Abstract: The filling lid for sealed silos has a base plate adapted to close an inlet in the silo roof, the base plate having an opening therethrough registering with the silo inlet. A filling hopper is provided on the base plate around the opening, the hopper being open at its top to receive the usual gooseneck of a silage blower. A closure plate is hingedly mounted on the underside of the base plate adapted in operative position to cover the opening in said base plate in an airtight manner. Linkage is provided for swinging the closure plate into operative position, including a bell crank lever pivoted on the side of the hopper having one arm disposed substantially vertically when the closure plate is normally hanging freely in inoperative position. The other arm of the bell crank lever extends downwardly and rearwardly and is pivotally connected to the upper end of a link extending downwardly through a slot in the base plate with its other end pivoted to the closure plate.

Abstract: An electrical trench assembly having a base pan and vertically adjustable side rails. Said side rails being secured to and carried by said base pan by means of adjusting screws, which are carried by said rails and which screw into threaded connections on said pan. The cover plate for the trench assembly is attached to the side rails by resilient fasteners.

Abstract: A collapsible trolley which in its collapsed condition can be used as a portable case and more particularly to a trolley of the type in which the wheels and a handle framework can be folded into a position in which they are compactly contained adjacent the sides of the case or into a position in which the case and the wheeled handle framework form a trolley adapted to receive and support additional cases or luggage.

Abstract: Fundamentally, the invention pertains to a method and apparatus to be used in binding books. The apparatus may be constructed relatively small and portable, and may be used in offices and print shops where binding machines of the prior art are not practical due to size, expense, and complexity of operation and their inadaptability to small lot binding activity. The relatively small size and portability of the apparatus is made possible by a method of inserting into the book cover, a hot melt adhesive in cool hard form and melting the adhesive material by applying heat externally to the book cover to be bound. The apparatus therefore, comprises a number of devices in combination including a heating rack to heat the binding edge of the book, a cooling rack to cool the edge of the book cover, a mechanism that folds the book cover, and a device that adjusts the folding mechanism so as to fold the book cover in such a way as to accommodate the thickness of the collated pages to be bound.

Abstract: A system for distributing successively formed groups of glass gobs from a feeder bowl to the several individual sections of a Hartford I.S. type glassware forming machine includes a single scoop for each gob in the group, and mechanism for rotating the scoops between successive positions wherein each is aligned with a chute associated with a particular mold cavity in each machine section. A "double-gob" installation is described and the two scoops have associated annular spur gears which are driven in unison by a reciprocable rack gear through a predetermined schedule of angular displacements to successively align the two scoops with several sets of paired chutes according to a particular order and to then repeat this schedule. A cam follower connected to the rack gear causes programmed movement thereof in response to rotation of a cam having lobes of predetermined height to produce the predetermined schedule of angular displacements of the scoops.

Abstract: Photographic elements are provided which feature a support having coated thereon a first photographic silver halide emulsion layer containing image-forming coupler and development inhibitor-releasing coupler; and, a second silver halide emulsion layer containing photographic image-forming coupler, the second layer having a faster effective speed sensitivity than the first layer. Such elements have high contrast for faint images and an extended latitude of low contrast for bright images.

Abstract: A manual control system including a powered feed for a numerically controlled machine tool. The system includes a manually operable differential resolver located in the position feedback loop of the servo control system for each slide and a variable speed motor for driving that differential resolver at a controlled rate so as to effect controlled feeding movement of the slides independent of the numerical control unit.

Abstract: Radio guidance signals comprising a carrier having modulation patterns defining a predetermined guidance path plane for a craft to be guided are transmitted, preferably in a scanning beam, from a ground station. A separate standard frequency signal is also transmitted from the ground station which has a predetermined difference in frequency from the guidance signal carrier frequency, the standard frequency being employed to control a local oscillator at the receiver.

