Abstract: An improved dispenser for cosmetic stick solids such as deodorants constructed to be filled in either normal or inverted position. This dispenser is cylindrical having walls of substantially uniform diameter, an open top, and substantially closed bottom. The dispenser is constructed so that the dispensing means is either pushed up manually, or propelled by a screw-mechanism. In the latter case a long screw is mounted in a central opening in the bottom, and continues along the axis of the cylinder. The cap of the dispenser may assume either of two forms, a snap-on type, or a screw-on type, each exhibiting an air-tight seal. The snap-cap is constructed to include a plurality of cams which operate in conjunction with similar members on the mouth of the cylindrical container to provide relative ease in opening and closing the snap-cap.The dispenser is designed to be filled in a conventional manner from the opening in the top, or, alternatively, from a hole in the bottom of the cylindrical container.

Abstract: Technique and apparatus for measuring liquids and granular material comprises a combination including a measuring vessel attached adjacent to the top and communicating with the primary container through the modifying pour spout of the latter. The measuring vessel includes an outwardly directed dispensing mouth having a removable closure, and a second upwardly directed opening vertically aligned with the pour spout of the primary vessel. In a preferred embodiment, the modifying pour spout of the primary container serves as a handle for the combination. After the primary container is filled through a tube extended through the second opening of the measuring vessel, this opening is either sealed, or a manually-operable valve is interposed into the opening. The manually-operable valve may alternatively take the form of a flap valve, or a piston valve, either of which operates to open and close communication through the modifying pour spout between the measuring vessel and the primary container.

Abstract: A squeeze toy of air-filled elastomer material including a whistle, and a method and apparatus for forming the same. A small cavity or depression is molded into the body of the toy to form the whistle site. A small cap, which may comprise a flat or slightly rounded disk, or a small hollow cylinder, closes the small cavity or depression forming the whistle site. A pair of small openings are formed in centered, aligned relation in the cap and in the bottom of the cavity, completing the whistle. The body of the toy is preferably formed by blow molding techniques, using the opening in the bottom of the cavity corresponding to the whistle hole to blow air in during the molding process, and to blow the finished part out of the mold. The whistle cap is made by separate injection molding techniques.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for making a plurality of different keys, each constructed to open each rotary cylinder lock in the same series, or sub-series, called "masterkeying". The disclosed masterkeying tool comprises a calibrated plate, having one or more pin grooves, and a key-supporting platform which moves transversely to permit a selected bitting of a test key to register with a selected pin groove on the calibrated plate. Tumbler pins interposed in the pin groove are seated in a selected bitting of the test key and are aligned in the groove to reach the indicated shear line.The process is repeated for corresponding bittings in each of a series of keys, beginning with the key having the highest bitting and ending with the key having the lowest bitting.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing cast models, such as dental molds and for various other applications, which comprises two separate sections, each having on its male and female seating or mating surface an assortment of geometric patterns of various sizes, depths and protrusions, prefabricated as a mating sandwich on which a hardened model, such as of teeth, gum or jaws, can be attached without the manipulation of unhardened moulding compounds, and/or mechanical aids, to obtain a working platform and precision reference apparatus essential in constructing parallel working dies.

Abstract: A particular feature of the invention is that the gas-pervious package is internally sealed together only in those areas immediately adjacent the peripheral portions, leaving an unsealed space internally surrounding the bandages in the package to facilitate sterilization.An adhesive bandage and package is provided wherein the package portion of the bandage serves as means by which the bandage may be applied to the wound without affecting sterility. More precisely, the adhesive bandage, having a backing, and a pad with a facing, is folded with the uncoated face of the backing back to back and is covered by a suitable covering material that is heat, pressure, or ultrasonic sealed on the four sides parallel to the edges of the cover. One portion of the cover extends beyond the seal lines and serves as means for opening and applying the bandage. In another embodiment the opening means is a tear area positioned between the pad and the end of the package.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for compensating for inaccuracy between a pair of aligned shafts attached to a slide assembly for a linear reciprocating carriage. This comprises pillow blocks mounted to the carriage and held in place by the use of intermeshing gibs. These gibs are so situated as to provide a tolerance between them, which permits the respective pillow blocks to move between the gibs to compensate for misalignment of the shafts.

