Abstract: An assembly is comprised of a pair of plastic molded units which can be assembled substantially universally in coin vending machines. A first unit is adapted to be fixedly installed in a dedicated location in the machine for passing coins therethrough which were inserted into the machine for activating it. A second unit is constructed to be removably assembled to said first unit for receiving the coins passing through the first unit. The second unit has a flexible bag secured thereon into which the coins are stored after passing through the second unit. The bag has two separated storage pockets, one of the pockets stores the coins. The second pocket is available for storing paper currency which may have been used to activate the machine. The bag also can be provided with a pocket for holding the computer print-out from the machine. The first unit has a spring-biased closure member normally biased to a closed position over the upper end of the passageway therethrough for coins inserted into the machine.

Abstract: This invention relates to a kind of superfine microelemental biochemical mixture and its foamed plastic products. The mixture contains titanium oxide, zirconia, silica, yttrium oxide, cerium oxide, tin dioxide, silver phosphate and other microelements, and has certain impact on human body's micro-circulation. The plastic products comprise the mixture according to the invention and base materials which conventionally are used in preparation for foamed plastics.

Abstract: A pallet assembly for releasably installing or adjusting the position of the pallet on the printing station of a single or multi-color screen printing apparatus. The assembly includes a locking mechanism on the support member of the printing stations and track means on the pallet which can be cooperatively engaged in desired position of the pallet at the printing station for transferring a desired colored image to the workpiece on the pallet in a proper registered location on the workpiece. The locking mechanism is readily accessable for releasing and re-engaging the pallet on the support member.

Abstract: A tee divider for a golf ball driving range is provided of unitary construction having an upstanding wall and a console-like formation at one end thereof provided with outwardly opening storage pockets for articles, said pockets having drains for eliminating liquid accumulating in said pockets and grooves in a surface of said formation for holding a golf club in a vertical position. The divider has laterally protruding flanges for anchoring it at the site of the tee provided on the golf driving range.

Abstract: A device for sampling and pumping liquids contained in a chemical reaction vessel, drum, or storage tank. A conduit is submerged in a liquid and linked to a cylinder having a piston connected by means of a semi-rigid wire to a manually-operated lever or automatic control system. At the beginning of the cycle, the piston is positioned outside of its associated cylinder, leaving sufficient space for the liquid to enter. When the piston is drawn into the cylinder, the liquid is pushed into the desired sampling container or to a chamber that contains a sensor which continuously measures the parameters of the liquid, when the system is operating cyclically.

Abstract: A device for selectively anchoring a seat assembly, such as a stool or chair, relative to a fixed station, such as a gaming machine or service station. The anchoring device includes a sled or support base for the seat assembly and a quick release anchoring system or connector assembly for releasably locking the sled or support base in a desired position relative to the fixed station and limiting lateral sliding movement of the sled in its locked position. The anchoring system is operable using a very small degree of vertical lifting of the seat assembly and sled base and which is locked automatically in the mating bracket against lateral displacement from the bracket after installation of the seat assembly in the mating bracket.

Abstract: A sewing system which includes a workholder arranged to hold a part to be sewn; one or more video cameras, such as C.C.D cameras, mounted above the workholder in such a manner that the area of the workholder is totally covered by the combined fields of view of all mounted cameras; a plurality of illuminating lights mounted above and around the table so that illumination can be applied on the part to be sewn by any desired combination of these lights; a frame grabber coupled to one or more cameras and arranged to receive images therefrom and to combine the images into one virtual macro picture; a microcomputer arranged to receive the macro picture from the frame grabber, analyze the macro picture and measure the location of all the edges of the part and its location on the workholder; and a man-machine interface for inputting sewing parameters, such as stitch size, distance from the edge and number of back-tachs, and to generate therefrom a sewing program for sewing the part along its edges.

Abstract: A resealable container closure including a cap and a tear band formed therewith for engagement with the external wall of the container. A depending flange formed on the underside of the cap engages the internal wall of the container to form a plug seal therewith. Removal of the tear band permits separation of the cap from the container, but re-sealing therewith upon re-engagement of the plug seal with the internal wall of the container.

Abstract: A coin-deposit lock to be placed on a trolley being part of a row of mutually connected e.g. shopping trolleys or baggage trolleys comprises a main slide being longitudinally slidable against the force from a spring and a measuring slide likewise longitudinally slidable against the force from a second spring. Each of the slides has a transverse central aperture, and when a coin of a certain value (diameter) has been inserted between the slides, the apertures are mutually aligned. Upon insertion of a key belonging to the lock in a first key opening in the lock, the slides can be moved to a position in which a latching finger on a pivotable release member engages in the mutually aligned apertures and retains the slides and the coin between them in a withdrawn position. At the same time, the release member pivots to a position, in which a second latching finger on it frees a second key associated with a previous trolley in the row thus freeing the trolley from the row.

