Abstract: A protective bar assembly for a motorcycle comprising a side bar assembly that extends along the side of the motorcycle and operator and a vertical, U-shaped roll bar that extends upwardly from the side bars to a point above the operator. The side bars are mounted on transverse front and rear bars mounted on the frame, with the rear bar being mounted behind the seat and above the rear wheel. A vertically movable headrest is mounted on the roll bar and a storage container is removably mounted on the back of the roll bar.

Abstract: A toe adjustment assembly for adjusting the toe in the rear wheels of a vehicle having an independent rear suspension including: a cam device operatively associated with a lateral control arm, a slot provided in fixed relationship with the vehicle frame, and, cam engaging surfaces associated with the slot. When the cam device is rotated, it coacts with the cam engaging surfaces to cause relative lateral shifting of a shaft portion of the cam device. This lateral shifting of the cam device shaft portion causes lateral shifting of the associated control arm and thus toe adjustment of an associated wheel.

Abstract: To minimize the weight of a magnetic tape recorder chassis and cabinet assembly, a wire frame chassis (18) carrying printed circuit board guides (20) and connectors (22) is mounted to one side of a sand cast bezel (24), and polyurethane wall panels (16) are secured to the wire frame. A cabinet cover and underlying tape transport assembly are hinged to the bezel to enable pivoting away from the wire frame, exposing circuit boards for servicing. The "open air flow" characteristic of the wire frame chassis (18) helps cool critical electrical components.

Abstract: This invention relates to a loop transmission system which has a plurality of stations connected to a loop transmission path to transmit data among the stations. In the transmission frame to be sent out from the sending station, specific information is included for identifying each frame and this information is held in the sending station. When the transmission frame returns to the sending station after being transmitted through the loop transmission path, the specific information in the frame is received and compared with the information held in the station and, if they coincide, it is decided that the transmission frame has been correctly received by the intended receiving station.

Abstract: A diving wet suit comprises an inner shell having a body formed of a non-stretch material that is a flexible plastic sheet reinforced with a fabric and including a complete waterproof stretch material for a neck and both wrists and shoes for both feet and a waterproof fastener extending from the back to both arms of the body and an outer shell formed of a resin coated cloth and including pads in leg and hip portions and an opening extending from the back to both arms. The inner and outer shells are provided with holes for mounting valves in the breasts and shoulders so as to fixedly hold them between the valves. Included also are one area fastener provided in the vicinity of the waterproof fastener attached to the inner shell from the back to both arms and the other area fastener provided on the outer shell to join the inner and outer shells together.

Abstract: A helmet mounting structure for mounting aviator goggles to an Army Apache elmet. The structure is a single piece that is formed and shaped to conform to the curvature of the front portion of the Apache helmet and is held firmly thereto by specially designed screws that are loosely held by the single piece structure and are threaded into at least two mounting points on each of the left and right sides of the helmet. A breakaway mount support pad, formed in the center front of the mounting structure and extends downward therefrom, has a breakaway mount thereto. The goggles may then be connected to the breakaway mount attached for swiveling up to the stow position or down in the line of sight of the aviator.

Abstract: A glove is provided for individuals with long fingernails. A glove is provided with a slit at the tip of the finger stall portion of the glove to just permit the nail to pass. Fastening structure such as opposing strips of Velcro can be provided on the slit to close the slit around the nail. Openings in a plurality of possible designs can be provided in the glove proximal to the slit to permit viewing the color of the nail. Other openings in the glove permit the skin of the hand to be seen.

Abstract: A pair of pants is provided having frontal and rear closure devices for selectively closing the front and rear of the pant legs portions so that the garment may assume the appearance of a skirt.

Abstract: A shield mounting assembly for a safety helmet having a helmet body and a front opening, includes an engaging base plate secured to left and right outer surfaces of the helmet body, each engaging base plate including a rotational axle with an engaging recess, a resilient engaging piece, a groove, and an engaging opening formed in the lower portion a shield is rotatably supported by the engaging base plates so as to cover the front opening in a closed position, each side of the shield including a mounting hole for receiving a respective rotational axle to rotatably support the shield on the engaging base plate, an arcuate guide opening for receiving a respective resilient engaging piece to limit rotation of the shield through a predetermined range of motion, and a lower peripheral edge which fits into the groove of the respective engaging base plates.

