Abstract: A method for cleaning jewelry includes dispensing a foamy substance onto an item of jewelry from an aerosol dispenser, using a scrubbing brush to scrub the jewelry item with the foamy substance thereon, in order to cause the foamy substance to become more foamy, thereby to enhance and complete the cleaning process. Thereafter, the item of jewelry is rinsed.

Abstract: An improved vibrating screener is disclosed as including an inlet system which provides for tangential input of the material to be processed by the screener. A spacing frame is provided in connection with the tangential inlet in order to separate materials by disengaging particles from the input material as it spirals down the side of the spacing frame and feed tray. During the spiraling down action, the material decreases in velocity. During the separation process, an external loop is used for by-passed air, thereby providing the full diameter of the machine for the by-pass screen, to avoid by-pass screen blinding. The by-passed air can then be used to pick up the screened powder at the bottom of the unit; or, the by-passed air is reintroduced below the separating screen to flush the machine free of screened product.

Abstract: A hat display structure is shown to include an opaque substrate, a transparent layer connected to the substrate by snaps or the like at its edges, and a multi-piece frame, which, in turn, is snapped onto the layer. The transparent layer is formed to, in part, conform to the shape of an athletic hat or cap, with a bill, which has its crown folded in half, with the back half folded inwardly of the front half. Provision is also made in the layer for housing a plaque or the like in order designate or explain the significance of the hat or cap displayed.

Abstract: The use of a large ambulatory manual breathing unit in combination with a metered dose medication inhaler for delivering medication to a patient, who is either breathing spontaneously or non-spontaneously. The large bag or reservoir of the breathing unit is used to insure minimization of size and homogeneous disbursement of the particles of medication. For non-spontaneous patient breathing, the reservoir's contents are disbursed into the patient by manually or mechanically squeezing the bag, after which the bag returns to its original shape and volume. At one or the other end of the bag, a typical metered dose inhalator is mounted in a manner to disburse the medication into the bag, and directly in line therewith, through an adaptor. The metered dose inhaler collar, into which the inhaler fits, when the inhaler is not in use, is capped.

Abstract: An adaptable nail set is disclosed to include a common nail set, to which is welded a perpendicularly oriented shaft. At the end of the shaft remote from the nail set is attached, by a screw-thread or snap-in construction, a remote handle for use by the carpenter. The remote handle provides the function of separating the carpenter's hand from the nail set, in order to protect the carpenter from the point of contact between a hammer and the nail set. In this regard, the shaft is designed to present an elongation approximately equal to the size of a standard hammer, considered to be the length to offer the best protection for the carpenter. The weld connection between the shaft and the nail set functions to withstand the forces applied by the hammer to the nail set, when in use, in order to avoid the direct and twisting forces that would be applied to another type of connection between the shaft and the nail set.

Abstract: A device for screening cohesive material, and for eliminating screen blinding, is disclosed. The device includes a transducer for transmitting ultrasonic frequency throughout the screen surface, with the transducer supported independently of the screen in order to prolong screen life and to lower screen replacement costs. The transducers are provided with adjustable mounting means in order to adjust the transducer position with respect to the screen.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanism for selectively actuating two high hats and a bass drum of a drum set. Normally, a bass drum and high hat (cymbals) are actuated with separate pedals by a drummer, but with today's more complex music, it becomes more convenient for the drummer if a pair of high hats and a bass drum are actuated by one foot, and additionally, a second beater for the bass drum is actuated by the other foot. The structure of the invention provides a single pedal with associated three buttons for separate actuation of a first high hat, a second high hat and a bass drum (middle button). The three buttons, in simple terms, cause a rocker arm to tilt one way or the other by the actuation of the first and third buttons. The middle button places the rocker arm in a neutral or level position to actuate the bass drum.

Abstract: An agglomerator structure, used in conjunction with a sifting structure, is described to provide variable sized agglomerates and uniform agglomeration, using at least one cone, with apex pointing toward the feed flow, and an inverted cone with a screen below. The agglomerator structure is provided to enable convenient use in a sanitary environment, with the system including an agglomerator cone above the inverted cone, which defines a central opening for feeding the material to one or more screens. The system is primarily designed for use with a vibration-imparting structure to better enable use in a sanitary environment.

Abstract: A door knob lever is described, for use primarily by disabled persons, as including a rotatable hook at one end thereof for hooking around the base of a common door knob. A right angle or arcuate shaped bracket is also included, with the rotation of the hook taking place with respect to the bracket. The other end of the lever provides a handle for enabling the gripping of the lever, so that the user grips the handle of the lever, swings it to cause the hook to encircle the door knob at its base, rotates the bracket to engage the door knob gripping surface and then rotates the lever to cause the door knob to rotate.

Abstract: A drink container supporting structure, primarily for outdoor use is provided in order to enable the user to support a drink container steadily, for insertion into the ground and for attaching, for instance, to the side arm of a chair. The structure of the drink holder includes basically plastic tubing forming an upper, spiraled liquid container holder, a mid-portion, also of plastic tubing, with a wire threaded therethrough and into a lower portion. The lower portion is also of plastic tubing, with a wire therethrough and the structure terminates at its lowermost end in a pointed configuration for insertion into the ground, to support the entire structure.

Abstract: This device presents a portable seat design, suitable for use in home, automobile, boat, or the like, wherein both the back and the seat portion of the portable seat have embedded therein a heating element for powering by DC in a boat or automobile and by AC in a home. Separate theremostats are provided for the back and seat portion and the powering can be switchable from AC to DC, and the reverse, by using an AC/DC converter switch. The heating elements themselves are embedded or inserted to a rubber or plastic material such as styrofoam, enveloped by a waterproof rubber or plastic, which in turn is surrounded by a flexible plastic cushion material, and then a fabric material. Provisions are made for attaching the back and/or seat portions to an automobile seat or a chair in the home.

Abstract: A hydraulic refrigerant recovery system and method moves refrigerant liquid or refrigerant vapor. Substantial pressure is developed by the hydraulic unit for moving a substantially larger piston to increase the pumping rate for refrigerant. Only the size of the inlet line for the hydraulic unit limits the pumping capacity, unlike the capability experienced previously with pneumatic motion for refrigerant liquids. The invention system includes a hydraulic pump, oil reservoir, a hydraulic cylinder, a spool valve and a limit switch assembly.

Abstract: A leg length inequality measuring device is provided to quantitatively determine one of the signs of postural imbalance. The invention device is for use by chiropractic practionters. Both legs are usually of the same length, but when the skeleton of a patient is out of alignment an appearance of differing leg lengths is presented, and the cause and treatment are decided by determining accurately if there is a difference in leg length. A convenient and reliable device for this purpose is in the form of a solid rectangle with stepped or V-shaped edge slots arranged with a pair of such slots running across the top surface thereof, and the other slot running perpendicular to the two cross-slots and along the length of the bottom face of the item. The two cross-slots are for accommodating sliding measuring slabs to various positions in order to determine the difference in leg length measurement for each leg, as the patient lies on his or her belly with heels against such slabs.