Abstract: A portable cuspidor includes a spittle container, a removable funnel section and a cap. A reservoir cap may be used for the storage of tobacco or the like. The removable funnel section is partially suspended within the container by frictionally engaging the inside surface of the spittle container and protruding beyond the periphery of said spittle container remaining within the profile of spittle container providing a streamline cuspidor which is easily portable and which may be placed within the user's pocket. The cap nestles against the outside surface of spittle container for enclosing the interior of spittle container and restricting the outflow of spittle from the spittle container and funnel section.

Abstract: A flush valve mechanism for controlling the flushing action of water through the water outlet of a flush cistern, comprising, in combination: (a) a water outlet valve to effect the flushing action; (b) a buoyant device, at least indirectly engaging the outlet valve, to exert a maintaining force thereon at the completion of the lifting thereof and to hold it open while the cistern is emptying and until the completion of a predetermined flushing action; and (c) a shock damping device attachable to the outlet valve and, comprising an inverted cup-shaped member and a body member, the body member being configured to freely move within the inner surface of the cup, the cup-shaped member and the body member defining therebetween a changeable volume of substantially surrounded space and having restricted openings for the passage of water into and out of the space, whereby upon attachment of the device to the valve, any vertical movement of the water outlet valve will also be affected by the device, whereby, upon the

Abstract: A flush device for toilet comprises within a water tank a support arm, a restricting member and a outlet valve thereof attached in series to an overflow tube, and an actuating assembly including a actuator arm thereof connected with the outlet valve via the support arm by a lift wire or chain thereinbetween. This disclosure has been characterized in a pulley on the top of the support arm, a displaceable and inversible restricting member and a flexible actuating assembly which facilitate a varying the discharge amount of the flush water and a smooth operation in different moods.

Abstract: For the purpose of attaching the frame (1) to the tank (6), the tank (6) has on the outer side niches (18) which are widened inwardly. Opposite each of the niches (18) the frame (1) has an opening (4). Connecting members (9) are each snapped into an opening (4) and engage at an inner end into a niche (18). Wedges or pins (10) driven into a recess (13) fix a tenon (17) engaging the niche (18) from behind. Simple and automatable operations suffice for the installation.

Abstract: A discharge system for discharging wastes from a unit producing such wastes, such as a toilet, is disclosed. The system includes a device for creating a partial vacuum, an intermediate container and a collecting basin connected together by pipelines and valves in an arrangement which permits the use of an immediate container having a relatively small volume thereby permitting the use of a smaller vacuum pump. The discharge system is particularly useful for rail-bound vehicles and overland buses.

Abstract: A transfer and nursing system for a patient, including a lifting frame having a pair of opposing sides formed by profile bars, the profile bars each having at least two grooves running longitudinally therein. A bearing arrangement is provided for suspending the lifting frame. A lifting sheet and an underlay element are detachably securable to the profile bars of the lifting frame by an arrangement for detachably securing the lifting sheet and the underlay sheet in the grooves of the profile bar so that a plurality of lifting sheets and underlay sheets can be attached to the frame.

Abstract: A sting for a patient lifter has a generally U-shape with two leg straps and at least two side straps to permit the positioning of the patient in a comfortable position. The side straps are located on opposite sides of the sling and include at least two loops.

Abstract: A pad for providing alternating pressure e.g. in a mattress. The pad comprises first and second flexible longitudinal tubes adjacent respective first and second sides of the pad. The pad also includes a plurality of first transverse tubes communicating pneumatically with the first longitudinal tube and each having a closed end remote therefrom and a plurality of second transverse tubes communicating pneumatically with the second longitudinal tube and each having a closed end remote therefrom. The first tubes are disposed at a first angle such that the closed ends of the first transverse tubes are located beneath the second longitudinal tube. The closed ends of the second transverse tubes are disposed at a second angle opposive to the first angle and are located beneath the first longitudinal tube. The first and second tubes are interdigitated so that the arrangement produces a shallow "V".

Abstract: A combination surgical table and protective cover is disclosed in which a surgical table is provided with one or more cushions for supporting a patient. A protective cover is coupled to each cushion and to the surgical table, thereby minimizing surface contamination of each cushion and the table. Each protective cover has a connecting portion which couples the protective cover to both the surgical table and to each cushion. A shielding section has a general shape which is substantially equivalent to the shape of each cushion for shielding each cushion and the table from the contamination. Flow guides are coupled to the shielding section for directing contamination away from each cushion and away from the surgical table.

