Abstract: A massaging machine includes a base support frame, at least one conveyor belt assembly having a pair of horizontally spaced apart drums rotatable on horizontal axes and supporting an endless belt, and a plurality of free-turning belt-spanning rolers engaging the under surface of the upper run of the endless belt to rollingly support it generally in a horizontal plane, and means for driving the endless belt in reciprocal motion. A bed of massage disc is supported by the endless belt and includes a plurality of horizontally spaced parallel axles with their outer ends linked together by pivotable links, and each axle rotatably supporting a pluraltity of free-turning massage discs, and the length of the bed of massage discs being shorter than the endless belt by a predetermined distance.

Abstract: An open-topped coin collection box is mounted within a cabinet-like enclosure upon which is mounted a slot machine which is adapted to discharge coins downwardly to the collection box. The collection box is slidably supported on an inclined surface which slopes to an opening in the front wall of the cabinet through which the coin box, supported on the inclined surface, may slidably move outward of the cabinet enclosure under the urging of gravitational force. The coin box has a key operated lock for securing it in a fully enclosed position in which the front wall of the coin box will cover the front wall opening.

Abstract: Apparatus for lifting and rendering mobile for movement about a floor, a stand upon which a plurality of slot machines are mounted, the stand having a front wall and a rear wall, and a top wall upon which the slot machines are mounted, the invention including wheel-equipped lifting assemblies that are removably mountable to the stand, and each lifting assembly comprising a horizontally extending cross-bar that spans the stand top and lies adjacent thereto, and a pair of wheeled upright members attachable to opposite ends of the cross-bar and lying adjacent the stand side walls, the upper part of each upright being adapted to slidably embrace the cross-bar to firmly hold it at about 90.degree. to the cross bar and to be adjustable therealong with a device to releasably clamp the cross-bar to the upright member.

Abstract: A safety latch for the hydraulic power release mechanism on a low-slung, floor-mounted portable hydraulic lifting jack of the type operated by an elongated handle that is pumped back and forth in order to raise a lifting arm, and which handle may be twisted about its longitudinal axis to release hydraulic pressure and lower the lifting arm, is disclosed. The safety latch will releasably hold the handle against twisting.

Abstract: Apparatus for lockably covering a rotatable article, such as a doorknob, fuel can cap, and the like, so as to prevent the grasping of the rotatable article, the invention including an axially extending pin attachable to the rotatable article to extend axially therefrom, and the pin having an outer end that is shaped for grasping, the apparatus of the invention further including a covering cap with a generally cylindrical main wall and which cap is open at one end, and also having a circular front wall with a generally cylindrical wall extending therefrom, the circular wall of the cap having a central aperture therein for freely receiving therethrough the pin so that the cap is freely rotatable about the pin, wherein the rotatable article is substantially received within the confines of the cap and completely surrounded thereby. There is lock means for releasably engaging the outer, shaped end of the pin so as to prevent the outward removal of the shielding cap.

Abstract: Floor tile for being removably applied over the floor panels of a raised access floor system is disclosed. A tile has a generally square base portion with a generally planar major top surface and a planar major bottom surface, and features flanges that extend downwardly from each of the four edges of the base portion. A square of carpet is bonded to the top surface of the base portion. Opposing pairs of the flanges are spaced apart such that a tile may be placed over a floor panel with inner surfaces of tile flanges lying closely adjacent downwardly extending edges of the floor panel to support the tile against lateral movement upon the panel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a can-like container adapted with internal structure which allows the container to be filled with a liquid combination of a major liquid component, such as gasoline, and a liquid contaminant such as water which is immiscible with and more dense than the major component, and which container structure allows the major liquid component to be poured from the container while the contaminant liquid is retained in an internal compartment of the container. There is an internal vertical divider wall that makes sealing connection with the top and side walls of the container and which has a lower edge at a set distance below the top of the container. An opening in the container top lies adjacent the top edge of the internal wall, to one side of that wall. The other side of the internal wall, in conjunction with portions of the container top and side walls forms a water trapping zone.

Abstract: Bolting apparatus for use with countertop panels and the like of wooden and laminate construction, for securing a first such panel to a second panel, with an edge of the first panel engaging an edge of the second panel, the disclosure including a draw bolt and attached pressure plate members for engaging depressions in the underside of the two panels and the draw bolt spanning the engaging panel edges, the draw bolt being quickly tightenable to draw the engaging panel edges tightly together.

