Abstract: A fisherman's release clip comprises a unitary molded clip body consisting of two parts. One part is an eye in the form of a snap hook having a resilient gate allowing it to be readily engaged with a line or cable but configured to prevent unintentional disengagement. The other part is a pair of fingers that are connected by a molded living hinge, and extend in side by side relationship. An adjusting screw is used to vary the spacing between the fingers, and gripper sleeves are removably fitted onto the fingers to grip a line extending between the sleeves. The release clip can be used in a variety of modes including outrigger, downrigger, flat line and kite fishing, and also in fishing utilizing hydrofoils, downplanes, weights and floats.

Abstract: A poly (vinyl chloride) with longitudinal ribs formed on its inner wall by extrusion is slit helically to provide a strip that can be wound around a plurality of strands of fishing leader or other material, or used as a fish hook protector or as a spacer in a fishing lure. The ribs provide the tubing with an iridescent appearance for high visibility and also enhance the gripping ability of the tubing. Alternatively, and especially in the case of a thin walled tube, the ribs can be separated from one another manually to form the skirt of a fishing lure.

Abstract: A thermally expansible composition is provided as well as method of making the composition and actuators and other devices employing the composition. The composition comprises a mixture of silicone elastomer and a thermostatic wax, polymer, alloy or alloy mixture that melts below 400.degree. F. The composition is moldable by any common technique, may be handled at room temperature without heating or refrigeration and can be easily contained in an actuating device without seals other than an anti-extrusion closure seal. This composition can be used in actuators without seals or return springs or other reconsolidating means.

Abstract: A combined safety shower and eyewash station utilizes steam to heat water in a heat exchanger. Cool water is combined with heated water from the water outlet of the heat exchanger by a temperature-regulated mixing valve. If the water at the water outlet of the heat exchanger becomes too hot, some of the water is fed to the steam inlet of the heat exchanger. This makes it easy for the mixing valve to regulate water temperature even though the shower uses water at a much higher rate than does the eyewash station. Steam is fed to the heat exchanger through a steam valve which is opened automatically when a demand for warm water is sensed by a pressure-drop flow sensor. An overtemperature responsive actuator overrides the demand sensor to shut off the steam. A steam trap at the inlet of the steam valve eliminates cold condensate so that the apparatus is able to deliver warm water substantially immediately upon demand.

Abstract: A personal cooling apparatus comprises a harness constructed of perforated tubing to provides air circulation over the body of a wearer. The tubing has at least one fin adjacent the perforations to enhance the induction of flow of ambient air by gas escaping through the perforations. The tubing is extruded and has an footing strip formed on it to maintain it in a specific position and to permit the tubing to be attached to the interior of a garment. The effect is to create, at each perforation, a small fan, and the harness thereby circulates air against the skin of the wearer. The tubing can be sewn onto the inner or outer surface of a lightweight garment.

Abstract: A fishing release clip comprises a body and a stem fastened respectively to opposite ends of an outrigger line on a sportfishing boat. An individual fishing line is retained in a hook shaped element on the body of the clip by a pin which forms part of the stem. The stem is held in its line-retaining position by a set of detent balls which surround a pin having an annular groove. The grooved pin is spring-loaded by a coil spring, the compression of which can be adjusted by a micrometer-type thimble. When a fish strikes at the bait on the end of the fishing line, the force exerted by the fishing line on the release clip causes the outrigger line to pull the pin so that it moves against the spring force until the groove comes into register with the detent balls, whereupon the balls move into the groove and allow the stem to move to release the fishing line. The release clip can also be opened, in a similar way, by manual force exerted on the outrigger line.