An improved rotating disc-type gathering head suited for use with underground mining machines includes at least two gathering discs mounted for rotation on an inclined apron in positive engaging relationship at their point of tangency. One of the discs is rotatably driven, preferably by means mounted above the apron. The second disc is rotated in the opposite direction by the first disc to provide the desired flow of mined material. In the preferred embodiment the discs have peripherally dispose...

Dough is extruded from a screw extruder through a nozzle, preferably a twin-slot nozzle, and an apertured blocking plate is placed between the tip of the extrusion screw and the nozzle assembly for making the pressure distribution across the dough in a pressure equilization chamber between the blocking plate and the nozzle more uniform and for controlling the rate of flow of the dough towards the extrusion nozzle slots. The blocking plate has two series of parallel channels arranged on two oppos...

An erasing head is improved with respect to its erasing ratio as well as its distortion ratio. The erasing head has at least two gap portions one of which is so designed as to apply a high erasing magnetic field sufficient to completely erase information recorded on the tape. The other gap portion is so designed as to apply a magnetic field just intense enough to minimize the distortion ratio.

There is disclosed a compact print head utilizing printing bands, coaxial drive wheels, a single selector for the drive wheels and support structure by which two or more lines of data can be printed on a record or other suitable surface.

Disclosed is a magnetic head used for a vertical magnetizing system comprising a core having a pair of leg portions and an auxiliary magnetic pole which is arranged so as to face both leg portions. A closed magnetic path is formed by the core and the auxiliary magnetic pole. A sharp edge is formed at each end of the leg portions. A magnetic recording medium passes through the gap between the sharp edges and the auxiliary magnetic pole. When the magnetic recording medium passes through the gap, a...

A high-power laser head has a neodymium-doped glass rod as its active material and a source of light for exciting the glass rod to make it amplify laser radiation at 1.06 microns wavelength. The light source tends to illuminate the outer portions of the rod better than its axial zone thereby exciting the rod un-evenly. However, the outwardly directed light from the light source is collected by a spherical reflector and refocussed on a ruby laser which is aimed along the axial zone of the glass r...

A sprinkler spray head consisting of three components preferably molded of plastic material, namely, a body member, a cap member and a flow control member. The mounting and sealing of the components is such that several different spray patterns can be obtained by utilizing several different cap member configurations with the same body and flow control members. The operation of the flow control member is such that flow control adjustment can be obtained by a turning movement from a center positio...

A roofer's mop comprises a plurality of glass yarns with randomly disposed fibers bound together in a fixture to provide a lightweight, bulky mop head which will withstand temperatures in excess of 800.degree. F. to spread molten tar for prolonged periods of usage.

A head covering made of a flexible material and comprising a crown, brim and pocket. The pocket is attached inside-out to the interior of the crown and is dimensioned so that the crown and brim can be stored within the pocket by turning the pocket inside-in and stuffing the crown and brim into the pocket.

This invention discloses an extruder head having a cavity whose shape can be visualized with reference to a model. The model is a circular tube having a wall thickness which is constant at any given distance from one end. The tube is split longitudinally at or near one end and unfolded gradually into the form of a flat sheet at the other end. Extrudate which enters the cavity in a solid, circular cross-sectional configuration is shaped into the form of the unsplit portion of the model by a mandr...