Abstract: A new miniature rose with orange to orange red flowers of good form.

Abstract: The cherry variety Hakko is selected from seedlings of Sato Nishiki crossed with Jabouley. It has few flowers per inflorescence, a high fruit set, and large fruit with an overall vividred color substantially covering a light yellow ground, light and inconspicuous surface speckling, and a pale yellow flesh color which turns progressively translucent with ripening.

Abstract: The present new and distinct variety of nectarine tree has the following unique combination of desirable features that are outstanding in a new variety:1. Fruit with an attractive red skin color.2. Late maturity of freestone fruit.3. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality.4. Fruit with firm flesh, good storage and shipping quality.5. Heavy and regular bearing of fruit.6. Relatively uniform size fruit throughout the tree.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of peach tree demoninated varietally as Autumn Flame and which is characterized as to novelty by a date of maturity for commercial harvesting and shipment of approximately September 4 through September 20 under the ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.

Abstract: An azalea plant named Anthena particularly characterized by its evergreen foliage, semi-double flower with slightly frilled margins, coral-pink flower color, ease of budding, uniform plant habit and flowering response in a year round controlled program, and by its excellent cooler tolerance and keeping quality.

Abstract: A Chrysanthemum plant named Heather particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; decorative capitulum type; red-purple ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum of 48 to 54 mm when fully opened; branching pattern is spreading and prolific; natural season flower date of September 2 to 5 when planting rooted cuttings on June 21 to 25 in Salinas, Calif., and September 30 to October 3 when planting rooted cuttings June 15 to June 21 in Hightstown, N.J.; plant height of 23 to 33 cm when grown in fall under natural daylength with no growth regulators in Salinas, Calif., and 30 to 36 cm when grown in fall under natural daylength with no growth regulator applications in Hightstown, N.J.; excellent, uniform growth habit; and good flexibility of plant for handling, packing and shipping.

Abstract: A Chrysanthemum plant named White Blush particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; daisy capitulum type; white ray floret color, with a cream-white color of the immature ray florets; diameter across face of capitulum of 114 to 121 mm when fully opened, when grown as a pinched disbudded pot mum; photoperiodic flowering response to short days of 49 to 55 days; plant height, with 20 to 22 long days after sticking unrooted cuttings, and with 1 to 2 applications of 2500 ppm B-9 SP, ranges from 20 to 30 cm when grown as a pinched pot mum with 4 cuttings in a 15 cm pot; branching pattern is semi-spreading, each plant having 3 to 5 laterals after pinch; and recommended as a disbudded pot mum.

Abstract: A Chrysanthemum plant named Coral Blush particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; daisy capitulum tupe; coral-orange ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum of 114 to 121 mm when fully opened, when grown as a pinched disbudded pot mum; photoperiodic flowering response to short days of 51 to 55 days; plant height, with 20 to 22 long days after sticking unrooted cuttings, and with 1 to 2 applications of 2500 ppm B-9 SP, ranges from 23 to 30 cm when grown as a pinched pot mum with 4 cuttings in a 15 cm pot; branching pattern is semi-spreading, each plant having 3 to 5 laterals after pinch; and recommended as a disbudded pot mum.

Abstract: A dental toolholder (2) has an endodontic filing tool (18) which is clamped in the toolholder so as to be secured against rotational and axial movements. A vibrating movement is impressed on the tool. The tool (18) can be clamped at its rear shaft end with a slight play and the vibrations can be imparted to the tool at its front shaft end (15). This part encloses the front shaft end (7b) with slight play and comprises a cylindrical recess whose cross-sectional shape has a constant-diameter configuration. Accordingly, the tool is set into a swinging movement perpendicular to its axis. The structural component part (15) rotates preferably at approximately 20,000 rpm.

Abstract: Methods for improving the availability of information derived from signals received from an object irradiated with coherent pulses of any form of radiation that exhibits a wave nature are disclosed. A method for reducing speckle derives separate component noncoherent signals from the received signals, and combines these separate noncoherent signals to form improved composite noncoherent signals. Weighting and processing of component signals can be applied as a function of time, frequency, and signal amplitude to optimize speckle reduction in all or a critical part of the signal by compensating for the range and frequency dependence of attenuation and the frequency dependence of scattering phenomena. In a method for enhancing resolution, separate component coherent signals are derived from the received signals, weighted and processed, and combined to form improved composite coherent signals; then noncoherent signals are derived from the improved composite coherent signals.

