Abstract: Intraluminal anastomosis devices include complementary, ring-shaped clamping and pinning members for intraluminal end-to-end anastomosis of a tubular organ. The confronting faces of the devices have an annular, sharpened rim located at a radially innermost position. The confronting faces of the devices also include an annular groove located radially outwardly of the rim, the groove including a plurality of spaced, longitudinally extending openings having radially inwardly projecting serrations. Toothed pins are retained in the openings to securely clamp the devices and intervening tissue together.

Abstract: A vacuum sizing apparatus is positioned downstream from an extruder along a path followed by a body of thermoplastics material as the body exudes in a heated, deformable state from the extruder. The apparatus includes structure defining an elongate sizing surface extending along the path of travel of the body. A multiplicity of vacuum channels are formed in the structure and open through the sizing surface for drawing outer wall portions of the body into conforming engagement with the sizing surface as the wall portions cool and rigidify while moving along the sizing surface. The structure includes a plurality of side-by-side structural segments, each of which defines a portion of the sizing surface, adjacent ones of which have mating side walls. The vacuum channels are of small cross section and are formed as grooves milled or ground in the side walls of the segments. A clamping system releasably clamps the segments together and permits their disassembly to provide access to the vacuum channels for cleaning.

Abstract: An apparatus for ductlessly distributing and circulating heated air from a gas-fired heater to heat large volumes of air in industrial facilities and the like includes an upstanding structure which defines a vertically extending chamber. Openings are provided in lower and upper portions of the structure and communicate the chamber with lower and upper strata of ambient air. A blower assembly is housed within the structure intermediate the lower and upper openings. A gas-fired heater is carried by the structure externally of the chamber. Heated air from the gas-fired heater unit discharges into the chamber at a location between the lower and upper openings and combines with air being circulated by the blower in an upwardly directed flow through the chamber. The lower and upper openings are arranged such that air from the lower strata is drawn toward the lower openings, and such that air discharging from the upper openings into the upper strata moves outwardly toward the walls of the room.

Abstract: A carrier for releasably receiving, retaining, carrying and hanging a pair of roller skates includes a C-shaped handle having upper and lower leg portions which overlie each other and which extend substantially in a common plane. The upper leg portion is of sufficient size relative to the size of one's hand to effectively distribute the load of a pair of roller skates across the width of one's hand. The lower leg portion is provided with an opening through which a shaft extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to at least a part of the lower leg portion. Opposite end regions of the shaft project from opposite sides of the opening. Two separate pairs of hook-shaped arm members are carried on opposite end regions of the shaft. Each pair includes arm members located on opposite sides of the C-shaped handle for engaging a rear axle of a skate.

Abstract: A holder for supporting comestible products such as tacos or the like includes an elongate, generally U-shaped carrier. The carrier is made of an opaque, plastic material susceptible of injection molding. In one embodiment, the carrier is supported atop a stand having a plurality of legs of generally equal length, at least one leg being disposed at opposite ends of the carrier. The legs and the carrier are arranged such that a plurality of the holders may be stacked to facilitate compact storage. In another embodiment, a plurality of carriers are aligned atop, and secured to, a legged stand. The stand includes a planar sheet supported at an angle to the horizontal by first and second legs extending outwardly of the planar sheet. The first and second legs are of different lengths and extend outwardly of the sheet at different angles. The stand includes a plurality of slots into which portions of another holder can be fitted to permit compact storage.

Abstract: A portable unit for recovering metallic silver from photographic processing solutions includes a lightweight, molded tank structure. Spaced, elongate, stationary anodes are disposed within the tank and are positioned parallel to each other. An elongate cathode assembly is supported for rotation in the tank about an axis parallel to the anodes. The cathode assembly includes a specially configured apertured barrel designed to promote efficient contact between photographic solution and the remainder of the cathode components. The barrel is readily removed from the unit and disassembled to permit cathode components to be stripped of plated silver. Alternate cathode constructions are disclosed by which extremely efficient plating and silver recovery may be accomplished. The unit also includes a drive shaft seal assembly for supporting the cathode assembly for rotation. The seal assembly is flexible to permit operation of the device even when misaligned bearing support structures are provided.

