Abstract: There is disclosed an adapter and anchoring means combination for securing floor coverings into position on floors or the like. The adapter comprises a longitudinal strip for attachment to a reverse surface of the covering or carpet and a locking projection formed integrally with and extending along a longitudinal edge of the strip. The anchoring means is in the form of plinth or baseboard and has an elongate channel and a slit communicating coextensively with the channel. The locking projection protrudes from an edge of the carpet and is retained in locked relation to the channel when the adapter is attached to the carpet.

Abstract: An under-roof drainage device for draining moisture condensation on the undersurface of a roof or ceiling. The device comprises a plurality of elongated unit panels each having a longitudinal central portion dividing the unit panel into a pair of panel sections with opposite free edges, the panel sections each being sloped downwardly from the central portion toward the free edge. A male half member extends downwardly from the free edge of the panel section. There are also provided a plurality of gutter means each having the same length as the unit panel and including a female member formed centrally on and extending along the gutter means. The adjacent unit panels provide mated male half members detachably interfitting with the female member on the gutter means. The assembled device is mounted beneath a roof, or used as a ceiling with the gutter means inclined relative to the horizontal for the drainage.

Abstract: Each of two or more posts fixedly mounted on a parapet or like stationary base structure terminates at its top end in a toprail holding portion. A top rail has its underside so shaped as to slide into the top-rail holding portions of the posts for interfitting engagement therewith when the top rail is moved longitudinally relative to the posts. The posts have aligned holes therethrough for receiving a bottom rail. A plurality of balusters for installation between the top and bottom rails also have their top and bottom ends shaped for interfitting engagement with the respective rails.

Abstract: A device for shaping and transporting coil fastener elements which comprises a rotatable screw and an oppositely disposed rotating means having an endlessly toothed periphery. A mandrel of a coiling unit is arranged between the rotating screw and the rotating means with its extension curved in conformity with the periphery of the rotating means. Convolutions formed successively around the mandrel are shaped and transported between screws and rotating means and, upon departure and disengagement from the screw, are continued to advance in driving engagement with the rotating means toward a die wheel whereby they are finally set with heat.

Abstract: There is provided a slide fastener having a pair of oppositely disposed carrier tapes each carrying on and along one longitudinal beaded edge a series of discrete fastener elements. The fastener elements are each provided with a coupling head and a pair of legs extending from the coupling head and having oppositely disposed inner wall portions. There are formed a plurality of ledges integral with the element legs and projecting from the oppositely disposed inner wall portions. The ledges are smaller in thickness than the element legs.

Abstract: A safety head-rest for an automobile seat or the like is provided with a sliding clasp fastener secured to marginal edges of an opening defined by two substantially identical halves constituting a head-rest body, one of said halves having an aperture for receiving a support post adapted to connect the head-rest to the seat.

Abstract: An interlocking construction for balustrades mounted on a parapet or like foundation. The construction includes a bracket mounted on a foundation and having at its top end an arm terminating in a first locking prong and a securing member connected at its one end to the bracket and having at the other end a second locking prong. A handrail is provided with a pair of spaced-apart locking means such as grooves or prongs each extending along the handrail. The first and second locking prongs engage the locking means to grip the handrail in place on the bracket arm and the bracket-mounted securing member.

Abstract: A middle rail assembly for centrally clamping a screen within a frame structure is disclosed. The middle rail includes a supporting member, a C-shaped cover and a plurality of coupling means tightly received into apertures formed in the supporting member. The coupling means are configured to be forced through the screen and fit into the apertures. The screen is therefore tightly clamped at the middle rail.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for feeding a filler cord for insertion into and through a longitudinal space defined by successive convolutions of a coiled slide fastener element, the filler cord being looped in the course of its travel from a bobbin to a mandrel holder so that a proper back tension is imparted to the cord and the cord is supplied at a rate corresponding to the amount of withdrawal of the fastener element that has been shaped into a helical coil.

Abstract: A slider for use with a pair of concealed fastener stringers in which rows of scoops are stitched to respective folds formed rearwardly along the opposed longitudinal edges of stringer tapes, in such a manner that each tape fold has a loose outermost edge on the outside of the line of stitching. A pair of side walls on the marginal edges of the rear wall of the slider body extend from its lower end and terminate short of its upper end, and a pair of outer lips turned inwardly from the side walls extend close to the lipped inboard end of a separator on the upper end of the rear wall. The slider of this configuration is capable of preventing the jamming of the loose outermost edges of the tape folds as they enter the guide channel in the slider body during the fastener closing movement of the slider.

