Abstract: A supplemental storage rack system expanding the storage capacity of a high density storage rack system includes a supplemental rack disposed along and extending parallel to a side rack of the high density storage rack system. The supplemental rack receiving and supporting items.

Abstract: A crop stalk guide cutterbar extension for use on a crop stalk guide attachment to a crop gathering header cutterbar includes a plurality of mounting bars, guide bars and braces which provide a plurality of assembled units for mounting to and forwardly of the crop stalk guide attachment. Each assembled unit of the extension is formed by one of the mounting bars, one of the guide bars and one of the braces. Each mounting bar is attached to and extends forwardly from a support framework of the crop stalk guide attachment and each guide bar overlies one mounting bar and has a forward end attached on a leading end of the mounting bar. The guide bar is supported by one of the braces disposed between the guide bar and corresponding mounting bar to extend inclined upwardly and rearwardly from the forward end to a rearward end overlying and spaced above a leading end of one of the guide plates of the crop stalk guide attachment.

Abstract: A cam assembly for detachably locking a structural member includes a pivot axle, a cam body having a locking cam surface adapted to make locking contact with the structural member and a curved surface comprising a circular arc segment and another segment offset from the arc segment, a locking latch pivotably movable relative to the pivot axle and cam body between locked and unlocked positions and having a contact surface facing the curved surface of the cam body, and a roller disposed between the contact surface of the locking latch and curved surface of the cam body. The roller is supported on the circular arc segment of the curved surface when the locking latch is held in the locked position such that the distance between the pivot axle and curved surface is filled by the locking latch and roller and play is eliminated between the cam body and pivot axle causing the locking surface of the cam body to make locking contact with the structural member and hold the cam assembly in a self-locking state.

Abstract: A self-adjusting rock climbing anchor device includes at least one variable-length compression arm, at least one fixed-length load arm, a pivot element pivotally connecting the compression and load arms to one another, and at least one fixed-length follower cable. The follower cable interconnects the compression and load arms at intermediate locations thereon so as to form at least one four-bar linkage defined by the pivot element, the compression arm, the load arm and the follower cable, the follower cable. The movement of the compression and load arms between an unwedged and wedged condition provides for self-adjustment of the compression and load arms within the cleft and enables use of the compression and load arms in clefts of different sizes. The device further includes at least one spring which biases the compression arm toward a maximum length and thereby preloads the device to resist forces directed on the device from outside of a plane defined by the compression and load arms.

Abstract: A hose fender device includes a clamp mechanism and a deflector member. The clamp mechanism is adapted to be received over an end portion of a hose adjacent to a connector provided on the hose for attaching an appliance thereto. The deflector member includes a pair of opposite arms. Each of the arms has first and second ends. The first ends are attached to respective opposite sides of the clamp mechanism. The opposite arms extend from their first ends in a flared divergent relationship to one another to the second ends thereof being free ends. In such manner, the opposite arms together define a substantially triangular-shaped protected area therebetween and extending rearwardly of the connector of the hose. The clamp mechanism is adjustably movable between an open position and a selected one of a plurality of closed clamping positions which adapts the device for securement to hoses of different diameter sizes.

Abstract: A bicycle seat employs a suspension platform that provides yieldable flexible support of the weight of a bicyclist through contact primarily with the buttocks rather than the crotch of the bicyclist. The suspension platform is formed by a triangular-shaped flexible membrane attached to and extending over and between rigid rear cross and front nose support members mounted respectively to a front end and a pair of rear ends of a U-shaped frame member such that the membrane is held in a taut flat condition under tension so as to provide the flexible support of the bicyclist's buttocks. The membrane is constructed of an inelastic fabric material having a pair of opposite side wing sheets and a longitudinal central band all made of longitudinal strands extending parallel to one another and held together by cross strands interwoven with the longitudinal strands.

Abstract: An automatic adjusting pipe cutting apparatus includes a housing having a first compartment defining a first cavity and a first axis of rotation extending in orthogonal relationship thereto and a second compartment defining a second cavity and a second axis of rotation extending in orthogonal relationship thereto, a cutting mechanism for cutting a pipe disposed in the first cavity, and a driving mechanism for driving the cutting mechanism disposed in the second cavity. The housing has a hinge disposed between and connecting the first and second compartments which allows them to pivot in relation to one another. The housing also has rollers circumferentially spaced apart from one another and rotatably mounted to the first compartment about the first cavity. The cutting mechanism has a cylindrical frame supported within the first cavity by the rollers and thereby is rotatable about the first axis of rotation.

Abstract: A method for controlling leakage of a barrier fluid from a dual seal assembly of equipment, such as a pump or valve, employs a barrier fluid supply arrangement connected to a barrier fluid chamber of the dual seal assembly, a pressure intensifier mechanism coupled to a process fluid chamber and the barrier fluid chamber of the dual seal assembly and being operable to maintain the pressure of the barrier fluid at a preset level above the pressure of the process fluid in response to the absence of barrier fluid leakage from the dual seal assembly, and a pressure monitoring and control arrangement coupled to the barrier fluid supply arrangement and the pressure intensifier mechanism and being operable to detect and measure the decrease of the barrier fluid pressure below the preset level and to compensate therefor by actuating the barrier fluid supply arrangement to supply barrier fluid to the barrier fluid chamber until the barrier fluid pressure has increased above the preset level.

