Abstract: An apparatus for rental of articles such as videocassettes comprises an outer housing, and a storage assembly within the housing having storage locations for storing a plurality of videocassettes. The housing has a front panel including an array of separate display areas each containing pictorial indicia representing a particular videocassette and a predetermined selection code corresponding to that videocassette, a selection device adjacent the array for allowing a user to enter the selection code of a selected videocassette, and a delivery chute for delivering selected videocassettes to users. A transport mechanism is provided for retrieving selected videocassettes from the storage assembly for delivery to users, and for returning videocassettes to the storage assembly. A control device associates each stored videocassette with its storage location and controls the transport mechanism to deliver selected videocassettes to customers.

Abstract: A breakdance doll (10) has a body (11) having a back (12), buttocks (13), and a neck (38) joining a head (40) to the body (11). The back (12) has a laterally extending slot (24) positioned between chest height and the buttocks (13). A rotatable drive wheel (22) extends from the slot (24) and is connected to a motor (26) mounted in the body (11) above the slot (24) by shaft (28). The motor (26) and a battery (36) are positioned to provide a suitable weight distribution for the doll (10), so that the doll (10) will pivot about a point (16) on the back (12) above the slot (24) as the drive wheel (22) rotates.

Abstract: An improved construction for securing the connecting link from the free end of a Bourdon tube to the segment gear in the geared movement of a pressure responsive instrument. An elongated flat spring clip, recessed in its center portion, has one open end from which it is longitudinally slotted inward. The opposite end is screw tapped for acting as a nut to receive a screw fastener. By a slip fit insertion of the spring clip over a controlled recess on the segment shaft, the clip is held in place in a controlled tensioned grip for captivating the nut at the fastener location of the segment gear. Should it be necessary to shift the fastener location for purposes of calibrating the instrument, the spring clip is finger slideable for relocation as required.