Abstract: A fire control mechanism for a firing pin striker operated semiautomatic double action handgun includes a sear pivotably disposed on a frame between forward and rearward positions. The sear includes an edge portion for controlling the firing pin and further includes a cam surface for downward displacement of the sear to release the firing pin in response to trigger firing movement. The firing pin includes an extension adapted to be in planar movement with the controlling edge of the sear with selective engagement and disengagement therewith in response to angular and translatory movement of the sear upon response to actuation of the trigger. A trigger bar includes a disconnect portion disposed to move the trigger bar downwardly upon recoil of the slide. The sear, firing pin extension, cam surface and trigger are all movable in coplanar relationship with one another and the trigger bar and disconnect are movable in a plane parallel thereto.

Abstract: An intake valve for use in a thermoplastic fluid pump for inflatable bladders in which the valve is composed of superposed elastomeric layers and one of which is energy sealed at the center thereof to an inner wall portion of the pump about an inlet opening through said layer. The inlet opening is axially aligned with a hole through said pump wall so that ambient air may upon an expansion stroke of the pump enter the valve through said inlet opening and hole in the pump wall. Thereafter when the pump is compressed, air within the pump chamber will seal the inlet opening and force said air into the bladder through a check valve provided therefor. Thereafter when the pump is released, air will again be drawn into the pump chamber through the intake valve.

Abstract: An accordion-folded calendar sheet printed on a continuous web of paper has sufficient blank spaces adjacent each date thereof to allow the user to record notations and has transverse perforations which separate the calendar paper into consecutive two-week increments. The calendar sheet is foldable at each fourth perforation and disposed in a holder to display an eight-week portion of the calendar web. With the passage of time successive increments can be arrayed in coplanar orientation for simultaneous viewing of eight-week portions of the calendar web which displays the current date as well as previous and subsequent weeks without having to flip between pages of the calendar.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for determining weld and coil resistances of a commutator type electric motor armature. The method comprises the steps of determining a resistance ratio for a pair of coils and then determining the weld resistance across a commutator bar and coil connection based upon the resistance ratio.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for feeding material from a hopper to an extruder choke. The apparatus comprises a Y-shaped feeder section having an inlet portion and an outlet portion capable of being sealably connected and disconnected to the extruder choke. The apparatus further comprises an extension arm having a first end configured to be positioned into and out of sealable contact with the inlet portion of the feeder section and a second end configured to engage with the hopper. In operation, when the hopper is opened, material is fed into the extension arm, through the feeder section and into the extruder head.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic control system for controlling the operation of an oil burner heating system. The control system comprises a relay circuit having first and second relays. When the relays are closed, an external power source is connected to an igniter and motor. The control system also comprises a relay contact monitor configured to detect whether the relays contacts are welded. The control system also comprises a relay control circuit adapted to energize the relays in response to the call for heat from the thermostat and a signal from the relay contact monitor indicative that the relay contacts are not welded. The relays are configured such that only one relay will open or close with power across its contacts. The control system further comprises an improved flame sense monitor adapted to quickly output signals indicative of flame or no flame when such conditions are present with sensitivity hysteresis and a feature to adjust such hysteresis.

Abstract: An auxiliary apparatus for producing maple syrup from maple sap is adapted to utilize the latent heat of the steam emitted from the flue pan of a maple syrup evaporator which is fitted in sealed relation on top of the flue pan. The auxiliary apparatus is in the form of an upwardly opening pan with upright side walls and a bottom wall having a triangularly grooved inner surface and a correspondingly ridged outer surface. Steam pipes "open" at both ends thereof, extend through the interior of the auxiliary pan from a steam receiving chamber of the auxiliary pan to an upwardly opening exhaust chamber at the opposite end of the pan so that a substantial portion of the steam from the flue pan will flow through the sap in the auxiliary pan to heat the maple sap disposed therein to reduce the water content of the sap utilizing the latent heat from the flue pan. A plurality of air pipes also extend through the evaporator in parallel and closely adjacent relation to and below the steam pipes.

Abstract: Quick-release arbor for hole saws has a generally cylindrical shaft with a threaded end portion for a screw-fitted connection to the threaded bore of a hole saw. A collar is disposed about the shaft, includes a shank, at one end, adapted for connection to a power driven chuck and, at its other end, a pair of diametrically spaced-apart drive-pins. The collar and shaft are characterized, respectively, by inner and outer diameters which provide a clearance therebetween so that the collar and the shaft are both axially movable and rotatable relative to each other. A retainer carried by the collar and another retainer carrier by the shaft for interengagement with the one retainer.

Abstract: A powered compound miter saw that can perform miter and bevel cuts and which is adapted so that the saw blade can be moved to provide a wide cut. In particular, the compound miter saw employs a sliding mechanism that provides consistent cutting performance as the saw blade is moved from a fully retracted to a fully extended position even when the saw blade is making a severe bevel cut. The sliding mechanism employs three slide bars which have the saw blade mounted on one end thereof and which can laterally move within a housing. The slide bars are configured in a triangular arrangement and are supported within the housing by a combination of linear ball bearings and a plastic bushing.

