Abstract: An apparatus for controlling smoke in the event of a fire. The apparatus has a manual release arm pivotally secured to a base surface and a spring with one end attached to the base surface and the other end connected to the manual release arm. A releasing arm is pivotally connected to the base surface, and a fire linkage is pivotally secured to the base surface and releasably engages the releasing arm and the manual release arm. A bar under tension releasably engages the releasing arm such that when the releasing arm pivots and releases the bar, the bar travels away from the releasing arm due to the tension. A method for controlling smoke, or like, in the event of a fire.

Abstract: A weathershield for use on golf carts, or the like, of the type having a passenger compartment. The weathershield includes in combination a pipe frame mounted on the golf cart. The pipe frame has a roof defined by a front pipe, a back pipe, and a pair of side pipes secured to the front pipe and to the back pipe. The weathershield additionally includes a first sheet of flexible, water repellent material in a configuration which includes a top wall having outer dimensions at least equal to the outer dimensions of the roof of the pipe frame, and a front and a rear wall depending downwardly from the outer edges of the top wall portion and being of sufficient length to respectively detachably fasten to the front and to the rear of the golf cart for enclosing the same. The front wall includes a first transparent portion for visibility in guiding the golf cart. A pair of doors are easily removably secured to the pair of front upright support pipes by hinges having easily removable pins.

Abstract: A drawer filter having a housing which includes a top flange with an opening and a bottom flange with an opening in communication with the opening of the top flange. A magnetic filter slidably lodges within the housing in communication with the opening of the top flange and the opening of the bottom flange in order to filter magnetically any particulate matter passing through the top and the bottom opening. A gate valve slidably lodges within the housing between the opening in the top flange and the magnetic filter in order to control the flow of particulate matter through and between the opening in the top flange and the opening in the bottom flange.

Abstract: A nail clipper comprising a stationary base having a structure defining a nail depository, a rear base end and a forward base end that terminates into a base jaw having a convexed base cutting edge. A pair of parallel tapering side walls is integrally bound to the stationary base. Each of the side walls include a back wall end and a front wall end having a top formed with a side wall recess seat. A resilient cover plate has a rear cover end bound to the rear base end and a forward cover end that terminates into a cover jaw. The cover jaw includes a convexed cover cutting edge that is capable of engaging the base cutting edge when the resilient cover plate is depressed. The nail clipper also includes a cover depressing lever with a level depressing end and a lever lug end that defines a pair of lugs which are pivotally received by the pair of side wall recess seats.

Abstract: A pneumatic conveying air velocity control apparatus comprising multiple pneumatic lifts including multiple cyclones, at least one manifold, and multiple pneumatic conduits intercommunicating the cyclones with the manifold and having a structure defining a venturi with a venturi inlet side and a venturi throat. Multiple sets of a first, second, and a third 2-way valve for each of the pneumatic lift are provided. The first 2-way valve pneumatically communicates with a pneumatic actuator and with a controller, and the second 2-way valve pneumatically communicates with the venturi inlet side and the controller; and the third 2-way valve pneumatically communicates with the venturi throat and the controller for detecting the pneumatic flow rate through the pneumatic conduit. A sequencer is provided for mechanically engaging at least one set of 2-way valve at any given time. A method for controlling the pneumatic velocity in a multiple lift pneumatic conveying air velocity control apparatus.

Abstract: A hairstyling brush and in combination with a hairstyling brush an apparatus for handling hairstyling brushes. The hairstyling brush includes a handle with a structure defining a cylindrical reservoir and a slot with an open end, a biasing latch including one end secured to the handle and the other end having a structure defining an aperture which generally registers with the slot. The hairstyling brush includes a brush having a structure defining a closed shank, an open shank, and a shank groove circumscribing the structure of the brush to separate the closed shank from the open shank. The plurality of groups of bristles attaches to the closed shank, and a boss is integrally bound to the open shank. The open shank slidably, removably lodges within the generally cylindrical reservoir such that the boss extends and operates through the slot while simultaneously being received within the aperture the biasing latch.