Abstract: A device adapted to be attached to and between a woman's skirt and slip adjacent lower edges thereof at spaced locations to prevent the slip from being displaced upwardly while being worn. The device is constructed of a strip of material having opposite surface portions, with adhesive means applied to the opposite surface portions, whereby one surface portion can be attached by the adhesive means to the slip and the other surface portion can be attached by the adhesive means to the skirt. Cover means is provided over the adhesive means to prevent unwanted contact with the adhesive means prior to use, with the cover means being provided with gripping portions to permit easy removal of the cover means when desired.

Abstract: An apparatus for connecting a prosthesis to a bone of a stump of an amputated limb such as the arm or leg of a person. The apparatus includes a tubular female socket adapted to be inserted within an intermedullary cavity of the bone. The tubular socket has an open lower end with a sleeve of bio-compatible material permitting access through the skin of the amputee's stump. The prosthesis has a contoured support for receiving the stump of the amputee. A quick disconnecting lock pin is carried adjacent the center of the contoured support. The lock pin is adapted to be received within the female socket for securing the prosthesis to the tubular female socket carried within the bone. The mounting for the lock pin is adjustable so that the degree of support provided through the bone as compared to the degree of support provided through the flesh of the stump engaging the wall of the prosthesis can be varied.

Abstract: A portable bidet for use in conjunction with a conventional bathtub which is of simple construction and inexpensive to manufacture. Since the subject bidet is portable, it is not a permanent fixture in the bathroom and can therefore be used in existing bathrooms which have conventional bathtubs. According to the subject invention, the portable bidet is adapted, in use, to be supported in a conventional bathtub having a bottom and an outer sidewall. The bidet comprises an enclosure-forming body having an open bottom and a top, and means at said top defining a seat for a user. A support bracket is solid with said body in the general plane of said seat and projects away therefrom to be set, in use, on the top of said bathtub sidewall. A support leg is hingedly connected at one end to the body on a side thereof opposite said support bracket and adapted, in use, to rest by the other end on the bottom of said bathtub.

Abstract: A kit for supplying a small quantity of temperature and pressure controlled warm water for application to body cavities, the kit containing a pressure regulating valve, an anti-syphon valve, a heater and pneumatic operated control switch, the heater maintaining an initial quantity of water in a warm state between operations.

Abstract: A combination commode construction having a water closet common to more than one commode, and separate control means on the water closet for individually flushing each of the separate commodes, said separate flushing means including means to control the amount of flush water used in the flushing of each commode.

Abstract: A hanger for a toilet bowl deodorant block, the hanger comprising a unitary molded plastic frame having two downwardly converging arms with prongs and serrations at their ends embedded in the block. Above the block the arms extend forwardly, then upwardly and outwardly, and merge into horizontally-disposed bars that can rest across the top of the rim of the bowl. The rear ends of the cross bars merge into downwardly-converging arms joined in a rounded V-shaped web which is bent inwardly opposite the forwardly-sloping portion of the first-named arms to provide a clamping effect that can engage the bowl under the rim preventing accidental lifting of the hanger off the bowl rim and at the same time engaging the outside of the bowl in a single point contact with resilience that minimizes wobble of the hanger.

Abstract: An improved apron and apron drive mechanism for object or patient transferring apparatus of the type in which different phases of transfer operation are effected by selective linear travel in a transfer apron. The transfer apron to carry out the transfer operation in conjunction with a translatable separator plate is formed from a finite length of flexible belt material, the opposite ends of which are attached to winding rollers operated to pay out, take in or hold stationary apron flight portions in direct synchronism with a common drive shaft for translating the separator.

Abstract: There is disclosed an ingenious chair having multiple folding parts including leg portions. The chair has a centrally located portion comprising the seat portion of the chair. U-shaped leg members depend from the ends of the seat portion. Additionally, the ends of the seat portion carrying the leg portions have pivoted therefrom web support means which in effect acts as convenient extensions of the seat portion. The said extensions when folded over the seat portion cover the seat portion which may have placed thereon a plurality of objects. The seat portion having the free ends has extending therefrom additional web material, each of which may be joined together as by a zipper or the like under the seat portion to provide a sling like support means. On the other hand, the two sections of web material may be joined above the top of the seat portion when the two extensions have been folded over the seat. Prior to accomplishing this the seat portion may have placed thereon various articles.