Abstract: Atomizing spray nozzle for mixing and atomizing various liquid and gas combinations includes a central liquid conduit, an annular gas passage disposed concentrically about the liquid conduit, a helical spray member and a spray head. The spray member includes a bore disposed in axial alignment with the liquid conduit and is of helical configuration which, in cross-section, tapers inwardly toward the distal end thereof. The spray head is of generally tubular configuration and encloses the helical member, except for at least one outlet orifice through its outer end wall. The spray head provides a chamber for the mixing of the gas and liquid and for the discharge of the resulting mixture through the orifice of the head to form an atomized spray.

Abstract: A device which is fastened at or near the top of a flagpole includes an arm which extends perpendicularly to the flagpole and has a clip positioned at or near an end of the arm. The clip engages a flag along its upper edge when fully extended. The device is fastened to the flagpole using a mounting fixture which comprises a bolt which extends transversely through a bore provided in the flagpole. The arm is angled to form a short pivot section rotatably disposed in a bore transversely through the bolt.

Abstract: Shoe fastener for conventional type shoes having flaps with lace-receiving eyelets disposed along the upper edge portions thereof, includes an elastic web secured at one end to an elongated mounting plate. The plate has a plurality of bendable tabs to fit through the eyelets for securement to one flap of the shoe. At the other end thereof, the elastic web is affixed to a rectangular catch plate which includes an elongated slot. A latch plate, having tabs for fastening into the eyelets of the second flap, extends upwardly and outwardly from the flap for releasably interengagement with the slot in the catch plate. The elastic web, which extends from the mounting plate to the catch plate, may alternately be in the form of a unitary web of elastic fabric, a coil spring or flat spring, or more strands of an elastic material adapted to be affixed onto the retainer plate and the catch plate and when connected to the latch plate, will be in tensioned span on the instep portion of the shoe.

Abstract: An extractor for the removal of cartridge cases from the chambers of a revolver is mounted adjacent the outer end of a tubular stem. The extractor is in the form of a plate having a plurality of radially extending arms equally spaced apart and defining, between each adjacent pair of the arms, a cylindrical surface which conforms with the inner cylindrical surface portion of one cartridge chamber of the revolver cylinder. The outer edge portion of each of the arms is generally a rectilinear edge and together define a rectangular shape having its geometric center aligned with the longitudinal axis of the stem. The revolver cylinder includes a recess in the rear surface of the cylinder which has a depth approximately equal to the thickness of the extractor plate and includes inner, rectilinear edge portions contiguous to and parallel with each of the outer edge portions of the extractor arms to limit rotation of the extractor plate relative to the axis of the cylinder.

Abstract: Machine for the automated fitting of insulative foam inserts into the cores of masonry building blocks includes a frame for straddling, in superposed relation, a masonry block conveyor. The machine has a magazine section for sequentially feeding pairs of laterally compressible inserts linked together in juxtaposed relation by a frangible web of the foam material. The machine includes a vertically reciprocal tamping mechanism for moving each of the linked-pairs of inserts sequentially from the magazine section into the cavities of building blocks being carried on the block conveyor disposed below the machine. The machine further includes adjacent throat channels vertically aligned with the tamping mechanism and with the cores of each building block positioned to receive the inserts therein. The channels are each defined, in part, by a central wedge having its apex disposed upwardly to sever the web and separate the linked-pair of inserts as each is moved through the channels past the wedge.

Abstract: Disclosed is a handcuff device for restraining the wrists of a detainee. The device comprises a pair of handcuff members and a link member of unitary construction. Each of the handcuff members have one or more integrally formed mounting posts. The link member is configured to hingedly interconnect the handcuff members about the posts. The unitary construction of the link member, combined with the integrally formed posts of the handcuff members, provide a handcuff device which is strong and durable and which does not require the use of multiple components, such as a pivot pin, and substantially limits the movement of the detainees hands.

Abstract: Quick-release arbor for hole saws has a generally cylindrical shaft with a threaded end portion for a screw-fitted connection to the threaded bore of a hole saw. A collar is disposed about the shaft, includes a shank, at one end, adapted for connection to a power driven chuck and, at its other end, a pair of diametrically spaced-apart drive-pins. The collar and shaft are characterized, respectively, by inner and outer diameters which provide a clearance therebetween so that the collar and the shaft are both axially movable and rotatable relative to each other. A retainer carried by the collar and another retainer carried by the shaft for interengagement with the one retainer.

Abstract: A check valve provides a one-way fluid passage from without to within a fluid bladder formed by a pair of plastic sheets sealed together about their periphery. The check valve is formed by a pair of superimposed films of thermoplastic material, generally equal in length, thermally bonded together at predetermined areas to define the fluid passage throughout the length of the valve. Each of the films, adjacent one end thereof, is sealed to one of the outer sheets where the valve enters the bladder by a seal line of wedge shape. Each of the films has a high-gloss, cohesive inner surface and a matte, non-cohesive, outer surface. At least one of the films includes, on its inner surface, a release material disposed at a location which corresponds to the area at the inlet end of the fluid passage through the peripheral seal of the bladder to prevent the fusing together of the films at that area of the seal. The seal in that area has a V-shape with apex pointing in a direction opposite the one-way fluid flow.