Abstract: The new and distinct variety of apple tree, Malus domestica, is a naturally occurring limb mutation of the `Braeburn` apple tree (an unprotected New Zealand variety). The fruit of the apple tree of the new variety is characterized by highly colored dark red fruit. Unlike the parent variety, the fruit has a dark red coloration in a solid blush pattern typically covering 100% of the fruit surface. The new variety has been named `Mariri Red`.

Abstract: A new plant variety of chrysanthemum producing red daisy-type flowers.

Abstract: A new plant variety of chrysanthemum producing large yellow flowers.

Abstract: A new plant variety of chrysanthemum producing orange bronze flowers.

Abstract: A new floribunda rose plant which has abundant, fragrant, yellow flowers, becoming ivory-yellow with age, and attractive foliage. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and by traditional budding and is suitable for year round production in commercial glasshouses. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of interspecific tree (Prunus salicina.times.Prunus armeniaca); the features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on Nemaguard rootstock, grown on Hanford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., and with standard commercial cultural fruit growing practices, such as, pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consists of the following unique combination of desirable features that are outstanding in a new variety:1. Fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality.2. Fruit holding firm on the tree 12 to 15 days after maturity (shipping ripe).3. Fruit with high soluble solids, averaging 20.1.degree. Brix.4. Fruit flavor being distinctively different, a blend between plum and apricot with a good balance between acid and sugar.5. Heavy and regular bearer of fruit.6. Relatively uniform ripening of fruit.7. Vigorous semi-spreading growth of the tree.8.

Abstract: A new compact floribunda rose plant which has abundant, non-fading, red flowers and attractive foliage. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and by traditional budding, and is adapted to production in containers in commercial glasshouses and nurseries. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: A new compact floribunda rose plant which has abundant yellow flowers and attrative foliage. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and is suitable for production in commercial glasshouses and nurseries. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: A Southern Magnolia named `TMGH` having an upright compact growth habit with a dense foliage canopy, a dominant leader with secondary branches ascending upwardly, lustrous dark green, narrow leaves with a rusty-brown back, a dense, fibrous root system, and also capable of being reproduced reliably from vegetative cuttings.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Hypericum plant named `Bosapri`, characterized by its early flowering, plants flower about 13 weeks after planting; long stem length, typically about 70 cm; large bright red berries; and dark green leaves.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named `Arizona Red`, characterized by its numerous double inflorescences that are about 6.6 cm in diameter; bright red ray florets; compact, uniform and mounded growth habit; small dark green leaves; and strong peduncles that hold inflorescences just above the foliage.

Abstract: When an object of treatment is subjected to, for example, a gas treatment in an airtight chamber, reaction products adhere to the inner wall surface of the chamber, an object holder therein, and the corner portions of the chamber. When a cleaning medium is injected into the chamber, according to the present invention, the reaction products are dissolved in the cleaning medium by hydrolysis. Thereafter, the cleaning medium is discharged from the chamber. Then, the chamber is heated and evacuated, so that water vapor is discharged to provide a predetermined degree of vacuum, whereupon the treatment can be started anew. Therefore, a wiping operation can be omitted. Moreover, the reaction products remaining at the corner portions of the chamber can be removed without forming a source of polluted particles, so that the necessity of overhauling can be obviated. Thus, fully automatic cleaning, so to speak, can be effected, and the chamber need not be open to the atmosphere, so that the throughput can be improved.

Abstract: A welding system includes an imaging system that takes frame by frame pictures of a weld puddle. The imaging system is located in the weld torch. From the images puddle length and width are determined. The length and width are applied against stored membership functions that cover a range of different weld current characteristics and the degree of membership of each dimension in those functions is determined, producing an alpha factor for each membership function. This provides a fuzzy current requirement. Stored values for moment and area for each membership function are multiplied by the alpha for the respective function. The total of the moments is divided by the total of the areas to produce a desired weld current. The weld head includes a weld wire feeder that is driven by a servo by which the wire can be feed along either side of the weld joint. The wire feeder is gear driven in such a way that it does not interfere with the optics in the weld torch. The optics include a strobe to illuminate the puddle.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a push-on cap is provided for engaging a filler neck. The cap includes .[.means.]. .Iadd.member .Iaddend.for closing the mouth of the filler neck. This closing .[.means.]. .Iadd.member .Iaddend.includes a housing and an end member which is coupled to the housing while being axially movable relative to the housing. The cap further includes .[.means.]. .Iadd.a mechanism .Iaddend.for gripping the filler neck in response to the sliding axially inward movement between a filler neck-engaging position and a filler neck-disengaging position.

