Abstract: A device is provided for holding a disposal waste bag in a kitchen sink. The device comprises an open frame through which the waste bag may be inserted with the bottom of the bag supported upon the floor of the sink in order that the load of the waste is not placed on the support frame. The top portion of the bag is folded over the frame with provisions for clamping the folded over portion to retain the bag. The clamping may be effected between the frame, which may be hinged to receive the bag, and a support base, the corner, rims or at an elevated portion of side walls of the sink or clamping at a slot or a clip on the frame. The hinge may include a hinged lid or the like. The frame may be folded in half to close the top of the bag. The support frame or a hinge for the frame is conveniently affixed by suction cups, glue or the like, to the sink either at an elevated part of the side wall or upon the top rim at the corner or a side of the sink.

Abstract: An apparatus for spreading a liquid over a surface, such as sealant over a pavement, is provided. The apparatus is mounted on a trailer and is comprised of a storage bin for containing the liquid to be spread, a drainage trough, and spreading brushes. Liquid is mixed in the storage bin and then transferred to the drainage trough where it is then dispersed onto the surface for spreading as the apparatus is towed along. The width of the path of dispersed liquid laid down by the drainage trough can be adjusted if necessary for sidewalks or other narrower surfaces. The brushes spread the liquid evenly over the surface. The drainage trough and brushes are hingedly connected to the storage bin and are pivotable between positions of operation and transport.

Abstract: A programming system is provided for passing or blocking the movement of operable room divider panels along overhead tracks supporting the panels. The programming system employs separate characterized gates which pass or deny passage to separate panels which are moved along the track. By providing gates at intersections panels from one track leg can be passed or blocked to one or more intersecting legs as desired. The gates may be in the form of keyed or characterized inserts at the intersections of tracks or channels supporting the panels. The inserts may have different keyed or characterized openings which receive mating guide pins on selected panels which permit passage past the gate and block panels having male guide pins with a different key or characterized configuration.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for reducing the recoil and muzzle climb from the discharge of a firearm. A hollow cylinder member having a front end with a restricted opening forming a gas chamber is attached to the muzzle end of a firearm and serves to rearwardly divert the highly pressurized gas produced from the combustion of gunpowder. The cylinder member is provided with rearwardly angled holes along both its top and bottom surface which act as jets to create a forward propulsive force from the expelled gas. This forward force counteracts and reduces the backward force of the firearm's recoil. By providing a greater ratio of top holes to bottom holes, thereby effecting a downward force greater than the upward force, muzzle climb can also be effectively reduced. The apparatus can be constructed for quick attachment to the muzzle of the firearm.

Abstract: A device and method are provided for unrolling spirally wound bales of hay which are moved by hydraulic or electric operated bale spikes mounted on a vehicle such as a truck or tractor. The device is comprised of a tubular axle sleeve which fits over the bale impaling spike and is impaled along with the impaling spike into the hay bale when the bale is to be transported by the vehicle. After the bale is moved, the impaling spike is withdrawn leaving the axle sleeve impaled in the center of the bale. Bearings are employed at opposed ends of the axle which are free to rotate on the axle and are connected to lines on opposite sides of the rear of the vehicle. Movement of the truck causes the lines to rotate the axis of the bale from an axial position in alignment with the axis of the truck 90.degree. in order that the bale can be unwound in the manner of a spool to leave a mat-like web of hay upon the ground for feeding livestock.

Abstract: A tool and method for forming wire eyes in stiff wire are provided. The tool has a handle and a shank, or shaft, having a hollow or tubular opening at the end extending into the shank a selected distance corresponding to the length of the wire needed to form an initial bend in the wire. The end of the wire is inserted into the tubular opening and generally formed into a circular eye in two separate bending steps. A side opening or eye is provided in the shank adjacent the end to form a final bend in the wire to the wire eye which may be forcefully closed by pliers or the like.

Abstract: A deer scent dispenser is provided for use in the field to attract deer. The dispenser is comprised of a cylindrical container provided with a bottom reservoir for liquid deer scent. The upper part of the container has plastic screen walls which hold a wick of absorbent biodegradable rayon, cotton or the like. The wick is supported upon a spindle and spaced from the interior wall of the container to provide for maximum diffusion and avoid dripping of scent on the wall. A cap closes the container at the top and a loop or bail detachable at one end for fitting over a support such as a branch is provided for supporting the container. The screen wall of the container has openings of a sufficient size to provide visual inspection for the condition of the wick and the reservoir and to receive a probe for moving the wick to ascertain the level of the liquid. The reservoir may be filled with liquid from the top by opening the cap or through the screen by slightly tilting the container.

