Abstract: A rotary adhesive carpeting removal tool has a circular base support member adapted to be coupled to a rotary drive floor finishing machine, against the underside of which base support member is removably secured a circular clamping member carrying a plurality of replaceable hardened nails projecting outwardly of the underside thereof and operative to shreddingly engage and thereby strip cemented-in-place carpeting from hard floor surfaces.

Abstract: A self-erecting sign post has a rigid but frangible section along its length at its lower end and a coextensive helical spring circumjacent the rigid section and interconnecting the separated post portions, the assembly being such that the frangible section constitutes a zone of weakness which will break before the remainder of the sign post bends upon impact, the spring being operative to restore the sign post to its erect position until the frangible section can be replaced.

Abstract: A ladder climber's safety device for use with stationary ladders of the type having side rails of rectangular cross-sectional configuration includes hand grip members slidable along each rail and loosely interconnected by a cable removably attachable to the safety belt of the climber. The handle grip members include opposed gripping teeth adapted to engage their respective ladder rails when rotated downwardly towards the front of the ladder for preventing free downward movement thereof, and roller wheels adapted to engage the rail edges when the handle grip members are pushed in the upward direction to permit free movement thereof along the rails as controlled by the climber in climbing or descending the ladder.

Abstract: A portable waste compactor for automatically compressing, from above, waste material deposited in a dolly-supported waste bin has a hydraulically actuated reciprocable ram mechanism including a ram plate operative to compress the waste material within the waste bin. A chute leading to the waste bin extends forewardly thereof and of the ram mechanism, and has a top opening for the feeding of waste material to be compacted. The ram plate is pivotally mounted with respect to a ram cylinder piston and cam means is provided for tilting the forward end of the ram plate upwardly to provide for unimpeded passage of refuse through the chute into the compacting bin when the said ram is at its uppermost position of rest at the end of a cycle of ram operation. Electrical interlocking means controlling operation of the hydraulic system prevents operation of the ram mechanism unless the dolly and its associated refuse bin is in proper position, and unless a cover covering the waste discharge chute is in closed position.

Abstract: A cylindrical, vertically extending container having an interior, spring-ssed pressure head is adapted resiliently to constrain inverted stacks of paper cups upwardly against a plurality of radially-inwardly-extending, downwardly-directed, arcuate leaf springs, the upper ends of which springs are secured against upper end portions of the container in peripherally-spaced relation, and the lower ends of which springs extend through side openings in the container and are attached to an adjusting collar slidably disposed with respect to the outside of the container. A screwdriver adjustment mechanism serves to positionally adjust the adjusting collar with respect to the container to provide for various degrees of inward flexure of the springs for accommodating a wide variety of sizes, selectively, of paper cups to be dispensed.

Abstract: Sheet wall covering imprinted with one scene or artistic representation in ordinary ink for viewing under natural or artificial lighting conditions is overprinted with another scene or artistic representation that is visible only in total darkness after first having been exposed to visible light by the use of inks comprising visible-light-actuated, pigmented phosphors in a transparent vehicle. The two scenes or artistic representations printed are interrelated to carry out a common theme when viewed sequentially.

Abstract: A fishing bobber or float has an inflated, resilient, spherical housing with a diametrically-extending passageway for threading through a fishing line. Fishing line engaging stoppers are provided for adjustably securing the float along the line. An electrically energized signal device within the housing is activated upon compressional distortion of the housing by an incremental pulling stress exerted upon the line and tackled beneath the float while in use by a fish strike or bite. Inertia damping mechanism is provided within the housing to prevent spurious activation of the signal device upon the occurance of water surface disturbance of the floating bobber. A counteracting spring is also provided for adjusting the threshold of actuation of the signal device to a value just above that imposed upon the tackle by the weight of the bait being used, whether dead or alive.

Abstract: An elongated, integrally-formed member simulating natural wood bark along one surface is provided with snap-fit interlock means for interconnecting, both longitudinally and laterally, with one or more like members for selectively increasing length and/or cross-sectional size to best accommodate the height and size of one or more vine or vinelike climbing plants to be supported. Each member is of arcuate cross-sectional shape to simulate natural wood bark board strips, and is adapted to lateral inter-fitting connection with one, two or three additional members for selective increase in cross-sectional size as required.

Abstract: A substitute toggle switch cover plate has an elongated opening within which is reciprocatively captured an actuating member having a recessed carrier portion at the inside adapted to loosely enclose the control lever of an electrical toggle switch, and a slide knob at the outside for moving the carrier member together with the toggle switch lever between "on" and "off" positions.

