Abstract: The present invention relates to a hand-actuated lever assembly for mechanical linkage to and operation of a vehicle headlamp door mechanism. The lever assembly comprises a handle and a lever mechanism which are pivotally mounted to an anchored support plate, but are otherwise structurally independent from one another. The handle is adapted to engage a stop member on the lever mechanism for pivoting the handle and the lever mechanism to an operating position. The lever mechanism is mechanically coupled to the headlamp door mechanism such that operation of the handle results in pivoting of the lever mechanism and operation of the door mechanism. The lever mechanism is provided with a releasable lock for maintaining the lever mechanism in the operating position.

Abstract: An electronic control means is utilized in an electrically actuated shift apparatus for a multi-speed axle including an electric power source and an electric motor coupled to actuate means for shifting the axle. Four Darlington pairs are connected in a bridge configuration between the power source and the armature of the motor for bi-directional operation of the motor. A manually actuatable shift lever has magnetic means attached thereto for generating magnetic shift signals to magnetically actuatable switches. The switches are connected in pairs with each pair alternately connecting a capacitor to the power source to charge and then connecting the capacitor to the input to a control Darlington pair which turns on two associated Darlington pairs of the bridge to allow current to flow through the motor for one direction of rotation.

Abstract: An apparatus for the steam cleaning and rejuvenation of fishing tackle at stream side comprises a water containing vessel having an upwardly opening, constricted mouth, a clamp for retaining a conventional cigarette type lighter below the bottom surface of the vessel. Fishing flies may be held above the mouth to be cleaned and rejuvenated by steam escaping therefrom by means of a magnetic annulus defining the mouth, or a mechanical clip attached to the vessel adjacent the mouth.

Abstract: A new and improved thermal torch or lance useful in boring, cutting, burning, and the like, of hard base materials having a metal burner pipe with fusible wire or rod-like elements therein forming gas passages therebetween. The wire or rod-like elements are surface-pitted by oxidation or other means to cause turbulence within the transient gaseous oxygen stream caused to pass through the torch assembly is heated at the outlet end of the torch to cause an effectively concentrated thermic reaction with the metallic burner pipe and the associated rod-like elements. The result is an exceptionally efficient cutting temperature.

Abstract: A removable seat for attachment to a support, such as the thwart of a boat, having a mounting housing rotatably secured to the base of the seat. A plurality of support-engaging members are slidably disposed in the housing for removably attaching the seat to the support. Each of the support-engaging members includes a cylindrical bar having an L-shaped end portion to which a rubber disk is attached. Locking means releasably secure each of the support-engaging members to the housing. Each locking means includes a lever which is pivotally attached to the housing and has detent means formed therein for slidably receiving one of the support-engaging members. A resilient means, such as a spring, is disposed between a pair of levers for urging the detent means carried thereby into frictional engagement with the support-engaging member.

Abstract: The simplified homing system comprises an accelerometric device mounted directly on the missile structure and associated with discriminating means for delivering signals representative of the lateral acceleration .gamma..sub.ext of the missle due to outside forces and the centrifugal acceleration .gamma..sub.c due to the rolling; target detection means directly mounted on the missile structure; passive means ensuring the keeping up of the rolling movement of the missile; means for determining from information supplied by the accelerometric device and discriminating means and by target detection means the serviceable values related to the vector V indicating the relative speed of the missile with respect to the air in a reference system related to the missile and to the vector u.sub.c representing the direction of the target with respect to the axis of the missile and means for elaborating a guiding force F.sub.p from the said predetermined serviceable values related to the vectors V and u.sub.c.

Abstract: A hand held spray shield of an optically transparent material to protect the user's face, eyes, ear, and the like when the user is applying a cosmetic hair spray and any over-spray collecting on the surface of the shield will not run-off onto the hands of the user. The shield is of a form which includes a major shield portion and an ear shield portion separated by a notch configured and demensioned to permit the hair in the temple area to be readily sprayed. The shield portions of the device typically include a frame having a cross-sectional configuration capable of forming, in conjunction with the adjacent shield portion, a trough-like zone for collecting spray.

Abstract: An appliance comprising a unitary, atmospheric pressure, equilization chamber and drying chamber in the form of a sealed, flexible walled container with open cell elastomeric material providing communication between the interior of the chamber and the zone between facing surfaces of adjacent panes of glass.