Abstract: An operational guide mounted to an adjustable chair as well as a chair including an operational guide. The operational guide includes a card having a pictorial guide for operating the adjustable chair located on the top side of the card. The operational guide also includes a device for mounting the card to the bottom of the seat of the chair. The mounting device is adapted to allow the card to move between an extended position wherein the pictorial guide is visible to an occupant of the chair and a retracted position wherein the pictorial guide is not visible to the occupant of the chair. Also, the mounting device holds the card so that the orientation of the pictorial guide corresponds to the orientation of the controls for adjusting the chair when the card is in the extended position.

Abstract: A robot control system includes: an end effector for acting upon an object to be worked; a manipulator mechanically supporting the end effector to apply predetermined movements to the end effector; a plurality of sensors mounted on the end effector to detect a position (x) of the end effector and a force (f) between the end effector and the object and to obtain an acceleration speed (x"), a speed (x') and a work rate (-x'f) of the end effector; a pre-controller for controlling movement of the end effector and the manipulator; a plurality of selection function units connected in parallel to the pre-controller and at least one of the selection function units being selected in accordance with the acceleration speed (x"), the speed (x') and the work rate (-x'f); and a plurality of control units each connected to a corresponding selecting function unit for inputting a target trajectory (x.sub.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for prompting pedestrians to look and listen for turning vehicles includes an animated pictorial message formed in the image of a pair of scanning eyes (46,48) and generated by a pedestrian signal control (54) connected to a pedestrian signal display (32). The image (46,48) can be activated by a traffic control (52) or a motion detector (64) connected to the pedestrian signal control (54). A voice circuit (56) and speakers (58) connected to the pedestrian signal control (54) generate an audible message at the same time the image (46,48) is being displayed.

Abstract: A magnetic disc storage system includes a base and a rotating magnetic disc having an axis of rotation. A transducing head which reads and writes information is positioned proximate the disc. The disc rotates on a rotating member relative to a fixed member which is attached to the base. In one embodiment, the hydrodynamic bearing has a shape which forms a portion of a sphere.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device of the present invention includes an internal power supply voltage generating circuit down converting external power supply voltage to generate first and second internal power supply voltages, a Vpp generating circuit generating a high voltage from external power supply voltage by charge pumping operation, and a Vbb generating circuit generating negative voltage from external power supply voltage by charge pumping operation. The first internal supply voltage is applied to a control circuit and a sense amplifier drive signal generating circuit. The second internal power supply voltage is applied to a circuit generating a bit line equalize/precharge signal. Even if the first internal power supply voltage is made small, the Vpp generating circuit and the Vbb generating circuit generate a prescribed voltage from external power supply voltage. Therefore, these circuits generate a prescribed internal high voltage and negative voltage efficiently and stably.

Abstract: A pickup reads data recorded on a disk and outputs a current signal corresponding to the read data. An amplifier outputs the current signal as a voltage signal. A data slice circuit binarizes the voltage signal and converts it into an EFM signal. In response to the EFM signal, a PLL circuit generates a PLL clock signal in synchronization with a reproduction speed. When a reference speed or its two-times higher speed is selected as the reproduction speed, if the PLL clock signal is synchronized with the EFM signal, the frequency of the PLL clock signal is proportionate to the reproduction speed. In response to the PLL clock signal, the data slice circuit controls the frequency band of a reference voltage in accordance with the reproduction speed, and outputs the EFM signal. A data processing circuit demodulates the EFM signal and removes a jitter from the demodulated signal in response to the PLL clock signal.

