Abstract: A bicycle constructed with a one piece frame of resilient material which acts as a leaf spring, flexing to absorb varying road and riding conditions. A modular seat post-pedal bearing assembly is adjustable vertically to suit the rider and ground clearance requirements.

Abstract: A lift and carry accumulating conveyor having a frame with a pair of elongated, spaced apart and parallel stationary rails. A pair of elongated, spaced apart and parallel movable rails are mounted to the frame so that the movable rails are movable between a forward and a retracted position as well as between an upper and a lower position and so that the movable rails extend generally parallel to the stationary rails. A shaft is rotatably mounted to the frame and is rotatably driven by a motor. A disk is obliquely attached to the shaft and is mechanically coupled to one end of the lever while the other end of the lever is attached to the movable rails to move the movable rails between the forward and retracted position upon rotation of the shaft. An eccentric cam is also attached to the shaft and, through a plunger attached at one end to the movable rails, vertically moves the movable rails between the upper and lower position upon rotation of the shaft.

Abstract: A height control device for attachment to the end of a grader blade of a motor grader. A gage portion of the device is adjustable for the desired depth of a cut the blade will make with reference to a curb upon which the gage rides.

Abstract: Apparatus for handling large heavy components of motor vehicles includes a movable cart having a top planar surface member and a hydraulic lift mounted to the cart. The hydraulic lift carries on the upper end portion of the smallest piston a head apparatus which includes a plurality of movable and adjustable arms with an angle member on one end of each arm. The head apparatus is adjustable to engage the contour of the component to be handled.An adapter is mountable on the piston rod for use in handling a fuel tank containing fuel when work thereon is necessary.Fixed to one end of the cart are supports for a sleeve that can pivot through 360 degrees. The cart also carries a tank into which fluids flow from said motor vehicle and the component.The component to be handled, when lowered to the top planar surface, is maneuvered to a position and secured by an arcuate member that is mounted to a shaft slidable in the sleeve.

Abstract: A separator for separating different sized components from a material and which is particularly useful for separating rocks, branches and other debris from soil to form topsoil. The separator has a cylindrical screen formed from a plurality of circular bars which are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance. A shaft is coaxially rotatably mounted to the screen and includes a plurality of blades extending radially outwardly from it. Material having components of different sizes is fed into one end of the screen and the shaft is rotatably driven. In doing so, the blades crush the material, force the smaller components of the material through the space between adjacent bars, and simultaneously transport the material, together with its larger components, toward the other end of the screen.

Abstract: A flow meter having a housing with an inlet, an outlet and a cylindrical housing chamber fluidly connected in series between the inlet and the outlet. A cylindrical rotor is rotatably mounted within the housing chamber about an axis which is eccentric with respect to the axis of the housing chamber. In addition, a plurality of circumferentially spaced vanes are radially slidably mounted within the rotor. These vanes are urged radially outwardly into sealing contact with a housing wall which defines the housing chamber. A fluid working chamber is formed between each pair of vanes, the outer periphery of the rotor and the housing wall and this working chamber increases in size from the housing inlet and to the housing outlet. In operation, fluid flow into the housing inlet rotatably drives the rotor until the fluid is exhausted through the housing outlet. A detector detects the speed of rotation of the rotor thereby providing an indication of the fluid flow rate through the flow meter.

Abstract: There is disclosed a porous, vacuum formed filter tube having randomly oriented glass fibers and having at least one layer of a suitable sheet material wrapped around said porous filter tube and being in intimate contact therewith, said disclosed combination having an outer support structure of a predetermined inside diameter sufficient to compress the assembly of said porous filter tube and said material when it is slipped thereover, thus providing compression from the outside to the inside and forcing the layer of sheet material into intimate contact at virtually all points with said porous filter tube.

Abstract: A solenoid operated poppet valve having an armature carrying a poppet valve seal which seats on a poppet valve seat on a movable poppet valve seat member, and the poppet valve seat member is axially adjustable for adjusting the stroke of the solenoid armature to adjust the solenoid wattage required for moving the armature through its operating stroke.

Abstract: A pedestal for mounting a utility supply device adjacent a mobile home includes a metal post partly embedded in the ground, carrying the supply device on an upper end thereof; and a plastic jacket inserted in the ground, receiving the ground-engaging portion of the post therein. The plastic is preferably rigid, chemically nonreactive, nonconductive and resistant to water, corrosion and fire. A pair of lateral feet are formed on the bottom of the jacket so as to prevent the accidental or facile removal of the jacket and encased post from the ground.

