Abstract: A shower cap comprising a crown having a top section and a lateral section defining an opening that receives the wearer's head. The crown is reinforced with structural members that provide a shape to the crown intended to preserve the user's coiffure and at the same time it does not substract from its aesthetic appeal. A pair of strips are attached to the lower edge of the lateral section defining the opening and their terminations are free and detached from the lateral section so that, with the proper adhesive means, they may be used to snuggly fit the opening around the user's head.

Abstract: A fire escape ladder system for high-rise buildings having balconies with parapets. Each balcony stores its own corresponding ladders. A first ladder is securely mounted on the parapet. This ladder folds out and over the parapet when in use. A second ladder with a flanged top is pushed through a cooperating opening at the base of the parapet. The flange prevents the ladder from sliding through the opening. This second ladder descends to the top of the next lower balcony where it is secured with a bar and clamp assembly. Each user wears a safety belt that connects to T-shaped longitudinal slots integrally formed in both side pieces of the ladder. The ladder systems provide escape routes from balcony to balcony to ground.

Abstract: A sleeve protector for venting pipes comprising a tubular member attached on one end to a flat portion in an angle that follows the slope of the roof where it is being used and a protector cap reciprocally mounted on the other end of said tubular member and having a plurality of annularly spaced clamps adapted to lock to the ribs formed on the outside wall of said tubular member.

Abstract: An improved anchor comprising a longitudinal shank assembly, a fluke assembly mounted on an axle that is perpendicularly disposed with respect to the shank assembly and a release mechanism that allows, when tripped, the fluke assembly to rotate freely to form an angle of 180 degrees with respect to the shank assembly. The release mechanism is designed so that tripping occurs when the angle of the chain or cable is above a desired critical angle.

Abstract: A quick release device for fishing leader lines comprising a slotted swivel body member that is tied to the fishing line and a T-shape pin, receivable in one end of said slotted swivel member tied to said leader line which usually carries a hook, bait, etc. The T-shape pin is prevented from falling off the slotted swivel member by a slideable ring inserted over and around said swivel member. The other end of said slotted swivel member is provided with a longitudinal axial aperture and a headed formed pin being journalled in said aperture. The other end of the pin having an eye termination to which the main fishing line is tied.

Abstract: A freewheel flywheel transmission system for a bicycle capable of storing kinetic rotational energy, in which the flywheel properties are utilized with a minimum of moving parts and in which the energy of the user or the kinetic energy of the bicycle is stored or released in a very simple manner.The transmission system includes a fixed axle and a hub shell rotatively supported by the axle. A flywheel and a first ratchet sprocket to which the energy of the user is applied are affixed to the hub shell. Second and third sprockets are rotatively supported on bearings by said hub shell. First and second clutches are used for engaging and disengaging second and third sprockets to their respective flywheel clutch faces enabling the user to transfer the energy so as to operate the vehicle in a plurality of modes as the power needs vary. Energy from second and third sprockets is transmitted through second and third transmission chains to fourth and fifth sprocket wheels attached to the rear drive wheel.

Abstract: An automatic weight operated toilet flushing device capable of being installed in conventional toilets with flush tanks. The device has one end of a long arm secured to the lower portion of the toilet seat assembly the seat and the other end engages a vertical actuating link which is pushed upwardly when the toilet user seats down. The vertical link engages the actuating lever mechanism which is pulled down when the user gets up and the conventional ball type valve is opened allowing the toilet bowl to be flushed.

Abstract: A set of interlocking building blocks capable of being assembled with each other forming wall structures without requiring mortar or any other binder. The set consists of four types of blocks and one lintel rib which are capable of forming wall structures and openings in said structures that are adapted to cooperate in locking relationship to prevent transverse or longitudinal movement of the blocks relative to one another.

Abstract: A dipole element insulator integrally formed of a substantially rigid, yet somewhat resilient, synthetic plastic material has opposed dipole element rod supporting arms to which inner ends of the element rods are pivotally supported to enable their swinging towards and away from a supporting boom across which the insulator is fixed, outer marginal peripheral portions of which insulator arms are formed with U-shaped through slots defining outwardly-extending U-shaped marginal arm portions the outer or base sides of which are provided with ramps leading to central locking slots operative as detents for removably retaining the respective dipole element rods in their extended positions of use.

