Abstract: A bed spring assembly comprising a rectangular frame having a pair of end members and a pair of side members and arcuate corners joining said side members to said end members,said members having top and bottom walls,each bottom wall having a cut out subtending each corner,a filler plate covering the corner cut out and having a leg at the one end extending into the adjacent side member and having another leg at the other end extending into the adjacent end member, and means for connecting said legs to the respective members,said plate having an arcuate portion complementally fitting into the adjacent corner,means for securing spring-covering fabric to the frame comprising upwardly and inwardly angled flanges on the inner edges of the bottom walls of the side and end members,and similarly angled flanges on the inner edges of said legs and intermediate portion of each filler plate.

Abstract: A dish washing aid device for segregating soapy dish water in a single basin kitchen sink, the device comprising a lower base portion adapted to seal with the bottom wall of the basin about a drain therein, the base portion having a water tight vertically adjustable swivel connection with an upper funnel-like portion serving as a diverter for rinse water and being adapted to be rotated to a position under the sink faucet so that the rinse water may be poured onto cleaned articles to rinse away the soapy water and diverted into the drain without diluting or draining the soapy water in which the remaining articles are soaking.

Abstract: A metal bed having a frame with side and end members and transverse beams connected to the side members, two of these beams being larger and stronger than the others and being located adjacent to opposite ends of the frame and serving as leg-support beams and providing pockets into which the attached leg assemblies are adapted to be folded for shipment or storage, the leg assemblies being unfoldable to upright frame-supporting position. Various embodiments of leg assemblies are disclosed.

Abstract: A self-contained conveyor is adapted to be seated or bodily removed with respect to a support of an associated press. The conveyor has a gravity feed section for receiving a pile of stock items imbricately arranged thereon and delivering the items onto a pile fragmentizing roller assembly. The roller assembly separates the piled items by transporting the items over it and feeds items onto a belt conveyor which in turn delivers the items against a fanning mechanism. The bottom item is delivered into a metering nip defined between a retard and cooperating feed roller assembly which delivers each item to a pickup station of a press beneath a sensing finger switch. As long as each item remains on the station, it prevents the finger from dropping to close the switch and actuate a circuit which operates the belt conveyor and feed roller to deliver the next bottom item to the station.

Abstract: A dish washing aid device for segregating soapy dish water in a single basin kitchen sink, the device comprising a lower base portion adapted to seal with the bottom wall of the basin about a drain therein, the base portion having a water tight vertically adjustable swivel connection with an upper funnel-like portion serving as a diverter for rinse water and being adapted to be rotated to a position under the sink faucet so that the rinse water may be poured onto cleaned articles to rinse away the soapy water and diverted into the drain without diluting or draining the soapy water in which the remaining articles are soaking.

Abstract: A tool for removing ferrous particles from a can opened by a can opener wherein the tool has an elongated handle and a magnetic assembly at one end and the magnetic assembly comprises an annular magnet positioned below a flexible plastic disc which has a peripheral undercut providing a lip which is adapted to seat upon the upper edge of the bead of the can to limit the depth of insertion of the tool into the can, the lip terminating at its inner radial edge in a shoulder which provides an annular rolling surface for the assembly for rotating it in the contaminated area attendant to the tool being moved along the inner side of the bead. The invention in one embodiment discloses a muddler in the form of corrugations formed on the bottom of a plastic cover which encases the magnet for stirring the food product to loosen the particles from the heavy viscous fluid constituting the product.

Abstract: A mounting particularly adapted for a shaft of printing press cylinder to position the cylinder in parallelism with a companion cylinder comprising a pair of identical brackets adapted to be mounted on laterally spaced upright supports for holding opposite ends of the shaft wherein one bracket is positionable to be horizontally adjustable and the other vertically and wherein each bracket consists of two parts mating along a parting plane extending in the central axis of a bore defined by opposing semi-cylindrical concavities formed in respective parts when they are connected to each other, the parting plane being so located that each has one end terminating at one side of the axis of the bore and the other end at the other side of the axis so that one part of each bracket may be mounted on its related support and will cradle the respective end of the shaft so that it will not fall out of its concavity and thus the other part of each bracket may be easily assembly with the one part without the necessity of phy

Abstract: An aeroplane propeller assembly comprising a pair of hub members made of nylon with glass fibers interspersed therein forming an undulant gripping surface for clamping the root ends of wooden propeller blades and embedding the raised areas of the hub surfaces into the wood to obtain a firm and shakeproof purchase thereon as the hub members are bolted to each other and to the blades. The hub members are in the form of discs and have root-end-confining pockets formed to clamp the end portions and hold them under compression tightly within the pockets, each pocket having sharp pins molded therein and strategically located not only to pierce into the wood but also to swell the wood and contour it against the enclosing surfaces of the pocket. The propeller blade root ends are adapted to be cut at different angles to obtain different pitch upon being fitted into the same pockets.

Abstract: A metal bed having a frame with side and end members and transverse beams connected to the side members, two of these beams being larger and stronger than the others and being located adjacent to opposite ends of the frame and serving as leg-support beams and providing pockets into which the attached leg assemblies are adapted to be folded for shipment or storage, the leg assemblies being unfoldable to upright frame-supporting position. Various embodiments of leg assemblies are disclosed.