Abstract: A rape preventing undergarment is formed from flexible cut-resistant cable and covered with fabric. The cable forms a crotch covering web with very small openings. Each side of the crotch covering web is attached to a leg encircling cable free at one end which can be wrapped around the thigh and then length adjusted and removably locked into a cable clasp at the front end of the crotch covering. A waist encircling cable is attached by cable to the rear of crotch covering and in front descends to also lock into one of the cable clasps. The cable clasps are arranged to both be locked by a single padlock. The device is easily adjusted to fit snugly so that it cannot be pulled aside, yet it is comfortable and easily removed when unlocked.

Abstract: A tank for liquidous material is disclosed having a single aperture for accessing an interior volume. A collar formed as a truncated cone circumscribes the aperture to provide sealing with a cap having a mating conical band. A band surface and a collar surface form the only contact between the cap and the collar. A drain fitting may be secured to the collar upon removal of the cap, after which the tank is upended for draining through the drain fitting. A wash fitting attached to the drain fitting sprays the interior of the tank for cleaning. No recesses (grooves) or `O` ring seals, and no protruding, resilient, normal, face seals are used which might trap debris and inhibit complete cleaning. The tapered collar and band create contact forces for sealing that are much greater than the load securing the cap to the collar. The tank, collar and cap may be rotomolded of a single material in a single mold, the cap being severed and trimmed after molding.

Abstract: The present invention is for a futon frame which, in combination with a futon, will serve as a sofa or couch when in the closed position and a bed when in the open position. The futon frame has a base having a first end with a first base end slot and a second end with a second base end slot. A back is provided which has a first back side member and a second back side member. A first back pivot pin attaches to the first back side member and a second back pivot pin attaches to the second back side member, with the first back pivot pin slidably engaging the first base end slot while the second back pivot pin slidably engages the second base end slot. Preferably, the base end slots define a serpentine path. A first back support pivotably attaches to the first back side member and the base while a second back support pivotably attaches to the second back side member and the base. A seat having a first seat side member and a second seat side member pivotally attaches to the back.

Abstract: A mattress spring clip to secure the wire of a border wire assembly to coils of adjacent coil springs in an innerspring assembly for a mattress, wherein the clip comprises a unitary length of spring bias material, such as metal having a relatively broad width, and curved to form a pair of reverse loops, each having entrances which are narrower than their respective loop pockets whereby the entrances have to spread apart for the wire of a border wire assembly to pass into one of the loop pockets and for the coil of an adjacent coil spring to pass into the other loop pocket. The entrances then snap back to their original spring biased positions to hold the wire and coil in their respective pockets.

Abstract: A bedding foundation frame for use in manufacturing a bedding foundation. The foundation frame includes side rails and end rails formed into a rectangular configuration and a plurality of slats extending between the side rails and parallel to the end rails. Selected ones or all of the slats are reinforced by sheet metal strips positioned in juxtaposition to the bottom of the reinforced slats with a longitudinally extending flange in the central portion of the strip extending upwardly into a longitudinally extending slot in the center of the bottom face of the reinforced slat. These sheet metal strips, because of the presence of the flange in the sheet metal strip, function to provide additional resistance to bending of the slats under normal loads while simultaneously preventing breakage of those slats under abnormal loads.

Abstract: A composite, non-electrically conductive, non-sparking, non-magnetic and lightweight cutter/plier hand tool has two pivotally interconnected lever members, each of unitary, one-piece construction and formed by compression molding of multiple plies of a discontinuous random glass fiber-reinforced plastic sheet molding compound. Fixed to the jaw of each lever member is a ceramic insert made of transformation toughened zirconia, formed by dry compression and then sintering of a powdered form of the ceramic material. Each insert has a serrated gripping portion and a cutting portion, with cutting surfaces on the opposed inserts operating in shearing relationship. Three versions of the inserts are disclosed.

