Abstract: There is provided a device for preparing coherent materials from deformable foodstuffs, for example, ground meat. Said device comprising a foodstuff bunker and an apertured plate to form the coherent products in the apertures, said bunker culminating at least one pushing member for pushing the foodstuff out of the bunker.

Abstract: A self-aligning, self-retracting quarter-turn fastener assembly in which one of two members to be joined rotatably supports the fastener and is provided with an elongated recess into which a crosspin intermediate the ends of the fastener shaft is urged by a spring when the fastener is in such a relative rotary position that the crosspin is aligned with an elongated slot in the member which carries the fastener receptacle. The portion of the fastener shaft extending beyond the crosspin acts as a pilot as the members are brought into cooperative relationship to ensure proper relative positioning of the members. The assembly has special utility in an installation in which a multiplicity of fastener assemblies are used.

Abstract: In an assembly of at least two electrodes which are connected together in an insulating manner, said electrodes are kept at a given distance from each other by at least one member of an electrically insulating material situated between the electrodes which comprises a core which determines the distance between the electrodes and a jacket which directly adheres to the electrode material by heating. The material of the core has a higher melting point than the material of the jacket so that the core during effecting a connection between the jacket and the electrode material maintains its shape.

Abstract: A separating device for bar and pipe-shaped workpieces, especially a cut-off machine, with a chucking device for chucking the cut-off workpieces and with a separating unit such as a cutting head for cutting off bar and pipe sections. The separating device includes at least one machining unit for machining the ends of the cut off workpieces and at least one feeding device for feeding a cut-off bar or pipe section cut off by the separating unit, to the end machining unit.

Abstract: The journal and/or pilot bearings of a rotary cone earth boring bit are constructed to include alternating areas of wear resistant materials and anti-galling materials. The bearing matrix is formed by compressing a powdered alloy in the shape of the desired bearing element. The bearing matrix is sintered, thereby forming a porous bearing element. An anti-galling material is infiltrated into the porous matrix of the bearing element and the bearing element is hardened. The resulting bearing element includes areas of water resistant materials and areas of anti-galling materials.

Abstract: A method of forming sheet metal housing for a spherical outside diameter ball bearing by forming in a sheet metal collar an inside surface conforming to half the outside surface of the bearing, placing the bearing in the housing, and hydraulically pressing a die at a predetermined pressure on the outside of the collar to conform the rest of the collar to the bearing surface, so that a predetermined torque resistance by the resulting assembly is obtained.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for insulating the exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. A three-zone liner assembly is provided with an outer zone comprised of a room temperature vulcanizing silicone sleeve, an inner zone comprised of a stamped and seam welded high strength Al-Cr-steel alloy, and an intermediate zone consisting of a ceramic wool mat. The liner assembly is supported or enclosed within a mild carbon sheet metal sleeve metal which in turn may be bonded to the engine passage wall by use of a room-temperature-vulcanized silicone if of the insert type, or by fusion bonding during casting if of the cast-in-place type.

Abstract: A catalyst converter for cleaning the exhaust of a vehicle, and in particular for a vehicle such as a car or motorcycle. The catalyst converter is provided with a case containing and holding a honeycomb-shaped ceramic catalyst body, with the case being divided into two halves in the axial direction. The catalyst body is covered in the front and rear with members supporting the end edges in the axial direction and the outer peripheral portions. The halves of the case are integrally combined while being pressed toward each other.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an aluminum heat exchanger comprising the steps of: forming inclined surfaces on a support plate including an aluminum core clad with a brazing material layer at least on its top surface, said inclined surfaces sloping downwardly toward an aperture in the support surface; inserting a water pipe having an outer wall made of aluminum into said aperture with said core held in contact with said water pipe; assembling said support plate and said water pipe so that, when heated, said brazing material layer is melted, and flows down toward and collects around said aperture wherein said water pipe contacts said support plate; and heating said support plate and said water pipe to melt the brazing material layer, whereby the parts to be joined can be brazed together.

Abstract: A cylinder lock removal tool comprises a generally cup-shaped casing having an annular side wall and an end wall with the annular side wall defining a generally cylindrical bore. A cylindrical collet sized to be received within the casing bore has a set of radially spaced resilient fingers extending from a collet base. A sleeve has an interior cylindrical surface sized to be slid over and in sliding engagement with the collet fingers and base, and an exterior cylindrical surface sized to be received within the casing annular wall. The tool also includes a threaded bolt for drawing the collet and sleeve into the casing bore.

