Abstract: A supporting structure for a stencil in a rotation screen printing machine. The stencil includes a thin-walled perforated cylinder having at both ends a ring secured via an annular connecting area to an extremity of the cylinder. The machine includes two opposite stationary parts each with an internal rotatable sleeve for connection with the end rings of the stencil, an aligning bearing within each part for supporting the sleeve, an universal joint element being provided in the supporting end structure of the stencil.

Abstract: A fishing lure apparatus for plug or spin casting has an elongated body having a swivel shank on the front for attaching a fishing line and a spring clasp on the rear for attaching interchangeable tail portions. The elongated body has a hollowed-out belly having a slidable mass therein which in one position maintains the lure with air entrapped in the hollowed-out portion, so that the lure floats on the surface and in a second position, tilts the lure to let the air escape so that the lure dives. An adjustable wobble plate or lip helps control the depth of the dive and the wobble of the lure. A sliding belly cover to cover a portion of the opening to the hollow belly portion may be used to provide additional weight and better air entrapment.

Abstract: A mouse or rat trap of improved design, including a hollow container into which the animals are lured by baited cheese, the interior having trap doors through which the animals drop into a lower chamber, the trap doors closing electric circuits to lamps so to illuminate the chamber so a person can see inside through windows, a bottom door locked by a latch serving to dump the animals after being drowned in water.

Abstract: A method of automatically controlling deviations in the liquid ink and dampening liquid feed in an offset printing press includes irradiating a layer formed of liquid ink and ingredients of a dampening liquid deposited on a plate cylinder of the press with at least one source of radiation, selectively interposing, in the radiation path between the radiation source and the irradiated liquid layer, wave length absorption filters, selecting certain wavelengths most heavily absorbed by at least one of the liquids, comparing measured values for the ink layer and the individual ingredients of the dampening liquid with a given nominal value and, in accordance with a quantitative deviation between the measured and the nominal values, automatically actuating a control circuit for regulating the feed of the liquid ink and the dampening liquid; and a device for carrying out the foregoing method.

Abstract: A fluid applicator has a fluid absorbant dispensing roller mounted by an applicator head having inlet means for releasably connecting the roller in fluid communication with a disposable fluid storage container and fluid pressure responsive valve means in the applicator head for restricting fluid flow to the roller normally whereby the roller is applied with fluid by manually squeezing the container.

Abstract: A method of printing a carpet with `flat bed` carpet printing apparatus is described incorporating a plurality of screens or other printing heads comprising moving the carpet in a number of steps beneath the screens or heads and preventing at least one of the screens or heads from printing at least once during each printing sequence or pattern repeat.

Abstract: A toothbrush or gum massage appliance carries its own storage font for toothpaste or similar hygienic materials. The handle portion defines a cavity for such storage, and includes a screw and piston therein for forcing the material from the cavity through a channel and into the brush or massage head. Refilling of the cavity is promoted by a system of slots and ports, whereby air is forced out as toothpaste or the like is introduced at the other end of the cavity.

Abstract: Open-topped container for cultivating one or more plants individually contained in a corresponding number of cavities of said container, containing a natural or artificial cultivating medium for said plant(s), e.g. soil, and being adapted for easy transplantation of such plants by said base comprising a peripheral line of weakness adapted for an application of pressure against the base cause the base to break loose from the remainder of the container. The line of weakness having an average breaking strength of between 10 and 40% of the average breaking strength of the base is preferably formed wholly or in part by elongate drainage holes passing through the base and so dimensioned that cultivating medium is retained. For transplantation the base is pushed upwards with the cultivating medium and plant.

Abstract: A fishing float having a retaining ring resiliently biased into contact with the circumferential surface thereof is disclosed. The retaining ring is shaped substantially the same as the circumference of the float and is removably engaged therewith. Alternatively, the retaining ring may include one or more offsets through which a fishing line may freely move. The retaining ring has two free spaced apart ends forming an opening therebetween, with each of the free ends bent to form a guide means thereon for directing a line between the retaining ring and the body of the float. A removable element may be employed to firmly lock the free ends of the retaining ring in fixed spaced relationship.

Abstract: A dispensing brush for discrete material e.g. powder comprising a bristle tray having an outstanding rim and a bottom having longitudinal interrupted slots therein; slidingly attached thereto within the tray there is a powder container having a bottom with cross slots therein; said cross slots being alignable with the slots in the tray member or misaligned therewith for applying powder, i.e. to the body e.g. of an animal while at the same time brushing the animal's fur.