Abstract: In a hospital room, arms are pivoted on vertical axes that pass through the head and foot ends of a patient's bed. One of the arms carries a computer terminal at its free end. The other arm carries a power column or a portion of a power column at its free end. The arms are swingable around the end of the bed and to either side of the bed, whereupon the person attending the patient can use the instruments on the arms at the point of care for the patient.

Abstract: An inclined body support includes a frame having a pair of triangular end braces joined-together by stays extending between corresponding corners of the end braces. A releasable coupling arrangement permits the frame to be varied slightly in size and disassembled for storage. A transverse connector joining the lowermost pair of stays near their respective midpoints reinforces the frame. Each of the stays further includes a pair of arms joined by a hinge for relative movement thus permitting the frame to conform to nonplanar supporting surfaces. A padded tent is suspended from the stays for retaining the upper body of a user at an inclination. For additional user comfort, the frame is covered with close-fitting foam pads.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of manufacturing a midsole for a shoe and the structure of the resulting midsole. The midsole includes a core of a first plastic material and a peripheral wrap of a second plastic material. The wrap has an outer peripheral surface comprising at least a portion of an outer peripheral surface of the midsole. The method includes the steps of molding a peripheral wrap from a sheet stock of the first plastic material by applying compressive forces on the sheet stock in a direction which is substantially perpendicular with the outer surface of the sheet stock, placing the wrap around the inner peripheral surface of a mold which approximates the shape of the midsole, and pouring the first plastic material in the mold.

Abstract: A seal for a vertically storing dock leveler employs a foam pad connected to the underside of the deck. As the leveler is lowered, the pad contacts the shelf on to which the leveler is mounted and deflects inward and compresses to seal the space between the underside of the leveler and the shelf. The pad is a tapered foam with a fabric covering.

Abstract: A device for use in cleaning underwater surfaces has a body with an inlet and an outlet for connection to a flexible suction hose; a flexible foot member adapted to at least partially surround the inlet; means for interrupting the flow between the inlet and the outlet and guide means projecting from the body in the direction of movement thereof. The guide means preferably comprising an arm adapted to extend from the body and terminating in a rotatable wheel lying transversely to the axis of the inlet of the body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a toothbrush which exhibits improved tooth and gum cleaning. The toothbrush includes an elongated handle member connected to a toothbrush head member. A multiplicity of bristles extend from the head member; these bristles being comprised of at least two general directional orientations of bristles having a generally rectangular cross-section.

Abstract: A tooth brush having a replaceable brush insert complementally receivable in an open loop formed at one end of an elongate handle. The loop is of a symmetrical ovoid configuration. A bead extends fully around the insert and snaps to one side of the loop to secure the insert within the loop. A flange extends around the insert for sealed engagement with the loop upon secure receipt of the insert within the loop.

Abstract: A replaceable cloth assembly is provided having a longitudinally extending plastic welt having a pair of spaced apart flaps for receiving a sheet of car wash fabric therebetween. A series of longitudinally extending fasteners project through the welt flaps and the fabric sheets sandwiched therebetween to securely retain the fabric to the weld. The welt head is sized to be longitudinally inserted in an elongated internal channel formed in the exterior of a support member with the neck portion extending through a narrow slot to position the flaps with the fabric sheet attached thereto outboard of the longitudinal cavity.

Abstract: A wiper apparatus is disclosed in which a wiper linkage includes a pivot lever connected to a pivot shaft of a wiper arm for wiping a windshield glass of a vehicle, a pivot holder for supporting a pivot shaft, a link rod rotatably connected to the pivot lever, and a crank arm rotatably connected to the link rod. A wiper motor rotates the crank arm and moves the link rod reciprocatively. An elongated supporting pipe is fixed to the vehicle and supports the wiper linkage. A holding member holds the wiper motor to the supporting pipe. The holding member includes a mounting member to which the wiper motor is mounted and a fixing member for fixing the mounting member to the supporting pipe. The fixing member has a plurality of protruding portions which are elongated in a longitudinal direction of the supporting pipe on the inner periphery of the fixing member facing the supporting pipe. Also, each of the plurality of protruding portions provides a weld portion between the fixing member and the supporting pipe.

