Abstract: There is disclosed a frictional member, or ring, which is substituted for the conventional friction linings and marcel of an automotive clutch. The frictional ring is preferably a monolithic member which has recesses that receive support brackets which attach the frictional ring to the clutch disc. Preferably, the frictional ring includes spring biased islands which permit a phased or progressive engagement of the disc between the pressure plate and flywheel.

Abstract: There is disclosed a snap-on closure for containers, such as milk and soft drink plastic bottles, which has upper and lower annular beads on the inside wall of a peripheral skirt with a tear band defined by a score line in the skirt, located between the annular beads. The score line extends towards, but not entirely to, the bottom edge of the skirt, terminating a short distance above the bottom edge of the skirt. This score line permits a tearing of the lower portion of the cap skirt from the closure, and for this purpose, the cap tears along the weakened score line, about the closure and then downwardly towards the bottom edge of the skirt so that the entire lower portion of the skirt is removed as a tear band, leaving only the reclosure on the bottle. Since the lower score line does not extend to the lower edge of the skirt, that lower edge is not weakened, but retains its full hoop strength, to resist splitting when the cap is applied to the bottle.

Abstract: A container, e.g., case or bag, has an internal compartment with an access opening that is entirely closed with a cover having a clasp that cooperates with a latch of an electronic lock carried on the container. Preferably, the cover carries a key pad on its external surface and the key pad is in circuit to an alarm system that includes a control unit, power supply, motion and/or shock detector, and an audible alarm such as a siren. Most preferably, the power supply comprises one and preferably a pair of panels of solar cells which are also located on an external surface of the top cover. The container has one or more handles which can include a shoulder carrying strap. Preferably the container is formed of a thermally insulating material so that the container also serves as a cooler for beverage cans and the like.

Abstract: There is disclosed a spray head for an airless spray gun. The spray head has a tubular housing for removable attachment to the discharge end of an otherwise conventional airless spray gun, adjacent the valve member of the spray gun. The housing is counterbored to form an inner annular shoulder and contains a removable plug that is slidably received within the housing. The annular shoulder is stop for the plug which is retained in the housing at the preselected location by a retainer member that is removably threaded into the discharge end of the housing. The plug has, on its upstream end, a valve seat to engage the valve member of the spray gun and, on its downstream end, a discharge orifice formed by divergent angular bores which intersect a through bore of the plug.

Abstract: A heat puck has a trapezoidal shape with a steel base plate and a thick layer of a high heat capacity material such as copper. The heat puck is attached to either or both the pressure plate and flywheel of an otherwise conventional automotive clutch assembly. Preferably a circular array of heat pucks are mounted on a respective plate or flywheel. The puck is mounted with a large diameter shoulder member that extends through an aperture in the puck and is received in an aligned receptacle in the surface of the plate or flywheel. A screw or rivet fastener extends through the shoulder member, puck and plate or flywheel to retain the assembly. The shoulder member provides the necessary torque resistance to the assembly, protection the fastener from stress failure.

Abstract: There is disclosed a stable thixotropic suspension of a fat in an aqueous liquid gel of a feed solution and a method for its preparation. The method comprises forming the liquid gel from a solution of sugar, protein or mixtures thereof, by incorporating ammonium phosphate in the solution in an amount sufficient to form the gel, adding water to reduce the concentration of the gel, and then adding fat. When fats with solidification temperatures above ambient temperature are added, the liquid gel is warmed to about the melting point of the fat and the fat is melted before mixing the fat with the liquid gel. Other water insoluble feed nutrients such as calcium carbonate, calcium sulfate, etc., or drugs such as monisan can also be suspended in the resultant gel. Water soluble feed nutrients such as urea, sodium bicarbonate, etc., can also be added.