Abstract: A cart for use in the storage and transportation of materials and tools, in combination with a removable work tray for the production of fishing lures is provided. The cart has an upper work surface and an open storage bin, which makes it particularly suitable for the organization and storage of tools and materials suitable for the construction of fishing lures. The work tray rests on the upper surface of the cart and may be removed for use, or used in place on the cart. The work tray incorporates receptacles for tools and mounting points for lamps and magnifiers; a book holder; a waste collection receptacle; and integral and adjustable mounting points for vises designed for the production of fishing lures. The combination of a storage and organization cart and a removable work tray gives the user the opportunity to select tools and materials at a central staging area. Once selected the items may be placed on the work tray, and moved to another site for actual work.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for slitting and separating a wide roll of gasket material of varying thicknesses into narrower rolls of uniform thicknesses. A wide roll of gasket material is slit into a plurality of narrow rolls. Each roll is passed under a roller at a pressure simulating the working load pressure of the gasket. A thickness gauge and probe is employed to determine thickness of the material as it passes between the rollers. The web of material is cut when the thickness exceeds specified tolerances and the separated lengths are collated in separate rolls of uniform thickness. Gaskets are stamped or cut from the collated rolls and for quality control a gasket from a group of gaskets is measured for thickness under the simulated working load pressure. The thickness gauges employed in the rollers and quality control are calibrated against one another to ensure uniformity of measurement.

Abstract: An orthopedic back harness is provided for alleviating muscle and back pains. The harness is comprised of a wide flexible belts having some degree of stiffness and substantial padding. The belt is fitted above the breast and under the arm pits of the user in such a manner that when connected to an elevated support, such as a ceiling, the weight of the user is borne by the belt and pads under the arms at the arm pit area. Padding sections on the belt provide a thickness such that the user can support upper portions of the arms on the belt to share the body load upon the back. A second belt may be fitted around the waist of the user and connected to the upper wide belt by flexible straps to share the weight load of the user. When the body of the user is fully supported by the aforementioned belts, strain and tension on the back and back muscles can be used to alleviate back and back muscle pains and soreness.

Abstract: Apparatus for windshield glass repair is provided. A cylinder having internal chambers is equipped with a piston head plunger at a top end and has a mounting device at a bottom end for securing a tight seal over a crack in a windshield. The withdrawal of the plunger creates a vacuum and allows for air to be pulled out of the crack, while a side stem in communication with the cylinder allows resin filler material to be introduced and forced into the crack. Air pressure is equalized by opening the side stem, whereupon the plunger can be depressed to force the resin filler into the crack. The mounting supports allow for quick connect and disconnect of the cylinder. The side stem obviates the necessity of removing the cylinder for re-filling of resin material whereby any length crack can be repaired without breaking the tight seal on the crack.

Abstract: A multi-stage cyclone separator apparatus is provided for separating particulates from gas in a particulate laden gas. The apparatus is particularly useful for separating particulates such as catalyst particles from hot refinery gas in fluid catalytic cracking reactors and regenerators. The apparatus makes economical use of space and provides for accommodation of stresses due to differential temperature expansion by providing a manifold or plenum chamber receiving partially cleaned outlet gases from a first stage of cyclone separators and providing an inlet therefore to a second stage of separators. The number of separators in each stage are independent of those in the other stage. By arrangement around the periphery of the intermediate manifold chamber and suspension from a top of the housing the separators in the different stages may be efficiently interfitted without interference from separator dip legs as well as providing support for the structure to accommodate thermal stresses.

Abstract: A device and method are provided the purpose of increasing arterial blood flow to the lower leg, calf, ankle and foot. The device is a compression boot, or cast, and consists of a mono-compartment bladder enclosed in a non-elastic outer envelope connected to an air compressor with regulator valve, providing fast inflation to pressures over 80 mm Hg, within 0.5 seconds. This high pressure compression phase is sustained for 2 seconds. Decompression occurs rapidly, within 0.5 seconds, by venting a large valve to the atmosphere. During the resulting low pressure phase (pressure 0-30 mm Hg), which lasts between 8-14 seconds, there is a marked increase in arterial blood flow.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for surface treating the inside surfaces of hollow or three dimensional plastic objects. While the invention will be described with respect to plastic objects, it will be understood that other objects having a high dielectric strength, such as ceramics, cardboard, paper and wood, may be similarly treated. The surface treating is effected by selectively directing a high voltage plasma field to a selected interior surface of the object to enhance adhesion of various glues, inks and the like. The plasma field is generated in the interior of a tunnel directed into an opening of the hollow portion of the object to be treated. A specially designed electrode is supported from the opening to direct in a controlled manner the field to the selected interior area of the object to be treated. The electrode is supported form a high dielectric shield covering a central area of the opening to direct the plasma field around the shield to a laterally extending electrode below the shield.