Abstract: An apparatus for supplying sliver-filled coiler cans to and withdrawing empty coiler cans from an intake track of a sliver-consuming fiber processing machine has a plurality of serially-arranged coiler can changers. Each coiler can changer receives at least three coiler cans in a standby position, a working position and a removal position, respectively. The working positions of the coiler can changers form a row having opposite first and second sides. The standby positions and the removal positions of the coiler can changers are all situated at the first side of the row of working positions. Each coiler can charger further has a drive for simultaneously shifting the three coiler cans thereon to move a first of the three cans from the standby position to the working position and a second of the three cans from the working position to the removal position.

Abstract: A child restraint device includes a tethering line releasably attached to an integrally formed belt-pack having an adjustable belt of width W1 attached to a pack by flaps extending from opposed vertical intersections of an arcuate front wall with a back wall, such back defining an exterior surface that can be placed in friction contact with the child. The shape of such exterior surface varies but in each embodiment is constructed to have a contact height H1 relative to a portion of the child's body that is greater than width W1 of the belt to assure adequate friction-generating area with the child's waist to secure the belt-pack to the child without shoulder straps, i.e., H1>W1. In one embodiment, the pack resembles a pill box in which a transversely directed zipper on a side opposite the belt, that permits easy entry into the interior cavity of the box.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a device for securing an electrical elongated cord in a compacted state, of an electrical utensil, in an anchored state intermittently anchored to the electrical utensil is an elongated elastic strip having opposite flat faces extending between opposite ends, with a large hole (through-space) in one end and with an elongated slit in the other end, with spaced-apart apertures located one at each of opposite ends of and continuous with opposite ends ends of the elongated slit, with narrow strip width at the other end and along a intermediate-portion between the one and other ends, and with a broader width at the other end embodying the large hole, and with at-least one barb-shaped intermittent enlarged portion along opposite edges of the intermediate portion, and with enlarged widths on each of opposite edges of the strip aligned with each of the spaced-apart apertures, and the remaining end of the strip having diminishing width suitable for insertion through the larger hole, for prac

Abstract: A closure device comprises a zipper, a first elongate coupling element, and a second elongate coupling element lockable along its length to the first elongate coupling element. The zipper is slidably connected to the first elongate coupling element for locking the elongate coupling elements to one another by a closure stroke of the zipper and for alternately unlocking the elongate coupling elements from one another by an opening stroke of the zipper. A first snap lock fastener is connected to the first elongate coupling element at one end thereof, while a second snap lock fastener is connected to the second elongate coupling element at a corresponding end thereof. The snap lock fasteners are releasably connected to one another in snap lock fashion to align the one end of the first elongate coupling element with the corresponding end of the second elongate coupling element, thereby facilitating the closure stroke of the zipper.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically tightening and untightening bolts which are assembling and fastening devices for a form used in centrifugal compacting and molding concrete products, in which engaging members are brought into engagement with rotary supports which support the form. A bolt tightening and untightening mechanism is moved with the rotary supports, and the bolts are automatically tightened and untightened during the movement thereof. Engaging members are operated more than a dimensional difference of the rotary supports so that even if dimensions of the rotary supports are different according to the kind of the form, the engaging members can be positively engaged with the rotary supports, or the bolt tightening and untightening mechanism is moved up and down in advance so that a height position thereof becomes a predetermined height with respect to the rotary supports.

Abstract: Fastener elements (10, 12) each include a base (14) and a multiplicity of prongs (16). Each prong (16) includes a head (18) and flange (20) defining an inner stem portion (22) and outer neck portion (24). Heads (18) include inner flat surfaces (25) that abut inner flat surfaces (26) of flanges (20). Two points of engagement are provided along each prong (16) between it and the prongs of a matching fastener element.

