Abstract: A device for holding the weft yarn outside of a pair of takeoff rolls after there has been a filling break or upon starting up of the loom. The takeoff rolls in normal operation withdraw a measured length of yarn from a supply package and feed the yarn to a storage device such as a suction tube. The rapier on its filling stroke withdraws the measured length of yarn from the storage tube on each stroke of filling insertion. As the rapier approaches the end of the stroke, the takeoff rolls 4 and 5 separate so that the final portion of the yarn of each filling is taken directly from the supply package. After a filling break or upon starting up of the loom, in order to insure that the length of the first weft yarn is proper, a movable guide arm 14 holds the yarn outside of the takeoff rolls 4 and 5 and the yarn is manually withdrawn from the supply package. At the end of the first stroke of the rapier the rolls 4 and 5 are separated.

Abstract: A bag device for preserving and protecting game-fish with primary application to billfish and the like is disclosed as including a layered insulating sheathing which is foldable about a fold line for enclosing and insulating the main body of the fish in ice with the design and capability for allowing the bill, fin and tail portions thereof to extend beyond the enclosure. Velcro fastening tape carried around the periphery of the sheath and fold line thereof effectively seals the main body portion therein and around the extended portions of the fish to avoid loss of cooling.

Abstract: A composition useful as a dyeing, fixing and leveling agent for acid dyestuffs on polyamide fibers, as a reserving agent in dyeing of polyamide-cellulosic blends with direct dyes and as an aftertreating agent for improving wet fastness and perspiration resistance of polyamides dyed with an acid dyestuff consists essentially of an aqueous solution of 60-85% by weight of solute of phenolsulfonic acid-formaldehyde condensate and 15-40% by weight of solute of an alkylene glycol of up to 3-10 carbon atoms or a polyoxyethylene or -thio glycol or molecular weight up to 1000.

Abstract: Apparatus for extracting liquid from a moving web having reduced suction requirements, conserving space and being more servicable may be provided through the use of an upper wear surface constructed of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene having a transverse slot therein over which the web passes, together with elongated transverse inserts for blocking end portions of the slot responsive to movement of the web from side to side as it drifts or wanders during its movement over the slot.

Abstract: A bottle loading machine having a bottle transfer conveyor transferring charges of bottles in aligned rows to a case loading station for being deposited through a grid set into a case carried therebelow. Aligned pairs of gripping arms are carried in the path of the transfer conveyor directly over the grid set for receiving the aligned rows of bottles. A pair of abutments are carried adjacent the forward end of the grid set for tilting the leading bottle of the charge of bottles so that when the bottles are dropped, they drop freely into the case. A plurality of stops are carried on a pivotal arm positioned adjacent the junction of the transfer conveyor and the grid set for restraining the incoming bottles as the charge is being dropped into the case.

Abstract: A woodburning stove having an inner housing and an outer housing spaced therefrom providing air passages therebetween. A blower circulates air through the air passages for absorbing heat from the walls of the housing and exhausting the heated air into the room where the stove is located. A substantially horizontal plate is spaced below the top wall of the inner housing defining an afterburner space. A duct extends between the passages extending between the two housings and the afterburner space. The duct is provided with a valve so that fresh air can be controllably applied to the afterburner space for causing combustion of gasses flowing through the afterburner space. A fresh air duct extends along the side of the stove and connects with the blower for supplying fresh air from the front of the stove to the blower.

Abstract: A housing for holding a thread monitor of an openend spinning machine including a first attachment which secures a switching member to a cover and a second attachment for aligning the housing relative to the support cover. The support cover has recesses provided therein through which the first and second attachments extend for securing and aligning the housing relative to the support cover.

Abstract: A housing for holding a control device for a thread monitor of an open-end spinning machine which includes heat-generating elements. The housing is primarily constructed of plastic material and includes a cooling plate upon which the heat generating elements are mounted for dissipating heat generated within the housing.

Abstract: Apparatus for weighing fowl hanging from shackles of a continuously moving overhead conveyor, having a plurality of balance arms extending radially outwards from the vertical central axis of the apparatus and being pivotably supported by slide blocks mounted on vertical guide bars rotating about the central axis and driven by the overhead conveyor. The outer ends of the balance arms are adapted, while moving along with the conveyor at the same speed, to catch and lift the shackles so that they are no longer connected with the conveyor, by moving the slide blocks upwards, and the inner ends of the balance arms are adapted to come to bear on a load cell located in the central axis when released by a locking member.

