Abstract: A fishing lure is provided for use by fishermen and includes a body member having a front end with a front aperture therethrough and a rear end with a rear aperture therethrough. The fishing lure includes a simulated eye assembly and means for securing and sealing the simulated eye assembly to the body member. The simulated eye assembly has a base, a transparent cover having a dome portion received in the front aperture and a rim portion extending outwardly of the dome portion. The rim portion is secured to the base, with the base and the transparent cover defining a chamber. The simulated eye assembly also includes a ball freely disposed in the chamber. The fishing lure also includes a fishing hook having a shank portion and a skirt member having a head portion with an aperture therethrough. Means are provided for removably securing the shank portion of the fishing hook to the body member through the rear aperture.

Abstract: A golf putting practice device is provided for use on a support surface by golfers to improve their ability to putt a golf ball and includes a substantially rectangular strip of flexible sheet material forming a putting surface member which can be rolled up for storage. The putting surface member has a putting surface, a bottom surface opposite the putting surface, and an outer edge portion. The putting practice device includes an outer guide rail and means for securing the outer guide rail to the putting surface member along the outer edge portion thereof. The outer guide rail has a putting surface portion and a guide portion extending upwardly of the putting surface. The putting practice device also includes an inner guide rail having a putting surface portion and a guide portion extending upwardly of the putting surface.

Abstract: A portable sportsman seating apparatus has a seat frame mounted on at least one ski for movement between locations. The seat frame has a chamber with a seating surface on the top of the chamber. A flotation cushion is provided defining the seating surface and is supported by the seat frame. The chamber has a bottom with at least one aperture therethrough to allow air to flow into the chamber and thereby allow combustion in the lantern to be supported in the chamber. The seat frame also has a plurality of sides one of which sides is formed at least in part from a material that allows light to pass therethrough and another side which forms the top of the chamber. The top of the chamber has at least a portion thereof formed from material having aperture therethrough which allows the flow of heated air to flow from the chamber. The seating apparatus also includes a collapsible shelter frame having at least a pair of frame members of an inverted generally "U" shape when in the assembled position.

Abstract: Counterbalancing mechanism for a garage door or other device in which a torsion spring end member is fastened to a second member to which it is connected during normal operation of the counterbalance by cooperating interfitting elements on the members which allow longitudinal movement of the end of the spring during a spring adjusting operation. The counterbalance hardware includes a self-locking winding mechanism for winding or unwinding one or more torsion springs which operates to fix one end of the spring connected thereto against movement during normal operation of the counterbalance. The structure connecting the ends of each torsion spring into the hardware is such that each end of the spring is always connected for rotation with either the torsion shaft of the counterbalance or the self-locking mechanism including during the adjustment or setting of the torsion in the springs.

Abstract: A conveyor transfer system is used in a foundry to transfer an article between first and second article-travel-paths. The system includes a first conveyor which has a pair of beams defining the first article-travel-path. One of the beams is movable in a vertical direction to lift an article from the other beam and for placing an article supported by the one beam on the other beam. One of the beams is movable in a horizontal direction to move an article supported thereby along the first article-travel-path. A second conveyor is provided having a pair of beams defining the second article-travel-path. The beams of the second conveyor function similar to the corresponding beams of the first conveyor. A shuttle conveyor is provided for transporting an article between the first and second conveyors. The shuttle conveyor has a first portion in alignment with the first article-travel-path to form a continuation thereof.

Abstract: A solar heat regulating device selectively heats, with sunlight, the air in a building having a window therein and alternately shields and insulates the air in the building from the heat of sunlight. A frame is provided for mounting the solar heat regulating device inside the structure adjacent to the window. A plurality of hollow vanes each of which have a passageway therethrough. Each of the vanes has a heat absorptive surface on one side which allows solar radiation impinging thereon to heat the air in the passageways of the vanes. The vanes also have a heat reflective surface on another side. The heat reflective surface reflects the solar radiation impinging thereon and insulates the air inside the building from the heat of the sunlight. The vanes are rotatably mounted about vertical axes and spaced so that either the heat absorptive surfaces on the vanes or the heat reflective surfaces on the vanes may face the outside of the building.

