Abstract: A fixture facilitating the lubrication of cables including a housing having a clamping portion and a resilient insert to receive and capture the elongate cable and the end of the cable sheath, the compressible material being clamped around these portions. A valved lubricant aperture is provided in the fixture for introducing lubricant under pressure to the cable sheath while preventing blowback of the pressurized lubricant. The compressible insert in the fixture is designed to be captured in the base of one portion of the fixture and at another point in the moving portion of the fixture to allow it to be opened and closed for insertion and removal of the cable and sheath.

Abstract: An exercise device which provides tone and strength to the muscles and opposing muscles of the hand, wrist, and forearm. The device comprises a pair of spherical balls attached to the ends of a cylindrical bar. The spherical balls are pressed between a pair of grip handles which are detachably engaged together. The grip handles are able to rotate about the X, Y and Z axes of the spherical balls in essentially universal motion.

Abstract: A signal light for removable assembly to a bicycle handlebar or the like comprising a cylindrical battery shell of electrically non-conductive construction having a circumferential array of orthogonally spaced axially extending resilient arcuate ribs integrally projecting outwardly of the shell between the shell ends. Such ribs have an outer diameter for resilient press-fit insertion of the shell into a handlebar end, such that the ribs function simultaneously to retain the shell in the handlebar end, to center the shell therewithin, and to adapt to various internal diameter sizes of handlebars. A lamp has a base received into the open outer end of the shell and is retained thereon by a translucent lens which is press-fitted over the shell outer end. An electrically conductive strip extends externally of the shell from an inner end in spring-biased electrical contact with batteries within the shell to an outer end within the shell parallel to but spaced from the lamp base.

Abstract: A safety light for removable assembly to a bicycle handlebar or the like comprising a battery shell of conductive sheet metal construction having cantilevered inwardly projecting tabs at one end for resilient electrical contact with batteries captured therein and an opening at the opposing end for threadably receiving a lamp. The shell is contoured for sliding press-fit insertion into the open end of a tubular handlebar. A lens is mounted on the bulb of the lamp and has a head for endwise abutment with the handlebar end. A skirt integrally extends from the lens head surrounding the lamp and is closely received internally of the handlebar end for absorbing the shock of impacts on the handlebar end.

Abstract: A heater for air and liquid utilizing a combustible fuel which includes a first vertical stack including a combustion tube or heat stack with a bottom burner. The heat stack is surrounded by a heat transfer unit with alternate down passages and up passages. The down passages carry the heated exhaust gas. The up passages carry the fluid to be heated. A second vertical stack carries outgoing combustion gases, incoming secondary air supply for combustion, and incoming air to be heated or fluid to be heated. A heat transfer arrangement in the second stack transfers heat from outgoing combustion gases to incoming space air and combustion support air when the unit is used as a space heater.

Abstract: A helmet with turn signal indicator for motorcycle riders and like applications includes a pair of lamps respectively disposed on left-hand and right-hand sides of the helmet body, and head tilt switches responsive to momentary tilting of the wearer's head in a given direction for selectively energizing the lamp on the corresponding helmet side. The lamps are driven by flasher holding circuits which may be selectively extinguished by rearward tilting of the wearer's head. Fiber optics extend within the helmet from adjacent the lamps to above the wearer's eyes to indicate operation to the wearer.

Abstract: A system and apparatus for under chassis servicing of vehicles for oil change and lubrication which involves a central cashier's booth with a plurality of service stalls radially disposed. Special self-adjusting ramp track pairs are provided at each service stall to accommodate vehicles with different track widths. The ramp tracks are responsive to the front wheel tires and parallelling mechanism maintains the parallel relationship of the tracks.

Abstract: A machine and procedures for finish grinding of indexable cutting tool inserts made of tungsten carbide and other similar materials which includes a fixture for positioning inserts individually in a work holder and moving the work holder to a position in which the work is adjacent a rotating grinding wheel. Control device moves the insert into contact with the wheel with a gauge limiting the contact and also providing for rapidly turning an insert from one flat edge to another flat edge to avoid overgrinding of the corners and to speed up the ultimate grinding of all of the flat sides of a polygonal insert.

Abstract: A system for detecting frequency and phase-angle synchronism between local and utility power sources comprising a pair of identical permanent magnet synchronous motors respectively connected to the power sources and having output shafts in opposed alignment. Fingers mounted on the motor shafts effect electrical interconnection between the motor housings, which are ungrounded, when the power signals are at identical frequency and in phase. An SCR is responsive to such interconnection to energize a relay and interconnect the power sources.

