Abstract: A trash container having a base and sides, at least a portion of the sides being formed of resilient horizontal pleated material throughout the circumference thereof, and a plunger fitting within the trash container and having a horizontal cross-section conforming to the internal horizontal cross-section of the trash container, the plunger including lips extending about the periphery thereof and shaped and dimensioned to fit over the upper edges of the sides. Alternatively, the top of the container may be used as a plunger. Pressure on the plunger will cause the sides to compress the pleated material, permitting the plunger to be pressed downwardly on the trash and compacting it. In a modification, the sides are rigid and the resilient pleated material is in the top of the container. The pleated or other resilient material has a memory and, so, will return to its original shape after pressure is removed.

Abstract: A reservoir unit for use in a hairsetter which has upwardly-extending heating posts. The reservoir unit has a cup to hold water, the cup having a base and sides and being open at the top, and the base having an upwardly-extending heating post recess therein. The recess has a shape complementary to that of the heating posts, so that the reservoir unit may be filled with water and placed upon one of the heating posts to heat the water and so moisten hair rollers mounted on others of the posts. The reservoir may have an upwardly-extending handle for use in placing it upon and removing it from the heating post.

Abstract: A shelving bank formed of a plurality of shelving units, wherein the line of juncture between the shelving units may be substantially concealed. The shelving bank includes at least two shelving units, each shelving unit having a plurality of shelves, the shelving units being joined together with the shelves in adjacent shelving units being in smooth abutting relationship, so that boxes of merchandise can be placed over the areas of the abutting relationship. Light plenums under the shelves, each light plenum extending the length of its respective the shelf, so that light plenums of adjacent the shelving units are adjacent to one another and abut one another. Light panels mounted along the front of the light plenums, and the mounting means of adjacent plenums providing for the light panels to bridge the point of abutment of the light plenums, so that the line of juncture between adjacent shelving units is substantially concealed.

Abstract: A carousel for dispensing canisters of film having a film-holding base secured to a vertical spine mounted centrally of the base, a plurality of vertical dividers extending radially from, and circumferentially of, the spine, vertically-extending wall sections secured to the outermost edges of the dividers, so that the spine, the dividers, and the wall sections together form vertical channels to receive and hold the canisters. The uppermost portions of the wall sections are open to receive the canisters, and the lowermost ends of the wall sections are spaced from the base sufficiently to permit removal of individual canisters, and the base and with the upper end of the spine are pivoted where they are to be attached to a display device so the entire unit can be rotated. If desired, the canisters can have keys on their bodies or their caps, and the channels can have corresponding key slots, so that the canisters will be held in the channels with their labels outermost.

Abstract: A coffeemaker with a stand and a carafe. The stand includes a receiving tray to hold the carafe and keep the coffee hot,a water heater, and a basket for holding ground coffee and receiving heated water. The carafe has two concentric chambers of about equal volume. The inner chamber receives freshly made coffee and holds it prior to pouring. The outer cylinder is a reservoir to hold water prior to its being heated to make coffee. After the coffee has been made, the outer chamber is empty and acts as an insulator for the coffee in the inner chamber. A water-receiving tube in the stand presses a valve on the reservoir, opening it, so that the water in the reservoir flows into a water heater in the stand and, after heating, is directed to the coffee-holding filter at the top of the stand.

Abstract: An adjustable hair clipper including an interconnected body and head mounted about a common pivot for rotational movement between the body and the head, the body including a motor with an associated drive shaft, a reciprocating cutter in the head, an operating shaft for actuating the reciprocating means, gears in the body interconnecting the drive shaft and the operating shaft, the gears being pivotable about the common pivot thereby permitting the drive shaft and the operating shaft to rotate relative to one another as the head and the body are rotated relative to one another.

Abstract: The method of making a roller shelf for the display and dispensing of wares which includes molding a plurality of groups of molded parallel axles and rollers as a unit and with a common mold runner, the groups each having the same number of axles, providing a pair of side rails having opposed complementary bearing recesses, the number of the bearing recesses being an integral multiple of the number of axles in the groups, simultaneously inserting the axles of a group into the bearing recesses, fixing the axles in the recesses, and breaking off the runner. The roller shelf can have spaced rollers or interleaved and overlapping rollers.

Abstract: A golf bag stand having both an actuated state and a disabled state. The bag has two legs pivotally mounted side by side at the top of the bag. Each leg carries a sliding bracket which can be held in a disabled position and an actuating position. The two arms of a V-shaped spring push rod fit within the bracket, the arms being spring-pressed towards one another. The lower end of this rod forms a projector. When the stand is in its disabled state, the projector does not extend beyond the base of the bag; when in its actuated state, the projector extends two to three inches below the base of the bag. When the device is in its actuated state and the user puts the bag down on its base, the projector touches the ground and is forced upwardly relative to the bag. This forces the legs to swing outwardly, forming, with the bag itself, a tripod-like stand for the bag.

