Abstract: A device is disclosed for use in cutting specific lengths from the end of a shaft, specifically the shaft of a golf club. It includes a base that allows the user to affix the device to a table or support surface and a support block that can be rotated in relation to the table where the axis of rotation is parallel to and fixed in relation to the table. The support block has a calibrated stop rod, a handle to facilitate the rotation, a shaft or workpiece cradle, and a cutting slot that extends through the cradle in the support block. The calibrated stop rod is held in the desired position by a threaded rod being turned and thus urged against it when the desired cutting length is indicated by calibrating marks or indicia thereon. The shaft is then placed in the cradle and the device is rotated such that a cutting blade moves through the cutting slot, severing the shaft at the desired point.

Abstract: A shipping cage for animals having secured to an interior wall a receptacle containing a disposable bag of sterile water. A demand feeding valve having a piercing point is inserted into the bag through the wall of the receptacle and has intermediate integral retaining flanges on the valve which secure it to said wall.

Abstract: A receptacle, either integral with or attachable to an animal cage, for retaining a disposable bag of sterile water, having a demand feeding valve with a piercing point at the end opposite the feeding portion upon which the bag may be impaled. The apparatus is adapted for either feeding animals in laboratories or during shipping.

Abstract: A universal disposable water bag for supplying bacteria-free water and/or premedicated water to laboratory animals comprises a generally rectangular plastic bag having a plastic demand feeding valve located on a wide face near one end of the bag so that when it is positioned in a holder the valve may feed vertically, horizontally or at an inclination. The demand feeding valve also has means for piercing the bag just prior to positioning it for use. The holder is constructed to shield the bag from the claws of the animals and has hooks to secure it to the cage.