Abstract: An eave connection assembly for a structural frame for a building which includes a sidewall stud having an outer vertical member and an inner vertical member. The eave connection assembly includes a truss with an end portion that has a generally vertically extending end member and a haunch plate secured to the end portion which has a predetermined vertical extent for attachment to the inner vertical member of the sidewall stud at a selective vertical position. An eave bracket is provided which has a generally vertically extending post having a predetermined vertical extent for attachment to the end member along a portion of the vertical extent of the post, and for attachment to the outer vertical member of the sidewall stud along another portion of the vertical extent of a post at a selective vertical position.

Abstract: A high load support stand or cabinet for aquariums or other heavy objects, the stand having a pair of side members pivotally joined by hinges to a front member, a back brace member fitting into slots in the side member, a bottom member and a top member each having a flange extending around front and side edges and a plural number of detent members to define a receiving channel to receive the top and bottom edges respectively of the top member and the bottom member, such that the stand can be stored in an unassembled flat version and assembled without the need for additional mechanical fasteners or adhesives.

Abstract: A manipulating device for can changing between a can changing carriage and a row of payout cans in a spinning machine is described for the case where rectangular cans are used. To automate the transfer of the cans without substantially increasing the expense for space in the region of the carriage compared with the case of manual transfer, and without having to engage an empty can, which is to be pulled out of a row of cans, from behind or beneath the can, a substantially one-piece can carrier is provided, which is supported displaceably, crosswise to the carriage travel direction, in a rail guide on the carriage and which on each of its longitudinal ends has a preferably pivotably supported gripper, each for coupling to one short side of the cans.

Abstract: A perimeter skimming gutter and retaining wall of a swimming pool comprises an elongate open first gutter conduit extending about the periphery of the swimming pool for receiving water from the swimming pool; an elongate closed second gutter conduit extending about the periphery of the swimming pool adjacent the first gutter conduit and in fluid communication with the first gutter conduit for receiving water from the first gutter conduit for water flow in a direction toward a filtration and circulation system; and a plurality of water-spray tubes disposed within the second gutter conduit and extending transversely to the water flow through the second gutter conduit. Each water-spray tube includes a plurality of jet spray openings arranged to direct a spray of water within the second gutter conduit only in the direction of water flow toward the filtration and circulation system to propel and thereby increase water flow within the second gutter conduit.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing randomly variegated multiple strand wrapped yarn in twisting together two or more yarns at a plurality of yarn twisting stations. At each station a pneumatic twisting head is disposed in which randomly turbulent air currents are created in a chamber in the twisting head by compressed air flowing into the chamber from a manifold through bores in the twisting head, thereby randomly twisting together two or more yarns in the chamber.

Abstract: A method of producing a spinning cop in a pot spinning machine includes depositing yarn from a yarn guide onto an upper location of an interior of a spinning pot of the pot spinning machine to form an upper yarn deposit in the upper location; further depositing yarn from the yarn guide onto an area of the interior of the spinning pot spaced from the upper location to form a spinning cake spaced from the upper yarn deposit; and rewinding the spinning cake onto a tube to form a spinning cop and rewinding the upper yarn deposit onto the tube to form a top winding. Yarn forming the upper yarn deposit has a coarser yarn size than the yarn forming the spinning cake. During yarn deposit to form the upper yarn deposit the yarn guide is moved in one direction without traversing movement, and during yarn deposit to form the spinning cake the yarn guide is moved in one direction with traversing movement. Yarn windings are placed in parallel relation in the upper yarn deposit.

Abstract: An improved gutter protector is disclosed of the type having an inner edge portion in contact with a row of shingles on a roof, a draining surface portion with a plurality of sequential, laterally extending sections, and an outer end portion extending from the draining surface portion for engagement with the outer edge of the gutter. At least one of the laterally extending sections is imperforate and at least one other of the laterally extending sections extends from the imperforate section at an outward inclination thereto and has a plurality of perforations for draining water therethrough. The perforations in the perforate section are lanced openings having inwardly offset surface portions obstructing entry and collection of debris in the openings.