Abstract: A nail file and pop top opener comprising a nail file blade having abrasive surfaces on opposite sides for filing and trimming fingernails. A case has an open end to retain the nail file blade therein when not in use, so as to be carried in a purse. A sleeve has a slot therein to engage in a removable manner with one end of the nail file blade extending from the open end of the case. A pop top can opener is affixed to the sleeve. When the sleeve is in engagement with the one end of the nail file blade, the nail file blade is placed within the case. The pop top can opener could be maneuvered to lift up a pop top on a soft drink can, thereby preventing breakage of fingernails.

Abstract: An apparatus for trimming a sole of a shoe includes a support structure and a shoe carriage mounted on the support structure. The shoe carriage is constructed and arranged for mounting a shoe thereon and is movable along x and z axes. A sensing station is mounted on the support structure, the sensing station having a detector for detecting the exact outline of the shoe upper with respect to the sole. A cutting station is mounted on the support structure for trimming the sole of the shoe with a first cutter. The first cutter is movable along a y axis and rotatable about a t axis. A microprocessor controls the movement of the carriage between a starting position, the sensing station, the cutting station and back to the starting position and controls the operation and movement of the first cutter for trimming the sole of the shoe when the shoe is in the cutting station. A process for trimming a sole of a shoe is also disclosed.

Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus includes a loader 1 for soaking a plurality of wafers W in deionized water, a back surface cleaning portion 2, a front surface cleaning portion 3, a rinsing and drying unit 4 and a plurality of transporting units 6. The back surface cleaning unit 2 cleans the back surface of the wafer W with a brush from the lower side by supplying deionized water to the wafer W that is removed from the loader 1. The front surface cleaning unit 3 cleans the upper surface of the wafer W with a brush by supplying deionized water to the wafer W cleaned by the back surface cleaning unit 2. The rinsing and drying unit 4 rinses the cleaned wafer W and then dries it.

Abstract: An outer wall cleaning robot includes an arm pivotable about a first rotation axis and a rotational body supported by the arm for pivotal movement about a second rotation axis. The rotational body can be driven independently of a pivotal movement of the arm. To the rotational body are attached respective mounting mechanisms for a wiping squeegee and a receiving squeegee.

Abstract: A brush which includes a stroke counting mechanism used to count the number of strokes made in the brushing of hair. The number of strokes is displayed on a digital read out which is mounted to the brush handle for easy reference. The brush can be used as a training aid it assists children in building counting skills.

Abstract: A scraping brush from cleaning dirt and debris from a surface. The inventive device includes a handle having a brush extending from a first end thereof and a scraping block extending from a second end thereof. The scraping block is configured to include a planar rear face oriented at an oblique angle relative to a planar front face, with a pair of arcuate lateral faces intersecting both the planar front and rear faces.

Abstract: An article such as a broom back coated with a covering comprising a layer (9) of thermoformable plastic material. The broom backs (1) are introduced in a chamber (6) of a thermoforming machine (5) radiating panel (8). A plate of thermoformable material is put on the broom backs (1) and by the action of the heat radiated by the panel (8) and under vacuum condition the plate melts forming a layer (9) which wraps the broom backs (1) almost completely. The coating layer (9) thus formed after deformation maintains its colour and brightness and inscriptions and fancy drawings can also be preprinted on it. The covering formed by said layer (9) comprises an upper and a side surface completely wrapping the upper and the side faces of broom backs (1) and a lower bent edge partially coating the lower face (2a) thereof. The layer (9), which preferably is of PVC or polystyrene, advantageously preprinted, is firmly secured to the broom backs (1) after cooling.

Abstract: The invention relates to a brush capable of brushing off sand and dirt from humans or animals and remain in a good, clean condition. The novelty resides in the use of an adjustable handle and cover that can vary the length of the bristles that are exposed. This in turn cause the bristles to change in flexibility so that the brush can be put to various uses that require differing degrees of stiffness of the brush.