Abstract: A security ventilating system for an arrangement of coordinated sliding doors comprising one or more lift-out metal grills each constructed to fit between one partially opened door or window and the door or window frame at each of several different openings. For a typical arrangement in which a left-hand door opens by sliding to the right, the left-hand vertical bar of a lift-out grill is secured in a vertical channel fitted to the inside edge of the left vertical channel of the door frame. The right-hand vertical bar and several of the parallel vertical bars of the grill are designed to fasten in alternative open positions to a series of short vertically-aligned channels fastened to the left-hand stile of the partially open door. A centrally disposed horizontal stud fixed to each of the vertical bars at the different ventilation openings is constructed to engage the door handle of the open door.

Abstract: The photovoltaic converter of the present invention comprises a thin film consisting essentially of a lattice of stacked carbon chains comprising alternating single and double bonds deposited on the surface of an electrode transparent to sunlight. The carbon lattice is prepared in situ by depositing and exposing a plastic film comprising a highly oriented polymer system to heat or other types of radiation for controlled degradation. The exposed surface of the degraded film is then covered with a vapor-deposited coating of aluminum, and is finally compressed with a metal electrode cover. Illumination directed onto the film induces an electromotive force at the interface of the degraded polymer and the transparent electrode, which constitutes a "Schottky barrier". A particular feature is the addition of the preformed polymer coating before degradation of electron-attracting molecules which serve as conductive bridges between the carbon layers in the residue.

Abstract: Combination weight attachment and golf club head cover for increasing the weight of the club head during practice strokes, thereby adjusting the added weight to suit the physical capability of the user. The cover consists of an upper compartment comprising a bag with a zipper closure designed to rest on the upper surface of the club head, and an open lower compartment which snugly accommodates the club head. The upper end of the cover depends from a semiannular collar including an opening constructed for slip-on engagement with the shank of the club just above the head, for holding the cover in place during the swing. Lead pellets or other weighted materials are enclosed in the zippered bag to provide means for adjusting the attached weight to individual taste.

Abstract: This discloses a system for lifting or conveying granular, pulverized or fluid material from a first location to a second location. A long flexible tube, open at the ends, encloses a highly flexible rotary driven helical coil spring equipped at parallel, spaced-apart positions along its length with a plurality of attachments, called "portable flights", which may comprise a shallow cylindrical cup formed from a pair of semicircular plates. The cups are secured to a succession of rungs in angularly staggered relation along the length of the helical spring, and serve to pick up and convey a substantial quantity of the pulverized, granular or fluid material from an input container, in which the tube is immersed, to a product chute near the top of the tube leading into a collection hopper.

Abstract: Translucent plastic pages of an improved design for the filing of color film slides, wherein the storage trays are slightly indented to remove the slide emulsion from direct contact with the plastic. In accordance with a further feature, the translucent storage pages are formed from archival material, and are designed alternatively to be suspended in a file cabinet by means of a hanging bar which affixes to the page, and includes an indexing tab; or to be stored in a conventional ring binder, without the hanging bar.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing and carrying cable, more particularly, insulated electrical cable having male and female terminals, so that a desired length is readily accessible for unwinding or rewinding at either end without disturbing the other end. The present invention comprises a rectangular frame, having three parallel, colinear bars rigidly held in symmetrical, spaced-apart relation by a pair of symmetrically-spaced transversely disposed rungs. The combination may also include a carrying handle and attachment for self-standing. The cable is secured to the middle portion of the central bar, and is wrapped from opposite ends about the upper and lower sections of the rungs, respectively, so that each of the ends is accessible for unwinding to a desired length.

Abstract: A pivotally suspended trolley swing that can be propelled by the rider in both a horizontal direction and the radial direction of a normal swing. The device comprises a rigid frame which supports a trolley track at a selected height above the ground. The trolley, which is mounted for to and fro motion along the track, comprises a carrier near the front and rear ends of which are pivotally attached the upper ends of rigid hanger struts which support the swing. The hanger struts are also pivotally connected by interconnecting means at their lower ends. Seats are rigidly attached to the hanger struts. Hand holds fixed to each of the hanger struts, and foot rests on the interconnecting means, enable a swinger while seated on one of the seats, to exert manual pull and foot thrust to apply a rotational torque to the swing in a vertical plane.