Abstract: This cleaning pad holder is designed to clampingly grip a steel wool or other type pad, so as to clean or polish kichen utensils or other articles, without the user injuring his or her fingers in doing so. The device includes a cylinder, which serves as a handle grip, and a sleeve on its interior, serves as a plunger to operate the jaws that grip the pad, the jaws being of a spring clamp secured to the sleeve.

Abstract: Adhesive tape is manufactured by laminating at least one layer of a heat activated adhesive film to one layer of a substrate material, and coating the thereby obtained laminate with a pressure sensitive adhesive. Because the substrate is laminated with a film, typically a random copolymer of ethylene and acrylic acid, the adhesive which is thereafter coated on the laminate will not flow through the substrate, even if a porous substrate is used.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved method and apparatus for impulse sealing thermoplastic materials in automatic form fill seal machines with separate applications of sealing, cutting and cooling.

Abstract: A connector assembly for metallic wires comprises a tapered spring coil member made from stiff elastic wire having a distended end at the apex and a thermoplastic member having an elongated shell with a central bore closed at one end by a wall and having on the other end a substantially circular opening. The inside of the bore is substantially tapered such as to be adapted to house the tapered spring coil member. Two recesses are provided in the tapered inside wall of the thermoplastic member running on opposite sides substantially parallel to the central axis of the bore for providing a locking position to the distended end of the inserted spring coil member. A protrusion near the open end of the thermoplastic member retains the tapered spring coil member inside of the thermoplastic member. The thermoplastic member preferably on its outside forms a frustrum of a cone with, in addition, two substantially conical section planes being provided to allow for easy gripping of the connector assembly.

Abstract: An antistatic sheet or bag for electrostatic sensitive devices is obtained by uniformly mixing a thermoplastic polymer such as polyethylene with about 0.1 to 0.7 per cent by weight of an antistat, extruding the mixture in the form of a tubular sheet, subjecting the sheet to a corona discharge, printing on the sheet or both sides of a tube forming said sheet, with a carbon conducting ink, cutting the sheet into units of desired length and sealing the end of each such cut unit to form a bag.

Abstract: An automatic tension maintaining power transmission belt, a method of making the same and a method for maintaining tension in a rubber belt transmission. The belt is made by embedding polyester fiber cord employing a polyester of high relative viscosity and after being subjected to a hot stretching process as a tensile member in rubber forming the belt. The thermal contraction force of the polyester cord is to be substantially maintained by avoiding shrinkage of the belt during vulcanization.The belt of the present invention is characterized by exhibiting shrinkage of said polyester fiber cords through thermal contractive forces caused by frictional heat generated by slippage of the belt upon lowering of belt tension during belt running. The minimum tension necessary for transmission of power is recovered, the slippage is eliminated for a while and proper tension is maintained. Such automatic action repeats when it becomes needed again.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for covering and sealing dumped waste is provided wherein hardenable plastic foam is sprayed in a swath as waste is compacted by a roller. The roller is wider than the treads of the tractor vehicle, the spray nozzles are angulated alternately, spraying any projection. The configuration of the wheel and nozzles reduced gaps in the foam layer by a large factor over the prior art using less foam and labor and in less time.

Abstract: A combined storing and slicing device is provided with a rectangular box-like container having one open shorter side through which a stick of butter or the like is received. A cutting line is held in a taut condition and is mounted for movement between a first rest position at the top of the open side and a second position at the bottom of the open side while traversing the open side. A cover is provided for the open side which retains the line in the second position when the cover is over the open side.

Abstract: A ball carrier system is provided with a ball bag of pliable material configured to receive a spherical ball and to assume a substantially spherical shape and a first cord for carrying the ball bag. The first cord is connected to the ball bag by a plurality of cords on the spherical outside surface of the ball bag extending along major circles from a first common minor circle to a diametrically opposite second common minor circle. The system includes an arcuate gear bag adapted to accept the ball bag for simultaneous carriage of both the ball bag and gear. The system is optionally adapted to hands-free carriage.

Abstract: A comestible processing apparatus employs an auger and receptacle in processing. In order to protect the operator or anyone having access to the apparatus while the auger is moving, a safety door and switch are provided, disenabling the auger when the door is open or until the auger in the receptacle is inaccessible through the door.

