Showing papers on "Guard (information security) published in 1992"

Self closing hinged syringe guard

Abstract: A syringe is molded with an integral needle cover or guard that pivots about a main living hinge on the side of the syringe near the base of the needle. A tension spring formed from an L shaped integrally molded part of the syringe and guard extends from a location closer to the syringe than the main living hinge to the center part of the pivoting guard. The user, while holding the syringe with one hand, can extend a finger to initiate rotation of the guard toward the needle. This extends the tension spring at first, but beyond a certain angle, the tension spring contracts again, pulling the guard the rest of the way into a position surrounding the needle.

Custom fit body guards

Abstract: A custom fit body part guard or shield is disclosed which includes a thin shell formed from an ionomer resin which has a softening temperature within the range of 60°-80° C. The shell material of approximately 1-6 millimeters thickness is partially molded to fit the area of the body where the device is intended to be used. A layer of perforated foam material can be adhered to the inside surface of the guard to further protect the user's skin and absorb or distribute impact energy during use. By holding the guard under ordinary hot tap water it can be softened to a moldable consistency. By firmly applying and holding the guard on the surface of the area of the body where it is intended to be used and allowing the guard to cool to ambient temperature the guard will take a permanent set to a custom shape which follows the exact shape and contour of the body part. The device can be arranged to protect passive areas of the body, such as the shin or forearms or can be used to protect body joints, such as elbows or knees.

Disposable surgical scalpel with safety guard

Abstract: A scalpel including an elongated handle having an engaging surface located on the handle, a blade carried by the handle adjacent one end thereof and a guard movably mounted to the handle for sliding movement relative to the handle between a protective position covering the blade and a retracted position exposing the blade for use The guard includes side members extending downwardly from an upper surface The side members are positioned adjacent opposite sides of the handle and the resiliency of the guard forces the inner surfaces of the side members into engagement with the engaging surface of the handle The guard is movably along the engaging surface in response to sliding movement of the guard relative to the handle In a further form, the guard is slidable into a permanently locked position relative to the handle, thereby preventing reuse of the scalpel and inadvertent exposure of the blade

When the guards guard themselves: Undercover tactics turned inward

Abstract: The perennial issue of “who guards the guards?” has taken a new turn in the U.S. with the increased use of covert means to ferret out corruption among police, prison guards, prosecutors, defense attorneys and judges. This specialized use is located within the recent general expansion of undercover policing in the United States. Theoretical issues involved in controlling the controllers, empirical examples, intended and unintended consequences and the policy issues this raises are discussed.

Trigger guard for a firearm

Abstract: A safety device for a firearm that prevents access to the trigger and, thus, unauthorized operation of the same. The device comprises a frame, a first element on the frame, a second element which is movable on the frame and means for securing the second element on the frame at a selected distance from the first element so as to capture therebetween and render inoperable the trigger. The securing means requires some degree of manual dexterity to operate so as to discourage a child from removing the device from the firearm.

Guard rail detecting device

Abstract: A guard rail detecting device mounted on a motor vehicle comprises: two image sensors spaced (3, 4) vertically to sense a scene in front of the motor vehicle; window setting means (12) for setting a plurality of windows on the display screen (11) at predetermined positions; distance calculating means (10) for calculating the distances from the vehicle to the parts of the guard rail (5) which are held as images in the windows; means (10) for predicting the curvature of the guard rail from the distances thus calculated.

A Changing of the Guard: Anglo-American Relations, 1941-1946

Abstract: Between 1941 and 1946, in response to the devastation caused by World War II, memories of the Great Depression, and the prospect of Soviet expansion, a group of politicians, diplomats, and economists in the United States and Great Britain sought to repair the ruined economies of Europe and secure economic prosperity for America. Their program, which became known as multilateralism, called for reduced quotas on imports, lowered tariffs, the abandonment of currency exchange controls, and economic decision making by international bodies. Randall Woods explores this attempt to create an interdependent world economy and sets it against the broader political and strategic backdrop of the period.In the United States, multilateralism attracted New Deal liberals because it proposed to help not only the established economic interests but traditionally disadvantaged groups such as farmers and industrial workers as well. Moderate socialists in Britain also lent their support to a liberalized trading system, as did many conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic, believing that the program would preserve some degree of free enterprise in the international economy.Unfortunately for its disciples, Woods argues, multilateralism was so modified by the forces of isolationism and economic nationalism--and by bureaucratic politics in the United States--that it failed to achieve its economic and strategic goals. The international economy that emerged after World War II was not an equitable partnership and merely finalized the fifty-year process by which the United States supplanted Great Britain as the arbiter of Western Capitalism. In the end, modified multilateralism hampered rather than facilitated the free flow of goods and capital, and it did little to promote social democracy.

