Abstract: A game embodies the celestial concept of Karma and the repayment in future lives for deeds done in past lives. The game has a board around which are playing positions and an inner register for indicating the number of revolutions around the board. At various locations along the board, a player will be instructed to pick up either a Good or Bad Karma card, a Good Karma card causing a player to have an immediate disadvantage but a long-term advantage, and a Bad Karma card causing an immediate advantage but a long-term disadvantage. A player will be instructed to pick up a Good Payback card which causes him to exchange long-term advantage for immediate advantage, or a Bad Payback card which causes him to exchange long-term disadvantage for immediate disadvantage.

Abstract: A collapsible frame for supporting a container is manufactured from two loops formed from a single length of wire which are intertwined to form a handle and sprung to form base members which are yieldably urged apart. An inwardly narrowed neck portion is formed intermediate the handle and the base members to provide points of support for the container. A containment loop encompasses the neck portion of the frame and inwardly urges the points of support against the container as it is pushed into position within the containment loop. The base members are capable of being pressed into a planar assembly when the container is removed to allow a plurality of similarly constructed frames to be compactly stacked.

Abstract: A closure for a container having a radial groove on an inside surface of the mouth of the container includes a lid portion having a central disk with an upstanding wall at the periphery of the disk for contacting the inside surface of the mouth of the container. A plurality of radial projections are provided on an outside surface of the upstanding wall. A region of the upstanding wall surrounding each radial projection is substantially thinner than the remaining portions of the upstanding wall so as to impart radial flexibility between the plurality of projections in the remaining portions of the upstanding wall. Actuating means such as a ring axially displaceable with respect to the upstanding wall is provided radially inside the upstanding wall for radially displacing the plurality of projections for engagement with the radial groove on the inside surface of the mouth of the container.

Abstract: A fire-extinguishant system includes a source of extinguishant, such as carbon dioxide, a fusible length of plastic tubing, such as one-half-inch-outside-diameter polyethylene tubing, with the end closed, and a conduit and valve system for connecting the extinguishant source to the fusible tubing. The valving system pressurizes the fusible tubing at a low pressure, and this low-pressure signal is coupled to a pilot input port in the valve system. When this low-pressure pilot signal is interrupted, the piloted valve switches to supply extinguishant at full pressure through the fusible tubing. If the fusible tubing has been melted, such as by a fire, the extinguishant exits through the melted portion to extinguish the fire. The low-pressure pilot signal can, however, be interrupted manually by the valve system. In this case, the full-pressure extinguishant supply to the fusible tube ruptures the tube and releases extinguishant. This provides a manual extinguishant control for the system.

Abstract: A loose-leaf display binder formed of a cover of flexible sheet material, preferably of one piece and of uniform bendability from top to bottom, which forms front and back cover panels hinged to a spine panel, and also a triangular brace panel hinged to the lower edges of the cover panels and foldable flat against their inner faces to permit the binder to be opened and closed as a book. The binder also includes a stiff spine bar having means such as loose-leaf rings for binding leaves thereto. The upper portion of the spine bar is fixedly connected to the upper portion of the cover spine panel, and the lower portion of the cover is left free to be flexibly bowed rearward away from the lower end of the spine bar to form a rear display support for the binder.

Abstract: A valving assembly for a liquid-containing tank comprises a housing which includes vent and valve passageways extending axially therethrough. A roll-over valve is supported in the vent passageway by a spring which is calibrated normally to open the vent passageway to normalize the pressure inside the tank. Movement of the roll-over valve is assisted by the spring to close the vent passageway and prevent movement of the liquid from the tank when the tank is tilted. An excessive pressure valve is disposed in the valve passageway and urged by a spring normally to close the valve passageway. The spring is calibrated to provide movement of the excessive pressure valve member to open the valve passageway when the vent passageway is closed and superatmospheric pressure within the tank exceeds a predetermined level.

Abstract: A swing according to the present invention includes a pair of side frame members, a sling forming at least one seat well and seat back, a first suspension system for supporting the sling from the side frame members and for adjusting the depth of the seat well and the length of the seat back, and a second suspension system for pivotally supporting the side frame members from an overhead support structure and for adjusting the inclination of the side frame members to recline the seat assembly. The second suspension system includes a pair of elongated support strands, each having its ends connected to one of the side frame members, a pair of pulleys, each for rotatably receiving one of the strands, and adjustment blocks movably carried on each strand for establishing strand lengths between the side frame members and the pulleys to raise and lower the ends of the side frame members and maintain a desired angle of inclination thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing images of various sizes on photosensitive film from either a photographic negative or positive which includes a photographic image having a predetermined size using a light source to expose the film to the image includes a first member having a stationary element and a movable element which includes a platform for supporting the photosensitive film in a fixed plane in positional relationship thereto, and a second member for retaining and positioning the photographic image in a fixed position with respect to the platform to expose a portion of the film to the light source to produce an image on the film having generally the same size as the photographic image. The movable element further includes a control arm attached to the platform and a resilient control linkage interconnecting the control arm and the stationary element to allow random movement of the platform in the plane relative to the photographic image.

