Abstract: A downrigger UP stop for powered downriggers used primarily in fishing in which a nonconductive link is located in a cable line to the weight, mass or cannonball. A flow of current through the cable, water and boat is sensed by a sensing control circuit and the sensing of water when the circuit is directed to lift the cable functions until the nonconductive link breaks that continuity. The winch then stops and in a selected position by the fisherman. On dropping the weight again into the water, the atuomatic UP stop is in operating control. The UP motion can always be manually stopped by energizing the DOWN button and it can be restarted for automatic ascent.

Abstract: A bass drum pedal assembly consisting of a floor engaging support base adapted for selective operative engagement to an adjacent drum beater assembly. A cradle pedal support frame is pivotally mounted on the support base in substantially movable register with and above thereof. The pedal support frame is adapted at the forward free end thereof to operatively engage an actuator strap of an adjacent drum beater assembly. A foot engaging flexible cradle pedal assembly is transversely freely swivellably mounted on the cradle pedal support frame so as to selectively engage the ball of a drummer's foot in self-adjusting contact therewith. The flexible cradle pedal assembly is selectively longitudinally and vertically adjustable when mounted in its operative use position on the cradle pedal support frame.

Abstract: A spray unit and process for controlled droplet atomization in which a tangential vortex type fan with wide mouth passes operation from low-to-medium pressures at high volume, passes air through a throat in which controlled droplet atomization of spray material is being achieved prior to emission from the fan in a plane generally parallel to the flow of air. The flow of air sweeps the droplets into a parallel orientation in substantial avoidance of contact of the spray material on the fan parts, throat or mouth thereof and the airflow confines the continuous core of controlled droplets and projects the protected spray toward a target. The spray units are arranged to permit plural end-to-end adjacent articulated mounting with directional adjustment and flexible conduits for power at the individual units, including spray material delivery and power to lineal actuators and are carriage mounted on wheels for easy movement in the target area.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for high pressure impact coating of portions of workpieces such as the threaded openings in fasteners in avoidance of contaminating undesired portions of the workpieces with the coating material. A metered quantity of coating material is charged into a passageway and moved by low pressure air to a chamber ahead of an atomizing nozzle. High pressure air is introduced to the passageway and the coating material is fogged into a chamber defined by the workpiece and tooling. Proliferation and impingement of the cloud on the selected surfaces follows under vented conditions. A constriction in the vent line achieves the necessary delay and sets the system for accomplishing the coating. The machine structure facilitates use of the coating devices with a wide range of female threaded fasteners and achieves the process steps while providing for flushing the lines and drying the working structure.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for positive selection of viable cells based upon differing chemical or physical properties or dynamic processes using a focussed radiant energy beam, such as a laser beam (11) to kill unwanted cells is described. The apparatus includes a microscope (14) with a photomultiplier (27) which is used to selectively detect light from certain cells produced by an attenuated laser beam irradiating the cells for identifying the cells to be killed or saved. Based upon identification, selected cells to be killed are exposed to the unattenuated laser beam.

Abstract: A rearview mirror and pivot construction therefor having improved stability in mechanically and electrically driven remote control mirror structures and which permits mounting and dismounting of the apparatus at the mirror end. A female hemispherical receiver is matingly engaged against a hemispherical male element. An intermediate armed cross pivot is engaged in a fixed path by both the male and female elements and confines relative pivotal movement between said male and female elements to transverse paths defined by the cross pivot element. One of the male and female elements is secured to a mirror base. The other of the male and female elements is detentably secured to a backing fixture holding the reflective element in the rearview mirror.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for position selection of viable cells based upon differing chemical or physical properties or dynamic processes using a focussed radiant energy beam, such as a laser beam (11) to kill unwanted cells or to isolate wanted cells is described. The apparatus includes microscope means (14) and cell detection means (27) for identifying the cells to be killed or saved and attenuator means (12) for modifying the beam to prevent destruction of cells to be saved.

Abstract: A process for cutting washers, gaskets, seals and the like from elongate stock having elastomeric properties in which the stock is stretched longitudinally and cut transversely while stretched to form an end product with precision parallelity as between the cut surfaces and with uniform thickness and repetitively accurate.

Abstract: A playing ball for kicking, throwing, spinning, or rolling, and combinations of these having an outer skin formed by three geometric portions, a central cylindrical disc having a diameter of about nine units of measurement and a pair of flanking dome shaped parabolic portions connected to the cylindrical central portion and both of the domes on the same principal axis as the cylindrical center portion and smoothly connected thereto.

