Abstract: A device for tensioning the endless drive belt for vehicle accessories. An L-shaped housing is mounted in a fixed position adjacent the drive belt. A stub shaft is slidably mounted on the housing and has an idler pulley rotatably mounted on an extended end of the shaft. A pair of cam plates having mutually engageable camming surfaces are slidably mounted in the housing. One of the plates is operatively engaged with the stub shaft and imparts sliding movement to the shaft for moving the idler pulley into tensioning engagement with the drive belt. A compression spring biases the camming plates into sliding engagement with each other moving the pulley toward tensioning engagement with the drive belt. The included angles of the cam plate camming surfaces equal 90.degree.

Abstract: A clutch housing and pulley assembly is formed from a plurality of stamped metal components. A plurality of annular discs are mounted on a radially extending base of a V-grooved pulley member. A cup-shaped clutch housing having a radially extending base is mounted in abutting relationship with one of the outer discs on one side of the pulley base. A plurality of rivets extend through axially aligned holes formed in the pulley base, discs and housing base to assemble these components into a single unit. A ring bearing is telescopically mounted in the axially aligned central openings of the discs and pulley base for rotatably mounting the clutch housing and pulley assembly on a drive shaft which is adapted to extend through a central opening of the clutch housing base.The pulley member and discs are arranged in a stacked relationship on a plurality of guide pins extending through the rivet-receiving holes.

Abstract: A pouring spout steel can end construction for liquid human food products in which a steel can end is provided which may be opened easily with an aluminum pull tab riveted to a flat panel portion of the can end. The flat panel portion has a pouring spout opening defined by a score line when panel metal is torn from the can end along the score line. The torn metal does not contaminatingly project into the container during opening and remains connected to the can end.

Abstract: An energy-absorbing device for mounting a ship fending barrier on a marine docking structure. The device has two units that are connected together. Each unit has spaced inner and outer tubular elements and an intervening elastomeric sleeve in the space bonded to each element. The inner elements of the two units have fixed connection with each other. The outer elements of the two units have fixed connection, respectively, with the docking structure and the barrier.

Abstract: A device which maintains a predetermined tensioning force on the endless drive belt for vehicle accessories by use of a one-way clutch which prevents return of the tensioning means from its forwardmost tensioning position. In the preferred embodiment, a cylindrical shaft is mounted in a fixed position adjacent the drive belt. A roller clutch assembly is mounted on the shaft and includes an outer clutch housing rotatably mounted on the shaft. An outwardly extending lever is attached to the clutch housing and has an idler pulley rotatably mounted on the extended end of the lever. The pulley is moved into tensioning engagement with the drive belt by a torsional spring which is telescopically mounted on the shaft and clutch housing. The spring moves the pulley in a belt tensioning direction.

Abstract: A wheel-like device enables a looped-strand drum lacing to be made thereon from two lengths of rope for use when forming a tree root ball of soil during transplanting of the tree. The device has a central hub with a plurality of outwardly projecting posts mounted thereon in a circular arrangement. A plurality of equally circumferentially spaced legs extend radially outwardly in a spoke-like fashion from the hub. Each of the legs have a peg mounted on the leg at a predetermined distance from the hub. A first piece of rope is looped about the hub posts and leg pegs to form a plurality of outwardly extending closed end loops. A second piece of rope is wrapped in an overlapping manner with the individual strands of the previously formed loops into a circular configuration about the hub posts to form a circular drum lacing base. The two pieces of rope are stapled together at alternating overlapped locations.

Abstract: A substantially full opening steel can end for food product cans easily opened by an aluminum pull tab riveted to a removable panel portion defined by a score line in a recessed end wall of the can end located close to a seam between the can end and can body. The panel portion has a protective triple fold formation along its peripheral edge when removed, and the score line is located in the top layer of the triple fold formation beneath an overlying stepped tip of the pull tab which ruptures the score line during opening of the can. The score line preferably extends 300.degree., 150.degree. in each direction from the stepped pull tab tip, around the can end to retain the opened panel portion and pull tab on the can when opened.

Abstract: A paint guide includes a frame having a shield which terminates in a straight paint sealing edge that is spaced a predetermined distance from a window frame to provide a strip of weatherproofing paint on the window glass adjacent the frame when painting the frame. The shield is movably mounted by a pair of L-shaped brackets on a pair of supporting arms by cams. The cams are slidably mounted within slots formed in the arms to control the movement of the sealing edge. A compression coil spring extends between each of the brackets and associated arm and biases the bracket and shield upwardly from the window glass to move the sealing edge out of engagement with the glass. When downward pressure is applied to the frame, the paint sealing edge is moved vertically into engagement with the glass at a predetermined spaced distance outwardly from the window frame due to the sliding action of the cams within the arm slots. Continued pressure on the shield seals the paint edge tightly against the glass.

Abstract: A device for holding and cutting a thin plate of sheet material such as glass or plastic into a plurality of smaller rectangular plates with a hand-manipulated tool. A rigid base is formed with a recess which forms a depressed platform for receiving and firmly holding a plate therein. A pair of spaced posts are mounted on the base and are located at opposite sides from each other. A template is removably mounted on the base by the posts which extend into a selected pair of a plurality of holes formed in the template. A plurality of spaced, linearly extending grooves are formed in the template for guiding a cutting tool in a straight line when cutting the plate which is mounted between the base and template. The template is rotated 90.degree.

