Abstract: An electrical service box is shown as having a main body formed of longitudinally extending body portions of generally cylindrical outer surfaces whereby the main body is capable of being slidably received in a mounting hole having a periphery which at least closely approaches the cross-sectional configuration of such outer surfaces.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle having accessories as for example an anti-dive suspension and anti-dive suspension control, has an electrical circuit which is effective for applying control type signals to such accessories reflective of the rate of change in magnitude of the force applied to the vehicular braking system by the driver; a force sensitive resistor placed in the vehicular braking system is effective to create output signals to the electrical circuit which signals are employed by the electrical circuit to produce corresponding control type signals for application to the accessories.

Abstract: A mirror structure, for use as a rear view mirror, is shown as having a main viewing mirror portion and an auxiliary viewing mirror portion; when the mirror structure is adjusted so that a selected reference portion, of the vehicle which carries the mirror structure, is seen in the auxiliary viewing mirror portion, the main viewing mirror portion is simultaneously positioned to provide an enhanced view of existing traffic. In another form, the mirror is first positioned so that the selected reference portion of the vehicle is viewed therein, and then the mirror is rotated a preselected amount as to present a view further angularly displaced from the vehicle as to thereby provide an enhanced view of existing traffic.

Abstract: A panel jointing system comprises an alignment strip having locating surfaces to engage the adjacent margins of the faces of two coplanar panels, and engaging means being provided in association with the strip to retain the panels in position. The engaging means preferably acts by penetrating the edge of the panel material, and may comprise a pair of flexible barbed projections extending from the strip, which may be flexed to embed the barbs into the respective panel edges. The barbs may be flexed by inserting an expansion element between them to force them apart. Alternatively, the engaging means may be a plurality of blade elements which may be embedded into the panel edges and also be retained by the strip.

Abstract: A mirror structure, for use as a rear view mirror, is shown as having a main viewing mirror portion and an auxiliary viewing mirror portion; when the mirror structure is adjusted so that a selected reference portion, of the vehicle which carries the mirror structure, is seen in the auxiliary viewing mirror portion, the main viewing mirror portion is simultaneously positioned to provide an enhanced view of existing traffic. In another form, the mirror is first positioned so that the selected reference portion of the vehicle is viewed therein, and then the mirror is rotated a preselected amount as to present a view further angularly displaced from the vehicle as to thereby provide an enhanced view of existing traffic.

Abstract: A multi-input electrical monitor has a plurality of input terminals for connection to a plurality of condition responsive transducers whereby the input terminals receive electrically both high and low signals when the transducers respond to respective preselected conditions; a signal generator responds to the existance of such conditions when particular combinations of such electrically high and/or low signals are received by the input terminals.

Abstract: A multi-input electrical monitor has a plurality of input terminals for connection to a plurality of condition responsive transducers whereby some of the input terminals receive electrically high signals while other of the input terminals receive electrically low signals when the transducers respond to abnormal conditons; a signal generator responds to the existance of such abnormal conditions even though the input signals indicative thereof can be either electrically high or low.

Abstract: A mirror structure, for use as a rear view mirror, is shown as having a main viewing mirror portion and an auxiliary viewing mirror portion; when the mirror structure is adjusted so that a selected reference portion, of the vehicle which carries the mirror structure, is seen in the auxiliary viewing mirror portion, the main viewing mirror portion is simultaneously positioned to provide an enhanced view of existing traffic. In another form, the mirror is first positioned so that the selected reference portion of the vehicle is viewed therein, and then the mirror is rotated a preselected amount as to present a view further angularly displaced from the vehicle as to thereby provide an enhanced view of existing traffic.

Abstract: A liquid level response electrical switch assembly responsive to the level of a monitored liquid is shown as having a body and a chamber-like or containment portion, electrical conductors are carried by the body for connection to as associated electrical load, a reed switch is carried by and within the body for opening and closing an electrical circuit through the electrical conductors, and a magnet positioned by a buoyant float responsive to the level of the monitored liquid is effective for actuating the reed switch.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle having accessories as for example cruise control, transmission torque converter lock-up control, or anti-dive suspension control, has an electrical logic circuit which is effective for applying control type signals to such accessories in response to magnitude of the force applied to the vehicular braking system by the driver; a force sensitive resistor placed in the vehicular braking system is effective to create output signals to the logic circuit which signals are employed by the logic circuit to determine when respective control type signals are to be applied to such accessories.

Abstract: There is described a supporting strip for retaining the edge of a plasterboard panel (6) adjacent a wall of a building. The strip (16) comprises a first flange (16b, 31) attachable to the wall as by nailing, a second flange (16a, 30) extending horizontally from the upper edge of the first, and locating member (16c, 33) extending from the first flange at a distance below the second flange to engage the underside of the plasterboard panel and support its edge. The locating member may be a solid flange (16c), or may be a series of bendable portions (33) of the first flange (31) which are deformed out of the plane of the first flange about substantially vertical axes (BB).An insulation-receiving channel section (17, 20) may be formed integrally with or joined to the supporting strip.

