Abstract: A snail bait holder and snail trap comprising a vessel and a cover which form a snail bait holding chamber. Disposed within the vessel is a laminated disc for supporting the snail bait. An upper layer of the laminated disc is made of a liquid absorbent material on which is deposited a slurry of snail bait. A lower layer of the laminated disc is made of a non-absorbent, flexible material so that mounds of snail bait are disposed on the upper layer. The vessel has an upwardly directed wall which is cut out to form openings. The cut out sections of the wall are bent outwardly and downwardly to form ramp over which a snail travels to enter the snail bait holding chamber.

Abstract: A minitype perforator/stapler including a main body, a perforating device is provided and a stapling device. The perforating device has a depression portion resiliently slidably disposed in a first side of the main body that is biased by a spring. A perforating knife is connected under a lower end of the depression portion. By depressing the depression portion, the perforating knife is able to perforate papers placed thereunder. The stapling device has a depression portion and a staple magazine. The depression portion is connected with a pressing board and resiliently slidably disposed in a second side of the main body. The staple magazine is stored in a channel formed in the main body at normal time. When used, the magazine is inserted into a magazine socket of the main body under the pressing board. By means of depressing the depression portion, the pressing board is able to extend into the magazine and press out the staple contained therein for stapling the papers placed thereunder.

Abstract: A hammer drill has a motor disposed in a housing, and the motor has a rotatable armature shaft. A pinion at an end of the armature shaft drives an axially displaceable intermediate gear mounted on an intermediate shaft. An intermediate pinion is mounted for rotation with the intermediate gear and drives an output gear fixed about the midsection of an axially displaceable output shaft. The intermediate gear has input and output faces. The input face is associated with a first cam mechanism for generating reciprocating motion. The output face is engageable with an impact face of the output gear to transmit axial displacement therebetween. A second cam mechanism is affixed to the housing and axially spaced from the first cam mechanism. The first and second cam mechanisms are engageable by sufficiently axially displacing the output shaft so that the output gear impact face abuts the intermediate gear output face axially displacing the intermediate gear so that the first and second cam mechanisms abut each other.

Abstract: An apparatus for orienting a fastener in a clasping arrangement with a workpiece, the fastener presenting a first leg and a second leg joined by a bight intermediate the first leg and the second leg, comprises a deflector for engaging the first leg and the second leg. The deflector comprises a generally planar surface and a single cavity intersecting the surface in a substantially elliptical opening having a major axis and a minor axis. The cavity has at least a first interior wall and a second interior wall. The first wall slopes from the opening in a first direction toward a depth limit; the second wall slopes from the opening in a second direction toward the depth limit. The depth limit is substantially coincident with one of the first axis and the second axis.

Abstract: This invention concerns a stapler for conventional vinyl floor covering and which includes a guide including a base plate having spaced upstanding side panels which receive therebetween a high friction gripping surface having parallel lines. According to one aspect of the invention, a high impact receiving element is secured atop the elongated tubular element and is disposed approximately midway of such element.

Abstract: A wall mounted trap for flies and other flying insects includes an open topped cover shell concealing within a light source and a replaceable cartridge of trapping material. The light source is spaced substantially outwardly from the wall surface on which the trap is mounted and is situated adjacent the upper edge of the cover shell for radiating substantial light onto the wall surface directly above the trap. Likewise, a portion of the interior surface of the trap is of a shape and position relative to the light source for concentrating light from the source onto a wall surface immediately adjacent and above the trap. The replaceable cartridge includes a strip of trapping material arranged in a dispensing roll and adapted to be advanced therefrom to a take-up roller for presenting an upwardly facing exposed length of trapping material therebetween. The trapping material is housed within an open topped container for thorough collection of insects and sanitary handling of the used cartridges.

Abstract: A nailing machine has a contact foot coupled to the front end portion of an contact arm which is provided along a nose section adapted to hammer a nail, such that the contact arm is slidable in a nail hammering direction. The contact foot mounting structure comprises: a U-shaped mounting pin having a pair of legs, a holding piece formed at the front end of the contact arm in which the contact foot is accommodated and held, the holding piece having a pair of inserting sections, into which respective legs of the mounting pin are inserted; and a pair of engaging sections formed at the contact foot, the engaging sections being engaging with respective legs of the mounting pin.

Abstract: A gill net includes multiple sections dyed different colors. Fish (28) avoid sections of the net that are more visible and swim into one or more other sections of the net that are less visible in water. In a first embodiment (10) of the multi-colored net, an upper section (22) is colored to be visible to fish in water. A middle section of the net (24) is colored to generally blend with the water, while a lower section (26) is also colored to be visible to the fish. Different color schemes are used in other embodiments of the gill net. Fish attempting to swim over or under the sections of the net that are more visible become entrapped in the mesh within the section of the net that is less visible. Spaced-apart floats (16) are disposed along the top edge of the gill net, and a lead line (20) is threaded through the lower edge of the gill net to insure its vertical orientation in the water.

Abstract: Insects are killed by passing through a fan mounted inside a shaft. A pair of agitator tubes having inlets in fluid communication with the exhaust in the shaft direct exhaust from the fan over bait provided to attract the insects. The bait is contained in a receptacle spaced upstream from the shaft and which houses a light source and optionally an auxiliary heat source. The outlets of the agitator tubes are inside the receptacle so that any exhaust diverted from the shaft into the agitator tube will entrain vapors from the bait as the exhaust exits through a vent provided in the receptacle.