Abstract: An improved cyclone separator and method of construction are disclosed. Such cyclone separators are employed for separating particulates from hot gas entering the separator barrel through an axially disposed slot in its periphery. An improvement in efficiency and recovery of very small particulates is achieved by making the slot very narrow so that the particulates enter the barrel very near its inner surface, thus having less distance to travel under centrifugal force in order to reach said inner surface. In accomplishing this objective, however, it has been discovered that, for the particular inlet gas velocity selected, the structure under certain design conditions will act as a cavity resonator with the characteristic frequencies of the cavity matching the frequency of the incoming gas as it rotates in the barrel, thus causing the structure to function as a resonator thereby destroying the efficiency or, in extreme cases, having catastrophic results (in the mathematical sense).

Abstract: An electrical device is provided for converting alternating current to direct current for an incandescent lightbulb circuit to extend the life of the bulb and reduce power consumption. The device provides a housing containing a diode rectifier adapted to be electrically connected to an alternating current source of supply and the incandescent lightbulb circuit. A resettable circuit breaker is employed to break the circuit when overloaded with an external resettable switch. The housing may further be provided with a low silhouette and a plug in order that the device may simply be plugged into an electrical wall receptacle. For ease of connection to the incandescent lightbulb circuit, an electrical receptacle may be provided on the exterior of the housing to receive a plug from the lightbulb circuit.

Abstract: A compost crib is provided for the on-site disposal of animal carcasses accumulated during commercial operations, in which passive solar energy is utilized to assist in the decomposition process. Aerobic, thermophilic bacteria multiply in the sunlight, solar heat and heat of decomposition and convert nitrogenous material in carcasses and manure, as well as the carboniferous cellulose additive to the compost, to a bacterial biomass. The crib is simple in construction, having a frame with mesh walls to allow for adequate exposure to air. Access doors are provided for loading carcasses and for unloading recycled compost material for rotation back onto the compost mass. Solar panels are provided in the roof for the generation of solar heat and to provide sunlight to aid in bacterial photosynthesis.

Abstract: A cup holder (10) for holding a cup (C) or the like in place. The cup holder is attachable to an arm of a leisure-type chair or other type chair in which space is provided below its arms. The holder has a support (20) including a horizontal support arm (24) which extends over the top of the chair arm and retaining flange (26) which bears against the inside edge of the chair arm.A binding strap (32) attached to the underside of horizontal arm (24) extends underneath and around the chair arm and over the top of the support. The strap is attachable to the horizontal support arm to firmly attach the cup holder to the chair arm.

Abstract: A rectractable trailer having a spring loaded hydraulic piston is provided. The trailer has a bell crank connection for the axles to enable the trailer to be moved between a lowered loading position to an elevated traveling position. The hydraulic piston powers an operating train for raising and lowering the axles. In the operating train the hydraulic piston is pivotally connected to a forward end of a cradle or carriage slidable longitudinally upon a rail-like frame. A rear portion of the cradle is pivotally connected to a telescopic spring loaded operating rod which is pivotally connected at a rear end to an arm of the bell crank axle which is raised and lowered by the hydraulic piston and the operating train.

Abstract: A hitch is provided for standard tractor drawbars having one or more hitch pin holes. The hitch is connected to the bar by an adaptor mounting bracket and has a pivot pin which permits the hitch to be rotated over the rear hole in proper registry to receive an implement tongue between the drawbar and the hitch. The adaptor mounting bracket provides for mounting the bracket adjustability to fit different sizes of drawbars. The hitch may be disengaged by lifting a hitch lock from locked engagement in relation to the drawbar and simply rotating the hitch to a forward position over the drawbar to clear the rear drawbar hole for conventional use. The lock is pivotally mounted on a horizontal axis on the hitch and may be lifted upwardly to permit movement of the hitch.