Abstract: In order to pattern a web using a method for applying a liquid to the moving web on which a cohesive liquid shroud falling on the web from above is interrupted in a pattern, a fluid medium is blown transversely against the falling shroud to displace portions thereof without affecting its cohesiveness.

Abstract: A method and a washing machine for cleaning of rugs or mats having a nap or pile side, whereby the rugs or mats are successively conveyed along a conveying path and are exposed to cleaning operations, at least one of which is a pulsating operation, during which each mat or rug is also exposed to a relatively abrupt change of direction of conveyance in order to open an area of pile at the pile side of the mat or rug. The change of direction preferably has a radius of curvature in a range between 1.5 cm and 15 cm during an angular change of direction of approximately 180 degrees. The cleaning fluid used in one operation is for saving of energy preferably used also in another earlier cleaning operation on the mats or rugs, possibly after having been conditioned for this earlier operation.

Abstract: A mini boat having a first plurality of elongated gas inflatable cells sted one upon the other and bonded into a single envelopmental unit which conforms closely to the human body for providing buoyancy thereof. The unit is formed to provide a center of mass below the center of buoyancy for increased boarding ease and stability. A supplementary orally inflatable chamber formed atop the first plurality of cells provides additional freeboard for the boat perimeter. One end of the boat is arcuately configured to permit the user to recline therein, thereby protecting him from the elements and lowering his center of gravity, by means of regularly spaced and separated and vertically aligned interconnections between the first plurality of cells which provide points of easy bending.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an article of footwear to be placed inside a ski boot, and the process of its manufacture.The process according to the invention is characterized by the fact that the article of footwear is molded in its open position, thereby permitting the inner core to be conveniently removed from the mold.

Abstract: A sphere launching apparatus for use with a valve closure member for sequentially ejecting spheres in a pipeline, said apparatus having a releasing means pivotable about a first axis for engaging a valve closure member and a sphere catcher means pivotally secured about a second axis spaced from the first axis for releasably engaging spheres and having an adjustable actuating link connecting the releasing means and catching means for causing angular movement of the same to angularly pivot the catcher means into and out of engagement with successive spheres at a first rate upon angular pivoting of the releasing means at a second rate less than the first rate through opening and closing of the valve closure member to sequentially release spheres and to allow the valve closure member to substantially close before releasing the next sphere.

Abstract: Bristles for a toothbrush arranged in repeating patterns of like and unlike shaped bristles, consisting of clusters of long, soft, bristles alternating with clusters of shorter, pyramidal shaped bristles which shorter bristles begin at the base of the longer clusters of bristles, together with the other two sides of the pyramid facing the width of the brush, all four sides gradually moving in a convex curve to the apex of the pyramidal bristles which is centered from all sides, allowing the bristles to be used along any portion of the teeth, either occlusal, or labial, lingual or buccal either in a horizontal motion along the teeth or in a vertical direction either up or down, which brushing facilitates not only the cleaning of the teeth and between the teeth, but also the massaging and strengthening the gingerval tissue providing both interproximal and periodontal bristles used at the same time.

Abstract: A cleaner for circuit boards includes two elongate hollow housings positioned one above the other to provide a slot between two facing walls. Each wall has an aperture therein spaced from its ends, and brushes extending into the slot from the walls, both in advance of and behind the apertures, to restrict air flow to the apertures to entry at the ends of the slot. Ion emitters are carried by each wall, between two brushes in advance of the apertures. Motor driven fans are in the housings to draw air across the printed circuit board and into the apertures. The housings also contain a power supply for the ion emitters and a motor to drive pinch rollers.

Abstract: A carpet cleaning machine for uniformly spreading a powder onto a surface, working the powder into the surface and subsequently removing the powder and dirt is disclosed. The cleaning machine includes a powder dispenser attachable to a vacuum cleaner. The dispenser includes a hopper, a metering drum rotatably mounted within the hopper about a mandrel and a punch roller rotatably mounted within the metering drum. An air motor is operably connected to the metering drum. The vacuum cleaner includes an agitating brush, a suction nozzle, a suction passage and a source of vacuum connected to the suction passage. A blocking vane mounted within the housing and the suction passage alternately connects the suction nozzle to the source of vacuum or the air motor to the source of vacuum. A throttle valve carried in an air outlet tube of the air motor includes a lever which automatically interconnects with a control permanently mounted on the vacuum cleaner.

