Contacts and receiving sleeves within a discrete connector insulator are sized to permit the contacts to be inserted into the sleeves of the insulator and secured therein by a small force applied to the top of the contacts. Receiving sleeves formed in the insulator are constructed to permit the contacts to be top loaded therein and lightly forced over detent means comprise a downwardly facing shoulder having an upper body portion tapering to the edge of the shoulder region complementarily formed...

A discrete controller for interfacing between a computer and a plurality of discrete devices, said discrete controller comprising a plurality of line driver cards each interfacing with a respective plurality of computer-switchable discrete devices; a plurality of line receiver cards each interfacing with a respective plurality of signal-generating discrete devices; and a control module interfacing between said computer and said line driver and line receiver cards.

A discrete pattern, formed by dots discretely arranged in two dimensions, is provided wherein the dots included in a rectangular area having a longitudinal length of Lx and a transverse length of Ly satisfy expression (1), (in expression (1), N denotes the number of dots included in a predetermined area, and D is obtained by expression (2), wherein A(x,y) defines the number of dots, of a total of N dots, included in a rectangular area for which a line segment extended from reference coordinates ...

A discrete transducer array of a plurality of discrete transducer elements, o connected as to achieve a good array directivity pattern with as narrow a beam width as possible for a given side lobe level, or as low a side lobe level as possible for a given beam width, or the most favorable combination of the two. This is to be done with the restriction that there is a discrete array of, say 24, elements that must be shaded discretely, for example by using a series-parallel combination of the elem...

A method for manufacturing discrete elements such as labels, borne by a carrier sheet, the method including passing an element sheet from which said elements are to be formed along a first path of travel; passing a carrier sheet along a second path of travel spaced from the first path of travel in a first course and retained in substantial facing engagement with the element sheet in a second course; applying adhesive to one of the sheets prior to the second course in discrete zones individually ...

Apparatus for changing the spacing between articles of a moving array of discrete articles includes transfer means mounted for orbiting along a closed orbital path passing through a receiving zone and a discharge zone. The orbital radius of the transfer means is adjustable to provide an orbital radius in the discharge zone which is different from that in the receiving zone. The transfer means are maintained in fixed, equal angular distances between them along the orbital path whereby the orbital...

A method for incorporating a low melting lubricant filler in a polymeric matrix by mixing the lubricant filler with a monomer or polymer precursor while the filler and the monomer or precursor are in the liquid phase and subsequently polymerizing the mixture. The polymerizable mixture is prepared using nonintensive mixing to preserve the discrete phase of the lubricant filler.

Discrete particles of sodium polyacrylate of high molecular weight and in which the majority of the particle size is in the range of not less than 0.5 mm. nor more than 1.0 mm. diameter are achieved, in an economy of production, by suspension polymerization in stages of 40.degree. C. (2 hours), 50.degree. C. (2 hours) and 60.degree. C. (2 hours) in the presence of a protective colloid.

A discrete cosine transformer capable of real time processing without a multiplier having small circuit scale and small power consumption includes an adder/subtractor receiving a plurality of image data items for outputting a plurality of image data item addition/subtraction values in accordance with a prescribed rule, a bit distributor connected to the adder/subtractor, receiving the plurality of image data item addition/subtraction values for outputting a plurality of bit trains consisting of ...

An apparatus for enrobing discrete objects. The device includes a perforated drum adapted to receive and tumble a charge of discrete objects to be coated and which is rotatable about its horizontal axis. The tumbling charge is periodically wetted with coating material and is dried by a stream of selectively conditioned air passed through the charge. During the initial phase of each drying operation a high velocity conditioned air stream employing a high percentage of reconditioned air is employe...