Abstract: A cover is illustrated for use in a cotton bale for transporting fibers to a textile mill wherein the fibers are confined in compression by the cover and by strapping passed thereabout. The cover is knitted from yarn, consisting essentially of cotton yarn and spun on an open end spinning apparatus, possessing a yarn count of from about 3 to about 10, said fibers being warp knit and having a construction including chain stitches and cross lapping yarn.

Abstract: A capacitor removal device and method is disclosed for removing capacitors from a holder strip on which the capacitors are secured by an adhesive strip with a body portion of the capacitor extending above the holder strip. The removal device comprises a conveyor carried by a frame for transporting the holder strip with the capacitors carried thereon along a first path, and an elongated guide member carried adjacent a substantial length of the conveyor for engaging the body portion of the capacitor and guiding the capacitor along a second path. The first and second paths diverge relative to each other causing the capacitors to be separated and removed from the holder strip.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a hoist mounted on a frame of a pick up truck is illustrated wherein an auxiliary or supplemental support leg is provided outboard of the vehicle for supporting the hoist mechanism. The auxiliary support is provided by positioning an oscillable collar on a vertical hoist supporting column carried by the vehicle and providing a laterally extending arm fixed to the collar for carrying a vertically adjustable support leg thereon.

Abstract: An apparatus for conveying and positioning wooden blanks relative to spaced rotating saw blades. The blanks are fed into a hopper and are lifted from the hopper on dogs carried on opposed conveyer chains. Inclined members are carried adjacent the run of the chain for engaging the wooden blanks as they are raised on the dogs forcing improperly positioned wooden blanks off the conveyor chain. A spring biased pivotal arm is provided for forcing the wooden blanks against a guide rail for properly positioning the blanks for sawing.

Abstract: A mobile work platform lift assembly is illustrated wherein a platform carriage is movable up and down by power operated cables on rails carried by a tower. The tower is movable from a horizontal to a vertical position. A safety mechanism is provided for locking the platform carriage with respect to the rails when the tower is in a vertical position if for any reason the cables no longer offer support for the carriage and when the tower is in a lowered horizontal position, the same mechanism fixes the platform carriage with respect to the rails to avoid longitudinal movement of the platform carriage with respect to the tower.

Abstract: An open-end spinning machine including a spinning rotor having walls which converge together at an angle of at least 40.degree. to define a collecting channel at the junction therebetween. A thread draw-off nozzle projects into the spinning rotor and has a curved thread contact surface. The radius of curvature of the thread contact surface is between 7.5 and 8.5 mm. Such enables yarn to be produced with a rotor speed of between 50,000 and 70,000 revolutions per minute.

Abstract: An attachment is illustrated for extending an existing chain link fence accommodating same to the stringing of barbed wire thereabove. The attachment contemplates the use of a vertical angle extending as a base to be received upon a vertical post of the existing fence for carrying an upright member having barbed wire receiving and securing means thereon in such a way that the upper fence supports do not have to be removed for accommodating the attachment.

Abstract: A bulk yarn formed from a plurality of multi-filament yarns having alternating compact and open segments. The compact segments include first and second plaited portions which are twisted in opposite directions. The open segments of the yarn are defined by loosely bundled multi-filament yarn. The apparatus for bulking the yarn includes an elongated housing having a longitudinal bore extending therethrough. Pressurized air passes through diametrically opposed passages for contacting the yarn as it passes through the bore for producing the bulking effect thereon.

Abstract: A hanging flower pot assembly is illustrated wherein a dish is positioned beneath a flower pot in spaced relation thereto so as to receive water which passes through the bottom of the flower pot thus providing drainage for the roots of plants within the flower pot avoiding excessive soaking thereof as may cause rotting. The dish may be positioned in spaced relation beneath the flower pot by providing spaced projections carrying camming means for passing through and engaging a central opening within the bottom of the flower pot, spaced protuberances being provided for maintaining the spacing between the dish and the flower pot.

Abstract: A brakeshoe for shuttle brakes on a loom which stops a shuttle in a shuttlebox after the shuttle has inserted a filling yarn during weaving cloth. The brakeshoe includes an arcuate shaped rigid support member. Positioned on top of the acrcuate shaped rigid support member is a rubber layer which has a height decreasing with increasing distance from the selvage of the cloth. A coating of abrasion proof material such as shett steel, covers the upper surface of the rubber layer on a side next to the shuttlebox for engaging the shuttle as it enters the shuttlebox.