Abstract: Combination stove top broiler and griddle in simplified structural form easily dismantled and cleanable providing simple geometric shapes with a minimum number of tight corners and crevices and including means to drain grease and scrape debris. The broiler surface comprises a plurality of simple angles opened upwardly and on a tilted bed draining to a removable trough via a slanted lip and including support means for a drop-in griddle top conversion using the same frame module as a base.

Abstract: A garment for female wear is provided with a resilient integrally formed seamless polyester fiberfill bust cup assembly which defines spaced-apart integrally formed breast-receiving cups therein. Side panels are attached to each end of the bust cup assembly. The side panels are cut on a bias so as to take advantage of the natural stretch of the fabric. A back bodice is attached to each of the side panels so as to complete the encirclement of the body of the wearer. The back bodice panel is also cut on a bias so as to take advantage of the natural stretch of the fabric. A front skirt panel is attached at its upper edge to the lower horizontal edge of the bust cup assembly. A back skirt panel is attached at its upper edge to the lower edge of the back bodice panel. The front skirt panel and the back skirt panel are sewn together at their corresponding vertically oriented longitudinal edges so as to complete the encirclement of the body of the wearer.

Abstract: A non-spill drink-through lid is provided with a retainer support wall defined in a chord position across the central cover portion thereof. The retainer support wall merges with the raised outer peripheral edge of the lid to define a well portion which encompasses a depressible tab portion defined by a slit provided in the central cover portion. The well portion is adapted to retain excess liquid above the slit so as to permit the excess liquid to drain back into the interior of the cup upon which the lid is mounted. Another embodiment of the invention consists of the non-spill drink-through lid having a pair of identical parallel spaced-apart cup support walls defined in the central cover portion of the lid and extending thereacross to merge at the ends thereof with the raised outer peripheral edge of the lid. Thus positioned, the cup support walls are adapted to stackably support another cup positioned thereon.

Abstract: A plastic collapsible and nesting tip-up unit has a poised tilt arm and flared windscoop to move the bait in a rhythmic motion. A plastic and adjustable drag type reel is provided with a with simplified signal trip arrangement.

Abstract: A chatterless shifter structure having an index selector plate, a shifter bracket and a shifter extension of stamped metal. The shifter bracket and shifter extension nest together and are fabricated to act together as a single lever element rockable out of the plane of arcuate movement to selectively free a tab for selective engagement with the index plate. The pivot is cushioned and insulated against vibration and sound.

Abstract: A storage unit module in which a plurality of selectively dimensioned panels are assembled with a plurality of correspondingly dimensioned edge extrusions and with connectors having corner tie downs for assembling space enclosures amendable to size and space adjustment using the standard selected elements and permitting a wide range of panel materials gasketed for weatherproofing. Ingress and egress means are integrated into the structure as desired.

Abstract: A surgical leg clamp assembly for securing the thigh of a patient to an operating table for arthroscopy of the knee and arthroscopic and/or knee surgery. The surgical leg clamp consists of an elongate main frame which is universally adjustably secured to the side of an operating table and which is provided with an easily adjustable thigh-encircling snap-belt clamp assembly which is adapted to incrementally apply selective continuous clamping pressure to the thigh without resultant discomfort or damage thereto. The surgical leg clamp assembly is also adapted for selected snap-release and reapplication of the selected retentive pressure without the need for further readjustment of the surgical leg clamp assembly to reachieve the original clamping pressure.

Abstract: A composite spar wing assembly for use in model aircraft and/or air recreational vehicle construction. The composite spar wing structure is comprised of a composite spar having an I cross-sectional configuration which is adapted for snap engagement with spaced-apart transverse ribs therealong so as to form a wing structure. The composite spar is configured to have an elongate central web portion provided with upper and lower hollow flange members. The composite wing structures are connected to or through an aircraft fuselage by use of elongate spaced-apart connector elements which telescope respectively into the upper and lower hollow flange portions of the composie spar. A fuselage blade box assembly is selectively transversely provided through the fuselage and is provided with a segment of the composite spar so as to selectively receive the connector elements as previously described.

Abstract: A process and apparatus applicable to solid-set fruit growth such as strawberries in which a single harvest applies to an entire solid-set field and the harvest does not destroy the plants but separates foliage and trash from the fruit in an aerodynamic sequence and subsequent singulation of the fruit occurs under conditions of aerodynamic levitation of the fruits and clusters at the point of cropping connective tendrils.