Abstract: Toys incorporate sound producing components in such manner that the components cannot become dislodged from the toy structure. In a first embodiment, the sound producing component is a separate element but is embedded in a boss formed on the toy wall, the boss and wall including interfitting means which engage the component to securely anchor it in place. The material of fabrication of the toy fully envelopes the sound producing component.In the second embodiment, the sound producing component is formed integrally with the toy and has a conical sound chamber with an associated bellows operated responsive to squeezing of the toy walls.

Abstract: Apparatus and a method for controlling the operation of mechanical or other equipment having a plurality of information storage members arranged in preselected positions in an array and an actuatable information retrieval mechanism movable relative to the array wherein selective access to the information of any one of such storage members can be achieved by generating output signal groups representing, respectively, the position of a selected storage member and its number in the array, whereby simplified counting techniques can be used to store such number and thereafter use it for positioning said retrieval mechanism adjacent to the selected member itself for effecting the readout of the information on the member. The unit uses solid state electronic elements to minimize cost and to provide for optimum reliability.

Abstract: A roll of toilet paper which has web portions where the web is folded upon itself and provided with an inner film of cleansing composition and an outer barrier layer so that the film of cleansing composition cannot spread through the convolutions of the roll while at the same time the folded web portions will become unfolded during unwinding of the roll to expose the cleansing composition. After the film of cleansing composition and barrier layer are respectively deposited at opposite faces of the web at preselected areas therealong the web is folded upon itself at the areas where the film of cleansing composition is located and then the film of cleansing composition at each folded web portion is frozen to retain each web portion in its folded condition during winding of the web into a roll.

Abstract: A high viscosity material mixer-refiner having a cylindrical stator shell and rotor has improved refining surfaces on the rotor and stator. These are formed of interchangeable blocks held in place on the rotor and the stator with the blocks having teeth oriented in different aspects to the relative motion between the rotor and the stator. The teeth are preferably raised bars with orientations for advancing or retarding material. The blocks are arranged in desired patterns to accomplish optimum mixing and refining.

Abstract: A hot and cold water plumbing fixture having a pair of water supply lines arranged parallel to each other in a fixture housing is attached to building water pipes by means of a wall fitting which includes a pair of connecting pipes disposed parallel to each other adjacent one end, and extending at a substantial angle to each other at the opposite end. The parallel end portions of such connecting pipes are of such size and spacing that they may telescope with the supply lines of the plumbing fixture. The opposite ends of the connecting pipes are attached to the building water pipes, preferably by means of a compression coupling which allows for considerable axial tolerance between the building water pipes and the pipes of the wall fitting. The plumbing fixture is attached to the wall fitting by simply telescoping the water supply lines of the fixture with the connecting pipes of the fitting, and by then locking the fixture to the fitting by means of a locking screw or other device.

Abstract: A fluid transfer device such as a reciprocating pump, preferably of the diaphragm type suitable for use with an airless spray-gun for painting and the like, having a pumping side for the fluid to be pumped and a driving side driven through a piston through a solution or mixture of liquid and gas, such as oil and air. Under throttled or standby operation conditions, reduced diaphragm movement is accommodated without changing the piston stroke by reducing the volume of the driving liquid and by releasing gas from the reduced volume of liquid to prevent vaporization and condensation of the driving fluid itself. A dead space is provided on the pumping side allowing some diaphragm movement into the pumping side even when completely closed so that only a small proportion of driving liquid is released and only a small amount of gas is freed from the driving liquid to accommodate the reduced diaphragm movement during the full piston stroke.

Abstract: A musical instrument having a base and an arm extending upwardly therefrom and a string extending over said arm and said base and connected at one end to the upper portion of the arm and at the lower end to a stand which pivotally supports the base, the string being located at a preset height over a pickup in the base by means of a guide located on the lower portion of the base.

Abstract: .Iadd.An electronically alterable data card, identification card, and card decoder and encoder circuitry utilizing keyboard data input, data scrambling circuitry and data comparison on circuitry for validation and access purposes..Iaddend.

