Abstract: A flipover carrying device for use by a wearer to carry possessions on the wearer's back and comprising a back panel supported adjacent a wearer's back, a moveable pouch supported adjacent the back panel in a first position and supportable adjacent the wearer's chest in a second position, a motion inhibitor interposed between the back panel and the pouch when the pouch is in the first position, and the pouch is attached in a position such that it is graspable by the wearer for moving the pouch from the first to the second position without removing the device.

Abstract: A vending mechanism for a cylindrical article dispenser of a type having a column of stacked cylindrical articles moved along a dispensing pathway by a force, such as by the force of gravity, is disclosed, which has an escapement mechanism which is attachable in operative alignment with a vending pathway of a column of stacked cylindrical articles. An upstream arm is pivotably attached in the escapement mechanism, having a first position blocking a portion of the vending pathway and having a second position retracted from the vending pathway to allow cylindrical articles to move past the upstream arm. A downstream arm is pivotably attached in the escapement mechanism, having a first position blocking a portion of the vending pathway and having a second position retracted from the vending pathway to allow cylindrical articles to move past the downstream arm.

Abstract: A low tire pressure sensor for use in detecting deflation of a tire while it is supporting a tow trailer from a surface as it moves in a given direction therealong. The sensor comprises a sealed housing holding a pivot shaft and enclosing an electrical contact switch which is activatable upon rotation of the pivot shaft from a first biased position to a second position. The pivot shaft has an outside portion which extends sealingly and rotatably through a portion of the housing. A resilient sensor rod is mounted on the outside portion of the pivot shaft and extends therefrom at an angle forward in the direction of movement of the tire when the pivot shaft is in a first biased position. The resilient sensor rod has an end spaced a predetermined distance from the surface, such that upon at least partial deflation of the tire, the resilient sensor rod contacts the surface and is moved over center to rotate the pivot shaft to a second switch position, at which the electrical contact switch is activated.

Abstract: A printing plate registration device, system, and method of the type for replaceably holding a printing plate in proper registration on a plate cylinder for use in an offset printing pres. The registration device includes tapered registration pins affixed to the plate cylinder in registration alignment. The tapered pins have a base which is sized for interference fit with registration holes formed in the replaceable printing plate. A clamp is attached for replaceably holding the printing plate into rigid interference fit around the base of each of the tapered registration pins.

Abstract: An internal corrosion prevention anode device and method for retrofitting an existing fuel storage tank of the type having one or more low points, includes inserting an anode through an opening formed in the top of the tank. The anode is formed having a rounded shape so that it will roll to a low point in the storage tank. An elongated electrical conductor is attached to the anode, which conductor has a sufficient length for extending from the top to the bottom of the inside of the tank and has sufficient flexibility to permit the anode to roll to a low point in the tank. A cap closes the opening in the top of the tank and electrically connects the elongated conductor from the anode to the top of the storage tank.

Abstract: A wheel and solid rubber tire comprising a circular mounting disk having an axis perpendicular through the center of the circular disk. A wheel rim is rigidly affixed circumferentially around the mounting disk and has a cylindrical surface extending from one end of the rim to another and, axially aligned about the axis of the mounting disk. Multiple angled cross ribs having top and bottom edges rigidly affixed at the bottom edges to the cylindrical surface of the wheel rim substantially continuously thereacross at an angle from one end of the rim to the other and evenly spaced circumferentially therearound. One or more base layers of even thickness rubber are bonded to the cylindrical surface interposed between the angled cross ribs, and multiple additional layers of even thickness rubber are bonded to the one or more base layers with each additional layer bonded to the next so that a solid rubber tire is formed which is directly bonded to the wheel rim.

Abstract: A new hybrid electric power production cycle is revealed, which utilizes hot, dry-rock, geothermal energy to produce dry, saturated steam, and utilizes natural gas or other fossil fuel to superheat the produced steam to a desired temperature. The superheated steam would then be used in a conventional Rankine cycle to produce large-scale electric power and energy. For a preferred steam pressure of 1800 pounds per square inch and a temperature of 1000 degrees Fahrenheit, the total energy consumed in the hybrid cycle would be 78% geothermal and 22% fossil-fuel.

