Abstract: A railroad car uncoupling lever assembly having a handle member, a lock lifter member, and means for connecting the two members and permitting their relative axial movement in response to lateral and longitudinal movements of the railroad coupler. The connecting means includes, in one embodiment, a plurality of guide sleeves formed of high lubricity plastic material snap fitted onto one of the members with a bearing face engageable with the other member to facilitate movement of the members and reduce wear. In a second embodiment the guide sleeves are mounted on opposite sides of a connecting member to permit extensive telescoping movement of the uncoupling assembly.

Abstract: A method is disclosed of forming valve bodies of the spool valve type wherein sharp edges around the port openings in the interior chamber of the valve are eliminated. This is accomplished by blowing holes through the chamber wall to form the ports within the interior chamber. A tool is first used to bore partially through the valve body to leave a very thin annular portion which is readily parted when high pressure is applied to the interior chamber of the valve.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing a uniform thermal history of a free-falling glass gob having a hollow, heat-resistant conveyor tube extending between the point of shear of the molten glass and the desired mold to which the glass is to be directed and having an electrical heating means associated with at least a portion of the tube which may be controlled by a control means to transfer thermal energy through the tube to the glass gobs passing within the tube, the control means being fed information received from sensing means located at selected points along the tube which is activated by infrared rays transmitted through openings in the tubing by the glass gobs, which temperature information is transmitted to the control means and integrated to determine the operation of the heating means.

Abstract: A smokeless lubricant for coating the interior surfaces of glass forming molds to protect them during contact with molten glass and to facilitate release of formed glass products, including an inert fluid carrying medium, a thermally inert chemical compound suspended in this medium and a wetting agent which causes the chemical compound to adhere to molecules of the fluid carrying medium. The method of lubricating glass forming molds with such a lubricant by mixing selected amounts of the chemical compound and wetting agent in the fluid carrying medium to form the lubricant, stirring or agitating this mixture to maintain the compound in suspension within the carrying medium, and flash-heating this lubricant to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the carrying medium and cause the chemical compound to be exploded onto the interior surfaces of the mold to coat these surfaces.

Abstract: A lightweight, portable apparatus for carrying skis and ski poles having a relatively rigid body member formed of a lightweight, easily molded material having one end formed with generally C-shaped clips to receive and hold a pair of parallel ski poles. One end of an elongated elastic strap is mounted on the body member to encircle a pair of parallel skis. The opposite end of the strap has locking means which engage the body member to maintain the elastic strap in tension around the skis and hold them tightly and securely together.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing undesirable particles, such as metal and fiberglass, and harmful chemical forms, such as acid etchants, from a fluid solution having container means at least partially formed from a plastic electret material disposed in contacting relationship with the solution and carrying an electrostatic charge which causes the particles in the solution to adhere to the surface of the container formed from the material. The container means include a receiving tank having baffles spaced therealong, a filter assembly having filter cartridges to remove foreign matter from the solution and a holding tank, each of the tanks and the shell of the filter being formed from the plastic electret material. The holding tank includes a metal chip assembly placed in contact with the solution and chemically reactive with etchants in the solution to neutralize them.

Abstract: An apparatus for limiting access to the dialing area of a telephone consists of a frame positioned around the dialing area and is firmly clamped in place. A shield is attached to one side of the frame by means of hinges and may be secured to the opposite side to limit access to the dialing area by means of a lock.

Abstract: A screen printing press having a support frame, a printing frame pivotally mounted on the support frame and angularly movable relative thereto, a carriage assembly mounted on a pair of spaced support arms mounted on the printing frame, a single drive arm pivotally mounted on the support frame and connected by a drive rod to the carriage assembly to move the carriage assembly relative to a printing screen during a printing cycle, and a carriage assembly actuating means having an actuator channel mounted on spaced parallel legs for movement toward and away from a support arm in generally parallel relationship thereto, an actuating lever mounted for movement along said actuator channel having one end attached to a parallelogram mounting bracket on the carriage assembly on which a squeegee and flood bar are mounted so that upon movement of the actuator channel, the positions of the squeegee and flood bar are reversed, and a control lever pivotally and slidably mounted on the support frame and operatively connecte

Abstract: This invention relates to a vacuum valve having a hollow body formed of a resilient material and a valve means securely positioned at the center of the valve body in a seat integral with the body. The body is divided into two parts, being connected to a vacuum source at one end and an ampule at the other. The valve means alternately closes and opens this connection to the vacuum source in the manner common to valves. The valve further has openings connecting the ampule end of the valve body to the ambient air pressure, allowing release of the ampule without undue turbulence. The body has grooves in its interior walls, two on the ampule side and one on the side of the vacuum source, to enable the valve body to accept different sizes of ampules and connections without deforming and the subsequent loss of vacuum.