Abstract: A helmet with twin visors movable between raised and lowered positions has a locking mechanism for each visor which automatically locks the visor in the raised or lowered position. An operating lever for each visor can be operated with one hand by the wearer, a single movement of the lever first releasing the lockikng mechanism and then moving the visor from one to the other of its raised and lowered positions. Each locking mechanism may comprise a cam plate fixed to the helmet shell and two pawls carried by the visor arm and spring-biased to engage the cam to lock the visor in the raised or lowered position respectively. The operating lever engages the appropriate pawl to disengage it from the cam plate and rotate the visor arm, on movement of the lever in the appropriate direction. The lower position of each visor may be adjustable, for example to accommodate an oxygen mask fitted to the helmet. The mechanism may also be used on a helmet fitted with a single visor.

Abstract: A method and associated reusable apparatus providing for efficiently, but removably mounting a toilet bowl base to the flange of a soil pipe projecting through the floor and which uses steps requiring no skills, tools or judgment to accomplish. A pre-existing color matched decorative cover cap is employed. An eccentric c-shaped resilient retaining clamp is placed in alignment with an aperture in the soil type flange, a prethreaded headless mounting stud is inserted and manually adjusted to an appropriate height to prevent interference with the pre-existing cover cap and to compensate for uncertain height of the soil pipe flange above the floor surface, the toilet bowl base is placed in position, is fastened using a wing nut which is hand tightened to avoid excessive axial pressure that would crack the toilet bowl base, and the pre-existing cover cap is then placed thereover.

Abstract: An improvement is provided for toilet flush valves on tanks which contain insufficient water to flush properly, which leads to waste of water by double flushing. The improvement enables in-field modification of the flush valve to substantially completely empty the tank. A closing delay device (42, FIG. 1) which includes a cup (64), is attached directly to the top of the tank ball (32) for easy installation, and is tall enough so that when the tank ball is pivoted to the fully opened position the cup is pivoted to a side of the pivot axis (28) opposite the tank ball to delay closing of the flush valve. The tank ball is formed of soft rubber and has an upwardly extending tubular extension (74) with an annular groove therein, which closely receives an annular flange at the bottom of the delay cup device.

Abstract: The present invention is an orthopedic chair which may be used to assist an invalid to easily sit therein or to rise therefrom. The orthopedic chair includes a frame and a seat which is pivotally coupled to the frame at the front thereof, a back which is mechanically coupled to the frame, a right arm-rest and a left arm-rest both of which are mechanically coupled to the frame. The orthopedic chair also includes a spring tensioning mechanism which resiliently biases the seat, when it is in its first position, toward its second position and a releasing mechanism which releases the seat so that the spring tensioning mechanism moves the seat from its first position to its second position.

Abstract: Apparatus is permanently mounted in the deck adjacent to a swimming pool and connected to the water in the pool to generate a laminar flow of water near the surface of the pool at a rate sufficient for exercise and therapy purposes. Two openings are provided in a wall of the pool, one near the surface and one near the bottom. The openings are connected by a flow conduit which includes an arcuately curved section and a straight section, the latter connected to the upper opening. Diffuser vanes are provided along the flow conduit and in the upper opening. A flow generating means, including a rotating impeller disposed within the flow conduit, draws water in through the lower opening, passes it through the flow conduit and past the diffuser vanes, and discharges it through the upper opening as laminar flow.

Abstract: A bubbling bathtub system including both a large bubble generator, which blows relatively large bubbles into a bathtub, and a minute bubble generator, which functions so that bath water with air dissolved therein by pressurization is sent to the bathtub to produce minute bubbles in the bath water, connected to the bathtub. The relatively large bubbles produced by the large bubble generator and the minute bubbles produced by the minute bubble generator cooperate to enhance the good feeling produced during bathing. Both or either of the relatively large bubbles and the minute bubbles can be optionally produced as the user desires for optimum effect.

Abstract: A wedge-shaped pillow having recessed areas for a user's torso and head to promote supine sleeping as a beneficial deterrent to orthodontic problems and to generally promote sleeping comfort.

Abstract: A support structure for use with a fluid medium and including a base for disposition in a given position; first and second buoys both buoyant in the fluid medium, the first buoy adapted for support by the fluid medium in another position displaced from the given position, and the second buoy adapted for support by the fluid medium in a different position displaced from both the given and another positions; an anchor mechnism securing the base to the first buoy so as to permit closure movement therebetween while maintaining a given maximum displacement therebetween; and a mooring mechanism securing the first buoy to the second buoy and adapted to maintain a predetermined maximum spacing therebetween while permitting relative closure movement therebetween.

