Abstract: A device for attaching display material to a bottle and a process for making the device are disclosed. The device includes a booklet and a flexible bottle-engaging means connecting the booklet to a bottle. The flexible bottle-engaging means is attached to the bottle and the booklet so as to urge the booklet against the bottle. The device can be made by a continuous process that involves feeding an information carrying web and a flexible web, gluing the webs together, forming a booklet out of the information carrying web, and then severing the web to form individual devices.

Abstract: A sign for use by the driver of a stalled vehicle. The sign includes bendable members for sign attachment to a vehicle. A multitude of signs are supported by a rod in a manner permitting flipping of the signs until the appropriate message is found. A tie extends through the signs to prevent fluttering of same by wind gusts.

Abstract: A sighting device for aiming a firearm, particularly handguns, employs a rib upon which a rear sight leaf is pivotally mounted. Attached to the leaf is a plurality of downwardly projecting elevation screws terminating at selectively adjustable and predetermined distances from the leaf. A finger-operated elevation wheel beneath the screws has an upwardly facing elevation ramp therein which is rotatable about a vertical axis (assuming that the firearm is held in a normal firing position) to any one of a plurality of angular positions. Rotation of the wheel towards a selected position concurrently rotates the elevation ramp into initial sliding engagement with an overlying elevation screw. Subsequent seating of the elevation screw in a recess on the ramp sets the elevation of the sight leaf. An indicator on the wheel indicates to the shooter which screw is seated and, thus, which sight elevation is in use.

Abstract: A fishing lure having a flexible, resilient intermediate body portion which, upon imparting a sudden jerk to the line, will cause the intermediate portion to collapse in a manner which simulates the movement of a squid through the water. The collapsing intermediate portion of the lure also generates an audible sound which is much like the sound made by a squid.

Abstract: Fishing apparatus is disclosed including a body member of a fish lure and an insert member removably fitted into the body member. The insert member is adapted to form the connecting link between a fish line connected to the head end of the insert member and a fishhook attached to the tail end of the insert member. The body member can be one of a variety of different body members each suitably constructed to be fitted onto the insert member so that a fisherman can, if he desires, carry only one insert member with attached fishhook and a plurality of different fish lure body members for interchangeable use on the insert member.

Abstract: A U-shaped connector has apertures adjacent the ends of its arms which receive a shaft of a fishing lure. The connector has a spinner blade attached thereto, and this blade is rotatable with the connector around the shaft during trolling or other moving functions of the lure. A rotatable spherical bead is mounted on the shaft between the arms of the connector to hold the ends of the arms a selected spaced distance apart. In addition, rotatable spherical bead means are mounted on the shaft one on each side of the connector arms.

Abstract: A container for hook-carrying fish lures includes an open top bottom section, and external cover stop adjacent the open top, a cover having a peripheral wall seating on the cover stop and spaced from the wall at the open top leaving a space therebetween, and a series of wall openings at the top of the wall of the bottom section when the cover is seated on the cover stop for holding the hooks of fish lures.

Abstract: A watertight, buoyant fishing tackle box designed to be worn by the fisherman strapped to his torso is disclosed. Parallel rows of individual compartment trays containing the appropriate lures, tackle, flies etc. are inserted into a housing cavity from the top. The compartment trays, together with gasket means, form a watertight top for the housing, thereby enhancing the buoyancy of the fisherman should he slip or fall while in the water. In use, the fisherman draws the individual tray upward, out of the housing, where it swings forward resting on a flanged lip of the housing to provide ready access. The trays include a hinged or removable top to allow easy access to its contents.

Abstract: A humane animal trap which features an adjustment capability that permits a certain degree of selection of the type of animal which the trap will hold. In a preferred embodiment, the trap includes a snare in the form of a loop. When the trap is triggered, the loop is withdrawn into a housing. The final size of the loop, and hence the degree of pressure exerted by the loop, as well as the size of animal which may be trapped by the loop, may be adjusted by adjusting the degree to which the loop is withdrawn into the housing. The two ends of the snare which form the loop are preferably secured to a spring-loaded piston, whose final resting point in the generally tubular housing, after being sprung, may be adjusted by, for example, a pin secured transversely within the tubular housing in the path of travel of the piston.

