Abstract: A costume designed for use on the legs and lower body to give the impression that the wearer is being carried by a human or other animal figure includes a hollow animal figure with an open topped body portion and leg portions, and a pair of conventional trousers on the top end of the animal figure. The trousers having openings in the top rear of the legs so that the legs of a user can be inserted through such openings into the body portion and leg portions of the animal figure. Socks are provided on the bottom ends of the legs of the trousers, and the legs and socks are filled with padding to give the impression that they are being worn by the user.

Abstract: A garment hanger is particularly designed for grasping the waistband of trousers. The hanger includes spaced apart clamps having serrated grasping jaws to effect a secure attachment between a hanger and the trousers. The jaws include the use of both rounded and pointed serrations.

Abstract: A patient gown which is a practical, comfortable, and cost-effective means of clothing patients in the health care field. The patient gown comprises sleeves provided with slits running from the neck all the way to the patient's arms to allow for immediate access to the patient's upper chest area; a body portion with a slit running the entire length of the rear of the gown; both of said slits having a plurality of "T" configured hook and loop fasteners to allow for great ease in securing the gown to the patient as well as allowing for great ease in adjusting the size of the gown to accommodate various different size wearers, as well as casts and enlarged bandages. Additionally, the gown comprises a front pocket, which allows for placement of a telemetry or other type unit therein, with a slit in the back portion of the pocket to allow a hook up directly to the wearer's body.

Abstract: A combing cylinder of a comber in spinning machinery has a combing cylinder having grooves having substantially rectangular cross-sectional shapes at regular intervals, each of the grooves having a small groove, and a plurality of laminated needle plate members having concave recessed portions at a position corresponding to the position at which the small groove is provided. An anti-slip member is locked in a space formed by the concave recessed portions and the small groove. The laminated needle plate member is formed by laminating needle plates, each having a concave recessed portion at one side of a needle inserting part and a connecting member locking part in which a connecting member is fixed.

Abstract: The invention is heat transfer device to aid in the cooking of pizzas, particularly thick or double crust pizzas, as well as a method for cooking an assembled pizza with such a device. The device comprises a heat conducting means, preferably made in one piece, which in turn comprises a heat absorbing band portion with heat transferring pins extending therefrom. In the preferred embodiment, the heat conducting means is formed in a spiral with the heat transferring pins extending in a direction perpendicular to the spiral. In another embodiment, the heat conducting means is formed in at least two concentric circles with the heat transferring pins extending in a direction perpendicular to the circles. The method of using the device includes the steps of inserting the heat transferring pins into the pizza before it is cooked and then removing the pins after the pizza is cooked.

Abstract: A line is provided for assembling a product including proteinaceous patties having a filling therebetween. All components of the line are mechanically synchronized to maintain a consistent pitch throughout the assembling procedure. Included is a patty forming means that deposits proteinaceous patties such as ground meat patties onto a moving conveyor assembly to thereby define the desired pitch. Edible filling materials such as sauces, condiments and/or cheeses are deposited onto this patty at the given pitch. Another patty is deposited thereover while the product being formed continues to flow on the generally straight-line conveyor assembly. Thereafter, a knitting station impresses projections or pins through the outer periphery of the upper patty and into the lower patty such that, after removal of the pins by the device, the patties are knitted together, and the filling is encapsulated therewithin.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for cooking and preferably roasting or grilling food, in particular food with an accessible cavity such as fowl or the like, wherein the food is heated simultaneously externally and internally and when preferably at least one heater element is inserted into the food.An apparatus implementing the process of the invention is characterized by a food receiving chamber and by a heating system associated with the food receiving chamber that supplies both external and internal heat to the food, this system preferably including at least one one external heater element and one inside heater element insertable into the food. Preferably the inside heater element is electrical and preferably it is substantially rod-like.

Abstract: A self-supporting ear protector includes a flexible core member formed from a flat, elongated rectangular sheet of a resilient, flexible plastic material substantially impervious to cold weather conditions, the sheet having opposite edges and the opposite edges abutting each other in a non-overlapping relation and heat sealed to each other to form the sheet into a continuous loop of substantially constant thickness having a general configuration of the ear to be protected, the continuous loop defining a first central opening therein; an outer protective exposed layer of material secured to one side of the sheet of plastic material in covering relation to the first central opening, the outer layer having an outer surface which can be imprinted; and an inner layer secured to the opposite side of the sheet of plastic material and having a second central opening in substantial alignment with the first central opening.

Abstract: A cooking unit formed with four side panels hinged along adjacent sides. A pair of opposite side panels are hinged between the sides thereof in parallel relation to the hinges joining the adjacent sides thereof. The cooking unit in an extended state is hollow, and in cross-section has a rectangular or square configuration.

Abstract: A cooking vessel having an inner heat conductive jacket, the cooking vessel includes an outer heat conductive jacket having a multiplicity of variable length slots; and an inner heat conductive jacket; the inner jacket has heat resistant handles and stabilizer bars adapted to be slidably received internally of the vertically disposed slots; the inner jacket being deployed in various operational attitudes internally of the outer jacket.

