Abstract: A geothermal well head assembly that is so operatively associated with the production string of casing in a well bore that the string of casing may expand and contract longitudinally without placing any substantial strain on the assembly. The geothermal well head assembly is also of such structure that interior components thereof that may be damaged due to the abrasive action of high velocity pressurized geothermal fluid may be withdrawn from the assembly for maintenance or replacement without shutting down the geothermal well. Also the geothermal well head assembly is of such structure that it may be operated either manually or by pressurized fluid.

Abstract: A water reservoir defining plant container that has a manually actuated pump operatedly associated therewith, which pump when actuated by the user discharges a fine mist or spray on the soil and plant situated in the container. The container has ports in the lower portion thereof through which excess water in the soil in the container may drain into a shallow dish situated below the container. The dish is preferably in removable engagement with the container, to prevent inadvertant separation of the container and dish, when the container is moved from a position it normally occupies.

Abstract: An assembly for determining the center of a stud or joint supported electrical outlet box on a sheet of dry wall prior to the latter being permanently secured to the studs or joints, and for forming an opening in the dry wall as a result of the determination that will be transversely aligned with the interior of the outlet box when the sheet of drywall is permanently secured to the framing supporting the outlet box.

Abstract: A resilient packer that may be mounted on a high pressure hydraulic testing unit to permit the unit to be moved axially through a string of tubular members connected end to end by collars. The tubular members have flat ring-shaped end surfaces that are disposed as pairs within the collars connecting the tubular members. The end surfaces of each of the pairs are longitudinally spaced a substantial distance. The packer is of such structure that a portion thereof is radially compressed into fluid sealing contact with the interior surface of the tubular member in which it is disposed, but which packer will not hang up on one of the end surfaces when it traverses the longitudinal space between a pair thereof as the testing unit is axially moved through the string of tubular members.

Abstract: A connector assembly that may be used to so pivotally connect the adjoining end portions of an upper and lower string of sucker rod that are angularly disposed relative to one another within a tubing string of like angulation, that longitudinal forces may be exerted on the sucker rod strings to reciprocate the same without the sucker rod strings being subjected to an appreciable twisting stress. The connector assemblies may not only be used to connect angularly disposed strings of sucker rod at their junctions, but also to connect the lower end of the lowermost string of sucker rod to the piston rod of an elongate pump situated below the tubing string in which the sucker rods are disposed.

Abstract: A valved assembly capable of being removably mounted on a geothermal well head from which a first casing extends downwardly and is cemented in a bore hole. A second casing of smaller external diameter than that of the interior diameter of the first casing extends downwardly to the hot fluid producing zone, and is concentrically disposed within the first casing. The assembly is characterized by first and second groups of resilient sealing rings, so disposed that longitudinal contraction and expansion of the second casing string may take place without the seal between the interior of the assembly and the ambient atmosphere being disrupted.

Abstract: A self-energizing water treating assembly capable of being either removably disposed in a container through which a stream of water flows or in a tank containing a stationary body of water to render the water slightly alkaline, remove free dissolved oxygen from the water, forms gelatinous thixotropic suspensions that envelops foreign particled material in the water and render the same substantially tasteless and odorless, and minimizes the tendency of minerals in the water being deposited as hard scale on the tubes or containers in which the water is heated or transformed to steam.

Abstract: A tubular fitment capable of establishing a fluid tight passage defining a connection between first and second confined space defining means, with the tubular fitting when in a first condition permitting the second confined space defining means and a second portion of the tubular fitment to be rotated relative to a first portion of the tubular fitment and the first confined space defining means, and the tubular fitment when in a second condition locking the first and second portions thereof in fixed positions relative to one another.

Abstract: A hydrostatic tester that may be sequentially disposed in stands of tubular members as they are lowered into an oil well bore in which gas under substantial pressure may develop. During the period when the hydrostatic tester is disposed in a stand of tubular members but not in use, an improvement operatively associated with the hydrostatic tester automatically vents gas from the bore hole to the ambient atmosphere prior to the gas pressure building up in the bore hole to the extent that the hydrostatic tester will be blown from the tubular stand with possible injury to the testing crew.

Abstract: A frame assembly rotatably supported on a pair of laterally spaced wheels that have resilient rims that will not damage the surface of a tennis court as they roll thereon, said frame assembly including an elongate tennis ball receiving basket mounted on the forward portion thereof, with the bottom of the basket at a height above the tennis court surface greater than the diameters of tennis balls resting in random positions on the surface, and the frame including an upwardly and rearwardly extending handle. A shaft extends transversely between aligned opening in laterally spaced legs that form a part of the frame assembly. A tennis ball retrieving assembly that includes laterally spaced pairs of resilient disks is rotatably supported on the shaft, with the lateral spacing between each pair of disks being less than the diameter of a tennis ball, and each pair of disks having beads on the periphery that removably maintain a tennis ball that has entered the annulus space between a pair of disks therein.