Abstract: A roach trap that uses the physiology of the insect to entice the insect to a location where it is destroyed, the trap including a closed box with bait therein having a fanlight entrance at one end accessible by an inclined ramp, an enclosed tubular passage inside the box extending inwardly from the entrance so roaches can enter, said passage having a horizontal floor and tapering in size toward an open end whereby the roaches fall upon a sticky gummed paper where they die, including a close fitting access door at the opposite end of the box for removing and replacing the gummed paper, wherein the roof of the passage way extends beyond the floor whereby the roaches are enticed to move over the open end by feeling the roof with their antennae.

Abstract: A bait station comprised of a container for poisoned rodent food having limited access thereto and shielded by a wall having guarded openings to limit the entrance therein to rodents only. The station also includes securing means to prevent its displacement and a gravity flow system for delivery of poisoned rodent food.

Abstract: A mechanical hand amusement device consisting of a movable grip member joined by a rod, which extends through a tubular arm, to a hand member having a fixed thumb and four finger members which bend inward when the grip member is squeezed. Each finger member includes three hollow segments which are joined by flexible hinges at the tops, and have a flexible strap which is anchored within the fingertip segment running along the bottoms. The strap extending through each of the finger members is coupled to the rod so that a portion of the strap is retracted into the hand member when the grip member is squeezed. The resulting forces move the finger members inward in a grasping motion. A spring within the hand member returns the elements to their at-rest positions when the grip member is released.

Abstract: A driving simulator toy realistically duplicates the actual driving environment of an automobile. The toy has a tunnel-like structure which accommodates the outstretched legs of a seated child to thereby simulate a low-slung bucket-seat environment.

Abstract: A constructible animal doll comprised of a common body and head form and a plurality of dismembered body parts that are adapted to be attached to the central body and head form in various arrangements so as to create numerous different animal forms. In addition, many of the dismembered parts are designed to be used interchangeably to create different animals.

Abstract: A realistic driving toy which includes a vehicle driven by a magnet which moves along the vector sum of a pair of moving rods, the rods being movable normal to each other in a plane by means of motors and linking elements. The motors are controlled by a series of contacts which communicate with a printed circuit disc whereby rotation of a steering wheel rotates the printed circuit disc relative to the contacts to provide different combinations of motor "on-off" conditions as well as different combinations therewith of motor rotation direction conditions to provide magnet movement in eight different directions. In accordance with a second embodiment of printed circuit board, sixteen vector directions for magnet movement are provided by the addition of resistors across certain ones of the circuit paths of the printed circuit board and an alteration of the conductive paths. Provision is made for initial location of the magnet. The rods are driven by a chain, screw or belt drive.

Abstract: Remote radio controlled inflatable toy includes a huge inflatable figure of man, animal or object, a movable base connected to the bottom of the figure and operable by remote control of a radio signal, and a separately provided radio signal emitter/controller. Wheels radio signal receiver and drive mechanism are provided under the movable base to drive and/or change direction of movement through the remote control of the radio signal emitter/controller. A connector is provided on top of the base to retain the inflated figure and keep the figure from falling from the base. The static figure is removably mounted on the base through inflation to cause its bottom or foot to be urged against the connector or retracted therefrom. The radio controlled base adds a dynamic interest to the static figure mounted thereupon. When the figure is separated from the base, both can be played with as individual items. A plurality of figures can be provided interchangeably on a single base.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying herbicide to tall weeds which extend above a line formed by the upper reaches of desirable crops is disclosed. The apparatus includes a pair of hydraulic rams for elevating and lowering a rotatably mounted roller which has a covering of nap material such as nylon-dacron carpeting for facilitating the adherence of the herbicide thereto. A fluid pressure system or systems for controlling the flow rate of herbicide to the roller and for controlling the rotational speed of the roller is provided so that the herbicide application characteristics of the apparatus can be varied in accordance with the weed density and height conditions encountered. A wiper for spreading the herbicide and for foaming the herbicide prior to application to the weeds can also be included.

