Abstract: A gang tool assembly for drilling a precise pattern of holes in a workpiece or otherwise cutting surfaces and the like on such workpiece and including a mounting panel of rigid sheet material having a pattern of holes formed therein to receive supports for powered tool heads to detachably support the same to form a gang pattern of either drills or cutters for simultaneously drilling a pattern of holes in a workpiece or forming a contoured surface thereon.

Abstract: A safety air gap system for an exemplary high volume evacuator having a water-sealed pump to provide suction thereto and including a gray water discharge from the pump to a drain, the system including a closed housing adapted to be mounted at a higher level than the evacuator, a reservoir for fresh water in the housing terminating a predetermined distance below the top, a coaxial pair of inner and outer tubes extending upward from the bottom of the reservoir and terminating above the top of the reservoir, the lower end of the inner tube receiving municipal water for discharge at the top to the outer tube which discharges the water at the lower end to the reservoir as controlled by a float-operated valve between the upper ends of the tubes, the housing having in one sidewall an outlet port connectable to a drain at a level below the top of the reservoir to prevent accidental filling of the housing with water in the event of a malfunction of the system, and an air gap opening positioned in a sidewall of the hou

Abstract: A storage cabinet comprising a plurality of identical shell-like sections and similar complementary slidable drawers, each section comprising a molded plastic planar rectangular panel integral along three sides with similar edges of a pair of sidewalls and a rear wall to form a continuous U-shaped wall configuration and a front opening similar in area to the rear wall. In use, the sections are stacked vertically upon each other with the planar panel uppermost and the front openings facing a common front plane except the lowermost section which has the rear wall disposed in said plane to form a base member and drawers of complementary size are slidably supported in all sections except the bottom one. Connecting screws extend between the sidewalls of adjacent sections to connect all sections into a unitary cabinet.

Abstract: A toy boat powered by a rubber-band as a source of driving power for a propeller, the rubber band being wound to energize it by a helical type spiral rod adapted to be reciprocated longitudinally within the hull of the boat respectively in opposite directions to wind the rubber band by means of a gear train actuated by the spiral rod when moved in one longitudinal direction and clutch structures being included to permit sequential retraction of the spiral rod while the rubber band is prevented from unwinding during such retraction without the use of a locking member or the like.

Abstract: A toy automobile having front and rear axles on a body respectively supporting wheels, one of the axles being driven by a gear train energized by a twisted elongated member such as a rubber band, the elastic member being energized by twisting it by means of a reciprocable elongated rack extendable axially in opposite directions relative to the body of the automobile, which rack when pulled outwardly actuating the gear train to wind a drive shaft for the elastic member and, when the rack is pushed in retraction into the body, a throwout gear in the train is disconnected to prevent unwinding the elastic member, and a manually operable stop member engages the drive axle to prevent movement thereof until released.

Abstract: A target game adapted to be operated by darts from toy dart guns, thrown objects and the like, comprises a front panel arranged for vertical positioning, a row of simulated tin can targets are arrived along the upper edge of said panel and are supported upon depending arms pivotally supported rearwardly of the front panel, and score indicating panels are mounted on said arms in a manner to be positioned opposite one of a series of viewing openings in the front panel when a can target is hit by an object and toppled rearwardly and pivotally. Each arm adjacent the pivot therefor has a cam engageable with a corresponding projection on a horizontal rod rearwardly of the front panel to cause limited rotatary movement of the rod to actuate an elongated flexible member having a striker positioned to hit an audible signal member when the flexible member is flexed incident to the aforementioned movement of the rod.

Abstract: A utility device for use in operating upon shell-type food products such as nuts and shell fish, comprising a transverse head and a pair of handles having one end of each pivotally connected within a recess in said head, the handles having opposed curved recesses adjacent the aforementioned one end of each and also having mating flat surfaces extending from the other ends and abutting each other, in combination with a metal knife blade provided with a unitary handle having a socket extending into the end from which the blade projects, the socket being complementary to the other ends of the pivoted handles and frictionally but separably receiving said other ends and the flat surfaces of said pivoted handles having opposing grooves forming an elongated recess complementary to the shape of the blade and receiving it, whereby the unitary handle serves to utilize the head as a shell-cracking handle.

Abstract: A gang tool assembly for drilling a precise pattern of holes in a workpiece or otherwise cutting surfaces and the like on such workpiece and including a mounting panel of rigid sheet material having a pattern of holes formed therein to receive supports for powered tool heads to detachably support the same to form a gang pattern of either drills or cutters for simultaneously drilling a pattern of holes in a workpiece or forming a contoured surface thereon.

Abstract: A capsule-like cartridge comprising a cylindrical body of uniform diameter open at one end and provided with an annular flange surrounding the open end, the other end being closed by an integral hemi-spherical end of the same radius as said body and provided with an angularly extending discharge nipple communicating with the interior of the hemi-spherical end and body. After the body is loaded with a precisely measured quantity of material, the open end is closed by a plug slidably movable along said body when one end is engaged by a plunger of no greater diameter than said plug and the opposite end being complementary in shape to the hemi-spherical end of the body, whereby the plunger is capable of discharging the entire measured amount of material in the body except the scintilla thereof lodged in the nipple.

