Abstract: A system and method for sampling fluid from a top land piston crevice of a reciprocating piston engine. Access into the crevice is via a bore through the piston wall. A collector receives sampled fluid from the piston crevice, and has a housing, a valve, and a shuttle. The housing is an elongated hollow shell having a bore through its length, with the bore containing the valve and the shuttle. The valve opens to allow sampled fluid to pass along the bore toward the shuttle, when the valve is in an open position. The shuttle serves two purposes: it moves back and forth within the bore, thereby opening the valve, and also provides passages for storing sampled fluid within the housing.

Abstract: A system and method for sampling fluid from a top land piston crevice of a reciprocating piston engine. Access into the crevice is via a bore through the piston wall. A collector receives sampled fluid from the piston crevice, and has a housing, a valve, and a shuttle. The housing is an elongated hollow shell having a bore through its length, with the bore containing the valve and the shuttle. The valve opens to allow sampled fluid to pass along the bore toward the shuttle, when the valve is in an open position. The shuttle serves two purposes: it moves back and forth within the bore, thereby opening the valve, and also provides passages for storing sampled fluid within the housing.

Abstract: A fishing pole has a bulb in the handle for lighting a fiber optic bundle carried within the rod. Electrical energy is supplied to the bulb by a conductor communicating between a connector in the handle and a battery remote from the fishing pole. The battery may be held in a case affixed to a selected object and supporting a fishing pole holder. A bulb, within the case and energized by the battery, emits light through a window in the case.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hand held masking machine which is used for masking various surfaces adjacent to which paint is to be applied, as for example the machine may be used on a wall adjacent a ceiling so that the ceiling may be painted without contacting the adjacent wall with a brush or overlapping with spray paint. The hand held masking machine in accordance with the present disclosure is provided with a frame having offset portions holding a tape roll holder and a paper roll holder with their ends offset so that the tape is dispensed in such a manner that part of the tape adheres to the paper on the roller and the rest of the tape overlaps the paper beyond the edge of the paper roll and beyond the edge of the paper dispensed therefrom.

Abstract: A manually operable masking machine having a frame adapted to support a roll of masking paper and a tape dispensing roller so that paper and tape may be dispensed such that the tape overlaps the edge of the paper and extends there beyond the edge of the paper to adhesively be engaged with a surface for holding the paper in juxtaposition on the surface. The machine having a roll of paper and a roll of tape which are substantially equal in length and being provided with a cut off blade adjacent to an applicator roller which receives paper and tape at its periphery in adjacent relationship with an idler roller which passes the tape and the paper together immediately before dispensation around the applicator roller which presses the paper and tape onto a surface being masked.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hand held masking machine which is used for masking various surfaces adjacent to which paint is to be applied, as for example the machine may be used on a wall adjacent a ceiling so that the ceiling may be painted without contacting the adjacent wall with a brush or overlapping with spray paint. The hand held masking machine in accordance with the present disclosure is provided with a frame having offset portions holding a tape roll holder and a paper roll holder with their ends offset so that the tape is dispensed in such a manner that part of the tape adheres to the paper on the roller and the rest of the tape overlaps the paper beyond the edge of the paper roll and beyond the edge of the paper dispensed therefrom.