Abstract: A swing-check valve for controlling fluid flow includes a valve housing and a valve assembly connected to a removable cover of the valve housing for rigid positioning of the valve assembly within the interior of the valve housing. Moreover, the valve assembly includes as a modular unit a valve seat subassembly in addition to a clapper subassembly and a spring subassembly. The valve seat subassembly includes a valve seat that is frictionally disposed within a port of the valve housing for controlling fluid flow therethrough when the cover is fastened to the valve housing. The clapper subassembly includes a clapper pivotal between a first position in engagement with the valve seat for blocking fluid flow through the port and a second position for permitting fluid flow through the port. The spring subassembly includes a spring and a spring base engageable with the clapper subassembly for urging the clapper into the first position.

Abstract: A bag discharge constriction apparatus and method are disclosed in which the extent to which an opening in a bag is constricted is adjustably varied to control the discharge of material from the bag. The apparatus has a first control bar and a second control bar, each defining at least one angular relationship in a corresponding plane. Also disclosed is a means for moving at least one control bar in its associated plane toward and away from the other control bar. The control bars are disposed in opposing configuration such that the combination of the angular relationships forms a predetermined confined shape between the control bars. It is into this predetermined confined shape that the neck of the bag to be constricted is placed and the bars are then moved toward or away from each other to constrict or open the neck of the bag.

Abstract: A torque actuated tensile tester for proof loading anchors includes: an actuator, a left hand square nut, a right hand jam nut, an anchor head carrier, a housing, a slip gauge, and a keeper clip. The actuator has a cross-threaded portion and a portion engageable by a torque applying member. The housing has first and second ends, with the first end positionable circumjacent the anchor to be proof loaded and that is engageable with the structure to which the anchor is affixed. The left hand square nut is internally threaded with a single left hand thread that is engageable with the threaded portion of the actuator. The right hand jam nut is internally threaded with a single right hand thread that is engageable with the threaded portion of the actuator. The anchor head carrier is internally threaded with a single right hand thread that is engageable with the threaded portion of the actuator. The anchor head carrier has a flanged slot for receiving the head of an anchor for engagement.

Abstract: An improved litter box assembly includes two litter boxes with one box nested within another. Each box has a floor with multiple openings and a plate disposed under the floor. Each plate is slidably attached to the floor of the respective box and also has multiple openings. The plate is slidable between a first position in which the openings in the floor and the openings in the plate correspond and a second position in which the openings in the floor are blocked by the plate. The boxes are identical and interchangeable. When nested, the boxes are reversed so that each plate, in sliding from the first position to the second position, slides in the opposite direction of the other plate in sliding from the first position to the second position. When the boxes are reversibly nested, a litter receiving space is created between the floors of the two boxes. In operation, when soiled litter in a upper box is to be removed, the plate of the upper box is moved from the first position to the second position.

Abstract: A composite yarn and a method for forming the composite yarn include the composite yarn being formed from different components wherein the resultant yarn exhibits characteristics not apparent from the individual component yarns with the composite yarn being formed from a first component yarn strand and a second component yarn strand with the first and second component strands being comingled using an entanglement device with the co-mingling occurring with the first and second component strands subject to a first tension value which is subsequently increased to a second, higher tension value for winding. A method for forming such a composite yarn includes propelling the strands through the entanglement device at a first tension value, entangling the strands, imparting a second tension value to the resultant entangled strands and winding the entangled strands.

Abstract: An apparatus for aligning bricks placed in a predetermined pattern during construction of a static structure, particularly a chimney, with the bricks being placed in an angular relationship with upstanding walls of the chimney, includes an assembly for attaching the apparatus to a preexisting vertically oriented wall portion of the chimney, with the attachment assembly being removably attachable to and extending parallel with the wall portion, an assembly for supporting bricks oriented in a predetermined angular relationship with the wall portion with the brick support assembly being disposed in an angular relationship with the wall portion and aligned for brick abutment thereagainst and an arrangement for connecting the brick support assembly to the attachment assembly with the brick support assembly projecting a predetermined distance away from the attachment assembly in a predetermined angular relationship therewith.

Abstract: An electrical conduit fixture for directing wire within the conduit through a directional change includes a body having walls defining an inlet and an outlet with the outlet being oriented 90.degree. from the inlet, the body being formed in at least two matable sections with a portion of the inlet being formed in a first body section and a portion of the inlet being formed in the second body section and an arrangement for removably fastening the body sections in a mated relationship.