Abstract: An apparatus for connecting a security cable to a consumer article. The apparatus is a body having a cavity with an entry opening in communication with the cavity. Structure is provided for mounting the body to the wall of a consumer article in an operative position thereon wherein a wall on the consumer article to which the body is attached at least partially blocks the entry opening. With the inventive structure, a fitting on a security cable can be introduced into the body cavity with the body separated from a consumer article but is prohibited from being be removed from the body cavity with the body in its operative position on a consumer article.

Abstract: In order to prevent damage to the keel and/or hull of a boat during beached landings on gravel, sand, mud or rocky shorelines, a boat keel/hull protector is provided. It comprises a flexible, elongated body member having a central portion and a pair of opposed side portions wherein the elongated body member is formed to accommodate desired positioning thereof relative to the keel. With these features of construction, the boat keel/hull protector also includes a tie-down cord for securing the body member after it has been positioned relative to the keel.

Abstract: A multi-use hair piece kit is disclosed. The kit includes a support to be worn across the head of a wearer from near one ear to near the other ear, said support being generally conformable to the shape of the head of the wearer. The kit also includes a hair piece for covering a portion of the head of the wearer. The hair piece includes a flexible base, and hair strands attached to and extending outwardly from one side of the base. The hair piece is removably attached to the support and conforms to the shape of the support.

Abstract: A method of forming a rib on a power transmission belt including the steps of providing an endless belt body having an elastic material to define at least part of a longitudinal rib on a completed power transmission belt, providing a grinding wheel with a peripheral cutting surface, rotating the grinding wheel in a first rotational direction, pressing the peripheral cutting surface of the grinding wheel against the belt body and grinding the body to define a rib thereon with an exposed surface defined by the elastic material, and altering the rotational velocity of the peripheral cutting surface to compensate for wear on the grinding wheel.

Abstract: A headwear piece with a crown for placement on the head of a wearer and having a front and rear and a top and bottom. The crown grips the head of the wearer to maintain the headwear piece in place. The crown has a front wall with a forwardly facing surface. The front wall blends into a top wall that extends rearwardly and terminates at an edge that bounds an opening in the crown through which a substantial portion of a wearer's head can be exposed with the headwear piece in place on a wearer's head. The top wall edge extends from the front of the crown no more than two-thirds, and more preferably no more than one-half, the distance between the front and the rear of the crown.

Abstract: An additive package can be used in a single-coat, in situ self-phosphatizing paint to provide a phosphate layer that inhibits corrosion of a surface on which the paint is applied. The additive package includes an amine and a phosphatizing reagent that can be an alkyl-, phenyl- or aryl- ester phosphoric acid or an alkyl-, phenyl- or aryl-phosphonic acid. The reagent and the amine are present in a ratio effective to produce reagent-amine complexes. A paint can include the additive package in addition to a polymer coat forming resin and a cross-linking agent.

Abstract: In a method for simulating the machining of workpieces on lathes utilizing a data processor, the unmachined contour of the workpiece to be machined, the finished contour of the workpiece and the contour of the tool are shown two-dimensionally on the screen. The path of movement of a defined tool reference point according to a machining program is shown. The part of the cutting edge of the tool intended to do the cutting is defined. The area traversed by this part of the cutting edge during each machining feed is outlined and made recognisable by a pattern in such a way that lines and patterns that already exist remain visible.

Abstract: In order to provide enhanced performance from fletching, a stabilizer is operatively associated with an arrow shaft to be moveable from a launch position near the tip of an arrow at one end thereof to a flight position near the nock of the arrow at the other end thereof. The stabilizer includes a slide collar disposed on the shaft for sliding movement therealong and having a plurality of radial vanes each with a leading edge and a trailing edge as well as a reinforcing extension forwardly of the leading edges of the vanes and extending rearwardly at least to the trailing edges thereof. By limiting the stabilizer to sliding movement along the shaft from the launch position to the flight position, a bow having a riser may be provided with a launcher mounted on the riser to resiliently grip the stabilizer with the vanes forward of the riser during launch.

Abstract: A radiant energy collecting apparatus including a fluid reservoir, a platform floating on said fluid reservoir, a drive structure for moving the platform on the reservoir, radiant energy collectors supported on the platform, reflectors for concentrating radiant energy on the radiant energy collectors, and means for selectively submerging the concentrating means beneath fluid from the reservoir for protection against inclement weather conditions. Fluid feed impellers are supported beneath the platform within the reservoir and communicate with ports through the platform for pumping fluid onto the platform and reflectors. Opposing fluid impellers are associated with each fluid feed impeller, the opposing impellers being operable with the feed impellers to force fluid in an opposing direction to the feed impellers, with deflectors being disposed between the feed impellers and the opposing impellers.

Abstract: A connection for adjustably holding two window hardware members in pivotally connected relationship, including a first hardware member with a first cylindrical opening, a second hardware member with a second cylindrical opening, and a stud. The stud has a flange having two substantially parallel faces and a peripheral surface therebetween, with a rivet portion projecting from one face and a pivot portion projecting from the other face. The rivet portion includes a cylindrical neck extending through the first cylindrical opening and a head on the end of the neck, the flange and the head engaging opposite sides of the first hardware member to frictionally secure the stud against freely pivoting relative to the track. The pivot portion includes a cylindrical shaft eccentric from the cylindrical neck and extending through the second cylindrical opening. A C-ring is disposed in an external peripheral groove in the pivot portion to secure the second hardware member thereto for pivoting about the cylindrical shaft.

Abstract: A lock is provided for use with a container having an annular end portion defining a top opening and a radially outwardly opening annular recess. A top wall defines a removable cover overlying the opening. The lock includes an elongate band of synthetic resin operatively associated with and circumferentially surrounding the top wall with opposite ends spaced apart and having radially inwardly projecting securing structure receivable in the recess for securing the top wall to the container. A locking structure is provided for constricting the spaced ends of the band to urge the securing structure radially inwardly comprising a pair of radially out-turned tabs of a high-strength synthetic resin secured to opposite end portions of the band as by vibration welding. A locking lever is movable to an over center position for adjustably drawing the tabs toward each other and releasably locking the securing structure in the annular recess in the over center position.

Abstract: A hinge structure for supporting a window sash on a window frame. The hinge structure includes sash arms secured to opposite sash sides, and a shaft having gears fixed to its ends and supported by tracks for longitudinal movement along opposite sides of the frame. The gears engage racks on each of the tracks. The sash arms are carried with the shaft in its longitudinal movement along the tracks.

Abstract: In order to facilitate enhanced starting of gas turbines at very high altitudes where the cost must be low and the design must be simple, a turbine engine (10) is disclosed. It includes a turbine wheel (12) coupled to a compressor (14) for driven movement, a nozzle (16) for directing gases of combustion at the turbine wheel 12), and an annular combustor (18) defining an annular combustion space upstream of the turbine wheel (12) in fluid communication with both the compressor (14) and the nozzle (16). The combustor (18) receives fuel from a source and air from the compressor (14) and combusts them in the combustion space to generate the gases of combustion. The combustor (18) is defined by an annular outer wall (20), an annular inner wall (22), and a radial wall (24) extending therebetween opposite the nozzle (16).