Abstract: A squirrel cage type long strand eliminator is provided intermediate the chopper and the collection region to eliminate undesirably long sections of strand from free falling discrete segments of strand as they are being formed from a continuous strand.

Abstract: Interlocking metallic wire type card-clothing has a male section protruding from one flank of its rib and a female section formed in the other flank of the rib. The pitch width of the rib is not more than 1.65 millimeters (giving not less than 16 turns per 25 millimeters length of the roller) and the maximum depth of the female section is not substantially greater than half the pitch width of the rib.

Abstract: A closure device or "zipper" particularly suitable for use with heavy water-tight containers to provide the secure joinder of an opening formed in the container and which can be readily separated to provide access to the interior of the enclosure and/or to permit removal thereof from the object the container is covering. The closure is formed from first and second pieces which are fabricated from a resilient material such as a suitable plastic, each of these pieces having an attachment flap at one end thereof which is secured to an edge portion of the enclosure which is to be joined to an adjacent such edge portion. One of these pieces has an upstanding elongated fastener strip with alternate rib and groove portions which run laterally from the main body of the strip.

Abstract: A slider for a large sized slide fastener which includes a slider body of synthetic resin material and an integrally formed metal core member embedded in the slider body. The slider body includes opposed top and bottom planes and a neck portion connecting the top and bottom planes at one end thereof. The core member includes portions each corresponding to the top plane, the bottom plane and the neck portion of the slider body and extends substantially uniformly throughout the entire area of the slider body. The core member further includes at least in the portions corresponding to the top and bottom planes a plurality of apertures or recesses which receive a portion of the synthetic resin material of the slider body upon molding thereof.

Abstract: Process and apparatus for controlling a filament pad in the stuffing chamber of a pneumatic crimper and for imparting an improved filament cohesion to the crimped filament yarn within said crimper.

Abstract: A process for the continuous shrinking of textiles includes initially exposing the material to the effect of a hot treatment liquid prior to placing the material on a curved support, and then, to obtain complete shrinkage, allowing the same treatment medium to flow through the material, disposed loosely on the support, and thereafter drying the material and setting the material on a sieve drum under a suction draft. In this process a plurality of twisted yarn threads are shrunk in the wet state together in parallel, side-by-side relationship at temperatures of about 85.degree.-95.degree. C.; the threads are then cooled by cold water and, subsequently, are deposited without tension on a sieve drum subjected to a throughflow of a heated gas to further develop the thus-obtained shrinkage. During this heating step, the threads are initially gradually dried in a cooling temperature range of from 50.degree.-60.degree., compressed, optionally by differences in the speeds of successive sieve drums.

Abstract: A boxed and encapsulated rolled metallized film capacitor susceptible to facile machine insertion is fabricated by cyclically advancing a lead frame 32 through a number of stations (36,37) whereat pairs of leads (24,26) of the lead frame are bent downwardly and secured to end electrodes (22,23) formed on the capacitors, and then boxes (29) partially filled with encapsulant are moved over each capacitor secured to a pair of leads. Next, the lead frame is advanced to move each box and capacitor into position to receive additional encapsulant from a nozzle (38) which is projected through a feed hole (34) formed in the lead frame.

Abstract: An elastic roller composed of an axial core member and an elastic, liquid retentive layer of foam structure with uniform layer thickness surrounding the circumference of said core member, said elastic roller further comprising a flexible, liquid permeable member in a form of cylinder or sleeve having an inner diameter smaller than the outer diameter of said roller, said flexible member being disposed to cover the circumference of said roller and having extensions extending beyond the both side ends of said roller and being shrunk along the ends of said elastic foam structure layer at the both sides respectively so as to cover also said both side ends of the layer with said flexible member. A method of making the elastic roller is also disclosed.

Abstract: There is disclosed a technique for tightening threaded fasteners in which values of offset torque, initial tension rate relative to angle, final tension rate relative to angle and other joint related factors are empirically determined by instrumenting a plurality of fasteners of the type ultimately to be tightened. In one embodiment, torque and angle are monitored during tightening. Calculations are conducted, while tightening, to determine the tension prevailing in the bolt at a particular angle of advance. By using the calculated tension value and the particular angle of advance, an instantaneous position of threading advance on the tension-angle curve of the fastener is established. From this instantaneous position, it is determined how much greater angle of advance or how much torque is required to tighten the fasteners to a final desired tension value. The same technique may also be used merely to monitor tightening which is terminated by a different tightening strategy.