Abstract: This invention pertains to a chromatographic column and seal structure applicable to at least one end of a packed tubular column and formed either from metal or very hard plastic material such as a polyamidearamide resin, the seal members per se which are formed from such materials having a body circular in cross-section with a straight-through passage from end-to-end of uniform diameter and an annular rib on the body intermediately of opposite end portions, one of which is cylindrical for press-fitting into one end of the tubular column and the other end being frusto-conical and tapering away from the rib.

Abstract: A manually operable ejector holder for effecting discharge of a capsule-like cartridge of cylindrical shape open at one end to receive a measured charge of material and provided with an annular flange at the open end, the other end being closed but provided with an angular discharge nipple and the holder having a cylindrical body provided with an ejecting plunger operated by a handle and a cooperative pivoted lever member. The forward end of the cylindrical body is partially cutaway in a radial direction for a limited distance longitudinally to provide a hollow seat to receive the flanged end of the cartridge and the seat having an undercut groove to receive the flange of said cartridge, and the sidewalls of the seat at the upper edges having limited flexibility and spaced apart a slightly less distance than the diameter of the cartridge body to effect a limited snap-acting connection of the cartridge to the holder. Several embodiments of lever members and support mechanism therefor are provided.

Abstract: A baler adapted to form round bales including a support for a supply roll of stretch cling-type of plastic film, power operated nip rolls to engage the outer end of said roll of film, a drag brake on said support to maintain tension on said film, cut-off mechanism including a toothed bar positioned below the roll of film and movable between operative and inoperative positions relative to said film, an electric switch near the operator's position to control a solenoid which moves the cutoff bar to inoperative position, support mechanism for rotating a roll bale to be wrapped with the film, powered mechanism to rotate the roll bale to be wrapped with the film while the nip rolls feed the free end of the film into engagement by the rotating bale roll for encircling the same with multiple convolutions of the film while the drag brake maintains tension thereon and rotation of the nip rolls then being stopped and the electric switch being operated to cause the solenoid to move the cutoff bar to operative position t

Abstract: A picture-hanging system comprising a section of metallic picture-hanging wire cable of limited stiffness having a loop at one end to engage a mounting member, such as a screw eye, for connection to a picture frame, the other end extending through a similar mounting member and having a small locking apertureformed at the terminal portion of said other end through which an intermediate portion of said wire cable extends, whereby the length of said cable between said two attaching members may be adjusted by moving said small locking aperture along said intermediate portion of said cable and then applying tension upon the cable to effect a locking offset crimp in the cable to prevent slippage of said small locking aperture along said cable in a direction to lengthen the same between said mounting members.

Abstract: A case having a hinged top supporting a mirror and battery-powered lighting structure including rows of at least three transparent bulbous globes along opposite side edges of the mirror, a single electric bulb adjacent each row of globes, a reflector positioned opposite each globe and rearward of the bulb and adapted to reflect light from the single bulb into each row of globes and commonly through all of the globes to illuminate said mirror from opposite edges, the case having a compartment in which a doll head with a wig and a base is storable in horizontal position in the compartment and is mountable in upright position upon support mechanism in the case selectively to face the mirror when the top is vertical or the front of the case.

Abstract: A machine tool for scribing arcs and circles on work pieces comprising an elongated arm having a vertical stud adjacent one end for mounting in a chuck on a rotary spindle, a slide having a plurality of scribing styluses of different sizes disposed at an angle to each other and extending perpendicularly from the outer surface, the slide being movable along the arm to dispose the styluses selectively at desired precise distances from the stud and the slide also being rotatable on the arm to position one of the styluses in parallelism with the stud, a clamping thumb screw threaded into the slide for engagement with the arm to releasably secure the slide to arm at a selected position thereon, slide having a notch extending into the face nearest stud and adapted to receive the same when very small radii are desired, and a fixed reference flange on the stud end of arm positioned outwardly from the axis of stud a distance equal to the distance between the axis of the stylus on slide and the face of the slide neares

Abstract: A gas generating system utilizing cellulosic waste, such as sawdust and the like, of a low BTU rating, which is partially dried on the closed top of, and then fed to the bottom of a conical generator into which a limited air supply is delivered to the upper portion of the generator where a combustion zone occurs to sinter the material and form steam and wood gas (methane) which passes to and through a heat exchange coil in an after-cooler tank in which water is heated incident to cooling the gas which successively passes through several cyclone units which successively remove dust, ash, creosote and other condensates, a blower also being included to induce a low rate of suction in the system to insure movement of the gas through the system which finally preferably is passed through a scrubber to clean the gas product of any appreciable impurities and the scrubbing water is recirculated to absorb more impurities after being stratified to remove heavy condensates and other solids.

Abstract: A portable golf ball washer comprising a vertical cylindrical container closed at the bottom and open at the top and lined with a piece of stiff bristled carpet having the bristles to extend inwardly and the tips defining a core hole of less diameter than that of a golf ball to be scrubbed, a plunger having one end comprising a handle extending beyond the open end of said container when fully inserted, and the other end of said plunger having a U-shaped bail-like ball-retaining member of wire formed into a circular portion extending around a ball when contained therein for more than 180 degrees of the circumference and the legs of said member being parallel and terminating in inwardly projecting ends inserted into the sides of the other end of said plunger.