Abstract: A combination tool comprises first and second handles movably pivoted together at a pivot axis, with respective first and second shanks extending from the pivot axis and joined to the corresponding handle. A tool member is joined substantially normal to each shank, and substantially parallel with the pivot axis, each tool member having a flat end surface substantially parallel with the corresponding shank. The upper surface of the tool members have opposing indentations therein, serving as a recess for receiving wire for stripping purposes. When the opposing surfaces of the tool members abut one another, the end surfaces of the tool member define a flat hammer face.

Abstract: This invention relates to a multi-purpose hand tool primarily for use on electrical wiring which combines into one tool all of the necessary elements required to perform gripping, pulling, bending, cutting, stripping, crimping, and shearing operations normally encountered in electrical wiring jobs. The tool encludes needle-nose plier-like jaws for gripping, pulling, and bending wire as well as for turning small nuts and bolts; stripping means for stripping insulation from electrical wire; cutting means for cutting wire; shearing means for shearing small bolts and screws; and crimping means for crimping terminals on wire, including automotive ignition wiring. The operating elements are disposed to take maximum advantage of the physical law of leverage, while at the same time providing a maximum number of elements for the widest possible application.

Abstract: Underwater swimming equipment comprises a container holding a bladder member compressible by a wheel and screw-driven plate member. A fin assembly is connected to the container by a belt and shoulder strap members constituting a swimmer's harness.

Abstract: A berthing buoy for mooring ships which provides for remote controlled release of mooring lines in emergency situations and sinking of the buoy by opening special scuttling valves. The buoy is refloated by blowing its compartments with compressed air manually admitted to the compartments by a diver using a special control station.

Abstract: A life-saving appliance that automatically inflates an inflatable tube after a short period of contact with water comprising a metallic receptacle containing a refrigerant in the liquid stage, a membrane normally sealing the receptacle, a manually-actuated pin for penetrating the membrane, an inflatable tube surrounding the receptacle, a conduit for connecting the interior of the receptacle to the tube, and a water-soluble retaining band for holding the tube, in deflated condition, against the exterior of the receptacle. The appliance is compact in its normal, unactuated condition and can be thrown several feet outwardly over a body of water with significant accuracy; shortly after contact with the water, the retaining strip disintegrates and the refrigerant passes through the membrane, which has already been punctured, to rapidly expand and fill the inflatable tube.

Abstract: A power-driven kitchen utility tool comprises a drive motor mounted on a two-way swivel, and an articulated, hand-positioned drive mechanism for transmitting power from the motor to a rotary-driven kitchen implement such as a sink brush or mixer blades. The articulated drive mechanism includes an elongated rotary drive shaft engaged with the motor output shaft, an elongated rotary-driven output shaft having a working end to which the rotary kitchen implement is attached, and a speed-reducing gear assembly connected between the drive shaft and the output shaft. The gear assembly provides two-way swivel motion of the output shaft relative to the drive shaft during operation of the motor, and permits the output shaft and the kitchen implement to swivel to a completely collapsed rest position adjacent the motor.

Abstract: A brush having a handle, and a head with a rotatable axle bearing radially extending bristles. Pulling of the brush by its handle in one direction along a hank of hair causes energy to be stored which is then released, causing the brush head to reverse direction of rotation and roll the hair up under tension.

Abstract: A rug scrubbing machine for cleaning variable depth sculptured rugs and the like which features an arrangement permitting selective tilting of the frame carrying the scrubbing brushes. Variation in the tilting angle is achieved by pivotally mounting the front wheel, with means for selectively controlling the orientation of the bracket carrying the front wheel. Also provided is "free floating" axial movement of the brushes so as to accommodate varying textures and thicknesses of the rugs to be cleaned, thereby foreclosing any need to adjust the device manually as rugs of different characteristics are encountered except insofar as different tilt angles are called for.

