Abstract: A door closer includes a plate-shaped mounting bracket and a closer body. The bracket is secured to a door. The closer body is secured detachably to the bracket by a particular tongue and groove engagement and a fastener. The closer body has an opening which is sized so that the bracket can be completely concealed by the closer body. After the fastener is removed, the closer body can slide within the bracket. The closer body has two opposed side walls each having an inner surface which has longitudinally spaced-apart grooves. The bracket body has two opposed sides on each of which spaced-apart tongues are provided for engaging with the grooves. The closer body can be sleeved on the bracket and then moved laterally relative to the bracket so as to achieve the tongue and groove engagement.

Abstract: A marine life trap that is used primarily for trapping crustaceans, such as crabs and lobsters, which trap includes a base with an upstanding center post on which a top portion is slidably mounted, with a downwardly extending perimeter net, the top portion being hollow and having an opening in the bottom that is closed off by a valve and with a hose attached to the top and to an inflatable element. The valve has a cord attached thereto and to bait, so that upon disturbance of the bait the valve is opened, water flows into the top portion causing it and the net to slide downwardly on the post and also displacing the air trapped therein, which fills the inflatable element and causes it to rise to the surface to signal the fisherman that the top portion and net have fallen to enclose the bait and trap the marine life.

Abstract: A water tight buoyant fishing tackle box is divided by a plurality of removal partitions extending between its front and back walls. Each partition is equipped with resilient fishook retaining material on one or both sides for supporting fishing lures. Additionally, the respective top of each of the partitions is slotted in aligned relation for temporarily supporting one of the partitions with its bottom edge portion inserted into the slots for ease of access to the fishing lures on the removed partition.

Abstract: To construct a detachable handle for a pot or container so that it is both slender and short, the pot or container handle is mountable on a supporting member of the container having two side pieces oriented in the same direction extending from the container and is engageable and lockable by a retaining member secured behind inclined projections on said supporting member and slidably supported parallel to the container wall between handle shoulders located transverse to the attaching direction of the handle. The retaining member of the handle can be a rigid bar which is associated with a spring element, has a flame protector surrounding the handle contacting portion and is inserted in lateral grooves opening to the container front side and running along both long sides on the container side handle end portion. The supporting member side pieces can also each be inserted in each of the lateral grooves.

Abstract: The invention discloses a live bait dispenser for receiving and retaining a plurality of live baits, such as crickets and comprising devices to allow dispensing of the live bait one at a time, while preventing escape of the live bait from the dispensing area.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fishing line deflector member which slideably fits onto a fishing line. The deflector member comprises a deflector plate having a series of spaced apart openings for slideably receiving, while resisting wear on the fishing line, from one opening to the next through the plate.

Abstract: The specification sets forth an ultrasonic wire bonding system for bonding wire to an underlying electronic circuit or terminal. The system incorporates a bonding tool connected to a transducer which causes the bonding tool to ultrasonically vibrate and when impressed against a wire lying thereunder, bond said wire to an underlying electronic circuit. The transducer is driven by a generator which generates either a constant current or constant voltage to the transducer while it is bonding. The constant current mode accommodates thick films and stitch bonding which require substantially more force, while the constant voltage mode provides for thin films and ball bonding which requires substantially less ultrasonic force.

Abstract: A continuous, elongated hinge is described as having a hinge pin which is comprised of two solid pivot pins which are oppositely disposed and axially spaced from each other. The more closely spaced distal ends of the pivot pins have a pair of parti-cylindrical lugs with a slot between them. A flat spring extends between the pivot pins and is received in the slots between the lugs. A hollow sleeve extends between the pivot pins and surrounds the spring and lugs to provide a smooth, continuous outer cylindrical surface for the hinge pin.

Abstract: A system of single lead clamping and bonding in the assembly of integrated circuit devices. A capillary bonder has a clamp member rotatably mounted around the capillary for movement with the bond head. The clamp is moveable vertically to contact and clamp a terminal to be bonded. The clamp is rotatable to orient itself with respect to the terminal and the fine wire. The capillary and clamp move under computer control to make a series of bonds, typically between lead frame fingers and terminals on a semiconductor device.

Abstract: A single or multiple drapery track and mounting bracket therefor. A cooperating locking latch is provided for mounting the track to the bracket quickly and without using tools. The track has a longitudinal bead along one edge and a dependant wall spaced therefrom. The dependant wall has an outer inclined face having at least one longitudinal notch. The mounting bracket is generally L-shaped, the horizontal leg carrying a downwardly opening curl of size and configuration to receive the bead. The other leg has an inwardly canted strut or tongue of limited resilience. The mounting bracket is first installed on a vertical wall and the longitudinal bead of the support engaged within the curl. The track is pivoted toward the horizontal leg of the bracket forcibly flexing the tongue until it is tightly engaged within the notch. To dismount the track, the tongue is manually flexed until free of the notch and then, the track is pivoted in the reverse direction until free of the bracket.

