Abstract: A folded insulated ribbon conductor having a pair of joined twice folded conductors. The folded insulated ribbon conductor has an outer layer of a thin flexible length of insulative material. A thin flexible conductive ribbon is adhered to one side of the insulator. A first one hundred eighty degree fold is formed along one edge where the conductor and the insulator are folded toward the center of the length. A second one hundred eighty degree fold is formed along the other edge of the conductor. Conductive jacks may be connected to this conductor by unfolding the first fold and inserting a jack through the ribbon and the conductor near the first fold and then refolding the first fold to provide two points of contact for the jack. The pair of folded conductors may be joined by insulative disks which also support the conductive jacks.

Abstract: A water heater enclosure and kit having a box-like configuration, with a top panel, a pair of opposing side panels secured to the top panel at upper ends, front and rear braces which secure the lower ends of the side panels together, and a removable access panel. The top panel has a pair of side rails having inverted U-shaped mounting channels which receive and seat upper edges of the pair of side panels. Once seated, bendable upper-joint tabs on the side panels are bent around end flanges of the mounting channels to secure the side panels with the top panel. The front and rear braces have lower-joint tabs which extend into slots on lower corners of the side panels and are also bent to form and maintain the lower joints.

Abstract: An ice cream cone and popsicle holder for catching dripping ice cream or popsicles. The holder has a container with a closed bottom and side walls. The side walls support a shelf which extends outwardly from the container and has an outer peripheral wall. The shelf also has an inner cone holding wall with drain holes located either in the shelf or cone holding wall. A hinged popsicle holder is held by either the inner wall, the shelf or the outer peripheral wall. Drain openings are provided in either the inner cone supporting wall or the shelf and extending into the container so that melted ice cream or popsicles will fall into the base of the container. The popsicle holder preferably has a pair of aligned slots for popsicles with two sticks and an opposed center position slot for single stick popsicles. The popsicle holder preferably is hinged so that it closes over the inner cone supporting wall.

Abstract: A process for the compression cutting of foam which uses a moving table which supports a template over which a foam block to be cut is placed. The foam block and template are moved under an angled moving belt compressed and passed against a moving blade. The improvement of the present invention includes the step of placing a second foam block above the foam block to be cut and passing both the foam block to be cut and the second block under the moving belt and cutting only the foam block to be cut. Next, the second foam block is removed and placed on top of the template and becomes a foam block to be cut and a new second foam block is placed over the block to be cut and the process is repeated. The template has a flat base with removable form members affixed to its upper surface. Then, when the template becomes worn, a new base board and sidewall can easily be formed and the removable form members removed from the worn form and placed on the upper surface of the base of the replacement template.

Abstract: A process for the absorbing of a hot, dry gas stream of sulfur trioxide (SO3) in a stream of strong sulfuric acid. The process includes the steps of passing the hot, dry gas stream of SO3 into a sulfuric acid absorption tower above a packed bed held within the tower and below a liquid collection floor. A stream of strong sulfuric acid is introduced into the tower above the packed bed and allowed to pass cocurrently downwardly through the packed bed with the stream of SO3, thereby allowing the SO3 to be absorbed in the stream of strong sulfuric acid. The resulting concentrated sulfuric acid passes through a packing support into a lower plenum and the spent gas is fed upwardly through a gas conduit to an upper plenum located above the liquid collection floor and from there through a mist eliminator.

Abstract: A concrete cutting saw and the process of using the concrete cutting saw for making a 45° chamfer cut at an edge of a 90° cut through a concrete wall. The process includes the steps of cutting a 90° cut through a concrete wall with a 90° saw mounted on a trolley riding along a track affixed to the concrete adjacent the cut. The 90° blade is lifted so that it is above the wall surface and a chamfer saw assembly is affixed to the frame. Next, the chamfer saw motor is started and the saw is lowered into a cutting position and the trolley is once again moved along the track, thereby forming a 45° chamfer along the edge of the cut. The apparatus utilizes a chamfer saw frame affixed to the trolley frame after the 90° saw blade has been lifted. The chamfer saw frame is mounted so that it is directly in the position which the 90° saw occupies when the 90° saw blade 16 is in a cutting position.

Abstract: A sheeter which includes a wire assembly for separating a sheet of dough from a surface of a rotating roller. The wire assembly is formed from a thin sheet of stainless steel with portions of the sheet removed to form a thin wire-like portion along one edge supported to a base portion by a series of thin support webs. The sheet is supported by a base portion so that the wire portion is held against the outer surface of the rotating roller. In this way, the wire can extend essentially the full width of the roller and the normal band portions which conventionally hold a wire against the surface of the roller are eliminated. Preferably, the thin sheet is vibrated to prevent any buildup of foodstuffs on an upper surface of the sheet.

Abstract: A toilet seat cover assembly for use as a combination toilet seat cover and auxiliary bathroom seat with self-positioning, retractable backrest. The assembly includes a cover which is hinged to either the toilet or a housing structure positioned on either side of the toilet. A backrest having a base portion and an adjoining upright portion is hinged to the cover at the base portion such that when the cover is raised from a closed position to an open position, the backrest pivots with the cover until it contacts a stopper. At such point, and as the cover is continuously raised, the stopper urges the backrest to hinge separately from the cover and to retract in a compact manner.

