Abstract: A device adapted to be employed in connection with the repair of damaged automobiles and the like wherein deformed portions of the automobile may be accurately returned to their original shape and position. A base is provided which may partially extend under an automobile and is provided with a vertically extending support on which one or more scales may be supported for vertical, horizontal and swingable movement relative to the support whereby the correct distance between two points may be readily set by a scale and repeated to assist in determining the amount a damaged portion must be bent or stretched to return it to its proper original position. By combining two devices, each including a base and a vertically extending support, accurate readings may be made very quickly with a relatively great saving in time. Portions of the device may be inverted to permit accurate measurement of distances from above rather than from below the body.

Abstract: A package of adhesive pads for use on corns, callouses and the like is provided in the form of a sheet of pad material such as moleskin and a relatively thin sheet of plastic adhered thereto. Both sheets are die cut along a plurality of lines to form a plurality of pad elements. The lines of cut are interrupted to provide localized frangible connections between adjacent pad elements to permit the user to remove a selected element by breaking its connections to adjacent elements.

Abstract: A wheeled carrier particularly adapted for transporting suitcases and like or other articles. A support for the suitcase is provided with a pair of removable ground wheels which are adapted to be stored within the support when not in use. The support is provided with a pair of links for engaging a side of the suitcase substantially at right angles to the side engaged by the support. The links are swingably connected to the support in such a manner that the links and support cooperate to support the suitcase adequately although the parts may be made of extremely lightweight elements. The suitcase support is adapted to be manually manipulated by means of an elongated member such as a walking cane, umbrella, sectioned handle, or like article.

Abstract: A briefcase or like article having accordian folds or pleats forming its bottom wall is provided with wheels attached to said bottom wall so as not to interfere excessively with the expansion or contraction of the width of the bottom wall through the action of the pleats or folds. A wheel mount is clamped to one side of the briefcase and to an adjacent fold of the accordian-like bottom wall.

Abstract: A wheeled support for carrying articles such as suitcases, trunks, sample cases and the like which may be readily installed on conventional carrying articles without requiring a great deal of skill. An aperture is cut in one corner at which two sidewalls intersect and a wheel housing is secured at such aperture. Adequate stability may be achieved by applying a pair of spaced apart housings along a long corner of the article to be wheeled.

Abstract: A pile sizer for reducing the lateral extent or diameter of the upper end of a submerged pile. A vertically extending elongated anchor rod is threadedly secured to the upper end of the submerged pile along the central axis of the latter and an elongated tube is swingably secured to said anchor rod by arms to permit orbital movement of said tube about the centerline of the pile. An elongated shaft is rotatably supported within the tube and is formed with a milling cutter at its lower end for cutting the pile and is connected at its upper end to a motor mounted on the upper end of the tube. The operation of sizing the pile to a predetermined diameter can thus be performed from above the water line.

Abstract: A length of wire is formed to a noncircular cross section preparatory to forming the wire into clips. The noncircular cross section is formed by a pair of rollers and the rolled wire is oriented for use in the clip forming machine by guiding the rolled wire in a relatively large loop so that the tendency for the wire to twist after rolling is readily overcome and so that the proper orientation of the wire is achieved while feeding the wire to the clipping apparatus.

Abstract: A wheel mount adapted to be used on the bottom side of a suitcase to permit wheeling the latter. The mount is formed so as to minimize the likelihood of damage to the mount and to the wheel which it supports. The mount is elongated in a longitudinal direction and its sidewalls are slantingly disposed relative to the wheel in order to minimize damage when struck by another object. One form of the invention is made from a block of plastic or the like and other forms are made of formed sheet metal.

Abstract: An elongated structural member adapted to many uses is made in separable, coaxially aligned sections to permit the sections to be stored in a short space. The sections are readily secured together in end to end relationship to form a strong member which may take both tension and compression.

Abstract: The invention discloses a form of gearing that is radially preloaded and utilizes closely conforming teeth. The preloading ensures that the higher torque capacity of conformal teeth can be realized more fully than in fixed center gearing, and the conformal tooth profiles, if concave-convex, ensure that the amount of preload needed is minimized, since the effective pressure angle for such teeth diminishes as the transmitted torque increases.

