Abstract: A dispensing system for bottled water, having a vented fluid dispenser assembly secured to the neck of a bottle which is inverted and supported by a bracket. The vent tube extends inward through the fluid to near the bottle bottom and ends with a check valve. A concentric valve member located within a flow tube seals against a valve seat and is manipulated by the reciprocating motion of a sleeve which surrounds the flow tube. The valve member is shaped with varying diameters, to regulate flow rate as a function of its elevation relative to the valve seat. The outer end of the valve member is releasably fastened to the sleeve center.

Abstract: A full free lift mast assembly having a first pair of spaced apart uprights, a second pair of spaced apart uprights mounted on the first pair of uprights and elevationally movable therealong and a carriage mounted on the second pair of uprights is provided. A first mast lift jack is connected between the first and second pairs of spaced apart uprights, and first and second interconnected carriage lift jacks are pivotally connected to and between the second pair of spaced apart uprights and the carriage. A first connecting arrangement connects a cylinder of the first and second carriage lift jacks and maintains the first and second carriage lift jacks parallel, in a preselected overlapping relationship relative to each other. Therefore, bending of the carriage lift jacks, fluid leakage, missequencing and the like have been substantially reduced. The full free lift mast assembly is particularly suited for use on a material handling vehicle.

Abstract: A novelty amusement toy comprising a headband mounted water squirting device is disclosed. A hand held water reservoir containing a trigger actuated pump is connected by flexible tubing to a water squirting orifice located on a headband. Actuation of the pump trigger causes water to be forced from the reservoir through the flexible tubing and squirted through the orifice.

Abstract: A device for conveying and aligning a sheet in a sheet-processing machine, with at least one frictionally driven ball having a dome facing towards the sheets for engaging a broad surface of the sheet and for moving the sheet in its plane includes structure for supporting the ball so that it is rotatable in all directions about a fixed mid-point thereof, and at least two frictional-force transmission locations located at the periphery of the ball and disposed at least 90.degree. from one another.

Abstract: Anti-spill apparatus including a liquid recovery system, for use with a liquid pumping system, which recovers and returns to a liquid container, any liquid which is inadvertently emitted by the liquid pumping system. The apparatus contemplates a pump, having a feeder hose received in a liquid containing barrel, for conveying chemicals and the like contained in the barrel, to a remote location and a new mounting system for mounting the pump on the barrell. The recovery system includes a splash guard which encases a portion of the pump, a recovery hose coupled between a downstream portion of the feeder hose and the splash guard, and a drain spout which receives the liquid from the splash guard and conveys it to the liquid container.

Abstract: An adjustable dispenser for holding and dispensing various size cups including the so-called jumbo cup. Radially adjustable retainers within a flanged storage tube frictionally hold the rim of the forwardmost cup against discharging until manually pulled out. Each retainer is locked in a serrated surface within the flange by a thumbscrew.

Abstract: A liquid metering unit comprising a conduit of flexible material depending between first and second rotatable rollers, each having first and second curved surfaces and first and second flat portions. The rollers are driven in opposite directions so that their first curved surfaces impinge upon the conduit, constricting it and causing it to move upwards along its longitudinal axis such that any liquid contained therein is expelled from its lower end. Continued rotation of the rollers presents the second flat portions to the conduit, which is released and drops back to its original position. The conduit is recharged with liquid from a reservoir connected to its upper end by means of a vacuum source selectively connectable to its lower end.

Abstract: A modular elevator cab construction is provided for assembly onto a platform of an elevator cage substantially from within the area of the cab. A rear wall panel, two side wall panels and front wall structures are assembled by simple complementary interengaging hanger devices on the backside of the adjacent walls for assembling the walls in proper right-angular juxtaposition. Anchoring mechanisms are provided between the platform and the lower edges of the wall panels. A drop ceiling support framework is hung from the top edges of the surrounding, assembled walls without the use of extraneous fastening means. A unitary canopy structure surmounts the walls and has a skirt embracing the upper end portions of the walls.

Abstract: A cleanser feeding mechanism has a cleanser housing portion, a cleanser feeding member for feeding a cleanser housed in the cleanser housing portion, and a synchronous motor for applying a drive force to the cleanser feeding member, and feeds and amount of cleanser corresponding to the number of revolutions of the synchronous motor. A cleanser feeding amount-setting unit sets an amount of cleanser to be fed from the cleanser feeding mechanism. A driving unit applies an AC source voltage of an AC power source to the synchronous motor. A counter counts the number of cycles of the AC source voltage from a timing at which the AC source voltage is applied to the synchronous motor. A reference cycle number-setting unit sets a total cycle number of the AC source voltage which corresponds to a cleanser amount set by the cleanser feeding amount-setting unit.

Abstract: A modular elevator cab construction is provided for assembly onto a platform of an elevator cage substantially from within the area of the cab. A rear wall panel, two side wall panels and front wall structures are assembled by simple complementary interengaging hanger devices on the backside of the adjacent walls for assembling the walls in proper right-angular juxtaposition.

Abstract: A portable lifting device and cart is disclosed including a base having a pantographic lifting mechanism and a platform slidably connected and supported to upstanding support members. A plurability of stabilizer legs and struts pivotably attached to the base and support members provides for stability.

