Abstract: A fluid dispenser is disclosed, most of whose parts along with its wall-mounting bracket are of a resilient plastic such as polystyrene and cooperate in such manner as to permit hand assembly. The dispenser comprises a facade member on which a plurality of separate containers for different fluid substances are mounted, and each container is provided with a simplified dispensing valve and operator, composed of snap-fitted parts, for dispensing a premeasured amount of the fluid. The wall mounting bracket is provided with adjustment plates for corner mounting the dispenser on irregular walls, and a top cover fits over the facade member, containers and wall bracket forming a shelf and sealing the fluid in the containers.

Abstract: Food processing unit adapted to include several processing devices to permit various foods to be sliced, grated, shredded or otherwise processed into a food receiving chamber, the top portion of which is designed to removably support a working platform. The working platform is designed with a two stage horizontal base with an opening designed to releasably support the processing devices.

Abstract: An appliance which is made solely of snap-in molded plastic components includes a strainer for holding the vegetables which is rotated within a covered bowl by a hand crank transmitting the rotational motion through a step-up transmission having a planetary gear and through a frictional fit between a strainer and an easily removable strainer cover.

Abstract: A hand-held cleaning device is disclosed comprising a two-piece, molded plastic housing having a top handle and a forwardly-extending snout-like sweep tunnel with a forwardly-inclined intake opening at its forward end and containing a driveable endless belt with spaced flexible sweeping blades thereon which pick up dust and debris at the intake opening and carry it through the tunnel to a material-receiving chamber within the housing. An illuminating system is located in the housing above the tunnel for alternately acting as a flashlight or a beacon, and a debris cup is removably mounted on the underside of the housing for collecting and disposing of material from the material-receiving chamber, which cup may also act as a prop for inclinedly supporting the device on a flat surface when the illuminating system is being used.

Abstract: Disclosed is a portable safe which when locked wedges itself in a drawer to resist being either opened or removed from the drawer without first being unlocked.

Abstract: A battery-driven cleaning device has a pair of rotary attachments for brushing, scrubbing or buffing and is made primarily of inexpensive molded plastic parts. The device can work with or without a detachable reservoir unit which dispenses a cleaning agent.

Abstract: A device for cleaning articles such as jewelry by vibrating a container for a cleaning solution in which the articles are immersed at sonic frequencies with a motor which drives an eccentric weight. The cleaning device is made mainly of molded plastic parts which can be assembled with minimal need for tools so as to minimize manufacturing and assembly costs.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser is disclosed, most of whose parts along with its wall-mounting bracket are of a resilient plastic such as polystyrene and cooperate in such manner as to permit hand assembly. The dispenser comprises a facade member on which a plurality of separate containers for different fluid substances are mounted, and each container is provided with a simplified dispensing valve and operator, composed of snap-fitted parts, for dispensing a premeasured amount of the fluid. The wall mounting bracket is provided with adjustment plates for corner mounting the dispenser on irregular walls, and a top cover fits over the facade member, containers and wall bracket forming a shelf and sealing the fluid in the containers.

Abstract: The device draws the smoke up from lit cigarettes and the like and disperses it thoroughly in large amounts of air to make it nearly invisible and less offensive. A battery operated motor drives an impeller which draws smoke through a ram tube. The smoke then proceeds through an annular flow channel and passes through a perforated dispersal ring before being ejected through a dispersal rim slot near the top of the device. The flow path is arranged to minimize the drain on the batteries and maximize dispersal; the motor, its batteries and electrical circuit connectors (including a novel electrical switch) are arranged such that smoke and ashes are kept away from their compartment. The entire device disassembles easily for cleaning. In one embodiment, the smoke passes through an ash screen having a low resistance to air flow.

Abstract: A simple and inexpensive, hand-held, battery-operated device extrudes dough or another paste- or cream-like food substance to make cookies and the like or food decorations. The substance is in a tube and is pushed out by a nonrotating pusher moved along the tube by a nonrotating drive screw driven along the tube by a battery-powered, rotating gear wheel.

Abstract: A portable battery driven device cleans phonograph records and the like by vacuuming, by concurrently brushing (with brushes that can be moistened with a record cleaning fluid) and by concurrently removing static electrical charge from the record.

Abstract: A hand-operated device, in the form of a gun, shatters nut shells and the like. The gun has an inertia weight and a limited movement hammer bolt between which a nut shell is inserted and held in place by pressure applied on a trigger against a pistol grip. A striker rod is moved against the biasing action of a spring to permit the pressure applied on the trigger to move the inertia weight and the hammer bolt forwardly by a distance corresponding to the extent of the limited movement of the hammer bolt. The striker rod is released to move under the biasing action of the spring and strike the hammer bolt, and the hammer bolt in turn strikes against the nut shell, which is backed up primarily by the inertia of the inertia weight but also partly by the pressure on the trigger to impact and shatter the nut shell.