Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reciprocating saw including a housing, a shaft rotatably mounted in the housing, a motor, a spindle reciprocally supported by the housing, a wobble plate mounted on the shaft and connected to the spindle and converting rotational motion to reciprocal motion, and a clutch drivingly connecting the motor to the shaft and providing slippage between the motor and the shaft if there is binding of the spindle.

Abstract: An animal trap entrance device for attachment to a container, so as to form an animal trap, is provided. The device includes a tube, a moveable member and moveable member stop disposed within the tube and a fitting attached to the outside of the tube for mating the device to the container.

Abstract: A nailing depth adjusting mechanism for a pneumatic nail gun is described. The mechanism includes a firing control strip fastened to the gun body which releases the firing pin of the pneumatic nail gun. The firing control strip has two parallel lugs and a toothed adjusting wheel disposed between the lugs. The wheel has a longitudinal axially internally threaded hole and holes are provided in the lugs. A safety bar is provided having a threaded rod at one end. The rod is inserted through the lugs and threadedly received in the hole in the adjusting wheel. The end extending from the wheel is received in a socket which, in turn, is received in a hole through one lug. A compression spring is provided between the adjusting wheel and the opposite lug. Rotation of the wheel then displaces the threaded rod within the mechanism and, in turn, moves the safety bar.

Abstract: A proximity sensor controller mechanism for use with a nail gun or the like having a firing end. The proximity sensor controller mechanism includes an electrically-energizable proximity sensor circuit having a proximity sensor positionable near a firing end of a staple gun or a nail gun and with the energized proximity sensor transmitting a proximity signal when a recipient external object is placed in juxtaposition with a firing end of a nail gun or a staple gun. The proximity sensor circuit further has an indicator lamp coupled to the proximity sensor and with the indicator lamp being illuminated upon receipt of the proximity signal from the proximity sensor; a power source for supplying electrical energy to the proximity sensor circuit for operation; and a coupling mechanism for coupling the proximity sensor circuit to a nail gun or the like.

Abstract: A collection apparatus for collecting specimens of a predetermined size floating within a body of water comprises a net and a float connected to the net. The net has a mesh surrounded by a periphery. The float has a sufficient buoyancy to maintain the net in a position above the lower surface of the body of water and in a generally stationary attitude relative to the upper surface of the body of water.

Abstract: A cartridge for an electric stapler comprises an inner cartridge for holding a plurality of staple sheets in multi-layered form, each of the stapler sheets being formed by sticking straight staples together in sheet-like form, and an outer cartridge associated with the inner cartridge and detachably mounted on the electric stapler. The outer cartridge includes an accommodating section for accommodating the inner cartridge, a staple passage formed so as to extend from a lower end of the accommodating section, a staple receiving stand disposed at a front end of the staple passage, a pusher for pushing legs of a staple forward, the staple being formed into a square U-shape on the staple receiving stand, and a drive channel, arranged at the front of the staple passage, for receiving the formed staple pushed by the pusher. A driver plate of the main body of the stapler drives the formed staple in a direction orthogonal to the staple passage.

Abstract: A supporting frame mounting a work implement, such as a post hole digger, is disclosed wherein the supporting frame is connected to a standard snow plow mount at the front of a truck. The supporting frame includes a fixed base member affixed to the snow plow mount and supporting a rotatable base portion by a slew bearing. The supporting frame further includes a double arm boom member pivotally connected to the rotatable base member and a single arm boom member pivotally connected to the double arm boom member to provide a compact nesting configuration for transport. The work implement is affixed to the single arm boom member by a pivot and a swivel to permit a self-seeking vertical orientation by gravity. A hydraulic system powers the pivotal movement of the boom members and the rotatable base member, as well as the operation of the work implement.

Abstract: A light weight fly box for holding fishing flies made entirely from foamed plastic material, with the outside of the box made from a more-dense material to provide durability and structural integrity, and a less-dense material used on the inside of the box so that central depressed areas may be relatively easily thermoformed in the box to provide the volume necessary for holding flies.

Abstract: The bait locating device for accurately positioning bait adjacent a particular fish to be caught. The device comprises a floatation member for causing desired floatation of the device, an attachment member for attaching the device to a suitable weighted member, via fishing line, to drag or sink the device to the bottom of the body of water and a spacer for spacing the bait a sufficient distance away from the floatation member. A method of locating bait adjacent fish is also disclosed in this application.

Abstract: A shaving system having a blade and support structure that define external skin engaging surfaces in front of and to the rear of the cutting edge of the blade, the support structure including a shaving aid composite comprised of a blend of ethylene vinyl acetate and a shaving aid composition adjacent the cutting edge of the blade.

Abstract: A reciprocatory dry shaver has a head from mounting three elongated cutter heads, one center cutter head and two outer cutter heads extending in parallel with each other. Each cutter head comprises a holder carrying a stationary cutter and a movable cutter driven to reciprocate in shearing engagement with the stationary cutter. The head frame is mounted on a shaver housing from which a reciprocating element projects to drive the movable cutter of each cutter head. The center and outer cutter heads are floatingly supported at individual longitudinal ends by associated center and outer spring members so that each cutter head is vertically movable relative to the head frame. The center spring members are formed in one of the head frame and the associated holder while the outer spring members are formed in the other of the head frame and the associated holders.