Abstract: Adapter apparatus to be received within the cassette holder of a conventional cassette record-playback apparatus to permit miniature tape cassettes to be used in the record-playback apparatus, and record-playback apparatus useful with said adapter apparatus. The adapter apparatus is configured to be received within the location normally occupied by a tape cassette of standard size and configuration, and includes a receptacle into which a miniature tape cassette may be placed. The adapter includes drive apparatus which is selectively engaged to be driven by the capstan and pressure roller of the record-playback apparatus and which drives the forward takeup reel of the miniature tape cassette. One or more magnetic heads are provided in the adapter apparatus for engagement with the tape carried in the miniature cassette.

Abstract: A protective helmet comprising a shell, and liner means positioned on the inside of the shell for absorbing impacts applied against the helmet. The liner means has a plurality of fluid-filled chamber means generally aligned intermediate the wearer's head and the shell, with at least two of the aligned chamber means being deformable in differing amounts responsive to a given force level applied against the helmet.

Abstract: A protective helmet comprising a shell, and flexible liner means positioned in the shell to dissipate forces applied against the helmet, with the liner means having fluid filled chamber means and a plurality of openings extending through the liner means. The helmet also has a plurality of resilient pad means positioned in the openings with at least a portion of the inner surfaces of the pad means being spaced from an inner surface of the liner means.

Abstract: A protective helmet comprising, a shell, and liner means of a flexible material having fluid filled chamber means and a relatively soft inner surface for contacting the wearer's head. The helmet also has a second liner of resilient material positioned intermediate at least a portion of the liner means and the shell.

Abstract: A simplified protective helmet of the type in which a molded relatively rigid frame for supporting the helmet headband, chin strap and crown assemblies is formed with an upwardly opening outer peripheral channel for receiving the edge of an outer ballistic shell and with a continuous flange extending generally upwardly and somewhat inwardly from the inner wall of the peripheral channel. The inner surface of the flange is formed with a plurality of spaced strap loop accommodating recesses and is provided with fastener elements at locations between the recesses. Respective adjustable loops at the ends of each of a number of crown straps are received by portions of a frame-carried cord extending across the strap loop accommodating recesses. Headband framing bodies carrying fastener elements are manually releasably secured to the flange carried fastener elements. Spacer elements may be provided between the flange and the headband bodies for smaller head sizes.

Abstract: A baseball catcher's mitt is provided with a tongue-like wrist protector pad flap. The mitt has a back piece and a mitt piece and is provided with a hand-receiving opening adjacent to which is a heel pad. The wrist protector flap is in the form of a generally flat pad which extends away from the heel pad at the palm side of the hand-receiving opening. Stitching and/or lacing means joins the mitt pieces and the wrist protector flap in unitary assembly. A flexible joint for the wrist protector flap is provided at it's juncture with the mitt pieces.

Abstract: A reversible, ambidextrous glove having a sleeve operable to cover a portion of the palm, back and knuckles of a hand is disclosed. The sleeve extends from about the interstices of the fingers to a location above the thumb. A flap attached to the sleeve by a web defining at least one finger receiving aperture is arranged to be fastened to the sleeve to secure the glove to the hand.

Abstract: A jumpsuit garment with integral drop seat flap for, for example, convenient lowering of the lower rear portion of the jumpsuit for restroom facility usage. The garment of the present invention is worn as a garment over the torso of a man, woman, or child on at least the upper and central torso, and has utility for all types of dress, including casual, formal, work and recreational environments. The garment is one piece and usually full length and has an opening in the lower back portion for correct exposure of the derriere for toilet purposes which is covered by the drop seat flap. The drop seat flap utilizes uniquely positioned and designed means and belting for securing it closed when the drop seat flap is in the raised position (FIG. 6). The drop seat flap is connected to the body of the garment at the bottom edge and lower sides usually by stitching.