Abstract: An electrolysis cell having an inlet and an outlet for transient electrolytes and including monopolar electrodes arranged in a staggered pattern such that the electrode plates of one polarity extend into the gaps formed between the electrode plates of the opposite polarity.

Abstract: An apparatus having cylinders arranged radially about a rotatable shaft and a separate piston adapted to reciprocate in each cylinder. Each piston is held in contact with a cam eccentrically mounted on the shaft by means of linkages and rollers. The eccentrically mounted cam produces more complete scavenging of the cylinders and a large volume intake. The cam profile provides greater time for the power portion of the engine cycle than for the exhaust portion of the engine cycle. In a four-cycle apparatus, greater time also is provided for the intake portion of the cycle than for the compression portion of the cycle.

Abstract: An improvement in a method for the reprocessing, by oxidation, of condensate obtained in urea production plants and having a urea content of approximately 50 mg/l and a biuret content of approximately 2 mg/l, is disclosed. The improvement comprises performing the oxidation at elevated temperatures and at alkaline pH values; preferably, the oxidation is performed at a temperature greater than 60.degree. C. and a pH value greater than 8.

Abstract: A trailer apparatus for transporting planar sheets of material in a substantially vertical position. The trailer includes a plurality of A-frame members symmetrically disposed in parallel spaced-apart relationship along the longitudinal vertical midplane of the trailer. Outwardly extending support beams are secured to the lower termini of the A-frames and adjustable cargo straps which laterally restrain the material extend between the apex of each A-frame member and the respective support beam. A pair of laterally spaced-apart longitudinal rails extend generally the length of the trailer and are secured to the A-frame members. Pairs of transversely extending beams are slidably mounted on the rails and may be moved to engage the edges of the material to longitudinally restrain it.

Abstract: This invention relates to a cylinder cutting tool which is utilized to sever the upper end of a cylindrical housing of a factory-sealed vehicular suspension system of the type commonly referred to as a MacPherson strut suspension system. The tool includes a main body portion having a main arm, a second arm, and a clamp for supporting the tool on the piston rod of the original shock absorber for controlling the rotation of the tool. A rotatable cutting wheel assembly is slidably movable relative to the main support arm. The cutting wheel may be moved into and out of engagement with the cylinder by a suitable lead screw actuatable by rotating a hand grip mounted on the outer end of the main arm. The cutting line at which the cylinder is severed may be controlled by providing a plastic adapter element of a predetermined thickness for supporting the rotating tool on top of the cylinder.

Abstract: A device for forcefully removing husks from coconuts provided with a pair of hingedly connected wedge blades adapted to be inserted into the coconut husk. One blade is stationary and the other blade has a handle to enable it to be rocked for prying the husk away from the seed. Two or more operations are required for removing the entire husk. The so-called stationary blade is fixed to a vertically movable cross bar, the ends of which slide on spaced rods forming part of a frame. The frame is intended to be mounted upright on a support, such as a post.

Abstract: A reciprocating piston engine is provided with cyclinders arranged radially about a rotatable drive shaft and a separate piston adapted to reciprocate in each cylinder. Each piston is held in contact with a cam mounted on the shaft by means of linkages and rollers. The cam profile provides greater time for the power portion of the engine cycle than for the exhaust portion of the engine cycle. In a four-cycle engine, greater time also is provided for the intake portion of the cycle than for the compression portion of the cycle.

Abstract: The correct plant population is obtained by utilizing a method and apparatus for determining the number of seeds per unit weight in a sample number of seeds representative of the type of seeds to be planted. A seed sorter comprising a plurality of stacked sieves is utilized to sort the sample into groups according to seed size. Each group can then be individually weighed to obtain a weight which is multiplied by an associated constant representing the average number of seeds per unit weight for the size range. The product is the average number of seeds per sieve which numbers are totalled and divided by the sample weight to obtain the average number of seeds per unit weight. If no weighing scale is available, the user can individually count the number of seeds in each group and divide by the associated constant to obtain the weight per size range for the sample. The weights are added and divided into the total number of seeds in the sample to obtain the average number of seeds per unit weight.

Abstract: An erectable container folded from a sheet material configured in a T-shape having a shank section and a head section including oppositely extending wings. The wings are folded back onto the head section which in turn is folded onto the shank section to create a hollow body having a closed end and an open end. The shank section includes a tab struck from one wall adjacent the free end thereof which engages a marginal panel of the hollow body and holds the container in an erected, open position for inserting an article therein.