Abstract: A control device for a hands-free telephone set automatically controls microphone and amplifier gains so that a feedback loop has less than unity gain to avoid circuit instability and resultant self-oscillation. An emission channel includes a microphone, a signal compressor and a controllable attenuator. A reception channel includes a signal compressor, an adjustable attenuator and a loudspeaker. The combination of the emission and reception channels form an amplification loop whereby the output of the reception channel is acoustically coupled to the input of the emission channel while the output of the emission channel is coupled to the input of the reception channel through a common telephone line. To avoid circuit oscillation, a circuit initially sets the gain of the loop to a predetermined value slightly less than unity (0 db) and subsequently maintains the loop gain constant by maintaining the sum of the compressor and attenuator gains at a fixed value.

Abstract: A method of reproducing multiplex images wherein an electrostatic image is formed on an image retainer by using a common electrostatic image forming device, the electrostatic image formed on the image retainer is developed, the steps of the above are repeated to superpose a plurality of toner images on the image retainer, and the toner images is transferred on a recording paper by one step. The developings other than the first time developing are carried out in such a manner that the surface of a developer layer on a developer feeding carrier does not contact with the surface of the toner image on the image retainer.

Abstract: Disclosed are .[.a.]. processes and reactors for rapidly producing large diameter, high-purity polycrystalline silicon rods for semiconductor applications by the deposition of silicon from a gas containing a silane compound. The equipment includes a reactor vessel which encloses a powder catcher having a cooled surface. Also within the vessel is a cylindrical water jacket which defines multiple reaction chambers. The silicon powder generated in this process adheres to the coolest surfaces, which are those of the powder catcher, and is thereby collected. Little of the powder adheres to the walls of the reaction chambers. In some embodiments, a fan can be provided to increase gas circulation.

Abstract: Chocolate products are formed by feeding solid set chocolate to an extruder and passing the chocolate through the extruder at a temperature below the pour point of the chocolate to deform and extrude the chocolate.

Abstract: A method is provided for forming an improved landing pad of a semiconductor integrated circuit, and an integrated circuit formed according to the same. A first opening is formed through a first dielectric layer to expose a portion of a diffused region. A first polysilicon landing pad is formed over the first dielectric layer and in the opening. This landing pad will provide for smaller geometries and meet stringent design rules such as that for contact space to gate. A dielectric pocket is formed over the polysilicon landing pad over the active region. A second conductive landing pad is formed over the polysilicon landing pad and the dielectric pocket. A second dielectric layer is formed over the landing pad having a second opening therethrough exposing a portion of the landing pad. A conductive contact, such as aluminum, is formed in the second contact opening. The conductive contact will electrically connect with the diffused region through the landing pad.

Abstract: A booster comprising a plenty of microbubbles of a gas in a liquid, e.g. about 4.times.10.sup.7 cells/ml of microbubbles of a gas having a diameter of 0.1 to 100 .mu.m in a 3 to 5% human serum albumin solution, and a pharmaceutical liquid composition comprising the booster as set forth above and a medicament, which are useful for the therapy of various diseases together with exposure of ultrasonic, where the therapeutic effects of the medicament is enhanced by the application of ultrasound in the presence of the booster.

Abstract: A protective shield, especially body armor, comprises a flexible penetration-resistant layer (1) backed up by a flexible impact-absorbing layer (2) of plastics material consisting of one or more layers of impact-absorbing plastics material each less than 0.75 mm thick so as to give increased flexibility without compromising impact-absorption. Preferably, multiple sheets of polycarbonate 0.5 mm or less thick are used, and the overall thickness of these sheets is less than 0.75 mm.

Abstract: An underarm perspiration shield that attaches to the shoulder strap of a wearer's undergarment. The elements of the present invention include an absorption pad suitable for absorbing perspiration from a wearer's armpit and two straps that are connected to opposite ends of the absorption pad. The ends of the two straps loop around the shoulder strap of the wearer's undergarment, and attach to the absorption pad through an attachment means. In a preferred embodiment the absorption pad is laminated with the side closest to the wearer's armpit being cotton and the side closest to the outer garment being PVC. Also, in the preferred embodiment, each of the ends of the two straps are attached to the absorption pad with a Velcro.RTM. hook and loop structure.

Abstract: This invention concerns a protective body vest for protecting against impact upon a human torso when worn by an athlete during sporting activities. The invention comprises a multi-section one piece garment comprising of a vest sized and shaped to be worn on the torso of an athlete. The vest comprises of an hour glass simulated shaped shoulder portion with oversized apertures for the arms, a front portion, a pair of side portions and a back tapered design back portion. The front and back portions being sized and shaped in a tapered design. The invention further utilizes an offset opening located off a center axis of the vest to protect vital body parts. The invention further utilize an overlap to protect the body areas below the offset opening.