Abstract: A heat exchange system for cooling and/or heating the patient support surface of an inflatable support appliance such as a low air loss bed is disclosed. Tubing and bladders carrying a circulating heat exchange medium is used to locally heat or cool the air within the inflatable cushion, transferring heat to or away from the patient supporting surface. Specially designed cushions with pouches for hold the bladders in close proximity to the supporting surface without compromising the uniform support characteristics of the low air loss bed.

Abstract: A pocket-spring core mattress has a plurality of interconnected encased helical springs (8), each helical spring being arranged in a closed pocket (5) made of fabric, nonwoven or the like. The closed pockets (5) are arranged connected to one another as bands (1, 2, 3, 4) in one direction and are connected by adhesive bonding transversely relative to the direction of the bands. Parallel to the direction of the bands (1, 2, 3, 4), between every two adjacent bands there is a connecting wall (9) made of elastic material. The pockets (5) of the bands (1, 2, 3, 4) are respectively bonded adhesively to one another indirectly via a connecting wall (9).

Abstract: Installation for the continuous treatment of at least one textile yarn comprising means for continuously winding at least one yarn picked up on a reel, a deposit head for depositing this yarn on a conveyor belt, at least one thermal treatment enclosure area through which the yarn passes resting freely on the conveyor belt and means for taking up the yarn on the conveyor belt for rewinding it, wherein the thermal treatment enclosure area comprises a yarn drying apparatus using micro-wave or high frequency treatment, and forced ventilation means across the yarn and the conveyor belt.

Abstract: A shoe tree which is applied externally to an article of footwear has a base with a toe grip provided on the front portion of the base, and a heel grip provided on the rearward portion of the base. The heel grip is received and is vertically movable on a post which extends generally vertically from the rearward base portion. A preferred embodiment utilizes a post having a roughened exterior and a heel grip having a throughbore which is slightly larger than the diameter of the post, which is received within the heel grip throughbore. When the heel grip is positioned on the heel of the footwear, the heel grip is tipped rearwardly under the natural bias of the flexed sole to thereby frictionally engage the throughbore wall with the roughened post exterior to fix the heel grip in place on the post and maintain the footwear sole in a straightened condition.

Abstract: A bridge and a method of constructing the bridge over water. A bridge span is positioned longitudinally in portion through a slot in a bridge pier; then the span is moved laterally through the slot to a position in the center of the pier at a low level. Then the span is hoisted up to its correct position. The hoisting step may be preceded by or may include placing jacks under the span and directly above the bottom of the pier and then employing the jacks in the hoisting step. The bridge or bridge segment comprises a pair of pier portions with a span-accepting slot between them, each pier portion comprising an underwater footing and a vertical pier portion resting on, secured to, and rising from the footing to a deck-support platform.

Abstract: A buff adapted for self centering engagement with a backup pad comprising a circular body with a first fastener portion on its face surface. The buff includes a stiff flexible backing having a generally planar circular central portion and an annular flange only slightly larger than the diameter of the backup pad projecting from one side surface of its central portion, a second fastener portion fixed on the side surface of its central portion and adapted for engagement with the fastener portion on the backup pad, and a multiplicity of projecting tufts having central portions adhered in the backing by a thermoplastic adhesive that melts and adheres at a temperature under 100.degree. C.

Abstract: A pipeline pig for pigging a fluid transporation pipeline, especially one in which a cable or other line is permanently deployed, comprises on a central tubular shaft an array of radial-bristle planar brushes which are spaced apart in planes normal to the axis of the shaft by spacers, and in some cases by groups of sail cloth diaphragms secured between spacers. The brush bristles comprise resilient plastics filaments (preferably nylon) coated with an abrasive material such as carborundum, and have a radial length such that when the pig is inserted in a pipeline, the bristles are deflected and curved rearwardly so that a substantial part of each bristle lies in contact with the internal surface of the pipeline. The leading end of the pig may comprise a deflector cone to facilitate passage of the pig past a cable deployed in a pipeline. The sail cloth diaphragms may be provided with radially extending pleats.

Abstract: A wiper arm device of the kind including a rotatable arm head connected to a wiper motor, a retainer rockingly connected to the arm head through a hinge pin, a spring with one end connected to the retainer and the other end connected to a roller pin, and a link supporting the roller pin and being rockable around a pivot shaft which is mounted on the arm head. The link can be forcibly displaced in response to the movement of the wiper arm from the rock-back condition toward the normal operating condition.