Abstract: A golf putting practice device includes a support body and a rod. The support body includes a housing, a pair of front leg members and a rear leg member. Each front and rear leg member is pivotally mounted to the housing. Each front and rear leg member is movable between lower extended and upper stored positions. The rod in the form of a series of rod segments telescopingly extendable and retractable with respect to one another. The rod also has a series of markings thereon indicating different distances from the golf ball. The rod is at the first end mounted to the housing of the support body such that the rod is disposed partially within a central interior passageway of the housing and elevated a predetermined height above a surface. The device further includes a surface contour indicating arrangement which includes a base provided on the housing and a ball rollably on the base and a cover rotatably mounted to the base.

Abstract: A scaffold apparatus includes a mounting frame releasably attachable to a top platform of a step ladder, a brace attached to the mounting frame and extending outwardly for holding the mounting frame and the step ladder in a spaced relation away from a building structure, and a receptacle for removable attachment to the brace and defining a cavity for retaining articles therein. The mounting frame includes a pair of pins and clips and a pair of C-shaped side clamp members for releasably attaching the frame to the step ladder. Each C-shaped side clamp member defines a channel therethrough and a pair of aligned apertures at a rear end. Each pin is removably insertable through one of the pair of aligned apertures defined at the rear ends of the C-shaped side clamp members for releasably retaining the mounting frame on the top platform of the step ladder.

Abstract: A latching device provides locking of the backrest of a tilt-adjustable seat in a motor vehicle against undergoing pivotal movement in response to the motor vehicle exceeding a predetermined acceleration value in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle. The latching device includes an internal-toothed annular member on a backrest-secured part of a seat articulation which pivotally mounts the backrest to a seat part of the seat, an eccentric inertial weight pivotally supported on a pivot axle of the seat articulation pivotally mounting the backrest-secured part to a seat-secured part of the seat articulation, at least one stop on the inertial weight spaced from the pivot axle, and two locking pawls pivotally supported at least at one center of rotation disposed on the seat-secured part of the seat articulation and having tooth segments capable of lockably engaging with the internal-toothed annular member.

Abstract: A concentric radial flow hollow fiber module includes internal and external annular-shaped spaced apart bodies disposed in a concentric arrangement and hollow fibers extending across an annular interspace extending through the module between the bodies and connected with the bodies. The internal body surrounds an inner space while the external body is surrounded by an outer space. Each body includes an annular wall made of a non-permeable plastic material having adhesive properties and an elongated strengthening element contained within and extending circumferentially about the annular wall. Each hollow fiber includes an tubular wall having spaced opposite inner and outer end portions encapsulated respectively in the internal and external bodies and open respectively to at least one of the inner and outer spaces.

Abstract: A tie strap device is in the form of an elongated body of substantially yieldably resilient deformable and reformable material. The elongated body includes a strap and a locking head. The strap has opposite longitudinal surfaces and opposite ends. The locking head is formed at one end of the strap while the other end of the strap is free. The locking head defines a cavity therethrough having an interior surface. The locking head has portions which are connected together and define a line of weakness in the locking head in communication with the cavity. The line of weakness allows for separation of the portions from one another and forcible removal of the strap from the cavity in response to a pulling force applied by the strap on the locking head at the line of weakness.

Abstract: A golf club organizing assembly includes divider members having upper and lower longitudinal edges and respective slits and notches defined through the divider members between their upper and lower longitudinal edges for intersecting and interfitting the divider members with and through one another so as to form a plurality of slots for receiving the shafts of golf clubs placed in a carrying bag. The slits are defined through first divider members and the notches are defined through second divider members. The slits in the first divider members have upper and lower ends inwardly spaced from the upper and lower longitudinal edges of the first divider members leaving upper and lower portions of the first divider members extending between the upper and lower longitudinal edges of the first divider members and upper and lower ends of the slits.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for treating animal skins or hides (10) comprises stretching the hide to extend it and to open the structures and mounting the hide in a frame (15) by ties (12) extending between the hide edge attachments (11) and the frame. The hide (10) while in the frame. The hide (10) while in the frame passes through multiple process operations involving sequentially applying treatment fluids under pressure. A pressure differential maintained across the hide thickness enables the fluids to pass through the flesh surface (10a) and emerge from the grain surface (10b). The hide (10) can be supported on a porous backing membrane (45) during treatment. The treatment fluids are collected and processed for recycling, recovery of by-products and disposal.

Abstract: A flexible plunger apparatus includes an elongated flexible member having a pair of opposite end portions and a longitudinal length extending between the opposite end portions, with the flexible member being adapted to flex in transverse relationship to its length and to undergo free movement through a hollow tubing of a well. The apparatus also includes a physical barrier producing mechanism attached to and extending between the opposite end portions of the flexible member for substantially separating gas under pressure in the tubing below the lower end portion of the flexible member from a slug of liquid in the tubing above the upper end portion of the flexible member. The physically barrier producing mechanism is carried along the interior surface of the tubing in a substantially sealing relationship therewith as the flexible member undergoes free movement through the tubing of the well in response to the pressure of the gas and opening of the tubing of the well at the earth surface.