Abstract: A combination underpant and herial truss includes an underpant brief, an elastic belt disposed at the circumferential upper edge of the brief, and a pair of at least partly elastic bands whose ends are affixed to the elastic belt. The bands pass laterally of the crotch of the pant, adjacent the leg holes of the brief. Preferably, the bands include a first inelastic segment on the front of the underpant extending diagonally across a hernia affectable region of the wearer, a second strongly elastic segment disposed adjacent the inguinal channel of the wearer, a third inextensible segment extending upwardly from the second segment, and a moderately elastic fourth segment connected to the belt and the third band segment. Pockets are included over the hernia affectable region for receiving a retaining pad.

Abstract: A profiling apparatus for manufacturing musicians' reed assemblies to individual preference includes a rotating drum, to which is attached reed cane material, and a profiling blade for shaping the reed along with a supporting base and sides. The blade is attached to a rolling blade support member and is adjustable for cutting angle and depth. In a preferred embodiment the drum is translucent and illuminated from the interior to aid the operator in profiling the reed.

Abstract: A door lock is provided for use with a building wall having a door opening formed by building framing members and in which a door is pivotally mounted and movable between a closed and an open position. The door lock has a locking bolt which is slidably mounted by a slide block to the building framing members on the inside of the wall. A key operated assembly accessible from the outside of the wall is operable to move the locking bolt between a locking position in which a portion of the bolt extends behind the door and thus into the path of the door swing, and a nonlocking position in which the bolt is retracted into the slide block and thus spaced downwardly from the path of the door swing. Since the slide block is mounted to the building framing member, typically a two by four wooden stud, the door lock utilizes the strength of the building itself rather than just the strength of the door or its jamb.

Abstract: A paper perforating device for creating a series of linearly aligned perforations the length of a sheet of paper. The invention includes a lower member with a series of linearly aligned openings and an upper member with a corresponding number of linearly aligned teeth. Upon engagement, the teeth travel through the openings thereby piercing the paper. The invention also includes a pair of slot-engaging tabs which limit the distance the upper and lower members may travel relative to one another.

Abstract: A structure for supporting motor vehicles which can be mounted at various positions along the bed of a transport vehicle to accommodate vehicle and vehicle chassis of different lengths and sizes. The structure generally comprises a dismountable channel member which retains a support post in an upright position and can be secured to the truck bed at different locations. Slidably attached to the upper portion of the support post is an arm which extends outwardly from the post. Similarly, a platform which supports one wheel of the vehicle being transported is removably secured to the arm of the structure. All the components may be lockingly engaged during transport and the structure may be disassembled and stored within the bed of the transport vehicle. Furthermore, all of the components are adjustable relative to one another and the bed of the truck in order accommodate different vehicles.

Abstract: An auxiliary sun visor which is readily mountable to the existing sun visor of a motor vehicle. The auxiliary visor generally comprises an elongated shaft which is secured to a mounting plate which has a configuration substantially identical to the configuration of the mounting bracket of the existing visor. The mounting plate of the auxiliary visor is adapted such that it may be mounted between mounting bracket of the existing visor and the ceiling of the interior vehicle compartment using the existing hardware. The visor panel is rotatably mounted to the elongated rod such that it may be rotated into the necessary position. An alternative embodiment of the invention utilizes dual shafts permanently attached to the mounting bracket of the visor. The invention eliminates the risk of accident caused by the vehicle driver repeatedly rotating the sun visor into position to shield their eyes and for conventional use on the front passenger side.

Abstract: An attachment for converting a moving platen copier into a fixed platen copier, wherein at least part of the moving platen is replaced by a housing (26) having a window scanned by a scanner unit (30) from which strip images, reflected from a document to be copied and which is located against the window, and relayed by reflector means (38, 40), a lens (44) and reflecting device (46) onto the photosensitive surface (22). The scanning unit and reflector means are connected to the drive from the original platen so as to be synchronously driven in a manner which maintains a constant optical path length (FIG. 2).

Abstract: A pair of golf gloves each having loop and pile fastener strips attached to the outer ends of the last three fingers (middle, ring and small finger) and a cooperating loop and pile fastener strip attached to the palm of the golf glove running diagonal across the palm of the hand commencing adjacent to the thumb and running diagonal to the outer midpoint of the heel of the palm so that, when the golfer assumes the grip, the cooperating fastener strips engage each other and firmly lock each contact point in each hand of the golfer's grip to the corresponding contact point of the opposite hand. Each glove further includes loop and pile fastener strips on the back side of both the thumb and the first/second finger junction.

Abstract: A device for metering pressurized fuel from a fuel pump and to an engine. The device includes a housing having a fuel inlet port connected to the fuel pump, a fuel outlet port connected to the engine and a fuel return port connected to the fuel tank. A valve member is contained within the interior of the housing and is rotatable between a first position and a second position. The valve member includes a cam surface which variably restricts fluid passageways extending between the inlet port and both the return port and outlet port as a function of the rotational position of the valve member. A control system selectively activates a stepper motor to rotatably drive the valve member between its first and second rotational positions while a transducer coupled to the valve member provides a feedback signal to the control system indicative of the rotational position of the valve member.