Abstract: A device for aiding in separating a comingled mass of containers being transported on a pair of conveyor belts. The device includes a cam means which is reciprocally moved up and down for raising and lowering the inner edge of the conveyor belts from a horizontal to a tilted position. This vibrates the containers preventing them from becoming wedged against vertical divider plates which are used for separating the containers into rows.

Abstract: This invention relates to covered garment hangers wherein a tightly braided cover is plaited around the periphery of a triangular bar coat hanger providing an improved substantially flat garment supporting surface for protecting the garment supported thereon while reducing creasing and slippage of the garments.

Abstract: A lifting device for use on pickup trucks and the like for loading and unloading objects carried on a load support to and from the truck bed. The lifting device includes a pair of laterally spaced booms having lower ends pivotally supported on a frame. Elongated lifting arms are pivotally attached to the other ends of the booms and are, in turn, pivotally attached to the load platform. Abutment means are provided for engaging the elongated lifting arms as the booms are rotated over the bed of the truck for shortening the radius of the arcuate path of travel of the load support as the load is loaded into the truck bed.

Abstract: A safety and protective apparatus for changing and inflating tires mounted on a multi-piece rim assembly includes a base having an upstanding support, an arm pivotably carried on the support pivotable away from the base for positioning the tire and rim thereon and pivotable over the base to a superposed position directly above the tire and rim in a locked position. Spaced fingers depend downwardly from the pivoted arm to engage the rim and prevent escapement and flying apart during tire inflation. A lock assembly is carried by the base for locking the free end of the pivoted arm in a hold-down position.

Abstract: A supporting base for a rack formed of four "c" channel members joined end to end defining a rectangular frame. The "c" channel members have an open side facing the center thereof into which the free edges of an expanded metal member corresponding in size to the frame extends and is secured to the bottom side of an upper flange thereof as by welding. Cross braces are carried below the expanded member and terminate within the "c" channel members with the expanded metal member being supported on an upper surface thereof. In one particular embodiment, the expanded metal member slopes towards an axis extending between opposed sides so that when articles are positioned thereon, such will also slope towards said axis.

Abstract: An excess pressure relieving means is illustrated for use with fluid pressure reducing apparatus wherein fluid passes from a high pressure inlet chamber to a reduced pressure outlet chamber and includes a valve member having a relief port carried by a diaphragm which extends across the outlet chamber, a closure member carried by the diaphragm normally closing the fluid relief port, and an operator carried by the closure member engaging a stop which limits movement of the closure member but which permits further movement of the valve member producing a separation of the valve and closure members permitting excess fluid pressure to be dissipated through the relief port.

Abstract: A fiber condenser is illustrated having a strand guiding and delivery opening for feeding fiber forwardly into a nip formed by a pair of superposed rolls wherein a flange is carried by the condenser and extends rearwardly therefrom for engagement by a bracket carried adjacent the rolls for limiting transverse movement of the condenser in either direction. The bracket may be carried by a transverse bar which also supports a cradle assembly for alignment. Normally, a tendency of the condenser to move laterally in relation to the rolls is limited or restrained by the presence of the fiber strand but when such becomes broken, there is a tendency for the condenser to become dislodged from the nip and fall to the floor of the mill.

Abstract: A solar heated building including a thermal collector means which is carried in the attic of the building for absorbing energy and heating the air within the attic. Duct means are connected between the attic and a thermal storage chamber carried below the bottom floor of the building. The thermal storage includes a rock bed extending substantially under the entire area of the house with the joists which support the bottom floor of the building resting on top of the thermal storage chamber. Registers are carried in the floor extending between the space provided between a pair of adjacent joists so that conditioned air can be fed between the joists to the registers for either heating or cooling the house. Control means which are activated by strategically located sensors are utilized for opening and closing dampers for controlling the flow of air through the building.

Abstract: A seedling growing container such as a tray, is illustrated providing a drainage channel opening in a side of the bottom of respective compartments to permit side removal of the seedling and the entire root system including any portion of the root system which may have grown through the drainage opening. Since the drainage channel opens at an open side of the compartments there is no obstruction to the removal of any roots which may have grown through and around the drainage passageway.

Abstract: A drive for a textile carding machine is illustrated wherein a direct current motor is provided for returning the doffer to operating or production speed, following a run at slow speed as for putting an end up, independently of the other driven card components which is de-energized after the doffer has attained operating speed. A drive connection provided between the licker-in and the barrow pulley thereafter drives the doffer at operating speed. The method thus contemplates driving the doffer from slow to operating speed independently of the usual driving components of the card and then when the doffer is at operating speed, utilizing the usual driving components of the card to drive the doffer after discontinuing independent driving of the doffer.