Abstract: An assembly of a number of perforated sheets with fasteners and braces to temporarily and adjustably provide variable partitions and means for securing items within the cargo bed of a truck or trailer, uses a set of flat rectangular sheets that are perforated by an array of regularly spaced holes to accept connectors and bolts to secure braces or fixtures to the sheets in a variety of configurations including at least a base sheet sized to fit horizontally on the cargo bed and/or vertical partition sheets with sockets along the long edges, spaced the same as the sheet holes and secured to the base sheet by pegs and braces and fixtures such as rings, adjustable length bars or hooks are usefully attachable to the sheets by bolts or by pegs inserted into the holes.

Abstract: A system and method for rapidly and easily installing and removing ammunition reloading dies into and from an ammunition reloading press uses an adapter with a female threaded socket to receive a conventionally threaded die and sections of male screw threads arrayed around the exterior and separated by open sections corresponding to sections of female screw threads formed in a socket in the press, the adapter threads engageable with the press socket threads to secure the adapter within the press socket with less than a full rotation of the adapter, open sections in the press socket allow the adapter to enter the socket to nearly full depth without rotation.

Abstract: An ammunition primer installation device is attachable to an ammunition reloading press and uses a sliding and rotating finger trigger attached to a primer transporting slide to receive a primer from a supply trough and transport the primer to position above a primer cup on an ammunition reloading press and a trigger actuated plunger to push the primer from the device into the primer cup while maintaining the proper primer orientation.

Abstract: A device for use with an ammunition reloading press, the device uses a “C” shaped split ring that is captured within a chamber with a slightly tapered frustaconical wall into the smaller end of which the bullet portion of an ammunition round can be inserted to a point where the bullet enters the C ring with a friction fit and subsequent withdrawal of the ammunition cartridge by operation of the press draws the ring into the increasingly narrow wall, decreasing the diameter of the ring and forcing a tighter grip on the bullet, which is then separated from the cartridge by further withdrawal and is removable from the device through an opening at the larger end of the chamber.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for dispensing small volumes of fluid using a pneumatic control valve connected to the intake port of a pump having a chamber of variable volume, connecting the outlet port of the pump to the inlet port of a high speed flow control valve and a long, small diameter nozzle to the outlet port of the flow control valve, to aspirate a fluid to be dispensed into a long, small diameter nozzle by closing the pneumatic control valve, opening the flow control valve and partially expanding the volume of the pump chamber, then closing the flow control valve and further expanding the volume of the pump chamber to increase the gaseous volume within the pump chamber, pressurizing the gas within the pump chamber by closing the pneumatic control valve and reducing the volume of the pump chamber, finally dispensing a measured amount of fluid by briefly opening the flow control valve for a measured time to allow controlled amounts of fluid to be dispensed through the nozzle.

Abstract: A bullet sizing and lubricating device is mountable in an ammunition reloading press to perform bullet sizing and lubricating in one stage with only a single operation of the press lever by using the force generated by the sizing operation to pressurize lubricant causing the lubricant to flow through ports to lubricate a bullet, the device simultaneously performing the sizing of one bullet and the lubrication and expulsion of a previously sized bullet as the bullets are passed axially through the device, the lubricant being pressurized by a piston engaged by a slidably sizing die while a previously sized bullet is retained within a lubricating assembly.

Abstract: A method and device for sealing or reducing holes or their connection with a tube end or similar fitting is characterized by at least one element with disc shaped surface with a rim smaller than the diameter of the hole to receive the element worth cone or some shaped surface with the wall of the drill hole under axial pressure, possibly with an additional tumbling action, and at least a temporary support of the element, the element of the device being placed into the drill hole and then with axial pressure from outside, e.g. by a punch, possible with an additional tumbling action, at least a radial shift of the disc shaped surface of the element and a press fit with the wall of the drill hole is achieved.

Abstract: A method and device for sealing or reducing holes or their connection with a tube end or similar fitting is characterized by at least one element with disc shaped surface with a rim smaller than the diameter of the hole to receive the element worth cone or some shaped surface with the wall of the drill hole under axial pressure, possibly with an additional tumbling action, and at least a temporary support of the element, the element of the device being placed into the drill hole and then with axial pressure from outside, e.g. by a punch, possible with an additional tumbling action, at least a radial shift of the disc shaped surface of the element and a press fit with the wall of the drill hole is achieved.

Abstract: A wash sink and drained area assembly and method of construction comprise a wash sink assembled in immediate and lateral proximity to an enclosable and drained floor area with racks provided for drying items and a retractable curtain across the front edge of the drained area, the assembly formed as a single unit suitable for installation in a residential utility room.

Abstract: A method of constructing a resilient surface layer of particles bound together and to a base surface comprises uniformly dropping dry rubber particles from a moving apparatus and spraying the particles with a liquid, water based, latex binder as the particles are dropping, the apparatus comprises a movable vehicle with a particulate spreading assembly comprising a hopper with a controlled orifice, and a spray system with an array of nozzles directed to intersect the path of the particles after leaving the hopper and before the particles reach the base surface.