Abstract: A medical gown and drape are disclosed in which regions thereof are imprinted with performance enhancing coatings. The gown has regions in the chest and sleeve areas imprinted with a liquid repellent coating to protect the wearer from fluids. The drape preferably has an absorbent or super absorbent coating surrounding a fenestration through which an operation may occur. The drape may also have regions coated with water repellent or friction enhancing materials. The gown further has adhesive closures rather than ties.

Abstract: This invention relates to hats and especially caps which have a visor such as a brim or bill and more particularly to the visor insert for maintaining a lasting shape to the visor once the insert has been positioned in the visor portion of the hat and the method of manufacturing the visor insert and the cap associated therewith whereby the visor insert will maintain a long lasting memory even under high heat moisture and stress distortion.

Abstract: A sweatband for headgear is disclosed. The sweatband has a plurality of laminated absorbent non-woven fabric strips. One or more first unabsorbent non-woven fabric strips are interposed between the laminated absorbent non-woven fabric strips. A second unabsorbent non-woven fabric strip is positioned at the back of the laminated absorbent non-woven fabric strips. The fabric strips are bonded together. A plurality of vertical slits are formed along the upper and lower edges of the bonded fabric strips at intervals. According to another embodiment, intervals of the slits may be 6 mm and lengths of the slits may be 5 mm.

Abstract: A sock with improved comfort includes a stocking sole (2) having a plurality of resilient projections (3) on at least one of its surfaces for protecting and cure the foot of the user.

Abstract: Underpants having a vertically wide waistband that may be folded down over the waistband of an outer garment for the lower torso and legs (e.g., pants or skirt) to display in a right-side-up position markings on what would be the inside face of the underpants waistband if it were not folded down.

Abstract: A multiple-piece removable helmet can be disassembled on the wearer's head so that, in the event of a medical emergency, the front portion can be removed to afford access to the face of the wearer for administration of first aid and to facilitate the diagnosis of the extent of the injury. A neck brace can be attached and the injured can be lifted out of the back portion of the helmet. Apparatus for removably attaching the two halves include, in various embodiments, screws, adjustable tension cables, buckles, and spring fingers on one half engaging in indentations in the other with the fingers being secured in place by screws.

Abstract: A helmet providing superior comfort includes cheek pads that include a cushion member and a soft plane-like member (plate material, sheet material) having a reduced extension or shrinkage and not damaging the helmet wearing person adhered to a slant surface of a protrusion of the cushion member projecting from the shell installing surface of the cheek pads at both sides of the shell, and the extension or shrinkage of the protrusion is restricted to assure a desired strength at the protrusion, thereby the bending deformation of the protrusion at the time of installation is restricted. The bending deformation of the protrusion is restricted to cause the protrusion to be tightly abutted against the cheeks and the chin of the helmet wearing person when wearing the helmet.

Abstract: A goggle has a replaceable lens mounted in a flexible frame containing several large air vents facing forwardly to input external air into the goggle interior. The inlet air vents have converging and angled walls. A first porous foam of particular porosity covers the inlet air vents and is located in an upper air channel with a curved deflector wall to disperse the external air into the interior space. Exit vents located in the bottom of the frame are covered with a second porous foam of different characteristics than the first porous foam. The sides of the goggle frame include curved slots with curved retention bars around which a stretchable headband strap is secured to create uneven load forces on the sides of the goggle frame.

Abstract: A goggle has a replaceable plastic lens mounted in a flexible frame containing several air vents for passing external air through the goggle interior. The lens is formed of thermoplastic materials to provide spherical and cylindrical versions of the lens. The thermoplastic resins incorporate dyes which tint the lens to create transmission curves having peaks and valleys which approximate or enhance certain response characteristics of the retina of the human eye. Inlet air vents are covered by porous foam located in an upper air channel to disperse downwardly the external air into the interior space behind the lens. Outlet vents located in the bottom of the frame are covered with a porous foam to exit air from the interior space.