Abstract: Denim fabric is made from novelty cotton yarn having irregularly spaced irregularities (e.g. slubs) about one-half inch to two inches in length. The cotton novelty yarn is made by separating cotton sliver into cotton fibers, and acting on the cotton fibers with a negative wire combing roll, and then twisting the cotton fibers into the cotton novelty yarn. The negative wire combing roll has a tooth angle of about -0.01.degree. to -15.degree.. The novelty cotton yarn is made into a warp of about 54-100 (e.g. 54-78) ends per inch, and is ring dyed so that the core of the yarn remains white. The warp is woven with a filling yarn to produce a denim fabric with a weight of about 5 oz.-17 oz. per sq. yd. having the weave and yarn size selected so that a tight construction is provided which highlights the slubs. The fabric is subjected to surface abrasion to remove the surface of dye on the slubs to show a lighter slub than body of the fabric.

Abstract: A process for obtaining a multilayer composite textile structure containing nonwoven fibrous sheets (2, 3) between which is incorporated a reinforcing structure consisting of continuous yarns or filaments (5), the various constituents being bonded together by mutual entanglement of the fibers of the sheets. According to the invention, two nonwoven sheets (2, 3) are produced in which the elementary fibers are arranged preferentially in the length direction. Between these two sheets (2, 3) there is incorporated a sheet (4) of weft yarns (5) which are arranged transversely, at a distance from each other. The sheet (4) of weft yarns is produced immediately upstream of the line of junction (6) between the two nonwoven sheets (2, 3), and downstream of this zone of junction (6) the composite formed is subjected to the action of a mechanical treatment which makes it possible to implant the fibers of one sheet (2) within the other sheet (3) (and optionally vice versa). The homogeneous composite is then reeled up.

Abstract: A washing machine agitator spline coupling tool and method for using the tool is described for removing and installing an agitator spline coupling used to couple the agitator to the washing machine drive system. The tool facilitates in removing the spline coupling and installing a replacement spline coupling to an original factory installed position within the agitator. The useful life of the washing machine is extended without the need to replace the agitator itself. The tool includes a shaft and pressure plate assembly mechanism for pulling the spline coupling out of the agitator without damage to the agitator by maintaining alignment of component parts. The design dimensions for the tool elements permit a used spline coupling to be replaced with a new spline coupling to a desired factory selected position.

Abstract: A clip for joining end pieces of weather stripping in abutting relationship to form a continuous loop. The clip forms around an attachment portion of the weather stripping such that it does not interfere with the use of weather stripping in sealing. A pair of barbs hold the two pieces of weather stripping in abutment.

Abstract: The invention provides an indirect linkage between a spring and a hatch supported by the spring. The torque or moment applied by the hatch is significantly curved. The indirect linkage which provides a first varying moment arm and a second varying moment arm and utilizes a varying ratio between the first moment arm and the second moment arm to provide an applied spring torque which matches the shape of the torque curve applied by the hatch.

Abstract: A removable boring tool cartridge has a cylindrical tool carrier axially adjustable in a bore in a cartridge housing by means of an adjusting screw having a head rotatably adjustable in the bore of an annular thrust bearing, which is secured around the outside thereof in one end of the bore in the housing by an injection molded plastic safety ring. The adjusting screw has an externally threaded shank that projects in radially spaced coaxial relation into a bore in one end of the tool carrier, to the opposite end of which is fastened an insert holder. A plastic sleeve nut is injection molded into the radial space in the bore in said tool carrier to surround and have driving engagement with the externally threaded shank of said screw.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a graphite foil coating wherein the coating is prepared prior to location on the components to be coated by isostatic pressing of graphite foil in a molding apparatus. The graphite foil coating may be for use in an alkali metal energy conversion device.

Abstract: A time period between slabs entering a rolling stand which are produced by a continuous caster is controlled to enable a plant to be built with a considerable reduction of the overall size as compared to known plants of the same type. The plant optimally controls the speed of a continuous caster used with the rolling plant in conjunction with the speed of the workpiece along the passline through the rolling stands. This minimizes the length of the plant and provides both the minimum time for the slab to reach the rolling stands from the furnaces, as well as provides for the necessary time to change the rolls of the roll stand when required, while allowing continuous operation of the caster.

Abstract: In a flyback transformer device wherein the leads of diodes or like electronic components are connected between pairs of terminal pieces provided upright at opposite ends of a coil bobbin, the lead ends of the components are fixedly connected to the respective terminal pieces by electric welding. A coil conductor wound around the bobbin has an end twined around the terminal piece, and the twined portion is soldered by dipping.