Abstract: The invention is a prepupillary lens which may be surgically implanted into a human eye. The lens may be either a two-loop lens or a four-loop lens. The two-loop lens has a convex surface and a planar surface, into which a pair of posterior loops are embedded and fused therein. The four-loop lens is similar to the two-loop lens, but it also includes two pairs of parallel bores in the lens disposed in a plane between the convex surface and the planar surface and aligned with the posterior loops and a pair of anterior loops inserted into the bores and fused therein.

Abstract: A toilet comprising a hermetically sealable container for human body waste and urine, the container being connectable to a vacuum source for bringing about boiling off, in the container, of the urine and the liquid present in the human body waste, at low temperature.

Abstract: Described herein is a pressure activated fluid control system particularly adapted for use as a flushing mechanism for toilets of the water tank type. The system includes a push-button actuated needle valve assembly which, in the shutoff position, presses against a movable valve seat; a pressure actuated direction flow valve; and a tank ball lifting mechanism. The direction flow valve is in fluid communication with the needle valve assembly and includes a floating piston which upon actuation of the needle valve, allows incoming water under line pressure to pass to the lifting mechanism, raise a lift piston and lift the tank ball from the cistern drain. The tank ball depends from a piston disposed within a water filled lower cylinder and following the draining of the cistern, the tank ball slowly and precisely returns to the cistern drain as the water below the piston head within the lower cylinder passes from the cylinder through a check valve disposed about the piston rod.

Abstract: This invention is concerned with apparatus for moving an invalided person into and out of a bathing tub via a seat capable of being moved vertically with respect to the tub and can be pivoted from a position inside of the tub to a position outside of the tub. The mechanism is operated hydraulically, using as a source of energy -- any pressurized water supply.

Abstract: A trap incorporating an access fitting and of the type that may be designed into a P-trap, or S-trap configuration, the trap including an inlet segment and an outlet segment, both being integrally joined together, and a lower arcuate portion forming the access fitting that intervenes and joins together for communication the interior channel through the trap, the interior channel being of a fixed diameter throughout its extent, and forming a continuous smooth wall interior surface along the entire length of the trap. A flange projects integrally from both the combined upper inlet and outlet integral sections, while a corresponding and registering flange extends from the arcuate portion for arrangement in alignment with the upper segment flange to facilitate assembly of the trap.

Abstract: A collapsable bellows for applying pressure to clear a sink drain is generally an elongated tubular thin-walled rubber or resilient plastic member having a mouth and flange at one end and a closure wall at the other end. The sidewall of the member has a series of accordian pleats along its length, which are formed by alternate frusto-conical and annular wall sections. An integral mushroom-shaped handle projects from the exterior of the closure wall.

Abstract: A bedstead is provided lending itself to incorporation with a decorative divan base or the like plinth, with or without drawers the plinth base having a rectangular ledge supporting a T-sectioned frame whose outwardly extended leg is supported on the ledge inwardly of which the mattress springs are thereby supported in one embodiment a longitudinal support member dividing the mattress support frame into two parts for facilitating transport and avoiding any tendency for two occupants to roll together when they do not wish to and permitting increased firmness for one of the occupants.

Abstract: A beehive heater for installation between the lower brood chamber and the bottom board of a standard beehive for protecting a colony during the winter with a minimum of winter brood production and for accelerating spring brood production. The beehive heater provides an insulating curtain of heated air adjacent to the walls of the brood chambers. Air enters a plenum chamber where it is heated by a low temperature heating element and flows out of the plenum chamber through a series of holes located adjacent to the periphery of the lower brood chamber to form the insulating curtain of heated air adjacent to the walls. A landing board and entrance is provided near the upper edge of the beehive heater as means for the bees to enter and leave the lower brood chamber. The temperature of the air in the plenum chamber is thermostatically controlled with the control point adjustable so that it may be set for winter or spring operation.

Abstract: Apparatus for use with a pair of thermoplastic strips of the type illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 3,608,117 wherein one strip is formed with studs longitudinally spaced at intervals and a second strip apertured and counterbored at the same intervals is used to bind sheets apertured at the same intervals at locations spaced inward from one marginal edge is described. A pressure bar is first manually moved to operative position and a handle compresses the strips together by exerting a controlled force on the pressure bar. The handle then initiates movement of a support for a knife consisting of a length of metallic ribbon material having spaced horizontal stretches in horizontal alignment with excess stud lengths of the first strip projecting through the second strip, the ribbon being under tension to hold such stretches taut. As the support moves toward the studs a current is passed through the ribbon, heating it so that the ribbon functions to cut off the excess stud length slightly below the second strip.