Abstract: Glazed ceramic jardiniere with raised integral portions on the interior of its bottom section providing stable support for and drainage from a flower pot to be enclosed therein, the upper edges of said support being unglazed, and a method of making the same comprising positioning unglazed vitreous supporting members after applying glaze to the ware and then firing said ware after stacking with other such ware.

Abstract: Guard apparatus for a window or the like in a building characterized by a guard element that is hingedly mounted to a wall adjacent the window and adapted to prevent entry into the window from the exterior and having a releasable fastener that is releasable interiorly of the building without tools to allow emergency egress through the window but resists force exteriorly of the building. The releasable fastener has a lock housing that is inaccessible from outside the building when the lock bar on the guard element is inserted into its normal latched position. Also disclosed are specific structural details and preferred embodiments of the releasable fastener.

Abstract: Latch hardware including drive rod fittings in which at least two profile grooves are undercut at an angle to one another within the frame shanks and drive rods are positioned, guided, and coupled to a corner guide. The profile grooves within the frame shanks are arranged stepwise and are of a depth which is larger than the thickness of the drive rods. In addition, the angled housing for the corner guide has at least one shank which is pushed on safety sleeves on molded edge stems in which may also be fixedly positioned parts which serve to guide the driving rod.

Abstract: An improved opener for the lid or hatch cover of a tall storage container. The opener includes a pivotal handle that is disposed at a location remote from the lid and is operatively connected thereto by a linkage system associated with the container. The handle is operative between a first position, in which the lid is locked in a closed position, and a second position, in which the lid is locked in an open position.

Abstract: A safety vent preferably for use in a high rise building for permitting the escape of smoke and fumes and comprising a fixed frame accommodated by an opening in the building, a movable frame pivotally secured to the fixed frame and means for biasing the movable frame to an open position. In the preferred embodiment the movable frame includes panel means and pivots at its lower end. A latch mechanism maintains the movable frame in a closed position while a release mechanism, operated either electrically or pneumatically, can be energized to permit opening of the vent. Limiting means in the form of shock absorbers or snubbers interconnect between frames for limiting the open position of the vent.

Abstract: A stop assembly for a sliding closure includes a wedge-shape stop member which may be removably secured to the closure in a position where the stop member will become wedged between the relatively sliding members to preclude opening more than a predetermined distance. Cooperating pad-like elements having respectively numerous hooks and loops thereon are affixed to the closure and stop member, respectively, and when in mating engagement resist separation in a direction parallel to the direction of movement of the sliding member to preclude opening of the closure and are readily separable in a direction normal to such direction of movement to remove the stop member to permit unobstructed opening of the closure. When not in use, the stop member may be independently secured in a convenient storage location where it will not interfere with such closure movement by another pad-like element cooperating with the element affixed to the stop member.

Abstract: This specification discloses a Dual Surface Lapping Machine having at least one fixed lower spindle and an upper spindle carried by an A-frame mounted on guide ways. The spindles and guide ways are parallel to one another to permit accurate lapping of piece parts and to facilitate dressing of the lapping surfaces. The upper spindle is mounted in self aligning bearing means which permits floating movement of the upper lapping surface upon work pieces of different thicknesses. To provide accurate dressing of the lapping surfaces locking means are provided to lock the self-aligning bearing. Each spindle is adapted to receive a dressing tool so as to accommodate accurate dressing of the surfaces in a manner eliminating bending deflections associated with prior art devices.