Abstract: A windscreen wiper includes an elongate curved backbone which is of a resiliently flexible material and which has a connecting formation at a position intermediate its length for connection to a displacing and force applying member. The backbone has a free-form curved profile in a plane, thereby to define a transverse axis perpendicular to the plane. The backbone further has a suitably varying transverse cross-sectional profile along its length such that if it is clamped at its connecting formation and a test force of 1N applied at a tip in a direction that is parallel to the transverse axis, the tip is displaced less than 1.0 mm.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaning system utilizing a small-mouthed nozzle on a vacuum hose member, such nozzle having an air outlet member disposed therein for the directing of a high-pressure air stream out of said nozzle at selected times onto the surface to be cleaned while vacuuming is occurring through said nozzle. Shampoo fluid can optionally be delivered to the surface to be cleaned with such high-pressure air stream.

Abstract: A suction cleaning head (10) characterised in that it comprises a suction chamber (12) having an open mouth (36) and an outlet (40) adapted to be connected to an air extraction means, a cleaning liquid chamber (14) located at a point external to the suction chamber (12) and having an open mouth (63) and an outlet (62) adapted to be connected to a supply of cleaning liquid, a flow restricting means (16) adapted to engage the open mouth (63) of the cleaning liquid chamber (14), and a plurality of passageways (78, 122, 192) to enable transfer of cleaning liquid from the cleaning liquid chamber (14) through or past the flow restricting means (16).

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for cleaning floors. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes four wheels, two of which are steerable wheels, and a steering mechanism that permits the two steerable wheels to turn to a degree that allows very tight turns to be made by the sweeper. In another embodiment, the apparatus is a sweeper with a cylindrical side broom. Yet a further embodiment of the sweeper includes flaps or seals that form a skirt about the broom and a mounting mechanism for slidably receiving the flap or seal. In a further embodiment, the apparatus is a sweeper that employs flaps with wear indicators that tell an operator when to adjust or replace the flap. In another embodiment, the apparatus is a sweeper that utilizes a pre-filter to remove debris that remains in the vacuum airstream after having passed through the hopper and that is of a size that can require frequent cleaning of a subsequent filtering device.

Abstract: A spacecraft-component handle assembly for use as a single replacement of most handles on most components of a spacecraft is provided. This handle assembly includes a baseplate having a slot with an axis and with diametrically opposite inner bearing surfaces and includes a handle unit having a coaxial flanged bar with diametrically opposite outer bearing surfaces for engaging the respective inner bearing surfaces. The assembly also includes a lock unit with a lock release mechanism.

Abstract: A hinge device for armrails of a playpen.

Abstract: A hinge for mounting a door on a frame includes a hinge arm receiver and a hinge arm connected at one end to the hinge arm receiver and having at its other end a hinge plate with a depending ledge having a terminus portion which is engageable in a pre-mounting position on a door or frame.

Abstract: Four embodiments are disclosed of a garment-hanger clip having a central portion adapted to be received with a garment to be hung and manually bendable wing portions adapted to be manually bent into close confrontation with the opposite sides of the central portion in order to engage the garment with prongs raised on said central portion and to maintain the garment in engagement with those prongs.

Abstract: A hook-type closure has a stirrup on a plate member which fits in a window of an eye member and passes over a tongue projecting into the window and flanked by a pair of detents past which the stirrup is forced and which retain the stirrup against inadvertent release from the tongue.

Abstract: A buckle for watch bands has a cover (1), a guide housing (15) secured to an inside of the cover, the guide housing having a pair of push plates (19) each of which has an engaging projection (21) and springs. A middle plate (16) and a tongue (6) are rotatably connected to an end of the cover, and a bottom plate (18) having a band connecting portion and an engaging lug (23) is rotatably connected to the middle plate. A band is connected to the band connecting portion of the bottom plate. Another band having adjusting holes is inserted into a space between the cover (1) and the housing (15) and the tongue (6) is inserted into the adjusting hole so as to adjust the length of the band.

Abstract: The invention relates to an automatic connection machine having at least two connecting devices for connecting connexion elements equipping the ends of electrical conductors into connector housings. The device (5) comprises:a body (7) which can be displaced in the direction of the connector (4);an insertion member (8) provided with means for grasping the connexion element (2) to be inserted into the corresponding housing of the connector (4);removable means for fixing the insertion meet (8) to said body ( 7 ); and,means for controlling said grasping means, associated with the body (7) and capable of assuming, when the insertion member (8) is locked, a first position, in which the grasping means hold the connexion element (2) and enable it to be inserted into the corresponding housing of the connector, and a second position, in which the grasping means release the connexion element which is then connected in the connector housing.

