Abstract: A road marking apparatus has a hopper mounted upon a pair of side runners that straddle an outlet in the bottom of the hopper. A doctor blade is mounted for reciprocal vertical movement in sliding contact with the outside of a rear wall of the hopper adjacent the hopper outlet between the runners. A floor gate is mounted for reciprocal horizontal movement into and out of contact with a bottom edge of the hopper rear wall and the doctor blade for opening and closing the hopper outlet.

Abstract: A demountable headrest assembly for use in a cab type vehicle having a rear, windowed cab wall comprises a planar mounting board shaped to overlay a portion of the frame of the window in the cab wall, a cushion member mounted on one surface of the mounting board, a first mount affixed to the other surface of the mounting board for affixing the headrest assembly to the window frame, and a second mount adapted to be affixed to the frame of the window in the cab wall to which the first mount may be releasibly affixed.

Abstract: A pants epaulet and binder has a flexible band of a length greater than the spacing between adjacent waist loops of the pants. The ends of the band are foldable to pass through the loops and underlay intermediate portions of the band and be releasibly held thereto by fasteners.

Abstract: A garment bag that may serve as a portable wardrobe comprises flexible front, back and side panels which define a compartment for containing articles of clothing and accessories. The front panel has a flap adapted to be rolled and stored in the bottom of the garment bag. The garment bag is provided with pockets that are accessible from inside the bag with the flap in its stowed position.

Abstract: A device for sealing the tip of a syringe needle has a cap from which a shank extends to a mount adapted to be slidably held to the syringe barrel. The cap may be moved in spring-biased contact along the needle body and beyond its tip whereupon it springs into alignment with the tip. By moving the cap in the reverse direction the tip becomes sealed therein.

Abstract: A socket for use in mounting a cylindrical leg to a table is comprised of a tube that has a generally cylindrical wall one end of which is inwardly flared to form a circular lip of a selected inside diameter substantially equal to the outside diameter of the leg. The generally cylindrical wall is formed with at least three inwardly projecting ribs that the located tangentially about a geometric cylindrical boundary of the same diameter as the selected inside diameter of the wall end lip.

Abstract: As turret 12 rotates on vertical axle 20, probe assemblies 14 are raised and lowered by cam track 29. Drive belt 76 engages the drive sheave 42 of the probes as the probes pass around the back of the machine, causing the probes to rotate about their longitudinal axes 46. Ring cam 48 urges cam sheaves 58 radially outwardly into engagement with the belt 76 to disengage the belt from the probe drive sheaves 42, so that the probes 34 rotate only during part of their revolution about the turret 12. Probe head 35 includes a stem 88 of parallelopiped cross section, with helical teeth 90 and 91 which extend at a radius from the acute angle into overlying relationship with respect to the obtuse angle of the stem.

Abstract: A dish carrier for transporting and storing a stack of dishes comprises a base from the periphery of which a set of resilient wire arms upwardly extends. A cover is slidably mounted onto the arms and a handle releasibly attachable to the ends of two opposing arms. So constructed, dishes may be stacked upon the base and maintained in their stacked configuration by the upright arms and the cover passed downwardly over the arms and onto the top of the stack of dishes.

Abstract: A connecting element for two machinery components or constructional components is provided with a threaded portion 4 used for fastening and an anti-fatigue portion 3 arranged axially displaced to the threaded portion 4 and consisting of several elevations 5 and grooves6, with the minor diameter d.sub.3R of the grooves 6 of the anti-fatigue portion 3 being made smaller than the minor diameter d.sub.3 of the threaded portion 4. The proportion is between 80 and 100%. The pitch diameter d.sub.2R of the anit-fatigue portion 3 consisting of the elevations 5 and the grooves 6 are larger than or the same as the pitch diameter d.sub.2 of the threaded portion 4.

Abstract: A magnetic trap has a magnetically transparent sheet to one side of which a magnet is mounted to produce a magnetic field to the other side. A Hall effect sensor of a meter is mounted adjacent the magnet so as to sense the presence of ferrous debris collected in the magnetic field.

