Abstract: A unique variable orifice electronically controlled common variable rail injector (VOECCRI) for use in internal combustion engines characterized in part by the provision of injection ports or orifices along a tip portion of the nozzle housing having an internal cylindrical surface, and which cooperates in sealing and sliding relation with an internal hollow fuel needle having a cylindrical outer surface. In seating, the needle seats against a frusto-conical seat carried in the closure sac at the lower tip of the assembly, whereby leakage is controlled and precise opening of the injection orifices can be effected and programmed, as desired.

Abstract: A cable guard for a pay-out reel, preferably in the form of an adjustable length flexible belt adapted to be wrapped around a partially paid out reel of cable and to be removably secured to the reel while surrounding a single section of the cable, thereby preventing cable from being paid out from the reel while the cable guard is in place.

Abstract: There is proposed a process for the manufacture of wood fiber boards, wherein by far the largest part of the outer layers to be conventionally sanded away no longer consists of wood fibers but of wood dusts of a defined particle size, a material which is available as waste from other consolidations of wood raw materials. By employing the process of the invention, it also is possible to achieve an only small density drop towards the center of the board, so that this process is particularly suitable for the manufacture of medium density wood fiber boards with a weight of 600 to 950 kg/m.sup.3.

Abstract: A universal connector for polarized thermocouple leads and the like wherein a single connector replaces previously required multiple connectors and necessary adaptors. The universal connector is capable of receiving both standard-sized and smaller or miniature-sized male connectors, with resultant savings in parts and manipulative labor.

Abstract: A durable high gloss water-based coating composition highly useful for multicolor printing or as printing inks, and like uses, and which is characterized by a proportioned mixture of ethylene acrylic acid and N-methylpyrrolidone, with resultant avoidance of environmental or toxicity problems, as well as formulation, application, or utilization difficulties.

Abstract: An attachment for a non-collapsible toothpaste tube which when mounted on the toothpaste tube becomes an integral toothbrush holder. The holder attachment is particularly adapted for use with a toothpaste container having a cavity therein for carrying the attachment prior to utilization of the attachment to store or hold toothbrushes.

Abstract: A container guidance system for extrusion presses wherein heat-induced misalignment of the container and container holder from the press centerline axis is prevented or rendered negligible by the substantially diametric positioning of the container holder lugs and their press frame-associated guideways.

Abstract: A container body made of thermoplastic materials, after being filled with a hot liquid, is then sealed by a flat closure disc adhesively contacting a peripheral lip formed around the top of the body. The bottom of the container body is formed with annular grooves to define a diaphragm which flexes inwardly with the closure disc upon cooling of the hot filled liquid to substantially dissipate the high internal vacuum which is formed on the container head space. The bottom of the container body has a reinforced pedestal base formed with stacking ledges to facilitate nesting of empty bodies for shipment and storage.

Abstract: A supplemental electric water unit for immediately providing hot water of a desired temperature at a point of use, such a hot water faucet, when the standing line hot water from a remote conventional water heater is of insufficient temperature includes a small insulated tank interposed in the supply line immediately before the point of use. The tank is provided with a thermostatically controlled electric heater for maintaining the water the tank at the desired temperature. An inlet passage directs inflowing water from the supply line to the bottom of the tank and an upper water outlet connects the tank to the point of use. A thermostatic valve in the water inlet passage opens to automatically to bypass inflowing water of proper temperature directly to the top of the tank for discharge through the outlet.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to the bottom profile on a one gallon metal paint can and more particularly to the specific concentric circular re-enforcing bends and beads applied to profile the bottom. In order to increase the static and dynamic strength of the bottom, the selection and position of re-enforcement is essential to maximize resistance to dynamic loadings and static load.

Abstract: A bottom profile for a cylindrical two-piece drawn steel can is configured during manufacture so that the resultant bottom profile shape includes areas of highly worked metal positioned to assume processing stresses. A bottom wall bead is included and has a prescribed cross-sectional configuration to provide maximum abuse resistance and to be functionally and operationally interchangeable in the packing and processing line with traditional three-piece containers. Moreover, the prescribed bead configuration works to improve stacking crush resistance by work hardening the metal adjacent the corner between the bottom and wall of the can.