Abstract: An environmentally-protective body container comprises a burnable double-walled utility case which can be used either as a shipping container and/or as a casket for burial or for cremation. The case is blow-molded from an organic thermoplastic which does not create explosive gases during burning and which leaves little ash or residue. At least the outer walls of the case are impervious to liquids, thereby preventing body and embalming fluids from contaminating the adjacent ground water supply in the case of burial. Air injection holes created in the inner walls during the conventional blow-molding process make the inner walls air pervious and thereby provide expansion space for body gases between the inner and outer walls. Use of a double-walled case also enables hand recesses to be formed into the lower section of the case and thereby eliminate the need for costly metallic pallbearing hardware.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for crimping fiber, especially polypropylene fiber, includes feeding a tow through driven rolls into a stuffer box. Heat, in the form of steam, is applied to the tow prior to the rolls. The stuffer box includes doctor blades for cooling the tow. The doctor blades include a leading tip portion, through which compressed air is fed over the tow, and a trailing section including at least one internal compartment for a cooling fluid.

Abstract: An ink jet print head comprises a piezoelectric plate (2) formed of a piezoelectric material, a base plate (1) formed of a nonconductive, nonelectrostrictive material having rigidity lower than that of the piezoelectric material and joined to the piezoelectric plate (2), electrodes (8) formed by depositing a metal by electroless plating over the entire bottom surfaces of a plurality of parallel grooves (3) formed through the piezoelectric plate (2) into the base plate (1) and the entire side surfaces of side walls (4) each consisting of an upper side wall (4a) formed in the piezoelectric plate (2) and lower side wall (4b) formed in the base plate (2) between the grooves (3), a top plate (10) joined to the upper surface of the piezoelectric plate (2) so as to close the upper open ends of the grooves (3) to form pressure chambers (14), and a nozzle plate (12) provided with ink jets (11) and joined to one end of the assembly of the base plate (1), the piezoelectric plate (2) and the top plate (10) so that the in

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bell continuously and automatically with a number of mold pieces which are movable downward toward a lower mold having a number of mold cavities for engaging with one half of the bell. A plate member is fed step by step through the lower mold and the mold pieces so as to be formed into the bells. The mold pieces are arranged in series so as to form a recess in the plate member, to form four blades, to bend the blades, to feed a sounder into the bell, and to bend the blades again so as to form the outer half of the bell, and to disengage the bell from the plate member.

Abstract: The size of the spiral gaskets which are formed by winding a sealing strip and a compressible filler strip around a mandrel is controlled by measuring the angle through which the mandrel turns, e.g., by means of an encoder. The lengths of arcs on the periphery of the gasket as it is wound around the mandrel are also measured, e.g., by means of a wheel running on the periphery of the gasket and an encoder counting turns of the wheel. The arcs are defined by the angles through which the mandrel turns. The supply of strip is terminated, e.g., by cutting the strips, as result of an arc achieving a particular length.

Abstract: A rotor assembly machine for assembling spring biased starter pawls to a rotor. The machine includes three loaders. A first loader positions a coiled spring around a post of a rotor. A second loader connects the starter pawl onto the post. The third loader moves a first end of the spring into operable biasing engagement with the starter pawl. The machine is substantially entirely automated with various testing stations along the assembly line path. The machine uses various novel methods at the loaders that allow a substantially trouble free automated assembly.

Abstract: The method for securely attaching a radiopaque marker device to a medical instrument, such as a catheter, comprises the steps of providing a medical instrument, providing a marker device formed of a radiopaque shape-memory material, such as Nitinol, having a deformed configuration while at a first temperature, positioning the marker device adjacent the catheter, and changing the first temperature of the shape-memory material to a second temperature sufficient to cause the shape-memory material to transform from the deformed configuration to an original configuration so that the marker device engages the catheter upon return of the shape-memory material to the original configuration. The marker device may include a cylindrical band positioned concentrically around a tubular portion of the instrument so that heating of the shape-memory material is sufficient to allow the band to melt the tubular portion and move into embedded engagement with the tubular portion when in the original configuration.