Abstract: A method of connecting a first shell to a second shell to establish a unitary sealed structure. A bead of a diaphragm assembly is connected to a first peripheral surface on the first shell to establish a first sealing surface and to define a first chamber between the diaphragm assembly and the first shell. A spring attached to the diaphragm assembly engages the second shell. A force applied to the second shell compresses the spring to bring a second peripheral surface thereon into engagement with the bead on the diaphragm to establish a second sealing surface and define a second chamber between the diaphragm assembly and the second shell. A vacuum evacuates air from the first and second chambers to establish a pressure differential between the first and second chambers and the surrounding environment. This pressure differential acts on the first and second shells to urge the first and second peripheral surfaces against the diaphragm to establish a unitary structure.

Abstract: The invention relates to method and apparatus for finishing a plate having projections extending therefrom comprising reinforcing the projections of the plate with a material which can be removed without damage to the projections, cutting the projections to desired length, and removing the material.

Abstract: Apparatus and a method for securing capillary tubes and other small diameter components within a refrigeration machine. A capillary plug button having a retainer plate in which various small diameter components may be secured has extending therefrom a pair of fastening legs. The fastening legs are inserted through an opening within an internal wall of the refrigeration machine such that projections on the legs contact one side of the wall and the retainer plate contacts the opposite side of the wall thereby securing the plug button within the opening and securing the small diameter components within the retainer plate. The retainer plate has a slot connecting the edge of the plate to a plurality of apertures thereby allowing the plug button to be spread apart such that the components may be inserted into the apertures of the retainer plate.

Abstract: A tool for forming parting grooves in a flat, plastically deformable workpiece, especially a continuously cast steel slab in a manner which seals the internal porosity of the slab in the regions which become exposed upon division, has a working portion in the form of a ridge which is most preferably in the form of a circumferential flange on a roll; and the cross-sectional shape of the ridge or flange is that of a highly convex tip between two gently convex side faces, and optionally, or essentially if either or both of the tip and the side faces are instead straight, the angle at which the side faces are mutually inclined is 20.degree. to 60.degree., the width of the tip is a given porportion of the thickness of the workpiece, and the width of the tip is specifically related to the said angle of inclination of the side faces. The height of the side faces, and their curvature and that of the tip, are also preferably within set limits.

Abstract: A tracing milling machine having a conventional tracing milling machine controller for controlling a servo movement of the machine is provided with a novel tracing command controller for automatically generating tracing commands to be supplied to the tracing milling machine controller for the purpose of enhancing automation of the tracing milling operation of the machine. The tracing milling machine is further provided with an automatic tool changer, for enabling an automatic tool change of a cutting tool attached to a spindle of the machine during the automated tracing milling operation of the machine.

Abstract: An MOS read only memory, or ROM, is formed by a process compatible with standard silicon gate manufacturing methods. The ROM is programmed either after the top level of device interconnects has been patterned and sintered, usually the last step in the slice processing method before electrical testing of the devices, or after the electrical testing of the devices. All potential MOS transistors in the ROM array are initially at a logic "0" or a logic "1". Selected transistors are programmed by implanting ions of the appropriate impurity type through their gates and gate oxides into the silicon, using photoresist as an implant mask. Impurities are electrically activated by laser annealing, and residual oxide charge is removed by rf plasma anneal.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices with gate dimensions as small as 0.25 microns square have been fabricated using electron beam lithography and dry processing techniques. In particular, silicon gate, N-channel, metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) field-effect-transistors (FET) have been produced. The devices and the process are especially adapted to bulk silicon based transistors.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for fabricating structures having electrically conductive regions such as high resolution semiconductor device and circuit designs which require only low resolution alignment steps during fabrication. The method is used to fabricate metal semiconductor field effect transistors (MESFET) and metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFET) devices and incorporates the following features. A device with very small (i.e. submicron) dimensions is positioned in a relatively large device well such that the exact position of the device in its well is not critical. Isolation and interconnection of devices in different wells is achieved by standard masking and alignment techniques with a resolution corresponding to the larger dimensions of the device wells.

