Abstract: A method of taping a product and a tape dispenser. A support for a roll of tape is mounted in a frame and a lever unit is pivotally mounted in the frame. A cutter head and a tape roller are carried by the lever unit, with the tape following a path from the initial roll of tape over the roller to the cutter head, with the adhesive side of the tape exposed and away from the components of the dispenser. The cutter head is pivotally mounted on the lever unit and a linkage provides for pivoting the cutter head from a tab folding position to a cutting position as tape is pulled from the roll, over the roller and onto the product. The taped product is cut from the remainder of the tape at the cutter thereby releasing the pulling force on the lever unit which returns to its original position producing slack in the tape which is folded over to produce the desired tab.

Abstract: A tape dispenser for taping a product. A lever unit is pivotally mounted in a frame, with a support for a roll of tape. A cutter head and a tape roller are carried by the lever unit, with the tape following a path from the initial roll of tape over the roller to the cutter head, with the adhesive side of the tape exposed and away from the components of the dispenser. The cutter head is pivotally mounted on the lever unit and a linkage or a rack and pinion provides for pivoting the cutter head from a tab folding position to a cutting position as tape is pulled from the roll, over the roller and onto the product. The taped product is cut from the remainder of the tape at the cutter thereby releasing the pulling force on the lever unit which returns to its original position producing slack in the tape which is folded over to produce the desired tab.

Abstract: A light-weight, manually-operable security camera for photographing a person and a person's documentation in a single exposure. A camera with a first lens positioned for providing an image of a person standing in front of the camera and a second lens for providing an image of a document on a horizontal surface, and a drive mechanism for driving a single shutter and for advancing film in the film magazine, with the drive mechanism also including a lever for actuation by the person taking the photographs, and an extension spring and one-way clutch mechanism interconnecting the lever and the shutter and film advance means to assure that the lever is fully depressed and the film advanced, before a second set of photographs is attempted.

Abstract: A method of taping a product and a tape dispenser. A support for a roll of tape is mounted in a frame and a lever unit is pivotally mounted in the frame. A cutter head and a tape roller are carried by the lever unit, with the tape following a path from the initial roll of tape over the roller to the cutter head, with the adhesive side of the tape exposed and away from the components of the dispenser. The cutter head is pivotally mounted on the lever unit and a linkage provides for pivoting the cutter head from a tab folding position to a cutting position as tape is pulled from the roll, over the roller and onto the product. The taped product is cut from the remainder of the tape at the cutter thereby releasing the pulling force on the lever unit which returns to its original position producing slack in the tape which is folded over to produce the desired tab.

Abstract: A camera, typically a security camera utilizing film in a cartridge, with means for determining when the film in the cartridge has been exhausted. A radiation emitter with the wavelength of the emitted radiation outside the sensitivity range of the film, a detector for the radiation of the emitter, and a reflecting surface, with the reflecting surface on one side of the film and the emitter and detector on the other side of the film so that presence of film blocks the radiation path from the emitter to the reflecting surface to the detector. A control circuit for controlling camera operation, with the radiation detector output serving to shut off power to the motor when the film supply is exhausted.

Abstract: A mount for a surveillance camera or the like for moving the camera between an operating position and a servicing position for changing film or lens or the like. The camera and mount have interengaging support means and a fastener for joining the support means together for supporting the camera. A shaft is positioned in a mounting bracket, with the shaft having threaded sections projecting upwardly and downwardly from the mounting bracket. The support means is fastened to the upper end of the shaft with a detent member carried on the shaft for engaging a detent member in the bracket, with the shaft detent member being adjustable with respect to the camera position. The shaft is clamped to the bracket by a nut or the like on the downwardly extending section. With the detents engaged, the camera is initially adjusted to the desired operating position and then the support means is clamped at the upper end of the shaft.

Abstract: A roller-type pump for corrosive fluids such as detergents. The pump has a soft internal tube squeezed by rollers to provide the pumping action, and stiff kink-resistant outside conduits conveying fluid to and from the pump. Assembly of the pump's cover with its housing produces a fluid and air-tight connection between the tube and conduits. The pumping rollers are mounted on a spindle made of two identical parts which can be easily assembled and disassembled without tools or fasteners for cleaning, and installed in either direction for ease of maintenance and uniform wear. There are no metallic parts in the pump chamber, and the cover is transparent to allow observation and leak detection during operation.

Abstract: An extensible boom assembly which has a tubular outer section, a tubular intermediate section and a tubular inner section supported in a telescoping relationship, and containing a flexible power conducting line which extends through the assembly from adjacent the forward end thereof to adjacent the rearward end thereof. An articulated, hollow link track member which is supported within the boom assembly and which has one end portion doubled-back upon itself, receives and protects the power conducting line from damage during the relative movement of the several boom sections.

Abstract: A descent device for sliding frictional engagement with a rope and including an elongate vertical shaft with a head structure at the upper end of the shaft and a base structure at the lower end of the shaft. Both structures contain u-shaped, rope receiving slots having an inner wall and opposed side walls. A removable tubular shell extends over the head and base structures to close the rope-receiving slots.One of said rope-receiving slots contains a brake shoe which is movable between a retracted position in which the outer surface thereof is contiguous with the inner wall of the slot and an extended position in which said outer surface is adjacent to the tubular shell so as to retain the rope between said shell and the brake shoe. The brake shoe is yieldably biased toward the extended position, and an external handle is provided for manually moving the brake shoe to the retracted position.

Abstract: A unit adapted to be worn by a dog or other animal acts under the control of a remote control unit to produce stimuli including an aversive electrical stimulus followed by a characteristic sound or other second stimulus in a relation conditioning the animal to have safety, relief and relaxation responses to that second stimulus. A different sound or other third stimulus is preferably produced just prior to the onset of the aversive electrical stimulation, and becomes a conditioned warning stimulus to the animal. The remote control unit is actuable to cause production of these three different stimuli in sequence, to condition the sounds to the desired responses, and after such conditioning can produce the two sounds independently and without aversive electrical stimulation to control the animal's behavior and facilitate training of the animal.

Abstract: A camera in which a strip of film is progressively advanced from a feed roll to an exposed film roll and past an exposure location, and including a mechanism for intermittently turning an exposed film spool to successively advance different frames of the film to the exposure location, and a sensing element which is responsive to a change in diameter of one of the rolls of film to cause automatic adjustment of the spool turning mechanism in a manner changing the angle through which the exposed film spool is turned on each film advancing operation of the mechanism in accordance with changes in diameter of the film rolls to thereby compensate for that change in diameter and render the linear advancement of the film on successive operations of the mechanism more uniform than it would otherwise be.

Abstract: A camera having powered mechanism for advancing a strip of film past a location at which the film is exposed to take a series of successive pictures on the film, with sensing means being provided adjacent the film and acting to respond to its longitudinal movement, and with automatic control means being provided for actuation by the sensing means in a relation halting operation of the film advancing mechanism when the sensing means determine that the film has been advanced through a predetermined distance.

Abstract: Coke oven door overturning apparatus of this invention provides lateral turning and leveling of a door laid down to be repaired, checked or otherwise treated. The apparatus comprises an electric winch for effecting up and down movement of the door turning apparatus of this invention provides lateral turning and leveling of a door laid down to be repaired, checked or otherwise treated. The apparatus comprises an electric winch for effecting up and down movement of the door through a wire cable leading to a door holding frame, a lifting device for leveling the door in the laid down condition, and a lateral turning device capable of rotating the door by 360 degrees in order that the door may be faced in any desired direction for treatment.