Abstract: A sleeveless, preferably lined, apron of jacket length sewn together at the shoulders having a back panel of about the same length as the front panel with detachable multicolored two-dimensional cut out toys provided on the front so that the mother or babysitter can observe or actively participate in the baby's play involving detaching or reattaching these toys to the front of the apron. Exemplary multicolored toys in the form of two-dimensional detachable appliques are a butterfly, a kitten, a lion, a Noah's Ark, and the letters A, B & C. A toy may include a sounding device, such as a bell which is attached to the butterfly and cannot be detached by the infant. The Noah's Ark is attached by buttons fitting into buttonholes and these are manipulated by the child. The Letters A, B & C each differently colored, match outlines on the apron in the corresponding color, (blue for A, green for B, red for C) to attach by means of VELCRO fasteners (VELCRO is a hook and pile type fastener).

Abstract: An apparatus for washing an automotive vehicle has box-shaped outer and inner hoods which are movable along rails laid on the ground to completely cover the vehicle to be washed and washing liquid spraying devices movably attached to the inner walls of the outer and inner hoods at positions appropriate for spraying liquid on the entire surface of the vehicle. The spray device sprays water, washing liquid and the like in accordance with the spraying steps. The washed vehicle is dried by blowing air through an air blowing device.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a fiber tuft feeder with discharge rollers for delivering a fiber tuft mass; a drive motor connected to the discharge rollers; a feeding device arranged for advancing fiber material obtained from the tuft feeder; and a textile processing machine having an input arranged to receive fiber material from the feeding device. An opening roller forms part of the tuft feeder and is arranged downstream of the discharge rollers for receiving fiber material from the discharge rollers and to advance fiber tufts. Devices produce a loose fiber tuft mass from the fiber tufts delivered by the opening roller, form a thin fiber lap from the loose mass and advance the fiber lap to the feeding device. A sensor is situated upstream of the textile processing machine for detecting fluctuations in quantity characteristics of the advancing fiber lap, and a transducer is connected to the sensor for generating electric signals representing the fluctuations.

Abstract: The problem of sliver slingover encountered when starting up a coiler of a high speed drawframe or the like at full production rates can be obviated through this invention wherein for an initial interval the rotational axes of the can and its platform and of the fixed coiler tube are brought closer together than one would require to fill the can to maximum capacity from side to side so that the inertial momentum of the spewing sliver is insufficient to over extend the sliver beyond the can's rim; this condition in filling is maintained until a measured amount of sliver sufficient to produce a firm abutting of the topmost coils with the exit of the coiler tube and thus sufficient resistance to the then spewing sliver therefrom to contain the coils within the side to side extent of the can is attained, whereupon through a shifting mechanism, which may be pneumatically operable, the can platform and its axis are shifted a prescribed distance of greater separation away from the fixed coiler tube axis for the rema

Abstract: A pre-rinse unit incorporates a normally closed water shutoff valve connected to the lower end of a vertical riser pipe carrying a source of water. An outer tube is rotatably and longitudinally slidable on the riser pipe. A pair of rotatable arms are mounted for rotation at one end to the upper end of the vertical riser pipe above the outer tube for rotation about a horizontal axis and the arms carry cams contacting a cam follower ring whose lower surface abuts the outer tube. A concentric coil spring surrounding the vertical riser pipe and interiorly of the hollow tube, abuts a lower collar fixed to the riser pipe, interiorly of the tube, at its lower end and its upper end abuts the cam follower ring. Stop means carried by the riser pipe limits pivoting of the arms.

Abstract: A comfort pad is provided and consists of a Y-shaped strap that is wrapped around a leg of a person and secured to a pillow that acts as a cushion to relieve pressure on knee bones as well as stress on hips, when a person sleeps on their side.

Abstract: An improved headgear conformable to the head of a wearer and capable of absorbing energy to thereby protect the wearer against blows to the head. The headgear is fabricated of foam coated with a pliable coating. The foam is shaped as a circumferential strip adapted to encompass the head of the wearer and includes a first portion extending across the wearer's forehead, a second portion extending across the back of the wearer's head and intermediate portions extending across the sides of the wearer's head. The intermediate portions couple the wide portion and narrow portion. A concave region is formed in the interior of the wide portion to create a dome-shaped air space between the back of the wearer's head and the interior of the headgear for the increased absorption of the force of a blow to the back of the head of a wearer.

Abstract: When practicing a method and using an arrangement for producing a fibre layer or fibre mat from a liquid-absorbent material, e.g. in the manufacture of diapers, a fibre-air suspension is blown in between two endless, mutually parallel air-permeable conveyor belts (12,13) at a pressure which exceeds the pressure of the ambient surroundings. The conveyor belts form therebetween a forming space which is defined laterally by stationary or movable side-walls (18), the inner surfaces of which may be profiled so as to provide a fibre layer or a fibre mat with profiled side-edges.

Abstract: A device for preparing such food items as omelets, fried eggs, and other foods cooked in a fry pan, skillet, or the like, includes means for horizontally reciprocating the cooking vessel while applying heat thereto. A generally conventional fry pan is quickly, separably attachable to reciprocating means, and during the reciprocal action imparted to the fry pan, heat is applied above and below the same to complete the cooking process during the continuous application of a gentle, back and forth movement to the vessel.

Abstract: A bowling glove and wrist support having a palm plate and back plate for engaging, respectively, the front and back portions of the hand, wrist and forearm. An adjustable palm prop overlies a digital end portion of the palm plate to engage a bowling ball. Adjustable strap means are provided on the bowling glove and wrist support for fastening the glove to different sizes and shapes of hands wrists and forearms.