Abstract: A manually operated mechanical street cleaning apparatus comprising a wheeled frame suitable to retain a trash container thereon. A height adjustable axle mounted rotary broom is mounted forwardly of the frame and is rotated by action of ground contacting wheels through a suitable drive mechanism when the vehicle is moved. The rotary brush sweeps into a rearwardly positioned hopper which is adapted to be pivoted to a dumping position to empty the swept debris into the trash container. In an embodiment of the device, the wheeled vehicle is propelled by an attached, manually actuated bicycle which is laterally affixed to the vehicle.

Abstract: A cleaning implement having a scraper attachment and said attachment are disclosed. The scraper preferably includes a generally cylindrical or rectangular prism extension of the handle of the cleaning implement mounted at the free end thereof opposite the end to which a cleaning device is attached. The top edge of the extension is serrated, providing an effective scraping surface. A means associated with the scraper facilitates hanging of the implement upon a hook or nail.

Abstract: A collapsible brush includes an open topped housing provided with a removable lid and a plurality of longitudinally spaced transverse bars which are located in the housing and have flat top faces, angularly related front and rear faces gear sector under faces. Stub shafts project from the upper end faces of the bars and are journalled in aligned recesses in the housing side walls and have flat top faces coplanar with the bar top faces. Bristle tufts are anchored in the bar top faces. A longitudinally slidable rack is sandwiched between the housing base and the gear sectors and is connected to a longitudinally movable brush handle either directly or by a lost motion coupling so that extension of the handle extends the bristles and retraction of the handles swings the bristles into collapsed overlapping positions.

Abstract: A scrub-tool holder for steel wool comprising an elongated handle, a frame support means at one end of the handle and clamping means. The frame support means is adapted to support a steel wool pad having a slit through the center thereof and to extend through the slit in the pad so as to engage the edge walls of the slit, thereby leaving substantial overlying interior portions of the upper and lower reaches of the pad in contact with one another. The clamping means comprises rigid plate means adapted to engage the upper reach of the pad for holding the pad between the clamping means and frame support means and for urging the overlying interior portion of the upper reach of the pad against the contacting interior portion of the lower reach of the pad so as to provide added cushioning for the interior portion of such lower reach and to position the interior portion of the lower reach closer to the surface to be scrubbed.

Abstract: This is a tool for troweling masonry steps so as to provide a slight slope on the top of the step. A post is pivoted to the trowel blade near its front end, and it supports a roller for overlying engagement with the top of the riser form at the front of the next higher step. The roller is adjustable along the post to a height suitable for holding the front end of the trowel slightly elevated.

Abstract: The runner of a luggage case or the like provides a stud having shoulders engageable by a spring clip or slidable bolt member in a caster for enabling attachment of the caster to the runner.

Abstract: A door closer includes a cam mounted on a door frame which has a straight portion, a curved portion providing increased compression on a spring biased cam follower and a notch for holding the door in an open position. The cam includes longitudinal serrations and a pair of transverse openings so that the cam can be adjusted inwardly and outwardly relative to the door and the follower. The follower is mounted to the door, as is the cam to the door frame, in such a manner that no mounting screws are visible. Each is provided with mounting plates and the mounting plates are in turn provided with cover plates. The housing which is secured to the housing mounting plate includes means to adjustably modify the bias on the cam follower.

Abstract: The invention provides a plant for recovering blood from slaughter animals including at least one stabbing knife with a corresponding vacuum tube and a metering apparatus connected to the stabbing knife, said metering apparatus comprising a pneumatic metering pump, an impulse generator and a container for metering an anticoagulant into the blood, the plant further including a central vacuum container with a shutoff valve, whereby the blood is sucked to the container by the vacuum produced by means of an injector for pressurized air, and a pneumatic membrane pump connected to a heat exchanger for cooling the blood and a container for the final collection of the blood.

