Abstract: A chuck apparatus for threading a cap having a spout onto a bottle has a chuck with opposing gripping jaws for gripping the cap; a chuck rotating assembly for rotating the chuck to thread the cap on the bottle; a shaft connected with the chuck and an assembly for epicyclically rotating the shaft about a central axis; a raising and lowering assembly for raising and lowering the chuck out of and into engagement with the cap; a coupling rotatably connected with the shaft, and a cam assembly for raising and lowering the coupling; a spout alignment assembly for maintaining the spout at a first predetermined orientation with respect to the bottle while the chuck is rotated to thread the cap on the bottle, and including a saddle for engaging the spout, and a rod extending coaxially and rotatably through the shaft, for supporting the saddle above the gripping jaws in the first predetermined rotational orientation; and a chuck aligning assembly for aligning the chuck in a second predetermined orientation with respect

Abstract: A rheometer and a method for measuring rheological properties of a fluid material, especially in an in-line arrangement in a manufacturing process, include capturing and confining a volume of the fluid material against movement within a chamber, advancing an orifice plate having an orifice into the confined volume of the fluid material in the chamber such that the fluid material flows relative to the orifice to pass through the orifice plate, and determining the pressure in the confined volume of fluid material as the orifice plate is advanced into the chamber and through the confined volume of fluid material and the fluid material passes through the orifice, the pressure being indicative of the rheological properties being measured.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for manufacturing formed, plated component parts in a continuous production run which includes component parts of alternate configurations by advancing a strip of material of indeterminate length, within which strip the component parts are carried, through a plating operation continuously while the forming operation is modified to accommodate the alternate configurations without interrupting the continuity of the plating operation so as to enable relatively long uninterrupted production runs which include, within the longer runs, shorter runs of each of the alternate configurations. In addition, the formed and plated component parts are severed from the strip by a severing operation which is modified to accommodate the alternate configurations to deliver individual formed, plated component parts.

Abstract: The invention is directed toward providing apparatus for separating newsprint and other sheet material prior to recycling the newsprint and a wrapper, formed of material which may be recycled with the newsprint, to be used with the apparatus of the invention. The invention is used by the individual householder and will serve to eliminate many intermediate steps in the recycling of newsprint.

Abstract: A lamp safety retainer includes resiliently flexible retainer elements located beneath the base of a vertically oriented compact fluorescent lamp coupled with a lamp socket in a luminaire so as to intercept the base upon inadvertent uncoupling of the lamp from the lamp socket to preclude fall of the uncoupled lamp from the luminaire, while enabling selective flexing of the retainer elements for deliberate removal and replacement of the lamp in the luminaire.

Abstract: A lamp safety retainer includes resiliently flexible retainer elements in the form of helically coiled spring wire retainers covered with a non-metallic textile material and located beneath the base of a vertically oriented compact fluorescent lamp coupled with a lamp socket in a luminaire so as to intercept the base upon inadvertent uncoupling of the lamp from the lamp socket to preclude fall of the uncoupled lamp from the luminaire, while enabling selective flexing of the retainer elements for deliberate removal and replacement of the lamp in the luminaire.

Abstract: Apparatus for detecting particulate matter in a slurry travelling in a flow channel, the apparatus including an optical taper containing a plurality of optical fibers fused together for viewing the particulate matter in only a thin layer of the slurry immediately adjacent to a first end of the optical fibers, the thin layer having a maximum depth equal to approximately the largest particle size of the particulate matter, the first ends of the optical fibers extending through a radial port in the flow channel and being immediately adjacent to the slurry travelling in the flow channel, the optical fibers having a focal length at the first ends thereof for permitting focussed viewing thereby only in the thin layer which is adjacent to the first ends, and the optical fibers being tapered from second opposite ends thereof to the first ends thereof to provide magnification of the image of the particulate matter at the second ends, a fiber optic bolt for securing the optical taper within the port such that the first

Abstract: Apparatus and method for processing asphalt material to be recycled by introducing used asphalt material from the field in relatively large pieces, as received from the field, into one end of a cage-like array of tubular breaker members while simultaneously heating the tubular breaker members from the other end of the cage-like array and rotating the cage-like array about a tilted central axis of rotation to tumble the material within the cage-like array and reduce the size of the pieces of material to a desired aggregate size within a mass of material moving toward the other end of the cage-like array, the tubular breaker members being spaced apart circumferentially such that only the desired aggregate-sized pieces in the mass of material pass radially out of the cage-like array for delivery and reuse.

Abstract: A media basket mill is used for dispersing a selected constituent into a liquid vehicle to produce a mixture of the constituent and the liquid vehicle and includes a basket containing a media bed of discrete media elements for immersion within a batch of the constituent and the liquid vehicle in a mixing vessel, a first impellar for establishing a first pressure differential adjacent a first end of the basket for moving the mixture along a circuit through the basket, and through the media bed in the basket, when the basket is immersed in the batch in the vessel and a second impeller for establishing a second pressure differential adjacent a second end of the basket for assisting in the movement of the mixture along the circuit into the basket and through the basket, and through the media bed in the basket, to increase the throughput of the mixture through the basket and the media bed in the basket, while deterring escape of media elements from the basket the second end of the basket.