Abstract: A platform mountable to extend between a pair of vertically movable stagings to provide a vertically movable elongated staging. The staging platform is composed of a plurality of like configured bridge sections vertically pivotably connected end to end and maintained in horizontal alignment between the spaced stagings and stretched taut beneath the bridge sections to prevent the staging platform from sagging while allowing the platform to bend upwardly. The pivotal connecting means between the bridge sections being spaced laterally at deck level of the platform and thus having substantial capability for flexing in response to longitudinal twisting forces exerted thereon.

Abstract: An adjustable extension for a brush which enables the operator to cover difficult to reach areas; the brush is positional in a plurality of fixed angles for ease of working with the same.

Abstract: A toothbrush comprising a single-piece mounting with handle and brush carrier formed by a standard level surface but provided with a profiled slit forming a resilient connecting tongue allowing the brushes to pivot and oscillate according to the pulses transmitted ensures the inter-dental cleansing and building up the base of the teeth.

Abstract: A toothbrush having a bristle supporting head pivotally mounted to a handle for pivotal movement of the head and bristles about a pivot axis substantially perpendicular to the axis of the handle to a plurality of positions to gain easy access to tooth surfaces at opposite sides of the mouth.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning the grooves in the head of a golf club, the apparatus comprising a plurality of flexible prongs arranged in a row, the prongs having beveled scraping tips, means for mounting said prongs and a cover portion for fitting over the prongs.

Abstract: Vehicle washing and drying apparatus including an inverted U-shaped frame adapted to roll over a vehicle while it is in a stationary position and having mounted thereon a fluid spray device for spraying cleaning fluid onto the surface of the automobile. A drying device is also mounted on the frame and includes side nozzles for blowing drying air onto the sides of the vehicle and a top nozzle projecting downwardly from the top of the frame and intermediately articulated so the lower portion thereof forms a normally downwardly facing horizontally elongated lower level orifice for directing drying air onto the tops of low profile vehicles. The lower portion of such nozzle may be folded away to clear higher profile vehicles and exposes an upper level horizontally elongated orifice which directs drying air onto the tops of higher profile vehicles.

Abstract: A vacuum unit for removal of hair as it is cut by barbers and beauticians, the vacuum unit being adapted to function in combination with a barber's or beautician's chair and comprises a source of vacuum power mounted to the base of the chair capable of being operated at the election of the operator, a flexible suction hose connected to the vacuum at one end and to a bracket mounted vacuum tube at the other end. A suction nozzle is pivotally mounted upon the vacuum tube and the vacuum tube and nozzle may be jointly translated along a track to any position immediately below the back side of the hair line of the person whose hair is being cut. Thus, the suction nozzle by swivel action in respect to the vacuum tube and by translation with the vacuum tube along the back of the patient to any location along the back between the ears of the customer accommodates during operation immediate pick up and disposition of cut hair in an economical, sanitary and highly efficient manner.

Abstract: A door bumper having no visible screws for mounting on a wall for contact with a door knob when the door is opened. A rubber bumper is carried on a housing which is non-detachably secured to the wall by a backplate. The backplate has a flattened V shaped spring with two radially outwardly extending ends which engage a circular notch extending around the inner periphery of the housing.

Abstract: A heavy duty hinge construction for lidded vessels such as coffee pots, sugar bowls and the like, particularly suited for restaurant and other commercial environs, and adapted to withstand substantially continued use, while permitting substantially 180.degree. pivotal movement of the lid to enable washing with automatic equipment.