Abstract: In connection with a device for desinfecting rooms of any desired type, including the furniture, curtains, floor coverings, carpets, and the like, contained in the rooms, it is proposed to arrange in the suction nozzle of a vacuum cleaner a UV radiator emitting a radiation having a disinfecting action so that any biologically detrimental substances can be fought directly at their place of origin. The UV radiator may be installed in vacuum cleaner nozzles of any kind, i.e. for example in plain floor nozzles, combined suction and beater nozzles, curtain nozzles, and the like.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hog scraper paddle for dehairing and polishing hog carcasses and the like, including a resiliently flexible paddle body having a tapering body thickness, said body being made of an easy-to-clean, substantially non-porous thermoplastic material having a softening temperature endotherm peak greater than about 350.degree. F. and a flexular modulus value between about 100 and 150,000 psi. The paddle body may include a mounting means and openings therein for receiving the mounting means. At least one scraper blade may be attached to the paddle body for dehairing or polishing a carcass. Also disclosed is a method for making a hog scraper paddle of thermoplastic material by injection molding, compression molding, or blow molding. Post manufacturing treatments, such as annealing and heating are also disclosed.

Abstract: An apron drafting system (A) is disclosed which includes upper and lower drafting aprons (10, 12) between which a sliver (S) is delivered. An upper fiber control plate (20) and a lower fiber control plate (22) contain the fiber contacting apron runs (10a, 12a) in fiber contacting relation by preventing loss of fiber control, particularly in the case of large fiber tuft deliveries. Opposing concave surfaces (20a, 22a) contain the inward deflections of the apron within a prescribed fiber control range. Preferably, side plates (30, 32) of the drafting system are transparent to provide a window through which fiber delivery may be detected. A sliver guide (52) is mounted on a removable shelf (50) so that accumulation of sliver between a nip (56) of top and bottom apron rolls (14, 18) does not break the sliver guide but pushes it rearward for disengagement.

Abstract: This device relates to a clamp constituted by a metal band wound on itself, comprising complementary tightening and/or joining elements in the vicinity of each of its ends. The band presents, in a zone preferably remote from the ends, a longitudinal slit thus defining two band sections, parallel and contiguous with respect to each other. On each of the band sections is provided at least one corrugation projecting outwardly of the clamp, each corrugation of one of the band sections being offset circumferentially with respect to each corrugation of the other band section.

Abstract: A drop-off-proof button, which is not thread sewn to the clothing to which it is attached, and is capable of staying on to the clothing permanently without dropping off and of being attached to or detached from the clothing at will. It comprises one main button head, one auxiliary button head and one connecting stud. To the main button head, a decorative piece can be fixed through appropriate means. The main button head, the auxiliary button head and the connecting link can be made in one integral piece, or separately into independent pieces. The connecting link can be made integral with the main button head or the auxiliary button head, to which the auxiliary button head or the main button head can then be fixed through appropriate means respectively. In attaching the button to the clothing, the auxiliary button head is buttoned into a matching buttonhole on one flap of the clothing.

Abstract: An interlocking closure device including two closure elements arranged to be interlocked over a predetermined length, each of said closure elements having different colors for establishing visually the completeness of the occlusion of the closure elements by providing color different from the closure elements when said closure elements are occluded, wherein the improvement comprises the introduction of a color change enhancement member in the internal channel of a translucent closure element whereby the closing and opening of the closure device is more easily detected by visual inspection.

Abstract: An adornment device including a flexible cord using a plurality of wires as a core and a flexible coating for coating the cord so as to impart flexibility to the cord; a retainer having a cord-threading hole through which the cord is inserted once before a clasp and through which the cord is inserted again after being bent at a bending point; and a setscrew which, by making use of the characteristics of the flexible coating material, is adapted to secure the cord to the retainer while adjustment of the tension of the cord is being made.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for producing a woven biased fabric in which the structural fibers are skewed from the fabric centerline. The method and apparatus are particularly designed for producing a woven biased structural fabric in which the structural fibers are oriented about 45.degree. to the fabric centerline, where the flimsy, open-knit nature of the fabric makes handling extremely difficult. Broadly speaking, the apparatus includes a fabric feeding station, slitting station, and winding station. The feeding station holds a roll of conventional structural fabric (parallel and perpendicular structural fibers) woven in a tube configuration and flattened into the roll form. The feeding station rotates the roll in a vertical plane as the fabric unwinds in a horizontal direction. The slitting station includes a cutter and a pair of slatter rolls, the rolls moving the tube of fabric in the horizontal direction while rotating the tube of fabric.

