Abstract: A structural hanger connection including a supporting structure having a top surface and a front face; a supported structure disposed at an angle to the front face of the supporting structure and a structural hanger including a top flange element adapted for resting on the top surface of the supporting structure and formed with two pairs of slots formed therein, and a stirrup element formed with ends respectively woven through the slots and forming a connection with the top flange element and including a seat member and a pair of laterally spaced side members connected to the seat member and engaging the supported structure.

Abstract: A uni-directional slack adjuster is incorporated into a hold-down tension rod or strap, such as a hold-down anchor bolt for bolting a shear wall on one floor to a shear wall or foundation wall below, when a wood floor joist assembly is in between. The slack adjuster eliminates bolt slack so that in the event of an earthquake or hurricane, the sill plate is positively anchored with no vertical bolt play, eliminating much of the cosmetic damage that is often done to the wallboard and other finished surfaces due to distortion of the wallboard framing as the sill rises abruptly until it reaches the end of travel on the hold-down bolts. The slack adjuster comprises a link in the tensioner and non-reversibly either expands or contracts axially depending on the particular embodiment.

Abstract: A single piece tension tie connection for tyhing a wood, or steel structural frame member to a wood, steel or concrete structural base member. The tension tie consists of an elongated strap member having triangular shaped side members with four seat members integrally connected to the strap and side members so that the four seat members are locked together and act as a unit in withstanding bending forces imposed by large tension forces imposed on the strap. The entire tension tie is a single member requiring no welding or separate washers.

Abstract: An intermediate rail to post connection including a sheet metal connector for attaching a wood intermediate rail to a wood post is disclosed. The sheet metal connector is preferably formed with a base member, an integral seat member and a post engaging flange. Preferably four fasteners which may be either screws or nails are inserted through suitable openings in the sheet metal connector. Two of the fasteners pierce the sheet metal connector, the intermediate rail and the post in such a way as to be in double shear. The other two fasteners are inserted through the sheet metal connector directly into the wood post. The sheet metal connector is placed on the underside of the intermediate rail and all fasteners are therefor inserted from the underside of the intermediate rail.

Abstract: A thermal guard for pipes to protect personnel from hot or cold pipes in refineries, chemical plants and other places processing hot or cold fluids. The guard is made from metal and contains no insulation so that the pipes are readily visible for observing leaks and can be readily repaired. The guard is fabricated from a few easily fabricated and assembled parts which can be attached to pipes of various sizes.

Abstract: A rigid intersection connection including three intersecting elongated wood structural members and a rigid connector made from a single sheet metal blank which requires no welding. The rigid connector includes a pair of angular members joined in angular relationship and joined at a common outer edge. The rigid connector more specifically includes structure for engaging two sides of one of the elongated wood structural members and three sides of two of the elongated wood structural members. The disclosure includes a log holder, a table, a bunk bed, and a greenhouse or garden structure as examples of structures which can be readily constructed from the rigid intersection connections.

Abstract: A hip ridge connection in a building structure in which two hip rafters are connected to a ridge member by a sheet metal hip ridge connector having a base which is in registration with the end face of the ridge member and has flanges fastened to the side faces of the ridge member, and two seat members holding the two hip members in selectable sloping relation to the ridge member. The same sheet metal hip ridge connector may also be used to connect two hip rafters to a wall or the face of two common rafters. Modified forms of the sheet metal hip ridge connector may be used to connect 2x or 4x dimensional lumber hip rafters to 2x or 4x dimensional ridge members. One sheet metal hip ridge connector is slope adjustable in the field up to a 12/12 pitch for the hip rafters.

Abstract: A hip corner plate connection in which a single element sheet metal hip corner plate connector is used to connect a hip rafter most commonly occurring in wood frame buildings having a stick-framed roof of either dimensional lumber or plywood I-rafters to the top plates of the supporting walls. The sheet metal hip corner plate connector includes base members which attach to the single or double top plates of the framed wall, and flanges which attach to the hip rafter.

Abstract: A method for lapping of gun barrels on fully assembied firearms is provided using cartridges fitted with lapping bullets impregnated with abrasive. The present invention provides a process for simultaneously impregnating a quantity of lapping bullets with an abrasive, in which a quantity of unlubricated bullets are placed in a tumbler with steel balls and quantity of the desired abrasive. The speed of rotation of the tumbler, and the shape of the tumbler are selected so that the bullet/abrasive/tumbling media mix folds on itself, thus providing an even impregnation of abrasive on the bullets and minimizing any deformation of the bullets. The mixture is allowed to tumble for a period of time, typically about an hour, after which a sufficient quantity of the abrasive is firmly embedded on the surface of each bullet. The abrasive impregnated bullets can then be coated with a protective and lubricating finish, such as carnauba wax, if desired.

