Abstract: A dryer fabric and method for drying a web W of paper material is disclosed which includes passing the web through a dryer having a plurality of heated cylinders and holding the web in contact against the heated cylinders by means of a dryer fabric 24 arranged as an endless traveling dryer fabric. The dryer fabric includes a plurality of elongated helix means 30 extending in a cross-wise direction constructed from a polymeric material characterized by stress and heat resistance to which said fabric is subjected during endless travel about the rollers at elevated drying temperatures. Joint means 32 joins adjacent ones of helix means successively together in a machine direction to form an endless belt of desired dimension. Spaced upper and lower generally parallel loop runs 34a and 34b in the helix means 30 define a smooth generally flat paper contacting surface.

Abstract: A game apparatus is disclosed as including a vertical game board A having two playing faces 10 and 12 which includes a plurality of windows 12 and 14. A pair of color coded game playing pieces 30 and 32 is held completely captive in individual compartments B between the playing faces which are movable by manipulation of a hand device in and out of the window position to produce a game winning color pattern on the faces. Playing piece 30 includes magnetic material and device C includes a magnet by which pieces 30 and 32 are moved into the window position. All pieces may be simultaneously returned to a start position by tilting the game board.

Abstract: A device for assisting an erection of the male genital organ is disclosed including an evacuation cylinder A having a sealing flange 13 adjacent which a base 14 is carried flush for carrying elastic band 15. Flexible conduit 16 connects to a vacuum source at 18 and a valve 20 is closed to hold a partial vacuum in cylinder A and the organ erect while band 15 is released at just the right time to capture the erection.

Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus for use in aligning sections of pipe with respect to each other, and more particularly to aligning two sections of pipe 30 and 32 at a predetermined angle with respect to each other so that a joint between the pipe sections may be formed by welding and the like. The apparatus includes gauge devices 16 and 18 which slidably fit upon a leg 14 of a tool 10 having a second angularly oriented leg 12 such as a carpenter's square. Each gauge device includes a vertically movable gauge element 26 having gauge indicia 34 carried thereon. The gauge element 26 is advantageously in the form of a spring-loaded plunger which may be maintained within a bore 40 of the gauge device. Means for locking the gauge device in a spaced-apart relation is provided by wing nuts 22 and 24.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying sizing S to warp yarns W for weaving is disclosed. The method includes applying a concentrated solution having at least twenty percent solids and possibly up to eighty percent by applying the solution to the warps at the nip 22 of a pair of pressure rolls 12 and 14 where the bottom roll 14 is partially immersed in a slasher box and excess size solution is removed by means of a doctor blade 30. The warp yarns W are delivered directly to the nip. The doctor blade 30 is located downstream of nip 22 between the rollers such that there is no rollback of size at the nip and a desired add-on weight of size S is pressed into the yarns W. In a preferred embodiment, the application roller 14 has a relieved pattern surface 40 and the doctor blade 30 wipes the raised portions thereof leaving a metered amount in the relieved areas of the roll for application to the warps. Solution removed by the doctor blade rolls back to the slasher box.

Abstract: A guide device A is disclosed for attachment to a heddle frame to space and align adjacent heddle frames on a weaving loom during shedding which includes a pair of guide legs 26 and 28 which pivot from a guide position to a folded position for accommodating placement of the heddle frame on an automatic warp threading machine.

Abstract: A woven textile fabric and seam is disclosed for joining dryer fabrics and the like papermaking clothing constructed of multiply woven fabric belting wherein each of the ends of the belting is separated into continuous woven superposed plys permitting insertion and securing of seam webbing between the plys at each end of the belting. The seam webbing is illustrated sandwiched between the separated plys and completely enclosed therein when the plys and webbing are secured together so that interruption of the otherwise continuous belting is minimized. Having affixed the webbing at ends of the woven fabric in this manner, pintle loops may be interlaced and fastened securely together by the insertion of pintle material. One of the separated plys may be advantageously woven to provide pintle loops when folded upon itself.

Abstract: A floating crane apparatus is disclosed as including an annular float assembly comprising individual pontoon members detachably connected and interconnecting frame means which includes a bridge spanning a central opening in the annular float assembly by which a boom is operatively carried wherein the frame means includes foldable arms which may be folded with the pontoon members detached and nested beneath the bridge means to provide a configuration in which the floating crane apparatus may be transported. Propulsion means rotates the annular float assembly in a self-leveling manner to swing the boom laterally with reduced side loading.