Abstract: A termination machine for inserting wires into insulation displacement slots of terminals of an electrical connector. During each termination stroke, a connector locating member moves together with the termination blade to precisely position the connector for termination. A wire locator moves together with the termination blade and moves the wire into a guide slot in a template over the connector. When the blade, the wire and the connector are in precise alignment, the termination blade completes the termination stroke. A feed slide and pawl system moves the connector in steps equal to the terminal centerline spacing, and the feed stroke is selectively adjusted to skip voids where terminals are not to be terminated.

Abstract: A blind trimmer includes a machine frame and an immovable as well as a movable trimming mechanisms respectively mounted on two longitudinal sides of the frame. Each trimming mechanism includes a plate, a saw, a cylindrical milling blade, and a clamping device having a slide piece which is slidable on the plate and spacedly mounts thereon two jaw members clamping therebetween a respective end portion of a collapsed blind so that the respective end portion will be trimmed by the saw when the slide piece is slid on the plate to let the respective end portion pass through the saw.

Abstract: In order to simplify, and to render easier, and to avoid manipulating difficulties of small-diameter pipes, which have to be separated and singled in the processing at a separating distance (6) and which have to be transported after the processing either within a factory or to different manufacturing or treatment stations or between factories, and in particular of pipes (1) with the bulges present or to be applied at their ends, such as pipe-connection nuts (26), protective caps (27), it is disclosed that the pipes (1) are separated continuously with a fixed distance (6, 6a) in between the pipes and are disposed at such a distance in a direction parallel to their axis, and are further separated on a moving support (10).

Abstract: A device for automatically securing a borderwire on a mattress innerspring comprising a plurality of coils is disclosed. The device comprises a tool for sequentially joining segments of the borderwire to perimeter ones of the coils located along a perimeter of the innerspring, apparatus for advancing the mattress innerspring and borderwire toward the tool, a conductive element for sequentially contacting the perimeter ones of the coils, a sensor for detecting contact of the conductive element with the perimeter ones of the coils, and a control responsive to the sensor for actuating the tool.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making pieces of furniture, more particularly arm-chairs and the like, starting from flat sheets of felt or the like, and comprising the following phases:preparation of a flat sheet formed by a felt or similar compressed material including or adapted to be associated with a hardening substance;punching of the flat sheet in a pattern corresponding to the flat lay-out of the piece of furniture to be produced, arranging all the incisions and holes required for the successive foldings and applications of its parts;possible softening of the hardening substance included in the felt or the impregnation of the felt with a hardening substance;shaping of the flat sheet to the final form of the piece of furniture to be obtained;hardening of the hardening substance in the zones which must be given the required rigidity, leaving the other zones in the natural state;assembly of any further parts of the piece of furniture for its completion;finishing treatments of the piece of furniture.

Abstract: An axial support device for a cylinder with rotating sleeve comprising a fixed shaft (2) carried at each end (20) by a support member (3) in a fixed frame (1), a tubular cylindrical sleeve (4) and a series of aligned holding shoes (22), for adjustment of the profile of the sleeve (4), which is equipped at each end with a centering bearing (6) comprising an outer ring (62) and an inner ring (61). Each centering bearing (6) forms an axial stop resting on the support member (3) by means of a floating support device exerting axial pressure uniformly distributed on the inner ring by following angular offsets of the bearing axis (60) relative to the axis (25) of the corresponding end (20) of the shaft (2) which result from the respective deformations of the sleeve and of the shaft due to stresses applied during operation. The invention is especially applicable to a support cylinder in a rolling mill.

Abstract: A sintered body assembly having an inner section and an outer section is formed from independent inner and outer compacts corresponding to the inner and outer sections, respectively. The inner and outer compacts are so shaped that a predetermined clearance is provided therebetween. The outer compact is larger in shrinkage percentage at the time of sintering than the inner compact such that the clearance is filled by the compacts at the time of sintering thereby allowing the compacts to be formed into a single sintered body or an integral unit.

Abstract: A hinge pin is temporarily held on a first hinge member on the automobile body by means of a hinge pin support mechanism. A door to be attached to the automobile body is held in position, and a second hinge member on the door is brought into engagement with the first hinge member. The hinge pin is pressed into the second hinge member through the first hinge member to couple the door to the automobile door. The hinge pin support mechanism includes a hinge pin retaining member including a ring separably joined to a plurality of legs. When the hinge pin is pressed into the hinge members, the ring is sheared off from the legs and rides in a peripheral groove defined in the hinge pin. The ring then engages one of the hinge members to prevent the hinge pin from being removed from the hinge members. The door can automatically be attached to the automobile body by a door attaching mechanism and detached from the automobile body by a door detaching mechanism.

