Abstract: An apparatus and process for the manufacture of brick block, i.e. a concrete chimney or wall block, with an impressed brick grout pattern on the face thereof, comprises a mold adapted to fit a known concrete block manufacturing machine. The mold has grout bars to impress a simulated laid brick pattern onto at least one vertical face of the block, the grout bar moveable in and out from a wall of the mold by hydraulic components. The hydraulic components utilize a unique multi-piston hydraulic block.

Abstract: A bracket useful as a hanger for objects being metal plated consisting of a continuous single rigid wire adapted to removably clip onto a vertical rod. The bracket has a horizontal arm which extends into a downwardly directed curvilinear clasp. The wire then proceeds upwardly from the bottom of the clasp to meet with and support the horizontal arm. The clasp first curves around approximately 180 degrees and is sized at the upper portion to tightly engage the vertical rod. It then curves about in the other direction to form a rest sized to fit against the vertical rod.

Abstract: The invention is a spoon-shaped device for removing ticks from pets and other hosts. The outer or leading edge of the spoon bowl has a beveled V-shaped notch of a size to permit the bowl to be passed between the tick and the skin of the host until the scoop engages the tick underneath its body on three sides. A further forward sliding motion of the notched area along the skin releases the tick entirely.

Abstract: A packaged safety jumper cable comprised of two sets of cables, each set of which is comprised of a ground (negative) wire and a power (positive) wire and terminates at the outer end in clamps adapted to attach to the terminals of a battery. A container sized to hold the cables and clamps has an interior junction plate with electrical attachment points securing the inner ends of the cables. The ground wire and power wire of each set is connected such that in operation current can flow there between. A manual switch carried by the junction plate is interposed between and connects the power wires of the cables. The junction plate and switch are near the top of the container such that the switch is readily accessible. The clamps are suitably marked to indicate whether they are to be attached to the positives or negatives of the battery terminals.

Abstract: A programmable computer-controlled fast response infrared heating system capable of precise individual zone control and especially useful for thermoforming of plastic sheets comprises an array of fast response quartz heaters on a platen, a terminal box having a CPU and mounted on and moving with the platen and which needs only one power line to it and which distributes the power to the heaters sequentially on a milli-second time basis with an essentially constant power output to each heater. The power is three phase and switching occurs only when the voltage over a relay is zero to minimize RFI/EMI emissions. The CPU is interfaced with a general purpose computer at the operator's console and a touch activated display showing the percent of available power being supplied to each heater. The operator by touch command can change the percentage of applied power for any one heater or the total power supplied to the whole of the array.

Abstract: A gasoline powered boat safety ignition system has a start timer that requires the engine room blowers to operate for a time prior to allowing engine start up. It has a second timer sequence that permits a hot or warm start shortly after the engine has been shut down without as much of a delay for blower operation as for a cold start. Also, the system has a timer that cyclically turns the blowers on for short periods while the engine is operating and has a switch for overriding the safety system in case of an emergency.

Abstract: A barcode label comprises a carrier surface, such as a reflective surface on a paper sheet, having thereon a barcode in at least three or more different densities, each density having an optimum reading distance different from the others. The label is preferably pressure sensitive. Also, for certain applications, the label is curved to have or otherwise has an upper lip shading the barcode from overhead light.

Abstract: The adjustable siding gauge described in these documents is to be used with any lap or clapboard siding application. By starting at the bottom with your first course level you can then adjust the gauge for the amount of clapboard you wish to show (or weather). By hooking the adjustable part (B) on the bottom edge of the first course and resting the body (A) up against the clapboard you can then simply place the next course on the wall and down until it rests on the top of the body, and then nail it.By using the gauge in this way you will always have a consistent amount of weather between where the clapboards overlap, the courses will stay fairly level and there is no need to snap chalk lines to keep them even.The adjustable siding gauge is easily carried and handled. It will last for years and it is fully adjustable from 1" to 8" of weather.

