Abstract: A timepiece includes a rotatable bezel mounted on the housing. A storage area inside the housing contains a plurality of folded or crumpled sector elements. The sector elements each have an apex which is attached to a curved spring-like wire and a base which is attached to the housing. Rotating the bezel causes detents in the bezel to push the wires out of the storage area and causes the wires and the sector elements to cover a conventional solid dial face which is mounted in the housing thereby changing the appearance of the dial face. The sector members may have various indicia formed thereon.

Abstract: A trap for airborne insects is provided including a scroll tube with left and right caps on respective ends of the bar, a support wire connecting the left and right ends, a flexible web rolled around the scroll tube and coated with a tacky adhesive, and a cylinder of sufficient size to allow storage therein of the scroll tube. Upon assembly, the scroll tube is removed from within the cylinder. A portion of the web is unravelled from the scroll tube and wound around the cylinder exposing therebetween an area of web for catching flies and other insects. Periodically, the web can be refreshed by winding a previously exposed web section around the take-up cylinder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved foldable crate designed to be interchangeably stacked together with solid one-piece crates. The crate has four side walls hinged to each other so that in the folded state of the crate, one pair of side walls become compacted against the other pair in a face-to-face position. Each side wall has a flat top rim, and a bottom rim provided with a series of cantilever support elements integrally formed therewith, projecting into the hollow of the crate and adapted to support the bottom wall of the crate. At least one of the supports of each side wall comprises a depending stop portion underlying and integrally formed with a bottom end-portion of the respective cantilever support elements.

Abstract: A sampler apparatus includes a housing which is adapted for mounting on pressurized conveying lines and a remotely mounted control unit. The housing includes a sampling probe which is extended from the housing to enter the conveying line and collect a sample of material flowing in the conveying line and then is retracted into the housing. An auger is provided to clean out the sampling probe when in the retracted position and force the sampled materials into a discharge tube. The control unit controls the timing of the extension and the retraction portion of the operating cycle.

Abstract: A solenoid control valve includes a solenoid housing which encloses a solenoid and an armature which is actuated by the solenoid in order to control the flow of fluid through the valve. Contact spring makes continuous electrical contact with the armature and the armature is electrically insulated from the valve except when the solenoid brings the armature into contact with a stop portion which is integrally formed in the body of the valve. Contact between the armature and the stop completes an electrical circuit between the sring contact, the armature and the valve body, thereby providing a precise electrical indication of the mechanical state of the valve without any degradation due to hysteresis or mechanical losses.

Abstract: The present invention relates to surgical instruments for removing protruding tissue such as tonsils, warts, polyps and like, from the body, more specifically, it relates to loop type snare instruments supplying a high frequency electrical current for coagulation and cutting during the removal of these body growths.In a primary embodiment of the invention, a loop is provided which is made of electrically conductive wire connected to a loop made of electrically conductive wire within a tubular insulated sheath. The wire is connected to a handle assembly that will allow the loop to be extended from or retracted into the distal end of the tubular insulated sheath. The loop is covered over a major portion of its circumference by an insulating material, leaving only a minor portion of its circumference uninsulated at the portion of the loop most distal from the tubular sheath, and electrically active.

Abstract: A dual laundry bag has a front panel, a rear panel and a center panel which divides the dual laundry bag into two or more compartments. The top of the dual laundry bag includes a drawstring closure and a pair of grommets. The bottom of each compartment includes a zipper closure which facilitates discharging each compartment individually. The rear panel includes a pair of adjustable carrying straps and the front panel includes a flap and an adjustable belt for attachment of clothing which has been hung on hangers to the dual laundry bag.

Abstract: An architectural safety glass laminate is provided having a glass sheet, a plastic substrate, and therebetween an adhesive film. The substrate is provided with a decorative pattern on one surface thereof. An acrylic based substance is employed as the adhesive.

Abstract: An insect trap includes a vertically mounted member, the outer surface of which is coated with a non-drying adhesive layer. The ends of the tubular member are mounted in end caps which serve to position the tubular member in a container and also to catch and retain insects which have been killed by the trap. The container includes perforated panels which may be selectively removed by a user to expose the tubular member to insects while shielding it from view.