Abstract: A rigid intersection connection including three intersecting elongated wood structural members and a rigid connector made from a single sheet metal blank which requires no welding. The rigid connector includes a pair of angular members joined in angular relationship and joined at a common outer edge. The rigid connector more specifically includes structure for engaging two sides of one of the elongated wood structural members and three sides of two of the elongated wood structural members. The disclosure includes a log holder, a table, a bunk bed, and a greenhouse or garden structure as examples of structures which can be readily constructed from the rigid intersection connections.

Abstract: A truss girder hanger connection including a metal truss girder hanger joining a supporting wood truss girder to a carried wood truss girder.The metal truss girder hanger is structurally connected only to a supporting wood vertical member of the supporting wood truss girder and not to the supporting wood bottom chord.The truss girder hanger connection is primarily used where the carried wood truss girder is to be supported in a sloped and/or skewed relationship to the supporting wood truss girder.The metal truss girder hanger is constructed from a single piece of metal and a single weld connects the edge of an extension member to an elongated back member.

Abstract: A rafter to plate connection in a wood frame building including wood top plate, and a wood rafter joined by a variable pitch connector including a rafter seat for receiving a portion of the wood rafter, a fixed base member affixed to the outside edge of the wood top plate, first and second side members joined to opposite sides of the wood rafter, an adjustable base member joined to the rafter seat along a bend line and having a lower end in contact with the upper surface of the wood top plate. Fasteners join the fixed base member to the outside edge of the wood top plate, the adjustable base member to the wood top plate and the wood rafter to the side members.

Abstract: A post to foundation connection for joining a wood post to an anchor bolt embedded in a concrete foundation after the concrete has hardened. The post to foundation connection includes a foundation connector which is formed from a single sheet metal blank which provides post support on a pair of post support seat members raised above the top surface of the foundation and supported by at least four leg members. Uplift resistance is provided by attaching the foundation connector to the embedded anchor bolt by a nut and washer which bears against a base member formed in the foundation connector. Attachment to the post is provided by four post connection members integrally attached to the ends of the post support seat members.

Abstract: A machine receives packages in bundles and transports them over a series of conveyors to arrange them in suitable layers for stacking into solid stacks or loads of predetermined form or arrangement for palletizing or .[.other conveying means.]. .Iadd.in a stack for further transportation.Iaddend.. Each conveyor performs related functions of rotating packages in a horizontal plane, moving transversely and delivering in the predetermined pattern to form layers of an eventual stack for further transportation. Provision is made for insertion of sheets between layers as they are formed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of heath plant named Erica persoluta `Happy II`, a seedling of unknown pollen and seed parentage, discovered in a field of Erica persoluta `Sunset`, which is distinguished from Erica persoluta `Happy` and all other varieties known to me by its ease of propagation, its resistance to root diseases, and the color of its flower.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) named `Frau Katsuko` which originated as a seedling from the inventor's controlled hybridization of the Hydrangea macrophylla cultivars `Madam Blumkock` and `Silver-Edge` and is distinguished from its parents by the combination of its pigmentation pattern in its sepals which is predominently colored with deep, irregular, white edges; its deeply serrated, ruffled edges; and its dense inflorescence that does not require staking for support. Pigmentation is darkest at base of sepal, fading slightly as it progresses along the length and width of the sepal, and then turns white as far as 5 mm from edge. The sepals of `Madam Blumkock` are uniformy pigmented one color, while the sepals of `Silver-Edge` are also uniformly pigmented except the sepal edges are white.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla subsp. macrophylla var. normalis (Thunb.) named `Frau Reiko` which originated as a seedling from the inventor's controlled hybridization of the cultivars Hydrangea macrophylla and Hydrangea macrophylla DC var. hortensia `Silver-Edge`. `Frau Reiko` is a lace cap Hydrangea characterized by an inflorescence consisting predominently of non-sepalous florets in the center with some open florets on the perimeter. The non-sepalous buds open to provide a pink or violet background to the exposed white pollen. The color of the sepalous buds, is predominately blue or pink with narrow delineated, finely serrated white edges. The pigmentation begins at the apex and fades slightly as it progresses across the length and width of the sepals, and then turns white 5 mm or less from edge. Dark pigmentation ocassionally reaches the edge of the sepal the apex. The sepals are also characterized by their finely serrate edges.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea macrophlla (Thunb.) named `Frau Machiko` which originated as a seedling from the inventor's controlled hybridization of the Hydrangea macrophylla cultivars `Madam Blumkock` and `Silver-Edge` and is distinguished from its parents by the unique pigmentation pattern which gives a cruciform appearance to its florets. Sepal color of `Frau Machiko` is predominately white with blue or pink pigmentation beginning at the base of the flower and fading to white as it progresses across the length and width of the sepals. Color is deepest in the 5-7 middle veins of the sepals. The sepals of `Madam Blumkock` are uniformly pigmented one color, while the sepals of `Silver-Edge` are also uniformly pigmented except the sepal edges are white. The new variety `Frau Machiko` further possesses the favorable characteristics of a compact growth habit, long lasting large flowers and ability to be easily forced in a greenhouse for flowering in the spring.