Abstract: A reliable, inexpensive wear plate attachment for conventional toilet flush valve assemblies which is easily attached to the same for repair of a broken or worn pivoted valve stop wall portion, or, for attachment prior to breakdown in a program of preventative maintenance, thereby obviating expensive and more complex replacement of a major portion of the valve assembly.

Abstract: An oil free polyester high solids formulation giving a protective coating having corrosion resistance, surface hardness. The coating includes a highly methylated melamine cross-linking agent; an acid catalyst; a polar solvent system; wetting, defoaming and anti-sagging agents; and pigments. The composition has low VOC, high solids content, and controlled viscosity. It may be applied by hot tank dipping, flow coating, air or electrostatic spraying, with subsequent curing at 300.degree.-350.degree. F. for about 20 minutes.

Abstract: A suspension for a vehicle that improves riding comfort without sacrificing stability. The improved suspension may be disposed at front wheels, or rear wheels, or both front and rear wheels. Each suspension at the front or rear wheels comprises a walking beam pivoted intermediate to its ends and arranged longitudinally of the vehicle. One end of the walking beam is disposed over the axle which supports the wheel, with a first spring disposed between the beam end and a mounting bracket connected to the wheel hub, while the other end of the walking beam is disposed over a support which is rigidly carried by the vehicle frame, with a second spring disposed between this beam other end and the rigid support. Thus, when the wheel strikes a bump in the road, it and its axle are displaced upwardly and compress the first spring to absorb part of the road shock. However, because the walking beam is pivoted intermediate to its ends, road shock will be transmitted to the second spring to compress the same.

Abstract: A three-wheel golf bag cart is shown which includes power means centrally slung thereunder for maximum stability of the cart, and wherein the power means does not impede cart folding for transport and storage. A flexible elongated control cable to a hand-held control permits the golfer to effect off-on or multiple forward speed control while still retaining the ability to manually guide the cart, both by the cart handle and by tension on the control cable.

Abstract: A guide track for the bottom ends of the pickets of a folding door or the like comprises a galvanized steel elongated channel member having upwardly diverging sidewalls extending from a basewall, and a securing flange inclined downwardly and outwardly from the top of each sidewall. The free edge of each sidewall is lipped and lies substantially in the plane of the basewall, the lips extending outwardly and upwardly from the securing flanges. The guide track is disposed in a recess in the floor with the concrete or like flooring material surrounding the securing flanges and lips, filling the space between each securing flange and the respective sidewall to support the sidewall, and encasing the lips to prevent dislodgement of the guide track.

Abstract: My invention provides a fully-loaded device which is carried by a sportsman in an easily-accessible position for quick reloading of a muzzle-loading rifle. The device comprises a cylinder rotatably carried by a base member, the cylinder having a plurality of elongated openings which are open all the way through the same, and one elongated opening that is closed at its bottom end. The base has an upper flat surface which mates with a lower flat surface of the cylinder, and an off-center opening adapted to be aligned with any one of the elongated openings. The base also has a side opening so that the end of the rifle barrel may be inserted for alignment with the off-center opening. The fully open elongated openings are each adapted to contain black powder, a patch and a ball, while the bottom-closed elongated opening may be used for the storage of tools or the like, or for the storage of flashpan powder in the event the rifle is of the flintlock type.

Abstract: A bag machine fabricates plastic bags by transversely cutting and sealing, at regularly spaced preselected locations, an elongate plastic web having graphic material repetitively printed thereon. In operation, the bag machine advances the web by a calculated draw length, and an optical sensor, sensitive to the passage of eyemarks printed in regularly spaced locations on the web, functions to ensure that the web is cut and sealed only at the desired locations. To avoid inaccuracies resulting from a gradual variance between the nominal draw length and the actual distance between eyemarks, a control system monitors the actual distance between eyemarks and sets the nominal draw length to the average actual spacing between eyemarks as measured over a preselectd number of successive eyemarks.