Abstract: A pulling tool for extracting bushings, bearings or similar devices from a blind hole consists of first and second pulling members and a drive member. The pulling members are inserted into a central recess of a bushing or bearing, and a threaded shank portion of the drive member is inserted into an axial opening between the pulling members, engaging threaded inner surfaces of the pulling members and moving the pulling members apart to cause lip portions at the inner ends of the pulling members to be driven behind the bottom edge of the bushing or bearing. As the drive member is turned, the pulling members back up onto the drive member, carrying with them the bushing or bearing. One of the pulling members has a recess on a side surface of its outer end to receive a tool for preventing rotation of the pulling members relative to the drive member when the pulling tool is used to remove a bearing.

Abstract: A device for dislodging pins from storage tubes for dual-in-line-type integrated circuit packages comprises a cylinder which conforms generally to the outside dimensions of the storage tube and which has a fin of varied height for engaging one end of the pin and a claw portion for engaging the opposing end of the pin. In operation the cylinder is slid along the tube where it engages a pin and upon further movement of the device along the tube extracts the pin transversely of the device movement.

Abstract: A sleeve member interconnects an upper and lower length of replacement casing, which lengths are associated with the vehicle speedometer and transmission respectively. The upper length is crimped into one end of the sleeve member while the lower length is slidably adjustable with the remaining portion thereof. By a series of process steps, the interconnected lengths of replacement casing will contain a replacement rotatable flexible shaft cable therein, which cable is provided with a square tipped cable fitting at each end thereof, one of which operatively engages the vehicle speedometer while the other engages the transmission. By virtue of the slidably adjustable lower casing length within the sleeve member, proper protrusion of the cable fitting square tips is insured. The adjustable length of casing may then be rigidly crimped into the sleeve member.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for forming a stack of neatly aligned sheets of microfoam plastic material from a web of microfoam material. The method and apparatus provide for supplying the web of material to a cutting station and transporting an edge of the material a predetermined distance beyond the cutting station, restraining motion of the web and captivating it at a location adjacent to the cutting station, and cutting the web in a transverse direction. The web advancement, restraint and captivation, and cutting are repeated until a predetermined number of sheets of the material have been accumulated in a stack. The stack is then released from captivation and is conveyed from the cutting station.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flexure suspension assembly which includes forming four quadrantally and radially disposed single axis flexure joints in a first cylindrical member and four quadrantally and radially disposed single axis flexure joints in a second cylindrical member. The longitudinal axes of the flexure joints in the first cylindrical member are substantially parallel to the longitudinal cylinder axis which is coincident with the spin axis of the suspension assembly and the longitudinal axes of the joints in the second cylindrical member are substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the second member. The first and second members are integrally joined together in concentric relationship with the bending axes of the four joints in each cylinder in radial alignment to form a composite cylindrical member. The composite cylindrical member is then separated by electro discharge machining into the foregoing components of the flexure suspension assembly.

Abstract: A device for manufacturing and inserting single-turn coils into the magnetic core slots of electrical machines comprises a mechanism for cutting off pieces of a wire conductor, a mechanism for bending the wire and shaping a loop, at least one mechanism for retaining and orienting coils made of concentrically arranged external and internal cylinders capable of rotating with respect to each other and having slots for accommodating the coils, said mechanism being made in the form of a detachable satellite with elements for fixing its position with respect to the working members of said mechanisms, a mechanism for moving apart the coils, a mechanism for transferring the set of coils, a mechanism for returning the cylinder to their initial position, a storing element, mechanisms for pressing-in the set of coils and for moving apart the ends of the coils at the commutator side, and transport mechanisms.The device can be used, for example, for making the armatures of automobile starters.

Abstract: Temperature gradient zone melting is utilized to make a solid state neuron which mimics the conducting nerve pulses by a biological nerve cell and its nerve fiber.

Abstract: A liquid crystal alignment film is deposited on the inner surfaces of two plates of an electro-optic passive display cell. The film is vacuum evaporated on the plates at an incidence of 5.degree. and at least one plate is rubbed in only the direction of deposition. A helicoidal nematic liquid crystal is disposed between the two plates of the cell, and is aligned by the film.