Abstract: An easel hinge for supporting picture frames and the like comprising an outer hinge plate and an inner hinge plate both having curled barrels, the inner barrel being positioned within the outer barrel for relative rotational movement therewith without the use of a separate hinge pin, such movement limited by stop means provided by the longitudinal free edge of the outer curl and means for preventing the relative longitudinal movement of said hinge plates comprising an inner barrel tab positioned within an outer barrel slot.

Abstract: Prearranged ribbons of fiber leaving the front drafting roll are superimposed into layers by a composite sliver forming assembly before entering a trumpet. The composite sliver forming assembly consists of tubular guides extending at an angle from the front drafting roller to the trumpet entrance. The tubes are designed with a flat bottom to support the sliver, allowing for overlapping at the tube exit, and to achieve an exact ribbon exit 90.degree. downward into the trumpet entrance where the layered ribbons are combined into a composite sliver.

Abstract: Fibers are air laid on a twin-wire machine to form a composite pad. A pair of endless foraminous carriers are passed through a forming chamber where fibers suspended in air are directed between the carriers. A layer of fibers is built up on each of the carriers by applying pressure differential across the carriers in the chamber to force air from the suspension through the carriers. In one form of the invention the air is directed through the respective carriers in different patterns to form a respective fiber layers of different cross section. The carriers converge within the chamber in their direction of motion to join the facing surfaces of the respective layers to form a composite pad of non-uniform cross section. According to one aspect of the invention, excess fibers are removed from the facing surfaces just prior to their being joined.

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 via filamentary loops and hooks. Eyes are distally carried by lengths of strap material secured to the opposite tape side. The free tape end segments are threadable through the eyes 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: An automatic release assembly for a two-piece harness connector is provided with an electro-optic trigger responsive to a liquid environment. A rotatable locking shaft is forcibly rotated to unlock position by actuation of a force generating device integrated into the two-piece harness connector.

Abstract: A fastening clip for mounting paintings and the like which comprises a piece of spring material, having two substantially opposing pincers which are adapted for clamping something between them, a connecting part extending from the first pincer to the second pincer and including a spring loop, which extends from the second pincer, with the feature that the spring loop is extended in a general direction substantially orthogonal to an imaginary plane in which the pincers move towards and away from each other. Preferably the spring loop is located on one side of the imaginary plane in which the pincers move and a remainder of the connecting part is located on the other side of the imaginary plane so as to lead to one pincer located with regard to the other pincer in such a way that springing open of the spring loop moves the pincers towards one another.The spring clip can be of narrow width, in which case one or more can be clipped onto each edge of a picture or the like.

Abstract: A single or multi-section fastener capable of quick release is elongated so that one end will overlie the other end of the fastener in latched position, the overlying member or end is provided with a sized aperture therethrough and the underlying member or end includes, a tongue holder generally wider than the aperture which is connected by a flexible hinge to said underlying end to permit the tongue holder to fold so that it lies between the respective underlying and overlying end when the fastener is moved to the engaged or latched position. Movement of the fastener from the engaged or latched position to the disengaged or unlatched position to the disengaged or unlatched position is accomplished by a quick release assembly formed on the underlying end. A reinforced handle may be connected to the quick release assembly to facilitate release or disengagement of the cooperating ends of the fastener from the engaged or latched position.

Abstract: A wad of textured yarn is removed from texturing apparatus by passing the wad into the inlet of an elongated tube having one or more openings intermediate the two ends thereof. In normal operation, a fluid is passed through the tube toward the inlet end to cool the yarn and assist in breaking up the wad. During startup, fluid is passed through the tube in the opposite direction to aspirate the yarn through the tube.

Abstract: A drum support apparatus including outboard and inboard hubs having outer surfaces adapted for interface fitting with the inside surface of a drum. The hubs while being supported on a shaft that is cantilevered from a frame, provide support for the drum in the form of a plurality of spaced equidistant lobes located on their outer surfaces. The lobes reduce the load required to properly seat the drum against the hubs and thereby decreases the possibility of drum run-out by reducing the contact area when the interface fit of the drum/hub combination occurs. The shaft is supported at its outboard end by a removable support bracket.