Abstract: For treating and conserving filled dough food products, such as "ravioli", "tortellini", "cappelletti" and the like, the products are subjected to a high moisture and temperature environment and then dried until the dough casing thereof reaches a predetermined moisture content. Then the dried products are packaged under vacuum and subjected again to a high temperature environment, thereby obtaining filled dough packaged products which can be perfectly conserved for long periods without developing any signs of deterioration, mold, etc.

Abstract: An air-conditioning passive heat recirculating system for heated rooms has a number of heat exchange elements with heat radiation surfaces operating as heat transfer pumps using the Peltier's effect. Said heat exchange elements are arranged at at least one wall or the ceiling of heated room within the flow of the heated air circulating in said room so that their radiation surfaces direct heat from said wall or ceiling area to other parts of the room where the heat is desired and needed.

Abstract: Non-focusing solar energy concentration apparatus comprising one or more solar energy absorbing surfaces defining a first area and solar energy transmissive material disposed adjacent the absorbing surfaces and defining an incident surface having a second area greater than the first area, the incident surface being arranged to receive incident radiation from the sun, the solar energy transmissive material also defining a second surface for transmitting radiation to the at least one absorbing surface, the transmissive material having an index of refraction and a configuration selected to provide total internal reflection at the incident surface of radiation incident on the incident surface within a predetermined azimuthal range.

Abstract: An adornment having a front face, preferably decorated, and a rear face. The rear face preferably has an adhesive layer thereon for fixing the adornment to another surface. The front face of the adornment has a pocket formed therein for receiving a scented element, preferably a scent saturated pellet or a scent-filled capsule.

Abstract: A connector assembly for metallic wires comprises a tapered spring coil member made from stiff elastic wire having a distended end at the apex and a thermoplastic member having an elongated shell with a central bore closed at one end by a wall and having on the other end a substantially circular opening. The inside of the bore is substantially tapered such as to be adapted to house the tapered spring coil member. Two recesses are provided in the tapered inside wall of the thermoplastic member running on opposite sides substantially parallel to the central axis of the bore for providing a locking position to the distended end of the inserted spring coil member. A protrusion near the open end of the thermoplastic member retains the tapered spring coil member inside of the thermoplastic member. The thermoplastic member preferably on its outside forms a frustrum of a cone with, in addition, two substantially conical section planes being provided to allow for easy gripping of the connector assembly.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing frozen comestibles has a cup for receiving a frozen comestible and a rotatable auger mounted for movement relative to the cup. The cup is moved to the auger to create a pocket in the frozen material in a first relative movement and mixes the frozen material with an added flavoring and extrudes the mixture from the cup in a second operation. A counter is provided which counts only the number of second operations of the apparatus.

Abstract: An anti-clog sink device is provided which comprises a cylindrical support piece, a screen, an elastic retainer, a detent, and a handle. The cylindrical support piece is open at one end and has teeth attached, which are located in a plane perpendicular to the cylinder axis and disposed at the second end of the cylindrical support piece, said teeth being directed to about the axis of the cylindrical support piece. The screen has a circular bottom to be seated on the teeth of the cylindrical support piece and a cylindrical rim adapted to fit into the cylindrical support piece adjacent to its inner surface. The elastic retainer is adapted to be placed inside of the cylindrical rim of the screen to retain the screen tightly in position relative to the cylindrical support piece. The detent is attached to the inside of the cylindrical support piece for preventing the elastic retainer and the screen from falling out of the cylindrical support piece at its open side.

Abstract: An electrical pickup device for a stringed musical instrument having ferromagnetic strings comprises a pair of superposed coaxial bobbins, each axially wound with a coil having its axis perpendicular to the instrument strings. An integral plate of magnetic material is provided comprising a base disposed between the two bobbins perpendicular to the coil axis and two side walls extending upwardly and perpendicularly from the base to at least immediately below the top face of the upper bobbin. A plurality of rod-like permanent magnets extend through at least the upper coil parallel to the axis thereof and contact the base of the integral plate and the magnets have like polarities at the tops thereof.

Abstract: A vegetable peeling device for carrots, squash, turnips and the like employs a plurality of parallel pairs of cutting blades spring loaded toward each other. The pairs of blades are stacked about a common center and they are arranged at equal angular intervals around the common center. A vegetable pushed between the stacked pairs of blades has pairs of strips of skin peeled therefrom as it passes each of the pairs of blades and emerges fully peeled.