Abstract: An expandable broadhead for a hunting arrow includes a first elongate member having a rear end adapted to be releasably attached to the front end of an arrow shaft and a longitudinally extending forward portion. There is a second elongate member that has a tipped front end and a rearwardly extending portion adapted to slidably connect with the longitudinally extending forward portion of the first member, and for guiding the second member in axial movement relative to the first member from a forward position to a rearward position. Each of a pair of blades with sharpened outer edges has a front end that is pivotally connected to the second elongate member. There is a pair of linking arms, each arm having a rear end that is pivotally connected to the first elongate member and a forward end that pivotally connects with a blade at a point therealong spaced from the front end of the blade.

Abstract: This invention is puzzle shaped units that preferably are filled with concrete or sand and interlocked in such a way as to form one ballast unit that will lay flat on the floor of a vehicle's normal cargo carrying area. These puzzle shaped units can be arranged in many ways to best fit the cargo space and ballast weight requirements of any vehicle. They are made in such a way and of such a weight that they are easy to take in and out as the need arises.

Abstract: A toilet, particularly adapted for handling liquid and solid bodily waste in a zero gravity environment, including a housing with a main wall having a central waste-receiving opening therein, and a plurality of toroidal elements in close stacked relationship in a coaxial array that extends inwardly of the housing from the central opening, and a flexible, resilient inner wall of each element being inwardly expandable and retractable, and air compression and suction means in flow communication with each element for pneumatically expanding and contracting the flexible wall of each element. A flexible bag has an open end that mounts about the central opening, an elongated neck portion that is embraced by the toroidal elements, and another portion for accumulating waste material. The bag is porous to gases and impervious to solids and liquids. Spray means can inject a water spray at the central opening, and housing exhaust means can cause airflow into the open end of the bag and out through its porous walls.

Abstract: An improved padlock having a main, generally rectangular case with walls that enclose a locking mechanism, and including a top wall with at least one shaft-receiving bore, and the case having side wall portions that extend upwardly beyond the case top wall and surround the at least one bore, and the top wall having a portion that is shaped for grasping. A latching head is disposed above the main case to which it is connected by at least one shaft extending from the latching head through the at least one bore for lockable engagement with the locking mechanism. The upwardly extending wall portions of the case slidably embrace the outer surface of the latching head to shield the at least one shaft and to guide the latching head in limited vertical movement from a padlock open position, in which a shaped portion of the latching head lower wall is spaced apart from the shaped portion of the case top wall, to a locked position in which these shaped portions are brought together.

Abstract: Disclosed is a heliostat assembly having a circular, ring mounted reflector which is driven and supported by an arrangement of elongated levers. A pair of levers are spaced apart and pivotally mounted at their lower ends, and have upper ends which are linked to the heliostat ring at diametrically opposite horizontally spaced location, by way of ball-and-socket type joints. A third lever has a first end similarly mounted to the heliostat ring at a location below and mid-way between the connections of the lever pair. Assuming the assembly is located in a south-facing heliostat field, the third lever extends generally southward to its second end which is mounted for movement about a horizontal axis. By driving each one of the lever pair in opposite directions the heliostat may be turned for solar tracking. The heliostat may also be driven to a protective stow position by pivoting the lever pair southwardly together in parallel, until the heliostat is turned to a horizontal, face-down position.

Abstract: System for rescuing occupants of a tall building having at least one generally planar windowed face is disclosed, which system includes a first and a second boom mounted respectively at opposite sides of the building face at a building level above that face. Each boom has a retracted position and is shiftable to a cantilevered position in which its outer end overhangs the side of the building. A first and a second hoist cable extends respectively from the outer ends of the booms. A rescue cage has a top, a bottom and a flexible, collapsible, heat-shielding wall extending between the peripheries of the top and bottom to provide a shielded compartment. A pair of hoists are mounted to the cage top and engage individually the first and second hoist cables in order to drivingly support the cage adjacent the building face. The hoists are controllable so as to be driven differentially to move the cage transversely of the building face, and driven in the same direction for vertical motion.

Abstract: A method is disclosed by which an article of art comprising a mosaic-like pictorial design may be made. The pictorial design comprises an arrangement of a plurality of flat, colored pieces of material, with each piece having the configuration of a square, a triangle or a rectangle. The pieces are pictorially arranged by visually following a separate, mosaic-like pattern of numerically color-coded shapes which lie on a grid pattern of intersecting transverse and longitudinal lines which form rows of equal-sized squares and wherein the coded shapes are square, with the size of a grid square, triangular, and rectangular; the triangular shape formed by diagonally bisecting a square, and each rectangular shape by bisecting a square with a line parallel to a transverse or longitudinal line.