Abstract: An easy-opening container of the type commonly used to contain beverages has an end wall that includes a score line and a hinge line with the score and hinge lines together defining a partially separable panel section of the end wall. A pull tab has a ring-shaped lift portion at one end, a finger at its other end and a mounting portion intermediate its ends. The pull tab is mounted at its mounting portion to the end wall adjacent the panel section with the lift portion extending from the mounting portion to overlie and partially frame the panel section and with the finger extending away from the panel section to overlie a portion of the end wall. A locking flange depends from the lift portion to lie in confronting relationship with at least a portion of the periphery of the panel section.

Abstract: The mattress pad and fitted bed sheet (31) are formed by placing equal lengths of mattress pad material (58) and bed sheet material (61) in overlying relationship and sewing the narrower mattress pad material at its side edges to the sheet material. The combined work product is then cut to length, the end portions folded over, and the corners bevelled and sewn together. An elastic tape (48, 49) is applied to each end of the work product so as to draw the mattress pad and fitted bed sheet about the mattress. The structure enables the mattress pad and fitted bed sheet to stay in proper position even when applied to a foldable mattress (24) of a sofa bed (20), when the mattress is folded into its hidden position inside the sofa bed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a telescopic cover with support rollers which are mounted so as to be rotatable about a first axis which extends at right angles to the direction of travel and capable of limited pivotal movement about a second axis which extends in the direction of travel through the center of the support roller. Such a telescopic cover is distinguished by statically satisfactory mounting of the support rollers even when transverse forces occur.

Abstract: Sheet material (30) is cut into rectangular segments (35). The segments are then moved parallel to their cut edges rapidly away from the cutting station into a slower operating first sewing station (40) where elastic bands are sewn to the cut head and foot edge portions of the segment. The rapidly moving trailing portion of the segment (35) of sheet material is temporarily accumulated at the accumulation station (39) and progressively fed at a lower rate from the accumulation station to the first sewing station. The head and foot edge portions are folded into overlying relationship with respect the main body portion by passing the main body portion through a U-shaped turn and at the same time passing the head and foot edge portions through a pair of 90 degree turns. Sewing machines are moved first inwardly and then outwardly across the folded edge portions of the segment, thus forming the sewn line of chain stitching at the corners of the bedsheet.

Abstract: The invention relates to a telescopic cover (1) in which the individual cover boxes (2, 2', 2") comprise a top wall (3, 3', 3"), two side walls and a rear wall (4, 4', 4") and the extending movement of the cover boxes is limited by a stop (11). At least for connection of the rear wall (4) to the top wall (3) an elongated profile (9) is provided which has parallel flanges (11, 12) on one broad side between which the top wall is retained and of which the outer flange (11) at the same time forms the said stop, whilst the inner flange (12) at the same time forms an assembly stop for the rear wall (4). This results in a particularly quick and precise assembly of the individual cover boxes.

Abstract: Adzer bit assemblies (18) are of noncircular outer surface configuration and have a noncircular surface seated against a face (15) of similar noncircular shape to hold the assembly against rotation. When becoming worn, the adzing bit assembly can be loosened from the adzing head (99), and rotated to present a fresh cutting surface.

Abstract: Birds 24 are placed on bird support mandrels 22 and their wings are spread into the recesses 68 at the peripheral portion of the rotary carrier wheel 11. As the wheel 11 rotates, the wings are severed from the carcasses by the wing cutters 12 and 13, the carcasses transferred to the carcass carrier 14, where the breasts are split longitudinally by the breast cutter 42 and the backbones of the carcasses are cut out by the backbone cutters 49 and 50. In the meantime, the previously cut-away wings continue to move with the rotary carrier wheel 11 where they are guided and cut apart at their joints by blade members 90-92.

Abstract: Toothbrush holder 10 is formed from a single piece of sheet material and is easily folded along its fold lines 14, 18, 19, 28 and 29 into an isosolese triangular shape, with toothbrush openings 23 and 24 formed across the apex fold line 14. The toothbrushes 29 are inserted downwardly through the openings 23 and 24 and are supported in an upright attitude suitable for drying.