Abstract: A bed spring assembly and a supporting rectangular steel frame structure incorporating leg supports, the frame structure including cross beams which in certain embodiments are prestressed in tension or compression to obtain maximum load support without sagging and wherein the springs of the spring assembly are directly fastened to hooks or eyes formed on the cross beams. The invention also discloses round and square corner frame constructions and an attachment if the spring assembly upholstery to either metal frame by providing a hem with a wire threaded therein in the lower edge portion of the skirt of the fabric and pinning the edge portion about the wire to the metal frame or in another embodiment by providing flanges about the lower edge of the frame to which the fabric is clamped.

Abstract: A slidably supporting feeding apparatus having fingers movable to stop and to release the stock for regulating delivery of the stock to a press, the fingers being driven by inertia to a complete release position in timed relation with a press feed mechanism, which during the interval of complete release of the stock by the fingers, grasps and moves the stock into the press.

Abstract: An inking roller assembly wherein the rollers are driven and there being an impositive driving connection between the driven roller and the driving shaft therefor and the roller is driven by impact of the imprinting head and the roller as the roller is struck by the imprinting head, the rollers also being associated with pumping rollers and smoothing rollers for properly distributing the ink and the inking rollers having novel end plates which return the excess ink into the roller. The imprinting head intermittently impacts against limited areas of the inking roller periphery and then moves out of contact with the inking roller to cause the same to thereafter roll freely and thus override the drive imparted thereto by the impositive or one way driving means so that the imprinting head is caused to strike the periphery of the inking roller in different areas randomly.

Abstract: A feeding mechanism in which a reciprocating swab-like apparatus is provided wherein the pitmans are adjustable for beginning and ending their stroke by having the cranks driven by separable gears which may be meshed in different positions and wherein the pitmans are connected to a pair of counterrotatable wheels with friction facings engageable with paper sheets disposed in a stack therebeneath, the wheels being mounted on axes which are adapted to be canted to increase or reduce the area of engagement of the wheel periphery with the sheet to vary the amount of drag. The wheels are carried by a slider foot which is arranged to slide upon the sheet being moved. The wheels are arranged to move the sheet to be fed first into a registered position against a stop and then in the opposite direction to associated receiving mechanism.

Abstract: A golf club putter comprising a novel flat shaft having a width to be conveniently grasped by the user and having a head at its lower end with flat sides paralleling the flat sides of the shaft so that the club is adapted for left and right hand use and wherein a hand grip is provided at the upper end of the shaft with flat sides and having a series of finger-node indents spaced lengthwise of the shaft as guides for placement by the user of his fingers such that when a short putt is required the user places his lowest finger node on the lowermost indent and progressively places the lowest finger node into the next higher indents for longer putts.

Abstract: An adjustable mounting for a shaft on a thin metal support plate wherein a cylindrical lounting flange is punched out of the plate to form an opening, and a bearing is rotatably mounted within the opening. The bearing has a radial flange engaging the external side of the plate and has a threaded inner end extending beyond the inner end of the plate flange. A nut is threaded on the threaded end and has a bore telescoped over the plate flange. The inner end of the nut has an edge which is tightened against the internal side of the plate. The plate flange, the nut and the radial bearing flange rigidify the contiguous area of the plate to minimize deflection. A flat adjusting member lays against the outer side of the support plate and has a rectangular aperture with parallel side edges which mate with chordal edges on the radial flange of the bearing. Rotation of the adjusting member causes the bearing to rotate.

Abstract: A pullout roller assembly for a printing press comprising an upper roller and a mounting therefor, the mounting including a bellcrank lever having an upright leg and a horizontal leg joined to the upright leg by an elbow. The roller is mounted on a fixed axis of rotation to the elbow and the outer end of the horizontal leg has a ball type universal connection to the frame of the press. The upper end of the upright leg has a pocket formed therein in which a spherical output end of a prime mover is positioned for exerting a force against a flat surface in the pocket without binding for biasing the lever and thus the pullout roller mounted thereon against the periphery of a companion roller, which is normally powered, for grasping a sheet or web of paper passing between the rollers and moving the paper through various stations of the press.

Abstract: A compact exercising device in which the contractable and expandable parts are arranged in axial alignment and include a hydraulic piston and cylinder resistance coupled with an axially entensible cable and pulley system. The cylinder has its opposite ends interconnected by a conduit which incorporates a metering valve which provides a preset resistance to flow of the fluid in one direction and allows the fluid to flow quickly with little resistance in the opposite direction.

Abstract: A printing machine having a roller and a printing head which are brought together for printing in a printing mode and separated in an nonimprinting mode, the disposition of the roller and the head being controlled by means sensing the presence or absence respectively of paper stock in position for imprinting. The invention comprises a positive auxilliary feeding mechanism.

Abstract: A cleaning tool having an elongated hand-carried structure including a motor at one end and a shaft extending to the other end. A cleaning tool of distortable material has a socket sleeved on the shaft and a latch connects the socket to the structure. A pair of swing links are mounted on the shaft which swing apart and distort the elastomeric material of the tool to stabilize it and to compress it and thus interlock therewith.

Abstract: An anti-theft device having a pair of contact elements mountable on a picture frame, one of the elements being pendulously swingable with reference to the other so as to contact or break contact with the other element when the picture is disturbed, and thereby actuating a circuit which sets off an alarm.