Abstract: A device for holding a sealed container for a sterile hypodermic needle while the seal is broken, the needle is coupled to a syringe and removed by the syringe from the container and used one or more times on a single patient and then returned by the syringe to the container and the syringe is disconnected from the needle. The container is then released to fall into a disposal means. This eliminates contamination of the needle and infection of doctors and other authorized personnel by handling of the needle.

Abstract: Thermoplastic cores reinforced with strong magnetic shots or/and particles are molded and then thermosets are molded around this thermoplastic core. The thermoplastic core is decored by a magnet at a high temperature above the softening point of thermoplastic matrix to produce a hollow curved internal space.

Abstract: A fabrication method of strengthening metallic alloys by composite technology has been developed by mixing steel shots or aggregates with conventional alloys, thus preventing cold flow or creep. Preventing creep is advantageous in thermal plugs which must withstand fluid pressure without leakage until subjected to dangerous temperatures such as caused by fire. The matrix alloy primarily consists of some or all of copper, magnesium, bismuth, tin, lead, cadmium, and indium and the particle material is preferably iron or steel. New alloys exhibit a higher strength against a hydrostatic gas pressure than that of conventional matrix phase containing no reinforcing particles, while maintaining the melting temperature of new alloys in the same range of conventional unreinforced matrix alloy. The mixing of steel particles with the matrix is achieved by employing a flux such as ammonium chloride.

Abstract: A holder for an individual open top beverage container with an umbrella pivoted to the holder which is biased to a protective position over the top of the container when the holder is supported on a table or the like and is tilted out of the way when the holder is tilted to drinking position.

Abstract: In acid perms, the moist hair while still wet from a shampoo is wound around curling rods and saturated with an acid perm solution. A band or strip of absorbent cotton is placed across the forehead below the hair line. The rim of a visor is mounted on the band and held in place by the lower end of a plastic bag tightened around the head and fastened in place. A preheated hair dryer is lowered over the bag and the heat from the dryer releases acid fumes which are held in contact with the hair until the perm is set. The band absorbs any seepage. The visor protects the eyes from acid fumes. Result: a better perm with no skin or eye irritation.

Abstract: A spinnaker of the type collapsed edgewise both laterally and vertically to furl the sail in which the furling line is attached to the top of the sail and the connections of the guy lines to the boat are released to allow the sail to blow freely from the top of the mast as it is collapsed to furl the sail. This isolates the forces of the wind on the sail from the furling line.

Abstract: A glider having one or more soap bubble forming rings each discharging a trail of bubbles. A reservoir feeds soap solution to the uppermost section of the ring. The reservoir is set back of the trailing face of the ring and the sides of the reservoir diverge outwardly to prevent trapping of air which could impede the feeding from the reservoir. The ring may be used separately for manual bubble blowing or on other toys.

Abstract: A flowerpot holder having an inverted hook section receiving the rim of the pot, a shoulder supporting the lower edge of the rim and a flat section complementary to the lower end of the pot for holding the pot level.

Abstract: A rotary well drilling unit, particularly for water wells, comprises a tubular rotatable drill string string through which water is pumped. Attached to the lower end of the drill string is a drill head having side-by-side cutter blades. The cutter blades are cammed radially outwardly to expand in diameter when the drill string is lowered to drill a hole sized to receive a well casing lowered behind the drill, and are cammed radially inwardly so as to contract in diameter to clear the casing when the string is lifted. The same drill may be used for drilling wells of different diameters by merely substituting cutter blades.

Abstract: Chilled iron shots with the carbon content being about 3 weight % are mixed with zinc-based alloys containing copper at a temperature between the liquidus and solidus of the matrix phase alloy such that the matrix alloy becomes a mixture of liquid and solid phase particles. Such slurry state mixture is agitated to form a vortex and the iron shots are injected to the vortex zone. The composite zinc alloy fabricated by the preceding slurry vortex method is very economical without degrading the physical/mechanical behavior compared to conventional zinc alloys. The copper or zinc coating on iron shots tends to improve the wetting adhesion between shots and matrix alloy, thus eliminating defects at the interphase between shots and matrix phase.

Abstract: This invention is an open end wrench which is self-adjusting and ratcheting, which clamps a nut with a force greater than the nut turning force exerted on the wrench handle and which fits an entire range of nut sizes.

Abstract: An indicator to be squeezed between the parts to be aligned in which the indication is provided by a level device associated with the indicator.

Abstract: In summary of this disclosure, the present invention provides novel metal matrix fibrous composites which can be used as a fusible core in molding plastics. Modifications are possible within the scope of this invention.

Abstract: A high energy rapid expansion bullet for handguns, rifles and the like with greater killing power and protection from excessive gas pressures due to overloading of powder or obstruction in the gun barrel and without over penetration which could endanger bystanders. A standard bullet (e.g., 45 caliber, 9 MM) is provided with a through bore (draft hole) from the tip to the base of the bullet. The inner end of the bore has a conical seat spaced from the central portion of a malleable disc seal surrounded by an annular seat for the rim of the disc.Gases generated by firing of the bullet deform the disc into contact with the conical seat and wedge the base of the bullet outward to seal the gases in the barrel of the gun and pull the rim of the disc inward to aid in separating the disc from the bullet as soon as the bullet leaves the barrel. Excessive gas pressure such as could come from overloading (too much powder), ruptures the disc and vents the gases to the atmosphere.

Abstract: A blind spot mirror to be adhesively mounted on an inner surface of a windshield. The mirror is mounted on a flat surface on a friction ball which is part of a ball joint for adjusting the mirror.

Abstract: A supplementary hot water heating system which transfers to a hot water tank heat from exhaust gas in the furnace stack which would otherwise be wasted. When the water in the supplementary heater core is heated to a desired temperature, normally closed valves, one connecting the heater core to the cold waterline and the other connecting the bottom of the hot water tank to a drain, are simultaneously opened and remain opened until the supplementary heater core is again filled with cold water from the cold water line.

Abstract: A container for dispensing measured quantities of free flowing material such as powders which is designed to be manufactured from a single blank of cardboard.The operation of the container is controlled by two generally parallel baffles spaced from each other and at an acute angle to the bottom of the container. The first baffle defines the measuring chamber between its lower end and the bottom of the container. The second baffle overlays the first baffle and defines a passageway from which material can be conducted to the measuring chamber when the measuring chamber is to be loaded and from which excess material can be returned to the container when the material is dispensed.

Abstract: A rectangular insert of cutting material having top and bottom surfaces intersected by longitudinal edge surfaces to form four main longitudinal cutting edges. The top and bottom surfaces have ribs normal to the edge surfaces at each corner and sinusoidally spaced ribs normal to the edge surfaces starting at graduated distances from each corner rib so that when the inserts are stacked edgewise in different index positions, the corner ribs register with each other and the other ribs are out of phase with each other. The ribs of the cutting edges all extend edgewise of the bit or in the width direction so that the width of the insert is available to take the cutting thrust.

Abstract: A colored coating soft fired on a ceramic baseis scratched to remove the coating where scratched to produce a picture or design which is preserved by hard firing and glazing.