Abstract: The invention contemplates a unitary magnetically sensitive circuit element or network and a flexibly articulatable elongate assembly of a plurality of such elements or networks, with electrical interconnection of the same, such assembly being inherently suited to precision operation as a function of length, whatever the length selected for a particular application or use. In one application to liquid-depth indication within a tank, the longate assembly is merely inserted into the tube along which a float-borne permanent magnet is guided, and the magnetically sensitive element of each successive unit is actuated as the float tracks liquid level and is displaced from actuating relation with one and then to the next-adjacent one of the circuit-element units. The connection of circuit-element units is such that electrical-resistance observation from one end of the assembly provides a direct indication of the liquid level at which the float magnet is currently operative.

Abstract: A thin film, cylindrical resistor is disclosed which exhibits non-inductive characteristics and which may be fabricated easily and economically. A cylindrical insulative substrate is provided with electrically conductive termination bands and a thin coating of electrically resistive material over the entire cylindrical surface. The resistive material is then cut along an axial path and along an interrupted spiral path so as to form the resistive material into a serpentine path along the cylindrical substrate. Leads are attached to each end and as the current traverses the length of the cylinder it travels in a serpentine path. The current travels in opposite directions along adjacent parallel portions of the path thereby cancelling out the major portion of inductance.

Abstract: A manually operable tool for inserting or removing contacts into or from electrical connectors, having an elongated handle housing with a spring-loaded longitudinally slidable member therein, the forward extremities of both the slidable member and handle housing having jaws in opposed parallel relation to each other, and operable to hold a contact under spring pressure or to release the contact when the slidable member is moved rearwardly.

Abstract: A flexible connector cable for providing high density and reliable electrical interconnections between printed circuit boards or any other surfaces having conductive paths that need connection to conductive paths on adjacent surfaces. The connector cable comprises a flat flexible laminar structure including an electrically-insulative layer and an electrically-conductive layer. The insulative layer is typically formed on a bonded plastic such as Polyimide and the conductive layer is typically formed of copper. Openings are formed in the insulative layer to expose the conductive layer and raised contacts or buttons are deposited on the conductive layer on both surfaces of the cable. The raised contacts are formed of ductile conductive material which exhibits plastic deformation under pressure to form good electrical connections.

Abstract: A coaxial cable of the type comprising a litz wire with individually enameled strands as an inner conductor and a wire plait as an outer conductor is spliced to a coaxial connector by exposing a top of the inner conductor and stripping part of the insulation from the outer conductor to expose a portion thereof set back from the tip of the inner conductor. Before splicing, the stripped cable extremity is immersed in a solvent for the enamel such as sulfuric acid, then subjected to ultrasonic vibration in a bath containing alcohol or fluorinated hydrocarbons, and thereafter immersed in a solution of tin. After neutralization and drying, the conductor portions so treated are joined to corresponding conductors of the coaxial connector whereupon a sleeve is placed around the joint and crimped to secure the connector to the cable.

Abstract: A shaving implement is provided with a plurality of frangible tabs that can be broken off, one at a time, incident to each use of a razor blade for shaving. The user is able to keep track of the extent to which each blade is used, and to discard the blade after an appropriate number of uses.

Abstract: A pipe cutter comprising a pair of support arms which can move away from and come near one another along and on guide means, said support arms being provided with opposed pipe holding means having rotating support rollers to rotatably hold a pipe to be cut, therebetween, at least one of the pipe holding means being provided with a tool bit which can move in radial directions of the pipe, independently of the movement of the pipe holding means.

Abstract: A knife of the type having a blade which is selectively pivotally movable between extended and retracted positions relative to a handle. A rocker arm received between a pair of handle side portions is pivotally affixed thereto at the handle forward end and includes a locking member depending therefrom which is lockingly received in a knife blade locking notch when the blade is in the extended position. A leaf spring also disposed between the handle side portions acts against the rocker arm to continuously pivotally urge the locking member into engagement with the knife blade locking notch. The rocker arm extends axially outward from the rear of the handle side portions and has a pair of rear bolster members affixed thereto. These rear bolsters are selectively movable relative to the rear end edges of the handle side portions against the force of the leaf spring.

