Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for removing, re-inserting or inserting for the first time, sprinkler system risers into sprinkler system piping connector which connectors are located underground. The apparatus features an elongated tubular member having a pair of opposed slots from which wings or blades are urged upon impact of a threaded shaft disposed in the tubular member. The threaded shaft is moved downwardly to impact the blades by rotation of a handle attached to a threaded shaft. This downward movement of the shaft is carried out after the apparatus is inserted into a riser such that the wings can press upon the interior wall of the riser whereby continued threading rotation of the shaft translates the rotary motion to the riser such that the riser which has male threads, can threadedly engage a female threaded piping connector.

Abstract: A replacement edging for gravel stop edging for use on flat roof buildings is disclosed. The unit features an inverted L-shaped, the terminal area of the vertical section thereof being bent and formed around to retain the edge of an overlaid layer of APR, attactic polypropylene rubber. During the roof construction process, the balance of the APR is torched into place onto the metal member. The rest of the roof construction process is otherwise conventional. The process of on site application of the new edging is also disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus used in pairs, each formed of two components, a spring lift roller assembly, (SLRA) and a pair of spring lift lid rollers, (SLLRs) all of which are attached to a mobile tank lid. The roller assembly is mounted at about the midpoint of the depth of the lid, while one of the spring lift lid rollers is mounted at each of the distal and proximal ends along the sidewall of the lid equally spaced from the spring lift roller assembly. The apparatus's SLRA is disposed on and confined to a track and moves from a central position in the desired direction, left side or right side, for the lid raising.

Abstract: A device to prevent inadvertent introduction of metal material into a household garbage disposer grinder. The device comprises a flexible magnetic whose ends are retained in an H-shaped retainer and which is disposed around the entrance to the disposer to form a magnetic field across the entrance so that ferrous metals will be attracted to the magnet and therefore will stick thereto, and thus not fall into the hopper of the disposer.

Abstract: A wheeled carrier for use in rough terrain for carrying hunting kills, injured persons or supplies, which carrier has two mirror image canted tired wheels each mounted on a separate axle disposed within its fork, which in turn is attached to a frame below a bed. The wheels are preferably bicycle spoked wheels with balloon tires thereon. The frame is formed of tubular members which are bent into a specific configuration and the bed is preferably formed of flexible wire mesh connected to the frame members.

Abstract: A balustrade which features premade gallery, rake and starting newels and rail sections, and the process for installing the balustrade using the newel of this invention. The newel is a tubular member having an insert disposed at the lower end thereof, and optionally including a hex bolt which has intermediate machine screw threads, and distal lag screw threads, the machine screw threads thereof being in engagement with a coupler, disposed above a rigid plate, and the lag screw threads to be disposed within a support for the newel. The process includes the steps of mounting the new gallery, intermediate rake newel(s),—location dependent—mounting the starting newel, and attaching the rail section therebetween, and finishing off the upper portion of newels by attaching newel caps. The balustrade can utilize the newel of this invention at one or both of the gallery and starting newel locations, and at an intermediate rake location if employed.

Abstract: An aerosol can having two terminal portions each with its own valve and product delivery head of various configurations is disclosed. The can may feature either one or two products for delivery, and can employ one or two volumes of propellant. The material to be delivered can be stored directly in the can or in one or two pouches, or in a combination mode of within the can directly and in one pouch, as may be desired. The same material can also be distributed in two different manners, such as fine mist or strong stream, the mode of delivery being spray head dependent.

Abstract: A floor for a tank formed of a superstructure and a skin, wherein the superstructure is formed of a pair of spaced floor rails, one on the left and one on the right side of the tank, and a spaced series of normally disposed thereto V-trough struts or cross-members each of which slopes from the interior sidewall edges of the tank toward the center longitudinal axis, while at the same time their respective effective elevation is decreased from the back to the front of the tank, such that the skin attached over the superstructure slopes both inwardly toward the middle of the tank from each side and forwardly from the rear of the tank toward the front of the tank.

Abstract: A washable cylindrical body, closed at the bottom and open at the top receptacle mountable on a bicycle, or tricycle which cylindrical body can be readily removed therefrom and either hand carried or secured upon a trouser's belt or pack strap, for transporting a fluid containing bottle or can. An optional insert securable within the container serves to retain the heat or cold of the fluid over a period of time. An optional zipper cover can also be added. An optional elastomeric star top can overlay the opening of the body and be used alone or in conjunction with a zipper cover.

Abstract: A Christmas tree stand intended for the support of large Christmas trees at commercial locations, which stand has a main body portion which has a trio of upstanding spaced tubular members, and three leg portions, each having three parts, one part of each leg being disposable within one of the respective upstanding tubular members. Each leg portion also includes a tree engaging member, the trio of which in combination with a main body pin onto which the tree trunk has been previously impaled, can support the tree in a generally vertical position.

Abstract: A business form having a faceplate, a retainer frame, and at least one lift-off panel formed from at least one cutout in the faceplate with retaining members of a releasable adhesive backer being disposed on the reverse side of the faceplate with the adhesive facing the at least one cutout opening. Precut lift-off panels of the same material remain disposed at least one per cutout and adhered to the backer member primarily for printing in a laser or inkjet printer to produce at least one and preferably multiple lift-off panels each of which constitutes one card. Indicia or images can be printed onto the business form and individual printed cards can be obtained by lifting off the printed individual lift-off panels on an as-needed basis. Two-sided printing is optional.

Abstract: A process and apparatus is disclosed for the preparation of individual quick frozen bars, to be united to form a frozen precursor (the product of the invention) for the preparation of a frozen dessert and more particularly a masticated banana frozen dessert. Uniform flavor is achieved by control of the size and number of the respective individual bars to be laminated together. Uniform portion control in the machine that prepares the frozen dessert is achieved by the use of similar sized segments of the precursor sandwich formed by the lamination of individual frozen bars. The apparatus includes molds that may be individual or they may be formed together into an integrated multi-mold tray for use in the apparatus.

Abstract: A combination diaphragm and seal device for valves which replaces a conventional bolt down diaphragm, and which permits automatic control valves and other valves to be closured by an industry standard groove coupler rather than a plurality of bolts through an external flange on the valve body. The diaphragm portion has a flat circular section with a central bore. This portion may be reinforced by a fabric layer and may or may not include a convolute for extra flexibility. The diaphragm portion is overlaid within and across the interior diameter of the groove coupler seal portion at about the midpoint thereof.