Abstract: A method of assembling composite billets of circular section for manufacturing multifilament superconducting strands, in which a cylindrical body is initially filled with jig bars having at least one axis of symmetry of order n stacked inside the cylindrical body. As the jig bars are removed, one by one, each jig bar is replaced by a multi-part bar made up of unit rods stacked in ordered and compact manner to occupy minimum space. Each multi-part bar has the same section as the jig bar that it replaces. The jig bars are preferably rectangular, and more preferably square in section, and the multi-part bars that replace them are made up of unit rods that are rectangular and preferably square in section. The method facilitates and speed up assembly.

Abstract: An antenna comprising a sheet-like, flexible multipart magnetic core (16) manufactured of ferromagnetic material is provided with an antenna winding which is made up of a plurality of turns and surrounds the magnet core (16). The turns of the antenna winding are formed by printed wiring (12a and 12b) arranged on a flexible film (10a and 10b) surrounding the magnet core (16).

Abstract: A novel method of forming a heating element in a proper place on the surface of a composite, molded material made up of a multiplicity of layers of individual element where the elements are overlapped each other, suitably on a mandrel, until the composite article almost completely built up; the last element has a plastic strip disposed on the surface thereof which will be the outermost surface of the molded article, and on the surface of this plastic strip, which is directed away from the rest of the composite article, there is disposed at least one printed resistance circuit in such position(s) as to provide heating coverage for so much of the surface of the composite article as is required. This composite article is then molded, suitably by compression, to form the desired final article with the heating circuit on an exposed surface. If desired, suitable electric cables can be attached to the heating circuit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a modular electronic component (10) wherein a sequence of leads (26) of a lead frame (12) differs from a sequence of bonding pads (16) on an integrated circuit (14). When lead frame (12) is placed adjacent integrated circuit (14), first and second power buses (22) and (24) are disposed on a first side (18) of bonding pads (16). First portion (30) of leads (26) and lead finger (28) are disposed on second side (20) of bonding pads (16). Bonding members (42) couple appropriate bonding pads (16) with corresponding leads (26), first and second power buses (22) and (24), and lead finger (28). In this manner, the pin out of modular electronic component (10) may be altered by incorporating appropriate lead fingers (28) without changing the sequence of bonding pads (16).

Abstract: Solder bumps are electrodeposited onto a substrate with carefully controlled heights by forming patterned conductors on an substrate, depositing and patterning a layer of material, such as titanium that is easily oxidized, and electrodepositing the solder bumps. The solder does not deposit on the titanium. Solder bumps of uniform height are obtained because the titanium layer acts as part of the electrical circuit during electrodeposition.

Abstract: A crankshaft bearing inspection system for confirming the presence of bearing inserts and the proper amount of bearing crush during assembly of reciprocating machines accomplished by measuring a fastener tension related function and a function fastener rotation, and evaluating the curves thus obtained to confirm and identify a characteristic signature of the bearing presence as, for example, a first constant rate of tension increase followed by a second increased constant rate of tension increase falling within expected inspection limits.

Abstract: A hand tool for end cutting and edge trimming of edgebanding, veneer and the like comprising a handle, a first generally L-shaped cutting blade mounted on said handle and having a curved cutting surface at the intersection of the legs thereof, together with a second blade extending obliquely across the axis of the tool and having the cutting edge of the second blade facing oppositely to the cutting edge of the first blade.

Abstract: A mounting base for chain saw guidebars, comprising a plate (11) with a slot (14) in which a guide piece (36) can slide in the lengthwise direction of the guidebar, said guide piece being acted on by one or more pistons (17) energized by a self-contained pressure source (19) preferably comprising a gas spring, and a valve device (18) which can be set in different positions, during sawing urging the guidebar outwards with a predetermined force and preventing displacement inwards, and during changing of saw chain or guidebar permitting displacement inwards of the guidebar while preventing the pistons (17) from urging the guidebar outwards.