Abstract: A method of mounting heating wire coils on ceramic fiber insulation walls. A ceramic fiber cement bead is applied in a desired pattern to the surface of a ceramic fiber wall, either directly to a flat surface or in a groove. An elongated iron-chromium-aluminum alloy heater wire coil is pressed into said cement so that the cement flows up and over the coil loops which contact the wall and the cement is cured. Because of the non-scaling (adherent Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 skin) characteristics of this heater wire alloy, the cement adheres tenaciously to the wire even under severe thermal shock and temperature cycling.

Abstract: An implement for assisting people in developing better eating habits comprising an instrumentality such as a fork, knife or spoon detachably attached to a hollow handle and wherein there are window openings at the top side of the handle, diodes of two different colors visible at the windows and circuitry including a battery and an on/off switch for causing the diodes to be alternately turned on and off at predetermined intervals.

Abstract: A large tool for scraping flakes, debris, and droppings from drywall board panels installed in construction work, prior to painting. The blade may be about 1.5 m (5 ft.) long. The central handle is held in both hands. The blade is substantially flexible, and bowed or curved so that its end portions contact the wall first. When the blade is pressed against the wall, the resilient bowed blade straightens out so that the entire length of the blade is in close contact with the wall. The handle is provided with a T or cross-handle portion for pushing the blade along the wall surface by one hand and additionally an arched handle portion for the operator's other hand, to straighten out the curve of the bow. Because of its large size and close engagement with the wall, the scraper saves about half of the prior labor time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjustable utility extension handle for a small electrically powered handtool. An elongated support pole is provided having a first handle coupled to a lower end thereof for being grasped by the operator to provide a first manual support point. A second handle is movably mounted along the pole for providing a second manual support point. The first handle includes a power regulating device which is interposed along an electrical conductor which supplies electrical power to the power handtool, thereby allowing the operator at the lower end of the elongated support pole to regulate the speed of the power handtool.A tool coupler is removably attached to the power handtool. The tool coupler includes an actuator for engaging and fully actuating any electrical power control which regulates the operation of the power handtool.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a can opener comprising a cutter moved in the vertical direction by an operation lever and a feed gear mechanism disposed below the cutter, in which by the co-operative action of the cutter and the feed gear mechanism, a lid of a can is cut off while the can is rotated. The cutter is rotatably attached to the front face of a movable member having an engaging portion on the lower end thereof, and a regulating member is disposed in the rear of the feed gear mechanism. When the cutter is brought down together with the movable member by the operation lever to cause the cutter to bite into the can lid, the engaging portion of the movable member is engaged with the regulating member.

Abstract: The upper and lower jaw members and intermediate connecting member of a dental model articulator are molded from suitable plastic as an integral unitary whole; with the jaw members spaced from each other, by the intermediate connecting member, a distance comensurate with the dental models to be mounted on the articulator, and so that the upper jaw member articulates with respect to the intermediate member and lower jaw member to facilitate relative positioning of, and the performing of work on, the dental models. An over-center toggle-type-hinge is integrally molded between the upper jaw member and the intermediate connecting member to provide for articulation of the upper jaw member.

Abstract: A dental shade guide system for increasing the accuracy in matching an artificial tooth coloring to a patient's natural teeth by providing a plurality of primary shade guides, each guide having a specific chroma percentage made from a predetermined formula. Each primary shade guide has a corresponding plurality of secondary shade guides such that each of the corresponding secondary shade guides has a decreased chroma percentage which is determined by varying the value ratio of the primmary shade guide formula. This is accomplished by mixing the primary shade guide formula in varying amounts with a gray or white modifier. In one embodiment of the invention the secondary shade guides provide a chroma range which in selected applications overlaps with the chroma range of several of the primary shade guides providing the practitioner with a more accurate match. A method for making and using the secondary shade guides is disclosed.

Abstract: A micrometer having a bushing and a measuring spindle extending through the bushing, the spindle and bushing having confronting surfaces and including means permitting movement of the spindle with respect to the bushing in a single direction and for preventing relative movement of the spindle and bushing in other directions. A bearing having a spheroidal surface protrudes from one of the confronting surfaces with the spheroidal surface in contact with walls of a groove formed in the other confronting surface, the groove extending in the single desired direction. Means are provided to resiliently urge the bearing into the groove and to permit resilient radial movement of the bearing with respect to the spindle while maintaining contact of the spheroidal surface of bearing with walls of the groove.