Abstract: The invention is a preservative coating for solid animal feed supplement and a method for its application. The solid feed supplement is produced as a viscous liquid that gels into a hard solid after it has been poured into molds which are usually the cartons for the final supplement packages. The preservative coating is a digestible film former which, optionally, contains an effective amount of mold inhibitor.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method and apparatus for use in the method, for selecting and coordinating the color of a person's wardrobe and accessories to flatter and complement the person. The method includes a color spectrum analysis of the natural tones of the person's skin, preferably by use of a color filter system. The color spectrum analysis is performed to determine the distribution and concentration of at least one, and preferably, two, primary colors. Wearing apparel and accessory items are categorized into classes based on the concentration of the preselected color in these items and the classes most closely matching the proportions of the selected primary color found in the skin tones of the person are selected for that person's wardrobe and accessories. The method uses a set of color filters with coded indicia that provide a facile manner in determining the distribution and concentration of the selected primary color.

Abstract: A method for printing fine or commercial art utilizing visible and/or invisible fluorescent colorants and non-fluorescent colorants in a multiple series of colorant applications with each color application being made with with a predetermined print pattern. As used herein, "fluoresecent colorants" are those which emit visible light under the ultraviolet (black light), including those which are colored and those which are colorless under visible light. The colorants are applied to a base in layers or by blending the fluorescent and non-fluorescent colorants to achieve a predetermined piece of art work. Some of the layers of colorants are used to mask, or partly mask, the brilliance of some of the fluorescent layers, in graduating degrees for viewing under ulrtraviolet observation, or viewing in other lighting conditions.

Abstract: There is disclosed a holder for a baseball glove, particularly a fielder's glove and a training aid. The holder comprises a body with a scoop formed of a stiff, shape-retaining sheet material having a rear face with a convex contour conforming to the ball pocket of a fielder's glove. The glove is received over the rear face of the scoop and is retained in this assembly by a cover which fits over the rear of the glove. Preferably, the cover is a webbing which overlies the rear of the fingers of the glove and the sheet material is a resilient plastic thereby permitting the glove former to be used as a training aid which requires the player to use both hands when fielding a ball.

Abstract: There is disclosed a removable torque-transmitting body, such as a key and methods for securing the key in, and releasing it from, a power assisted wrenching tool for the attachment of fasteners, particularly frangible fasteners, in loose and interference fit applications. The key has a main shaft portion with a distal, torque-transmitting head at one end, and an opposite end of reduced thickness and non-circular cross section, with a transverse groove therebetween. The wrenching tool has a subassembly of an outer socket member and an elongated key holder slidably mounted therein, under spring resistance, with a ball detent mounted in a cross bore in the key holder. The reduced thickness end of the key is inserted into the receiving keyway of the holder, and an axial force can be applied to seat the key, with the detent ball received in its transverse groove.

Abstract: There is disclosed a redistribution catalyst which is the reaction product of a quaternary ammonium halide salt or tertiary amine, and an inorganic carrier having surface hydroxyl groups, such as silica, zeolite, clays, and silicone resins. The catalyst is useful for the disproportionation of chlorosilicon hydrides to dichlorosilane and silane at reaction conditions including a temperature from 0.degree. to 200.degree. C., in liquid or vapor phase with a pressure from 0.1 to 10 atmospheres.

Abstract: There is disclosed a sanitary disposable sheath intended for wearing on the penis of males which is formed with a moisture absorbent pad to absorb excretions and urine. The sheath is intended for use by normal, healthy males and not as a prosthetic device, and a method of use is also disclosed and claimed. Preferably, the sheath is formed as a laminate of an outer moisture resistant sheath and an inner, coextensive, moisture permeable liner, with an intermediate moisture absorbent pad. The sheath is provided with either an elastic band closure about its neck, or Velcro type fabric attachment bands to retain it distally on a penis.

Abstract: There is disclosed a system for the stereoscopic imaging of right and left stereoscopic optical images as these images are projected and displayed on a screen or video monitor. The system uses encoded right and left stereoscopic images with corresponding decoding right and left filters through which the stereoscopic image is viewed. Either polarized or monochromatic light can be used as the right and left image coding medium. A thin face Fresnel prism is positioned between the observer or observers and the projected or displayed right and left stereoscopic images and is located to fuse the two images so that, when they are observed through the decoding filters, an illusion of a three dimensional object is created. For maximum clarity, the Fresnel prism can be vibrated parallel to the original imaging surface.