Abstract: A recovery system for solvent used to clean coating material from a multiple-color coating material dispensing system which undergoes frequent color changes includes a vacuum source over the recovered solvent in a recovery tank. The system is switched during the color change cycle from a mode in which solvent is dispensed to clean a pre-change color from a dispensing device to a mode in which the vacuum withdraws solvent remaining in a solvent delivery line to the dispensing device into the recovery tank. Solvent usage, disposal of discarded solvent, and other environmental considerations are salutarily affected.

Abstract: A capacitive system for sensing the level of material includes a conductive member electrically connected to ground potential, a probe including a sensing element arranged to establish a capacitance between the sensing element and conductive member which is determined by the level of the material and a shielding element interposed between the conductive member and the sensing element to form an electrically neutral zone therebetween to thereby reduce the effect of a conductive buildup of the material on the probe on the capacitance between the conductive member and the sensing element, and a first circuit electrically connected to the sensing and shielding elements for applying generally the same electrical potential to both the sensing and shielding elements, the first circuit having an output which varies in response to a change in the capacitance between the conductive member and the sensing element.

Abstract: Automatic finish coating equipment employs a selectively variable low-pressure or "soft" air or solvent signal to control pushing of coating material through a feed tube from a coating material source to a coating material atomizing and dispensing device. This "soft fluid push" method maximizes the finish quality which can be achieved with coating materials having different characteristics, such as viscosities, in any operation in which frequent changes in coating material characteristics are experienced, such as, when frequent changes of coating material color are employed.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a device and process for extracting heavy particles from lighter particles. The inventive device uses a unique riffle action, causing separation of heavy mineral from waste material, in combination with centrifugal force to retain the separated minerals in the concentrator. The concentrator processes a wide range of particle size feed for the extraction of heavy minerals. The device and process of the invention can extract a great percentage of very fine particles, as well as coarser particles. The machinery of the process can be installed in a roadworthy trailer for delivery and use at the excavation site.

Abstract: A continuous rotary hamburger grill has means for forming unshaped balls or scoops or other quantums of ground meat into hamburger patties as it presses them into cooking relation with the rotating grill plate. The meat quantums deposited on the grill plate at a loading station are carried thereby beneath an adjustably mounted, sloping pressure plate which presses them into sticking relation with the grill plate and compresses them into patties of uniform thickness. A flexible liner of non-stick material, e.g., Teflon, underlies the pressure plate so that the patties slide thereunder. To reduce moisture loss and improve cooking, a flexible cover sheet of non-stick material rides on the top of the patties as they travel through a cooking zone. The free edge of the pressure paper plate liner underlies the adjacent edge of the flexible cover sheet to provide means for feeding the patties beneath such cover sheet.

Abstract: A combination handle unit and tongue depressor includes a light source and a means for attaching a light-transmissive disposable depressor member to the handle to conduct light from the source into, for example, the mouth and throat of a patient being examined. In some illustrated embodiments, the attachment means includes a peripheral groove about a portion of the handle unit into which the depressor member may be inserted. In some embodiments, the attachment means includes pins or posts provided on one of the handle unit or tongue depressor, and cooperating sockets for receiving the posts formed on the other of the handle unit or tongue depressor. The handle unit is conveniently designed and configured to remain out of the line of sight of the examining physician into the mouth, throat, or the like, of the patient being examined. To permit removal of the depressor member from the handle without the physician having to touch it, the handle is provided with a trigger for ejecting the depressor member.

Abstract: A retainer for retaining an elastomeric electrical connector in operable position between opposed sets of spaced electrically conductive areas has a generally planar body of electrically non-conductive material having substantially parallel top and bottom surfaces. At least one aperture through the body from the top surface to the bottom surface is provided for receiving the elastomeric electrical connector. The aperture is linearly elongated in the planar dimension of the body and has a top region and a bottom region separated by a central region. The opening of the aperture in the central region is smaller than either the top region or bottom region and is substantially identical with the width of the elastomeric electrical connector retained thereby.