Abstract: A coordinate measuring machine (10) having a vertically mounted probe (32), the weight of which is offset by an air counterbalance system (100). The air counterbalance system is adapted to use a source of air under pressure acting upon a piston (127) coupled to the vertically mounted probe (42). A torque converter (130) is mounted between the probe (42) and the piston (127) allowing the piston (127) to have a shorter travel than the allowable vertical travel of the probe (42). The air counterbalance system (100) preferably has components selected and arranged to minimize friction and weight to avoid distorting the precision of measurements on the coordinate measurement machine.

Abstract: An apparatus for reforming and straightening damaged bodies and frames of vehicles whereby corrective forces are applied to the vehicle through one or more elongated force transmission elements. A force is imposed on the elongated elements respectively by means of a uniquely mounted hydraulic ram which is freely pivotable sideways and limitedly pivotable in a backward direction. Each of the hydraulic rams are attached to a frame situated beneath the vehicle to be straightened whereby the frame further supports a measuring bridge coupled to the vehicle so that the progress of a straightening operation can be readily determined. The measuring bridge includes vertical indicators or gauges which are coupled at datum points on the vehicle so that an operator can readily determine the deformity of the vehicle longitudinally, laterally and vertically with respect to its center line.

Abstract: A wear resistant plate is secured to the surface of a refractory grid of a fluid bed apparatus to both improve the wear life of the refractory grid and to serve as a means for retaining the fluidizing air nozzles in place. Anchor bolts or studs are embedded in the refractory material. These can be either embedded in cast refractory during the casting process or in the case of factory fired refractory bricks, T-shaped grooves are formed in the sides of the bricks. Wear resistant plates are then secured to the surface of the refractory by using the anchor bolts and suitable fasteners. The wear resistant plates have openings therethrough which are aligned with but larger than the fluidizing air holes in the refractory grid. The fluidizing air holes through the grid have nozzles positioned therein. These nozzles are secured to the grid by using a fastener arrangement to releasably secure the nozzles to the wear resistant plate or by shaping the wear resistant plate to act as a fastener.

Abstract: An improvement on conventional clothes dryers including a spray nozzle, a control valve, and a water line coupled to an existing water source. The touch-up spray is used for removal of wrinkles from clothing and fabrics and permanent press clothing in particular without removing a garment's factory set creases. The apparatus may also include a water heating unit for spraying water of a selected temperature or steam. The apparatus may further be provided with a liquid additive dispenser for dispensing static electricity removal agents and clothes softening fluids.

Abstract: A rectangular building contains a pair of light permeable panels which face in a southerly direction in order to receive as much solar radiation as possible. One of the panels constitutes one section of the building's sloping roof and the other a vertical wall of the building. The remainder of the building panels are mainly of sheet metal. Inside the building and spaced from both the light permeable panels are a pair of circular grain storage bins, each being open at the top but protected or covered by the overlying roof. Air heated by the radiation transmitted through the light permeable panels is induced to flow through each bin so as to dry grain or other crops contained in the bin. The air then passes through a gravel bed at the bottom of each bin into ducts having fans which exhaust the air and the moisture it has picked up to atmosphere.

Abstract: This invention relates to a heat-resistant air-distributing sheath foldable into encircling relation about a section of damaged cable or the like encased in a heat-shrinkable sleeve, said sheath being characterized by a tangentially-directed tubular inlet connectable to a source of forced hot air, cooperating pairs of arcuate rigid ribs housed within circumferential pockets adjacent opposite ends of said sheath movable from an open cable-receiving position into a closed cable-encircling one, means depending from said sheath for tying or otherwise hanging same from an overhead support, flexible tubular cuffs at opposite ends equipped with drawstrings for regulating the size of the openings through which the air exits the sheath, and a deflector at the point where the air enters the sheath effective to direct the airflow in a helical path towards the opposite open ends thereof.

Abstract: A heater for a clothes dryer has a centrally mounted fan operable to drive air radially outwardly, and a radially mounted heater disposed circumferentially about the fan and downstream thereof. The heater is supported on a series of insulated retainer devices which include a radiation baffle operable to prevent lint from building up in the vicinity of the heating element and spacer portions operable to serve as a positioning stop for the rear seal of the heater.