Abstract: A round top window includes a flexible master frame member which is bent to the desired degree of curvature and then joined to a straight master frame member. A stop member is attached to the master frame members to provide support for a glazing assembly which is held in place by an elastomeric glazing bead. Nailing fins are provided on the round top window in order to facilitate attachment to the frame of a building structure.

Abstract: A compound grip for handguns for delaying, redirecting and absorbing shock produced after firing attaches to the rear frame portion of the handgun adjacent the trigger guard. The compound grip includes an elastomeric base, a pair of palmpiece inserts and alignment finger rests. The base also includes one or more fluid filled bags rearward of the rear frame portion of the handgun. A pair of mirror image palmpiece inserts each include an embedded gel sac which delays the aftershock forces. Upon firing of the handgun, the gel sac delays the aftershock forces, the fluid-filled bags absorbs these forces and redirects them, the elastomeric finger rests maintain realignment of the handgun, and the palmpiece inserts retain adequate "feel" of the handgun.

Abstract: A pinch valve assembly includes a valve body in which a plunger is spring loaded against a portion of a flexible tube which passes through the valve body. The plunger causes the flexible tube to collapse preventing flow through the tube. Energization of a solenoid which is mounted on the valve body causes the plunger to release the tube, permitting flow. In an alternative embodiment, energization of the solenoid causes the plunger to bear on the flexible tube thereby providing a normally open valve arrangement. In another alternative embodiment the plunger bears on a plurality of flexible tubes thereby facilitating simultaneous control of different fluids. In still another alternative embodiment the plunger is mounted in roller bearings and the top of the plunger bears on an electrical switch contact which provides an electrical verification of the open or closed state of the pinch valve assembly.

Abstract: Beehive accessories are disclosed including artificial honeycomb, foundation units, covers, bottom boards, queen excluders, queen cages, cell cups and the like. These components are formed as a solid homogeneous mass from polypropylene copolymer and from 7.5 to 15% by weight of a wax.

Abstract: A high pressure liquid chromatography jacket includes a rectangular, fluid-tight enclosure which has a removable cover on which a pair of tubing seal fittings are mounted. The fittings form a fluid-tight seal around the inlet and discharge tubes of a chromatographic column which is mounted in the enclosure. The enclosure is connected to a source of temperature controlled fluid which circulates through the enclosure and controls the temperature of the chromatographic column.In an alternative embodiment of the invention, a valve is provided which allows sample materials being loaded to enter a sample storage loop, which is exposed to the temperature controlled fluid. The sample, whose temperature has been controlled by the temperature controlled fluid, is then injected into a chromatographic column under high pressure.

Abstract: A transparent gel composition is provided for dressing of skin wounds. The dressing is in the form of a sheet comprising dextrin and a water-swellable, cross-linked polymer selected from polyacrylamide or polymethacrylamide. The ratio of dextrin to polymer ranges from about 2:1 to 1:1.

Abstract: A wood chip sampler is provided which is capable of extracting a repeatable and reliable sample of wood chips or similar particulate material from a product stream. The apparatus includes a sampling probe which has a slot which allows the product to enter the sampling probe. The probe is driven into the product stream with the slot in a six o'clock position, rotated through the twelve o'clock position to allow the product to enter the sampling probe, and then rotated to place the slot in a three o'clock position, and then retracted from the product stream into a housing. Once retracted, the probe is again rotated to place the slot on a six o'clock position, allowing the sampled material to be discharged by gravity into a hopper.

Abstract: A gelled paste composition is provided for dressing of skin wounds. The dressing comprises:(i) a non-cross-linked, nonionic polyacrylamide or polymethacrylamide;(ii) a cross-linked salt of polyacrylic or polymethacrylic acid; and(iii) water. The components are present in the critical ratios of (i) to (ii) of from about 1:25 to 1:15; the ratio of (i) plus (ii) to (iii) being from about 10:1 to 1:3. Glycerine is also a desirable component and, when present, will be found in a ratio of water to glycerine ranging from 5:1 to 1:0.7.