Abstract: A landing gear for a model airplane featuring a support structure that is spring loaded to permit controlled resilient tilting of the support structure thereby absorbing the shear impulses to which a plane is is otherwise subject to. A pair of springs is mounted on the outside of the plane and supports the union section of a yoke with attached wheels against the plane body. Fasteners attaching landing gear to plane body provide sufficient range in two degrees of freedom to permit rearward/forward and sideways tilt of the landing gear.

Abstract: A device for forming an encapsulated end of a wire bonded to a metal surface. The device includes a clamp being an end surface of a bar is pressed against a surface of a plate. The end surface has a ridge formed around its edge. Therefore, when a clamping force is applied to the bar against the plate, the metal sheet clamped between the plate surface and end surface of the bar, the clamping force is concentrated at an interface between the metal surface and ridge. When encapsulate is injected into the contact region, the ridge prevents contaminating material from migrating over interface between bar and plate where the welding step is to be performed. The bar is then withdrawn leaving a tunnel through which the wire is positioned with the end of the wire in contact bondable to the clean surface of metal. The wire is positioned in the tunnel and bonded to the metal surface.

Abstract: A flower sleeve, being a package for a bouquet of flowers, comprising a tube of a plastic film, open at a large end and sealed at an opposite smaller end. An opening is formed near the smaller end of the tube. One edge of a flap is adhered on an inside surface of the tube that closes off the opening when pressure is applied to the flap from inside the tube. A panel adhered to the outside of the tube forms a pocket over the opening. A pocket opening permits inserting the nozzle of a wand into the pocket to inject preservative gel through the opening into the region of the tube adjacent to the sealed end of the tube. Once the gel is injected into the tube, the flap on the inside of the tube functions like a oneway valve to prevent escape of the gel out of the tube through the opening.

Abstract: An apparatus for performing exercises to improve balance including an exercise platform on one end of a helical spring supported on a base platform. In a preferred embodiment, a plurality of legs extend perpendicularly from the base platform which function as stops to preventing tilt of the exercise platform from exceeding a maximum tilt. The bottom end of each leg is mounted on a plate lying flush on the base platform that can be oriented so that the leg is positioned at a location corresponding to the required maximum tilt. A vertical rod is supported at a location spaced from the exercise plaform selected by the user depending on his exercise. Various devices such as a punching bag of tethered ball is attached to the vertical rod for incorporation into the users exercise regimen.

Abstract: A system for securing image data of an environment including a camera having a panoramic lens mounted on a cart. In one embodiment, the motor mounted on the cart is battery operated so that the cart is self contained. In one embodiment, the cart is mounted on a pair of caterpillar treads, each tread having its own motor controlled to drive the motor forward, backward or to turn. For inline inspection, such as the inside of a pipe, the camera is mounted on the cart by cantilevered legs that permit adjusting the height of the camera above the surface supporting the cart (the interior surface of the pipe and maintains the axis of the panoramic lens parallel with the pipe. In other versions, the cart is equipped to form images of pipe whose interior surface has been penetrated by phospohescent laced water that weeps from outside the pipe into the pipe interior.

Abstract: A kite which in a simplest embodiment comprises a central rectangular section having one edge joined to an edge of one rectangular side section and an opposite edge joined to an edge of an opposite side section wherein, reach edge to edge junction has a tube secured to the sheet along a junction line. Each of four corners of the kite are secured to one of four cords respectively, permitting a user to maneuver the kite while the kite is in flight. The use of tubes permits joining one such kite, to another, by inserting one end of a rod into one tube of one kite and another end of the rod into a tube of another kite such that the central sections of the kites are coplanar and each side section of each module is coplanar with a side section of the other kite respectively. Use of tubes to construct the frame provides strength and light weight to the kite construction.

Abstract: A metered torque wrench for applying a measured torque to a shaft including an elongated housing enclosing a spring being a stack of resilient metal strips. One end of the stack is secured to one end of the housing. The other end of the stack is secured to a coupler journalled into another end of the housing. A dial plate has a scale and is mounted on the coupler adjacent the another end of the housing. When torque is applied by turning the housing with coupler mounted on the shaft, the magnitude of torque is indicated by displacement of a marker on the edge of the housing relatie to the origin of the dial scale. A floating ring retains the torque reading after the torque has been removed.

Abstract: A kerf deflector for a circular saw is mounted by wedging the deflector between a mounting bolt on the saw and a lip on the table of the saw. The deflector is constructed of clear plastic sections enabling the user to align the advancing blade with the cut line on the board. One section scoops up air from the rotating blade and directs the air between another section and the board surface being cut. The narrowing construction of the air passage strengthens the stream of air on the basis of the venturi principle.

Abstract: A principal advantage of this composite bag compared to the bags disclosed in the present art using solid ply is improved combination of strength and flexibility. A composite dunnage bag being an elastic inner bag enclosed in a mesh outer bag. The bag replaces the system of state of the art bags plus filler panels which are currently used when the space between pallets is greater than 12 inches. The combination mesh and plastic is sufficiently strong and flexible to permit the bag to apply an 80% footprint against the cargo walls.

Abstract: A tool for adjusting a door hinge so that the door hangs properly. The tool is a tube with a slot extending from one end of the tube to the other end of the tube and having a bore to permit sliding the tube over the knuckles of the door hinge. In use, the tube is slid over the knucles of the hinge with the plates of the hinge extending through the slot. The door is opened sufficiently so that the swage and/or mounting plate are adjusted to where the door swings and closes properly.

