Abstract: A water filter for cigarettes wherein water in a frangible capsule is released and dampens the tobacco. This dampened tobacco helps filter the tobacco smoke being sucked through the cigarette.

Abstract: A hula dancing doll which alternately moves its hips left and right while making a forward or turning motion on a performance stage and a Hawaiian melody is heard to give a lifelikeness that compares with a real hula dancer. The doll includes a body portion, a hip portion, and a base portion. The body portion resembles the head through waist of a human; the hip portion resembles the hip portion of a human. The body portion includes a conical housing with a base, a switch, a battery, a motor, a melody I. C., a speaker, a drive gear, a cam, a push rod, a rack gear, a hip gear, a drive wheel gear, two front wheels connected to an axle, two rear wheels connected to an axle, a shaft is connected at one end to the drive wheel gear and at the other end to a turning drive wheel. When the switch is turned on, the drive gear will turn the cam and drive wheel gear. The cam will move upward the push rod and the rack gear to turn the hip gear.

Abstract: A cooking pot lid stand for cooking pot lids, serving dish lids, casserole dish lids, or other lids which have a handle or knob at its top center. The stand includes a base attached to the underside of a cradle. The base includes two L-shaped rods of equal length and thickness. Each L-shaped rod includes a vertical and a horizontal. The vertical has a curved portion. The horizontal includes a flat section, an arch, and a bend. Cradle includes a V-shaped bar with an end portion and two legs, which arced outward. Each leg includes an arc portion and an end portion. The arc portion is bow shaped to create a lid cradle and the end portion is rounded. The legs of the cradle are tapered for a pleasing appearance. A lid is placed upside down on the cradle while adding ingredients, stirring ingredients or serving.

Abstract: A working toy which alternately moves its hips left and right while slowly turning counterclockwise and a Hawaiian melody is heard to give a lifelikeness that compares with a real hula dancer. The toy includes an upper portion, a lower portion, and a base portion. The upper portion resembles the head through waist of a human; the lower portion resembles the waist through hip portion of a human. The upper portion is pivotally connected to the lower portion by a hinge pin. The base portion supports the upper portion and the lower portion by a support bar, one end of which is secured to the base portion and the other end of which is placed in a cavity within the body of the upper portion. The base portion includes a housing with a rotating base secured to its bottom portion, a stationary base with feet spaced below the rotating base, a three-way switch, a battery, a motor, a melody I.C.

Abstract: A doll of a person with a drum who alternately appears to be beating the drum with his left and right hands while his head rotates left and right and a melody is playing. The doll includes a head portion, a torso portion, a limbs portion, a drum portion, a base portion, means to alternately raise and lower the hands in sequence and to alternately rotate the head left and right, and a melody module. The head portion includes a head which resembles a human and a drive pin. The torso portion is hollow and resembles the body of a human. The limbs portion resembles a human and includes a right arm, a right hand, a left arm, a left hand, a right leg, and a left leg. The drum portion includes a drum with a seat at its rear. The base portion includes a housing with feet on its bottom.

Abstract: A width adjustable Venetian blind that is extendible within limits. The blind includes a telescopic head channel assembly, a telescopic tilt rod assembly, a slat assembly, and a telescopic bottom rail assembly. The head channel assembly includes a central channel and sliding right and left channels. The tilt rod assembly includes a tilt rod body, two sliding tilt rod extensions, and two retaining clips to retain it in the head channel assembly. The slat assembly includes a series of vertically spaced slats. Each slat includes two slat components that overlap each other and are slidably secured to each other by two slat clips. The bottom rail assembly includes a bottom rail body and two sliding bottom rail extensions. At least three axially spaced ladder drum assemblies encircle a portion of the tilt rod assembly with at least three ladders depending therefrom. Each ladder supports the slats on its rungs. The bottom rail assembly is connected to the ends of the ladders.

Abstract: A dancing doll which alternately moves its hips left and right while alternately rotating 180.degree. clockwise and counterclockwise to a melody. The doll includes an upper portion, a hip portion, a leg portion, and a base portion. The upper portion resembles the head to hip portion of a human; the hip portion resembles the hips of a human; and the leg portion resembles the legs through feet of a human. The base portion includes a covering case with a rotating disc at its bottom, a base plate that is pivotally connected to the rotating disc, a switch, a battery, a motor, an I.C. Unit, a speaker, a prime gear, a cam, an actuator, and gearing which will transmit the motion of the motor to the cam and to the actuator and will cause the alternate turning of the rotating disc. A pin pivotally connects the upper portion to the hip portion and a torso supporter, which extends from the right leg into a cavity in the upper portion. The feet are connected to the top of the covering case.

Abstract: A device for transporting specimens carried on microscope slides through a plurality of liquid containing jars for staining or otherwise treating the specimens. It includes a rail, a conveyor chain, a conveyor motor, an elliptically shaped rod, a rod motor, a plurality of open top jars, a plurality of carriers, and a plurality of slide holders. The jars are positioned along a horizontal path. Each slide holder is pivotally connected to a carrier so that its slide holding portion will extend into a jar or be lifted above the jar when the rod is rotated counter-clockwise 90.degree. from its horizontal position to its vertical position. Subsequent continuous counterclockwise rotation of the rod will alternately permit slides to be lowered by gravity and raised by the force provided by the rod. The carriers and slide holders with slides attached are supported by the rail, moved horizontally by the conveyor chain parallel to the path, and agitated up and down by the rod.