Abstract: A fluid infusion pump includes a disposable cassette having an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid chamber between the inlet and the outlet. There is a fixed wall of the fluid chamber and a movable wall of the fluid chamber. A pump body receives the cassette in a fixed operating relationship such that an actuator in the pump body is activatable for reciprocal advancement and retraction with respect to the cassette and is adapted to confront the movable diaphragm when the cassette is received in the pump body. There is a detachable coupling between the actuator mounted in the pump body and the movable wall so that fluid is expelled from the fluid chamber on advancement of the actuator and positively drawn into the fluid chamber upon retraction of the actuator.

Abstract: A gripper bar conveyor mechanism for transferring sheets to be printed from one rotating impression cylinder to another in a multiple color rotary offset printer of the type having sets of impression cylinders and corresponding blanket cylinders for rolling contact with the sheets to be printed therebetween. The gripper bar conveyor mechanism includes a transferrable gripper bar activatable for releasably securing sheets to be printed in a fixed orientation with respect to the transferrable gripper bar. The registration projection is affixed to the transferrable gripper bar. A registration pocket is adjustably affixed to each of the impression cylinders for temporarily receiving the registration projection of the gripper bar and thereby holding the gripper bar in a desired position with respect to the impression cylinder. A conveyor band is attached to the gripper bar and is operably connected to the rotary offset press for moving the gripper bar from one impression cylinder to the next.

Abstract: An assistive dining device for automatic switch-operated self-feeding has a concave food receptacle having a predetermined depth below an upwardly projecting lip. A rod having an end rotatable about an axis and linearly moveable along the axis is positioned, substantially parallel to and above the upward projecting food receptacle lip. A feeding utensil having a food collection face, is affixed to the end of the rod for rotation and linear movement therewith, which utensil is angularly disposed from the axis of the rod such that food collection face is substantially horizontal downward in a first rotary position and substantially horizontal upward in a second rotary position rotated approximately one-half of a revolution about the axis of the rod, so that the radius of the arc defined by the distal end of the utensil during rotation corresponds to the predetermined depth of the receptacle.

Abstract: A language translation teaching aid and method comprises a first presentation of a line of words, a phrase, or a sentence in a first language according to its normal rules of syntax and grammar; a second presentation in a second language of a word-for-word translation of the words, a phrase, or a sentence presented in the first language; a third presentation in the second language of an accurate translation of the first presentation according to the normal rules of syntax and grammar of the second language; and a fourth presentation in the first language of a word-for-word translation of the third presentation in the second language.

Abstract: A thin light box comprising a thin structural frame less than about 3 inches thick for supporting a transparency to be illuminated along a frontal plane; a thin tubular cold cathode lamp between about 1/2 and 5/8 diameter (about 1.2 cm and 1.6 cm) having a planar serpentine configuration with a length of more than about 8 feet and less than about 16 feet which cold cathode lamp is supported within and by the frame substantially in a light tube plane parallel to the frontal plane spaced apart from the frontal plane about 3/4 of an inch (about 2 cm); and a thin solid state transformer sized to fit within and to be supported by the thin frame, which solid state transformer produces a sufficiently high voltage to illuminate the cold cathode tube lamp to provide sufficient illumination for backlighting the transparency.

Abstract: A liquid paint spray gun of the type having a barrel through which compressed air flows to a nozzle, a liquid outlet valve centrally positioned within the barrel adjacent the nozzle for providing a low pressure supply of liquid to be entrained and atomized in the pressurized air at the nozzle for spraying onto a surface, and an improved liquid supply connector block for supplying liquid to the liquid outlet valve, the improved connector block comprising a hollow central body portion having non-stick internal surfaces and a plurality of external projections from the central body portion spaced therearound for supporting the hollow central body axially aligned within the barrel with space therearound for compressed air to flow to the nozzle end of the barrel; an orifice through one of the external projections sealingly connectable to a pressurized liquid supply; and a valve assembly formed in the connector block for interconnecting the liquid outlet valve in fluid communication with the hollow body portion, for

