Abstract: An electric power tool including a housing 2 having a motive power 3, and a tool holder 19 coupled to said motive power 3 for receiving a cutting tool, a base plate 4 having an opening 5 through which said cutting tool extends, said base plate 4 being adjustable mounted to said housing by guide arms 6, 7, the position of said cutting tool being varied by adjusting the position of the base plate 4 relative to the housing 2, said tool holder 19 being able to extend through the opening 5 of the base plate 4 for easier access to the tool holder, a slave pin 24 in the housing 2 adapted to engage a recess in the tool holder to lock the tool holder 19 against rotation to enable single-handed removal of a tool from the tool holder 19 from above a tool table, such as a router table.

Abstract: A circular saw including a frame, a drive means mounted to the frame coupled to a planar saw blade for rotation about a drive axis within a cutting plane and a base pivotably mounted to the frame about a first axis substantially parallel to the cutting plane and a second axis which is generally substantially parallel to the drive axis. In one aspect, the relative pivotal movement of the frame about the first axis is determined by a trim adjuster including disengageable position locator which is operable to provide a plurality of predetermined discrete engaged positions and a locking means for locking the position of the frame relative to the base over a continuous range of settings. The invention also provides a mounting assembly including a course adjustment means and a fine adjustment means to determine the pivotal movement of the frame about the second axis relative to the base.

Abstract: A foldable clothes line comprises a series of arms (12) which radiate outwardly from a lower cross (13) fixed to a central standard (11), the arms (12) being guided by stays (14) pivotally connected at their outer ends to the arms (12) and at their inner ends to an upper cross (16) mounted at the upper end of the standard (11), wherein each of the arms (12) comprises relative rotatable inner and outer arms portions (18, 19) which are hingedly connected by a hinge mechanism (20) so as to permit relative pivotal movement of the arm portions about a transverse axis, releasable locking mechanism (28) being provided for preventing relative pivotal movement of the arm portions (18, 19) when the arm (12) is in a fully extended position, arranged so that each of the arms (12) is independently movable between a collapsed condition wherein its inner and outer arm portions (18, 19) lie alongside one another and extend approximately vertically adjacent the standard (11) and a fully extended in-use position wherein the ar

Abstract: This invention relates to a clothes line having adjustable tension and to a line tensioner which is used for the taking up slack in a clothes line. According to this invention, a clothes line dryer (10) having an adjustable line tension comprises at least two frame members (11), a line (12) extending between the frame members (11) that is fixed at least one location on the frame member (11), a plurality of line guide members (13) located on each of the frame members (11) which substantially hold the line (12) with respect to each of the frame members (11) and allow the line (12) to extend between the frame members (11) at spaced intervals along the frame members (11), but which allow longitudinal movement of the line (12) therethrough, and at least one line tensioning means (14), (15) which engage the line (12) so as to shorten its length thereby creating a desired tension in the line (12).

Abstract: A improved collapsible ironing table assembly (10) of the type comprising a flat table top (11) having a peripheral framing member (12) extending therearound, a pair of spaced apart channels (13) extending longitudinally of the table top and secured to the underside surface thereof, and a pair of diagonally crossed pivotal support legs (17, 17') supporting the table top and movable between an extended working position and a retracted out-of-use position, the improvements being such that the table assembly can be collapsed to a compact approximately linear storage configuration in which the pivotal legs (17, 17') lie flat alongside one another nested essentially within the recess formed between the opposed channels (13) on the underside of the table top, the table when fully collapsed, having an overall depth which approximately equals the depth of the table top peripheral framing member.

Abstract: An improved bracket support means for pivotally supporting the upper end of a swinging arm used in playground swing equipment, wherein the bracket comprises a pair of spaced apart flanges between which is pivotally supported the upper end of the swinging arm, the upper end of the arm being received in a socket formed in an infill block located between the flanges so that the block and the arm rotate simultaneously, the block being shaped and dimesioned so that there are no gaps or spaces between the flanges into which a child's finger or fingers may enter when the arm is in motion.

Abstract: A clothes hoist comprising a bearing block secured to the outer surface of the fixed lower standard of a clothes hoist but having an annular projection which extends through an aperture in the wall of the lower standard and into an aperture in the side wall of a tubular inner member to thereby support the tubular inner member, the tubular inner member itself supporting a nut which threadably engages a non-circular threaded stem which, upon rotation of the nut, raises or lowers the upper standard. Rotation is effected by rotating a handle on the end of a driving pinion skirt journalled in the bearing block, and having a driving pinion on its inner end which meshes with a driven pinion on the nut. A body surrounds the lower standard and overlies an outwardly projecting portion of the bearing block.

Abstract: A lower cross assembly of an elevating clothes dryer which has a lower cross slidable over a stem, the lower cross having a plurality of pairs of outwardly radiating lugs, the lugs of each pair retaining between them a respective pin about which a clothes dryer arm is pivotal, and a closure cap releasably retained to the lower cross and retaining said pins in their lugs.

Abstract: A line lock for a rotary clothes dryer includes a locking block having a socket which is positioned over an end of, and engages, an arm of a rotary clothes dryer, a plurality of apertures extending through the block, at least one of the clothes lines extending through an aperture, and a flexible line tie extending through another of the apertures, and being tied to the clothes line thereby locking the clothes line to the locking block.

Abstract: In a clothes hoist the fixed lower standard contains an aperture over which is secured a cover containing a bearing in which a driven shaft is journalled. The shaft has a handle on its outer end and a driving pinion on its inner end which meshes with a toothed nut supported by an abutment block within the fixed lower standard. The toothed nut threadably engages the worm which supports the lower end of the elevating standard such that rotation of the handle raises the worm in turn raising the standard.

Abstract: In lieu of a pair of bevel gears which mesh to rotate about axes inclined to one another, each gear is carried on a cylindrical base having a boss extending from one end and co-axial with the base. Each tooth is integral with both the base and the boss and the adjacent walls of adjacent teeth are parallel for portion of their respective lengths such that the teeth are bulbous. Point engagement exists between the teeth. For a given pair of gears the angle between the axis of rotation can be widely varied.

Abstract: A socket comprises a pair of L shaped sheet metal members which interlock to form a square tube, the walls having surfaces which define at least one pair of bayonet slots, each having an entry limb and a retaining limb. The clothes drier standard has a bayonet pin extending outwardly in a transverse direction, and this can be accommodated diagonally in the square tube during insertion, and subsequently rotated to have its ends register with the entry limbs and be guided by the entry limbs into the retaining limbs of the two slots.