Abstract: In complex systems which involve a large amount of interacting electronic equipment, the amount of interconnecting cabling and the attending cross-talk, electromechanical interference and other types of noise pickup become so significant that great expense and skill is required to design a system with satisfactory performance. The system of this invention includes new techniques for data exchange between components of such a complex system with the result that the cross-talk and interference problems are substantially eliminated, while at the same time, the amount of cabling required is reduced to a single communication path which includes only seven conductor pairs. The new system includes a master controller for converting parallel digital data from a computer to serial digital data which is transmitted to the using device through the communication path where it is then converted to a form suitable for the using device.

Abstract: A pilot training simulator system is disclosed that simulates a predetermd vehicle and the operational environment pertinent to the vehicle in such manner that the pilot being trained in the system may be responsive to the realistic impressions effected by this combination. Included in the system is a first subsystem for producing a video readout of various terrain and target scenes, a simulated vehicle cockpit second subsystem to which the terrain and target scenes are provided, and a third subsystem for providing a motion picture to the windshield of the simulated vehicle cockpit. A motion generator imparts realistic movements to the first subsystem and simulated vehicle cockpit, and console controls permit the manual operational control of both.

Abstract: A method for preparing a naturally colored and flexible freeze dried animal specimen for study or display purposes, in which a lubricating agent is injected into the major joints and the specimen is wrapped in a moistened cheese cloth prior to freezing and drying. After freeze drying the specimen is soaked in an organic solvent to remove substantially all of the lipids from adipose tissue and bone marrow therein and then softened and manipulated to restore substantially natural movement thereto. A polymerizable silicone rubber may be rubbed into the dried and softened tissue to replace lost bulk and to seal the tissue against reabsorption of water, so that the dried specimen can be stored indefinitely in an open atmosphere.

Abstract: A suction device for clearing the bottom of waterways includes a suction end having an inlet opening. Mounted to the horizontal edges of the inlet opening are either forcedriven conveyor screws or triangular flanges, with rollers mounted on the vertical edges of the inlet opening. The rollers in cooperation with either the triangular flanges or the conveyor screws turn material snagged in the waterway endwise into a suction pipe terminating at the suction end. Debris sucked into the suction pipe is delivered to a load basket at the other end of the suction pipe. The loading basket is constructed for lifting from the water by means such as a crane, and further constructed for unloading from the bottom thereof.

Abstract: An off-highway earth-moving vehicle of the scraper type which includes a tractor section and scraper section interconnected by a draft frame providing rolling rigidity, each section having a pair of ground-engaging wheels. A floating axle assembly is provided on the tractor section permitting independent movement of the tractor wheels in the following of ground contours. The scraper section is driven by a prime mover having a torque converter for coupling to the rear axle. The prime mover, in addition, drives an AC synchronous generator which is electrically connected to an induction motor in the tractor section. The motor in turn is drivingly coupled, via a second torque converter, to the tractor wheels.

Abstract: An off-highway earth-moving vehicle of the scraper type which includes a tractor section and scraper section interconnected by a draft frame providing rolling rigidity, each section having a pair of ground-engaging wheels. A floating axle assembly is provided on the tractor section permitting independent movement of the tractor wheels in the following of ground contours. The scraper section is driven by a first engine having a first torque converter coupled to the scraper wheels. The tractor section is driven by a second engine having a second torque converter coupled to the tractor wheels. The sections of the vehicle are so proportioned in size and weight that the weight applied to the scraper wheels under both loaded and unloaded conditions is approximately twice the weight applied to the tractor wheels and the torque converters in the sections are so proportioned that at normal operating engine r.p.m. the power supplied to the scraper wheels is approximately twice the power supplied to the tractor wheels.

Abstract: A lift adapter apparatus by which one of a plurality of digging buckets can be attached to one of a plurality of backhoe machines comprising an upper and lower bushing and pin assembly attached to spaced lifting ears located on the bucket. The bushings are attached to the ears and receive the pin therethrough so that the dipper receptacle and the curl cylinder receptacle can be attached in journaled relationship to a medial length of the exposed upper and lower pins. The width of the bushings and the pin diameter can be selected to enable any one bucket to become operatively attached to any compatible size backhoe machine.

Abstract: For greeting card display an inexpensive, novel, centrally apertured, end-insertion, one-piece frame with attractive front design or coloring, employing a standing/hanging back triangular easel of wire or a double triangle back easel of frame backing material.

Abstract: A mechanical writing instrument is provided with conversion equivalent displayed from within the instrument. An outer casing has a plurality of slots through which conversion tables around an inner shell may be selectively viewed by turning an adjustment cap which also protracts and retracts the ballpoint pen tip.

