Abstract: A moisture inhibitor comprising a housing having a cavity, an entrance port passing through the housing to the cavity of the housing and an exit port passing through the housing to the cavity of the housing and a dividing wall inside the housing in the cavity of the housing coupled to the housing between the entrance port and the exit port wherein the dividing wall rises up in the cavity of the housing above the entrance port and above the exit port and a lower trap coupled to the housing below the entrance port and a sloped floor coupled to the housing below the entrance port which slopes down and away from the entrance port towards the lower trap and is coupled to the lower trap and an upper trap coupled to the housing in the cavity of the housing above the entrance port and a sloped wall coupled to the dividing wall so that the sloped wall slopes down and away from the entrance port towards the exit port and cooling means.

Abstract: An adjustable fastener comprising a strap having a first portion and a second portion and a plurality of holes in the first portion of the strap and a yoke having a hook portion and a clasp portion and a hole adjustably coupled to the first portion of the strap and engagement means coupled to the second portion of the strap capable of engaging the yoke and disengaging from the yoke.

Abstract: The by-directional brushless electric motor scanner is an optical scanner that reflects a beam of light to a variety of points thereby creating what appears to be continuous geometric and other figures and it comprises a base, a by-directional brushless electric motor coupled to the base, a shaft having a rest position and a shaft axis wherein the shaft is coupled to the motor so that the shaft is rotatable about the shaft axis by the motor, a reflecting surface coupled to the shaft so that the reflecting surface is rotatable and a spring coupled to the base and to the shaft so that the spring will exert a force on the shaft toward the rest position when the shaft is rotated about the shaft axis from the rest position.

Abstract: The invention relates to optical integrators and to methods of optically integrating electromagnetic radiation to produce electromagnetic radiation of uniform energy intensity distribution. The method of optically integrating electromagnetic radiation comprises the steps of dissecting electromagnetic radiation into a plurality of segments of electromagnetic radiation, reflecting the resulting segments of electromagnetic radiation resulting in reflected segments of electromagnetic radiation and directing the reflected segments of electromagnetic radiation so that a reflected segment of electromagnetic radiation intersects another reflected segment of electromagnetic radiation at a target.

Abstract: The door guard exerts pressure against a door knob and a closed door thereby preventing the door from being opened or the door knob from being rotated. Tremendous pressure can be exerted against a door by the door guard because its upper member and lower member may pivot about each other which permits the placing of the upper end of the top member on the door knob and the lower end of the bottom member on the floor at a point closer to the door than would be possible if the guard had just one member or did not have pivotable members.

Abstract: The invention is a gauge comprising a body, guide, micrometer head having a rod and an arm slidably coupled to the guide and to the micrometer rod. The arm in one version of the invention is coupled to a spring which holds the arm against the micrometer rod allowing precision settings to be made. Another version of the invention features a pivotable arm which helps prevent the arm from being damaged when the item to which the measurement is being made moves against the arm. An adjustment rod can also be used permitting two settings to be made for one part. The invention is utilized in measuring the distance on an item where a bend will be made on the item by a power brake.

Abstract: The invention is a container opener for child resistant containers. The container opener comprises a body having a notch and friction means on the notch surface such as triangular shaped pointed teeth, or a plurality of protrusions extending into the notch, and a blade. An alignment wall facilitates aligning a cover of the container to the friction means. The cover of the container is inserted into the notch and the cover is pressed against the friction means and the container opener is then rotated to align the cover of the container so that the cover will unlock from the receptacle of the container. The cover of the container is removed by inserting and twisting the blade between the cover and the receptacle of the container.

Abstract: A quiller for rolling strips of material into decorative and artistic patterns comprises a body having a flat surface and a crank having a crank axis and coupled to the body so that the crank axis is substantially perpendicular to the flat surface of the body and the crank is rotateable about the crank axis. A pin disposed around a pin axis and having a slot is coupled to the crank and to the body so that the pin axis is substantially coaxial to the crank axis. A strip of material is placed into the slot and wound up by rotating the crank.