Abstract: A reciprocatory dry shaver has a head from mounting three elongated cutter heads, one center cutter head and two outer cutter heads extending in parallel with each other. Each cutter head comprises a holder carrying a stationary cutter and a movable cutter driven to reciprocate in shearing engagement with the stationary cutter. The head frame is mounted on a shaver housing from which a reciprocating element projects to drive the movable cutter of each cutter head. The center and outer cutter heads are floatingly supported at individual longitudinal ends by associated center and outer spring members so that each cutter head is vertically movable relative to the head frame. The center spring members are formed in one of the head frame and the associated holder while the outer spring members are formed in the other of the head frame and the associated holders.

Abstract: A reciprocatory dry shaver has a head from mounting three elongated cutter heads, one center cutter head and two outer cutter heads extending in parallel with each other. Each cutter head comprises a holder carrying a stationary cutter and a movable cutter driven to reciprocate in shearing engagement with the stationary cutter. The head frame is mounted on a shaver housing from which a reciprocating element projects to drive the movable cutter of each cutter head. The center and outer cutter heads are floatingly supported at individual longitudinal ends by associated center and outer spring members so that each cutter head is vertically movable relative to the head frame. The center spring members are formed in one of the head frame and the associated holder while the outer spring members are formed in the other of the head frame and the associated holders.

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 wherein 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: An apparatus for stapling a belt-connecting clip fitted to a belt end has a crimping die, a housing fixable relative to the crimping die and forming a vertical guide, and a hold-down device engageable with the clip on the belt end on the crimping die, having an outer guide ring vertically slidable in the housing, and forming a vertically throughgoing guide bore adapted to hold staples engageable through the clip and belt end on the crimping die. A penetrating die has an extension projecting vertically downward through the guide bore and engageable with the staples therein. A spindle/nut mechanism in the housing can vertically displace the penetrating die between an upper position with its extension above and out of contact with the staples, clip, and belt end and a lower position engaged down on the staples and forcing same through the clip and belt end and against the crimping die.

Abstract: A device for at least partly immobilizing fly line includes a mat that forms a substrate and a plurality of curved nylon prongs extending upwardly from the substrate. The prongs are spaced from each other over an area of the substrate. Fly line can be pulled from a reel and allowed to randomly fall in coils in and among the spaced prongs. This prevents the fly line from moving due to transverse wind so that it can easily be cast or "shot", or the line can be released to a hooked fish, without tangling, knotting or breaking.

Abstract: An explosive powder charge operated setting tool contains a channel (7) located between an inner piston guide (2) for a piston (1) and an outer housing part (6). At the rear end of the tool, the channel (7) continues in a carrier (3) and can be in communication with a cartridge receptacle (4) in the carrier (3). In its front region, the channel (7) is connected via a first opening (2c) in the piston guide (2) with a guide bore (2a) for the piston (1). Towards the rear end of the channel (7) there is a valve arrangement for forming a propellant gas storage space connected through the first opening (2c) to the guide bore (2a). Propellant gases within the storage space are compressed by the piston (1) driven in the setting direction and, after completion of the driving or setting procedure, serve to return the piston (1) back into its rear starting position by expansion of the storage space gases.

Abstract: A power tool clutch assembly is provided. A first spindle is configured to rotate in a gear case. A drive clutch element is fixed to the first spindle. A second spindle rotates independently of the first spindle. An output clutch element is fixed to the second spindle. An intermediate clutch element is positioned between the drive and output clutch elements, rotatable and slidable relative to the second spindle. A compression spring is provided between the intermediate and output clutch elements. A clutch housing supports the clutch components. The clutch housing and clutch components all can be removed from a power tool gear casing for easy service.

Abstract: An insect stopping and capturing device, comprising a handle with a compression chamber at one end of the handle. A shaft extends through the handle into the compression chamber where a soft head is attached to the shaft, the soft head larger than the diameter of the compression chamber. A hand grip is attached to the shaft opposite the compression chamber. From a comfortable distance, the user positions the soft head over a crawling or stationary insect. The hand grip is pulled away from the compression chamber to draw the soft head into the compression chamber to wrap the soft head around the insect as the head is being compressed. The insect can then be released outdoors by pushing the hand grip, which in turn ejects the insect. The insect may also be terminated by simply placing the compression chamber against a hard surface and then pushing the hand grip toward the surface. The head is compressed against the surface, crushing the insect contained therein.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for altering or modifying fishing lures to vary the normal action of the fishing lure during retrieval and to achieve a desired modified action. The apparatus includes a kit of substantially identically sized and uniformly shaped weights. The method consists of affixing any number of the weights to the body lure at any location to achieve the desired modified action, which may include suspending the lure, changing the rate of vertical displacement of the lure or causing the lure to swim or track to the left or right of the fisherman.