Abstract: The machine includes a horizontally extending knife blade, a mechanism for reciprocating the knife blade, a toothed roll parallel spaced from the knife blade, a mechanism for rotating the roll, and a manually operated lever mechanism for moving the rotating roll to and away from a position closely adjacent the knife blade. The rotating roll engages the bone of a section of meat to feed the section of meat downwardly past the cutting edge of the knife blade while an operator manually operates the lever mechanism to simultaneously urge the bone toward the knife blade thereby to ensure efficient separation of meat tissue from bone.

Abstract: An apparatus for eviscerating a marine animal of the mollusk type, such as a squid, wherein the head region of the squid is appropriately held and a gradually increasing pressure is applied to the body thereof as the head and body are relatively moved in opposite directions from each other, whereby the head and attached viscera are readily and cleanly removed from the body. The marine animals are held to the conveyor during the time of removal of the head and viscera by power driven pressure rollers. The power driven rollers advance the marine animals in the direction of movement of the conveyor.

Abstract: A card clothing foundation, to which the carding wires are fitted, has an anti-friction surface layer of polyurethane about 0.006 inch in thickness and containing silicone.

Abstract: An improved fiber condenser for a spinning frame which is designed to provide an area for the passage of roving which has an elongated opening therein to allow slubs, etc., to pass through without breaking the roving or stretching it.

Abstract: A chuck key storage apparatus for use with a drilling machine for conveniently storing a chuck key. The apparatus, and thus the chuck key, is movable between a stored position and a functional position. In the stored position, the chuck key is positioned remote from a chuck of the drilling machine, and in the functional position the chuck key is located to engage the chuck.

Abstract: A billfold protection device for preventing the intentional or accidental unbuttoning of a pocket in which a billfold is contained is disclosed. The device is integral, made of resilient sheet material, and includes a first inverted U-shape vertically extending plate-like member which can be positioned in a pocket of a garment, such as a pair of pants, between the pocket material and the garment with the legs of the U-shaped member straddling the thread which connects the button to the garment. The device further includes a second substantially vertically extending plate-like member, the upper edge of which is connected to the upper edge of the first member. The second member is spaced from the first member so that the first and second members can straddle the upper edge of the pocket material adjacent the buttonhole therein so that the second member can cover the button and block access thereto. A flange is connected to and extends upwardly from the lower edge of the second member.

Abstract: A weather board recorder comprises a base member having a weather gasket therearound. A cover member is hingedly affixed to the base member for selectively providing access to the inner surface of the base member. A latch on the base member releasably secures the cover member to the base member. A clip board rests on the inner surface of the base member. A clip device on the base member retains the clip board thereon. A reflector is mounted on the base member in the area of the head of the clip board. A lamp is mounted on the base member in operative proximity with the reflector for illuminating the clip board. A battery is mounted on the base member and is electrically connected to the lamp for energizing the lamp. A hole is formed through the top of the cover member. A viewer is mounted on the cover member in the hole for providing a view of the clip board.

Abstract: A tie useful for securing together a pair of skis and a pair of ski poles for ease of carrying them as one unit with the poles acting as a carrying handle. The tie includes an elongate, flexible tape having opposite free end segments which matingly engage adjacent portions of a central segment on the same tape side via filamentary loops and hooks. The free end segments are threadable through eyes operable on the opposite tape side, and are bent back and coupled to the central segment to form a figure eight, the loops of which separately enclose the skis and poles.

Abstract: A snap on shoe lace eliminates the conventional tying of the ends of the shoe lace. The snap on shoe lace consists of an elongated plastic or cloth strip member. A plurality of snap members are embedded in the back face of a first end of the elongated member and a plurality of snap receiving members are embedded in the front face of a second end of the elongated member. When the shoe lace is laced through the lacing holes of the flaps of a shoe, the first and second ends of the shoe lace extend outward from the top lacing hole of each flap. The first and second ends of the shoe lace are secured to each other by the engagement of the snap members and snap receiving members. A design pattern can be printed on the front face of the elongated strip.