Abstract: An artist's easel for supporting a canvas or other workpiece including a carriage having two upright housing masts which each have a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the other, a slidable outer frame extensibly engaged with the housing masts including a bottom workpiece support for receiving a bottom portion of the workpiece, the outer frame being substantially coplanar with and adapted to slide in a range of motion parallel to the longitudinal axes of the housing masts, a slidable inner frame extensibly engaged with and substantially coplanar to the outer frame and adapted to slide in a range of motion parallel to the range of motion of the outer frame, the inner frame including an adjustable top workpiece support for receiving a top portion of the workpiece, the top workpiece support being slidably mounted to the inner frame and adapted to slide colinear with the range of motion of the inner frame.

Abstract: The invention is a take-off apparatus for removing sheets of stock from the bed of a screen printing press where the apparatus accommodates variations in the shape, position and size of the stock and includes a carriage member slidably mounted to a take-off frame which travels from a pick-up point through a drop-off point, and adjustable gripper bars mounted to the carriage member for gripping the stock at the pick-up point and for releasing the stock at the drop-off point. To accommodate variable arrangements of the forward edge, each gripper bar of the invention is adjustable on the carriage member laterally for selective positioning of the gripper bars along and longitudinally for selective positioning of the gripper bars at a forward edge of the stock.

Abstract: An apparatus for collecting a sample of a liquid in a vessel. The apparatus includes a tube positioned vertically above the vessel, a cup for removing liquid from the vessel which has an inlet opening and an outlet opening, a device for displacing the cup vertically between a position in the vessel below the surface of the liquid, and another position in the tube above the vessel, a conduit branching off from the tube at a first point adjacent the raised position of the cup, a sample valve in the conduit for admitting liquid to a collector, and a mechanism for diverting liquid outflow from the cup into the conduit.

Abstract: The invention is a heater unit for installation in a disposable self-heating container having a solid fuel tablet, a slidably activated friction-responsive igniter, and a single piece carrier member produced by folding sheet material where the carrier member includes one or more fingers for securing the solid fuel tablet to the carrier member, a sleeve for operatively securing the igniter to the carrier member to enable the igniter to ignite the solid fuel tablet, and tabs securable to the container to facilitate installation of the heater unit therewith.

Abstract: A device for controlling pests, especially flying insects, which comprises an attractant radiation source (44) and a substrate (61) having an adhesive surface illuminated by the radiation. The surface is advanced continuously or intermittently from storage space, so as to avoid a build up of trapped insects.

Abstract: A mobile apparatus detachably connected to a source of pressurized fluid for wrapping palletized load with a film and which includes a rotating arm rotatably mounted to a movable support frame, a carriage rail attached to the rotating arm, a film carriage in slidable engagement with the carriage rail for dispensing the film to the load, a pneumatic carriage lift cylinder for selectively actuating the movement of the film carriage along the carriage rail, a pneumatic drive assembly for selectively actuating rotational movement of the rotating arm, and a control panel attached to the frame and detachably connected to the pressurized fluid source for selectively controlling the carriage lift cylinder and the drive assembly.

Abstract: A sensor system utilized with a screen printing press for selectively adjusting a length and relative position of the front and rear ends of a printing stroke to traverse a variably sized and positioned image area being applied to a substrate. The sensor system includes fixed reference sensors mounted on the printing press for detecting the position of the front and rear ends of the printing stroke and indicating a distance along which the carriage travels. The sensor system permits the stroke length and the relative position of the printing stroke proximate the image area to be readily adjusted by varying the position of the carriage and monitoring the stroke length of the printing stroke between the front and rear positions.

Abstract: An insulation-piercing connector includes a terminal block having therein a plurality of piercing terminals, and a piercing block having wire receiving apertures. When the terminal and piercing blocks are forced closer together, insulated wires of a cable received in the wire receiving apertures of the piercing block are forced into U-shaped grooves of the piercing terminals so that inner edges of the U-shaped grooves pierce into conductors of the insulated wires to electrically connect between the conductors and the piercing terminals, respectively. The piercing block is further formed at the forward ends of the wire receiving apertures with U-shaped grooves whose opposed walls form flanges which may be tapered toward each other. A distance between the opposed walls of the U-shaped grooves is less than the outer diameter of the insulated wires but more than the outer diameter of the conductors of the wires.