Abstract: A merchandise package for containing the right size and number of bolts and nuts and a gasket for a flange connection to be used in water, air, gas and steam services. The package includes a substantially rigid plate-like member onto which a substantially flat gasket and a plurality of bolts and nuts are secured. Each of the plurality of nuts is threadingly attached to one of the plurality of bolts and the unit so produced is positioned on the plate-like member with the head of the bolt and with the nut positioned one on either side of a portion of the gasket so as to cause a portion of each bolt to form a bridge over the portion of the gasket.

Abstract: Apparatus for removing a certain amount of moisture from moisture laden cotton bolls. The apparatus includes a hopper for receiving the moist cotton bolls and rotatable dispensing structure for controllably metering optimum measures of moist cotton bolls into a fast moving airstream leading into a plenum. The midsection of the plenum houses at least one rotatably driven saw drum which is rotated at a controllable slow rate, e.g., 10-20 RPM. The teeth of the saw drum are arranged with the pointed tip portions respectively trailing the root portions or successively pointed into the airstream as the saw drum is rotated. Accordingly, the cotton bolls are impaled upon the pointed tip portions by the force of the circumfluent air. Therefore, movement of the cotton bolls through the midsection of the plenum is controllably retarded since the velocity of the circumferential surface of the saw drum determines the period of time in which the cotton bolls are exposed to the fast moving airstream, i.e.

Abstract: A relatively small, pocketable rescue tool for cutting and/or breaking various substances in order to free trapped victims from automobiles and the like. The tool includes first and second members integrally joined together by a throat member with the first and second members extending in substantially the same direction and being substantially parallel with one another. The second member includes a notch portion having a cutting surface around at least a part thereof for allowing the rescue tool to be used to cut various substances such as seat belts, shoulder harnesses and sheet metal. The notch portion is positioned substantially parallel to the first member. The throat member extends between the first and second members substantially adjacent the forward end of the rescue tool. An anvil portion may be provided on the rearward end of the second member for allowing the rescue tool to be used to break various substances such as the windows of an automobile or the like.

Abstract: A hollow, boxlike housing member is provided with an entrance opening for allowing a mouse to enter the interior of the housing member. Bait, such as cheese or the like, is provided on a bridge member of an electrical switch. The electrical switch is adapted so that a mouse will move the bridge member when taking the bait. When the bridge member is so moved, the electric switch will close to cause an electric motor to shut a door which blocks the entrance opening in the housing member thereby trapping the mouse within the interior of the housing member. A container which holds a quantity of poison gas producing substance is attached to the housing member. A pump is operatively coupled with the container to allow a portion of the poison gas producing substance to be introduced into the interior of the housing member to kill any mouse trapped therein.

Abstract: Security apparatus for attachment to the interior side of conventional residential window structure and which includes a horizontal bar having a plurality of vertical bars fixedly attached thereto. The vertical bars are slidably received in respective apertures suitably provided in the sill of the window, thus the bars may be slidably moved upwardly to a security position which occludes the window and downwardly to an escape position which unobstructs the window. Lock structure is included to lock the bars in the security position and a lock trip/release device makes provisions for releasing the lock structure which causes the bars to gravitate downwardly to the escape position thus enabling occupants of the building to escape outwardly through the window in the event of fire and the like.

Abstract: A shield for use in mouth-to-mouth or mouth-to-nose resuscitation. The shield is constructed of a one piece sheet of thin flexible material capable of assuming complimentary sealing relationship over a patient's face and includes dimensions sufficient to cover the face from ear-to-ear and from the bridge of the nose to the bottom of the chin. The shield includes a mouth opening located substantially centrally thereof and adapted to fit over a patient's mouth to permit air to be blown therethrough into the patient's lungs in mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. A lip flap can be optionally provided around the periphery of the mouth opening and a second opening can be provided in spaced relationship with the mouth opening for use in mouth-to-nose resuscitation.

Abstract: A device that the user thereof can activate so as to simulate the ride of a motorcycle. A body having a shape substantially similar to the shape of a motorcycle for supporting the user of the device is movably attached to a base in a manner so as to allow the user thereof to selectively rotate the body a limited amount and to selectively move the body up and down a limited amount and back and forth a limited amount, or any combination thereof, thereby allowing the user thereof to selectively cause the device to simulate the ride of a motorcycle.

Abstract: A device for spreading lengths of warp thread mounted on a weaving frame to allow lengths of weft thread to be woven therethrough. The device includes an elongated bar member rotatably mounted to the weaving frame for passage underneath the lengths of warp thread. A plurality of transverse slots are provided through the bar member for selectively allowing certain ones of the lengths of warp thread to be received therein. Certain of the plurality of slots are substantially 180.degree. opposed from other ones of the plurality of slots so that certain ones of the lengths of warp thread will be received in certain ones of the plurality of slots while other ones of the lengths of warp thread are held substantially on the outer circumference of the bar member to create a shed between certain ones of the lengths of warp thread to allow lengths of weft thread to be easily woven therethrough. When the bar member is rotated substantially 180.degree.

Abstract: A device for use by plumbers and the like to compress the end of a length of hollow metal tubing such as a copper water pipe which has been expanded to a size greater than its normal diameter. The device allows such tubing to be compressed back to its normal diameter. A manually operable cam causes a hollow sleeve to move back and forth. The sleeve in turn causes a plurality of die members to move inwardly when the cam is activated. The sleeve is provided with a sloping inner surface and each of the plurality of die members is provided with a sloping outer surface having substantially the same angle of slope as the inner surface of the sleeve so that when the sleeve is moved by the cam, the plurality of die members will be uniformly forced inwardly to compress the end of a length of tubing inserted therebetween in a straight, uniform manner.