Abstract: A method for hard facing a tool. The method is carried out by thermally spraying the tool with a composition which includes between 11/2%-10% carbon, 0-3% fluorides, 11/2-5% boron, 20-40% chromium, 1-15% nickel and the remainder iron. The resulting coated tool has exceptional wear resistance and bond strength, especially for ground engaging tools.

Abstract: An air blower assembly for use with spas having a blower-and-motor unit snugly mounted inside an intake housing using a pair of ring-shaped elastomeric gaskets. An outlet housing having a smaller diameter than the intake housing but larger than the motor portion of the blower-and-motor unit, is telescopically positioned inside the intake housing and around the motor portion of the blower-and-motor unit to doubly enclose the motor portion. A muffler, having a muffler inlet port leading directly to a concave air dam, covers an air inlet port on the intake housing to block a straight-line path to the air inlet port.

Abstract: A nut with a coaxial bearing or dynamically brace-supporting independently-rotating, coaxial first and second cylindrical surfaces to each other. The nut has a fastener portion having a conventional nut configuration, and a bearing portion having a conventional bearing configuration. The fastener portion threadedly mounts to the threaded end of the independently-rotating, coaxial first cylindrical surface. The bearing portion is affixed to the fastener portion along an annular outer race, and supports an independently-rotating, coaxial second cylindrical surface along an annular inner race.

Abstract: A reptile cage and a process for comfortably housing reptiles. The cage is fabricated from a polymeric foam and preferably has the shape of a hollow rectangular solid having one side open and the other sides formed from a polymeric foam. The cage preferably has a smooth plastic inner liner. The cage is preferably closed by sliding transparent door and has a screen vent along a portion of the front.

Abstract: An adjustable, spa massager mounting assembly for use in hydrotherapy hot tubs or whirlpool baths. The mounting assembly includes a first member secured to a hot tub and a second member joined to a spa massaging unit. The first member has a track portion along which a slider portion of the second member captively and matingly slides. The first and second members are capable of releasably securing to each other at a desired relative position by means of a slide-lock component on one of the members. The slide-lock component has an engaging portion which is adapted to releasably engage at least one indentation of a plurality of indentations on the other one of the members. Additionally, in one preferred embodiment a cantilever arm of the slide-lock component maintains the engaging portion in resilient contact with the plurality of indentations during movement of the first and second members relative to each other and when a desired position is reached.

Abstract: A uniform for peace officers and others requiring the wearing of body armor which uniform supports heavy gear around the wearer's waist. The uniform includes body armor which has front and rear parts which are supported over the wearer's shoulders by shoulder straps. The body armor has hook portions of hook and loop fasteners affixed to the outer surface adjacent that part of the body armor which is under a wearer's belt. A shirt has loop fasteners attached to the inner surface and hook fasteners attached to the outer surface adjacent that portion of the shirt which is under a wearer's belt. Lastly, pants are provided which have eye type fasteners around the inner portion of the waist and belt loops around the outer portion.

Abstract: An apparatus for pulverizing a collection of pieces of materials such as vulcanized rubber to create a very fine powder. The apparatus includes a piston and a cylinder which places the material to be pulverized under extremely high pressure of at least 1,000 psi and forcing the compressed material out of one or more exit ports. These exit ports are located at the end of a smoothly narrowed channel leading to the exit ports. A rapidly moving cutter is positioned so that its path completely covers the exit port. The compressible materials are thus compressed to the point where they have no voids and provide a solid incompressible cuttable face. The rapidly moving cutter creates a fine powder at the exit port.

Abstract: A luggage system for detachably securing and transporting multiple luggage pieces in a side-by-side arrangement. The luggage system has at least a first luggage piece and a second luggage piece, each having a generally oblong rectangular configuration with a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall, a first sidewall, a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall, and a hollow inner cavity, with the top and bottom walls of the first luggage piece aligning with the top and bottom walls respectively of the second luggage piece. Each luggage piece has at least three wheels extending below a bottom wall of each luggage piece. The luggage system has means for detachably securing the first luggage piece to the second luggage piece when positioned in a side-by-side arrangement to the first luggage piece. The means for detachably securing is located near the front wall and the rear wall of each luggage piece. And a means for handling the luggage system is provided to push, tow, and steer the luggage system.

Abstract: An adjustable step ladder having four fixed side rails which are wider apart at the bottom than at the top. The step ladder has a conventional series of steps along one side. At the bottom of each of the legs an adjustable leg is located so that the ladder can be positioned in a horizontal manner no matter how irregular the terrain upon which it stands. One or more adjustable steps are affixable to the extending legs and the adjustable steps are telescoping so that they may be made wider nearer the bottom. The result is a completely adjustable ladder which is stable because it is wider at the bottom and which may have steps which are level even though the length of the legs are uneven.

Abstract: A container for supporting an anchor on its side on the deck of a boat. The container is a hollow enclosure having an enclosed bottom, sides and a top. The top of the hollow enclosure has an anchor support recess having two side recesses for the anchor flukes and a front recess for the anchor shank. The top has a central enclosure and as an anchor is raised, the line can be placed in the central enclosure and the anchor rested on the top with its flukes resting on the side support recesses and the shank resting in the front recess. A strap can be provided to hold the anchor on the container.