Abstract: A cervical dynamometer and exerciser providing variable isokinetic resistance in all directions of motion comprises an inflated hollow ball having a flexible non-extensible skin, a handle attached thereto, and a gauge for observing and a hand pump for adjusting the pressure in the ball.

Abstract: A brush mower head adapted to be carried by an articulating crane comprises:(1) a casing, adapted to be mounted to a crane(2) a motor carried by the casing, and(3) a drum with a center shaft mounted for rotation in the casing and powered by the motor, the axis for rotation in the drum in use being generally parallel to the ground. The drum is a cylinder having a length at least twice its diameter and has at least two hammer shafts running end to end parallel to the axis of rotation and being in balanced relationship one to another to minimize rotational imbalance of the drum. Hammers are mounted on the hammer shafts for free rotation thereabout in each of said wells. The hammers when the drum is rotating for mowing protrude by a centrifugal force beyond the surface of the cylinder and present a cutting edge to the brush being engaged.

Abstract: An auxiliary equipment attachment adapter, to be used in pairs, semipermanently attaches to the customary mounting fixtures on a vehicle for commonly available equipment including snow plows. The adapter has open horizontally diverging jaws, upwardly inclined to direct the attachment plate of the equipment to be attached into a retaining slot of the adapter. The equipment is modified by having a retaining bar placed between its attachments plates to engage a latch that holds the attachments plates in their retaining slots. The rearward portion of the adapter is an I-beam that rigidly encompasses the mounting fixtures of the vehicle and is pinned thereto through the web of the I-beam. This adapter and method provides a safe and easy method for engaging and disengaging attachments by one person from within the cab of any vehicle with no manual positioning of the attachment from outside the vehicle.

Abstract: A palletized pre-cut modular small building that requires no wood cutting to assemble is constructed from four foot wide modules of plywood sheets no larger than 4.times.8 feet and 2.times.4's for the joists, studs, floor plates, headers and rafters. The design of the modules is such that they can be stacked to give a sturdy 4.times.8 foot pallet. The modules include besides floor and wall modules, door and window modules. Small components including pre-cut rafters, truss points and trim are shipped in the pallet between the upturned joists of the bottom most floor panel of the pallet.

Abstract: A down draft air re-circulating filtration system for auto body shops and the like companies a filtration unit intaking air from the floor and having a series of three filters removing particles greater than about 1 micron and a fabric ducting distributing the filtered air at a multiplicity of points just under the ceiling to create a "blanket" of filtered air under positive pressure that settles towards the floor and the filtration unit intake.

Abstract: A solder leveller for tinning exposed metal on printed circuit boards comprises a solder bath and paired rollers therein for carrying a board in a curvilinear path downwardly into, through and upwardly out of the bath. At least one pair of rollers having a board engaging nip within the bath is driven. The bath includes means for providing a solder-oxidation inhibiting oil over the solder.

Abstract: A solder leveller comprises a solder bath into which a printed circuit board can be dipped to be preliminarily tinned. A pair of upright laterally acting jaws are adapted along an extended part of their length to hold the board at its opposite side edges and operate to insert in and withdraw the board from the bath. An air knife removes excess solder. The jaws are guided centrally of the bath by engagement of the side faces with the air knife nozzles which act as fixed guides.

Abstract: A prefabricated cupola and the like for mounting over a roof ridge comprises a rectangular body and a mounting bracket. The mounting bracket comprises two clam-shell like opposed cylindrical segments that fit under the bottom edges of and fill the gaps beneath the outer walls of the rectangular body when it is centered on the ridge line. The mounting bracket is preferably attached for pivotal motion to the interior bottom edges of the walls straddling the roof ridge. The arms of the cylindrical segments fill the triangular gasp beneath the straddling walls.

Abstract: A simulated strap hinge consists of a molded plastic sheet with down turned edges in the shape of a strap hinge and having a butt portion that mates with and covers one plate of a standard butt hinge. The turned down edges stand the sheet off from surface on which the simulated hinge rests. The strap portion has screw-receiving dimples that serve to hold the center of the strap away from the surface onto which the simulated strap hinge is being mounted.