Abstract: Improved bumper construction for motor vehicles comprising first and second bumper members, the second bumper member having brackets for mounting the same to the frame of a vehicle, the first bumper member slideably carried on the second bumper member, a flexible air container disposed between the bumper members, a yieldable member associated with the bumper members for yieldably urging the first bumper member inwardly in respect to the second bumper member and against the air container, the air container having an air inlet valve and air outlet valves, whereby, in the event of collision of the vehicle in which the first bumper member is forced inwardly thereof, air escapes from the air container at a controlled rate to absorb the energy of the collision.

Abstract: Improvement in a fishing lure having a molded body part having a projecting attaching loop, the improvement comprising the attaching loop being a wire member formed into a loop portion and having free end portions forming two legs, the legs being bent in the same direction at right angles to the plane of the loop portion, the legs being coined to enlarge them in the plane in which they are disposed, the attaching loop including the coined ends on the two legs and the two right angled bends therein being embedded in the body part during the molding thereof to enhance the retention of the attaching loop in the body part.

Abstract: A work holding fixture for cylindrical workpieces comprising a first member having a flat base and a cylindrical portion upstanding from the base, a horizontal V-groove formed in the upper end of the cylindrical portion, and a pair of clamps having fasteners for fastening to the cylindrical portion, the clamps having cross-bars which span the V-groove for clamping cylindrical workpieces therein, vertical flats formed on opposite sides of the first member including the base and cylindrical portion thereof, the V-groove extending between the flats, the first member capable of being held via any of the three flats thereon for grinding cylindrical workpieces held in the V-groove of the first member, the first member also capable of being bolted via its base for milling cylindrical workpieces held in the V-groove of the first member, and a second member having a hollow cylindrical body which fits over and slides on the cylindrical portion of the first member, and aligned central apertures in the first and second m

Abstract: An improved carbide bit cutting tool comprising of the type a tool body having a tool-bit-receiving aperture formed therein inwardly of the front end thereof, a carbide tool bit slidable in the aperture so as to be adjustably positionable outwardly of the front end of the tool body, said tool bit having a steel body and a carbide tip cemented on the front end thereof, a fastener for adjustably fastening the tool bit in place in the aperture, a chip breaker member disposed on top of the tool bit and slidable in the aperture so as to be adjustably positionable inwardly of the front end of the tool bit, a second fastener for adjustably fastening the chip breaker member in place in the aperture on top of the tool bit, the front end of the tool bit having a predetermined shape for carrying out a cutting operation and the front end of the chip breaker member having a corresponding shape so as to break chips during the cutting operation inwardly of the front end of the tool bit, the cross-section of the tool bit and

Abstract: Improvement in a water powered jump rope device having a pair of standards and a hollow water-conducting jump rope rotatably supported by and between the standards, the improvement comprising each standard being free standing and consisting of a hollow base and a water-conducting upright pipe supported on the base, the base having a threaded fill opening for receiving a ballast, the lower end of the upright pipe threadably engaged in the fill opening, the standard having a liquid inlet therefor, a water-conducting swivel joint carried on a side of the upright pipe near the upper end thereof, the swivel joint comprising a threaded boss formed in a side of the upright pipe, a threaded hollow gland threadably engaged in th boss, a second water-conducting pipe, the second pipe rotatably carried in the interior of the gland, a flange in the inner end of the second pipe, a radial surface on the inner end of the gland which serves as a bearing surface for the flange during rotation of the second pipe, the radial sur

Abstract: U-bolt clamp saddle for pipe joints, such as automobile exhaust pipes, is formed from a stamped sheet metal blank. The saddle includes two mirror-image halves integrally joined and folded along their "bottom" edge. Symmetrical deformations forming the U-bolt sleeves and rigidifying the blank are provided. The sleeves are hexagonal in cross-section. The halves are spot-welded face-to-face after folding.

Abstract: Improvement in a fishing reel having a spool upon which a fishing line is wound, a cover for the spool, a coil spring for automatically winding up the fishing line upon release thereof, a spring cover for winding up the spring, a gear train for rotating the spool upon unwinding of the spring, the improvement comprising the cover consisting of two spool covers held together with a first set of fasteners disposed radially outwardly of the spool, the spring cover carried on one of the spool covers, an axle extending between the spring cover and the other of the spool covers, the gear train including a compound gear and a driver gear and a pinion gear, the driver gear and the pinion gear rotatably supported on the axle, a second set of fasteners carried on the one spool cover for fastening the spring cover thereon, bosses formed in the one spool cover for threadably carrying the second set of fasteners, a tongue and groove arrangement between the spring cover and the one spool cover disposed inwardly of the secon

Abstract: Improvement in a spray bar for metal rolling having a body and a plurality of spray nozzles carried thereon, a flow control valve for the spray bar for controlling the flow of liquid through the nozzles, the valve having a valve body and a valve spool reciprocable in the valve body, a liquid passage in the spray bar, the valve arranged in respect to the spray bar so that a portion thereof extends across the passage and liquid enters the valve from the passage, a yieldable member operative upon the valve spool for biasing it into its closed position, the improvement comprising a moveable member arranged in respect to the spray bar for controlling the movement of the valve spool, an arrangement for applying a variable force on the member so that the movement of the valve spool and the flow of liquid through the valve is directly proportional to the amount of force applied to the member, the member disposed at the rear of the spray bar so that the member pushes upon the valve spool for opening the valve, and the

Abstract: In a method of keeping time by counting the cycles of an alternating current source and providing both alternating and direct current power from the alternating current source, the direct current power including a variable display voltage for illuminating the lights, displaying time using a plurality of lights and windows corresponding to the lights, generating signals from the alternating current source, counting and dividing the signals, decoding the counted and divided signals, and lighting the lights and windows in accordance with the decoding to display the time of day, and correcting, when necessary, the time displayed by the clock, the improvement comprising providing a plurality of electrical switches corresponding to the lights, the correcting being accomplished by actuating one of the switches, completing an electrical circuit upon such actuation of the switch and comparing the display voltage with the voltage applied to the light whose corresponding switch is actuated, the comparing being operative