Abstract: A diaphragm controlled toilet bowl valve of simple construction that is substantially silent in operation, will not permit water to be siphoned from the tank in which it is disposed during an emergency in which the pressure of water in the supply lines decreases substantially, and one in which the actuating float is easily adjusted without hindering or deforming the rod on which it is supported.

Abstract: A device having an open top container holding a quantity of a volatile paste like material within the interior of the container, which material is intermittently dispensed in vapor form to the ambient atmosphere. An electric circuit controlled motor is intermittently energized at predetermined time intervals to rotate a fan in the device for specific time periods to direct currents of air onto the exposed surface of the paste and transform the paste into vapor that is discharged outwardly from the container.

Abstract: A combined valve stem and pressure gauge that is permanently supported relative to the rim of a pneumatic tired vehicle to indicate by color at all times whether the air pressure in the tire is at a recommended level, or whether the tire is under inflated or over inflated. The invention permits air under pressure to be introduced into the tire to inflate the latter to the recommended level.

Abstract: A portable cartridge reservoir that includes first and second rectangular cups having handles projecting from first ends thereof, with the cups being pivotally connected on their second ends, and when in a first position, the cups having the free rectangular edges thereof in abutting contact. A tray is provided that is removably supported in the first cup. The tray supports a number of cartridges in spaced groups, with the spacing of the cartridges in each group being such that they may be slidably inserted in a revolver reloading device when the body of the latter is moved inwardly towards the tray when the cups are in a second position.When in the first position the cups preferably define a first compartment therein in which a loaded revolver reloader is disposed for instant use. Also, when the cups are in a first position the reservoir may be carried or supported in a depending position from the handles thereof.

Abstract: A selectively aligned optical switching device including two adjacent translucent discs having mask segments formed on the surfaces thereof, with the first disc including a sleeve extending from the central opening thereof which is received within the central opening of the second disc. A clamping nut threadably engages the sleeve to selectively align the masking segments of the discs relative to each other. This combination of discs is clamped in concentric alignment against a timing hub which in turn is indexed by a pin relative to a rotary shaft. The mask section of the discs is then received in an optical coupling device which provides operating signals in selected coordination with the rotation of the shaft.

Abstract: A body shower stall that includes a preformed apertured panel as a part thereof, with the discharge of liquid from at least a portion of the apertures being at a pressure dependent on the hydrostatic heads imposed on columns of water rather than line pressure. Discharge of water from the apertures is controlled by a multiposition valve, which may be selectively positioned to permit water discharge from an overhead shower head as well as desired portions of the apertures. The apertures have no projecting portions, and as a result vandalism is held to a minimum when the apertured panel is used in public facilities such as schools, colleges and the like.

Abstract: A light weight portable device that removably engages a container having a cylindrical side wall to not only form two diametrically spaced openings in one end of the container, but to seal the two openings after the same are formed. When it is desired to dispense liquid from the container, the device is removed therefrom, with the container thereafter being tilted for liquid to flow through one of the openings and air flowing inwardly into the interior of the container through the other of the openings. After liquid is dispensed from the container, the latter is placed in an upright position, and the invention disposed in the sealing position thereon.

Abstract: A portable forced draft solid fuel burning cooker in which a duct defining base supports a centrally disposed electrically operated blower unit. Two heater units that use fuel such as briquets, acorn, small pieces of wood, twigs and the like are supported from the base on opposite sides of the blower unit. First and second manually operated dampers are provided in the base to selectively permit a desired volume of air from the blower to flow to either the first or second heater unit, or concurrently to both units. Individual cooking utensils may be heated to different temperatures on the first and second heater units if desired, by controlling the volume of air flowing to each of the heater units. A heat conducting grill may be extended across both heater units, and utilized to cook pancakes and the like.

Abstract: An air inflatable bed-like device for supporting either one or two users in outstretched positions, with the device including independently operable air actuated means to support the back of each user at a desired angle relative to the floor on which the device rests.

Abstract: A metering device capable of selectively dispensing any one of a desired quantities of wine or other liquids from any one of a number of holding tanks or reservoirs in which the wines or liquid are stored. The device is particularly adapted for use in bars and restaurants, for each time it is actuated to dispense a drink a non-reset type of counter is actuated to record that a drink has been dispensed, and as a result, close control on the inventory of wine and other liquids may be maintained. After the device has been actuated it will automatically dispense a predetermined quantity of a selected liquid, allowing a bartender, waiter, waitress, or other personnel to perform other tasks during the dispensing operation.

Abstract: A temporary protector defined by a sheet of pliable paper or like material of such shape and size as to cover the masticating or occlusal surface of a dental crown. The sheet has first and second sides, with the first side being covered with a film of pressure sensitive adhesive. The film of pressure sensitive adhesive on each protector permits the latter to be removably bonded to the masticating surface of a dental crown prior to the crown being permanently secured to a prepared tooth by the use of conventional means, I.E. a crown and bridge cement, polycarboxylate cement, or the like. Each protector prevents the undulating masticating surface of the dental crown on which it is mounted from being contaminated with cement during the time it is being mounted on the prepared tooth structure.

