Rough machining of a glass-ceramic material article such as a radome (20) is accomplished using a high-power Nd:YAG laser (60, 64). The radome (20) is rotated about its longitudinal axis (28), and the point of application of the laser beam (62) is translated generally parallel to the longitudinal axis (28) over either the inside (32) or outside (30) surface of the radome (20). The Nd:YAG laser (60...

A method and apparatus for selecting an entry stored in a data processing system, and specifically a destination in a vehicle navigation system. The system includes a display, scrolling means having first and second controls, and selecting means. Using the scrolling means, the user of the system scrolls through a plurality of stored destinations on the display. Each destination is made up of a plu...

Disclosed is a method of producing polysaccharide foams and foams produced by the method. The polysaccharide foams are formed from a wet condition and are convection dried with a flow of warm or hot air. Such foams exhibit improvements over foams dried under ambient conditions. The present invention also discloses the formation of multi-ply foam layers. At least two sheets of foam layers are layer...

Disclosed is a method of producing polysaccharide foams and foams produced by the method. The polysaccharide foams are formed from a wet condition and are convection dried with a flow of warm or hot air. Such foams exhibit improvements over foams dried under ambient conditions. The present invention also discloses the formation of multi-ply foam layers. At least two sheets of foam layers are layer...

A filter element surface is coated with particulate polyamide which serves as a filter aid to trap polyamide oligomers suspended in water. The particulate polyamide is preferably coated onto a surface of a bag filter so that polyamide oligomers flowing through the coated bag filter surface will adhere to the polyamide particles forming an oligomer cake thereon which encapsulates the polyamide part...

A mandrel for use in a diamond deposition process for generating free standing diamond films has a segmented surface forming a plurality of surfaces for deposition of diamond. The segmented surface is formed of a plurality of mesa segments on a common supporting base surfaces for the mesas. The mesa segments are preferably removably attached to the common base by any suitable means such as by bolt...

A mandrel for use in an arc-jet spinning diamond deposition process for coating cutting tool inserts is disclosed. The mandrel has a plurality of cutouts or wells (308) for receiving cutting tool inserts (310). The receiving wells are machined or otherwise provided to have the same contour as the cutting tool inserts that are placed in the wells. The receiving wells may all have an identical geome...

The invention relates to a composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer and wood fiber composite that can be used in the form of a linear extrudate or thermoplastic pellet to manufacture structural members. The polymer, the fiber or both can be modified to increase compatibility. The wood fiber composite structural members can be manufactured in an extrusion process or an injection molding proce...

Moldable collagen compositions useful in hard tissue repair and augmentation aredisclosed. The compositions comprise nonfibrillar collagen and a particulate material, optionally in combination with biologically active agents. A particularly preferred composition comprises fibrillar collagen, a fiber disassembly agent, and a particulate material. Methods for using the compositions in the repair and...

An electrical connector is disclosed for securing an end of an electrical cord to an electrical device or cord connector. The electrical connector preferably has a pair of housing halves, a contact retainer body with integral front face and a funnel cap. The funnel cap retains the blade assembly or terminals within the contact retainer body and funnels the wiring of the electrical cord into the co...

An electrical cord clamp is disclosed for securing an end of an electrical cord to an electrical device or connector. The electrical cord clamp provides strain relief between the ends of the electrical conductors of the electrical cord and the terminal of the electrical device or connector. The cord clamp has a pair of clamping members tiltably coupled to a pair of housing halves of the electrical...

An electrical cord clamp is disclosed for securing an end of an electrical cord to an electrical device or connector. The electrical cord clamp provides strain relief between the ends of the electrical conductors of the electrical cord and the terminals of the electrical device or connector, The cord clamp has a pair of clamping members slidably coupled to a pair of housing halves of the electrica...

An apparatus and method for making a grooved plastic spacer for a slotted core type telecommunications cable includes a helically shaped calibration member inserted into each groove after extrusion of the spacer to maintain the shape of the groove until it is sufficiently cooled. A telecommunications cable made according to the method includes a spacer made of plastic having a melt flow index equa...

A hollow plastic container having a finish which has a diameter less than the diameter of the body portion of the container which is made by forming a parison with a neck portion for defining the finish and a body portion and thereafter expanding the body portion to a cross section greater than the cross section of the neck portion. The neck is then trimmed by removing plastic material from the ou...

The invention consists of bonding a strip of pile fabric to a plastic tube which is mounted over a mandrel, by an adhesive substance. The adhesive substance may take many forms, and heat derived from a multitude of heat sources, such as infra red, radio frequency, open flame, quartz, induction, ultrasonic or a plasma jet may be used to ensure a good bond between the plastic tube and the pile fabri...

A connector for segments of a modular surgical implant includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion and second portion are configured to snap-fit together to mate and form a swivel coupling. A modular implant includes at least first and second segments which are connected by such a connector having first and second portions. The first portion is secured to the first segment and...

Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV-I and HIV-2) are known to be the etiological agents of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The carbohydrate structures on the virus coat proteins, gp120, are necessary for cell-cell fusion. the oligosaccharides on gp120 are processed by the enzyme glycosidase. The trisaccharide, .alpha.-D-Glcp-(1-2)-.alpha.-D-Glcp-(1-3)-.alpha.-D-GlcpO(CH2)8COOMe and its ...

A control system for a vertical vane covering for use in an architectural opening includes a headrail having an upwardly opening channel in which a plurality of carriers are disposed for sliding movement along the length of the headrail. The headrail is of a thin profile with only a minority portion of the carriers being positioned within the hollow interior of the headrail. The carriers are inter...

A machine for forming a variety of different sturdy, stackable three-part fiberboard containers having a depth dimension greater than their width dimension, and which are suitable for holding bags filled with liquid. The machine includes a slidable, removable mandrel which cycles between a fiberboard hopper area and a container forming compression area. Each of two side bins provides a fiberboard ...

Radiological apparatus, such as bone densitometry measurement systems that utilize a penetrating radiation source, such as an x-ray source is provided. Theapparatus includes a patient table with a length extending along a Y-axis and a width extending along an X-axis and a C-arm supporting, for example, an x-ray source at one side of the table and an x-ray detector at an opposite side of the table ...