Abstract: An improvement in liquid measuring apparatus and method of the type in which a desired amount by weight of a liquid is measured by the placement of a corresponding volume of liquid in a liquid metering chamber compensates for changes in the density of the liquid resulting from variations in the temperature of the liquid in the metering chamber by selectively operating one or more of a plurality of separate incremental volume elements to establish changes in the volumetric capacity of the metering chamber in predetermined increments of volume corresponding to the predetermined volume of each of the selected separate incremental volume elements, the improvement further including selectively dispensing one or more fractions of the total amount of liquid in the liquid metering chamber to dispense the desired amount of liquid.

Abstract: An anti-lift device for windshield wipers includes deflector members mounted for pivotal movement and including deflector elements for interacting with the airstream passing over a windshield wiper to establish a biasing force tending to urge the windshield wiper toward the windshield of a vehicle, and director elements interacting with the airstream for pivoting the deflector elements as the windshield wiper sweeps across the windshield in a predetermined arc of movement so as to maintain the deflector elements essentially normal to the airstream and thereby optimize the biasing force throughout the arc of movement.

Abstract: A doll system simulates weight gain and weight loss in a doll by the selective expansion and contraction of parts of the doll subject to simulated weight gain and weight loss by selectively coupling a chamber within the doll with a pressure-raising apparatus configured to simulate a weight gain object or a pressure-lowering apparatus configured to simulate a weight loss object and operating the coupled apparatus to either raise the pressure within the chamber to simulate weight gain or lower the pressure within the chamber to simulate weight loss.

Abstract: A window lock for securing a first window member against unauthorized movement relative to a second window member, the window lock including a bolt mounted for sliding movement in a drum journaled for rotation on a hub throughout an arc of rotation, the hub being affixed to the first window member and the bolt carrying a key and a latch engaged with a cavity in a housing affixed to the second window member throughout the arc of rotation of the drum when the bolt is advanced, the hub having a recess oriented for receiving the key of the bolt only when the bolt is located at a predetermined angular position within the arc of rotation where the key is registered with the recess to permit retraction of the bolt and corresponding retraction of the latch from the cavity, the orientation of the recess being masked from unauthorized view such that visual verification of the predetermined angular position of the bolt is restricted to an authorized operator.

Abstract: An improvement in a mooring whip includes a locking cam adjacent the top of the mooring whip for securing a mooring line to the tip of the mooring whip and a release cord attached to the locking cam for selective release of the mooring line for slipping relative to the tip of the mooring whip, the mooring line and the release cord both being directed to a location adjacent the base of the mooring whip for operation remote from the tip of the mooring whip to either bias the boat away from the boat dock upon which the mooring whip is mounted or to enable the boat to be drawn up to the dock selectively for boarding.

Abstract: The invention is directed toward providing a method of separating newsprint and other sheet material prior to recycling the newsprint, apparatus for carrying out the method and a wrapper, formed of material which may be recycled with the newsprint, to be used in the method and apparatus of the invention. The invention is used by the individual householder and will serve to eliminate many intermediate steps in the recycling of newsprint.

Abstract: An open mesh carrying bag having a drawstring closure is constructed of an open mesh material provided with a hem at the closure, the hem including a folded-over portion of the material overlapping a further portion of the material, the folded-over portion and the overlapped further portion being secured together in the hem by the drawstring of the drawstring closure, which drawstring is threaded through registered mesh openings in the folded-over portion and in the overlapped further portion to secure together the folded-over portion and the overlapped further portion and to serve as a carrying handle while enabling selective contraction and closing of the drawstring closure by drawing upon the drawstring.

Abstract: A compact disc package includes a protective envelope for receiving a compact disc and a protective jacket having a pouch for receiving the protective envelope with the compact disc therein, the protective envelope having a pocket with a depth less than one-half the diameter of the compact disc for retaining the compact disc within the pocket with a major portion of the compact disc and a major portion of the central aperture of the compact disc exposed for grasping, when the protective envelope is opened, and a tapered envelope portion for facilitating insertion of the protective envelope into the pouch of the protective jacket, when the protective envelope is closed, the protective jacket further including a plurality of panels arranged for folding to retain the protective envelope, with the compact disc therein, securely within the protective jacket.

Abstract: A shoulder guard for placement on a garment hanger so as to lie between the garment hanger and a garment to be hung on the garment hanger includes a sheet manufactured, assembled and folded at the manufacturing site into a flat, collapsed condition and readily unfolded in the field into an erected condition for placement on the garment hanger, without the necessity for any additional assembly operation, to provide an appropriate and improved contour for the support of the garment on the garment hanger, the sheet including first and second legs folded into a generally deep V-shaped configuration, where the legs make an acute angle to one another in a flattened collapsed condition, and unfolded into an erected condition where the legs form a relatively shallow V-shaped configuration in which the legs make an obtuse angle to one another, are aligned longitudinally in the same plane for placement over the garment hanger, and are contoured to provide the appropriate support for the garment.

Abstract: An improvement in an article of jewelry of the type in which an ornament, such as a jeweled setting, is selectively secured to or released from a support, such as a ring, merely by sliding a spline on the jeweled setting longitudinally into or out of a groove in a bridge coupled to the support, the bridge being coupled to the support solely by hinged connections at coupling locations so that the bridge is isolated from bending moments in the support at the coupling locations and the sliding movement is not impeded, the improvement including a latch for latching to secure the jeweled setting in place on the bridge and selective unlatching for releasing the jeweled setting from the bridge.