Abstract: A lock device for vehicles such as bicycles and motorcycles having tubular frames which comprises a cable or chain threaded into an opening in a frame member with a stop to prevent full extraction from the frame, and a loop or other means to receive a padlock shackle to lock the vehicle to a post or to lock the wheel of a vehicle to prevent rotation.

Abstract: A heat saving and recovery system which includes a rectangular housing insert for a furnace flue gas duct incorporating a coil carrying a heat transfer fluid such was water. The coil communicates with a cold return conduit or other heat transfer device in a forced flow system to transfer heat from the chimney conduit to the return fluid intended to be heated by the furnace.

Abstract: A cutting tool, preferably in the form of a cutting insert of hard material, having a narrow land area or ledge along the cutting edge, forming a shallow recessed groove promoting the formation of a false cutting tip build-up during use of the cutting tool, the cutting tip build-up resulting from the transfer of material from the chip to the ledge surface. The cutting tool of the invention enhances and favors the formation of a cutting tip build-up by providing the shallow recessed groove with a width which is a function of the cut taken by the cutting tool in a workpiece such that the chip removed from the workpiece during a cutting operation bridges the recessed groove.

Abstract: A windpower generator which includes a cupped blade design to be assembled from flat module sheets together with a resiliently biased mount to provide automatic feathering with a consequent speed control. A generator or alternating generator to feed electric output to an existing power system, as, for example, a residence or small business establishment, is associated with the windmill to serve as a counterbalance in the mounting and to cooperate with the self-governing blade assembly. A switching circuit is connected to feed generator power to the local utility power lines when net power is available at the winddriven alternator and in phase with utility power.

Abstract: A tap for cutting threads in a hole which comprises a semi-circular tap body with threads cut in the circular surface extending to a diametrical surface. Modified embodiments include a rake angle at the cutting ends of the tap threads and a drill point to allow the device to serve as a drill and tap.

Abstract: A system and apparatus for under chassis servicing of vehicles for oil change and lubrication which involves a central cashier's booth with a plurality of service stalls radially disposed. Special self-adjusting ramp track pairs are provided at each service stall to accommodate vehicles with different track widths. The ramp tracks are responsive to the front wheel tires and parallelling mechanism maintains the parallel relationship of the tracks.

Abstract: A cutting tool, preferably in the form of a cutting insert of hard material, having a narrow land area or ledge along the cutting edge, and a top surface recessed below the ledge, the recess being deep enough to cause a continuous chip cut from a workpiece by the cutting edge to naturally flow into the recess without interference such as to promote the formation of a false cutting tip build-up during use of the cutting tool, the cutting tip build-up resulting from the transfer of material from the chip to the ledge surface. The invention further contemplates favoring the formation of cutting tip build-up by forming the ledge with a concave section and, in addition or in the alternative, by providing a plurality of diamond particles embedded in the ledge surface at least at the cutting tip of the tool.

Abstract: A cutting tool, preferably in the form of a cutting insert of hard material, having a narrow land area or ledge along the cutting edge, forming a shallow recessed groove promoting the formation of a false cutting tip build-up during use of the cutting tool, the cutting tip build-up resulting from the transfer of material from the chip to the ledge surface. The invention further contemplates favoring the formation of cutting tip build-up by providing a plurality of diamond particles embedded in the ledge surface at least at the cutting tip of the tool.

Abstract: A lock device for vehicles such as bicycles and motorcycles having tubular frames which comprises a cable or chain threaded into an opening in a frame member with a stop to prevent full extraction from the frame, and a loop to receive a padlock shackle to lock the vehicle to a post or to lock the wheel of a vehicle to prevent rotation.

Abstract: A chain lubricating device having a vessel with lubricating oil therein connected by a conduit to an applicator head with passages therein for discharging lubricating oil adjacent the links of the chain. The applicator head is retained on the chain for sliding movement relative thereto by a permanent magnet carried by the head. The magnet attacks the links of the chain and thus the head is held to the chain during the lubricating operation.

Abstract: A variable speed drive mechanism in which power is transmitted from an input driving disc to an output driven disc through an intermediate member of spherical configuration. The driving and driven discs are supported with their axes of rotation at an angle and offset. The intermediate spherical member is held by gravity or other means in the trough defined between the two inclined discs. A cage member holds and linearly guides the intermediate member .[.and a wick provides lubrication for the intermediate member.].. The radial position of the spherical intermediate member along the faces of the discs determines the drive ratio between the input and output shafts of the mechanism.