Abstract: A counterweighted elongate buoyant body that floats on the surface of the sea or a lake has at least one sail supporting mast extending upwardly therefrom as well as vanes that tend to maintain the sails substantially normal to the direction of movement of the wind. The buoyant body is by frame means maintained within the confines of a circular series of piles. The counterweight and means for pivoting each sail from a position normal to the direction of the wind to substantially parallel thereto cooperate to impart a transverse rocking motion to the buoyant body that has an eccentric transverse arcuate member depending therefrom that is engaged by a pair of rollers, as the transverse member moves relative to the pair of rollers a bellows is receprocated upwardly and downwardly to draw water into and discharge it from a check valve controlled confined space to a reservoir situated at a substantial distance above the surface of the body of water.

Abstract: An elongate hydrostatic tester that includes two longitudinally spaced resilient packers, and a pair of oppositely disposed, pivotally supported rigid wings that are spring-loaded, and which wings at all times tend to pivot outwardly from a first position in which they are substantially parallel to the tester to a second position in which they are normal thereto. The pair of wings prevents the tubing tester from dropping downwardly by gravity in a tubing string when the tester is otherwise supported in the upper portion thereof.

Abstract: A combined propulsion and support device for use by a swimmer when the device is in a first operating position, but with the device being quickly and easily transformed to a second position in which it is more compact and occupies a minimum of space when in storage or being transported. The device has a further operational advantage that the resilient pair of fins that form a part thereof are fully protected from damage when the device is in the second position.

Abstract: A geothermal well head assembly that is removably mounted on the upper flanged end of a surface string of casing that is submitted in the upper portion of a bore hole that extends to the heated zone. A second string of casing is concentrically disposed in the first casing and extends to the heated zone, which second string of casing tends to expand and contract longitudinally to the first string. A rigid ring is disposed in the annulus space between the first and second strings of casing adjacent the ground surface and first and second resilient seals in pressure contact with the interior surface of the first casing and exterior surface of the second casing. Means are provided for periodically and independently adjusting the compression on these seals from the exterior of the assembly without shutting down the geothermal well, which shut down is undesirable as possibly having an adverse effect on future production from the well.

Abstract: A light weight, compact, stereoscopic apparatus in the form of a lens assembly that can be removably attached to a conventional still motion picture or television camera as an integral unit in place of the normal lens so that a camera may be conveniently converted to three dimensional photography. The lens assembly when used results in superimposed stereoscopic records in color, which superimposed records are of the same size, and when viewed through suitably selected filters are in full relief and color, but when viewed without filters appear as a conventional two-dimensional view.

Abstract: A method of minimizing corrosion in an iron plumbing system of the non-recirculating type through which water intermittently flows by interposing a magnesium anode therein that is electrically connected thereto to provide a galvanic couple. The magnesium in the anode after transforming from the atomic to the ionic state reacts with dissolved oxygen and carbon dioxide in the water to form soluble substantially non-corrosive magnesium salts. The magnesium anode unless subjected to water at a relatively high velocity tends to become enveloped in a protective film of magnesium hydroxide that renders it passive. By superimposing an alternating electric current on the galvanic cell the magnesium hydroxide is dislodged from the anode as it forms at the water interface, with magnesium dissolving into the water at a maximum rate to maintain the water at a pH of above seven and a maximum electrical potential between the anode and the iron plumbing.

Abstract: A game that simulates actual play of a round of golf in which the players mutually agree to play a course selected from a group of course cards of well known golf courses, each of which cards indicates the number of holes on the course, the yardage of each hole, and the par for each hole. A number of decks of opaque playing cards are provided, each of the decks being different from the balance thereof. Each deck includes a number of cards that have first and second sides. The first sides of the cards in each deck are identical and bear an insignia that indicates a particular act performed in playing a game of golf, such as driving, putting and the like. The second sides of the cards in each deck carry a variety of messages indicating the progress that has been made in achieving the act of golf indicated on the first sides of the cards of that deck.

Abstract: An improved structure and method of assembly for an exercise wheel of the type described in my U.S. Pat. No. 3,649,007 includes an upper circular support surface conformed to mate with a lower support surface at the periphery, the peripheral edges of the upper and lower surfaces being provided with peripherally overhanging lips dimensioned to be engaged by a semicircular vinyl extrusion which includes interior keying projection for joining the surfaces together. Integral with the surfaces are a plurality of radial ribs, each surface including such ribs in corresponding opposed locations, which upon assembly are aligned relative each other. Formed centrally on the underside of the lower surface is a flange boss to which a pipe flange is secured engaging one end of a pipe supporting a post about which the wheel rotates.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of using the same in which microwave energy transforms water in the form of finely divided droplets having a large aggregate surface area into pressurized steam. The method of the present invention has a high thermal and electrical efficiency, as the microwave energy impinges directly on the water droplets, and there is no loss of heat by conduction or convection.

Abstract: An engine assembly that is powered by high pressure vapor from a volatile liquid that has a boiling point substantially below the minimum ambient temperature in the geographical location in which the engine assembly will be used. Heat for volatilizing the liquid may be withdrawn from the ground, naturally occurring sources of water, as well as from sunlight and waste heat from industrial installations. Although the engine assembly is capable of being used to produce power for any desired purpose, it is particularly adapted for use in pumping water from a well, with the pumped water not only being used for irrigation purposes and the like, but also to effect an initial cooling of the low pressure vapor discharged from the engine assembly prior to the vapor being further cooled and pressurized to return to the liquid state whereupon it is heated and recycled through the engine assembly.