Abstract: A swaging station incorporates a drawing tower that automatically draws, cuts, and inserts an indefinite length strand of suture material within the suture receiving end of a surgical needle for swaging thereof. The suture receiving end of the surgical needle is positioned within a swaging assembly located at the top of the drawing tower that comprises a first fixed swage die and a second movable swage die forming a swage die opening for positively gripping the suture receiving end of the needle positioned therein. A first suture alignment die and a second suture alignment die are precisely registered below and adjacent the respective first and second swage dies to form a lower funnel guide that is axial with the swage die opening for positioning the tip of the suture strand therein. The lower funnel guide has an exit diameter that is larger than the diameter of the suture tip and smaller than the diameter of the suture receiving end of the needle for easy placement of the suture tip therein.

Abstract: A method for a loop of a predetermined turn of a coil located inside the width of the coil and beneath at least one layer of the coil.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stator coil lacing machine having improved cord handling capabilities and lacing cord handling components that can be adjusted without disassembly of the machine so that the machine accommodates a range of stator stack heights.

Abstract: A two-phase liquid cooling system for an electronic component comprised of flexible sealed bag which is partially filled with a liquid coolant. Sufficient residual non-condensing gas is maintained in the bag so that some of the gas dissolves in the liquid coolant when the device is not operating and at ambient temperature. During warmup, the residual gas comes out of solution and creates nucleation sites that assist in initiating boiling. The bag is air and fluid-impermeable, and has sufficient flexibility such that as coolant vaporizes, the bag expands to maintain the internal bag pressure substantially the same as the ambient environmental pressure. The bag may also be provided with a metal heat spreader plate which passes through a wall of the bag an assists with transferring heat from the component to the coolant. The heat spreader plate may be specially treated to allow the flexible bag material to by directly heat sealed to the plate and to provide nucleation sites to enhance coolant boiling.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus (10) for encasing a printed wiring board (12). Apparatus (10) comprises a substantially tubular housing (14) having internal ribs (30) formed along first and second sides (32) and (34) of housing (14). Printed wiring board (12) is received in housing (14) and maintained in place by ribs (30). An end cap (18) having an aligning member (36) is placed in a first opening (22) of housing (14). A coupling member (20) comprising a connector (40) and a support shell (42) is inserted into a second opening (28) of housing (14).

Abstract: An environmental connector formed by insert molding a thermoplastic rubber insert into a plastic cylindrical housing having an external shoulder adjacent to an exit aperture for the thermoplastic rubber to flow to an annular void in the cavity of the mold. In such manner, an annular ring such as a gasket or o-ring is formed by the insert molding process, and is connected as one piece with the thermoplastic rubber insert formed in the internal chamber of the housing. The housing is made of polypropylene and the thermoplastic rubber is Santoprene so the two materials stick together to hold the annular ring snugly against the shoulder. The insert of the female connector has a concentric opening to receive the housing of the male connector, and the concentric opening terminates in thin protrusion that is compressible to from an inner seal to prevent the ingress of moisture into the connectors.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine having cylinders and a head assembly adapted for compressing gas, wherein one or more cylinders of an inline-cylinder engine are modified to compress flammable gas, such as natural gas. The engine cylinders and head assembly are adapted to compress gas by: modifying existing engine valves to secure compressor intake and discharge valves within the head assembly; converting engine pistons into compressor pistons; inserting filler plates into the head assembly; and replacing the engine manifold, which is in communication with the adapted cylinders, with gas intake and discharge manifolds.

Abstract: A process for producing an integral adsorbent-heat exchanger apparatus useful in ammonia refrigerant heat pump systems. In one embodiment, the process wets an activated carbon particles-solvent mixture with a binder-solvent mixture, presses the binder wetted activated carbon mixture on a metal tube surface and thereafter pyrolyzes the mixture to form a bonded activated carbon matrix adjoined to the tube surface. The integral apparatus can be easily and inexpensively produced by the process in large quantities.