Abstract: A grinding attachment for porcelain bodies, comprising a rotary shaft having a flange and an externally threaded end portion; a plurality of groups of grinding wheels concentrically mounted on said rotary shaft and clamped between said flange and nut, said each grinding wheel in the respective groups including a support disk and a plurality of grindstone pieces equidistantly mounted on a circumferential end surface of said support disk and having their arcuate end surfaces disposed on one and the same circumferential surface, said grinding wheels being mounted on the rotary shaft in such a manner that the grind-stone pieces on the respective grinding wheels alternate with the grindstone pieces on adjacent grinding wheels in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: A guard device with a dressing apparatus for a grinding wheel. A front cover member is pivotably supported on a guard body by a hinge shaft. A pair of leg portions are extended from the lower end of the front cover member and carry a pair of dressing tools for dressing the side surfaces of the grinding wheel. A front cover member is swung by the operation of a thread mechanism.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for grinding a split piston ring having at least one inwardly converging top or bottom wall member by bringing such wall into engagement with a rotating grinding member having a spherical segment working surface, the path of such relative movement being along a line which is coincident with the axis of the piston ring and also coincident with a radius of the spherical surface of the grinding member, whereby all of the inwardly converging surface of the split piston ring is concurrently ground to conform to the curvature of the spherical segment surface of the grinding member.

Abstract: An easily installed awning includes a pair of side frame members and a plurality of generally vertical slats carried by slots in the upper surfaces of the side members.

Abstract: A structure is provided for adjusting the lateral displacement of an outer second boom relative to a first, or base boom which receives and supports the second boom for telescoping movement relative thereto. A box-like retainer structure is provided to receive a pair of wear blocks which project from the retainer structure on each side of the second boom and are adapted to slidingly engage the inner surface of the sides of the base boom. A pair of threaded adjustment blocks are provided, one block inwardly of and adjacent each wear block for retaining the wear blocks against the base boom. Each adjustment block is threadingly engaged with a separate bolt and the distal end of each bolt opposite the adjustment block is retained within a bore of an upstanding wall to prevent each bolt from moving laterally relative to the second boom but to permit rotation of the bolts.

Abstract: A decorative system including a transparent container holding a described decorative aqueous mixture including aluminum powder and the system further providing means for bubbling air through the mixture for optimum effect.

Abstract: A retroglazed glass pane of a window, wherein a spacing element, which is attached and sealed to the peripheral portion of a face of a new or second pane slightly smaller than the original light of the first or existing pane, is bonded to the confronting face of the first pane in a position such that a space remains between the sash elements and the edge of the second pane and the radially outward side of the spacing element, wherein such space is partially filled with a sealant material, which seals between the spacer and the first pane, and which such space is further filled with a resiliently compressible rod, typically of a rubberlike foam material, the rod being preferably characterized by low thermal conductivity; and a method of retroglazing wherein a desiccant is contained in such spacing element, protected against exposure prior to installation of the second pane, and wherein such rod is forced into the space between the edge of the second pane and the sash to force sealant material pre-deposited in

Abstract: A base member is secured to one of a pair of cabinet panels to be connected together, and a locking member carried slidably by the base member is movable from a retracted position rearwardly of the front side of the base member to an extended position in which it extends forwardly beyond said front side into a locking opening provided in the other of the pair of cabinet panels, the panel to which the base member is secured being provided with an abutment surface spaced from the front side of the base member sufficiently to receive between them the portion of the other panel provided with the locking opening, whereby the extended locking member enters the locking opening and connects the panels together.

Abstract: A fire rated dry wall ceiling support system having fixed, aligned main beam members spliced together in a manner so as to absorb longitudinal compression, as for example resulting from thermal expansion during a fire. Each main beam includes a web surmounted by a bead with flange portions extending laterally outwardly from the web. Each web end includes a tongue extending axially outwardly for locking engagement with the adjacent beam member web and is so configured that the tongues fold in a longitudinal manner and become laterally displaced out of the normal plane of the tongues when the beam members are longitudinally compressed towards one another. Accordingly, the bead means become laterally displaced while moving towards one another in a longitudinal direction and may in fact overlap one another in a longitudinal sense. The system further includes support channels disposed transversely to the main beam members and engaged therewith.