Abstract: A security system for a home having one or more security zones. A main station is associated with the home and, when initialized, constantly monitors the state of remote intruder sensors throughout the home. Upon receipt of a signal from one of the intruder sensors, the main station activates an alarm and also stores an alarm value representative of the zone in which the intruder sensor was activated. A remote station includes a radio transmitter which, upon activation by a person about to enter the home, generates an interrogation signal to the main station. Upon receipt of the interrogation signal by the main station, the main station checks for the presence of the alarm value. If the alarm value has been set, indicative that an intruder sensor has been activated, the main station flashes exterior lights on the home thereby warning the person of the possible presence of an intruder within the home.

Abstract: A unitary connection assembly for connecting channel structures is described. The assembly has a special channel fastener coacting with a fixture, a biasing member and a threaded member. A method is described for attaching the unitary connection assembly to a channel.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of attaching retainers to automotive floor mats, as well as an embodiment of a floor mat utilizing said method. The typical floor mat utilizing this method will have a retainer with a series of male or female fasteners provided on the retainer, and the floor mat will have openings corresponding to these fasteners, through which the other fastener, whether it be male or female, can be passed to firmly attach the floor mat to the retainer. The retainer may be one sided or two sided, their may, or may not be holes in the floor mat, depending on the particular fasteners being used, the openings in the floor mat, if provided, may, or may not, be reinforced, and a heel pad can optionally be attached at the same time.

Abstract: A system for correction of the fuel injection time control upon variation in altitude, for a heat engine having an electronic fuel injection system, and having means for substantially detecting the value of the external atmospheric pressure and the consequently correcting the value of induction air pressure utilized by a central processing unit of the injection system for calculating the injection time.

Abstract: A picture image signal compensation device for devices such as image scanner, facsimile and etc. comprises a whiteboard provided before manuscript in which an average value of white level signals of said whiteboard with unusually low values eliminated in obtaining the average value or an average value of white level signals of said whiteboard with an average value by the plural scannings is used as a standard datum for each of picture elements for picture image signal compensation.

Abstract: A game board is provided for use with a strategy game of the type in which at least two opposing players move diverse playing pieces over the game board in simulated combat. The game board comprises a plurality of planar board pieces each of which are substantially identical to each other in shape and size. In addition, indicia is formed on one face of the game board pieces which is representative of a land terrain condition. To form the game board, the board pieces are placed closely adjacent to each other so that the indicia on the game board pieces are visible from the top of the game board.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining the degree of water saturation of the hygroscopic desiccant of a disposable drying cartridge as a function of the variation in the dielectric constant of the hygroscopic material. The invention takes the form of a tubular capacitor disposed in the mass of hygroscopic desiccant material proximate the outlet of the drying cartridge, and of appropriate circuits for measuring the level of saturation of the desiccant material and for operating alarm and safety devices. A removable plug provides access to the cartridge mounted in a casing. The plug has a pair of electrical contacts acting to biasing position the cartridge in the casing and provide effective electrical contact with the capacitor.

Abstract: An indicator for the rate of volumetric fluid flow includes a housing having a fluid passageway therein and a rotor contained in the housing in a position so as to be rotated by fluid flowing through said passageway. The indicator also includes a Hall effect transducer positioned outside the housing, responsive to the rotation of the rotor. The transducer produces an output signal corresponding to the rate of rotation of the rotor, and thus to the rate of fluid flow through the housing passageway. Preferably, the rotor is a paddle wheel disposed on an axle in the housing. The axle and thus the paddle wheel are retained in the housing by entrapment against a removable housing cover. The housing is otherwise mechanically imperforate to any connection between the rotor and the transducer.

Abstract: Described is an endotube for positioning in particular in the esophagus, which at one end has a funnel-like enlargement portion (1), a tubular central portion (2) and at the other end a thickened portion which enlarges towards the central portion and which after having passed through a constriction makes it difficult to withdraw the endotube. The thickened portion is formed from two hollow thin-walled limb portions (3) which are open to the interior of the central portion (2) and which project out of the central portion (2) and which rise in a ramp-like configuration towards the central portion and which then terminate with a steep drop (4). By virtue of that configuration the limbs (3) can be fully folded in, even when an endoscope is introduced into the endotube for positioning thereof, so that the limbs can be easily passed through a constriction. The funnel-like enlargement portion (1) is such that it forms a non-rotatable connection together with an inserted positioning tube.