rotational moment on the rotor/shaft unit.

Abstract: A lubrication system for expendable turbine engines, or for emergency use with durable engines, comprises a housing receiving a collapsible bladder filled with lubricant, and means for penetrating the bladder and communicating the lubricant to a receiver upon the occurrence of a predetermined event.

Abstract: A process for the ignition of a regenerative soot filter adapted to be ignited in which the temperature, respectively, heat quantity necessary for the ignition of the filter is produced by charging a storage container located ahead of the soot filter or in connection with the soot filter which contains a hydride-forming alloy or a hydride-forming material. The necessary hydrogen is taken from a second storage container with a different alloy storing hydrogen, which is brought to a temperature by the exhaust gases so that a sufficient hydrogen pressure results therefrom. After the ignition, the second storage container is cooled off and the hydrogen is again conducted from the first storage container heated by the exhaust gases back into the second storage container so that the ignition operation can be repeated with renewed heating of the second storage container.

Abstract: A wave-activated power generating apparatus includes a generally L-shaped duct including a vertically extending portion and a horizontally extending portion and a floatable main body fixedly attached to the duct. The floatable main body is provided such that it is located rearwardly of the vertically extending portion of the duct when the apparatus is set in position floating on the water surface. The horizontally extending portion is in fluidic communication with the vertically extending portion and has an open rear end which is submerged underwater in normal operating condition. Because of the particular arrangement of the main body with respect to the vertically extending portion of the duct, the apparatus is subjected to pitching motion vigorously, which allows to obtain an increased power output. In addition, the water column is ejected in the form of a jet stream in the rearward direction, which contributes to mitigate the mooring force requirements.

Abstract: A control for working machine equipped with a continuously hydraulic drive unit and an adjusting element therefor in which the adjusting element is adjusted by control pressure, which is in turn adjusted by a control pressure adjusting element is provided having at least one restrictor in the control pressure adjusting element and a control pressure modifying element that influences the control pressure connected to the control pressure adjusting element.

Abstract: An electrohydraulic servo system which includes a plurality of pressure compensated flow control servo valves for feeding hydraulic fluid from a variable displacement pump to associated actuators and loads. A closed-loop velocity-control servo system is coupled to each servo valve, and is responsive to velocity command inputs from an operator and to feedback signals from the respective loads for providing flow control signals to the respective servo valves. A pump controller receives the valve flow control signals, derives associated valve flow rates from predetermined functional characteristics of the pressure compensated valves, and obtains a total flow demand as a function of the sum of the indicated individual valve flow rates. A pump displacement command is derived as a combined function of total flow demand and pump speed to accommodate volumetric inefficiencies which vary with speed, and the displacement command signal is fed to a pump displacement servo control loop for controlling pump output.

Abstract: A hydraulic multiple-circuit brake system is proposed, the brake amplifier of which has a multiple-chambered refill container. With an intake connection of its pump, an energy supply apparatus comprising a pump and a reservoir is connected at a predetermined fill level (h/2) to the refill chamber which is intended for the supply of an open brake circuit (II). In this manner, it is attained that if there is an energy failure, the open brake circuit will be capable, as a closed brake circuit, of continuing to function.

Abstract: A braking pressure generator with a master brake cylinder (2) and a hydraulic brake power booster (1) connected upstream thereof and comprising a piston (16) of larger effective surface which latter is incorporated axially movably within limits in a bore (15) in a stepped piston (10) of smaller effective surface extending through the booster chamber (8). The piston (16) serves to actuate a master cylinder piston (31). During an actuating action the two pistons (10, 16) are maintained in their position moved apart from one another even in the event of pressure drop in the booster chamber or in excess of the point of maximum boosting. This is accomplished in that both pistons (10, 16) enclose a pressure chamber (23) which is connectible to the booster chamber (8) through a valve passage (19) closable by the actuating element (6) of the brake power booster (1) as well as through a non-return valve (25) in parallel relationship thereto.

Abstract: An outboard motor including a turbo-charged intercooled internal combustion engine of the two cycle crankcase compression type. The turbo-chargers for the engine are driven by exhaust gases flowing through an exhaust manifold on one side of the engine and deliver a compressed charge to an intercooler that extends across the top of the engine. The intercooler discharges to an induction system that is disposed on the side of the engine opposite to the exhaust manifold side.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling supercharge pressure for a turbocharger in which a target value of supercharge pressure is set up in accordance with the operating conditions of the engine and a basic control amount for a control valve for controlling the exhaust gas flow to an exhaust gas turbine is also set up in accordance with the operating conditions of the engine, and the basic control amount is corrected in response to the deviation between actual supercharge pressure and a target supercharge pressure value, when performing a feedback control of the supercharge pressure. With this construction, the actual supercharge pressure can accurately and stably be controlled to the target value required in accordance with the operating conditions of the engine.