Abstract: A pest repellent article for dispensing a repellent composition to a receptacle or area to be protected is disclosed. The pest repellent article comprises an outer cover and an inner porous removable pest repellent composition carrier member. The repellent composition carrier is formed of a compact absorbent structure and is impregnated with a volatile pest repellent composition. The outer cover or envelope completely encloses the repellent composition carrier member and is formed of a flexible, puncturable, tearable material substantially impermeable to the repellent composition and the vapors thereof. The outer cover is releasably sealed about the inner porous pest repellent composition carrier member and can be opened to remove the inner porous repellent composition carrier member. The inner porous pest repellent composition carrier member is releasably sealed whereby the composition carrier member can be opened to release the volatile repellent composition carrier.

Abstract: Stud 14 is secured to member 10 with hinge arm 20 slidable thereon and carrying knuckle 30. Pin structure 32 includes pin 34 engaging knuckles 24 and 30. Slotted plate 36 secured to the pin engages stud 14 and is retained thereby.

Abstract: A panel for overlaying the exposed surface of the leaf of a hinge component has an edge contoured to align with the edge of the leaf. A longitudinally served tubular member extending along an edge of the panel receives the pintle portion of the hinge component. The pintle portion may be compressively quipped within the tubular member. Also, a pressure sensitive adhesive may be carried on the surface of the panel for application to the surface of the leaf.

Abstract: A system for positioning an automotive vehicle side body wherein slide rails for supporting a sliding conveyor for movement thereon in an automotive vehicle body assembly line is located, not on a floor of the assembly line, but at the same height as an underbody supported at a elevated location above the assembly line floor, so that an open space below the slide rails can be used for installing other necessary equipment.

Abstract: A baseplate assembly for mounting a hinge bracket of a furniture hinge or the like comprises a base plate, which is adapted to be secured to a carrying wall or the like by fixing screws, and a cover plate, which covers or partly overlaps the base plate and is guided on the same transversely to the hinge bracket or the like. The base plate is formed in its end portions with bores for receiving fixing screws, which bores register with intermediate portions of slots, which are formed in luglike lateral extensions of the cover plate and extend on the line connecting the bores, and the bores are defined at least in part by projections, which serve as guides for the side faces of the slots.

Abstract: A hinge includes a hinge arm adapted to be snapped onto a mounting plate. The front of the hinge arm is directly or by an intermediate member indirectly engageable into the mounting plate, and the rear of the hinge arm has a tilting lever at which a hook member is formed by which the tilting lever is lockable to the mounting plate. When a door is mounted to the body of an article of furniture, the hinge arm can be engaged into the mounting plate and then fastened thereto simply by applying pressure. Canting of the hinge arm at the mounting plate is prevented.

Abstract: A method of producing a reinforced duct structure for use with turbo-fan aircraft engines and the like. The duct is first cut from a flat metal sheet in a predetermined pattern. The sheet is rolled to form a tubular or conic structure of the approximate desired configuration and welded along the open seam. The welded tubular structure is then expanded to the exact required shape. The expanded tubular structure is cut out in selected areas to form a tubular grid structure. A tubular liner conforming to the inner surface of the tubular grid structure is installed and bonded to the grid structure forming an integral tubular structure of the desired configuration and strength and; attachment of any required mating flanges and structure bosses to the integral tubular structure.

Abstract: An automotive door hinge assembly is provided with a check spring assembly consisting of a leaf spring with an elastomeric block mechanically connected in series with the leaf spring and in which the check spring assembly is carried within the door plate and body plate of the hinge assembly.

Abstract: An improved, more economical mold for use in continuously casting metals or alloys comprises a mold tube and a pair of flanges, one flange peripherally disposed of and in abutting, liquid sealing relation with each end of the tube. Such sealing relation is preferably provided by a continuous knife-edged protrusion formed in and disposed peripherally of each flange and adapted to sealingly cooperate with a continuous shallow groove formed in and disposed peripherally of each end of the tube. Cooling means including a jacket and a baffle surround the tube between the flanges, and the baffle further defines a channel immediately circumjacent a substantial portion of the outer surface of the tube for directing a flow of cooling liquid about the tube in direct contact with such surface.

Abstract: Self-aligning hinge for providing a properly aligned, uniformly tight fit between opposite mating first and second members has a resilient element in the form of a wire spring for permitting restrained movement of a hinge in all directions. The wire spring which is generally U-shaped has an intermediate portion residing within a groove in a mounting post extending outwardly from the first member and opposite end portions which encircle the opposite ends of a hinge pin. The pin resides within slots within an opposite pair of lugs mounted on the first member and within a hole in a single lug disposed between the spaced-apart pair of lugs and mounted on the second member.

Abstract: Cabinet hinge whose mounting plate serving for the adjustable attachment of the carcase-related part of the hinge to the carcase of a cabinet is composed of two parts, i.e., of a bottom plate and a top plate. The bottom plate has in its outer end adjacent the door at least one hook rising from the plane in which it is fastened to the carcase and pointing outwardly, which can engage an associated eye in the bottom of the upper plate. The confronting surfaces of engagement between the hook and the eye are of complementary configuration and at least approximately arcuate with the centers of the arcs coinciding approximately with the center of the angular displacement described by the hinge in the first part of its closing movement relative to the door-related part of the hinge. A spring catch mechanism with a handle is provided in the bottom plate for the purpose of the releasable attachment of the top and bottom plates to one another.