Abstract: An improved air stabilization system and method used in a refrigerator of a meat packing plant or the like. The improvement comprises positioning rotatably a single mixing damper blade within a damper blade housing such as to regulate the air flow through air openings within the housing.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming a tube including a base, a pair of legs secured to the ends of the base, and a holder base attached to the base. A tube holder for holding the tube is connected to the holder base. The tube holder has a structure defining a pair of diametrically opposed openings. A pair of soldering irons is oppositely secured with respect to each other in proximity to the top of the pair of legs. Each soldering iron has a hot end that generally registers with one of the opposed openings such as to be in close proximity to the tube being held by the tube holder in order to soften the material of the tube in the area contiguous to the openings. Power is conducted and supplied to each of the soldering irons. Vacuum is drawn on top of the tube to suck or pull inward the tube in the spots being softened from the heat of the pair of soldering irons.

Abstract: A venting device for ventilating new masonry, stone, precast veneer, or the like. The device comprises a conduit having an elongated body with a body wall and a first open end and a second open end. The first open end has a circumferential structure defining an inward flange with an inward edge that defines the meeting point of the inward flange and the inside surface of the body wall. The second open end has a circumferential structure defining a bevel. A generally cylindrical cup-shaped screen has a screen bottom with a circumferential screen edge and an essentially cylindrical screen wall integrally bound to the screen bottom at the circumferential screen edge. The cup-shaped screen is slidably disposed through the beveled second open end and the elongated body of the conduit such that the circumferential screen edge essentially registers with the inward flange edge and a portion of the screen bottom flushes against the inward flange.

Abstract: An electric emasculator for castrating a bull calf or the like having a first scissor member pivotally connected to a second scissor member. The second scissor member has a structure defining a bifurcated fork with a pair of parallel upper edges. A heating element is positioned along one of the parallel upper edges to cauterize as an incident to the severing operation and assists in the blood coagulation to prevent the flow of blood and closure of blood vessels in the area of amputation. A method for castrating the bull calf includes registering the end of an arcuate-L shaped hook of the first scissor member with the bottom structure of the bifurcated fork simultaneously to lodging a crushing block, that is integrally bound to the first scissor member, against the top of a second cutting edge.

Abstract: A heat recovery apparatus for boilers, or the like, comprising a heat recovery housing having a gas inlet and a gas outlet disposed within the bottom and the top, respectively. A plurality of interconnected water conduit tubes is provided. A plurality of by-pass dampers pivotally connect between the pair of end walls within the heat recovery housing such that when the by-pass dampers are in a closed position, the closed by-pass dampers define a generally flat by-pass structure angularly disposed with respect to the horizontal plane. A plurality of exit dampers is pivotally connected between the pair of end walls such that when the exit dampers are in a closed position, the closed exit dampers define a generally horizontal flat exit structure extending between the pair of end walls.

Abstract: A clamp for a tooling ball having a base plate, a ball stand secured to the base plate, and a tooling ball bound to the ball stand. A clamp assembly rotatably sandwiches the tooling ball and supports a scale, or the like, for rotation about the tooling ball. A method for establishing a plane for lay-out purposes with a clamp assembly supporting a scale and rotatably sandwiching a tooling ball bound to the tool ball stand supported on a base plate. The method comprises positioning a pair of the clamp assemblies on a jig under construction such that the scale is in a position to measure vertical distances from the jig under construction. The method additionally comprises situating an independent scale across the two scales of the pair of clamp assemblies such that a horizontal edge of the independent scale defines and identifies the established plane for lay-out purposes.

Abstract: A boot carrier for carrying ski boots or the like comprising a handle including a pair of opposed ends, and a rope having two rope ends that are secured to the handle such as to define a closed loop. A generally hollow conduit spacer is provided and includes a pair of opposed open ends and a structure defining two pairs of spacer apertures. Each spacer aperture within each pair of spacer apertures is diametrical with respect to each other. The rope slidably passes through the two pairs of spacer apertures. The boot carrier also includes an elastic cord having a pair of cord ends secured to a pair of rope tightening end caps and is adapted for being positioned around the tops of the boots. The pair of rope tightening end caps is slidably positioned within the open ends of the conduit spacer such that tension on the elastic cord causes friction where the rope passes through the two pairs of spacer apertures in order to cause a tightening effect on the rope.

Abstract: A system for distributing fluids over a planar surface comprising a plurality of lengths of rigid perforate tubing and a plurality of fluid-tight articulated joints, each joint having an inlet port and a discharge port. The lengths of tubing and the joints are connected ad seriatim with joints interposed between adjacent lengths of tubing whereby the tubing can be arranged in accordance with the distribution pattern over a portion of the area. Each port of the fluid-tight joint communicates with a body element having a central bore and a peripheral flange. The flange of the inlet port mates with the flange of the discharge port so that the central bores fall into register with one another and the body elements of the respective ports communicate so that fluid introduced into the inlet port exits through the discharge port.