Abstract: A method of constructing a five section telescoping aerial lift, crane or similar vehicle-mounted equipment and a lift constructed in accordance with the method having one end pivotally secured, about a horizontal axis, to the pedestal and the other end of the telescoping boom is equipped with a sheave for rigging the turret winch lift-line and/or it is equipped with a platform assembly for positioning workers, tools, or other devices at high positions, the four telescoping boom sections being extended and retracted individually by means of one hydraulic actuator for each moving section, two actuators located in the interior of the boom sections and two actuators located on the exterior of the boom sections.

Abstract: A device for damping vibration of a vibrating structure, particularly a helicopter cyclic control system, comprises a straight tubular shaft having a metal weight retained within the inside bore of one end, the remainder of the shaft being unweighted, and two elastomeric lined mounting brackets for securing the unweighted portion of the shaft to the vibrating structure, the bracket closest to the unweighted shaft end holding the shaft end with a tighter fit than the other bracket.

Abstract: An improved railroad car wheel truck assembly comprises four arcuate weight bearing surfaces, one above each axle bearing, providing a direct load path such that a light weight frame can be used, each weight bearing surface being received within a matching arcuate channel mounted on the underside of the rail car body, the channels having a greater arc length that the corresponding weight bearing surface such that the wheel truck is allowed to rotate relative to the rail car body, about a central pivot pin, the wheel truck assembly further comprising a two part spring assemblies for each wheel with long springs that are always under compression and shorter springs that are compressed only when the car is under a load, each wheel spring assembly having one long spring that urges a wedge between the wheel truck frame and wheel set axle holding saddle to urge the wheel set and axle into alignment.

Abstract: A railway grade crossing apparatus comprises at least one rectangular gauge panel of precast concrete with resilient bumpers on opposing sides for closely fitting between the rails and rectangular field panels of precast concrete, each having a resilient bumpers on one side for placement between the outside of each rail and the adjacent road abutment, the gauge and field panels having means for attaching lifting a device to the top surface of the panel, and the method of installing said apparatus comprising lifting the panels into place with a bumper abutting the side of a rail, and exerting a lateral force on the panel toward the rail to compress the bumper whereby the opposite side may be urged downward into place and releasing the lateral force to allow the resilience of the compressed bumper to adjust the lateral position of the panel to a final position between the rails or rail and road abutment.

Abstract: A removable, expansion sealing plug has an annular seal formed of an elastic material, which seal is expanded by a fruste-conical expansion member when the expansion member is drawn into a retention member, the retention member having an outer surface with screw threads, and the expansion member being rotationally fixed, but axially movable, relative to the retention member. When installed, retention member screw threads fix the plug in position and prevent forcible expulsion from the installation hole and the expansion of the seal causes compression of the seal between the wall of the installation hole and the expansion member and frictional interference between the seal and the installation hole and between the seal and the expansion member, thereby preventing the rotation of the plug within the installation hole.

Abstract: A vehicle 10 powered by a sail 90 as well as by pedals 66 and 48 comprises a tandem bicycle with a stoker seat 38 in line with and behind a captain seat 32 and a vertical mast 86 stepped between the seats, the sail 90 being attached to and between the mast 86 and a horizontal boom 88 rotatably attached to the mast 86 and controlled by means of a rope and pulley system 115, lateral support of the vehicle 10 being provided by wheels 104 laterally displaced from the centerline of the vehicle 10 on each side of the vehicle 10, the seats 32 and 38 having seat backs 34 and 40 and located far enough behind the pedals 48 and 66 to provide a recumbent or semi-recumbent position for the operators.

Abstract: A stackable combination selector and shut off valve includes a three-way valve body which supports a two hole ball selectively rotatable for directing fluid flow through either of first and second opposite outlet ports or a central off position wherein flow is blocked to both outlet ports. The valve body preferably includes an internal manifold so that the valve may be stacked with other valves without requiring connection to an independent manifold. The motor control circuitry includes a single pole single throw on-off switch which operates in conjunction with a double pole double throw polarity reversing switch to enable the motor to work in a selected one of two quadrants.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for preventing nozzle clogging in systems for dispensing fluids that comprise a suspension or solution of solid particles in a volatile solvent, such as ink jet printing systems consisting of a control valve and a nozzle, the method comprising causing the solvent to withdraw from the nozzle by increasing diffusion of the solvent from the system at a point distal from the nozzle by means of inserting, between the nozzle and the control valve, a section of tubing that is semipermeable to the solvent, and the apparatus comprising the usual dispensing system with the addition of a semi-permeable tube between the control valve and the nozzle.

Abstract: A skin treatment system comprises preparations for the topical application to the skin of histidine acting as a divalent cation chelator and exfoliant, pyridoxine and pantothenic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine for increasing production of hyaluronic acid, superoxide dismutase and cysteine and vitamin E for decreasing the oxidative degradation of the hyaluronic acid, and pyroll carboxylic acid, or chemical salts thereof, and hyaluronic acid, or chemical salts thereof for providing increased hydration of the skin.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for high speed fluid dispensing suitable for ink jet printing comprising the dampening of supply pressure fluctuations during and following operation of the control valve by the incorporation of a resiliently compressible element within the system on the supply side of the valve seat, the element formed of a rubber air bladder placed within the valve chamber, the bladder configured to contract at pressures above the nominal supply pressure and to readily re-expand at pressures below the nominal supply pressure.