Abstract: A hydromassage apparatus produces a whirlpool action in a conventional bathtub having a water inlet, conduit and drain valve control in the end of the bathtub. The hydromassage assembly is adapted to be partially immersed in the bathtub filled with a supply of water and includes a housing having a pair of leg portions positioned adjacent opposing sides of the drain valve control and down the ends of the bathtub. The leg portions have lower portions which are adapted to be immersed in the bathtub when filled with a liquid. The housing also includes an intermediate portion innerconnecting the leg portions. The housing has an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber extending between the lower immersed portions of the legs. The inlet chamber has at least one inlet opening in each of the legs for receiving liquid contained in the bathtub into the inlet chamber.

Abstract: An extendable key operator which has a handle, an outer extension arm and an inner extension arm pivotally connected to the handle and the outer extension arm. The outer extension arm has a key retaining end portion. The arms are movable between a retracted position in which the arms are positioned adjacent to the handle and an extended position. In the extended position, the key retaining end portion and the arms are extended from the handle to allow a person to operate a key retained on the outer extension arm by grasping the handle. The handle is connected to the outer extension arm by one pulley connected to the handle, another pulley is connected to the outer extension arm and a belt is positioned around the pulleys. The pulleys have slots therein and the belt has complimentary cleats thereon.

Abstract: A heat and vibration resistant seal construction for a valve assembly having a core member constructed of a dense, resilient material which retains its spring-like properties at elevated service temperatures. The core is surrounded by an intermediate wrap member of braided, ceramic fiber forming a co-extensive cover for the core member. Lastly, an outer wrap member constructed of braided wire metal mesh is provided around the intermediate wrap member. In a "tadpole" type seal embodiment, the intermediate wrap and outer wrap members include outwardly extending tail sections to provide means for attachment to the periphery of a valve housing or the like.

Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for assembling washer members with fastener members provides for moving a plurality of one of the fasteners and the washers along a helical path and the other of the fasteners and the washers in a circular path and simultaneously therewith increasing the telescopic assembled relationship between the fasteners and the washers. The apparatus disclosed herein whereby said methods may be practiced includes a base and a wheel having a plurality of pockets about the periphery thereof. The wheel is rotatably mounted on the base and means are provided for continuously rotating the wheel at a predetermined speed. Means are provided for feeding the washers in an oriented position into the pockets in the wheel and means are provided for feeding the fasteners in an oriented position into the pockets in the wheel.

Abstract: A flush valve for releasing a predetermined volume of liquid upon actuation thereof includes a valve housing having an inlet, an outlet, a valve seating surface circumventing the inlet and a piston housing portion adjacent to the outlet. The piston is movable between an opened and a closed position and has one end sealable with the valve seating surface when the piston is in the closed position to block the flow of liquid from the inlet to the outlet. Upon actuation of the valve, the piston is unsealed from the seating surface to permit liquid to flow from the inlet to the outlet. The other end of the piston is sealed to the piston housing portion and a control chamber is provided having an expanding portion between the piston and the piston housing portion. Restricted flow of liquid from the control chamber to the outlet is permitted.

Abstract: An improved process for treating a waste liquid containing impurities which inhibit the biological treatment of the liquid providing a first and a second sorbent treatment zone. The waste liquid is treated in the first sorbent treatment zone with a sorbent material which has previously been used to treat the liquid in the second zone. The waste liquid is passed through a biological treatment system and is subsequently received in the second sorbent treatment zone. The liquid is treated in the second zone with fresh activated sorbent material. After use of the sorbent material in the second sorbent treatment zone, the sorbent material in the second zone is transferred to the first sorbent treatment zone.Systems for the practice of the above process are also disclosed.

Abstract: Metal surfaces are conditioned by subjecting the metal to the action of an acid pickling bath containing a pickling acid which reacts with the metal to condition the surface thereof. This reaction also produces hydrogen gas which forms a film on the surface of the metal which film inhibits the rate of reaction between the pickling acid and the metal. A compound capable of liberating elemental colloidal sulfur which reacts with the hydrogen gas to form hydrogen sulfide and thereby decrease the amount of the hydrogen film present to thereby increase the effectiveness of the pickling acid is added to the acid pickling bath.