Insertion device for pressure testing

Test device which introduces either pressure or vacuum into a test pipe or tube, is insertable into the tested item where it secures itself into position and requires no external support. The unit has an operating range from zero to 25,000 psig and to any vacuum level that available equipment can reach

Replaceable filters and cones for flared-tubing connectors

Connector is modified by machining the cone from one end before the fitting is bored to accommodate a metallic-filament type of slip-in filter. Thus, when surface of the cone is damaged, only the cone needs replacement

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS - HOME RULE AMENDMENTS - CONFLICT BETWEEN LOCAL AND STATE LAW

The petitioner, on behalf of the city of Akron, applied for a writ of mandamus to compel the board of health of the city to apply the municipal civil service regulations to the employees of the board. In 1912, Ohio had adopted a so-called home rule amendment to its constitution, under authority of which the city had formulated its charter. By statute, each city in Ohio constitutes a city health district, and the officers thereof are appointed by the mayor of the city with the consent of the city council. The state statutes make no express reference to civil service regulations. Held, writ denied. The board of health is a distinct agency of the state. Consequently, municipal civil service rules are inapplicable to the employees of the board. State ex rel. Mowrer v. Underwood, 61 Ohio App. 103, 22 N. E. (2d) 424 (I939)

TRADE RESTRAINTS-FAIR TRADE ACTS - USE OF TRADING STAMPS

The plaintiff filed a bill in equity to restrain by injunction an alleged violation of the Pennsylvania Fair Trade Act. The violation charged was the issuance by the defendant retailer of yellow trading stamps, when requested, on all purchases of merchandise, including trade-marked articles manufactured by the plaintiff in relation to which, as the defendant well knew, the plaintiff had made contracts fixing the resale price. The chancellor dismissed the bill. Held, judgment affirmed. The issuance of the trading stamps was not a violation of the Fair Trade Act. Even assuming that it was a violation, the invasion was not substantial enough to warrant an injunction. Two justices dissented. Bristol-Myers Co. v. Litt Bros., Inc., 336 Pa. 81, 6 A. (2d) 843 (1939)

TAXATION - INHERITANCE AND ESTATE TAXES - POWERS OF APPOINTMENT

From time immemorial, problems arising from the creation and exercise of powers of appointment have proven enigmatic to the judiciary. These problems are not decadent but still possess an abundance of vitality. The increased complexity of statutes imposing death taxes has tended to foment litigation. These two fertile sources of intricate problems, in combination, have borne the apprehended fruits. The taxation of powers of appointment has created problems of infinite variety, harassing alike the attorney, the judge and the legislator. The questions involved are not simply of academic or theoretical importance. Under our modern death tax statutes the questions are of primary practical significance, due to the fact that, while the power of -appointment is a useful and ingenious dispositive device, it may also be employed as an effective camouflage for a tax avoidance scheme

BANKS AND BANKING - LIABILITY OF BANK UPON PAYMENT OF THE CHECK OF AN INSANE DEPOSITOR WITHOUT NOTICE OF THE INSANITY

The plaintiff, as trustee for a depositor, sought in this action to charge the defendant bank with the amount of a check drawn by the depositor while insane. On the ground that the depositor was an inmate of the state hospital for the insane, the plaintiff had been appointed his trustee. Subsequent to this appointment, the depositor drew the check in question, and the defendant paid the amount of the check to the payee. Held, in the absence of actual or constructive knowledge of the insanity, a payment by a bank of the check of an insane depositor is a valid discharge of its obligation to the depositor. Poole v. Newark Trust Co., (Del. Super. Ct. 1939) 8 A. (2d) 10

Perturbation of an Eigen-Value from a Dense Point Spectrum : An Example

We study a perturbed Floquet Hamiltonian $K+\beta V$ depending on a coupling constant $\beta$. The spectrum $\sigma(K)$ is assumed to be pure point and dense. We pick up an eigen-value, namely $0\in\sigma(K)$, and show the existence of a function $\lambda(\beta)$ defined on $I\subset\R$ such that $\lambda(\beta) \in \sigma(K+\beta V)$ for all $\beta\in I$, 0 is a point of density for the set $I$, and the Rayleigh-Schr\"odinger perturbation series represents an asymptotic series for the function $\lambda(\beta)$. All ideas are developed and demonstrated when treating an explicit example but some of them are expected to have an essentially wider range of application.Comment: Latex, 24 pages, 51