Abstract: A disposable package comprising a plastic container secured to plastic protective and support members so that the container may be supported in a vertical position during shipment and commercial storage and in a horizontal position, such as refrigerator shelf, for consumer use. In the preferred embodiment, the container contains a desired quantity of beer equal to a conventional case thereof. The container is provided with plastic dispensing apparatus having flow permitting apparatus movable between at least two positions so that in the first position there is no passageway between the fluid inside the container and the outside of the container and in a second position wherein the fluid in the container may be readily dispensed in separate portions over a period of time without degradation of the quality of the remaining portions of the fluid in the container.

Abstract: An external elevator system piggy backs a first rail car on a second rail car to permit simple and rapid transfer of the first rail car to an upper setback section of a high-rise building. Each rail car is equipped with pinion drives that engage racks fixed to vertical rails that are attached to the faces of the base section and setback section of the buildings. The cars also have motor driven wheels that allow the car to drive on horizontal surfaces.

Abstract: A low cost collating method includes a tray assembly supported and positioned to receive pages exiting from a page-producing apparatus in a first direction. The tray assembly is movable in a direction perpendicular to the first direction and is moved incrementally between deliveries of pages of a document being produced. As a result, the document pages are interleaved, collated and therefore readily separable. A detent mechanism assists with consistent, proper positioning of the tray assembly. In one embodiment, a tray is removable from the tray assembly for temporary storage of the pages while other trays are used for collating. Indentations and associated markings simplify the grasping and holding involved in separating the collated pages.

Abstract: A conveyor system for reducing the speed of double-piece cut banks being fed to a stacker is provided. Cut-blanks are fed in pairs with the spacing between the blanks of the pair being small and the spacing between the pairs of objects being large along a first conveyor towards a detecting device which detects the leading edge of the blanks. A delivery member consisting of two sandwiching rollers is variably driven in accordance with signals given by the detecting device so as to deliver from the first conveyor the first blank of each pair at a first higher speed and the second blank of each pair at a second lower speed. Blanks are thereby delivered to a second slower conveyor which may be as low as V1=2l/LV2 wherein V2 is the speed of the first conveyor, l is the length of each blank, and L is the distance between the leading edge of a first pair of blanks to the leading edge of a second pair.

Abstract: A golf tee dispenser including a length of rigid cylindrical tubing adapted to receive a plurality of golf tees therein and a thin elastic member disposed and held in tension transversely through the center of longitudinal axis of the tube and through and between opposing apertures formed in the walls of the tube adjacent one end. The elastic member is adapted, when tensioned, to retain the golf tees within the tube and to manually dispense one golf tee at a time when the tube is generally upright, the elastic member and apertures are at the lower end thereof, and the golf tees are downwardly pointed. Various forms of the elastic member are also provided, along with releasable engagement means for attachment of the dispenser to golf equipment such as bags and carts.

Abstract: A dosing syringe has a cylindrical syringe body which at its tapering end has a dispensing orifice and at its other end a stepped cylindrical enlargement with two opposing handles. A recess is located below each handle, and a piston is inserted into the cylindrical syringe body. The piston is in contact with a dosing plunger having an external thread. Two threaded sides are arranged around the plunger and each threaded side has a positioning projection introduced into the recesses of the enlargement. According to the invention, the piston is connected to the dosing plunger by a spring retainer connection and the threaded sides have an outside groove in which an O-ring is inserted in countersunk fashion to hold the two threaded sides together. As a result, the piston-dosing unit can be prefabricated and introduced as a complete unit including the threaded sides into the enlargement of the syringe body where it is fixed simplifying the production technology of the dosing syringe.

Abstract: A sheet feeding mechanism for feeding stacked sheets one by one from a sheet magazine includes a plurality of suction cups coupled to a vacuum suction device for attracting one sheet at a time, and an arm member on which the suction cups are securely mounted. At least one rotatable bearing is operatively coupled to the arm member and rollingly movable in a guide groove having at least one curved or bent guide opening. The bearing is movable by a slider in and along the guide opening to angularly move the arm member and hence the suction cups for thereby swaying and feeding a sheet held by the suction cups.

Abstract: A dispensing device for materials such as loose fill packaging material, is disclosed. The endwalls of the device housing are formed by corrugated sheets which are slit laterally from side to side and folded over into the inside of the housing to define hinged closure flaps. The housing sidewalls are attached to the endwalls by bolts or screws which extend through or are threaded into lateral flutes defined in the corrugated sheets. Also, cam follower rods are inserted into the flutes of the flaps. The flaps are biased together by a spring attached to the rods and are opened by a handle and attached cam plate.

Abstract: Apparatus for registering one or more sheets in a registration position defined for example in a corner formed by two edge stops has a sheet support member and a tamping member that engage the edge or edges of the sheet or sheets on the support member. The tamping member is mounted on the end of an arm which is mounted for angular movement about a shaft. On movement of the arm the tamper moves so as to push the sheet(s) into the registration position. The tamping member includes a brush having bristles that engage the edge(s) of the sheet(s).