Abstract: A plurality of circumferentially extending mounting recesses are formed in a cylinder assembly and arcuate saddle members having marking means, such as print type, on their outside surface are mounted in the recesses. Each saddle member has a locking recess formed in its inside surface with a pair of spaced apart, flexible locking wires extending therethrough. Mounting studs having a mounting head with a relatively narrow neck portion are affixed to the cylinder within the mounting recesses. The saddle members may be mounted within the mounting recesses by snap-on engagement of the mounting head with the locking wires, and readily removed by snap-off disengagement of the head with the wires. The saddle members may thus be readily replaced and interchanged by means of the snap-on, snap-off mounting and demounting.

Abstract: Screen printing and stencil articles, apparatus and methods provide a stencil including a screen and photosensitive emulsion for selectively stopping areas of the screen upon photographic exposure and development. One or more sheets are adapted to receive an image pattern through which the photosensitive emulsion is to be exposed. The photosensitive emulsion is shielded against spurious exposure. The screen with shielded photosensitive emulsion and the one or more pattern receiving sheets are combined into a unitary stencil making assembly.A stencil comprises a rectangular screen having meshes. A first area on the screen is stopped and a second area adjacent the first area comprises open meshes of the screen. A first elongate screen mounting member is attached to and extends along a first side of the screen. A second elongate screen mounting member is attached to and extends along an opposite second side of the screen. The screen itself is self-supporting between the first and second mounting members.

Abstract: A decoy set comprising an anchor, main line including at least one decoy, and a highly elastic band connected in series between the anchor and main line.

Abstract: A mimeograph device which comprises a rectangular framework having a center window, a closure plate slidably received in the framework and having a knob, a perforated plate convexed downwardly and attached to the undersurface of the framework to define an ink holding chamber in cooperation with the closure plate, an air-liquid permeable sponge sheet convexed downwardly and applied to the undersurface of the perforated plate and a screen convexed downwardly and applied to the undersurface of the sponge sheet for releasably receiving a stencil paper thereon.

Abstract: A fishing lure comprising a unitary piece of sheet stock including a central sheet section and integral front and rear flange sheet sections, inclined at different angles relative to the central sheet section, extending in the same direction away from the central sheet section.

Abstract: A disposable liquid applicator is provided in which the liquid to be dispensed is carried within a prescored container. Absorbent material is fastened to the container overlying the prescored portion. The container and the absorbent material cooperate to cause the liquid to be dispensed into the absorbent material when the container is bent away from the prescored portion and about itself.

Abstract: A fishing lure in the form of a facsimile fish made of flexible material in which the hook extends through a chamber in the body of the fish, the forward end of the hook being bent so as to engage an abutment in the chamber to prevent the hook being pulled forwardly through the lure and to prevent its rotation. There is also provided a baffle plate at the rear end of the tail to wag the tail from side to side, the baffle plate being attached to the tail at two vertically spaced portions only so as to allow water to freely pass across the baffle plate.

Abstract: A screen printing machine wherein a hollow cylindrical stencil rotates about a stationary but adjustable horizontal header which supplies a liquid and is welded to a carrier for a reciprocable or pivotable holder supporting a blade-like or rod-like squeegee. The latter is biased against the internal surface of the stencil by a deformable tubular cushion which is received in a U-shaped portion of the carrier and is deformed by an elongated extension of the holder which imparts to the cushion a kidney-shaped cross-sectional outline. The cushion can be bonded to the carrier and comprises an elastic hose which is reinforced by one or more textile or metallic layers or a non-elastic hose which is reinforced by one or more layers of elastomeric material.

Abstract: A rotary screen process printing press has a plurality of printing stations, each having a pair of first and second transverse bars and a cylindrical stencil which is movably and adjustably supported between each pair of bars. The drive shafts for rotating the stencils are mounted in the first bars. The ends of each stencil are provided with bearing plates or head bearings. One end of each bearing plate is coupled to a first bar so as to pivot about the longitudinal axis of its drive shaft. The other end of each bearing plate has a mechanism to lift or lower the bearing plate to cause it to pivot about its shaft axis so that a stencil may be moved relative to the material being printed without moving its drive shaft. The lifting mechanisms and the pivotable coupling are adjustably attached to the bars to permit the position of the stencil to be varied.

Abstract: A shovel tooth for an earth-moving shovel includes a tooth holder having a hollow shell-like portion fixedly attached to the inner surface of a shovel blade, the shell having an end web extending along the edge of the blade and a projecting portion attached to the end web and extending beyond the blade edge. A tooth cap has a hollow interior dimensioned to receive and frictionally engage the projecting portion, the projecting portion and the tooth cap having aligned opening to receive a fastener such as a bolt. The projecting portion and the interior cavity of the tooth cap are symmetrical about a longitudinal axis of the projecting portion so that the cap can be removed and replaced in either of two positions separated by 180.degree. of cap rotation. The shell and the tooth cap are provided with reinforcing webs which are substantially aligned with each other in the assembled condition. The projecting portion and the cap cavity taper from the end web to the tip of the projecting portion.