Abstract: A strap for swimming/diving goggles includes two ends connected to the goggle frame and a looped mediate section having an upper loop section and a lower loop section. The loop sections have different stretchability. When applied to the rear of the user's head, the loop sections are stretched by different lengths and thus have the same restoring/retaining force, thereby providing reliable retaining effect and improved wearing comfort.

Abstract: A device for lifting a cover and/or seat of a toilet bowl includes an inner tube telescoped within an outer tube which is connected to the seat or cover by a hook. The outer tube has a stop element that cooperates with an element on the inner tube to prevent separation. The inner tube is connected to one end of a cable, the other end being connected to a spring. The opposite end of the spring is connected to a handle that is looped over a pulley connected to the toilet tank. When the user pulls down on the handle, the inner tube telescopes inside the outer tube until the stop element is contacted, and continued pulling raises the seat and/or cover.

Abstract: A toilet seat lowering system, for use with a toilet seat having a seat bottom and a seat rear which is mounted upon a toilet bowl, comprising a top plate and a bottom plate. The top plate and bottom plate are mounted between the toilet seat and toilet bowl near the bowl rear, wherein the top plate is pivotally connected to the seat bottom, and the bottom plate is pivotally connected to the bowl. The top plate is hingeably mounted to the bottom plate near the seat rear. Bellows, having an internal cavity, is located between the top plate and bottom plate. An intake valve and a slow release valve are in communication with the internal cavity of the bellows. When the toilet seat is manually lifted from its initial lowered position to a raised position, air is drawn into the internal cavity through the intake valve, pressurizing the internal cavity and thus maintaining the toilet seat in the raised position.

Abstract: A movable fitting member for use with a drain fitting for controlling the discharging of fluid, comprises a drain fitting, a cylindrical guide post with an inserting plate, a lower bearing portion, and a fitting member. If the guide post is in a position that the inserting plate thereof is aligned with a deeper groove within fitting member, it will insert into the bore at its full length, so that the fitting member tightly covers the drain and thus, fluid is sealed and does not discharge out. However, if the guide post is aligned with a shallow groove formed by the second and fourth slots and the cylindrical bore, it will insert into the fitting member by only a part of its full length, so that the fitting member does not completely cover the drain fitting and thus a gap is formed therebetween. Therefore, water discharges therefrom.

Abstract: An outdoor toilet system is provided with a mechanism for agitating solid waste material accumulating in a collection container, to reduce the volume of material. The agitator mechanism has a linkage connected to the door of the enclosure in which the toilet is located, such that the agitator mechanism is operated each time the door is opened and closed. The agitator mechanism can be a mechanical agitator or an air jet mechanism.

Abstract: A novelty cover used for commercial advertising, for the flush handle of commercially made toilets and urinals. One is a container, where printed matter which illustrates a particular advertisement is inserted between two tubes that make up a unitary piece. A second is a molded replica of a novelty piece or the actual product being advertised. Each embodiment is attached in the same manner by a Nylon, plastic, or rubber sleeve that slides onto the metal flush handle of a toilet and tightly fit onto the smallest diameter of the toilet flush handle by at least two Allen screws.

Abstract: A fitting, in the form of a mounting collar for installation of a water input nozzle, such as a cleaning head in the floor and walls of a swimming pool, is designed to permit the fitting to be rocked from side to side a limited amount relative to the central axis of a water supply pipe in which the fitting is inserted during initial installation. This is done to allow for installation discrepancies where the water supply pipe is not perpendicular to the surface of the pool where the pipe opens into the pool. By allowing this amount of movement in the installation of the mounting collar, the orientation of a pop-up cleaning head, for example, with respect to the pool floor or wall, is ensured to be perpendicular; so that optimum cleaning of the pool surface during subsequent use of the system occurs.

Abstract: Apparatus for pumping and filtering water from a swimming pool that includes a caisson that is divided into three compartments. A filtering unit is contained in one compartment (A) and contains pool water to be filtered. An adjacent compartment (B) contains a pump having a inlet connected to the filtering unit. Compartment (B) communicates with a third compartment (C). A cover encloses the three compartments and has perforations that permit cooling air to enter compartment (C) and thus pass into compartment (B) to cool the pump. Water passing into compartment (C) is passed to a sanitary drain.