Splash and overspray guard

Abstract: A portable splash and overspray guard has a substantially oval shape and includes a surrounding wall structure for catching and transporting accumulated waste fluids. The splash and overspray guard may be adhesively attached to a toilet seat for use with a toilet.

Communication network intended for secure transmissions

Abstract: A secure communications network having different types of subscriber terminals (1-4) and switching modules (7-8) connected to other switching modules in the network includes cryptographic devices (13-15) where at least one of the cryptographic devices is a cryptographic-pool device having a number of cryptographic modules (35) wherein the cryptographic-pool device is physically separated from the switching modules (7,8), and wherein at least one of the cryptographic-pool devices (13-18) is within a security guard (9 or 10) connected between a switching module (7 or 8) and the network. A security guard may include routing devices (32,31) or handling control signals that specify protection criteria. A managing device (30) may also be included within a security guard for deciding the manner for carrying a communication channel through the security guard and for setting out rules for governing security-guard decision-making. The managing device may be selectively controlled both on-line and off-line.

Chain saw cutter bar and safety guard

Abstract: A chain saw safety guard is provided for protecting against accidental contact with the longitudinal side edges of a chain saw cutter bar. The safety guard includes a generally U-shaped guard member having two parallel guard rails which extend to the open end of the U and a cross-piece or cross-member at the closed end of the U. The guard is supported on the cutter bar at its forward or outermost end by means of a track on the bar and a follower coupled to the guard member. The guard rails are supported near the proximal end of the cutter bar on slidable supports which allow the rails to move longitudinally along the cutter bar to retract and expose the cutting edges of the saw. A telescoping version of the guard member, in which the guard rails telescope into a more compact configuration, is also disclosed. A movable track on the cutter bar, in the form of a longitudinal slot through the bar, helps cool the cutter bar.

Spray gun trigger guard apparatus

Abstract: A spray gun formed with an elongate housing, with an outlet nozzle directed from the housing cooperative from a housing handle reservoir and operative through a trigger plate pivotally mounted relative to the housing. The trigger plate includes spaced end walls, with "U" shaped guard members mounted to the end walls. A "U" shaped guard member includes first and second leg plates that are parallel relative to one another and extend through respective first and second enclosed slots between the "U" shaped guards and the first and second end walls. The leg plates include spaced abutments for cooperation with the guards, with the "U" shaped guard member including an interposed spring between the guard member and the handle reservoir to bias the abutments in cooperation with the "U" shaped guards. Manual depression of the guard member against the spring displaces the abutments relative to the "U" shaped permitting operation and pivotment of the trigger plate to effect operation of the spray gun.

Splash guard for portal type machine tool

Abstract: A splash guard for the portal type machine tool, having a movable front splash guard provided in front of a cross rail and movable in the direction of a travel of a table, the movable front splash guard enclosing a working space above the table, a fixed front splash guard provided above the bed and enclosing the front end of the bed, the movable front splash guard being telescopically associated with the fixed front splash guard, a fixed rear splash guard provided above the bed and enclosing the rear end of the bed, a telescopic portal splash guard provided between the movable front splash guard and the cross rail, the portal splash guard being contactable with the movable front splash guard and telescopically following the spindle head when the spindle head travels along the cross rail. The movable front splash guard, the fixed front splash guard, the fixed rear splash guard and the telescopic portal splash guard enclose the overall working space above the table.

Switch point guard rail

Abstract: An adjustable switch point guard rail assembly for use adjacent the switch point of a railway switch. The adjustable guard rail assembly is comprised of a plurality of support chairs and an adjustable guard rail. The sdjustable guard rail includes a surface for engaging and laterally urging the wheels of rolling stock in a direction toward the centerline of the trackwork. Also disclosed is an apparatus for laterally adjusting and fastening the wheel engaging surface of the adjustable guard rail to a variety of positions toward or away from the switch point within a given range of lateral movement.

Guard rail assembly hook

Abstract: A hook for a guard rail assembly has a vertical and a horizontal leg at one end adapted to engage a guard rail and a fastener receptacle at the other end adapted to receive a resilient fastener.

Improvements to curved shutterings

Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide users with curved shutterings which are more effective. It consists of two shutterings arranged face to face and equipped with truss girders (3) and (4) whose geometry can be varied by acting on the jacks (5) and (7) resulting in an adaptation to the desired radius of the flexible wall (1), of the platform consisting of elements (19), and of the guard rails (12), with rail and mid-rail (14). Application to all types of structures using curved shutterings, particularly in the building industry and public works (civil engineering).

