Abstract: A line tightener wherein is provided a shank about which line can be wound for taking up, a transverse extension on one end of the shank, and a receiver on the distal end of the extension for receiving a region of the line spaced from the wound portion to resist unwinding of the line.

Abstract: A cutting and scoring device and method wherein an elongate body is positioned on one face of a sheet to be worked, having a track extending along the body, a carriage movable along the rack, a tool holder carried by the carriage for movement therealong and located over the sheet, and a tool depending from the tool holder for working engagement with the sheet.

Abstract: A drafting instrument wherein a plate having a circular through opening concentrically arrayed thereabout with calibrated scales and into which a dish having handles is insertable and rotable therein, the drafting instrument being positioned on one face of a sheet to be worked, the dish having a track upstanding from its floor and extending generally along an axis of the dish, a carriage moveable along the track, a plunger being selectively depressible and carried by the carriage, a graphite rod, held by and depending from the plunger extending through an opening of the track, for working engagement with the worksheet.

Abstract: A combination push-button lock wherein a bolt is shiftably mounted in a body for movement between locked and unlocked positions, a rotor being mounted internally of the body and carrying an operator for unlocking the bolt upon predetermined rotor rotation, rotor being rotatable by selective movement of shifters generally tangent to and engageable in turning engagement with selectively located turning tabs on the rotor.

Abstract: A hinge construction composed of two cooperating leaves provided with a deflectable resilient retention means to retain sashes, particularly basement windows and various other similar devices installed to swing open from the bottom or vertically, in a predetermined open position, whereby maintaining a sash in an open position until an overriding force is applied thereto intended to effect its closure, the retention means having a retention groove and a stop limiting range of hinge movement.

Abstract: A valved closure for a pressure vessel having an upstanding filling neck with a side opening and a retaining flange, a cap-like adaptor in sealing engagement with the neck and removably retained in interfitting relation with the flange, and open insert in sealing relation within the adaptor and extending spacedly into the neck to sealingly engage the vessel top wall and combine with the neck to define an annular chamber, a rotary valve element seated on the insert and resiliently urged toward sealing engagement therewith, and one-way inlet and outlet valves for passing fluid at predetermined pressures in one direction from the vessel outwardly through the neck side passageway and in the other direction through the neck side passageway into the vessel.

Abstract: The specification discloses a valved closure for a heat exchanger, such as the radiator of a liquid cooled vehicle engine, such radiators usually having an upper liquid chamber with an upstanding, flanged filling neck. The valved closure includes an annular adaptor on the upper end of the filling neck and having a valve seat, upstanding guide bearings on opposite sides of the adaptor, a valve element having a spherically curved portion in sealing engagement with the seat and having a through passageway generally chordally of the spherical portion and rotatable to shift the passageway into communication with the neck, aligned shafts extending from the valve element for rotation in respective guide bearings with the valve element when the latter changes position, and resilient tension means connected between the shafts and adaptor to urge the valve element into its seat sealing relation.

Abstract: An automatic keyboard operator including a plurality of carriers located over the keys of a keyboard, each carrier having a depending depressor for engaging a respective key and an upstanding tab for engagement by an actuator, the actuator being prearranged to engage preselected tabs for depressing corresponding keys.

Abstract: An insect capturing device including a handle carrying an outwardly facing receiver and a catcher shiftable toward and away from the receiver for catching an insect and depositing it in the receiver.

Abstract: A dispenser package for fluent material, such as viscous fluids, including a flexible applicator sheet for spreading the material, a container carried by the sheet generally centrally thereof for containing the material, and an opening associated with the container for opening the latter to pass the contained fluent material exteriorly of the container for application by the applicator sheet.

Abstract: For counting coins to predetermined quantities and packing the same in wrappers, there is provided an elongate fluted or grooved body, the flutes or grooves each being closed at one end and open at another end, having indicia denoting a selected predetermined quantity of coins received in each groove, and providing for the feeding of a quantity of coins from each groove to a receiving wrapper.

Abstract: A valve construction including a seat, a rotatable stem shiftable endwise toward and away from the seat, a washer carried by the stem for movement therewith into and out of closing relation with the seat, the washer being rotatable relative to the stem for nonrotative bearing engagement with the seat, and interfitting guide means for holding the washer against rotation relative to the seat upon movement of the washer into and out of its sealing engagement with the seat.

Abstract: A fluid transfer device including a casing having a fluid port, a flexible wall container in the casing and communicating exteriorly thereof through the fluid port, a resiliently biased plunger in the casing urged toward the container for collapsing the latter and expelling fluid through the port, and valved discharge means for selectively controlling fluid discharge through the port.

Abstract: A padlock construction including a body having tine-receiving holes and a shackle having tines insertable in the holes, wherein the body is provided internally with tumbler pins shiftable into and out of intersecting relation with a tine to lock the latter, the padlock body having a slot affording end access to the tumblers to shift the latter out of tine-intersecting relation to open the lock.

Abstract: A clip construction including a back part for connection to a support, a resilient front part upstanding from a lower region of the back part and extending toward an intermediate region of the back part, and an entry lip outstanding from an upper region of the front part, for downward insertion of an article between the back part and entry lip into position between the back and front parts.

Abstract: A door lock wherein a generally U-shaped body straddles a door edge, the U-shaped body carrying a retractable bolt, actuating knobs or the like, interconnecting means between the bolt and actuating means, and suitable locking and releasing means.