Abstract: A display holder for a decorative article such as a plate. A frame is provided having front and rear walls between which the plate is inserted and positioned against the inner side of the front wall. The front wall is apertured to permit viewing of the plate therethrough and means on the rear wall is provided for supporting the plate in a vertical position at three points. The frame is preferably formed of transparent plastic to enhance the appearance and utility of the same and to permit ready assembly by adhesives or sealants. In the preferred form of the invention the means for holding the plate are adjustable to permit use with plates of different sizes and different contours.

Abstract: The principal disadvantage of conformal gearing is its acute sensitivity to center-distance error. An improved type of all-addendum conformal gearing is disclosed in which the concave tooth is much more flexible than the convex tooth, so that if the gears are mounted at too great a center-distance, the tendency of the tooth load to be exerted on the tip of the concave tooth is offset by tooth flexure which shifts the arc center of the concave profile a considerable distance toward the axis of the gear with convex teeth. This increases the pressure angle sufficiently to prevent overloading of the tip of the concave tooth.

Abstract: A flush valve of the tilting pilot valve type in which stops are provided for the manually or pedal-actuated handle so as to provide a low volume or a normal volume as desired. In one form an attachment having a low volume stop is provided on the conventional handle housing. In another form the conventional housing is replaced by a modified housing provided with the low volume stop. In still another form an attachment in the form of a clamp is provided on the handle to provide the low volume.

Abstract: A door lock structure adapted to be actuated by a magnetic card key to operate a conventional cylindrical door lock with substantially no modification to such lock. A housing containing the magnetically operated elements of the lock is mounted, along with a modified knob, on the conventional spindle of the lockset in lieu of the usual door knob. The housing is freely rotatable relative to the lockset spindle to prevent wrenching. The latchbolt retractor of the lockset is actuated in the normal manner to unlock the lockset by rotating a conventional driver bar. The driver bar in this structure is rotated by registering interengaging elements carried by the driver bar and a slide which is actuated by a properly coded magnetic card key. The modified knob may be freely rotatable on the spindle or may be fixed thereto.

Abstract: A manually manipulatable magnetic card encoder containing substantially all of the apparatus and wiring required to encode magnetic spots on a magnetic card key or the like. The encoder is relatively small and includes a housing provided with a pistol grip to facilitate manual manipulation of the encoder.

Abstract: Involute gearing can be optimized with respect to torque capacity only if the number of pinion teeth is standardized in a fairly narrow range, between about 15 and 40 teeth, depending on the tooth materials, pressure angle and gear ratio. The present invention discloses an alternative system of gearing that standardizes pitch instead of tooth numbers, so that pinions with several hundred teeth can be designed without sacrifice of any torque capacity relative to that of coarse-tooth involute gearing. The use of finer teeth reduces friction, heating and wear, but in particular helps to minimize operating noise.

Abstract: A brake is provided which is completely separate from the ground wheels of the skateboard. A ground engaging brake wheel is swingably supported relative to the skateboard so that it may be swung into rolling engagement with the ground and with the braking surface. The brake may be cantilevered from the rear end of the skateboard or may be positioned centrally of the skateboard between the two pairs of ground wheels.

Abstract: A magnetic card reader for providing an output to a utilization device. A plurality of reed switches are arranged in coplanar relationship in a manner to optimize the number of data sensors in a given area. In addition, a magnetic card is disclosed for providing completely different and independent magnetic data on the opposite surfaces thereby allowing sensing or reading devices to be placed on both sides of the card.

Abstract: A cigarette case provided with a timer to prevent opening of the case except after a predetermined interval of time. A manually settable timer is secured to one side of the case and a lid flap having a clasp overlie said side. The timer is provided with a dial for setting the same and said dial is formed with a slot so that the case may be opened in only one position of the timer.

Abstract: A substantially indestructible magnetic card key having an exterior formed completely of metallic material such as stainless steel. In the preferred form, one side of the key is of magnetizable material and the other of nonmagnetizable material to enhance the operation of the key and simplify its encoding.