Abstract: A one-piece device formed from a rigid but deformable polymerized resin that may be selectively used as a comb on a woman's hair during drying of the latter in a stream of warmed air or as a support for a cylindrical hair roller shell that has at least one row of longitudinally spaced opening formed therein and about which shell the hair may be wound at a desired stage in the drying operation. The invention provides a beautician with a single device to not only comb the hair, but roll the hair on a cylindrical shell.

Abstract: An emergency brake unit that is hydraulically operated which may be removably secured in pairs to the axle of a pneumatic-tired freight vehicle. In an emergency the pair of brake units may be concurrently actuated to bring first and second braking surfaces into frictional contact with both the interior and exterior surfaces of the brake drums with which they are associated. Each of the emergency brake units is of such structure that it may be used with a brake drum of either a left or right pneumatic-tired wheel. The braking surfaces of the emergency brake units are preferably metallic, and are brought into metal-to-metal contact with the exterior and interior surfaces of the brake drum when the units are actuated by hydraulic fluid under pressure.

Abstract: A portable catapult device that includes a wishbone shaped frame defined by an elongate shank and two laterally spaced forwardly disposed arms. The whole device composed of a molded one piece design. The arms support two transversely slotted heads. The slotted heads are removably engaged by two elongate elastic members in such a manner that when the members are tensioned by being drawn rearwardly and then released, a pouch connected to the rearward ends of the members in which a projectile is disposed in a self-centering position is propelled forwardly to remain in contact with the projectile until the pouch moves forwardly beyond the arms to a position that is substantially the length of the members. Due to the pouch remaining in contact with the projectile for the maximum length of travel, the projectile is discharged from the pouch with the maximum velocity possible with the particular resilient members that are used. The shank functions as a shield for the forearm of a user.

Abstract: An orthopedic chair particularly adapted for the use of an invalid or patient suffering from disabling diseases such as arthritis, sciatica, or the like. The orthopedic chair includes a movably supported frame assembly that serves to maintain a forwardly and downwardly extending saddle-shaped seat at a desired elevation between a pair of laterally spaced side walls and a back rest. The frame movably supports a pair of laterally spaced channels for longitudinal movement relative to the seat, with the forward extremities of the channels having first and second leg supports pivotally mounted thereon. The frame assembly supports first and second reversible electric motors that drive first and second mechanisms that pivot the first and second leg supports to desired angular positions relative to the first and second channels.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of using same to form tubular tapered shafts particularly adapted for golf clubs, ski poles, fishing rods and the like. The material used in forming the shafts is a thermo-setting resin sheet that has a number of elongate, laterally spaced, parallel fibers of graphite carbon, boron or like material therein, which fibers have a tensile strength comparable to steel, but are only a fraction of the weight of the latter. The apparatus and method of using the same is characterized by the tubular shaft being formed with exterior and interior cylindrical wall surfaces that are truly concentric, and with the fibers embedded in the polymerized resin being pre-tensioned and spaced from one another.

Abstract: A lipped cylindrical container having a pouring spout integrally formed therewith, which container is removably supported in a desired vertically spaced relationship on the lowest external surface portion of an automotive crankcase, to receive oil that drips therefrom. The container is removably supported from the crankcase by a number of elongate permanent magnets that are vertically adjustable relative to the container. Due to the vertical adjustment of the magnet, the container may be removably supported from the lower surface portion of a crankcase, irrespective of whether this portion is of a flat or curved configuration.

Abstract: An electrically operated device capable of holding first and second hollow plastic balls that contain predetermined numbers of tablets or capsules of first and second medicants, and dispensing the balls at timed intervals to a patient. Each ball is defined by interlocking half portions that may be separated to permit the medicant contained in the ball to be removed therefrom. The balls have the medicants placed therein by a pharmacist. The physician supplies the patient with an opaque disk that has at least one ring of circumferentially spaced apertures formed therein. The present invention is illustrated and described as having two rings of apertures in the disk. A clock drive on the device slowly rotates the disk.

Abstract: A compact light weight device that when gripped by one hand of a user holds a section of spirally wound conduit in a non-longitudinally movable position therein, and the device including a guide for a hack saw blade whereby said conduit may be cut normal to the longitudinal axis thereof.

Abstract: A mechanism for moving one or more first load supporting hangers through a predetermined path that is defined by the interior of a hollow longitudinally slotted first frame. Each hanger is rotatably supported from a first ball that is movably supported within the first frame. The interior of the first frame not filled with first balls is filled with second balls. A first wheel that has pairs of spaced lobes on the circumference thereof projects through an opening in the first frame, with the pairs of lobes sequentially engaging the balls when the first wheels is rotated. The first and second balls and the hangers supported from the first balls are moved longitudinally in the first frame as such sequential engagement of the balls takes place. Should it be desired to move a platform having first and second ends through said predetermined path, the first end is connected to the first hanger, and the second end to a second hanger.