Abstract: A security alarm system which may be selectively armed or disarmed when monitoring a protected premises is described which utilizes the position of a deadbolt to determine whether the security system should be armed or disarmed. The security system comprises (i) an entry door for permitting ingress to the protected premises from the outside of the entry door and egress from the protected premises from the inside of the entry door; (ii) a lock for selectively locking and unlocking the entry door; and (iii) a switch having a first state indicative of the lock being in a locked position and a second state indicative of the lock being in an unlocked position wherein, when the switch is in its first state, the security system is armed and, when the switch is in its second state, the security system is disarmed. Sensing means are also provided to determine if the lock was engaged from inside or outside the protected premises.

Abstract: A motorcycle frame of the Softail.RTM. type having a main frame and a rear frame pivotally coupled to each other. The frame has inwardly displaced contoured members extending between the lower and upper longitudinal members to allow the drive member to be carried outside the contoured members. The frame also has a truss assembly extending between the lower longitudinal members which results in an improved load path from the transmission plate to the contoured members.

Abstract: In a Softail.RTM.-type motorcycle frame, a rear damper mounting bracket is connected to a threaded receiver, which is in turn connected to an adjuster plate. The adjuster plate has two longitudinal slots for fastening the adjuster plate to the swing arm lower cross member. An adjuster bracket is also connected to the swing arm lower cross member. An adjuster bolt is located through a hole in the adjuster bracket and threaded into the threaded receiver. An adjuster lock-down nut and fasteners through the adjuster plate slots keep the adjuster plate in the selected position. The dampers are connected to the rear damper mounting bracket by conventional means. By selectively threading the adjuster bolt into or out of the threaded receiver, the ride height of the motorcycle frame can be carefully controlled. Also, the alignment between the main frame and the swing arm can be carefully adjusted.

Abstract: A swing arm assembly with the swing arm side plate on the drive side of the motorcycle being spaced inward from the corresponding motorcycle frame side plate wherein the belt or chain extends between the swing arm side plate located on the drive side of the motorcycle and the corresponding motorcycle frame side plate, instead of extending inward of the swing arm side plate.

Abstract: An improvement on a syringe needle protection device and system for practicing the same is shown utilizing a hollow needle cover, or simply cover, which may slide over or within a syringe cylinder. The invention envisions having a needle cap which protects a needle. The hollow needle cover has a reduced end capable of receiving and holding or ejecting the needle cap. The device may also include a means for releasable locking onto the needle cap so that the needle cap locks onto the needle cover. When the cap is being replaced the needle cap can be snapped onto the needle cover until the cap is released when the cap is fixed back in place over the needle. Typically the cap will snap into place onto the needle holder. A locking mechanisms is envisioned which locks the needle cap to the needle cover. This mechanism can prevent the needle cap from being removed from the needle cover until the needle cover is fully extended over the needle.

Abstract: A device for establishing an adjustable and flexible loop to act as releasable cuffs to restrain a person or to act as a releasable tie for bundles of wire or cable. A strap includes a free end and a lock end to receive the free end to establish a loop. The lock has a ratchet with a set of pawls engageable with the teeth spaced along the free end of the strap. The ratchet is hingedly mounted in the lock so that urging the strap into the lock causes the teeth to apply a rotational force to the pawls which rotates the ratchet about the hinge to disengage the pawls from the teeth to allow the strap to be inserted into the lock, while urging the strap out of the lock causes the teeth to apply an opposite rotational force to the pawls which rotates the ratchet about the hinge in the opposite direction to engage the pawls with the teeth to prevent the strap from being withdrawn.

Abstract: Apparatus for treating potable water to remove odorous sulfur compounds therefrom is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a treating tank, a fogging nozzle, means for directing water to be treated through the fogging nozzle and into the treating tank, means for injecting compressed air into the water directed through the fogging nozzle, a filter vessel, and a de-aerating vessel. The compressed air injected into the water that is directed through the fogging nozzle is at a pressure sufficiently high that minus 100 micron water droplets leave the fogging nozzle. Air, most of the sulfur compounds present in the water and some entrained water are ultimately discharged from the treating tank. The means for directing the water to be treated through the fogging nozzle is controlled to maintain a predetermined water level in the treating tank. The filter vessel contains a bed of a filter medium which forms a loose bond with the remaining H.sub.2 S in the filter vessel.

Abstract: The invention provides a pressure relief device for aerosol containers that may be subject to high internal pressures. The pressure relief device is a small plug formed of a rubber material. The plug has first and second bores extending inwardly from each end and defining between them a thin integral diaphragm separating the bores. A groove extends circumferentially around the device, and one end of the device is tapered so that it can be forced into a hole in the bottom of an aerosol container. The area and thickness of the diaphragm can be varied to control the pressure at which the diaphragm will rupture to relieve excess pressures in the container. The rupturable diaphragm is protected from damage during the insertion process, and when the container is on store shelves, by being located near the center of the device, protected by the bores on each side of the diaphragm.