Abstract: A compact electronic data retrieval device allowing access to compressed data stored on interchangeable ROM chips. The chips which can contain directories, manuals or other materials that may be available for convenient access. The chips which are not easily copied may be economically distributing. Interchangeability of the chips is enhanced by a novel chip replacement system. The chip replacement system enabling a precise and easy way for the user of an electronic device to change a computer chip which is utilized in the electronic device. The chip is mounted onto a removable door in a manner to ensure proper placement of the chip and that proper forces are utilized to fit it within a chip socket. This system is particularly applicable to electronic appliances where a computer chip is used to carry large amounts of data and replaced from time to time.

Abstract: The can crusher herein is a pedal, and optionally arm powered, safe, can folding crusher which is vertically hopper fed. An optional flywheel stores mechanical energy during periods of non-maximum power demand to enable the crushing process to proceed with an even application of power. The form of the can folding crusher is that of an exercise bicycle having a horizontal ram which engages cans in a first stroke to prepare the can to be creased into a folded relationship, and in a second stroke in which the folding crushing occurs. The exit chamber is barely the diameter of an adult finger, and is designed to have a length which prohibits both adult and child fingers and hands from reaching any point near the crushing chamber. The feed hopper is adjustable for a variety of lengths of cans, and the seat is adjustable to accommodate a wide variety of human power providers.

Abstract: This tool simply and easily removes the tip of a high heel shoe using a grasping tool which is engagable with a bracket. The bracket supports the shoe and, in particular, the heel in a snug, protected position. The support area of the bracket is shaped and covered to protect the heel and shoe from damage while the tip of the high heel is removed. The bracket provides an adjustable height fulcrum point for the grasping tool to pull the tip of the high heel, while the grasping tool provides an adjustable grasping ability to grasp both large and small tips.

Abstract: A watering system which permits the convenient watering of potted plants and trees, in particular, evergreen trees, i.e. Christmas trees, in tree stands. The watering system is a tubular device having one end enlarged to form a funnel-like receptacle to receive the water or other liquid which is delivered via the tubular device to the pot or stand through an exit port at the opposite end. The base of the watering system is upheld upright by a band hooked about a projection on the watering system which supports the system against the base of a plant or tree. Between the two ends of the watering system, there is a bend which causes the funnel-like receptacle to extend beyond or into the foliage providing easy access for watering. Decorating elements may be added to camouflage or add ornamentation as desired. The watering system may be divided into several segments for convenience of storage and/or manufacturer.

Abstract: The muzzle loading rifle projectile has a cylindrical body, a hemispherically shaped nose and a hemispherically shaped depression in its base. The cylindrical body includes a band of diamond knurling or grooves and, adjacent the base end, a smooth band of a diameter slightly less than the outer diameter of the knurled band. A coating of lubricant is applied about at least the cylindrical body of the rifle projectile.

Abstract: A versatile, compact portable work station includes a computer, a printer, and other peripherals, including but not limited to a digital camera, an optical scanner, a cellular telephone, a modem, and the like, that are efficiently interconnected with one another and stored within a carrying case. A computer tray supports the computer in spaced alignment above the printer. The computer tray is adapted to be advanced relative to the printer to permit easy access to both the printer and computer. The computer, printer and other peripherals are powered either from a lead-acid battery or a battery charger that are stored within the carrying case or from an external DC input. Also included in the case is a main control panel having a plurality of switches that are selectively operated to respectively connect the battery, the battery charger, or the DC input to one or more of the computer and peripherals, such that the work station is controlled completely from the carrying case.

Abstract: The direct drive applicator for foil printing of the present invention discloses a light weight, portable, device advantageous in performing foil printing and laminating which is about the size of a type writer, and contains separate speed and temperature controls so that an operator can rapidly adjust the operation of the machine to quickly optimize the printing or laminating characteristics. The inventive machine contains a foil laminate supply reel and foil laminate takeup reel which are properly tensioned to provide an area of foil laminate under tension on both sides of a heated pressure roller to insure that crumpling or wrinkling of the foil laminate does not occur on printing.

Abstract: A hand-held inhalation responsive nebuliser by which a nebulised air stream is created for quick and efficient delivery of a fluid medication to the respiratory tract of a patient through the deep lung. The nebuliser includes a normally open electrical switch and a rotatable trigger ring extending laterally across an air flow path through which a supply of non-medicated ambient air is drawn during inhalation by the patient. The ambient air supply drawn through the nebuliser causes the trigger ring to rotate into contact with and close the electrical switch, whereby a piezoelectric disk is energized to vibrate an emitter mesh. A metered volume of fluid medication delivered to the emitter mesh from a pre-filled medication cartridge is accelerated and pulled through the mesh as a fine mist of fluid droplets to form a nebulised medication plume. The nebulised medication plume is mixed in the mouthpiece of the nebuliser with the supply of non-medicated ambient air to create the nebulised air stream.

Abstract: A ball game toy having top and bottom end caps and a cylindrical body extending therebetween. A control rod extends longitudinally through the body and outwardly of the top and bottom end caps to permit the toy to be manually manipulated by a user to correspondingly control the movement of a ball. The control rod supports a longitudinally extending stack of disk-like platforms in spaced coaxial alignment with the cylindrical body. Each platform has a hole formed therethrough to establish a drop path from the first to the last platform of the stack. A fall path is established in the space between the stack of platforms and the cylindrical body. Play is successfully concluded when the ball completes the drop path through the holes formed in the stack of platforms for receipt by a catch located below the hole in the last platform.