Abstract: A dispensing display container of coffee or other spoonable particulate foodstuff comprises an upper, externally threaded cylinder and an internally threaded sleeve that the user discards when empty.

Abstract: Apparatus and method are described for the automatic feeding of solder or other bonding agent with tension applied to the solder supply so that it retracts from the point of fusion an instant before it is entirely liquified.

Abstract: A plurality of slitting devices for rolls of sheeting can be clipped onto a dispensing carton so that the sheeting is readily slit to width as it is drawn from the carton. The devices are folded from single flat steel units so as to guard the edges of blades securely when not in use.

Abstract: To splice two metal tapes by means of a solder wire that is thicker than the tapes themselves, their terminal edges are positioned upon one electrode, a spacing shim is inserted upon one of the tapes, another electrode is lowered onto the shim, the wire is inserted into the channel formed by the tape and shim edges and the electrodes, the shim is withdrawn to lower the upper electrode down upon the solder, and the latter is then fused.

Abstract: Means and method are presented for butt-splicing two metal tapes by confining molten solder between two carbon electrodes while the tape edges are moved together.

Abstract: Fabric covers are weighted down by means of water-filled plastic bottles that have neck flanges with holes through them. Cords that connect to clamps for gripping the covers are tied through these holes.

Abstract: A splicing machine for carrier strip is automated to lower the pathway of terminal strip over the splicing jaws and to sense the engagement of the strip by the movement of a guide bar within the jaws that is being pulled forward by the strip.

Abstract: A signal object such as a colored ball is mounted to hang in front of the windshield of a RV when the TV antenna is up and to rise out of view when the antenna is lowered.

Abstract: A ball-entrapping tennis net of the type that is comprised of two open meshworks that are each lined with strips of conventional netting is improved by bindings that hold the two meshworks together at both ends of the net.

Abstract: A fabric automobile cover is connected by elastic cords to used plastic bottles that have been refilled with water, to hold it down.

Abstract: The invention relates to a meshwork made up of a plurality of horizontal and vertically extending strands defining a plurality of openings; the openings being of a size to allow a regulation tennis ball to pass therethrough. The meshwork is suspended in a parallel spaced relationship from a vertically extending wall surronding a tennis court; the wall being impervious to the passage of balls. Each of the openings of the meshwork being covered by a strip of material which is impervious to passage of a ball. The strip being attached at their upper end only, between the wall and the meshwork such that a ball will pass through the meshwork opening, rebound from the wall, deflect from the strips and come to rest on the ground between the meshwork and wall. Pivotal brackets are provided for supporting the meshwork in spaced relationship to the wall.

Abstract: Garage door controllers are improved by means to automatically close the doors after a preselected delay time, once they have been opened.

Abstract: A tennis net is disclosed that will confine the balls that hit it. The net comprises two open-spaced meshworks connected at their top edges, and overlapping strips of flexible netting or other barrier material fastened to hang free from the inside surfaces of each of the meshworks. The open spaces in the meshworks are dimensioned such that a standard tennis ball will pass through the meshworks when directed at the framework. As a ball passes through the meshwork it will be intercepted by one of the overlapping strips of flexible petting and fall to the tennis court between the two meshworks.

Abstract: A liquid heating tank is disclosed which has low conductivity walls and a high conductivity plate in a opening in the bottom. A fibrous blanket or wick covers the plate and the inner wall of the tank. The plate is heated by a heat source to heat the liquid.

Abstract: A surveyors' range pole comprises a bubble level that is attached to the web of a length of channel. When the pole sections are assembled a threaded pin of one of the sections is passed through a hole in the web, locking the channel between two sections.

Abstract: A pair of sliding doors is secured against intrusion by angles that fix the closed doors to a frame and by intermeshing plates that fix the centers of the doors together. The angles and plates terminate in intermeshing tubular portions that are locked together by means of vertical pins.

Abstract: For constructing walls of building blocks and the like a device is provided that can be clamped down upon a corner block by turning a hand crank at the top of a long rod that extends above the top of the wall. Slide grips for a running line are provided that fit vertical flanges on the device.

Abstract: Three dimensional silicon structures are fabricated from (100) silicon wafers by a single side, multiple step ODE etching process. All etching masks are formed one on top of the other prior to the initiation of etching, with the coarsest mask formed last and used first. Once the coarse anisotropic etching is completed, the coarse mask is removed and the finer anisotropic etching is done. The preferred embodiment is described using a thermal ink jet channel plate as the three dimensional structure, where coarse etching step provides the reservoir and the fine etching step provides the ink channels.

Abstract: A tennis playing game apparatus of the type with a simulated net has a narrow hole cut through the net and a ball-throwing machine to throw balls through the hole. A thick layer of foam polymer and a layer of sheeting are provided to damp the rebound of tennis balls.

Abstract: An enclosed chamber filled with any fluid such as water, is formed by connecting a metal heater cap or plate to one end thereof and the entire inner chamber is lined with a thin fibrous and absorbent material. The lining of the cap or plate is the blanket and the lining of the inner chamber walls is the wick; a rope type wick may also be used. The heater cap or plate with its blanket is placed adjacent to a heat source, whereas the molecules of colder water are separated and held in suspension in said blanket, thus said molecules are heated at a very rapid rate in a superimposed manner and are ejected into the chamber with force. The layers of hotter molecules will quickly build up from the blanket, thus forcing the colder molecules thereabove to move effficiently by taking the path of least resistance, which is the wick, to return to the blanket in a superimposed manner for reheating, thus the heating cycle is completed quickly with great efficiency.