Abstract: An improved hinge is provided for interconnecting window panes or the like, wherein the hinge is particularly adapted for use in a folding rear window of an automotive vehicle having a fold-down convertible top. The hinge comprises an elongated one-piece extrusion of flexible elastomer material shaped to define a back-to-back pair of generally U-shaped channel strips joined together by a short hinge segment along one side thereof. The channel strips are respectively secured with substantial bond area to adjacent edges of a pair of window panes, with the hinge segment acccommodating relatively free swinging movement of the panes betweeen a normal position lying generally in a common plane and a folded or stacked position for compact storage.

Abstract: The insert cup for cabinet hinges is made from stamped and drawn sheet metal and can be sunkenly mounted in a cylindrical mortise in the area adjacent the edge of the inside face of a door leaf. It has a tub- or trough-like portion having on its upper edge a marginal flange which covers the interstice between the tub-like portion and the circumferential wall of the cylindrical mortise and, at least at a sector-shaped portion, lies matingly and flush within the mortise. On the margin of the sector-shaped portion of the flange there are provided integral guiding lugs which are bent downwardly at right angles into the interior of the cylindrical mortise and which center the insert cup in the proper installed position and secure it against displacements in the plane of the door leaf.

Abstract: A control mechanism for a door of a motor vehicle is described that is actuated via an inside and outside handle and comprises a piston-cylinder unit arranged between a door post and the vehicle door. It has a piston provided with passage openings for a pressure medium, the piston interacting with an interior valve that separates two working chambers of the cylinder from one another. The control mechanism is equipped with a blocking valve controlling the medium flow, this blocking valve being arranged in a control circuit connecting the two working chambers of the cylinder, acting against the flow direction. This blocking valve, via a control element at a door handle, can be controlled in such a way that the door is blocked in at least one intermediate position. The cylinder has at least one overflow duct between the two working chambers, the flow-through of which is controlled by the piston of the unit. The duct extends over an area into which the piston dips, up to a door opening angle of about 30.degree.

Abstract: A faucet handle is disclosed having a light-transmissive upper portion (10) and an opaque lower portion (16) which is connected to the handle hardware. In order to prevent viewing of the lower portion and the hardware through the light-transmissive upper portion, an opaque insert (26) is interposed between the upper portion and the lower portion. The upper portion comprises a unitary one-piece molding in which the top and downwardly depending skirt which form the upper portion are formed integrally in order to prevent detachment of the top (12) from the skirt (14). A projection (39) extends downwardly from the top at a central location thereof for carrying a color (40) which is applied to the underside of the projection, which color indicates cold or hot.

Abstract: A hinge mask product is provided, which consists of two substantially rectangular parts, with one of the parts having a tab for removal of this one part. One part of the mask is for the face of a hinge positioned and coupled between door and a door frame. The other part of the hinge mask is for the pin of the hinge. These parts of the hinge mask are used to mask the front face of the hinge and the hinge pin to prevent them from being covered by paint, stain, lacquer, or similar material when the door and door frame are located with a material, such as paint, lacquer, and the like. Hinges are of several standard sizes, and there are several specialty sizes. The hinge mask can be manufactured to cover both standard and specialty sizes.

Abstract: A hinge primarily for a roof window with a pivotally opening sash comprises a body to be fixed to the frame of the window, a support member pivoted to the body and arranged to be secured to the sash, a stay member pivoted to the support member spaced from its connection to the body, and constraining mechanism comprising a frictional assembly and positive catch mechanism to hold at least one position of the sash. As the sash is pivoted, the stay member has one end moved in an arc by the support member while its other end is constrained to reciprocation within the body. The catch mechanism may be operable from a remote position on the frame.

Abstract: A printed circuit board includes a pair of mounting openings for a connector member comprising a strip of electrically conducting material having a pair of oppositely oriented concave legs joined in a convex head. Each of the legs has an end abutting the circuit board and a narrower foot extending through one of the openings and soldered to the printed circuit on the opposite side of the board in a wave soldering process. The spacing of the mounting openings is less than that of the ends of the legs of the unbiased connector member so that the latter must be pinched closed to be mounted on the board and is positively retained thereon until soldered. The spacing also maintains the concave legs of the mounted connector member in contact with each other at their point of closest approach for controlled retention of a mating connecting member shaft but separated at the ends so that no molten solder wicks therebetween by capillary action in the wave soldering process.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a floating bait bucket and more particularly includes a surrounding ring formed of a foamed plastic material of closed cell construction providing buoyancy. The ring encircles a central deck. The deck supports a rectangular compartment lined with foamed plastic material which serves as a insulated storage chamber. It has a hinged lid which fastens with a latch. On top of that, another storage compartment is provided to receive fishing tackle. On top of that, a hinged lid closes over the fishing tackle to assure that the fishing tackle is secured therein. The device also supports a bait bucket having a lid and perforated sides to contain bait therein with water flow to assure that the bait is kept alive.

Abstract: A snap stud usable in window hardware, such as window operators and window hinges, for releasably pivotally interconnecting a pair of members. The snap stud has a stud extending from a first of the members and provided with an external peripheral groove which mounts a C-ring of spring music wire. The C-ring has a retention position partially extending beyond the periphery of the stud for overlying a second of the members and a compressed release position substantially entirely within the periphery of the stud, with the movement of the C-ring to the compressed release position occurring automatically in assembly and disassembly of said members.