Abstract: A surgical staple has a base having first and second base segments defining in an un-deformed state a substantially V-shaped configuration having an apex, each base segment having a first end and a second end. The first end of the first base segment is joined to the first end of the second base segment at the apex of the V-shaped configuration so as to define a first angle between the first base segment and the second base segment of less than about 180.degree. and first and second legs each having a first end and a second end, the first and second legs being connected substantially perpendicularly at the first ends to the second ends of the first and second base segments respectively. A surgical stapler for applying surgical staples according to the invention is also disclosed.

Abstract: A tool for driving fastening elements (40) into a receiving material (U) includes a housing (1) with a throughbore (3), a channel (5) extending transversely and opening into the throughbore, and a guide (8). A driving device (2) is axially displaceable through the guide (8). The driving device (2) has an axially extending guide tube (9) in which a ram (7) is axially displaceable. Axial displacement of the driving device (2) is converted by control elements (10a, 10b) into transverse movement of a slide (6) located within the channel (5). The slide (6) cooperates with a separation device (12) in the form of a spring-loaded pawl at a magazine (11) holding the fastening elements (40). The magazine is mounted on the housing by a quick disconnect fitting.

Abstract: A device for aerating a bait tank using only air flow as the source of power. An ambient air driven propeller or fan mounted on a shaft positioned in a generally cylindrical housing is provided. A crank section formed in the shaft produces a reciprocating motion which operates a piston rod that is connected to the shaft at one end and to a diaphragm or bellows having a check valve at the other end. A tube or other conduit connected to the outlet of the check valve directs a unidirectional flow of aerating air to the bottom of the tank. An air stone or air brick may be secured in the bottom of the tank in the path of the aerating air flow to enhance dispersion into the bait tank.

Abstract: A fixture for imparting to a fishing rod a jigging motion including: I) a structure for mounting the fixture on a surface; II) a structure for receiving the fishing rod, the structure for receiving the fishing rod A) being pivotally carried by the structure for mounting the fixture on a surface and B) including a structure for following; III) a structure for providing a displacement surface, the displacement surface A) being in operable connection with the structure for following and B) including: 1) a rise section which causes the displacement surface to engage the structure for following; and 2) a return section which causes the displacement surface to disengage the structure for following; IV) a structure for biasing the structure for receiving the fishing rod, the structure for biasing A) being connected to both the structure for receiving and the structure for mounting, B) reducing stress on both the structure for providing a displacement surface and the structure for following during engagement of the s

Abstract: In a fishing lure, a polygonal body shape is employed to provide a set of complementary planar surfaces on which a photographic reproduction of a bait fish may be applied to provide a realistic lure without distortion of the photographic portion of the lure.

Abstract: A float body for river fishing and trolling has a longitudinal fin projecting downwardly from the bottom of the float to cut through water being fished to locate the float in desired lateral locations relative to the riverbank or direction of trolling. A spring-loaded locking swivel arm is used to set the desired angle at which the fin cuts through the water. The line exit location is through the fin and approximately at the center of the float body rearwardly from the swivel arm for horizontal stability. The float includes line locking apparatus using ring members secured under spring pressure or by a threaded tightening nut.

Abstract: An improved fish handling device comprising a generally U-shaped member having generally parallel upper and lower arms resiliently joined at one end and having a cushioning element carried by the free ends of the arms, with the free ends inclining downward at a predetermined angle to the axis of the arms and having barrier carried by the free ends adjacent their junction with the arms.

Abstract: A separate thumb accessible pushbutton operated circuit revises the power operated tube nut wrench at a reduced speed to intercept a home stop wherein after the wrench is automatically shut off on the sensing of current rise in the motor on stall to avoid over stress and unnecessary heat buildup.

Abstract: A tin tag dispensing apparatus for a nailing gun includes a support member having a tin tag dispensing groove, a shuttle slidably disposed within the support member, a tube receptacle containing a plurality of stacked tin tags, a slide member slidably mounted on the tube receptacle, a linkage assembly connecting the slide member with the shuttle, and a mounting plate for connecting the apparatus to the nailing gun. When the gun is lifted, the slide member slides upward along the tube receptacle and causes the shuttle, through the linkage, to engage and displace a single tin tag resting in the tin tag dispensing groove to a nailing station where it is retained until pierced by a fastener discharged from the nail gun.

Abstract: A fishing rod holder for attachment to a dock or pier having horizontal planks spaced a first distance apart from each other includes an externally threaded shaft having a bar fixedly connected to a first end of the shaft. The bar defines; a width less than the first distance and a length greater than the first distance, and a nut is rotatably mounted on the shaft. The nut defines length and width dimensions greater than the first distance, and a handle is mounted on the shaft between the nut and a second end of the shaft. A rod holding device is mounted on the shaft between the handle and the second end of the shaft for adjustably receiving and holding a fishing rod.

Abstract: A surgical stapler comprising at least one cam having a cam surface, an arrangement for actuating the cam for a longitudinal firing movement of the cam surface, a cartridge having a plurality of staple drive members driven by the longitudinal movement of the cam surface, and a plurality of surgical staples respectively associated with the staple drive members for being fired by the longitudinal movement of the cam surface. In one embodiment of the present invention, the staple drive members include at least a pair of alternating first and second staple drive members, the first staple drive member including a laterally spaced pair of staple driving surfaces, the second staple drive member including a single staple driving surface. The first and second staple drive members are disposed such that the staple driving surfaces thereof are arranged in laterally spaced three rows.