Abstract: Disclosed herein is a bottle packer apparatus for encasing bottles in a continuous operation, comprising a downwardly inclined case conveyor on which inverted cases are moved to a loading area, means at each side of the case conveyor contacting sides of the cases and moving them to loading position, and a bottle conveyor having a continually moving belt on which bottles are carried in a plurality of lanes to an area beneath the inverted case in the loading position, the belt continuing to move forwardly while a predetermined number of bottles enter the case in the loading position and other bottles accumulate rearwardly of the said case due to back pressure exerted by the loaded case against said accumulating bottles. The bottle conveyor speed is always equal to or faster than the case conveyor speed in order to provide for a continuous accumulation of bottles to avoid gaps.

Abstract: The invention disclosed herein is a portable luggage carrier for compact automobiles usually devoid of storage space accessible externally of the cars. The luggage carrier housing is shaped to provide a forwardly facing wall complemental to the rear wall of the automobile, and is provided with attachment means including a knee brace and existing bumper engaging means. A gasoline conduit connects the existing gas inlet means to a gas inlet and closure cap in the carrier top. The rear wall of the carrier housing is provided with a license plate recess and light and with tail lights which match the tail lights of the car covered by the carrier. A bumper is attached to the sides of the carrier housing and extends across the carrier rear wall.

Abstract: A thermally actuated motor which has a short piston stroke is provided with mechanism for converting the stroke to a selected longer stroke without prolonging the motor actuation time. The said mechanism comrises a base, means pivotally mounting the motor on the base, a crank arm pivotally mounted at one end on the base and having a fitting on its opposite end for connection to the object to be actuated by the motor; said crank arm being pivotally connected between its ends to the motor piston shaft. A limit switch is adjustably mounted on the base for contact by the crank arm. Coiled springs connected to the base and crank arm return the crank arm to normal position after it has been actuated by the motor shaft. In a thermal motor having an approximately 11/16 inch piston stroke, the mechanism converts the stroke to a selected longer stroke of approximately 3 inches.

Abstract: The belt buckle embodying this invention is composed of the handle, shank and tines of a table fork. The face member of the buckle is the fork handle, and the fork shank is curved to place the tine portion of the fork rearwardly of the face member. If a conventional four tine fork is employed for making the buckle, the two outer tines are bent to form a loop for attachment to one end of a belt strap, and the two center tines are joined at their free ends and bent to provide a hook adapted to engage a hole in the other end of the belt strap. Thus an integral one piece belt buckle is produced by utilizing an entire table fork.

Abstract: A piston valved brass-wind musical instrument having a plurality of elliptically constricted apertures and of displacements of bore, for example six such apertures and five displacements of bore, in the valves section of its air column. Each of the valves, usually three in number, is offset a precise amount so that a discontinuity is created between the valve bore and the valve casing port. The exact ratio of the offset distance is, from the third valve to the first valve of a three valved instrument, 4:2:1, or 1:2:4.

Abstract: A terminal box and cover in which the box has parallel longitudinal side walls comprising longitudinally spaced apart straight sided members terminating in flat tops which overhang the spaces between them, and the cover has a flat top and depending side walls provided with latch devices on their inner side surfaces which enter the spaces in the box side walls and engage the under surfaces of the tops of said box side wall members. The cover end walls have spacer blocks on their inner surfaces which bear on the upper edges of the box walls when the cover is in place on the box and prevent bearing of the cover top on connectors mounted in the terminal box. The latch devices on the cover side walls do not occupy any space between the respective side walls of the box and cover when the cover is in place on the box, and thus permit the cover to have a close fit on the box side walls.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air line lubricator safety device for automatically actuating an air actuatable member located outside of the lubricator. The air actuatable member may be a normally open air valve in an air line leading to an air operated tool, said air valve being automatically closed when the oil level in the lubricator falls below a predetermined level and thereby prevents operation of the tool; or the air actuatable member may be a signal device such as a whistle or light or other signal automatically air actuated when the oil level in the lubricator falls below a predetermined level.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an hydraulic motor powered planetary drive self-propelled irrigating apparatus comprising a distributing pipe supported by a plurality of towers, each tower frame carrying hydraulic fluid feed and return lines for two motors which are part of each power unit. Each of the two motors is mounted in a bracket rigidly connected to one end of the tower frame, and has an output shaft coupled to the rotatable input shaft of a planetary gear reducer assembly housed in a rotatable hub casing driven by said gearing. The wheels of each tower are mounted on the rotatable hub casings of the two power units.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a splint comprising an elongated rectangular flat strip of malleable metal having a width sufficient to embrace the major width of an extremity such as an arm, a leg or a finger, and of thickness insufficient to provide requisite rigidity for a splint. The strip is initially rollable or foldable into a compact package for storage or shipment. When unrolled or unfolded into flat form, for application to an injured extremity, the strip is bent manually transversely between its ends to provide two legs connected by said transversely curved area, and the legs are manually then bent or folded longitudinally approximately midway between the longitudinal edges of the legs into U-form, said longitudinal bends or folds extending from the leg ends to the opposite sides of said transversely curved connecting area into which they merge. The said manually produced longitudinal bends result in non-uniform U-shaped transverse cross sections in the legs and impart splint-serving rigidity to the legs.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a signal device for detecting the condition of a fluid line filter and automatically activating a signal indicating that the filter requires cleaning or replacement. The signal device may be built in or installed as an attachment in the fluid lines leading to and from a filter for removing moisture and/or contaminants from the line. The signal device comprises a piston housing containing a piston movable to signalling position in response to reduced fluid pressure adjacent one end of the piston resulting from reduced volume of fluid passing through the filter, locking means for retaining the piston in said signalling position, and signal actuating means activated by fluid pressure when the piston is in said signalling position. The signal may be visual or audible, actuated mechanically or electrically.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solids flow control device for controlling the rate of flow and the distribution of flow of solids in a continuous counter current contact between liquid and solid material, and more particularly to apparatus wherein an upwardly directed liquid flow counter currently contacts a solid material, and the downward movement of solids is maintained at a uniform rate across the horizontal cross section of the vessel. The device comprises a vessel in which solids move downwardly in a liquid-solid counter current system to a control mechanism in the form of a plurality of longitudinally parallel rotating rolls and baffles which occupy the entire horizontal cross section of the vessel and maintain the even downward movement of the solids at a uniform rate across the horizontal cross section of the vessel.