Abstract: A loop of elastic material adapted for removable placement about the handle body portion of the paint brush at the base of the bristles is U-shaped in cross section to define an outwardly open trough for catching excess paint which might otherwise flow down or drip from the brush handle. The elastic loop is provided, at opposed end portions where passing around the arcuate end portions of the brush body, with interior spacer strips maintaining mutual parallel spacing of the opposed legs or sidewalls of the elastic loop which define the trough.

Abstract: A fluorescent lamp having a longitudinal divider forming at least two enclosures inside its cylindrical glass envelope. Each enclosure has a set of electrodes on each end in a similar fashion as regular fluorescent lamps do. The end cap is provided with the corresponding electrodes terminals for each enclosure. An end cap connector is removably attached to the end cap providing for the corresponding contacts for the electrode terminals on the inside of said connector and the outside being capable of mating with commercially available sockets for fluorescent lamps.

Abstract: An angle gage mechanism is disclosed for use in measuring angles of surfaces in a workpiece usually requiring more than one conventional tool at the present time. This invention is capable of performing the most used functions of at least five conventional tools, to wit, solid square, bevel protractor, combination square, rule and bevel. It also includes a vernier for added accuracy and a plurality of pre-set angles that can be readily selected by the user.The invention comprises a frame with a cylindrical hole housing a cylindrical spindle having means for readily locking said spindle at predetermined angles with respect to the frame and means for frictionally locking said spindle at any angle with respect to the frame. A slot in said frame aligned with a partial slot in the spindle receive a slidable ruler. The frame is further provided with means for frictionally locking said ruler relative to the spindle.

Abstract: A regulator for underwater diving having an improved first stage wherein the bias of the coil spring is varied by changing the relative position of the piston seat which can be readily accessed. The second stage of the regulator is capable of satisfying the human breathing demand with the use of a linkage ratio adjustment feature which coupled with the selection of the proper angle for the housing of the diaphragm permits the amplification and faithful tracking of the diver's breathing cycle. Also, exhaust means has been provided to facilitate the purging of extraneous fluids from the regulator in the most common positions of the diver. The above mentioned features, in combination, will provide a perfect match of the first and second stages of the regulator.

Abstract: A sine bi-angle wheel dresser capable of accurately dressing a surface grinder's wheel on both sides without disturbing the initial set-up on the magnetic table. The dresser comprises a base which supports a carrier holder having the shape of an isosceles triangle and two bushings on the hypotenuse side, a pin inserted through pivot holes in said base and said bushing thereby allowing the carrier to rotate about one of the bushings and held in place when gage blocks are placed between the moving bushing and the base, and a carrier slidably mounted on one of the two similar sides of the triangular holder.

Abstract: The invention corresponds to a device used in conjunction with a resectoscope in endoscopic surgical operations which includes a housing, pumping means, means for controlling, measuring and displaying the speed of said pumping means in order to make corrections in the inflow and outflow rate of irrigating fluid from the patient thereby maintaining a constant distention of the bladder. The device also includes a plurality of audio-visual alarms that alert the operating physician to any abnormal condition.

Abstract: A pipe to be used for smoking with a bowl, where the tobacco being smoked is burned, having three cavities or chambers defined therein. One of the chambers is a burning chamber wherein the tobacco to be smoked is burned, beneath the burning chamber is a screen, a control valve that varies the diameter of the passage between the burning chamber and a cooling chamber underneath this valve. A second screen separates the cooling chamber from a third chamber, called the filtering chamber. The filtering medium is the same substance being smoked and it is packed and held inside the filtering chamber with a third screen that is placed at the end of the filtering chamber. The third screen in turn is held in place when the bowl is connected to the stem. Finally, a mouthpiece is connected to the stem. The ends of the bowl piece may be interchanged, thereby providing two choices for the size of the burning chamber to be used depending on the amount of substance to be smoked.

Abstract: A trap for crustaceans capable of being knocked down to basic parts occupying a small volume and easy to assemble in little time. Also, sturdy enough to withstand handling, ship movement and underwater currents but at the same time being biodegradable in order to prevent it from becoming a perpetual crustaceans killing trap in the event that the buoy breaks off.