Abstract: A fishing device or apparatus wherein a plurality of flat vertical objects resembling fish are arranged in a horizontal row along a horizontal support. Each fish is provided with a mouth and a slot which connects with a circular opening below the mouth. For the purpose of catching the fish, the would-be fisherman, or player, will utilize a casting rod with a winding reel. The end of the line which connects with the fishing rod and the reel, however, will be provided with a plug which cooperates with the circular opening below the mouth of the fish. The plug is made of resilient material, such as rubber or plastic, and is provided with a nose piece adjacent the connection of the line to the plug. This nose piece is tapered from a diameter of smaller size than the circular opening in the fish to a diameter slightly larger than the diameter in the opening.

Abstract: A flag support for a sprinkler head of the type having a cover plate attached to an internal supporting mechanism by means of one or more screws, the flag support being a two part device consisting of a lower member of plastic material and an upper member of rubber or plastic material which is more resilient and softer than the material of the lower plastic member, the upper rubber member being attachable to the lower plastic member, the plastic member being attachable to the cover plate by a suitable adhesive material and having therein openings of sufficient size and number to permit access to each screw on the cover plate using a conventional screwdriver without requiring the removal of the plastic member from the cover plate, the flag support having a center opening therein substantially equal in diameter to the diameter of the wire or rod of a flag device to be supported on the sprinkler head.

Abstract: A process for heating and coating a weld joint in a pipe comprising placing an open heating and coating ring on the pipe over the center of the weld joint; the heating and coating ring being an articulated yoke adapted to encircle the pipe when the ring is in the closed position and comprising an upper yoke section and two side yoke sections which pivot with respect to the upper yoke section, a pair of releasable locking devices mounted on the upper yoke section for engaging the side yoke sections when the latter are pivoted outwardly away from each other to an open position of the ring thereby locking the side yoke sections in the open position; the upper yoke section having a powder dispensing system mounted thereon for later dispensing a powdered coating material therefrom onto the surface of the pipe; each side yoke section having an induction heating assembly mounted thereon, each induction heater assembly including an induction coil comprising a length of hollow copper tubing wound in an elliptical patt

Abstract: A combined racing gate for kites and quick draw device comprising a vertical pipe, a vertical wand pivotally attached adjacent its lower end to the upper end of the vertical pipe, a weight slidably mounted within the pipe, a cord connected from the lower end of the wand to the weight for maintaining the wand in a normally vertical condition, an electrical switch mounted on the pipe, an electrical timer connected to the electrical switch, a cam mounted on the wand for actuating the electrical switch when the wand pivots to start and stop the timer, a horizontal pipe connected to the upper end of the vertical pipe, a target plate attached to the wand, a plurality of individual targets connected at right angles to the horizontal pipe, each individual target comprising a tube connected to the horizontal pipe, a vertical rod extending upwardly from the outer end of each tube, a target plate mounted at the upper end of each vertical rod in parallel relation to the target plate on the wand, a spring connected to the

Abstract: A boot puller for pulling a boot onto the foot of a wearer comprising an elongated hollow tube having an upper fixed handle and a lower boot engaging portion, the boot engaging portion including a housing, a clamp pivotally mounted in the housing, a vertical stop normally spaced from the pivotal clamp, a vertical rod extending downwardly from above the top of the vertical tube, through the tube, and to a lower end which operatively connects with the pivotal clamp so as to move the clamp toward the stop upon lifting of the rod, the rod having an upper end which connects to the center of a short horizontal and moveable handle, whereby when the boot puller is slipped over the upper rear end of a boot such that the end of the boot is positioned between the clamp and the stop, the wearer can place his fingers beneath the moveable handle while the wearer's foot is inserted into the boot, the rod is urged upwardly while the clamp pivots so that the boot is gripped between the clamp and the stop, and whereby continue

Abstract: A device for marking lines on a piece of sail cloth for cutting out sections therefrom for making a sail, comprising an elongated and horizontally extending table for supporting a length of sail cloth thereon and being wider than the width of the sail cloth, a continuous strip of gearbelt material extending along each side edge of the table whereby the strips of gearbelt material are parallel to each other and to the longitudinal axis of the table, each strip of gearbelt material being pliant and being provided with internal reinforcements to prevent substantial longitudinal stretching thereof, the upper portion of each strip of gearbelt material being provided with uniformly spaced gear teeth for the length of each strip. A longitudinally moveable carriage is mounted on the table, and a transverse rotatable shift is mounted in the carriage.