Abstract: A paint spray booth for painting articles, such as motor vehicles, having a housing with a bottom, a substantially horizontal floor spaced upwardly from the bottom and in which the floor divides the housing between an upper housing chamber and a lower housing chamber. The floor is flooded with water while a plurality of air scrubber units extend through the floor and fluidly connect the housing chambers together. Simultaneously, air is inducted from the upper chamber, through the air scrubber units and into the lower chamber so that the air scrubber units intermix the water and air together and so that paint particles entrained within the air become entrapped within the water. Each air scrubber utilizes a venturi to intermix the air and water together.

Abstract: An exhaust manifold for multi-cylinder, opposed piston engines includes a collector, a plurality of conduits, each connecting an exhaust port from a cylinder to the collector and each conduit includes a thermal expansion joint to permit differential thermal expansion between the engine body and the substantially hotter exhaust conduit and thus to avoid undesirable stresses in the conduits. Preferably, the expansion joint is formed by overlapping portions of conduit sections which include axial as well as radial clearances therebetween for thermal expansion. In the event that the engine is to be turbocharged, the manifold can be covered with a thermal blanket to prevent heat losses from the exhaust system. In such a case, the expansion joint includes a resilient seal member between the overlapping conduit portions which seals the conduit sections to each other despite substantially similar thermal growth in each of the insulated blanketed conduit sections.

Abstract: A fitted contour sheet or mattress cover which includes additional elastic members for retaining the corners of the cover upon the mattress. The additional elastic includes elastic bands which extend diagonally across each corner of the sheet and an elastic band which extends from the diagonal elastic to the corner of the sheet. The present invention therefore prevents inadvertant removal of the sheet due to extensive wear or excessive motion.

Abstract: An electrically powered hobby horse having an elongated body and a front leg and a rear leg which support the body above the ground. The front and rear legs are pivotally mounted about a horizontal axis so that the legs pivot towards and away from each other. A ground engaging wheel is carried at the lower end of each leg and a one way clutch is associated with each wheel so that the wheels rotate only in one direction. An electrical motor is mechanically connected by arms to both legs to reciprocally pivot the legs about their axis and thereby propel the hobby horse.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cross corrugated fiberboard having at least one layer of corrugations running in a longitudinal direction. A method and apparatus for making such a cross corrugated fiberboard is disclosed which first produces a single-wall corrugated fiberboard having a transversely corrugated fiberboard member glued between upper and lower facings which are offset from each other. The intermediate product is cut into pieces of a length equal to the desired width of the finished product, and these pieces are glued together seriatim with their corrugations in a longintudinal direction by the use of the offset portions of the facings. Additional layers of transversely corrugated single-faced or other type corrugated fiberboard may be built up on the longitudinally corrugated layer to make many continuous cross corrugated fiberboard products.

Abstract: A hose-drum irrigation machine having a tensioning device engaging the hose at a position adjacent the hose-guide by which the hose is pulled from the drum as the hose is being unwound or by which a drag is applied to the hose as it is being re-wound on the drum, thereby to prevent the convolutions of hose on the drum from becoming loose. The tensioning device comprises an endless belt of which one run extends lengthwise of the hose adjacent the hose-guide and frictionally engages the hose thereby to pull it from the drum where the hose is being unwound or to exert drag when the hose is being re-wound. The belt is driven in the appropriate direction by a driving sprocket driven by a motor.

Abstract: A book support has a pair of platens set in a V-shape and a felxible web spanning between the platens at the base of the V-shape. The platens may be mounted so that they can move towards and away from one another to accommodate books of different sizes and/or opened at different positions.

Abstract: In a formwork assembly for concrete wall structures side wall portions are provided at their edges with grooves and projections engageable therein for securing side wall portions together in a proper position, with the side wall portions being connected by connecting members and possibly end wall portions as required. On their inside surface, each side wall portion has engagement means to which the connecting members can be secured in the appropriate position. The engagement means may be formed by interengaging recesses and raised portions, ball portions and ball-receiving sockets or shallow detent grooves. Adhesive may also be employed for additional strength. The side wall portions may be used as insulating panels for walls, roof and floors.

Abstract: A scarf is constructed from a rectangular and elongated imperforate piece of cloth having a uniform thickness and a homogeneous constitution. The scarf has a length slightly greater than the circumference of the wearer's neck. The scarf includes a pair of fasteners, one each on the opposing faces of the piece of cloth. One of the fasteners is engageable at a plurality of locations along the other fastener, so as to closely fit the scarf to the wearer's neck, eliminating the scarf tails resulting from conventional scarves.

Abstract: A device for machining the crank pins of a crankshaft which are radially offset from the crankshaft axis of rotation. A first master shaft having an axis of rotation and radially offset crank pins corresponding to the crank pins of the crankshaft is rotatably mounted in a housing. A substantially identical master shaft is rotatably mounted to one end of a cradle which has its other end pivotally mounted about the axis of the first master shaft and movable between a first and second position. A girt is rotatably mounted to each of corresponding crank pins on both master shafts so that, as the master shafts are rotatably driven in synchronism with each other and with the crankshaft, cyclical movement is imparted to each girt. A broach is attached to each girt adjacent the crankshaft so that, as the cradle is moved from its first to its second pivotal position, the broach moves tangentially with respect to the crankshaft crank pins and thereby machines the crank pins.