Abstract: A fishing hook includes a guard for preventing weeds from inadvertently snagging or contaminating the hook, while enabling the guard to flex toward the shank of the hook to catch a fish. The flexible sheet-like metallic guard is secured at one end to the hook adjacent the eye, and has an opposing free end normally positioned between the barbed tip of the hook and the eye. The guard lies within a plane substantially perpendicular to the hook plane, and has a width substantially greater than its thickness such that the end of the guard is prevented from moving in a direction perpendicular to the hook plane and out of alignment with the barbed tip, while the guard may freely flex toward the shank of the hook to catch fish.

Abstract: A valve element for use in a high pressure pump, the valve element having a body portion with a top side and a bottom side, a guide means attached to and projecting away from the bottom side of the body portion and an insert secured to the top side of the body portion, the insert having a second guide which projects away from the top side of the body portion and an annularly extending flange which defines an annularly extending sealing surface, the insert being formed of a generally non-metallic material having a specific gravity less than the specific gravity of the material forming the body portion and the guide means projecting from the bottom side of the body portion.

Abstract: A fishing lure member has an internal cavity having an opening through at least one external surface thereof. A fish attractant is disposed at least partially within the cavity. The attractant may be removably retained in the cavity by cooperation of the body member and an insert having at least a portion disposed within the cavity. Alternatively, the matter may be a web-like member having opposite broad surfaces bounded by relatively thin peripheral edges; the attractant can be disposed in a pocket extending along at least one of these broad surfaces.

Abstract: A fishing lure comprises a lure body having outer surfaces defining the general overall exterior size and configuration of the lure as a whole. The outer surfaces include an upper surface and a lower surface. The lure body has a cavity extending therethrough in a generally horizontal direction corresponding to the length of the cavity, the cavity having width extending transverse to the length and generally horizontally, and depth extending transverse to the length and generally vertically. The width is greater than the depth over a major portion of the length of the cavity, and the configuration of the cavity is dissimilar to the overall external configuration of the lure body. The lure body has an insert opening through the exterior thereof into one end of the cavity. The lure further comprises an insert slidably mounted in the cavity but selectively removable from the cavity through the insert opening.

Abstract: An improved fishing lure is formed by a head/hook member having integral projections which interengage in preformed bores of a profiled body member of resilient material so as to maintain the unitary integrity of the assembly. The head/hook member is preferably a unitary member of relatively dense material, such as metal, so as to provide the necessary ballast for the lure. The body member is preferably formed of a resilient material, such as plastics or rubber like material, and as any geometric configuration, including the natural form of normal fish prey and may be colored in accordance with any coloration scheme. The body member has preformed bores which receive portions of the head/hook member therein without damage to the body member providing ease of assembly and replaceability not heretofore possible.

Abstract: An annular seal of the cup packing type having a first annular section formed from a generally non-flexible, generally non-resilient material and having an annular, radially projecting flange portion and a first axially extending skirt portion, and a second annular section having a second axially extending annular skirt portion defining a sealing surface and comprised of a generally flexible, generally resilient material, the second section being generally axially displaced from the flange portion, said first and second skirt portions being adjoined, preferably by bonding to one another.

Abstract: A fishing lure comprises a flexible lure body having a preformed cavity therein. The cavity has a leading end and a trailing end, and the lure body has an insert opening through the exterior thereof into the cavity. An insert mounted in the cavity is selectively removable therefrom through the insert opening. The insert has a leading end disposed adjacent the leading end of the cavity and a trailing end disposed adjacent the trailing end of the cavity. The insert is either preformed with or forcibly malleable to assume a configuration differing from that assumed by the cavity in a relaxed condition without said insert therein. The insertion of the insert into the cavity will thus cause deflection of the lure body in a direction from the leading end to the trailing end and alter the external configuration of the lure body.

Abstract: A seal and method of making same wherein a first body is formed with a plurality of parallel, spaced part bores therethrough. A second body is molded onto the first body so that it fills the bores and forms enlarged portions adjacent the ends of the bores, whereby the two bodies are permanently mechanically interlocked.

Abstract: An apparatus for the molding of seals, packings and the like comprising a curing chamber, the curing chamber being heated by a gaseous medium circulated within, and being selectively, substantially closed to ambient temperatures during the curing process. Provision is made to dispose at least one mold in the curing chamber through a lateral opening and to place the mold under compression during the curing process.

Abstract: A seal and method of making same wherein a first body is formed with a plurality of parallel, spaced part bores therethrough. A second body is molded onto the first body so that it fills the bores and forms enlarged portions adjacent the ends of the bores, whereby the two bodies are permanently mechanically interlocked.

Abstract: An improved fluid collection device for mounting on cylinder-shaft assemblies, such as stuffing boxes, to control the leakage of fluids. The device comprises a flexible sleeve mounted to the end face of a stuffing box through a radial flange and having an upper cylindrical portion which extends along a length of the shaft reciprocating within the stuffing box. The sleeve includes a first inwardly extending radial portion which wipingly engages the surface of the shaft forming a collar therearound. The wiping collar forms a closed first chamber defined by the inner walls of the sleeve, the surface of the shaft, and the face of the stuffing box adjacent the shaft. Fluid communication is provided between the chamber and a fluid collection reservoir. A second partially closed chamber is similarly formed above the first chamber and is defined by the surface of the shaft, the cylindrical inner sleeve, the open circular end of which is spaced from the shaft, and the inwardly extending radial portion.

Abstract: A seal or packing for use in dynamic or static applications subject to stretching, twisting or deforming forces, includes a body member forming the sealing and packing surfaces, together with an anti-extrusion reinforcing element incorporated in the body member. The anti-extrusion element is comprised of a helical round wire spring axially centered within a covering of an overlapping flat wire helical spring. The anti-extrusion elements are bounded or integrally joined to the body member at or near those locations thereon where extruding forces are likely to act.

Abstract: A sealing device comprising a main body section defining at least one sealing surface, and comprised of a flexible material a secondary anti-extrusion section adjoined to the exterior of the main body section and comprised of a material more rigid than that of the main body section, and a primary anti-extrusion section adjoined to the secondary anti-extrusion section adjacent an exterior surface thereof and comprised of a metallic material more rigid than that of the secondary anti-extrusion section.

Abstract: A seal or packing, usable in static or dynamic applications, the seal or packing having a body section, and an anti-extrusion section contiguous and, preferably bonded, to at least a portion of said body section, the anti-extrusion section being comprised of a knitted material formed from interlocked filaments or wires, at least some of which are metallic in nature.

Abstract: A seal or packing member, in annular or elongate strip form, the packing member having at least a partially layered construction comprised of at least one layer of a fabric-type material and another layer comprised of a binder having a fibrous filler generally uniformly disposed therein, the fibers of the filler being randomly oriented, the layers being bonded to one another.

Abstract: A packing member, in either strip or annular form, the member comprising two lip sections adjoined to form a broad planar head surface. Each of the lip sections has a base with an outer lateral surface, and a groove extends along the entire length, or circumference, of the packing member between the bases. At least one of the lip sections includes a laterally outwardly depending sealing projection having a generally laterally outwardly facing side surface and a lower surface. In a relaxed state, the lower surface is disposed generally at an angle to the outer lateral surface of the respective base so as to be non-downwardly inclined from the outer lateral surface. The sealing projection is of such volume and cross-sectional configuration that, upon application of a generally laterally inward force to the side surface, the sealing projection is deformed to form a cavity adjacent its lower surface.