Abstract: A rotatable energy-absorbing sleeve unit for ship bumpers including a rim-free vehicle rubber-containing tire carcass filled with elastomeric foam. The elastomeric foam may be either polyurethane or rubber foam. The tire may be an auto or truck new, used, retreaded or blemished tire.

Abstract: A mobile cleaning device for large flat surfaces includes a housing which forms a spray chamber having an open bottom. A first pair of exhaust ducts is mounted on the front and rear walls of the housing, and a second pair of exhaust ducts is mounted on the top wall of the housing adjacent the housing side walls for removing the debris and spent cleaning fluid from within the spary chamber as the device is moved along a surface being cleaned. An improved fluid-powered rotor is mounted on the housing and rotatably mounts and drives a plurality of fluid spray nozzles by use of the back pressure exerted by the cleaning fluid as it is sprayed from the nozzles against the surface being cleaned. The rotor is provided with an effective seal for the high pressure fluid with respect to the stationary components adjacent the movable rotor.

Abstract: Waste streams from adipic acid manufacture containing nitric, succinic, glutaric and adipic acids and valuable catalytic metal as salts are treated with alcohols, thereby separating, as esters, succinic and glutaric acids which would contaminate pure adipic acid on recycling, and allowing the re-use of the resulting stream containing nitric acid and metal catalytic salts.

Abstract: A gauge for accurately measuring and ascertaining the length of a spark plug wire and a manufacture's replacement part number for the measured wire. The gauge has a disc-shaped body preferably molded of a lightweight rugged foam plastic material. A groove is formed in the peripheral edge of the disc. A hole is formed in the body of the disc either adjacent to the edge groove or in the groove. The distributor end of a spark plug wire has an L-shaped terminal which is inserted into the disc hole with the wire being placed in and extending along the edge groove. Measurement indication marks corresponding to the lengths of the wire placed in the edge groove are printed or embossed on the disc along the circumference thereof together with the part numbers of various manufacturers which correspond to the wire lengths.

Abstract: An automatic banking or teller machine (ATM) having a plurality of diverse-function, sealed, tamper-indicating containers which are in locked condition when loaded therein including a depository container, a divert container and one or more note containers. The containers while being loaded into the ATM have doors for access openings opened to provide ATM operative status with the containers locked to the ATM. Interlocks are provided between the containers, container locks and the ATM so as to require a predetermined sequence of assembly or disassembly operations to be carried out in assembling or disassembling the containers, without variation or omission.

Abstract: An energy-absorbing shock cell for mounting bumper or barrier devices on legs or other members of offshore oil rig structures having inner and outer metal tubes connected by an intervening rubber sleevelike body is provided with snubbing means engageable between limit members rigidly mounted in spaced relation on the inner and outer tubes to prevent telescopic outward movement of said inner tube from the outer tube beyond a certain predetermined location, thereby preventing the inner tube from being pulled completely out of the outer tube by external forces which would destroy the shock cell.

Abstract: A belt tensioning device for an endless drive belt for a vehicle accessories drive system. A sheet metal bracket is adapted to be mounted on an engine in a stationary position adjacent the drive belt and has a lever plate pivotally mounted thereon. An idler pulley is rotatably mounted on the lever plate and is movable into belt tensioning engagement by coil springs mounted on the bracket and engaged with the lever plate. A pair of pockets is formed in the bracket, each of which has an inclined surface which extends upwardly toward the lever plate. A camming block formed of a friction material is movably mounted in each pocket. Each block has an angled surface which is slidably engaged with the inclined surface of the pocket and has a planar coupling surface which frictionally engages the lever plate. The friction blocks provide a damping force on the lever plate when the lever plate attempts to move in the non-belt tensioning direction.

Abstract: A trap for catching and destroying small flying gnats consists of two main components, namely, top and bottom transparent chambers. The top chamber is removably mounted in a spaced relationship on the bottom chamber. The bottom wall of the top chamber is formed with a large central opening defined by an externally threaded cylindrical sleeve which is engaged within a complementary-shaped internally threaded cylindrical sleeve which surrounds a large central opening formed in the top wall of the bottom chamber. A plurality of small holes are formed in the bottom wall of the top chamber and are spaced about the large central opening. A fermenting liquid which is attractive to gnats is contained in the bottom chamber. The odor of the liquid escapes through the small holes and attracts the gnats which fly into the top chamber through the small holes where they become trapped and subsequently die and fall into the liquid in the bottom chamber.

Abstract: Sour whey resulting from manufacture of cottage cheese or cream cheese is converted into a food product superior to either sweet whey or sour whey, by enzymatic splitting of the lactose to glucose and galactose, followed by deionization and preferably concentration.

Abstract: Picker mechanism for picking notes from a note supply stack in a note dispenser of an automatic banking or teller machine (ATM) which withdraws notes from the supply stack through an access opening in a note supply container laterally of the opening. The access opening has one dimension smaller than the length of the note being laterally withdrawn. The picker mechanism engages the note being withdrawn with a picker cup by combined frictional pressure and suction. The picker cup during note withdrawal moves in multi-directions toward and away from the note stack through the access opening as well as back and forth in directions generally parallel to the length of the note being withdrawn.