Abstract: A hollow cylindrical energy accumulator having a helically encircling fluid circulating conduit is exposed to direct solar radiation and to radiation redirected by an arcuate reflector.

Abstract: A fishing pole has a bulb in the handle for lighting a fiber optic bundle carried within the rod. Electrical energy is supplied to the bulb by a conductor communicating between a connector in the handle and a battery remote from the fishing pole. The battery may be held in a case affixed to a selected object and supporting a fishing pole holder. A bulb, within the case and energized by the battery, emits light through a window in the case.

Abstract: A solar sight having a scale calibrated in terms of solar declination angle and reflector angle is provided with diffraction pattern forming means comprising a movable sighting tube which, when directed at the sun, provides a Fresnel pattern on a viewing surface, which pattern indicates when said sighting tube is in proper alignment such that its axis is parallel to that of the incoming rays of the sun. The solar sight is portable and may be moved about on a heliostat so as to adjust the operation of the heliostat clock drive to agree with local sun time and to adjust the heliostat reflector tilt angle so that the sun's rays are reflected along or parallel to the polar axis. Movement of the sighting tube causes the movement of a vernier plate bearing an index which permits readout of the solar declination in degrees north or south declination. The vernier scale permits the reading of solar declination angles to 0.1.degree. and the establishment of reflector angles to 0.2.degree..

Abstract: A kit includes a legless table and a chair having a tubular frame with detachable legs. The table is detachably connectable to the chair. Rigid flotation material encases portions of the tubular frame and buoyantly supports the chair and the table.

Abstract: A portable, dry-placer mining apparatus is provided with a vacuum chamber which defines a contained region of lower-than-atmospheric pressure which establishes the mode or means for drawing material into the chamber. The material is then ejected therefrom at a rate determined by the differential pressures established internal and external to the vacuum chamber. To prevent material impaction from interferring with the vacuum controlled output flow of material, any tendency of the material toward impaction is disrupted by an air stream flowing therethrough in response to the lowered pressure within the vacuum chamber. The material is output to a vacuum controlled separator device which is vibrated to separate denser from less-dense materials. A vacuum responsive frequency control is incorporated in the vacuum responsive vibratory drive of the separator device. The entire device is easily manually transportable and may be fitted to a conventional backpack frame.

Abstract: Each segment of a presliced pastry is held in a server having an upright panel with flaps extending under and over the segment. The several servers are supported on the tray of a holder in a configuration which approximates the uncut pastry. The holder further includes a removable cover which is urged downwardly for compressive retention of the several servers during transportation.

Abstract: A shield for protecting the nap, or pile, at the edges of carpets or the like while painting adjacent surfaces of adjoining walls. The shield is formed of a substantially planar isosceles trapezoidal guard and platform, and a substantially planar rectangular runner. The guard and runner support the platform above the upper surface of the carpet. The angles between the sides and major base of the guard and the angle between the guard and the platform are chosen so that the pile of the carpet does not, as the shield slides over the carpet, spring back into contact with adjacent painted wall surfaces. The guard, platform and runner are preferably made of a single sheet of planar material.

Abstract: In a push-on cable connector assembly, the connector is merely pushed onto the coaxial cable and positive pressure devices maintain electrical continuity at points of contact between the outer conductor of the cable undergoing tests and that of the connector assembly and between the inner conductor of said cable and that of the connector assembly. A spring fingered ferrule provides positive contact pressure with the outer conductor of the coaxial cable. Uniquely, a resilient spring contact probe, commonly applied in production testing of printed circuit boards, is adapted as the center conductor of the push-on connector assembly and provides positive contact pressure between the center conductor of the cable undergoing tests and the center conductor of the push-on connector assembly. A standard coaxial connector of the designer's choice is provided as part of the push-on cable connector assembly.

Abstract: A pop-up cleaner for a swimming pool. The gear housing of the cleaner is removably positioned in a fitting in a circular opening in the floor of the pool. A jet block is mounted on a linear movable hollow tube that rotates with a rotor mounted in the gear housing, which rotor is connected through a reduction gear train mounted in the gear housing to an impeller mounted in a turbine casing on the gear housing. The fitting is adapted to be connected by a conduit to a water pump. When water under pressure is present in the conduit, the jet block projects out the fitting and a stream of water under pressure is directed substantially parallel to the surface of the pool in the vicinity of the cleaner. Water flowing through the cleaner rotates an impeller which through the reduction gear rotates the jet block at a substantially constant angular velocity. When the pump is turned off, the jet block returns into the fitting.

