Abstract: This invention relates to methods and apparatus to control the light exposure of the skin. One objective is to increase the exposure during periods of common deficient exposure such as for dark skin persons on winter days in areas far from the equator. Another objective is to decrease the exposure during periods of common overexposure such as for light skin persons during spring and summer days in bright environments. A novel feature of the invention is the use of lamps for whole body irradiation while showering or bathing during dark seasons. The whole body exposure enables the use of very low irradiance levels to provide an enhanced probability of beneficial effects and to reduce the possibility of harmful effects of the ultraviolet light. Another novel feature is the use of an adjustable ultraviolet light transmitting building window or automobile sunroof to increase the sunlight exposure on cold days when a deficiency in exposure due to closed windows is common.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention an air chamber is formed with a plastic convoluted bellows tube which can be expanded or contracted to vary the size of the air chamber. Shaft guides at the top and bottom of the tube each have an opening in the center which receive a plastic shaft. The lower shaft guide has a small opening to allow air to enter and exit the bellows. The shaft has, at its lower end, structure for attaching a fishing line containing bait and and one or more fish hooks. At its upper end the plastic shaft includes structure which facilities viewing the float from a distance.

Abstract: A method to improve the probability for good health and decrease the risk of cancer and disease comprising: controlling the indoor spectral radiation environment partial body exposure in an amount above 0.06 MED, but not exceeding 0.2 MED per day by irradiating the body with an artificial light source.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention a pin connection is applied between the side rail and the vertical post to reduce or eliminate the large lading load moment. In one embodiment the pin connection may comprise a first plate integrally connected by welding or rugged mechanical fasteners to the side rail at one end. A second plate is integrally connected by welding or rugged mechanical fasteners to the vertical post. The first and second plates are transversely spaced and abut. Rugged transversely extending mechanical fasteners, such as a shoulder bolt, extend between the plates. The fastening means can be tightened to a desired torque, of for example 50 to 100 foot pounds. The fastening means are provided to reduce or eliminate the lading load moment. The roof load applied to the corner posts is taken in transversely extending end and front skirts, which also support the truck body.

Abstract: A method to improve the probability for good health and decrese the risk of cancer and disease comprising: controlling the indoor spectral radiation environment partial body exposure in an amount above 0.06 MED, but not exceeding 0.2 MED per day by irradiating the body with an artificial light source.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is described to break in new and old softball and baseball gloves. A glove tool includes a head portion for pounding into the glove pocket and a handle portion for holding the tool. An enlogated body portion joins the handle portion to the head portion. The head portion, handle portion, and body portion may be formed seperately and connected together with mechanical fasteners. In the preferred embodiment, the tool is an intergal piece with the head portion, body portion, and handle portion formed as a single unitary tool.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention a method and apparatus for forming and launching a slug of liquid toward a designated target area includes a hollow chamber located on a desired incline having a lower liquid inlet and an upper exit orifice, which is preferably a knife edged orifice, in the upper surface of the chamber. A plug-stopper is located on the inner surface of the chamber which is movable between an engaged position blocking flow of liquid through the orifice and and a disengaged position allowing liquid to exit through the orifice. A pistion located within an operating cylinder has a piston rod which extends through the chamber and engages the plug-stopper and moves the plug-stopper between engaged and disengaged positions with the orifice. The piston is moved back and forth by a fluid moving the piston head in the cylinder back and forth. Preferably a stop is provided in the chamber which the stopper plug engages in the orifice disengaged position.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a combination stirrer and condiment dispenser includes a body portion having at least a pair of laterally spaced compartments for holding at least a pair of substances to be dispensed into a drinking glass or drinking cup. The end portions of the compartments are capped to hold the substances to be dispensed in place. In one embodiment the caps are located at opposite ends of the stirrer body portion so that the substances to be dispensed may be separately dispensed into the cup or glass. In another embodiment the caps are located at the same end of the stirrer body portion so that both substances may be simultaneously dispensed into the cup or glass. After one or both substances are dispensed into the cup or glass the body portion may be used to stir the dispensed item into the liquid in a mixing operation.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention an automatically retractable chalk line device is provided having a housing in which a power spring drives a first large diameter gear through a first shaft. The first large diameter gear is in driving engagement with a first smaller diameter gear located below the power spring. The first smaller diameter gear drives a second large diameter gear located partially above the power spring. The second large diameter gear drives a second smaller diameter gear which a drives a chalk retaining spool, which holds the chalk line. The relative diameters of the two large diameter gears as compared with the diameter of the two small diameter gears provides a large mechanical advantage. A disc brake is mounted for braking engagement with one of the large diameter gears, preferably the second large diameter gear. An arrangement for engaging and disengaging the disc brake with the large diameter gear is provided.

