Abstract: An apparatus for dividing embryos that are maintained in a flushing or saline solution is provided for removable insertion within a test tube-like container having an open container end and a sealed rounded end. The apparatus assembles within or without the container and includes a generally cylindrical partition cup having a rounded end that conforms to the rounded sealed end of the container and an elongated cylindrical central barrel having an elongated chamber, the central barrel having a portion thereof which is placed contiguous to the partition cup. The apparatus also includes an elongated, generally cylindrical embryo guide funnel having a funnel-shaped end further defined by an elongated member. The elongated member further defines a tubular passageway that allows the embryo to pass therethrough for division or bisection by a cutting edge attached to the partition cup and positioned adjacent the passageway.

Abstract: A method of collecting data to indicate certain internal conditions during the function of a glass container forming machine, and apparatus for the practice of the method including sensing devices within a plunger cycling mechanism of the machine for transmitting information from the mechanism during the operation of the machine.

Abstract: A liquid circulating device is provided for submersion in a large holding tank to effect continuous mixing and circulation of a liquid material, such as sewage sludge, contained therein in order to facilitate the digestion of the liquid material for environmentally safe disposal. The apparatus of the present invention includes an upright, elongated stackpipe secured to the floor of the holding tank and a gas bubble generator mounted to the stackpipe for generating gas bubbles into the stackpipe. The gas bubble generator includes an interior chamber with a substantially open bottom, a pair of baffle members transversely extending within the interior chamber and an inverted cone-shaped member positioned between, and in spaced adjacency to, each baffle member. Gas under pressure is discharged into the interior chamber of the bubble generator by a gas supply line attached to an externally located compressor.

Abstract: A portable apparatus disposed on a level surface for dispensing compactly rolled material such as successively attached sheets or pads, either singly or several at a time for polishing, buffing, abrading, etc., automobiles and other types of vehicles. The apparatus includes an inverted U-shaped frame member having a front portion, an intermediate curved handle portion, and a back bracing portion. A pair of spaced-apart mounting bars are attached to the front portion for rotatably receiving thereon the compactly rolled material. A finger mounting bar is attached to the back bracing portion and has attached, at each end, a pair of pivotally mounted, elongated fingers which are adapted to press down upon and contact the rolled material that is rotatably mounted on the mounting bars.

Abstract: A device for crushing cans and cutting plastic containers to facilitate efficient, space-saving storage, compact disposal, and recycling of the material. The device includes a rigid base member adapted for placement on a level surface, a handle plate portion pivotally connected to the base member and adapted for crushing cans, a handle projecting outwardly from the handle plate portion and adpated for manual gripping, and a longitudinally-extending groove located on the base member. A pair of oppositely-disposed sculpted recesses for holding a can upright while the handle plate portion is pivoted downward for engaging and crushing the can are located adjacent the groove. A removable crushing plate is adapted for placement over the groove to support a can positioned lengthwise thereon for crushing by the handle plate portion. Projecting up through the groove is a rotary blade which is driven by a motor unit located within the base member.

Abstract: For the training, exercise, scientific study, and monitoring of quadrupeds in general, and for particular utilization with thoroughbred racehorses, a movable physical exercise treadmill having a tripartite frame including a first elongated main frame for disposition on a floor surface; a second intermediate inclinable frame positioned on the main frame; and a third conveyor belt supporting frame contained within and supported by the second frame. A system is provided for inclining the second frame, and also for pivoting, along a longitudinal axis, the third frame with respect to the second frame. A generally longitudinal endless belt is slidably supported within the third frame and moves about transversely-extending rollers, and the quadruped's exercise occurs on a topmost movable belt surface.

Abstract: A movable grain storage unloading apparatus for removing corn and other farm product material from a silo and conveying the corn to an adjacent container. The apparatus includes an elongated horizontal frame section for insertion within a silo, a generally upwardly-inclined frame section attached to the horizontal frame section from which corn is discharged, a pair of laterally-extending guards attached to the upwardly-inclined frame section, and a flat, non-moving conveyor bed extending from a lower reach of the horizontal frame section to an upper reach of the upwardly-inclined frame section and adapted for the conveyance of corn thereon. The apparatus includes a pair of endless linked chains adjacent the conveyor bed with vertically-extended crosspieces secured therebetween, the linked chains adapted for slidable movement on the conveyor bed and the crosspieces adapted for facilitating corn removal by directing the corn therealong.

Abstract: A free-standing, portable basketball retrieval and return apparatus for collecting and returning a succession of shot basketballs to a practicing player includes a vertically-extensible and collapsible support frame, support arms pivotally connected to the support frame, and netting material attached to the support arms for retrieving and collecting shot basketballs and a chute permanently secured to the netting material for directing retrieved basketballs therethrough to a guideway. The basketballs are then directed from the guidewall to an elongated, extensible ramp and therealong to a ramp barrier whereupon the practicing player can retrieve the returned basketballs in order to continue uninterrupted practice shooting. Means are provided, preferably in the form of wheels, which, in combination with the collapsible support frame, enables movement of the apparatus as a unit between its operative position and a storage location as a one-man operation.