Abstract: An inexpensive spirit level having means for easy attachment to upper surface portions of picture frames or the like. The device comprises a transparent tape having blister-like cavities at regular intervals, a base tape affixed in face-to-face relation against one side of the transparent tape and having a pressure sensitive adhesive on the outside for attachment to a surface portion of a frame, and a liquid partially filling said cavities. Eash blister cavity has a bubble corresponding to the unfilled space which bubbles will move along the curvature of the blister, thereby indicating the relative position of the device with respect to a horizontal plane. Suitable markings on the transparent tape are provided to facilitate reading level position with respect to the horizontal plane.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying glass spheres or other dry particles at prescribed adjustable widths without wastage of material by gravity feeding such spheres upon a roller assembly comprising a plurality of roller sections selectively engagable for rotation by a continuously driven coaxial drive shaft.

Abstract: A non-invasive method and means for determining beat-by-beat assessments of a patient's cardiac performance by measuring the "pre-ejection phase" (PEP) and the "left ventricular ejection time" (LVET), the aforementioned phrases also being known as the "systolic time intervals" (STI) of the heart.

Abstract: A food damp drying centrifuge for commercial use comprises a rollably supported cylindrical housing, removably supported within which is a cylindrical food spinner basket. A drive motor affixed to the underside of the housing has a drive shaft extending through the housing bottom and terminating in an octagonal drive head interconnectably receivable within a complementary recess integrally formed in the underside of the spinner basket. A pair of mutually coaxially journalled, separable cover members cover and enclose the housing and spinner basket, respectively, for placing the centrifuge in condition for centrifuging food placed in the spinner basket upon energization of the drive motor.

Abstract: An expansible container or bag has a pair of side panels and an inter-connecting, peripheral, relatively flexible gusset provided with a pair of slide fasteners, each extending from a position at the top outward to each end and down the ends to permit, selectively, either access to the interior of the bag when used in non-expanded configuration, or for turning the bag inside out for use thereof in expanded configuration. To this end, the insides of the side panels also form the inside panels of a pair of zippered auxiliary bag compartments, normally contained within the bag but which, when the bag is turned inside out, expand outwardly of each side of the bag to substantially triple holding capacity.

Abstract: A plug-in electrical receptacle extender for extending an existing receptacle to project through an opening in panelling, or the like cover material, used in renovating existing interior walls is used in association with an ordinary receptacle cover plate, thereby eliminating any need to relocate the existing receptacle. A cover plate extender is provided for use as a spacer under the outer cover plate in instances where the distance between the existing wall and renovating wall surfaces is small as compared with distances encountered when the outer wall covering material is applied over the spacer furring or the like, thereby simplifying installation while at the same time improving appearance.

Abstract: A steel door fabricated of sheet steel and having inner and outer end panels retained in spaced relation by inwardly-bent vertical edge portions has a plurality of inwardly-swaged recesses spaced along one edge of the door for the flush reception of hinge plates securable in place by the use of sheet metal screws received in bent sheet metal hinge support plates fixed within the door behind each of the recesses. The hinged edge of the door is formed along its length with a central, outwardly-extending portion of rectangular cross-sectional configuration along which the hinge plate recesses are formed and which, at the inside of the door, define side-wall portions within which complementary side wall portions of the bent metal hinge support plates are snugly received.

Abstract: An elongated rectangular clamp member is provided in its underside with a transversely-extending recess for the clamping reception of an attachment hinge leaf of a toilet seat assembly, and a longitudinally extending channel for the reception of a bowl attachment screw having a head longitudinally-adjustably captured therein and adapted to be secured through toilet bowl hinge attachment holes, thereby being adjustable to attachment holes of various spacings.

Abstract: A cushioned toilet seat assembly wherein the seat and cover members are each fabricated with a pair of upper and lower base members upholstered about the respective tops and bottoms thereof, and wherein the covering material overlaps and is affixed to relative marginal portions of the respective base members in such a manner as to minimize abutting interference upon final gluing together of the assembly under pressure. Aligned through openings in the upper and lower base members permit extrusion of hot glue therethrough for heading over at the insides of the base members to simulate inter-riveting thereof upon cooling of the glue.

Abstract: An audible alarm device attachable to the clothing of the user has a flexible chain extending therefrom and terminating in a clip means attachable to a wallet in a nearby pocket. The interconnecting chain is wound upon a spring-stressed reel journalled within the device and having at one end an abutment member which, upon turning in response to pulling upon the chain, abuttingly contacts and moves an electrical switch actuating member from open to close circuit position for energizing a buzzer sounding an alarm that the wallet has been surreptitiously removed from the pocket.