Abstract: A method is disclosed of securing a fabric web to a printing blanket. A plurality of needles are inserted into the printing blanket at the web-supporting side thereof, so that tips of the needles project from that side. The needles are then anchored in the printing blanket and the web is placed onto the printing blanket so that the tips of the needles enter into the fabric web and retain the same against displacement relative to the printing blanket. A needle for this purpose is also disclosed.

Abstract: A fastening device for securing articles together, the device including releasably connected male and female components. The male component comprises a pin and the female component comprises a retaining insert positioned in a housing for releasably clamping the pin. When joined, the pin can not be separated from the retainer except by a special tool. The insert is of magnetic material, and an actuating tool including an electromagnet is employed to actuate the insert to permit removal of the pin. The housed insert is attached to a tag, with the tag being attached to the article which is to be sold. The tag houses an electrical circuit which activates an alarm if the tag is not properly removed at the checkout point by means of the special tool.

Abstract: A sliding clasp fastener including interlocking elements of a continued meander structure which are disposed astride a longitudinal tape edge at their leg and connecting portions. The leg and connecting portions are deformed to provide flattened, enlarged undersurfaces adapted to be held in intimate contact with the tape. The connecting portions are also deformed to produce recesses for receiving therein side flanges of a slider.

Abstract: The present invention provides a jewellery clasp in which a latch is formed of a single piece of material folded back upon itself to form a U-shaped spring with an upstanding projection thereon, and a holder is formed of a single piece of material with base, sides and upper catch plate, the latter having an aperture into which the upstanding projection is engaged by the spring to fasten the clasp.

Abstract: The center-to-center spacings of a photoresist pattern for an array of holes applied to a thin metal sheet are increased by uniformly stretching the thin metal sheet in all directions along the plane of the sheet. The uniform stretching is provided by securely clamping the periphery of the sheet and applying an annular force against the face of the sheet, within the periphery of the sheet and around the photoresist pattern. The technique used in the construction of ion thruster grid units wherein the outer or downstream grid is subjected to uniform stretching prior to convex molding. The technique provides alignment of the holes of grid pairs so as to direct the ion beamlets in a direction parallel to the axis of the grid unit and thereby provide optimization of the available thrust.

Abstract: A microelectronic LC circuit capable of being tuned to a desired center resonant frequency, comprising a trimmable capacitor, a principal fixed inductor and a printed trimmable inductor having an inductance which is small compared to that of the principal inductor. The printed inductor is one which is capable of having its inductance raised by trimming. In some cases, the fixed inductor can be omitted.

Abstract: A lea making mechanism of a reeling machine has a cylinder movable up and down and having a tapered face and a rod secured to a piston of the cylinder. The piston has a pointed head adapted to be received through the hank threads. The mechanism also comprises a set of inwardly curved pipes through which the lea thread is led.During the operation of the mechanism, the cylinder only is forced downward and the tapered face pushes open the set of pipes and then the cylinder is raised to pull up the lea thread extending through the hank threads.

Abstract: Coining as-cast, Pb-Ca, expanded lead grids destined for use in positive, Faure-type, lead-acid storage battery plates. Expanded, as-cast, Pb-Ca strip is coined to remove all sharp edges and corners, to reorient the alloy's grain boundaries and to submerge nodal expansion cracks for increasing the cycle life of positive Pb-acid storage battery plates made therefrom.

Abstract: In a cutting element for cutting metals and having adjacent surfaces which meet to form a cutting edge, with a chip-controlling groove being formed in one of the surfaces, the groove being composed of a plurality of depressions disposed parallel to one another, spaced apart in the direction of the groove width, and extending along substantially the entire cutting edge, the ability of the groove to effectively deflect chips having a wide range of thicknesses, or cross sections, is improved by forming the groove to have more than two such depressions, with the depressions arranged to form a ridge between each two adjacent depressions, the ridges being located such that, in the direction extending away from the cutting edge, each succeeding ridge is at a higher elevation than the preceding ridges.