Abstract: In stationary equipment including a system for successively conveying curved glass sheets in a linear horizontal pathway through washing and rinsing zones, and than a drying zone, upper and lower air knife assemblies are utilized in the drying zone for simultaneously directing pressurized air streams on the opposite broad surfaces of the glass sheets to effect drying action. Each air knife assembly comprises an elongated bendable casing formed into a plenum disposed transverse to the pathway, with each plenum having a longitudinally extending slot serving as an orifice for emitting the air stream against the glass surface. The slot is defined by parallel spaced flexible strips sealed in longitudinal disposition on the casing. The strips, with the casing to which they are sealed, are adapted to be selectively adjustably shaped to generally conform to various glass sheet configurations.

Abstract: A unified structure defining a liquid dispensing apparatus mounted on a stand pipe that protrudes outwardly through an outlet passage in a tubular fitting and is adapted to be sealably mounted in one end of a liquid container. The structure also includes a dispensing valve fixed on the outer end of the stand pipe and projecting laterally therefrom, and a pair of spaced clamp members that extend in a laterally direction opposite to the dispensing valve and having a configuration which provides clamping supports for a high pressure gas canister and a manually operable hand pump in a linear arrangement relative to the direction of projection of the dispensing valve. The tubular fitting in the container includes an inlet passage which is connected to a pressure regulator valve mounted on the gas canister by a pressure supply line.

Abstract: A safety device for stabilizing the upper end of a ladder against the exterior wall of a building or other resting surface comprising a tubular body of a length greater than the typical ladder width and having coaxial and coextensive inner and outer contiguous tubular sections. The inner tubular section is a normally rigid temporarily deformable member and the other tubular section is a resilient slip-resistant sheath. The tubular body is provided with spaced-apart longitudinally aligned openings permitting insertion-registration of ends of the ladder stiles, and straps are provided for removably securing the device to the ladder.

Abstract: A device permitting movement of a cow's tail while the cow is in its stall and which will maintain the tail elevated when the animal is lying down to avoid tail contact with the animal's droppings. The device includes an elongated elastic cord for extension from a fixed overhead point to an integral tubular sleeve wrapped on the animal's tail near its end to absorb the shock of directional change when the animal swings its tail. The sleeve is adapted to retain its normal position adjacent the tail's distal end and to slip free from its engagement on the tail if the animal breaks free from its stall, thereby avoiding tail injury.

Abstract: A device mounted above a cow in its stall for causing the animal to move rearwardly by applying pressure to its shoulders when the animal arches its back for the purpose of defecating or urinating. By moving rearwardly, the animal's droppings will be deposited in the stall's gutter. The device includes a pair of spaced rod members interconnected by a connecting rod. One of the rod members has an integral elongated bar at its lower end situated horizontally above the animal's shoulders and extends normal to the stall's length. The connecting rod includes pivot shafts on each end with each supporting a pair of knob-controlled mating clutch members for manually effecting their release and binding engagement. Manual control of the clutch members permits the rod members and connecting rod to readily located the elongated bar in any desired position.

Abstract: A hub assembly comprising a pair of hub members, each having a tubular body or bushing portion which is centrally bored to enable the hub members to be slid onto a shaft or axle of uniform circular cross-section. The hub members are adapted to be disposed on the shaft to support a wheel element, and their tubular bodies are adapted to be interfitted one in the other, thus establishing an annular seat for the wheel element. One of the tubular bodies in insertably slidably received into a substantially large bore of the other tubular body and both tubular bodies are configured such that they bindingly lock to each other and to the shaft as a function of limited manual rotation of one hub member relative to the other. Reverse rotation acts to release the locking action.

Abstract: For a toilet structure or lavatory bowl having a hinged seat and lid, a device is provided for attachment on the lid undersurface for automatically starting the seat to pivot on its hinge from its upright and toward its horizontal position. The device comprises a planar base secured to the lid and a movable element preferably carried at the end of a leaf spring projecting at an acute angle to the base. The movable element is temporarily adhered to the outer surface of the base when it is driven into contact therewith by the force of the seat being pivotally raised to its upright position. The adherence of the movable member to the base is adapted to be automatically released after a brief time delay whereby it snaps back to its original normal position, thereby impacting against the seat and causing the seat to pivot a sufficient distance from its generally upright position whereby the force of gravity completes the return of the seat to its horizontal disposition.

Abstract: For mounting a dual socket switch, or similar electrical fitting or accessory to a junction box, a method of stabilizing the mounting and a deformable shim adapted for slidable securement, one on each of two mounting screws, for pressed deformation between the fitting and the junction box to thereby rigidify the fitting in its attachment to the junction box as an incidence of the fitting's installation.

Abstract: An impervious refractory plug clad in a metal canister, adapted for insertable registration in an opening in a refractory block of a ladle, is provided with an array of narrow peripheral passages formed in the plug's lateral surface to distribute a flow of inert gas into molten metal within the ladle. The passages are defined by slots preformed in the plug's peripheral surface and the inner surface of the tightly fitted canister. An elongated metallic strip is preferably located in each passage to induce solidification of any molten metal which tends to flow against the output ends of the passages.