Abstract: A brush, particularly a tooth brush, having tufts of bristles inserted into the open ends of apertures, one tuft in one aperture. Each tuft is secured in the aperture by an elastic medium that permits the tuft to slide back and forth in the respective aperture. When force of brushing id applied that is greater than a critical value, the ends of the tufts contact and close a microswitch connected to an audio or visual signal, thereby alerting the user that the force of his brushing is excessive.

Abstract: A device for generating electromagnetic radiation including a cathode and an anode. The output port that is integral with the cathode is an electron emitting sheet of material having a low work function for emitting electrons and for a given thickness has a large transmissivity for transmitting radiation. The anode has a target configuration capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation when irradiated by an electron beam. The cathode sheet is supported by a support layer that is selected to be transmissive to the electromagnetic radiation when the cathode sheet must be thin enough to transmit the radiation but is not thick enough to be self supporting. When the support layer is an insulator, electrical connection is made directly to the cathode sheet or to a conducting layer interposed between the cathode sheet and support layer.

Abstract: A device for training a golfer not to turn his head as he hits the ball including a visor that snaps down in front of the golfer's face and interrupts his line of sight to the ball. The golfer views the ball through a low power lens that is attached to the center of the visor. The lens has alignment marks which the golfer aligns with target marks on the gound When the golfer strikes the ball, the ball will disappear from the field of view but, if the golfer succeeds in sutaining his head position, the alignment marks will remain aligned with the target marks. In one embodiment, the device is worn like a pair of glasses. In another embodiment, the visor is attached to a cap worn by the golfer. The distance from the visor to the golfer's face is adjustable.

Abstract: A drill jig for a door comprising a pair of jaws that clamp onto the edge of a door. The clamp is first attached to the edge of the door by a spring load and then further secured by a cam which the workman turns to apply additional clamping force. A center block between the jaws has a guide hole for drilling the lock hole in the edge of the door. The centerline of the center block is perpendicular to the centerline of the knob hole and is positionable to permit location of the knob hole at either one of two locations depending on the style of the lock set. The center block is hingably attached to both jaws of the clamp such that guide hole for drilling the lock hole is always centered between the jaws.

Abstract: A valve for a dunnage bag including an inner part having a flange that is laminated to the inside surface of the bag and an outer part having a flange that is laminated to the outside surface of the bag providing that the bag can be inflated/deflated by air passing through both parts and a hole in the bag. The outerpart is a bowl which is stretched away from the bag when the bag is being inflated and which collapses against opening in the inner part to seal the bag and prevent air loss.

Abstract: An adjustable weight ball for exercising having a cavity where an adjustable number of weights can be secured. There is included a cap that firs over an opening with a handle on one side of the cap and a threaded stem extending away from an opposite side. Barbell weights having a central aperture are mountable on the stem. The free end of the stem is screwed into a nut secured on the floor of the cavity.

Abstract: A snow board with a ground contacting surface having a bulbous area at the forward end of the board and two ridges extending along from the bulbous area toward the rear end of the board. Each ridge is close to one edge opposite the other ridge and is curved convexly toward a centerline of the board. The rider, sitting or kneeling on the board while sliding downhill, can lean forward so that the bulbous forward area is supported by the slippery surface and in this position, the rider can cause the board to “spin ”. In another mode, the rider shifts his weight rearwardly so that the ridges are in contact with the ground. By leaning to one side or the other, the respective ridge contacts the ground and the shape of the ridge causes the board to turn.

Abstract: An air bag whose envelope is a front panel and a rear panel joined around a common periphery and having a tether having one edge joined to an inside surface of the front panel and another edge joined to the inside surface of the rear surface near the entry port. The tether has two members, an elastic member that is shorter than an inelastic member in its unstretched state. The elastic member controls the rate of inflation of the air cushion thereby lessening the chance of injury due to the sudden inflation of the air bag. The inelastic member controls the shape of the air cushion to accommodate the face and head of the passenger.

Abstract: A computer for a server or work station which has two air cooling streams one stream leads from outside the chassis across the motherboard and through a vented power supply then directly into the environment and is driven by a fan inside the power supply. This air stream independently and directly removes the major source of heat which is the power supply. The second air stream circulates from outside the chassis through the hard drives and out of openings adjacent the hard drives and is driven by fans positioned between the hard drives and vented openings in the chassis. The efficient heat removal is compatible with an arrangement of components in the chassis such that the overall height is less than 3½. The reduced height and efficient heat removal make the computer ideally suited for mounting in a server chassis with other servers where close spacing is desired.

Abstract: A telescopic extendable nozzle attachable to a pressurized source of gas. The nozzle permits blowing out otherwise inaccessible crannies with the nozzle extended or providing a blast of air over a wide area as required. An anchor section of the nozzle has an exit end connect connected to the entrance end of the telescoping section and an entrance end of the anchor section is connected to the exit end of the source. The anchor section has a passageway escape for gas that prevents sudden build up of pressure when the exit end of the nozzle is inadvertently obstructed. In one embodiment, the anchor section comprises an outer sleeve slidably mounted on an inner sleeve, both sleeves having apertures providing an adjustable passageway. A plug is positioned inside the inner sleeve and has a central bore for passing gas through the nozzle and a plurality of planet bores that provide relief from excessive pressure such as when the nozzle is inadvertently and suddenly stopped up.