Abstract: A lock bracket is adapted to receive the shackle of a padlock to lock a pedal crank assembly and a rear wheel of a bicycle against rotation relative to the bicycle's frame. The bracket is formed as a welded assembly of a rod, a pair of reinforcing plates, and a pair of lock-receiving plates. The rod has a pair of arms which extend in parallel planes and are interconnected by a 180 degree bend. Each of the arms is L-shaped. The arms are spaced such that they can be threaded (1) through a conventional bicycle pedal, (2) among the spokes of the bicycle's rear wheel, and (3) about a pair of bicycle frame members, whereafter the bracket can be locked in place using a conventional padlock.

Abstract: A glove is provided with means for releasably connecting a weight at selected locations about the outer surface of the glove to facilitate resistance exercising of muscles of the forearm, wrist, hand and/or fingers. The weight is preferably carried on a strap. The connection means preferably includes interfittable parts carried on the glove and on the weight support strap. The glove preferably covers the entire hand of the wearer and may be used in palm-up, palm-down and palm-sideways attitudes with the strap-carried weight attached at any of the selected locations. In a modified form, a finger glove is provided with means for releasably coupling a weight thereto for excercising finger muscles.

Abstract: A fiberboard tube is made into a container by applying closures to its ends. The closures are of organic polymeric material and provide a rim of generally U-shape or J-shape cross-section to receive end wall portions of the tube. Each closure is bonded to a tube end using either a solvent bonding or an adhesive bonding technique. Interior surface portions of each closure rim are provided with a multiplicity of macroscopic surface irregularities, preferably in the form of elongate ribs, to accelerate the bonding process and to assure the formation of an air-tight seal between the closure and such tube end wall portions as are received within the closure rim.

Abstract: A stepped shaft is rough-formed at a single work station by means of separate sets of rolls operating sequentially to rough-form shaft portions of different diameters. A first set of rolls operates to reduce the diameter of the entire workpiece to approximately the desired major diameter of the finished stepped shaft. Other sets of rolls operate to further reduce the diameters of selected portions of the shaft. In preferred practice the workpiece is pre-heated to a suitable work temperature and the entire rolling sequence is carried out rapidly to produce a rough-formed stepped shaft which will require a minimum of further machining.

Abstract: A heavy duty, large capacity, tiltable axis, tumbler-type finishing machine has a drum with an open end and a closed end. The drum is caged within and journaled by a supporting framework. A shaft journaled by a thrust bearing supports the drum in the vicinity of its closed end. A plurality of rollers arranged about the periphery of the open end support the drum in the vicinity of its open end. A shock absorbing drum rotation drive system is provided for rotating the drum relative to the framework about a rotation axis. An upstanding main frame cages and pivotally supports the drum support framework for movement about a pivot axis. A drum pivoting drive system is provided for moving the drum support framework relative to the upstanding frame about the pivot axis.

Abstract: A building system is disclosed for constructing non-load-bearing walls in a building having preexisting ceiling and floor structures, using substantially dimensionally identical, lightweight wall panels. The wall panels are rectangular and each has a pair of facing sheets adhesively bonded to a plurality of elongate spacers. The facing sheets of each wall panel overlie each other and have aligned side and end surfaces which define sides and ends of the wall panel. Outer ones of the spacers are inset from the sides of their wall panel, whereby the back surfaces of the facing sheets and the outer spacers cooperate to define channels along the sides of the panels. Preformed elongate ceiling and floor runners are secured to the ceiling and floor structures, and the wall panels are positioned, one at a time, in mating engagement with the floor and ceiling runners to form continuous walls.

Abstract: A flush mountable door lock includes a recessed body member, a lock bolt slidably mounted on the body member, and a paddle-shaped operating handle for moving the bolt. The handle is movable between nested and projected positions. A bolt actuator extends from the handle into a receiving formation provided on the bolt for drivingly interconnecting the handle and the bolt to effect retracting and extending movements of the bolt when the handle is moved toward its projected and retracted positions. A torsion coil spring is interposed between the body member and the handle, and serves the several functions of biasing the handle toward its nested position, maintaining play-free engagement between the handle and the body member when the handle is nested, and maintaining a play-free driving connection between the handle and the bolt when the handle is projected.