Abstract: A combined racing gate for kites and quick draw device comprising a vertical pipe, a vertical wand pivotally attached adjacent its lower end to the upper end of the vertical pipe, a weight slidably mounted within the pipe, a cord connected from the lower end of the wand to the weight for maintaining the wand in a normally vertical condition, an electrical switch mounted on the pipe, an electrical timer connected to the electrical switch, a cam mounted on the wand for actuating the electrical switch when the wand pivots to start and stop the timer, a horizontal pipe connected to the upper end of the vertical pipe, a target plate attached to the wand, a plurality of individual targets connected at right angles to the horizontal pipe, each individual target comprising a tube connected to the horizontal pipe, a vertical rod extending upwardly from the outer end of each tube, a target plate mounted at the upper end of each vertical rod in parallel relation to the target plate on the wand, a spring connected to the

Abstract: A lift for water vehicles comprising a pair of vertical pipes or tracks attached adjacent their upper ends to one side only of a dock sructure which is positioned alongside a body of water, a tank assembly having a roller assembly thereon for engaging the sides of the pipes for rolling upwardly and downwardly thereon, the tank assembly having a tank mounted thereon and an upper opening for introducing air into the tank to displace water therefrom through a lower opening at the bottom of the tank so as to cause the tank to rise, the tank assembly having a pair of spaced padded blocks for supporting a water vehicle thereon, the roller assembly having rollers thereon adapted to rise along the inboard sides of the pipes when the tank assembly moves vertically in response the introduction of air to and removal of air from the tank, whereby, when a water vehicle is supported on the padded blocks and the tank assembly is in its lowermost position, air can be introduced into the tank while water is forced outwardly f

Abstract: A racing gate for a kite comprising an essentially vertical pipe supported at the lower end on the ground. An elongated wand is pivotally mounted adjacent to the upper end of the pipe and has an upper end which projects into the path of a moving kite, or more accurately into the path of the moving strings of a kite. The lower end of the wand below the pivot point is resiliently attached to the pipe so that, when the wand is pivoted by the horizontal movement of a kite string against the upper end of the wand, the wand will return to its upright position after the kite string passes by. An electrically operated timer, such as a stopwatch, is connected to the pipe. The electrical leads for the timer pass upwardly through the pipe and one of the leads is electrically connected to a conductive sleeve mounted on the wand.

Abstract: A truck driver's wake-up device comprising a conventional mechanical alarm clock constructed from metal parts which are electrically conductive and having therein an alarm trip which moves in a predetermined path when an internal alarm system in the clock is actuated, a support for mounting the clock thereon, a high output buzzer capable of producing a loud alarm mounted on the support, the buzzer having first and second input leads for actuating the alarm when an input voltage of 8-16 volts DC is impsoed across the leads, a standard automotive cigarette lighter adapter having first and second outlet leads for providing approximately 12 volts DC output when the adapter is inserted into a standard cigarette lighter socket, the first output lead from the adapter being grounded to the clock, the second output lead from the adapter being connected to the second input lead to the buzzer, a non-conductive insulator plate connected to the clock adjacent the alarm trip, an electrically conductive spade connector atta

Abstract: A vehicle side protector which comprises a plurality of detachable interconnected rods forming a side bumper which extends along at least a portion of the length of a side of a vehicle at a distance outward from the vehicle. The protector is particularly useful for protecting the sides of a car, truck, or van from being damaged as a result of the impact often caused by other vehicle doors in parking lots.

Abstract: A double welt trimmer for removing the excess edge from a double welt comprising a housing, a passageway through the housing to permit the passage of the double welt therethrough, a cutter assembly mounted on the housing and having a cutting blade associated therewith, and being disposed immediately above the passageway so as to cut the excess edge from the double welt when the latter is pulled through the passageway. In one form of the invention, a piece of sponge rubber or plastic material urges a slotted block containing the passageway towards the cutter assembly. The welt material is pulled through the slot in the block and an aligned notch in the housing. In another form of the invention, the cutter assembly is mounted on the top of the housing by means of a pair of bolts which pass into the interior of the housing. The double welt material is pulled through a slot in the housing under the cutter sub-assembly.