Abstract: A decorative fowl provided for receiving articles is shaped to simulate an ornamental carved bird having an elongated body. A receptacle is provided in said elongated body having an opened top for receiving articles. A pair of wings is pivotally carried on the elongated body. A head simulating the head of a bird is rotatably carried adjacent a front top portion of the elongated body. Linkage means extend between the head and the pair of wings so that upon rotating the head from a first position to a second position, the wings are rotated from a position wherein they extend over the top of the receptacle providing a closure therefor to an opened outwardly extending diverging position providing access to the receptacle.

Abstract: A dental tool device and method is disclosed by which a smooth beveled surface may be formed on a shoulder of a tooth for receiving a crown fitting so that the joint therebetween is concealed as lying substantially below the gum-line and a solid seal is formed between the tooth and crown. The device includes a vibrating tool A having a shank 44 and contoured portion 46 which includes a contoured surface 48. Surface 48 is contoured and includes a coating 50 of diamond grit so as to form a smooth beveled surface 18 during vibration to finish a previously ground shoulder 14 in accordance with the invention. Tool A is adapted for attachment as an insert 34 into the handle 32 of a conventional ultrasonic dental instrument 30.

Abstract: A thread tensioning device includes spaced first and second thread passages A and B between which a brake member 18 is carried and a thread tensioning cylinder 28 is carried between the second thread passage and a third thread passage C whose position relative to the second passage means is variable to vary the extent of thread contact with the tensioning cylinder 28. In the event of machine stoppage, thread brake 18 holds the yarn against seat 16 to maintain thread taut about cylinder 28 to avoid thread breakage upon start-up.

Abstract: Apparatus for transferring eggs from an incubator setter tray having individualized compartments in which the eggs are contained to a hatcher tray in which the eggs are loose and co-mingled. The apparatus includes a main floor supported frame and a secondary frame rotatably carried by the main frame with carrier means affixed to the secondary rotating frame for holding and retaining the setter tray and hatcher tray in a superposed manner whereby one of the trays may be moved into an egg transfer position in relation to the other whereupon the secondary frame is rotated 180 degrees to transfer the eggs from the setter tray to the hatcher tray. The sequence may be automated for precision and reliability.

Abstract: An electrical power generation system includes a waterwheel contained within a housing enclosure above a water collection compartment, a water discharge nozzle in alignment with said waterwheel, means for delivering water to said discharge nozzle including a pump for returning water from the collection compartment, a portion of the output of the waterwheel being used to drive the pump, wherein the waterwheel includes fin elements having inclined water entrapping flange portions and is supported by means of an adjustable support to maintain the waterwheel dynamically balanced and in alignment with the discharge nozzle.

Abstract: A cooling fabric including a composite layered member carried coextensive with the object to be cooled. The composite layered member includes a lower nonporous layer, a middle porous layer, and an upper permeable light reflective and soil resistant layer. Water conveying channels are interposed between the nonporous and the porous layers so that upon opening of a valve, water from a source is fed through the channels and migrates through the porous layer and cools the object by evaporating through the permeable layer. When permenantly affixed to the roof of the vehicle, a drip pan is positioned below the roof of the vehicle for receiving condensate from the cooled air from within the vehicle.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is described and illustrated for maximizing the efficiency of a solar collector and the like as well as that of a liquid storage tank by maintaining the temperature of the liquid at the bottom of the tank at a relatively low point through the use of a temperature limiting valve which assures utilization of a major portion of the heat from the liquid by the load prior to transmission of the liquid below a predetermined temperature to a lower portion of the storage tank from which the liquid is again circulated as to a solar collector. Stratification is encouraged by introducing heated liquid from the collector to the storage tank at one or more raised positions, and by the use of velocity reducers such as are normally used to reduce turbulence, together with other temperature limiting apparatus which would limit the flow to high temperature liquid for efficient operation.

Abstract: An open-end spinning rotor (2) consisting of a basic member (8) and a rotor member (9). The basic member is carried by a bearing and drive element (81, 82, 83) and comprises a substantially radial supporting surface (80) with a centering surface (31) at its outer edge, with which a centering surface (40) of the rotor member (9) co-operates. A connecting element (5) which affords a detachable connection between basic member (8) and rotor member (9) is disposed separately from the centering surfaces (31, 40).