Abstract: A mounting bracket assembly for a creosote cutter includes a mounting bracket which may be fixedly secured to a chimney so as to extend across the flue. Fastening bands wrapped around the chimney are directed through guides forming a part of the bracket, and a freely moving cylindrically-shaped section of conduit which functions as a pulley is centrally positioned on the bracket. A creosote cutter pull chain is positioned over the conduit and downwardly into the flue of the chimney. The pull chain both supports the cutter and operates as the means by which the cutter is selectively moved upwardly and downwardly within the flue.

Abstract: A mechanical fruit picker includes a vacuum-operated picking tube which is operably mounted to a tractor and which is designed to pick and deliver fruit to a trailer pulled behind the tractor. The vacuum in the tube is created by a blower mounted to the power take-off of the tractor, while foam rubber paddles are provided within the tube to slow the movement and thus prevent bruising of the fruit. An operator using the tube stands on a platform which is hydraulically adjustable in both horizontal and vertical directions and which is mounted on the top of the tractor. The tube is selectively retractible and extensible at both ends so as to facilitate the picking of fruit in difficult to reach locations and to control the distance that the fruit must fall into the fruit storage trailer. The trailer must be lined with foam rubber to further lessen the likelihood of the fruit damage during the picking operation.

Abstract: Thin malleable metal foil is packaged in tape rolls or single sheets and is used to repair worn metal parts, such as rotatable shafts, surfaces subject to wear from lateral motion, and rusted or corroded sheet metal. The tape may also be used as a strapping tape to hold broken machinery parts together until a replacement part is obtained. The tape is designed to be temporary in nature, thus to serve as a means for effecting an emergency repair until a more permanent solution can be obtained. The tape may be selectively tapered along its width when it is used to repair a worn portion of a rotatable shaft, since the tapering will permit the tape to conform to a concavely-shaped worn surface in an even manner. To facilitate the degree of tapering, the tape surface may be provided with angulated scribe lines so as to permit a user to cut the desired taper depending upon the concaveness of the worn surface to be repaired.

Abstract: An elongated floor structure is provided having upstanding opposite end and rear walls supported therefrom. A pair of elongated ground skids are mounted beneath and extend along front and rear marginal portions of the floor structure and a roof structure extends between and interconnects the upper marginal portions of the rear and opposite end walls. A plurality of upstanding posts are spaced along the forward marginal portion of the floor structure between the end walls and support corresponding front marginal portions of the roof structure from the front marginal portion of the floor structure. A front-to-rear extending upstanding main partition extends between each of the posts and a corresponding portion of the rear wall and a horizontally swingable gate removably closes the forward end of each area disposed between adjacent main partition and each end wall and the adjacent partition.

Abstract: Adjustable pipe clamp holders may be fixedly positioned within existing apertures on the work surface of a workbench. The holders are designed for locking engagement with pipe clamps so as to lock the pipe clamps to the workbench. Through the adjustable rotatable positioning of the clamp holders in certain selected apertures, the pipe clamps may be securely locked in any desired angular position on the workbench, thus to facilitate the desired positioning of a workpiece within the jaws of the pipe clamp.

Abstract: An improved massage table is provided by an arrangement of driving cams which cooperate with followers in the form of lifter bars, such bars serving to reciprocably actuate lift rods positioned through bearing guides attached to the table. Massaging members are attached to topmost portions of the lift rods and operate to bear upwardly against a cushion member in response to an upward movement of the associated lift rods so as to provide a massaging action to a person reclining on the cushion member. The driving cams are operably secured to a pair of orthogonally positioned rotating shafts, each shaft having its own driving gear ratio motor.

Abstract: An amusement device consists of a box-like structure having a transparent lid which may be opened through the proper positioning of a plurality of tumblers contained on an exterior face of the structure. The transparent lid is of a spring biased construction to facilitate its opening once the proper combination on the tumblers has been set, and a troll-like figurine is releaseable from an interior portion of the structure upon an opening of the lid. If desired, the troll may be provided with an award deliverable to the bearer. Further, the combination required to open the structure is changeable through the use of selectively positionable gears associated with the tumblers.