Abstract: A blanket for covering the printed document comprising an elongated sheet of flexible transparent material having a vertical height substantially equal to the vertical height of the document which is covered and a horizontal length substantially equal to the horizontal width of the document to be covered, the blanket having vertical pouches at the opposite horizontal ends thereof and adapted to be positioned adjacent to the vertical side edges of the document to be covered, the pouches being filled with a material constituting weights.

Abstract: A system for first heating a section of pipe and then wrapping a sheet of heat-shrinkable material around the pipe to cover the section, the heat-shrinkable material having an outer polyethylene side and an inner mastic side which goes against the pipe, the mastic side forming a mechanical bond to the pipe when heated and having a lower melt temperature than the shrink temperature of the material, comprising arranging a plurality of induction coil assemblies in spaced relation around the pipe section, the induction coil assemblies having relatively arcuate induction coils therein, mounting the coils on a rotation fixture to form an arcuate surface adjacent to and parallel with the surface of the pipe, locating a heater assembly on the rotatable fixture between a pair of induction coil assemblies, rotating the rotatable fixture around the pipe section to heat the pipe section to the melt temperature of the mastic, wrapping a sheet of heat-shrinkable material around the pipe to form a sleeve with overlapping en

Abstract: In a finned tube product of the type having a flat thin fin wound helically on a heat exchange tube, wherein the fin is made from a material having a relatively higher coefficient of thermal expansion than the material of the tube, the improvement which comprises winding a wire helically on the surface of the tube in side by side relation with the fin and simultaneously with the winding of the fin on the surface of the tube such that each winding of wire is snuggly received between adjacent windings of fin, the wire being made of a material having essentially the same or smaller coefficient of thermal expansion as compared to the material of the tube and the longitudinal dimension of thickness of wire representing the desired spacing between adjacent windings of fin on the tube.

Abstract: A molded rectangular panel for use as skirting on a mobile home or the like, comprising a panel having a raised and detailed masonry surface, a portion of masonry surface adjacent one end of the panel terminating along a line which constitutes a cutline or a line of severance for that end such that a given panel, when the end is severed along the cutline, can be placed in overlapping relationship with an adjacent panel of the same design such that the interruption of the masonry pattern appears to be avoided.

Abstract: A system for adding a predetermined volume of particulate material to a reactor which includes an inclined track mounted on the reactor such that a lower end of the track terminates adjacent an opening in the reactor, and a slideable container mounted on the track for sliding movement from an upper end of the track to the lower end of the track, the container having an internal volume equal to the predetermined volume, and having a forward wall which can be opened to discharge the contents of the container. The container is filled with particulate material, such as sand, when the container is adjacent the upper end of the track. The container is thereafter moved downwardly along the track until the container is adjacent the opening in the reactor, the forward wall of the container is opened to allow particulate material to flow into the opening of the reactor and the container is thereafter tilted towards the reactor to discharge any remaining particulate material in the container into the reactor.

Abstract: A welding apparatus for welding a new stud on to the end of a broken-off stud which comprises a conventional mig welding hose through which inert gas can pass and through which a mig welding wire can be fed, the hose having a conventional extension at one end thereof for attachment of a mig welding nozzle thereto, the extension also having a longitudinally extending contact tip guide attached thereto and through which the welding wire passes, the nozzle having an enlarged cylindrical portion which is received over the extension of the hose, and a reduced cylindrical portion extending over and beyond the contact tip guide in concentric relation thereto. The mig welding hose has a trigger for initiating the flow of inert gas through the hose and into the annular area between the guide and the nozzle, for supplying a d.c. welding voltage and for feeding the wire through the hose and through the contact tip guide.

Abstract: A device for wrapping plastic sheet material around the surface of a round bale of hay. The device is in the form of an attachment for an existing hay baler of the type which is capable of scooping up cut hay and wrapping it into round bales. The attachment of the present invention includes a table mounted at the forward end of the baler, a carriage slidably mounted on the table and movable from side to side across the width of the baler, a cartridge containing a length of plastic sheet material mounted on the carriage, and a plastic sheet guide pivotally mounted at the outer end of the pre-existing twine arm. The carriage is movable from side to side across the table in synchronism with the movement of the twine arm.