Abstract: An enclosure made of rugged metal or plastic is provided including a top, at least one side wall and a bottom. An inlet is provided in the bottom wall and an internal chamber is provided above the inlet. This internal chamber contains a valve similar to valve 20 which is capable of opening and closing rapidly and may be controlled by external electrical or hydraulic power. Preferably a commercial available filter screen material is provided in the inlet to the internal chamber to insure that no large particles which would harm the system, are permitted to enter the internal chamber. The internal chamber is in fluid communication with an upper chamber which is preferably cylindrical and which optionally includes the diffuser material to reduce turbulence. After the fluid flows through the upper chamber, it is in substantially laminar flow and exits through a knife edge orifice into an outer chamber pool defined by an extension of the outer enclosure and the top of the enclosure.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods and apparatus to control the light exposure of the skin. One objective is to increase the exposure during periods of common deficient exposure such as for dark skin persons on winter days in areas far from the equator. Another objective is to decrease the exposure during periods of common overexposure such as for light skin persons during spring and summer days in bright environments. A novel feature of the invention is the use of lamps for whole body irradiation while showering or bathing during dark seasons. The whole body exposure enables the use of very low irradiance levels to provide an enhanced probability of beneficial effects and to reduce the possibility of harmful effects of the ultraviolet light Another novel feature is the use of an adjustable ultraviolet light transmitting building window or automobile sunroof to increase the sunlight exposure on cold days when a deficiency in exposure due to closed windows is common.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods and apparatus to control the light exposure of the skin. One objective is to increase the exposure during periods of common deficient exposure such as for dark skin persons on winter days in areas far from the equator. Another objective is to decrease the exposure during periods of common overexposure such as for light skin persons during spring and summer days in bright environments. A novel feature of the invention is the use of lamps for whole body irradiation while showering or bathing during dark seasons. The whole body exposure enables the use of very low irradiance levels to provide an enhanced probability of beneficial effects and to reduce the possibility of harmful effects of the ultraviolet light. Another novel feature is the use of an adjustable ultraviolet light transmitting building window or automobile sunroof to increase the sunlight exposure on cold days when a deficiency in exposure due to closed windows is common.

Abstract: The tool 10 of the present invention includes in its mid-portion a handle or gripping portion 12. Extending outwardly in opposite directions from the gripping portion are a pair of spaced transition portions 14 and 16 each respectively terminating in a pair of tapered portions 18 and 19. The tapered portions 18 and 19 extend to a box engagement portion at each end 20 and 22. Each box engagement portion includes a transversely extending tapered portion 24 and 26 each of which terminates in a respective edge 28 and 29, and respective hook portions 30 and 32. It will be apparent that the transverse portion 20 is smaller than the transverse portion 22 to allow opening of smaller boxes with the end where transverse portion 20 is located.

Abstract: A diesel engine operated with cylinder cut-out is disclosed. The number of operative cylinders is proportional to the load on the engine. A computer stops the flow of fuel to the deactivated cylinders. The computer energizes the glow plugs of the deactived cylinders if the deactivated cylinder temperatures are below a predetermined minimum temperature before reactivating the cylinder.

Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, liquid material enters circumferencially into a generally cylindrical outer walled cylinder. A baffle may be provided to facilitate circumferencial flow. The tangential, circumferencial flow tends to reduce turbulence. In the outer chamber a top wall is provided and a cushion of air is located between the top wall and the top of the liquid medium to effect cushioning. After circumferencial flow, the liquid flows radially inwardly into an inner fluid chamber through a plurality of openings in an inner cylindrical wall. Within the inner chamber and spaced between the bottom wall and the top wall is a diffuser section. The diffuser section provides a large plurality of parallel fluid flow paths to dampen remaining major currents by lowering the fluid velocity and thus the Reynolds number. The upper surface is arcuate. Thus fluid flows radially upwardly and inwardly to a knife-edged type orifice which results in laminar fluid flow exiting therefrom.

Abstract: A high energy laser is imbedded into a highly laminar high pressure stream by pumping fluid (preferably water) into a conduit, controlling the flow of fluid by a valve in the conduit, introducing the fluid into an outlet orifice assembly with a fluid chamber and a diffuser within the fluid chamber to dampen major currents of fluid velocity. A laser beam is aligned and directed through the outlet orifice. The fluid exiting the orifice creates a laminar fluid stream about the laser. The outlet orifice can have a knife edged orifice.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a can tab opener is provided, having a handle portion 12, and an upper outwardly extending first opening member 14. A second lower opening member 16 is provided, having a distial end 18 which is inclined downwardly. The upper member 14 includes a extension 15 which is inclined upwardly at its distal end portion, as indicated at 17. An optional feature is a bottle cap opener 20 which includes an arcuate cut-out portion 22 to engage a bottle cap and an opening 24 to facilitate storing the device at a convenient place.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, an assembly to change the swing weight of a club is provided, including a resilient elastomeric member, which is hollow, and which has a cylinder wall adopted to extend downwardly along the outer end of the grip. A flange is provided at the outer end of the weight to engage the end portion of the grip to hold the weight in place. The weight is sized to fit the diameter of the grip of the club. Additional weights maybe inserted inside the weight abutting the flange to increase the swing weight. An example of a suitable additional weight member, is a coin such as a penny, nickel, dime or quarter. It is a simple matter to remove the weight member and remove one or more coins to change the swing weight of the club.

Abstract: The LAMPS module is a compact, back cooled, vertically stacked, two-dimensional, incoherent array of diode laser bars featuring all-soldered construction with partial collimation of the emitting diode laser light to form a laser power source that can be transformed into a laser line source of exceptional brightness. The array includes a diode laser unit which comprises a diode laser bar, an electrode, and a substrate soldered to a heat sink. The diode laser unit is joined by soldering to an electrical isolator plate, and the isolator plate is joined to a heat exchanger by soldering for removal of waste heat. The invention includes a method for forming the array and a heat exchanger for removing heat from the array.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a golf putter head is provided having a body portion which includes a front face having an opening which extends all the way from the front face through the body portion. An elastomeric material having a Durometer value to produce substantial resilience is located within this opening in such a manner that there is no metal backing for the elastomeric material. In one embodiment the opening extending inwardly from the front face also extends downwardly to the bottom surface of the putter to assist in locating the elastomeric material within the putter. In accordance with another embodiment of the invention the front face of the putter includes latterly spaced slots on either side of the opening. These slots further assist in locating the elastomeric material within the body portion. In another embodiment of the invention a pair of vertical walls are provided which are connected to a rear face of the body portion and are located perpendicular to the putting surface.