Abstract: The crankshaft bearing cap of a connecting rod is formed from a forged rod blank which includes an integral circular head having an internal bearing surface and have integrally formed interconnecting lug portions. The lug portions are provided with cracking openings aligned with and parallel to a cracking plane. Each of the openings is provided with a cracking notch or recess which extends downwardly from one side of the head between twenty and fifty percent of the opening length. The assembly is located on a lubricated supporting bed with the unnotched face resting on the supporting surface. Interconnected cracking pins with a suitable tapered configuration are simultaneously forced into the cracking holes with an impact type force. The tapered pins are interconnected to a common support equalizing the cracking impact pressure as the pins are moved into cracking openings. Each of the notches is formed with a V-shape with an inclusive angle of forty-five degrees and a relatively shallow depth of from 0.

Abstract: A method of preparing a rain gutter for connection of a downspout thereto comprising forming a downspout opening by partial separation of material in the gutter bottom wall, displacing material remaining integral with the bottom wall from the area of the opening into a continuous downward lip flange around the edge of the opening and a connection extension means for engagement within the upper end of a downspout aligned with the opening. The connection extension means are formed into a plurality of downwardly projecting tabs which are connected to a downspout assembled therewith by means of screws. The method can be practiced on gutters which are first hung on a building in position to remain thereon whereby the exact position required for the downspout opening can be provided with the opening and continuous lip flange and extension means.

Abstract: A fluid yarn processing jet of trilaminar construction wherein a recessed discontinuous inner lamina forms a yarn processing duct which has at least one fluid entry port thereto and wherein an outer lamina is readily removable to facilitate the placement of yarn within the duct. All exterior edges in the vicinity of the duct which are resultant from the recessing of the inner laminar are rounded so as to prevent yarn damage.

Abstract: An impact tool is used to apply an impact blow to the underside of a portion of a roof which has been partly cut away, wherein the portion of the roof is removed for the installation of a dormer. The impact tool consists of an elongated hollow handle formed from a plurality of sections, wherein the sections permit length adjustment of the handle. A heavy weight element communicates with an upper free end of a top section and a rubber cushion element communicates with a bottom end of a bottom section.

Abstract: A method of fixing the starting end portion of a line, such as for example, a wire or the like, to a reel, such as for example, a bobbin, upon which the line is to be wound, characterized in that at least two bends are provided within the starting end portion of the line or the like, such that, assuming that the inflection disposed most remote from the tip of the starting end portion of the line to be the first inflection, at least a part of the line portion interposed between the tip of the starting end portion of the line and the first inflection will be disposed forwardly of the first inflection and oriented in the winding direction when the starting end portion of the line is inserted and fixed within a slot provided within the flange or drum portion of the reel.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for assembling oil filter components is disclosed. The components include a spring guide element which centers a filter element when assembled within a filter canister. Invention is based on the discovery that when the spring guide element is pushed horizontally into the canister by the filter element, the leading edge of the spring guide element automatically slides up the dome shaped bottom of the canister to its proper upright position without need for manual (individual) handling. An assembly machine is also disclosed which provides feed chutes for supplying the canisters, spring guide elements, and filter elements to troughs on a conveyor belt. A stationary bar cam is provided for effecting a force vector in a direction which pushes the filter element and, in turn, the spring guide element into the canister. Alternate embodiments are also disclosed wherein the components may be assembled by centrifugal force, gravity or direct plunger action.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing prefabricated sections for buildings wherein metal frames have concrete cast between them which is heated and allowed to harden along a manufacturing line to form floor and wall components. Ceiling components with metal frames and, where applicable, roof components are also constructed in the manufacturing line. At the end of the manufacturing line, the floor, wall, ceiling and/or roof components are connected, form the desired section and moved onto an adjacent assembly line which is at right angles to the manufacturing line without altering the relative disposition of the sections whereby the longer sides of the section which were parallel to the length of the manufacturing line are carried transversely on the assembly line. The sections on the assembly line are connected together in the relationship they will bear in the finished building and doors, windows, panels and the like are added as the connected sections move along the assembly line from adjacent storage areas.