Abstract: A strut assembly having first and second sections pivotally linked together. An overlying sleeve is extendable to lock the sections together in the extended position and retractable to allow folding of the sections relative to one another. A member is arranged at the joint between sections and biased to extend outwardly into interference with the path of extension of the sleeve. A link linking the first and second sections cooperates with the member to retract same when the strut assembly is collapsed in order that the sleeve will automatically lock the sections together when the assembly is again extended.

Abstract: The lure includes a body including therein a generator, and an electric light exposed to the exterior. The generator is driven by a propeller actuated by drawing in the lure, through the water after casting. In one form the generator is rotary, and in another it is reciprocatory. The light may be alternatively an incandescent light or an LED with fiber optics exposed to the exterior.

Abstract: A handle for an appliance adapted to be held by a hand and moved by a forearm when the appliance is being used. The handle includes a gripping portion adapted to be gripped by the hand of a user and adapted to be connected to a body portion of the appliance disaposed generally below the gripping portion in spaced relation thereto with the appliance being of the type where the body portion is adapted for movement in a generally horizontal plane when the gripping portion is moved by the forearm of the user. With this arrangement, the gripping portion is disposed at an angle of between approximately 25.degree. and 45.degree. to the generally horizontal plane of movement.

Abstract: A sweepline roller-stopper connects a sweepline to a bottom trawl while stopping lateral movement of rollers along the sweepline. In a preferred embodiment, the roller-stopper includes a tubular body member having a large washer welded to an end and a tang welded to a side. A bolt passing through the body member fixes the position of the roller-stopper on the sweepline chain. The roller (or a spacer) abuts the washer, which resists the lateral forces exerted by the roller. In another embodiment, a ring having a tang freely rotates about the body member, while the body member is fixed to the sweepline chain. The roller-stopper is rugged, resists wear, and prevents the trawl net from becoming tangled with the sweepline.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved door holder which includes an elastic ring which is slipped over the door knob, a flexible belt which is mounted to an adjacent wall structure and a device in the likeness of an animal or creature which interacts with the belt and elastic ring to hold the door in an open position. The device may include a plurality of appendages, some of which may interact with the elastic ring while the belt is strapped about the body of the device so that the device holds the door ajar.

Abstract: A self-propelled fishing device for connection between a line of a fishing pole and a line of a fishing lure. The device includes a submersible waterproof body capable of pulling the fishing lure in a trolling manner while submerged below the surface of the water.

Abstract: A wheel retainer prevents a wheel of a sliding or bypass door from jumping off of the floor track on which the wheel rolls. Portions are provided on the lower portion of the retainer for slidably engaging a downwardly facing portion of the track for inhibiting upward movement of the retainer from the track. Preferably this in the form of an L-shaped hook having a base wider than the opening of a dovetail slot in the track and a neck narrower than the opening of the slot. The retainer can then be installed only by pivoting the retainer relative to the track for inserting the hook. The retainer also has portions for engaging an upper portion of the wheel to prevent it from being lifted from the track. The preferred embodiment is a D-shape with an arcuate portion over the top of the wheel and barbs that prevent the retainer from accidentally being dislodged from the wheel.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for friction welding a pair of workpieces (45,46) is described. The apparatus comprises a drive assembly (30) for causing relative motion between the workpieces while urging the workpieces together. A load control assembly (20) is provided which is responsive, at least towards the end of a weld cycle, to the rate of motion of one workpiece relative to the other to cause the workpieces to be urged together under a force which increases as the rate of relative motion decreases.

Abstract: A bait package for wildlife comprises an odoriferous, effusive attractant material in an absorbent material therefor sealed within an easily puncturable container, which is placed at a desired location and punctured for use. For capturing marine life, such as edible crustaceans, e.g. crayfish, the attractant material may be a fish oil and the absorbent material either a usual bait formulation or an inexpensive, inedible, insoluble material, such as sawdust, and the bait package may be encased by an open weave material that catches the claws of the crustaceans. The bait package may also be covered with a porous material, such as a plastic foam sheeting, to protect the container and to aid diffision of the attractant following puncture of the container. The open weave material encasing the bait package is preferably a reusable case of special formation.

Abstract: A fishing rod holder for use on a dock of a type having a plurality of spaced apart planks for providing a horizontal surface for people to walk upon and dock their boat against. The fishing rod holder has a base member which is substantially wider than the distance between adjacent planks on an average dock. The bottom of the base member is substantially flat and fits on top of the planks. A tubular member is rigidly secured to the top of the base member for allowing a fishing rod handle to be inserted therein. A hole extends through the base member and has an anchor bolt extending therethrough. The anchor bolt has longitudinal axis having threads formed therearound at the top of the anchor bolt. The anchor bolt has a loop on the lower end thereof. The horizontal width of the loop is narrow enough to permit the loop to pass between a space between adjacent planks on a dock in one orientation of the anchor bolt about the longitudinal axis.