Abstract: The invention provides a cabinet, especially for storing and dispensing sanitary commodities, characterized in that said cabinet is provided with at least one compartment and at least one latchable door and is further provided with means for attachment of said cabinet atop a bathroom flush tank as an integral unit with the cover thereof, whereby said cabinet and cover are readily removable as a unit to allow access to a flushing mechanism within the flush tank in case of malfunction. The invention also is directed to bathroom flush tank covers whenever provided with such a cabinet and to a kit containing such a cabinet and instructions for attachment thereof atop a bathroom flush tank.

Abstract: An insert for an ice chest which includes a tubular body having open ends and apertured side and end walls arranged to be disposed within the interior of the chest with the lower end in supported engagement with the chest bottom wall, the interior of the chest being provided with one or more vertically spaced removable shelves for supporting foodstuffs and having a cross-sectional shape for defining a surrounding clearance space with the side wall of the chest in which ice is placed so that the air cooled by the ice passes through the apertures in the body walls to refrigerate the foodstuffs on the shelves while the ice is blocked from entering the interior of the tubular body wherein the foodstuffs are stored.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a motor driven wiper device particularly for use with side-view mirrors on vehicles. A vertically or horizontally disposed wiper blade is mounted on a support arm and sweeps the surface of a side-view mirror in order to prevent the accumulation of debris or moisture which can interfere with rear view vision. The wiper blade support arm is normal to and slidably disposed on two transversely mounted rods, so that the wiper support arm sweeps back and forth along the length of the transverse rods. Two linkage arms located on the back face of the mirror connect the wiper support arm to the drive motor. The drive motor, and thereby the wiper blade, can be actuated from inside the cab of the vehicle.

Abstract: A wiper for a mirror such as the side view mirror on a truck or the like including a mirror mounted in a frame with a pair of chains and sprocket assemblies drivably positioned in said frame on opposite sides of the mirror and a wiper blade connected at opposite ends to the chains, the chains being driven in unison by an electric motor to move the wiper blades successively across the face of the mirror in wiping engagement therewith and behind the mirror back to a position for repeating the wiping engagement with the mirror face.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a bottle stopper for automatically sealing the pouring spout of a bottle which in a preferred form includes a liquid within the bottle that is carbonated. The stopper is suitably formed of a single piece of material including a capsule which overlies the bottle neck and its associated toroidal lip of the bottle, a lever operatively connected to the capsule by means of a resilient tongue, in which the lever is biased to normally provide a stopper connected at a terminal extremity of the lever into sealing engagement with the top portion of the capsule.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improved switch mechanism suitably fashioned for providing an indicator in one embodiment of an automobile's acceleration, deceleration, or coasting. Further, a second switch mechanism which operates as a function of a command from a second circuit and its associated induction coil has been provided. In one form, the side to side translation of a bar having a contact element thereon causes electricity to be transferred from a current source or battery to two or three contact points which are selectably engageable and provide a current to the circuits associated with these engageable contacts so as to activate a circuit.

Abstract: A device for draining hydraulic brake fluid which leaks from the wheel cylinder of drum brakes in a hydraulic brake system for a motor vehicle which includes a catch basin disposed below the wheel cylinder on the drum brakes for collecting the leaking fluid with an exit tube connected to the bottom of the catch basin, the tube extending from the catch basin to the exterior of the drum brakes so that the leaking fluid is conducted from the catch basin through the tube and falls harmlessly on the ground thereby avoiding contamination of the surfaces of the brake shoes and drum.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improvement on a backplate which is used to hold and lock a gun. The improvements include providing stop elements on various parts of the backplate so as to not only constrain the gun from rotation around the trigger guard, but also to provide an additional structure which will prevent the hammer of a gun from being cocked and fired.

Abstract: A folding sawhorse having an improved leg brace and storage hasp means. The sawhorse is of a type having two sets of leg pairs hingedly connected to a sawhorse top and having a brace extendable between each leg pair and the sawhorse top. The leg pairs are moveable between a folded orientation parallel with, and a set up attitude substantially normal to, the sawhorse top for, respectively, the sawhorse folded storage state and set up position. In the set up position, the tops of the leg pairs abut the underside of the sawhorse top to limit movement of the leg pairs in one direction. The leg pair braces when locked in position prevent movement of the leg pairs in the other direction. According to a preferred embodiment, a resilient brace is provided for each sawhorse leg pair.