Abstract: An automated cash saving system including multiple remote cash saving machines for automatically receiving deposited cash in small amounts from multiple depositors, for automatically counting the cash deposited by each of the depositors, and for attributing the value of accounted cash to individual savings accounts identified by the depositors, and for electronically encoding the values and the accounts to which the cash is attributed; transmitters to multiple remote transmitters associated with the multiple remote cash saving machines for sending the electronically encoded information to a central processor for decoding, an automatic processor in the central processor wherein the identified accounts, the lock box at the multiple remote cash savings machines for holding deposited cash until it can be physically collected, and an authorization letter generating device associated with the central processor for obtaining the depositor's authorization to purchase preselected instruments on his behalf upon reachin

Abstract: A method of enhancing a magnetic resonance signal comprising the steps of administering a quantity of a selected magnetic isotope to a living biological tissue at a concentration greater than the naturally occurring concentration of such isotope and detecting magnetic resonance signal from the administered magnetic isotope in the living biological tissue.

Abstract: A vehicle for transporting and dispensing materials required for filling and repairing cracks in roadways and highways or similar traffic-bearing surfaces comprises a supply tank for asphalt mix or emulsion or the like liquid crack-filling material, a hose leading from the asphalt supply tank to a dispensing area adjacent the vehicle, a directable applicator connected to the hose for directing crack-filling materials from the asphalt supply tank into cracks in the roadway, a resilient squeegee blade supported from the vehicle for dragging across the roadway dispensing area after crack-filler material is directed into cracks so that the crack-filler material is leveled, a hopper for carrying sand, rock chips, or other substantially dry structural material for covering the liquid crack-filler material and binding therewith to form in the aggregate substantially firm roadway surfaces, a dispensing broadcaster attached to the vehicle adjacent the dispensing area, and a conveyor interconnected with the hopper for

Abstract: A pedal apparatus operatively connectable for powering a bicycle or the like vehicle comprising an axle rigidly affixed to the vehicle frame and independently rotatable left and right pedal hubs with attached pedals rotatably mounted on the axle such that the pedal apparatus when taken together with a synchronizer for synchronizing the rotation of the left and right pedal hubs attached to the bicycle frame, and extender for the pedals operatively interconnected with each of the pedal hubs extends the distance between the rigidly affixed axle and the pedals during a portion of each respective pedal stroke and contracts the distance on another portion of each pedal stroke.

Abstract: A spill resistant lid having a rim structure adapted to engage a lip around the mouth of a drinking container is a substantially leakproof manner comprising a canopy suspended across the rim structure; a vertical opening defined in the canopy; and selectively choosable sizes of the defined vertical opening to meter the flow rate of liquid through the vertical opening.

Abstract: A wheel and tire assembly with a solid rubber tire for use on heavy construction equipment. The assembly comprises a mounting disc, a large diameter rim, having a cylindrical surface, rigidly affixed to the mounting disc and having actually opposed peripheral sides. Cross rib means are rigidly fastened to and laterally extending across the cylindrical surface. There are side support means rigidly affixed to and radially projecting from each peripheral side of the cylindrical rim surfaces. A base layer of even thickness of substantially flat rubber is cemented to the cylindrical surface interposed between the cross ribs and the side supports. Multiple additional layers of even thickness substantially flat sheet rubber are bonded to the base layer and each succeeding additional layer of even thickness substantially flat sheet rubber is bonded to the preceding additional layer until a low profile solid rubber tire is obtained, which tire is bonded directly to the large diameter rim.

Abstract: A spreader box for spreading cold mixed asphaltic concrete paving mixtures including a supporting frame or "bridge" attached to a left and right side plate. Within the spreader box and at the front portion of the box is situated a left and right side hydraulic motor or other power means, which is used to power a left and right side auger for lateral distribution of the paving mixture. Adjustment means on each end and in the middle to allow for vertical adjustment of the distribution auger. A left and right side "ROLLING SCREED" roll which has an adjustment means on each end and in the middle to allow for vertical adjustment of depth of spread.A left and right side compression roll which has adjustment means at each end and in the center for vertical adjustment of down pressure. Screed roll and compression roll connected by chain and sprocket or other power transfer means. One or more wheels or caterpillar tracks are mounted on each side plate.