Abstract: A cutting device, particularly a bolt cutting device, is formed of two cutting blades pivoted around two fixed pins held by two side plates and actuated by two lever arms respectively pivoting around two other fixed pins on the same side plates. Pivot elements connect front ends of said lever arms with rear ends of said cutting blades. In one embodiment there are four pivot elements, two connecting each blade with the respective lever arm. Cross members of the same thickness as the pivot elements connect the two pivot pins on which the cutting blades are pivoted thereby permitting the use of thinner side walls. In another embodiment the rear end of each cutting blade and the front end of each lever arm is slotted to receive the respective pivot element, connection being made by pivot pins through aligned holes in the pivot elements and slotted ends of the cutting blades and lever arms.

Abstract: A flytyer's scissors having a loop to place it on the operator's midfinger to dangle, and including a bowed-out arc to be pressed by the thumb against the forefinger to actuate the blades.

Abstract: The hand tool comprises two members, for example male and female blade members in the case of a garden pruner, each formed with a tang portion which extends within a handle. For locking the members in a closed position, a catch pin is slidable in a slot of one member to engage a recess in the other member. The catch pin has enlarged head and foot portions which enable the pin to be inserted into an enlarged end portion of the slot before fitting the members together, and the overlap of the assembled members prevents movement of the pin into the enlarged slot portion after assembly, and so retains the pin in the slot.Mutually opposite recesses in the tang portions of the members assist in retaining the handles on such tang portions and form seatings for a barrel spring by which the handles are urged apart.

Abstract: Handle means provides a frame on which a cutter head may be supported spaced from a hand grip whereby, when the user is standing, the cutter head may be positioned adjacent the ground. The cutter head is a rotatable head including attachment means for attaching at least one flexible flail which extends outward when rotated. The drive means may be electrical or other motor means preferably mounted proximate to the cutter head, but including versions mounted remotely but having an extended flexible shaft enabling drive of the cutter head attached to the rotatable shaft. A circular shield is rotatably supported on the shaft, so that it is independent of the shaft's rotation, preferably outboard of the cutter head. The cutter head provides attachment means which may simply be a hole associated with and opposed to a post or hook, whereby a loop or bight of filamentary material may be placed over the hook or post and the filamentary material extended through the hole which is radially outboard of the motor shaft.

Abstract: A hand tool for cleaning or chipping away matter from a rigid surface. The tool has a handle of suitable material and a metal head. There is a set of three blades on each end of the head and the blades are parallel to the length of the handle. Each set of blades is staggered and comprise a long blade, a medium blade and a short blade. Each set of blades is designed to strike a surface at an angle to provide maximum effect with all three blades striking simultaneously. The tool will strike three times as much area as would a single blade. The double set of blades are provided so the tool can be used effectively by a right handed or a left handed person. Further the double set of blades permit the handle to be removed and inserted into the opposite side of the head, thus the life of the tool may be doubled.

Abstract: A portable, lightweight, reciprocating saw for topping trees and the like has a frame with a clamp for attaching the frame to a tree. The frame has a pair of interconnected sprockets, one attached through a shaft to a detachable, portable power drill, and the other attached at its periphery to a curved blade. As the second sprocket is rotated, the saw blade reciprocates. The reciprocating saw blade is held against a tree top or branch by means of a biased blade guide adapted to move along a guide rail disposed perpendicularly of the frame in one plane and of the tree in the other plane for essentially automated, non-manual operation of the saw.

Abstract: A package sizer comprising a first pair of walls defining a first pair of generally opposed, substantially parallel, planar surfaces. A second pair of walls connected to the first pair defines a second pair of generally opposed, substantially parallel, planar surfaces, the second pair of surfaces being contiguous and perpendicular to the first pair, whereby the four surfaces define a rectangular enclosure. At least one of the walls of each such pair is slidable toward and away from the other wall of that pair to vary the dimensions of the rectangular enclosure.

Abstract: A railway car wheel profilometer accurately transcribes the profile of the wheel treads onto a removable card for permanent record and later analysis. The device also measures the diameter of the wheel.