Abstract: An adjustable grate is illustrated for use in a woodburning stove and the like wherein pivoted linkage mechanism manually operable externally of the stove is capable of raising, lowering, and shaking the grate from above so as to facilitate unobstructed cleaning ashes from beneath the grate.

Abstract: A saw blade is disclosed for sawing a working model of a dental arch used in fixed crown and bridge work wherein the blade includes a first number of linear aligned saw teeth and a second number of laterally offset saw teeth which may be pulled or pushed into a cut initiated in the dental stone by the straight teeth for faster and straighter sawing.

Abstract: An encapsulated shuttle grip for use in shuttles for holding bobbins in a properly aligned position during weaving. The grip includes a pair of opposed leaves which have opposed gripping jaws for receiving a butt end of a bobbin. Inner shank portions of the leaves are imbedded in a molded housing with the gripping jaws extending outwardly from the housing. The molded housing extends around the remote sides of the inner shank portions and in the space provided between the shank portions positively positioning the gripping jaws for receiving the butt end of the bobbin.

Abstract: A filter for removing solids from a liquid of the type wherein a rotatable basket or drum has media inside straining from inside out. A power operated conveyor is mounted in the drum above the axis of rotation for receiving and positively removing solids. Thus, a liquid level is possible above the axis of rotation but below the conveyor so that a large filter area is in contact with the liquid while not interfering with the operation of the conveyor. A retractable scoop is provided for positively delivering the solids to the conveyor with an alternate sealing arrangement. A discharge ramp is carried adjacent an end of a baffle which extends above a liquid inlet upwardly toward the conveyor and is spaced from an inner wall of the drum to collect solids therebetween and accommodate the scoop for their removal. An improved means for equalizing the distribution of the liquid within the drum is also provided.

Abstract: A combing machine having stationary detaching rollers, a circular comb and a reciprocating gripper. A first crank means is mounted on a gripper oscillation shaft and is pivotally connected to a lower gripper plate. A second driven crank means is pivotally connected by means of a guide link to the lower gripper plate for producing an effective combing relation between the gripper and the circular comb.

Abstract: A dryer range and the like wherein improved air flow means are provided for retaining heated air in contact with the web for maximum utilization of the heated air and for facilitating return of the spent air for reheating or for exhausting into the atmosphere to remove excess moisture or volatile material such as knitting oil and the like from the range. A pair of opposed air flow retaining baffles are carried by spaced plenums adjacent the fabric or web for thus retaining the air directed in streams against the web.

Abstract: A cycloaliphatic diester of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is straight or branched chain alkyl of 4-20 carbon atoms, polyoxyalkylene of the formula HO(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, HO(C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O).sub.n C.sub.6 H.sub.3 --, HO(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.p (C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O).sub.q C.sub.3 H.sub.6 --, or HO(C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O).sub.p (C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.q C.sub.2 H.sub.4 -- or phosphated polyoxyalkylene, wherein n is 2-22 and the sum of p+q is n, in combination with a high boiling aromatic ester, is useful in fiber treating and textile processing compositions.

Abstract: A card coiler can changer is illustrated, being generally of the linear type, wherein elongated guide means are provided for use together with power operated means to eject a full can and replace same with an empty can positioned positively beneath a coiler head. A storage position is provided for receiving and positively positioning an empty can preparatory to a subsequent can changing operation. By guiding the empty can along a linear path, causing the full can to be ejected, a return stroke positions the device for receiving and storing another empty coiler can in reserve.

Abstract: A two-stage pump is illustrated of the type employing a piston having two diameters, one capable of providing a large volume of fluid flow at low pressure so as to move a fluid operated press rapidly until a load is encountered, at which time fluid is delivered at a low volume at high pressure for operation of the press wherein the flow control means are positioned in a piston housing independent of the piston.

Abstract: A crown release pressure tester for testing the pressure that is required for a crown carried on a container to fail or if the crown is leaking. The device includes an elongated housing which has a bore extending therethrough. The top portion of the container which has the crown that is to be tested threaded thereon is severed from the container and secured to the top of the housing in axial alignment with the bore. A piston threadably carried in the bore is rotated to increase the pressure imparted through liquid and compressed air until the crown releases from the top of the container. The pressure that the crown releases is recorded on a pressure gauge.

Abstract: A spark chamber for a vacuum emission spectrometer with a housing, which accommodates an anode, as well as a sample table plate carried by the housing, on which the piece of material being inspected and making up the cathode is placed and which carries a spark centering plate. The sample plate (5) includes a molded laminate material, whose sides (501) facing the anode (23) has a polished surface.