Abstract: A frame has an upper edge for bearing against the underside of a motorcycle and a lower edge for bearing upon the ground. The frame is rotated about the lower edge from a substantially horizontal position to an upright position for lifting and supporting a selected end of the motorcycle.

Abstract: A bore at the forward end of a rotatable body receives and guides a coaxial cable to a first cutter for removing a portion of the outer conductor and a second cutter for coring the dielectric. Detachably securable to the body is a third cutter for stripping away a portion of the protective jacket.

Abstract: A pair of separable sections forming a hollow structure are coupled to a rotatable shaft. Controlled quantities of hydraulic fluid are introduced into the hollow structure through a passageway within the shaft. One of the sections is selectively slidable along the shaft, for release of fluid from within the structure.

Abstract: When a top burner of the electric range is energized, a sensible signal means is simultaneously activated. This sensible signal means is deactivated by the act of placing a cooking utensil upon said energized top burner. Circuit means are provided for electrically coupling energy from the energized top burner of the electric range. Such circuit means will include electric switching devices which are operative to deactivate the sensible signal when a cooking utensil is placed upon the energized top burner.

Abstract: A housing carries an anvil having an upper surface for supporting the deformable body of a collapsible tube. The header wall of the tube bears against the forward end wall of the housing which is spaced from the forward end of the anvil. An elongate presser element having a rearward end pivotally connected to the housing includes a surface which is arcuately movable relative the surface of the anvil. The presser element is moved toward the anvil to squeeze fluent material from the tube in response to pressure exerted upon an elongate actuating element bearing upon the presser element and having a pivotally connected end proximate the forward end of the housing. An article storage compartment located below the anvil is accessible through a door carried at the rear of the housing.

Abstract: A safety blade for a powered rotary lawn mower and method of making same. A layer of high strength fabric of an organic polymer extends throughout the blade. A metallic bar is positioned primarily in the central portion of the blade. The fabric and bar are bonded together and encapsulated in a elastomeric material containing fibers of an organic polymer. The blade is formed so that the outer end portions are provided with cutting edges with the fabric intersecting the cutting edges.

Abstract: A brush is detachably engageable with a hair grooming device, such that the handle of the brush forms an integral part of the backbone of the grooming device. A pair of lugs, each having a socket formed therein and extending upwardly from the backbone, matingly receive the ends of the handle. A wall formed in the backbone receives a cluster of bristles depending from the lower edge of the handle.

Abstract: A game for two or more players in which the players must rely on their ability to perform a prescribed set of movements of playing pieces in accordance with designated surfaces of said playing pieces at each of which surfaces is sensibly impressed at least a different one member of a recognizable sequential pattern. The recognizable sequential pattern is not limited to alpha-numerics, but may be words taken from familiar limericks or poems, the vocalization of musical scales, or the like. Each player is given a playing piece. The pieces are passed to an adjacent player, one step at a time as all players recites out loud a member of the sequence. The playing pieces are passed with each sequence member recited until the member of sequence is the one appearing face up on the playing pieces at which point there is a hesitation in passing for one sequence count. The same pass and recite sequence is repeated, this time silently, and then again out loud and so on.

Abstract: An evaporative cooler body comprises a non-corrosive, insulative assembly of self-locating, self-jigging parts. Stand-off means are provided for increasing the effective area of the evaporative cooling pads and for improving air flow across the surface of and through said pads. An improved water distribution means permits sheeting of the water across the top surfaces of the evaporative cooling pads to obtain a more uniform distribution of water within said pads. Means are provided for interrupting water flow on the surface of the evaporative cooling pads and returning such water to the interior of said pad so as to increase the overall efficiency of the evaporative cooler. The evaporative cooler cabinet is comprised of a minimal number of reaction injection molded elements of high modulus urethane elastomer. The material insulates both sound and heat providing a quieter running and more cooling-efficient device. Color may be permanently molded into the cabinet.

Abstract: A link is pivotally connected at one end to the collar which is clampingly engaged with the quill of a machine tool. The other end of the link is pivotally connected to one end of a lever arm. At an intermediate point, the lever arm is engagable with a conventional sensitive drill adapter held in accordance with conventional practice by the machine tool. The drill adapter is reciprocally movable in response to movement of the lever arm.