Abstract: An apparatus for detachable connection to a fishing line is shown as having a guide structure with a first generally coiled guide portion and a second generally coiled guide portion which are respectively carried at opposite ends of a longitudinally extending shank-like body portion; a relatively flexible coiled element is situated about the shank-like body portion and axially contained between the first and second coiled guide portions, the entire apparatus is detachably secured to the fishing line by merely winding the fishing line through the first coiled guide portion then somewhat randomly winding the fishing line against the flexible coiled element and against the shank-like body portion about which the flexible coiled element is situated, and then winding the fishing line through the second coiled guide portion.

Abstract: A vehicular brake lever arrangement is shown as having a brake lever pivotally supported at one end and a swingable other end provided with a pad for the application of a braking force thereto; a brake rod linkage leading to the vehicular braking system is pivotally connected to the brake lever as to have a slight translational movement relative to the brake lever; and a force sensitive resistor is placed as to experience a force thereagainst as such translational movement occurs between the brake lever and brake rod linkage.

Abstract: A storage rack for the storage of items such as video and audio recordings is shown as having a mounting portion by which the storage rack can be mountably secured to an associated support structure; the mounting portion carries a relatively lower disposed support for providing a generally upward support for the items to be stored on the storage rack and such mounting portion carries a relatively upper disposed constraining support for maintaining the items, stored on the storage rack, between the upper support and the associated support structure; the upper support is also positionable in an attitude generally behind the mounting portion to thereby serve as a support and enable the storage rack to become a free-standing unit.

Abstract: There is described a package comprising a container and a lining, the package including at least one slot to receive a tab. The slot is bounded on one side by the container and on the other side by the cushioning material, which is formed with an abutment surface facing away from the entrance to the slot, and the tab includes a detent capable of engaging the abutment surface to resist withdrawal of the tab from the slot. Preferably the container is formed from folded sheet material, the lining being either a separately formed body or a plurality of tablets of cushioning material bonded to the interior surfaces of the container. The detent may be a strip of sheet material hingedly connected to the tab, or may be formed from within the tab itself.

Abstract: A roadway is shown as being formed of various strata or layers starting with a lowermost bed layer or stratum of compacted earth carrying a layer or stratum of compacted dry concrete mix; a layer of moisture impervious material covers the top of the stratum of dry concrete mix; a roadway pavement of wet concrete mix is carried atop the moisture impervious material; and air passages are formed through the roadway pavement as to be situated transversely thereof.

Abstract: Apparatus for creating aerodynamic lift to a downhill skier is shown as having a harness adapted to be worn by the skier, a left wing structure is operatively carried by the harness, a right wing structure is operatively carried by the harness, the left wing structure has a first longitudinal axis extending generally transversely of the skier, the right wing structure has a second longitudinal axis extending generally transversely of the skier, the left wing structure is selectively rotatable about the first longitudinal axis, the right wing structure is selectively rotatable about the second longitudinal axis, and the left and right wing structures are respectively rotatable about the first and second axes independently of each other by the skier to respective selected positions, and batten-like members are provided to enhance the airfoil configuration of the wing structures.

Abstract: A thermal sensor assembly is shown as having a housing formed of first and second body sections with the first being a probe-like portion for introduction into a medium the temperature of which is to be monitored; a thermistor and an electrical switch are electrically isolated from each other and situated within the housing; the thermistor is in series with and between one of the body sections and a terminal which is connectable to associated circuitry external of the sensor assembly; the electrical switch is effective to close an electrical circuit as between the same one of the body sections and a second terminal which is connectable to additional associated circuitry external of the sensor assembly.

Abstract: A coating apparatus, for applying a coating substance to a paper web, has a chamber from which the coating substance is supplied via a slit type mouth communicating with an applicator space which is defined by the paper web and a doctor blade element. At the web, on the side of the applicator space from where the paper web enters, a throttling passage is formed by a back-pressure element in such a manner that a stream of excess coating substance issues from the applicator space via the throttling passage and abruptly separates from the web and in so doing flows away from the web predominantly as a film thereby preventing completely or almost completely the admission of air into the applicator space by the air boundary layer adjacent the moving web.

Abstract: At the outflow-side end of a pre-dosing device, which comprises an applicator chamber formed at the product web in the region where the latter is guided by a counter-cylinder, a rolling doctor rod, wire wrapped or provided with circumferential grooves, is provided as a pre-dosing element, whereby high excess amounts of coating compound can be applied on the product web.