Abstract: A device to facilitate the joining of a male proximal end of a guidewire to the female end of an extension wire. The device has a relatively flat body with a guiding groove in the upper surface with two aligned sections, the goove sections tapering inwardly toward the intersection thereof. One of the groove sections is adapted to receive the male end of the guidewire and one groove is adapted to receive the female end of the extension. One, preferably two, flexible tabs are secured to the upper surface of the body to maintain one of the ends within its respective groove section. The device and/or the connecting wires can be disengaged by the rotation thereof with respect to each other.

Abstract: A device for accurately positioning and automatically aligning correctly each guide sleeve within a bore of a cylinder head includes a hemispherical base section having a flat lower surface which is positioned on the bed of a press, and an upper hemispherical surface which accurately aligns a valve seat thereon during forcible insertion of the guide sleeve into the bore, and a guide rod secured centrally to the upper hemispherical surface for insertion in the respective bore to accurately guide the guide sleeve which is force fit into the respective bore.

Abstract: An emergency meter pulling shield protects emergency response personnel from inductive flashback and explosion while pulling electric meters and feeding active circuits. A cylindrical shield sized to completely enclose the meter contains an internal tension band which may be tightened around the shield of the meter and a protected handhold for pulling the meter, enclosed within the shield, free of its socket. Any flashback and explosion is contained within the shield and the personnel pulling the meter are protected.

Abstract: Apparatus 11 and a method for assembling an optical fiber 6 in a passage 4 of a connector 1 by applying axial force to the fiber 6 to maintain an optical face 8 of the fiber 6 in abutment with an optical face 9 of an optical device 7 mounted to the connector 1, wherein, the fiber 6 is mounted along a straight passage 15 of the apparatus 11, a pin 30 mounted on a carriage 20 imparts a bend 31 along the length of the fiber 6, and the carriage 20 is displaceable to impart axial force to the fiber 6, and to apply pressure between abutting optical faces 8,9 of the fiber 6 and the optical device 7.

Abstract: In a method of the present invention, a wire stent, having a cylindrical shape defined by a series of alternating longitudinally overlapping opposing loops, is fabricated from a wire formed into a planar serpentine configuration. The wire is centered over a semi-cylindrical trough in a flat plate and then pressed into the trough by a forming bar so that a portion of the wire assumes the semi-cylindrical shape. A pulling tool, having a hook at one end, is engaged at the hook with the exposed loops of the serpentine configuration for pulling the exposed loops over the exposed portion of the forming bar to form a generally cylindrical shape from the wire. Once the wire is extracted from the trough and the forming bar is removed, a folded balloon catheter is inserted through the cylindrical shape and the wire is tightly pressed about the catheter.

Abstract: The drive means (3) is arranged directly on the tool (2) and can be moved together therewith about a plurality of axes (A, B, C and D). The drive means is provided with a tool holding means for automatically delivering or receiving tools in a tool magazine (5) which is arranged above the region of operation of the tool (2). In that way a plurality of tools can be operated with a single drive means, wherein the tool guidance, workpiece forward feed and interchange of tools can be fully automated and programmed.

Abstract: The ends of a plurality of copper conductors bearing superconductive strands, for example of niobium-titanium, are treated with a liquid metal solvent to selectively remove the copper from the superconductive strands. The liberated strands of superconductor are then soldered with a superconducting solder. The joint is included in a coil which at superconducting temperatures induces a high magnetic field of 0.5 Tesla and above.

Abstract: A method of constructing a distribution transformer of the type having a magnetic circuit in the form of one or more hollow coils and having primary and secondary windings by coiling an electrically insulated wire. The wires are then juxtaposed to form primary and secondary windings while interposing a flat insulating sheet material between adjacent coils. A cooling liquid is associated with the primary and the secondary coil windings and a rigid support frame is formed above these windings. A ferro-magnetic steel ribbon is coiled about at least one leg of the support frame containing the primary and secondary windings whereby to form a magnetic circuit.

Abstract: A process for preparing an electrical device which comprises a conductive polymer exhibiting PTC behavior. The device is irradiated by use of an electron beam at an average dose rate of less than 3.0 Mrad/minute. The cross-linking may be to a level of 50 to 100 Mrad or higher for devices designed to withstand high voltage test conditions. The device may be a laminar device comprising a center layer of higher resistivity than two surrounding layers.