Abstract: A universal parallel ruler is disclosed. A desired angle of rotation of a preset member relative to a base line is selected. This angle of rotation is introduced into the ruler via an input station mounted on the ruler. The desired angle of rotation of the preset member is displayed on a display and an input signal representative of this desired angle of rotation is input to a comparator. The preset member is rotated. A detector detects the actual angular position of the preset member relative to the base line and it introduces another input signal to the comparator representative of the actual position of the preset member relative to the base line.

Abstract: A grain drying and conditioning apparatus having a housing with an outer pervious skin with impervious end walls, air inlet, grain inlet, grain outlet and air exhaust duct structures connected thereto has air pervious walls which are spaced within the structure for confining a column of grain to be dried. A blower and heater mechanism is also connected to the housing for causing heated air to be forced through a first zone of the column of grain in one direction to heat and extract moisture therefrom and simultaneously causing air for cooling the grain to be pulled through a second zone of the grain column in an opposite direction, or, by simple adjustments, to be pushed in the same direction as the flow of the heated air.

Abstract: In an apparatus for drying solutions, dispersions or suspensions, distributor elements are moved by a central rotable installation between parallel planes. As the planes are not perpendicular to the axial shaft, the edges of the distributor elements touch and stroke over the whole surface of the heat exchanger. A self-cleaning effect of the inner surface of the drying apparatus is guaranteed. In a preferred embodiment the distributor elements are cylindrical.

Abstract: A silverware dryer having a casing with ducts and nozzles for directing air to a drying chamber, a portable basket usable in a washing operation and thereafter positionable in said drying chamber and with the basket having a series of vibratory holders for silverware which are also mounted for rotational movement and motor-driven members for rotating and vibrating said holders.

Abstract: A hood for the cylinder drying section of paper making machines and other cylinder drying machines comprising a framework composed of hollow square or rectangular tubes supporting the hood through which heated air is passed for delivery between the cylinders, inlet air being drawn in by a fan and passing over a heat transfer unit and a steam battery separated from the cylinder chamber by an inclined diaphragm wall and an exhaust fan for drawing the moist air from the cylinder chamber through a damper valve controlled duct to the heater chamber for recirculation or exhaust.

Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for effecting the uniform pre-heating of thermoplastic parisons of the type that are introduced into a blow molding machine for fabrication into a blow molded article. The invention provides a hopper which is intermittently supplied with batches of parisons and through which the parisons move by gravity. A convection heating zone is provided in the hopper to uniformly heat each parison passing therethrough, and a temperature equalization zone is provided adjacent to the heating zone. The parisons are removed from the temperature equalization zone by a continuously moving parison conveyor which forms part of the temperature equalization zone.

Abstract: A steam distribution apparatus includes a first header having an inlet for steam and a plurality of discrete outlets for steam arranged along the header. The outlets increase in size with distance from the inlet. A first chamber surrounds the first header to receive steam from the outlets in the first header. There are first, relatively large outlets in the first chamber. The relative positions of the first header and the first chamber ensure that steam leaving the plurality of outlets in the first header impinges on the interior of the chamber and must travel around the chamber to reach the first outlets in the first chamber. A second chamber communicates with the first outlets from the first chamber. There are outlets in the second chamber. A shrouding is positionable above a paper web and communicates with the elongate outlets in said second chamber. The apparatus permits uniform steam flow along the entire length of the distributor.

Abstract: A non-contact seal for thin film treating ovens to prevent leakage of gas both into and out of the oven at the film entry and exit points. An inert buffer gas is introduced into a narrow sealing slit defined between a pair of upper and lower sealing members adjacent the oven opening to buffer the oven gas leakage. An eductor passage also communicates with the sealing slit to carry away gas leakage resulting from thermal diffusion. Apparatus for precisely adjusting the height of the sealing slit to compensate for various film thicknesses and widths are provided. The temperature of the sealing members is regulated by the circulation of a fluid within passageways provided therein, thus to prevent thermal distortions of the slit defining surfaces.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic sound-emitted self-learning toy characterized by effectively emitting the sound "YES" while the selected answer card coincides with the question card on the base sheet, and "NO" while the two are not in accordance with each other. The answer card, question card and basic sheet are provided with a magnet, when the corresponding magnets are located so as to be attracted to each other, the tape recorder within the rear body connected to the mechanism under the basic sheet will selectively emit the sounds "YES" or "NO" so that children may learn calculation while playing the toy.