Abstract: An aseptic packing machine comprising an enclosure defining a space swept through by a stream of sterile air and means for producing said stream of air. A station for producing containers, a filling station, a closing station and a transfer device cooperating with said stations are disposed inside the enclosure. The moving mechanical parts of said stations and said transfer device which are capable of being contaminating are located outside the part of said space which is maintained non-contaminating by said stream of sterile air.

Abstract: A cut-off mechanism operated by an electric switch and comprising a fixed blade and a movable shear operated by a rotary solenoid.

Abstract: In a machine for packaging articles, in particular cigarettes, an apparatus for folding cutout elements to obtain packets of the hinged-lid type, the apparatus comprising a drum adapted to rotate in a stepped manner and having peripheral recesses each adapted to receive a respective article and to displace the same along a plurality of folding stations, at the first of said stations a first folding operation being performed by simultaneously inserting said articles and the respective cutout elements into the respective recesses; at the last of said stations a last folding operation being performed by ejecting said articles and the respective cutout elements through an aperture; and the intermediate stations comprising fixed cam means engaging said cutout elements during movement of said drum, and mobile folding means engaging said cutout elements when the drum is stationary.

Abstract: To provide a hermetic seal for flexible receptacles such as plastic bags, pouches, or casings, the outside of the mouth of the receptacle is coated with a cold flowing resin so that when the receptacle is filled and its mouth gathered under pressure the resin will cold flow and fill the voids in the gathered folds. Preferably, the end of the gathered mouth is trimmed and then high pressure is applied to cause the resin to exude from the trimmed end. Next, a forming plunger is used to press the exudate into a smooth surface whereby a fused cap of resin is formed hermetically closing the bag's mouth. As an alternative, a clip or band can be placed around the gathered end under sufficient pressure to case cold flow of the resin thereby sealing the voids.

Abstract: An overall system of transporting and handling seed cotton comprising apparatus for and process steps of (a) compressing seed cotton after gathering thereof, (b) storage, (c) transport and (d) decompression and dispersion prior to ginning, is designed around (1) a transport pallet and (2) a pallet and module load discharge and manipulation apparatus adapted to manipulate the loaded pallet, separate the load and the pallet and treat the load.

Abstract: A machine for fitting a sleeve seal to a container or other object without twisting of the sleeve seal and tearing or crumpling of a label on the container by the sleeve seal, which is attained by providing flexible guide members arranged on a streamline-form mandrel, a recess on the bottom of the mandrel, into which the container over which the sleeve seal is to be fitted can be received, and a feed member which is pivoted away from at operating position to disengage position.

Abstract: In a harvesting and threshing machine utilizing at least one cooperative cylinder and rotatable rotor to achieve axial flow threshing and separation of grain bearing crop material there is provided an improved grain collection means underlying the auxiliary separation and discharge means and overlying at least a portion of the primary cleaning and separating means movably mounted to the frame of the machine in such a manner that air flow generated by the cleaning fan is not disturbed by the rotation of the rotor or the beater means of the auxiliary separation and discharge means.

Abstract: A device for locking the blade of a rotary lawn mower from rotation comprising a handle and two side members in planar relation with the handle and oriented normal to the handle, each of the side members having attached thereto a leg extending outwardly from the side member and forming a channel between the leg and the side member for receipt of a rotary mower blade and additionally being spaced from the side member to form a groove between the legs and the side members for receipt of the vertical element of the mower housing; means at the groove between the legs and the side members for causing a friction fit of the device on the mower housing.

Abstract: A crop harvesting apparatus having a plurality of rotatable crop-severing rods of generally circular cross section extending from a support for insertion into crop-bearing foliage with the crop-severing rod longitudinal axes substantially parallel to the direction of thrust. In one embodiment of the present invention, the rods are formed of a rigid, flexible material and are rotated at speeds sufficient to cause the rods to flex to rotate orbitally about the stationary positions of their longitudinal axes. In a second embodiment, the crop-severing rods have frictional surfaces on at least the longitudinally outer portions thereof. These crop-severing portions of the rods have no significant abrupt enlargement of diameter, and so no bulges exist which might contact and sever immature fruit or foliage from a crop-bearing plant. The rods are rotated and are thrust into a crop-bearing plant, and the frictional surfaces contact the crops to remove the mature crops from the plant.