Abstract: A golf bag stand having both an actuated state and a disabled state. The bag has two legs pivotally mounted side by side at the top of the bag. Two spring arms are secured at their lower ends to a control block and at their upper ends are pivotally secured to the legs. A projector is slidingly mounted within the control block and extends downwardly from the control block. It can be secured in two different positions. When the stand is in its disabled state, the projector does not extend beyond the base of the bag; when in its actuated state, the projector extends two to three inches below the base of the bag. When the device is in its actuated state and the user puts the bag down on its base, the projector touches the ground and is forced upwardly relative to the bag. This forces the legs to swing outwardly, forming, with the bag itself, a tripod-like stand for the bag.

Abstract: A single use fingerprint inking card for use in making fingerprints including a front sheet and a back sheet, the sheets being secured together in overlapping relationship, the front sheet being cut to define a plurality of openings with hinged reclosable panels covering the openings, an inking sheet having fingerprint ink on one side and secured between the front sheet and the back sheet with the side bearing the ink facing the openings, so that the panels can be individually opened to expose the fingerprint ink and thereafter closed to cover it. The nature of the inking sheet and the ink are such that the ink tends to cling to the inking sheet, not the facing sheet.

Abstract: A display providing the illusion of a stream of liquid coming from an unconnected spigot, the stream flowing into a receptacle. A transparent tube, hidden within the stream, runs from the receptacle to the spigot to carry the liquid upwardly to the spigot. A second tube, colorless and transparent, surrounds the stream of water, to prevent evaporation and accidental spillage on a person. A small colorless and transparent air tube runs from the receptacle upwardly between the inner and outer tubes to a mixing chamber at the top of the tubes. Air is drawn upwardly through the tube by a Venturi effect within the mixing chamber and mixes with the water. As a result, the downwardly flowing water is filled with bubbles and can be seen.

Abstract: A retail display formed of a display card and a transparent carrying case and having peripheral indentations along opposing ends of the case, the peripheral indentations having locking edges facing their respective ends of the case, the display card including a pair of sleeves, the periphery of the sleeves conforming in size and shape to the periphery of the carrying case, at least one locking member in each sleeve with the locking members being positioned to oppose their respective locking edges, and the interengagement of the locking edges and the locking members securing the carrying case within the sleeves.

Abstract: A feed for hens which serves to reduce the cholesterol content of eggs laid by the hens, the feed being made up of laying mash and dehydrated cabbage in a ratio of about three parts of laying mash to two parts of cabbage by weight. The cabbage has been dehydrated by a process which does not raise its temperature to the point where enzymes therein are inactivated. It is believed that the enzymes in the dehydrated cabbage serve to induce cytochrome P-450 in the hen to break down the cholesterol in the body of the hen and, so, reduce the amount going into the eggs.

Abstract: An attachment for a hair dryer, to be secured to the outlet end of the hair dryer, to cause air coming from the hair dryer to orbit and diverge, includes a tubular housing having air inlet and air outlet ends, means associated with the air inlet end to secure the housing to the air outlet of a hair dryer, an air deflector within the housing proximate to the air outlet end, the air deflector being mounted for rotation about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing, the deflector including opposed angle vanes on the end thereof nearest the air inlet and having an angled deflector on the end thereof nearest the air outlet, so that air from the dryer passing through the housing will flow past the opposed angled vanes and cause the air deflector to rotate and the air will thereafter be orbitally deflected to one side by the angled deflector. Alternatively, the air deflector can be mounted in a hair dryer itself near the air outlet end.

Abstract: A sealed multi-ply bag capable of being resealed including sides, a bottom, and front and back panels. A resealable closure is mounted across the top edges of the front and back panels as the secondary closure. The front and back panels are folded one or more times about the resealable closure to form a primary closure. A sealing flap runs across the folded area to maintain the bag in its sealed, folded configuration. The upper portion of the front panel may be step cut to provide a tighter primary closure.

Abstract: Apparatus for projecting multiple images from a pair of reticles (117) to a photo-sensitive coated substrate (1) to produce large scale electronic devices (2). A pair of parallel and proximate optical systems (29) are used, the optical systems being positioned to project in the z-direction upon a movable stage (11) subject to controlled motion (159, 169) in the x- and y-directions. The apparatus includes means (225) for determining the coordinates of motion of the stage relative to images projected from the reticles, means for using the determined positions to establish a stage transfer function for the apparatus relative to various positions of stage, and means (130) for applying the transfer function to adjust the relative positions of the reticles (117) and substrate (1) for accurate image projection, and for thereafter projecting an image upon the substrate.