Abstract: A slide fastener capable of being forced open in an emergency without manipulating a slider along interlocking rows of scoops. The slide fastener comprises an emergency opening zone at its intermediate point where the rows of scoops are incapable of interlocking engagement when the fastener is closed, and a pair of rigid reinforcements fixedly arranged along and on the opposite sides of the zone. Each reinforcement extends beyond both extremities of the zone, so that the fastener will not open accidentally from the zone but will open unfailingly upon application of a finger pressure to the zone in an emergency.

Abstract: A slide fastener tape of a warp-knitted structure is provided with a web portion and a marginal edge portion extending lengthwise thereof, both portions being interconnected by a relatively strong transversely extending lapping threads. A combination of chain stitches and tricot stitches having alternate closed and open laps is utilized in the formation of the web portion to provide a stable knit structure, while the marginal edge portion is reinforced by double-layer tricot stitches to render this portion uniformly swollen so that the fastener elements can be securely mounted with their legs astride of the swollen edge.

Abstract: A form into which concrete is to be poured has several abutments formed in prescribed positions on its bottom. The outer frame of a sash window or the like, which is to be built into a concrete panel to be cast in the form, is placed in the form so as to closely surround the abutments. The outer frame is further removably secured to each abutment by a horizontal bracing rod. A holder frame is placed over the outer frame to urge the latter into tight contact with the bottom of the form.

Abstract: A window assembly has a pair of sashes slidable along respective rails formed in parallel spaced relationship on each of the header and sill of an outer frame. A windtight sealing strip of generally arcuate shape is installed in a prescribed position on a horizontal surface between the bottom edges of the sill rails to prevent the intrusion of the wind into the room from under the meeting portions of the two sashes. The sealing strip is made of resilient material and has one end immovably secured against the horizontal surface and the opposite end held in slidable contact therewith. The sashes are installable into, and removable from, the outer frame from inside the room without the need for moving the sealing strip away from its prescribed position.

Abstract: A presser foot, for a sewing machine for use in sewing slide fasteners to garments, has a foot portion pivotally mounted on a vertically movable presser bar of the sewing machine, gripping members pivotally mounted on the foot portion and cooperating with the latter in forming guide grooves for receiving and guiding element rows secured to the slide fastener tapes, and a spring member fixed to the foot portion and engaging with the gripping members to normally bias the latter toward the foot portion in a direction to narrow the guide grooves.

Abstract: To prevent the wear of, and noise production by, the opposed or abutting ends of knuckles on a pair of hinge leaves, a pair of rings of wear resisting material are interposed between the opposed ends of each two adjacent knuckles, with a pintle passing through the knuckles and rings. The rings have pairs of fingers gripping the opposed marginal edges of the leaves, respectively, so that the paired rings rotate relative to each other with the swinging movement of the leaves. Each ring with its pair of fingers is exactly flat and is therefore manufacturable by punching from sheet metal, plastic or the like.

Abstract: A slider for a sliding clasp fastener is assembled essentially with a slider body, a pull tab, a cap-like yoke and/or means of locking the slider. The yoke has its lower longitudinal edges fitted into grooves or indents formed in the slider body, and inter-fitting portions are fused together as by an ultrasonic processing into an integral joint.

Abstract: For connection of a series of balusters to a top rail, each baluster is provided with a pair of jaws extending upwardly from its top end. The top rail has an integral retainer ridge formed lengthwise on its bottom surface. The retainer ridge includes a pair of shoulders having transversely registered pairs of recesses at prescribed longitudinal spacings. A pair of grooves are formed lengthwise in the respective lateral surfaces of the retainer ridge, and another pair of grooves are formed lengthwise in the bottom surface of the top rail on both sides of the retainer ridge. The jaws of each baluster are inserted into the respective grooves in the bottom surface of the top rail via the respective recesses, and the mid-portions of the jaws are then caused to project into the respective grooves in the lateral surfaces of the retainer ridge by pressing operation. The balusters can likewise be connected to a bottom rail.

Abstract: A combination louver and window sash assembly includes a plurality of louver boards extending horizontally and each having a cross-section of substantially inverted-Y shape. A pair of parallel, vertical sash frames having vertically extending slots faced in opposed relation to one another and including pairs of cutout recesses formed in the marginal edges of the slots. The louver boards have their horizontal ends thrusted resiliently through the slots and received snappingly in the cutout recesses.

Abstract: A turret press has a bed on which a table is rotatably supported, there being a series of pairs of coactive tools supported on said table, each pair of tools including one tool which extends to the central portion of the table where the same is operatively connected to a power actuator which includes a cylinder which is slidable in a table bore and a piston having a rod directed downwardly for engaging a reaction surface.