Abstract: A portable, circular saw is disclosed. It includes a saw blade selectively rotatable about an axis of rotation to a define a working plane normal to such axis of rotation. The saw also includes an arcuate outer guard fixedly mounted about one side of the blade, and an inner guard having a central opening concentric of the axis of rotation. The purpose of the central opening is to permit the inner guard to be rotatably mounted about an opposite side of the blade. Also attached to the inner guard is a bulbous member that includes a leading edge that is adjacent to the cutting path of blade vis-a-vis a wooden member. Such wooden member generates a force on the inner guard as the former makes contact therewith and wherein the inner guard undergoes rotation about the axis of rotation.

Abstract: A tool for use in hanging a door, the tool comprising in combination a border element having a vertical component, a horizontal component, a first surface, a second surface, and a peripheral edge interconnecting the first and second surfaces with the peripheral edge having an inner extent defining the angle between the components and an outer extent formed opposite the inner extent; a plurality of vertical slots formed through the vertical component of the border element; a plurality of horizontal slots formed through the horizontal component of the border element; and a plurality of spacing tabs, the number of spacing tabs corresponding to the total number of horizontal and vertical slots, each tab adapted to be received within one of the horizontal or vertical slots.

Abstract: A self-centering bore arbor device is disclosed which is self-aligning when inserted into the barrel of a shotgun and to which can be mounted a bore scope in a parallax relation with the central axis of the gun barrel. The self-centering property of this device is produced by a single source of pressure transmitted by a helical spring, inside a cylindrical bore collet tube, pressing against a circular 60 degree conical wedge inside the collet tube. This conical wedge distributes this pressure equally outward to the posterior free ends of three spring leaves displaced from each other about the posterior outer circumference of the collet tube by 120 degrees. Under this pressure the free ends of these spring leaves press outward against the inner wall of the gun barrel holding the collet tube in a proper concentric alignment with the gun barrel when the tapered muzzle plug forming the front end of the bore arbor is seated firmly against the inside of the gun barrel muzzle.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for compensating for the measured variation in bearing between magnetic north as read on a compass and true north as may be determined by juxtaposition with the sun at a given time. Such apparatus and method is particularly useful in vessels or other environments in which there are either or both disturbances in the natural magnetic flux pattern of the earth and natural variations between natural magnetic and true north.

Abstract: A generally U-shaped carpentry building tool is provided, which includes a reference plate member for placement on one or more building members and having an inner edge and outer marking edge; a first marking guide arm connected at 90.degree. to one end of the reference plate member; a second marking guide arm connected at 90.degree. to the other end of the reference plate member to form a generally U-shaped tool; a first lip member connected to one edge of the reference plate member to form a first right angle, corner-engaging member for engaging the corner of the one or more building members to properly position the reference plate member relative to the one or more building members; and a second lip member connected at 90.degree.

Abstract: A method of measuring tooth thickness in which the tooth thickness of gear is determined by bringing a pair of measuring legs having an opposing measuring part of ridge line shape close to each other in the direction perpendicular to the axis of gear being measured, letting said measuring parts abut on the tooth face, and measuring the gap between the pair of measuring parts, and an apparatus for carrying out this method.

Abstract: A manually guided probe of a coordinate measuring device is mounted by two rotary shafts arranged one behind the other and a spring parallelogram for nearly reaction free movement in several spatial directions. The device has a workpiece table that is rotatable and tiltable about at least two shafts.

Abstract: A set of thin, flat stencil plates are stacked together face-to-face to form a three-dimensional article shaped as a decorative article. The stencil plates are held together in the three-dimensional form by a connecting member or by frictionally interlocking them to one another. The stencil plates each contain one or more apertures of unique shapes, so the plates can be disassembled from the three-dimensional form and used individually as separate stencils. The stencil plates have peripheral outer surfaces which cooperate to form the three-dimensional shape of a selected design figure when the plates are assembled in a particular sequence, and the article, in its assembled form, conceals the stencils contained inside the finished three-dimensional article. The invention has use as a puzzle in stacking together the stencil plates in the proper sequence, and the finished article can be an art object or a toy, for example.

Abstract: An azimuth angle compensation device adapted for use with an assembler device for inserting an object into a workpiece, whereby the assembler device establishes a centerline corresponding substantially to an insertion axis of the object to be inserted into the workpiece. The azimuth compensation device includes:(1) a first member;(2) a second member; and(3) structure connecting the first and second members for causing the second member and the object to rotate about the centerline through at least one angle and in at least one direction when the object is brought into contact with the workpiece by the assembler device.