Abstract: A device for and a method of removing a cast from a body member. A flexible elongated strip member is attached to the body member before the cast is applied thereto. The strip member is provided with an elongated aperture along the longitudinal axis thereof. When it is desired to remove the cast, the first end of a flexible elongated saw member is inserted through the elongated aperture in the strip member until a portion of the first end of the saw member extends past the strip member. The first end of the saw member is smooth while the second end thereof includes a plurality of saw teeth mounted thereon and includes a handle member fixedly attached thereto. After the first end of the saw member is inserted through the elongated aperture in the strip member, a handle member is attached to the portion of the smooth first end of the saw member that extends past the strip member. The saw member is then moved back and forth within the elongated aperture in the strip member to cut through the cast.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in manually marking the locations on the upper section of a drapery panel where fold-type drapery supports should be mounted. A computing device is utilized to determine the correct distance between adjacent fold-type drapery supports to obtain a desired number of folds for a given hemmed width size of drapery panel. A plurality of indicator members for indicating where marks should be manually made on the upper section of a drapery panel are provided on a lazy tong-like member which is adapted to allow the distance between each adjacent indicator member to be uniformly varied in accordance with the computations of the computing device.

Abstract: A dining table which automatically maintains food at an optimum temperature all the while the food is on the table. Disposed beneath the table top, which permits flux linkage therethrough, is apparatus which generates one or more electromagnetic fields with each of the fields of influence thereof extending upwardly through the table top. Placing a peculiar food vessel within each field of influence causes an electromotive force (EMF) to be generated within conductor windings disposed therein. The food vessel also includes a heating element which is connected to the conductor windings; this heating element is powered by the EMF being generated by the conductor windings. Thus, a nominal amount of heat is developed which keeps the food contained within the food vessel at an optimum temperature.

Abstract: A training device for assisting a student in his endeavor to develop an optimum writing speed, particularly in the art of stenography. The device includes a writing instrument, e.g., a ball-point pen or the like, for manually scribing the characters prescribed in the art. The device is characterized by a cumbersome weight being attached to the writing instrument for exercising and overdeveloping or strengthening the student's muscles that are normally utilized while making the prescribed characters. The student subsequently substitutes the training device with a conventional light weight writing instrument which he is now capable of using with extraordinary dexterity.

Abstract: A speaker stand adaptable for selectively supporting different size speaker cabinets. The stand includes four legs respectively having horizontally extending arms which reach inwardly toward the middle of a horizontally disposed platelike member. In one embodiment the platelike member is provided with a group of circular apertures for each leg and wherewith the arms may be fixed to the platelike member at predetermined locations. In another embodiment the platelike member is provided with at least one elongated opening for each leg with an inverted tee shaped groove being provided along the length of each arm. The opening and the groove may be aligned one with the other for receiving a bolt fastener whereby the legs may be fixedly positioned at infinite spacings one from the other.

Abstract: At least one device for generating power from sunlight, wind and/or water movement supplies power to a hydraulic pump which uses such power to pump hydraulic fluid to a tank which receives and stores the hydraulic fluid under a constant pressure. The hydraulic fluid stored within the tank is allowed to selectively pass to a hydraulic motor whereby the hydraulic motor is activated.

Abstract: A connecting device for securing a support strap to a musical instrument. The connecting device includes a flexible, elongated strip member having a first end fixedly attached to the musical instrument and having a second end removably secured to the support strap. The second end is adapted to be attached to the support strap in such a manner that it will remain secured to the musical instrument regardless of any movement by the person playing the musical instrument and regardless of the condition of the support strap.

Abstract: A maternity mattress provided with a cavity for accommodating the abdomen of a pregnant woman as she lies upon the mattress in a prone position. The mattress tick includes a removable portion which normally lies conterminously above the cavity to readily expose the cavity. A plurality of resilient disklike members are included and which jointly conform in size and shape with the cavity to normally fill the cavity but which may be removed one at a time as the pregnancy progresses to gradually increase the size of the cavity. A peculiar washable bedsheet preferably is included and which overlies the mattress. The bedsheet includes a pocket which conforms in size and shape with and is disposed conterminously with the cavity thus providing a lining therefor. Provisions are included for removably fastening the removable portion of the mattress tick in place with a protective barrier being added to protect the woman against irritable body contact with the fastening apparatus.

Abstract: A seed pickup mechanism for a vacuum wheel type seed planter including provision for arranging the seeds into a relatively thin stable seedbed which is suitably carried through a seed pickup chamber at a spaced distance below the vacuum wheel. The stable seedbed is converted into an unstable or fluidal state as it passes through the seed pickup chamber by an upwardly directed blast of air which is effective to expand the seedbed or slightly lift and separate the seeds thus the seeds are raised upwardly to facilitate engagement thereof with the vacuum wheel.

Abstract: A centrifugal pump having a rotatably driven impeller for drawing liquid into the center of a pump housing through an inlet port and for forcing the liquid to the periphery of the pump housing and out an outlet port. The centrifugal pump is adapted to prevent the liquid that has been forced to the periphery of the pump housing from "short circuiting" back to the center of the pump housing.