Abstract: A disaster alert system for a public area, building or the like, each area of which is provided with a sensor responsive to a localized disaster such as a fire with a circuit for each sensor connected to an audio/visual device identified with a specific area, the circuits being connected together so that the response of a sensor in a specific area activates the associated audio/visual device to provide an alerting output which indicates the location of the disaster and measure to be taken at all of the interconnected audio/visual devices.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a game device including a playing surface having games scoring indicia thereon by plural spaced regions each having point values, a sealed chamber underlying and coextensive with the playing surface containing plural magnets, in which the chamber is so fashioned that the magnets are constrained to remain oriented in one vertical alignment and are incapable of rotation. The magnets all have the same polarity proximate to the playing surface, and a further magnet is provided on the top playing surface which initially is oriented with its magnetic polarity similar to the magnets within the chamber in close tangential relation so that upon shaking the game device, the further magnet on the top face will be caused to flip over indicating that the magnets therebelow have been randomly redistributed. At least one die is then thrown to determine the number of markers to be cast. The markers are formed from spheres having polarities reactive to the magnet's polarity within the chamber to be cast.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an oar lock seat device that combines a sliding oar lock unit with an adjustable seat-cooler box. This apparatus is comprised of two gunnel mounted sliding oar lock assemblies structurally connected by an adjustable seat-carriage assembly whose unique construction encompasses an insulated storage box upon which the occupant sits. This apparatus fits securely into inflatable rafts of various dimensions and will remain with the craft even in an inverted position.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an oil filler cap for disposition upon the rocker cover in an internal combustion engine in which the opening mechanism commonly used for opening oil cans to allow the lubricant to pass within the engine is integral with the valve cap itself. Specifically, the device includes an inverted cone having a hardened tip area at its vertical extremity, an overlying protective shroud, plural openings disposed on the conical area, and an upper pinch plate for latching the cap onto the valve cover itself. Cooperating with the pinch plate is an underlying outwardly flared terminus having tab members to allow co-action with a latch upon the rocker cover.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coal and ash caddy defined by a container having a plunger plate disposed therewithin having a contour complimental to the inner configuration of the container, a plunger rod connected to the plate extending outwardly through the container terminating in a handle, and a support framework fastened to the container connected to a door on one open end of the caddy so that manipulation of the support frame will cause the door to open and manipulation of the plunger handle will cause the plunger plate to eject a quantity of fuel to be ejected from the container. Similarly, the device can be manipulated to allow the introduction of ashes from a stove or the like whereby the ashes can be removed from the building within which the stove is provided without desiminating ashes in the environment.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for feeding and stacking single sheets for a printing office machine. Singel sheets (32) may be selectively called up from a plurality of magazine units (30), which are disposed vertically one after another. The single sheets are guided to the printing cylinder (12) by way of a horizontally disposed feed-in conveyor track (20) traveling below the magazine unit (30). The printed single sheets are stacked in sorted fashion in stacking receptacles (70) by way of a horizontally disposed delivery track (66,68) provided with controllable delivery diverters (72) and traveling below the feed-in conveyor track (20), the stacking receptacles (70) being disposed vertically one after another below the delivery track. The induction channel leading from the feed-in conveyor track (20) to the printing cylinder (12) crosses the ejection channel leading from the printing cylinder (12) to the delivery track (66,68).

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a consecutive nailing machine with specially joined nails manufactured in rows. The machine is capable of hammering the joined nails one by one, separatively and consecutively, into wood.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an aerator for use in providing cylindrical holes in a lawn or similar type surface so as to provide a nesting area for fertilizer and to allow the introduction of air beneath and along the root system of botanical life to be thus treated. The device comprises an elongate shaft from which emanates along the lower portion thereof a helical type of screw provided with shelf portions and a pointed extremity at the terminus of the shaft which is so constructed that the device not only cuts into the earth, but also carries the thus loosened dirt on the shelf portions so that when the device is removed from the hole a substantially cylindrical void is provided.

Abstract: An alarm device responsive to vibration includes a unitary housing in which is disposed an SCR for connecting an alarm signal to an associated source of power, the gate of the SCR being connected to a pendulum and ring assembly with the pendulum being normally suspended within the ring out of engagement therewith but which moves into engagement with the ring when the housing is subjected to vibration to apply power to the SCR gate so that the SCR conducts to actuate the alarm signal for indicating the application of a vibration to the housing or a supporting structure on which the housing is mounted. The alarm device may also include timing circuitry which deactivates the SCR after a predetermined period of time.