Abstract: A general journal form having a top record leaf, a pressure sensitive self-contained leaf, a carbon leaf and a back record leaf. All leaves are bound together as pages of a book at a common border. The top record leaf, the pressure sensitive leaf, and the back record leaf have identical printed matter and lines in overlying registry for record keeping purpose. The printed matter and lines extend transversly across each of the leaves. The identical printed matter and lines also are repeated on the top record leaf, the pressure sensitive leaf, and the back record leaf at equally spaced intervals a plurality of times from the upper to the lower portion of each of the three leaves. Parallel rows of perforations extend transversly across the entire width of the top record leaf and the back record leaf contiguous to the upper extremities of each of the equally spaced repetitive printed matter on each of the two leaves.

Abstract: A therapeutic composition is coated with a mixture of an emetic chemical and an inert material. A method for reducing absorption into the body of a being of an emetic chemical while still retaining localized emetic activity comprises combining prior to ingestion of the chemical, the emetic chemical with a material that is substantially inert to a gastrointestinal environment such that when the combination is ingested and passed along the gastrointestinal tract, localized emetic activity is available while an undesirable amount of the emetic chemical is not absorbed into the body. A method of inducing emesis in the body of a being to preclude death from accidental or intentional overdosage of a therapeutic composition, which is normally of the type which if ingested by prescription is safe, but if excessively ingested is lethal while simultaneously reducing absorption of an emetic chemical into the body.

Abstract: A hopper car gate opener comprising an elongated member having opposed flanges defining a fixed track; a trolley element mounted on the track supported by and movable along a top surface of each flange; and a portion of the trolley element underlaying and spaced from a bottom surface of each flange. A torque producing unit is mounted on the trolley element and is operable to generate a twisting moment in a predetermined rotational direction to drive a pinion of the gate. A method of operating the discharge gates of a hopper car having a plurality of gates where the gates are under control of rack and pinion sets individual thereto; providing a flanged track disposed generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the car; mounting a trolley upon and movable along the track; and mounting a torque producing unit upon the trolley.

Abstract: A pulley device having a bearing of precise dimensional tolerance (precision ground) supported in a sheave of less precise tolerance including a ball or roller bearing with an inner and an outer race, and an elastic ring supported by the outer race. The pulley device additionally includes a two piece sheave enclosing the outer race and the ring effective to place the ring under a compressive load whereby the main body of radial load on the pulley is transmitted to the bearing through the ring, resulting in the ring being compressed around the outer surface of the bearing assuring a firm, reliable grip on the bearing, and while the sheaves are in contact with the end portion of the outer race of the bearing to maintain proper roundness of the bearing as precision ground.

Abstract: A wiener roaster having a shank including a first section threadably attached to a second section. A plurality of tines is integrally bound to the first section. A bearing collar rotatably slidably attaches to the first section. A first handle is bound to an end of the second section for gripping the wiener roaster. A second handle is slidably rotatably positioned about the second section in an area between the threadably securing point of the first section to the second section and the first handle. A stand is provided to be implanted in a ground. The stand has a structure defining a bifurcated bearing face wherein the bearing collar removably rotatably lodges as the tines impale wieners and is rotatably situated over a fire, or the like. A method for roasting wieners includes impaling at least one wiener on a tine pivotably secured at the end of a first shaft of a fold-up wiener roaster having a second shaft pivotably secured to the first shaft.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming a tube including a base, a pair of legs secured to the ends of the base, and a holder base attached to the base. A tube holder for holding the tube is connected to the holder base. The tube holder has a structure defining a pair of diametrically opposed openings. A pair of soldering irons is oppositely secured with respect to each other in proximity to the top of the pair of legs. Each soldering iron has a hot end that generally registers with one of the opposed openings such as to be in close proximity to the tube being held by the tube holder in order to soften the material of the tube in the area contiguous to the openings. Power is conducted and supplied to each of the soldering irons. Vacuum is drawn on top of the tube to suck or pull inward the tube in the spots being softened from the heat of the pair of soldering irons.