Abstract: A mechanical shaker assembly adapted for use with an over-the-row power frame for the continuous harvesting of horticultural crops uniquely combines oscillating sway bars for dislodging the crops with a pendulum system for absorbing vibrations otherwise transmitted to the power frame by the sway bars.

Abstract: In a crop roll forming machine having a reversibly rotatable bale forming means and a drive means there is provided a control means affixed to the frame movable between at least a first position and a second position for cooperative interaction with the drive means and the bale forming means to selectively cause the bale forming means to cease being driven in a first direction and cause it to be driven in an opposing second direction when the control means is moved from the first position to the second position so that a completed crop roll is ejected rearwardly from the machine onto the ground.

Abstract: An agricultural machine, such as a haymaker, for the displacement of stalks, comprising a movable air-permeable screen and air displacing means arranged to induce a pressure difference across the screen thereby to cause stalks to adhere to the screen under the effect of suction. In a preferred embodiment, a blocking member is disposed to prevent the application of suction at one region of the screen to allow stalks adhering to the screen to be deposited. The air displacing means may be arranged to provide an air cushion under the machine to support the machine above the ground.

Abstract: A tube stranding machine with spool carriers which are coaxially arranged with the rotor and are rotatable relative thereto, spools being arranged in the spool carrier. Each spool carrier is provided with at least one eccentrically arranged displaceable weight adapted by displacement thereof in case of a determinable turning movement of the spool carrier to compensate for the unbalance of the spool carrier.

Abstract: Independently actuable underwinding clearers are mounted adjacent to those lower portions of the machine's spindle assemblies upon which yarn underwindings are placed preparatory to the formation of yarn packages upon the upper portions of the spindle assemblies. Upon actuation thereof during each cycle of package building operation of the textile machine, the clearers separate the lengths of yarn interconnecting the underwindings with the yarn packages undergoing formation upon the spindle assemblies. The clearers preferably are actuated sequentially and pneumatically. A preferred mode of actuation of the clearers is by blasts of air emitted from a mobile servicing apparatus, such as a conventional pneumatic traveling cleaner, during movement of the apparatus along the length of the textile machine.

Abstract: In an analog type of timepiece equipped with an alarm, an alarm time coincidence detection mechanism and a zero seconds detection mechanism are provided whereby switch contacts are closed when alarm time coincidence and zero seconds are detected respectively. A logical product is formed by combining signals from said switch contacts such that an operating signal to actuate an alarm device is produced with a high degree of accuracy. A memory circuit is incorporated to eliminate the effects of imperfect switch contact.

Abstract: In an alarm clock with an alarm vibrator arm and a reciprocating vibrator shut-off lever having an alarm "on" position out of engagement with the vibrator arm and an "off" position in engagement with the arm, an improvement is provided in the shut-off lever which consists of making the lever in an integral molded plastic flat plane with a pair of co-planar upper and lower cantilever arms extending from a bight to form the free end, the arms being disposed adjacent and coextensive with each other. The arms are resiliently deformable toward each other in the plane and are disposed in the slot to be guided along the upper and lower edges respectively. The arms are inwardly tapered on their outer surfaces from the free end towards the bight and a bevel section is provided on the upper arm at the end thereof. The pivot pin extends below the upper edge of the slot to form a cooperating detent with the bevel when the lever is in the "on" position.

Abstract: Device for controlling a monophase rotary step-by-step motor supplying electric control pulses to the winding of the motor, comprising means for detecting the variation of the current passing through the motor winding at each control pulse, this detection means including means of interrupting the control pulse when a minimum appears in the current passing through the winding.