Abstract: A mixing valve particularly suited for use as a water faucet includes separate finger-operated lever controls for selectively delivering an unmixed flow of cold water, an unmixed flow of hot water, and one or more mixed flows of intermediate temperature water. An intermediate temperature flow is obtained by combining and mixing separate flows of cold and hot water in a mixing chamber. A temperature selection lever is provided for positioning a flow restriction element to control the relative proportion of the flows of cold and hot water delivered to the mixing chamber so that any desired intermediate temperature can be selected for the mixed flow delivered from the mixing chamber. Constant temperature of a mixed flow is maintained throughout the available range of flow rates in part by coordinating the admittance of cold and hot flows to the mixing chamber with respect to the discharge of mixed fluid from the mixing chamber so that suitable back pressure is maintained in the mixing chamber.

Abstract: A lightweight, foldable camper capsule for automobiles is releasably mountable about trunk portions of an automobile without requiring the formation of holes in the automobile body, whereby the watertight integrity of the automobile trunk compartment is maintained. The camper capsule has side, front, top and back wall portions which are foldable to overlie the trunk compartment of an automobile, thereby enabling a relatively large camper capsule having a capability of sleeping three adults to be collapsed to a substantially reduced size for over-the-road travel. In one embodiment, the foldable side, front, top and back wall portions are formed from rigid materials and are pivotally mounted for folding. In another embodiment, the foldable side, front, and top wall portions are formed from flexible material such as canvass supported on a foldable framework.

Abstract: A cup-like appliance for treating hiccoughs includes a container portion adapted to hold a quantity of liquid, a dispensing portion for dispensing the liquid, and a tongue-depressor portion adjacent the dispensing portion for projecting into the mouth of a person drinking liquid from the appliance to depress the person's tongue while the liquid is being swallowed.

Abstract: A system is provided for pivotally mounting opposed ends of a door panel between a pair of frame or shelf members. The system utilizes a pair of panel-engaging members which have U-shaped cross sections and which receive the door panel ends. Each of the panel-engaging members has a pair of spaced leg portions interconnected by a base portion. A pair of elongate cylindrical projections extends from the base portions to define a pivot axis of the door panel. A pair of projection-receiving formations is provided on the frame members for journaling the projections. At least one of the projection-receiving formations takes the form of an adjustably positioned bearing structure. The panel-engaging members are preferably formed as elongate extrusions of plastics material. One of the panel-engaging members is provided with a handle formation for facilitating movement of the door panel.

Abstract: A crank assembly for coupling a plurality of connecting rods to a common crank pin of a crankshaft includes an articulation member journaled on the crank pin. The articulation member carries a plurality of knuckle pins arranged in a radial array about the crank pin. Auxiliary cranks interconnect the articulation member and the body of the machine to limit freedom of movement of the articulation member and to assure that it does not rotate in space as it moves with the crank pin in a circular path around the axis of the crankshaft. The described assembly is particularly useful with reciprocating piston machines of the type having a radial array of cylinders with pistons movable in the cylinders, and permits the use of identical connecting rods, each drivingly connecting a separate one of the knuckle pins and a separate one of the pistons. Moreover, each of the auxiliary cranks can be used either as an additional power transmission input or output for the system.

Abstract: Vise jaws are mounted on supporting jaw structures by interfitting dovetail formations which taper to draw the jaws into tight-fitting engagement with their supporting jaw structures while also serving to accurately position and orient the jaws relative to their supporting jaw structures. The jaw mounting system utilizing these interfitting dovetail formations is particularly well adapted for use on a fluid-operated vise of a modular type. The preferred vise construction includes an elongate base structure having a generally rectangular top surface with an elongate undercut groove formed in the base structure and opening through the top surface. The jaw structures are supported on the top surface and are movably positionable therealong. In preferred practice, one of the jaw structures includes a fluid-operated movable component. This component and the other jaw structures are each provided with a jaw mounting surface.