Abstract: An apparatus for automatically cutting a drawer slide groove and drilling a drawer-securing pin hole in a drawer with a bottom with a number of edges extending downwardly from the bottom, and a rear wall. The apparatus includes a support, the drawer resting on the support during the cutting and drilling operations; a power saw having a moving blade adapted for cutting a groove in the drawer; a first guide mounted on the support and adapted to engage one of the plurality of downwardly extending drawer edges, thereby positioning the saw blade adjacent the downwardly extending drawer edge; a drill carrier movable in a first direction and a second direction relative to the support; and a power drill mounted in the drill carrier and having a drill bit adapted to drill a drawer-securing pin hole in the rear wall of the drawer.

Abstract: A one-piece customizable dental appliance for the mouth of an athlete is comprised of an occlusal posterior pad for each side of the posterior teeth engageable with the occlusal surfaces to space apart the teeth and to absorb shock and clenching stress. A band is provided connecting the posterior pads together within the mouth and out of the way of the tongue to maintain the position of the occlusal posterior pads within the mouth during use and to prevent loss of the pads such as by swallowing. Portions of the pads are scored so that they may be easily cut away to customize the appliance for smaller mouths.

Abstract: An apparatus for programming a hearing aid comprises an indexed pill that substantially replicates the dimensions of a hearing aid battery and battery compartment door. The apparatus, comprises two power contacts on opposite exterior sides of the indexed pill; and two programming contacts on opposite exterior sides of the indexed pill.

Abstract: A data storage library for storing and accessing data storage media, consisting of a housing, a storage array within the housing, the storage array having a wall, a media storage element arranged adjacent the storage array wall for holding storage media, a data transfer element arranged adjacent the storage array wall for reading and writing information on the storage media, an import/export element to transfer the storage media into and out of the data storage library, and a media transport element which moves along the storage array wall, the media transport element following any deviations in the wall to precisely position itself adjacent the media storage element and data transfer element.

Abstract: A one-piece window insert fastener for releasably securing a window insert to a window sash having a generally rectangular shape with a plurality of openings about its periphery, the insert having a generally rectangular-shaped frame with a single pane structure fixed therein and having a plurality of bars each having a terminal end portion and each terminal end portion having a channel therein, the fastener being elongate and having a longitudinal axis, the fastener consisting of: a head portion adapted to engage the window sash and removably insertable into one of the openings in the window sash; a tail portion adapted to fixedly engage the window insert and removably insertable into one of the channels in the window insert; and a compression portion between the head portion and tail portion, the compression portion biasing the head portion against the window sash and allowing movement of the head portion toward the tail portion when the window insert is inserted in the window sash and moving the head porti

Abstract: A steam distribution device for a steam humidification system includes a source of steam, a horizontally mounted steam dispersion element for receiving steam from the source of steam and for dispersing a portion of the steam into an air stream, a horizontally mounted jacket partially surrounding the steam dispersion element and unconnected to the source of steam for maintaining the temperature of the steam dispersion element at about the temperature of the steam, the jacket being in flow communication with the dispersion element and receiving steam from the dispersion element, and a condensate collection element separate from the source of steam and connected to the jacket for collecting condensation from the jacket. In a second embodiment, the jacket substantially surrounds the steam dispersion element and is spaced from the dispersion element creating a chamber therebetween. Aligned orifices in the dispersion element and the jacket disperse steam into the air stream.

Abstract: An environmentally-controlled crop storage building consisting of: a floor having a length and a width, the floor resting on compacted soil; an air-carrying plenum extending the length of the floor within the compacted soil, the plenum having a bottom, plenum side walls, and an open plenum top communicating with the building's interior; a fan adapted to force air through the plenum; a plurality of air-carrying flumes extending the width of the floor within the compacted soil and intersecting the plenum; a plurality of flume covers having a number of apertures adapted to allow air forced through the flumes by the fan to enter the building; and a plurality of plenum covers adapted to close off the plenum from the building's interior.