Disk drive apparatus having head guard

Abstract: A disk drive apparatus for recording and reproducing desired information on and from floppy disks, is simply and thinly structured and has an excellent shock resistance. The disk unit includes a support for carrying a pair of heads for pinching a magnetic disk from both sides thereof and for reading and writing information thereon supported on respective carriages that can move the pair of heads to a desired track on the disk, and a holder, supported by the support, for storing a disk cartridge. The holder is provided with a head guard movable between a guarding position where the head guard is inserted between the pair of heads to prevent the pair of heads from abutting each other and a withdrawn position where the head guard is withdrawn from between the pair of heads, and a spring for urging and moving the head guard to the guarding position. The head guard moves from the guarding position to the withdrawn position when one end of the disk cartridge to be stored in the holder abuts with a part of the head guard.

Frame guard system

Abstract: A frame guard system comprises forward and backward guard circuits respectively having different guard stage numbers. A time after output of a frame alignment signal until first arrival of a pseudo out-of-frame signal is measured and the guard stage number of the forward guard circuit is switched in accordance with the measured time; whereas, a time after stoppage of the output of the frame alignment signal until first arrival of a pseudo synchronization signal is measured and the guard stage number of the backward guard circuit is switched in accordance with the measured time. In this way, since the respective guard stage numbers of the forward and backward guard circuits can be changed depending on a situation, the out-of-frame state after the determination of the synchronization can be prevented and thus a stable communication can be realized at all times.

Safety gate for school bus

Abstract: A safety gate for a school bus or similar conveyance. The gate is mounted on the front bumper of the vehicle and includes a barrier both in front of the bumper and between the bumper and the front wheel of the bus. Both barriers can be dropped from a travel height, in which the bus can travel on the roads, to a lower or guard height in which the barrier is close to the surface of the road so that people--particularly children--cannot go over or beneath the barriers in a location out of the view of the driver.

Automobile handle guard plate

Abstract: An improved automobile handle guard plate assembly which provides added strength via a lipped brace which overlays and strengthens a security plate. The security plate and the brace are secured together with an adhesive and positioned between the exterior door handle and the automobile's door. The door handle is permitted easy access to the locking mechanism within the door via an opening in the security plate. A thief trying to enter the automobile by accessing the locking mechanism through the door, finds a security plate to prevent access and a brace on the security plate to preventing deformation of the security plate.

Telescoping guard baton with rotatable cross handle

Abstract: A crosshandled guard baton which comprises a hollow club and a crosshandle which is branched thereon at a place toward a club end. The inventive guard baton is featured in accommodating at least one slender cylindrical member in the hollow space of the club, in retracted form usually, thereby so saving in the point of space or length needed to be carried by a user, and in case of need, this retracted member can extend telescopically out of the club end to form a kind of pseudo-sword, hence so convenient to the police or guard personnel.

Toe guard for an elevator

Abstract: A toe guard for an elevator is disclosed, at least part of which consists of a structure penetrable to air flow, thus diminishing the tendency of the toe guard to increase the air flow in the space between the front wall of the elevator car and the shaft wall.

Space efficient fan guard

Abstract: A fan comprises a pair of guard halves which surround an impeller. One of the guard halves is smaller than the other guard half, such that the smaller of the two may be stacked within the larger to reduce the required space for packaging. Due to the inventive construction, the required space for packaging the guard is substantially reduced over prior art structures which have guard halves of approximately equal dimensions. Further, an inventive packing structure is disclosed wherein the individual components of a guard/impeller subassembly are securely packaged relative to each other. In particular, an impeller is positioned within the stacked guard halves, and secured at a relatively fixed positioned by resilient packing materials. The guard halves are preferably formed by a number of radially and circularly extending wires. A plurality of foam blocks are spaced in the stacked guard halves, at positions spaced from the impeller. When a second subassembly including a pair of guard halves is stacked within the first pair of guard halves, the wires forming the first and second pair of guard halves dig into these foam blocks, locking the two guard/impeller subassemblies relative to each other.

Dental Health in the Army Reserves and National Guard--A Mobilization Problem

Abstract: : During mobilization for the Persian Gulf War, the dental health of Army Reserve and National Guard soldiers became a subject of widespread interest. Indeed, at one time or another, this issue commanded the attention of the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Reserve Forces Policy Board, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, and the United States Congress. In an Army Times article, a National Guard general officer listed dental problems in Guard and Reserve units among the major obstacles they had to overcome while preparing for deployment. This same conclusion was reached by the General Accounting Office (GAO) following an investigation of readiness issues in National Guard roundout brigades. In its report, the GAO concluded that, had they been needed, ... the ability of each of the three brigades to deploy quickly would have been hampered significantly because many soldiers had severe dental ailments.