Abstract: An apparatus for rotating a mobile. The apparatus has a drive means and a sound activated switch, operatively connected to the drive means for activating the latter in response to sound.

Abstract: A magnetic strip assembly for signs is provided for use in attaching a sign to the surface of a structure formed from a ferromagnetic metal. This device, which utilizes solvent welding or instead of pressure sensitive adhesives, allows for a more effective attachment of signs to metal surfaces. Other devices for the attachment of signs to metal surfaces utilizes pressure sensitive adhesives which are prone to adhesive failure, which is not a problem with this device. This magnetic strip assembly includes a flexible magnetic strip preferably with two flanges thereby creating a slot, a flexible mounting strip which is inserted into the slot of the magnetic strip thereby providing for mechanical interconnection, and a plastic sign which is fastened to the mounting strip by means of solvent welding. The solvent weld provides an extremely effective means of adhesion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a capsule having a complete load for a muzzle loading rifle.The capsule comprises of a first tube containing the preweighed powder and a second tube containing the presized and patched ball or any desired projectile and the primer. The second tube is detachably connected to the first tube. The invention also discloses the method of making the said capsule.

Abstract: A rest which provides an extremely simple, inexpensive, rugged, and durable structure for firmly supporting the barrel of a pistol or rifle during firing. A base having a plurality of legs, one of which is adjustable, is adapted to be supported in a generally horizontal position on a surface by the legs. An L-shaped pedestal is mounted on the top surface of the base and has a threaded opening formed in a cantilever portion of the pedestal for adjustably receiving a threaded shaft therein. A V-shaped gun barrel support member is rotatably mounted on the top of the shaft by a plurality of rubber O-rings. The support member includes a cylindrical bushing frictionally engaged with the O-rings and a V-shaped bracket covered with a protective material mounted on the top of the bushing. A resilient pad of material is mounted on and extends along the rear portion of the base on which a shooter's hand and forearm is supported when firing a pistol supported by the rest.

Abstract: This net asssembly, designed primarily for fishermen or the like, comprises a flexibly-hinged triangular collapsible trio of net supporting arms, and a handle member. Two of the net supporting arms are hingedly attached to the handle by means of a pair of hinge fingers integrally projecting from the handle. The third of the net supporting arms is hingedly affixed at one end to the other end of one of the first named arms, by a flexible hinge, and is slidably engaged at its other end around the second of said first named pair of arms. The three arms support a net, and in closed position are in close, side-by-side, parallel relationship. The net is opened by sliding the one end of an arm along one of the arms which is hinged to the handle, thus quickly creating a solid triangular net assembly. A cylindrical storage member is provided to act either as an extension handle, or to receive the collapsed net assembly, telescopically.

Abstract: A tethered top capable of being disassembled by unscrewing of its two body section halves from one another is disclosed. No tools are required to dismantle the tethered top, since a center connector shaft is secured to a pair of end connectors which are keyed into the respective body section halves, with at least one of the end connectors being threadedly connected to the connector shaft. A wooden center shaft or axle member is disposed concentrically on the connector shaft, having an axial bore, and this axle member engages into counterbores at the inner sides of the body section halves. Similar counterbores are located at the outside surface of each half, for receiving the keyed end connectors. Thus, each body section half is reversible, and the tethered top may be assembled in any of three general configurations. The wooden axle member may be removed and replaced when worn out by dismantling the tethered top.

Abstract: A saucer-shaped toy having a generally planar central portion, a relatively thick, downwardly depending rim and a mid-portion having a textured outer surface containing a series of spaced apart portholes or windows extending between the rim and central portion. A diametrically positioned, cylindrical cradle formed in the central portion is adapted to receive a chemical light-stick, and the light-stick is releasably secured in place by resilient retaining fingers. In use, illumination from the light-stick propagates through the toy to cause the toy to dramatically simulate fictionalized flying saucers and allows the toy to be used in low light conditions.

Abstract: A game call or the like whistle which includes a housing member with a mouthpiece and two air chambers with one of the air chambers having a constant volume and the other air chamber having a variable volume containing therein a piston arm for changing the volume of the variable chamber. The game call is formed by the cooperation of a top portion and a bottom portion which when placed together form the two air chambers and mouthpiece with a common wall separating the two chambers.