Abstract: This invention consists of a transparent non-inflammable plastic container the purpose of which is to enclose an electrical outlet box to prevent air and water or moisture from entering into or passing through such box. The container is in the form of a rectangular box for use with rectangular outlet boxes, and is round for use with round or octagonal outlet boxes. Each of the containers is provided with a flange around the open rim of it, and said flange extends outwardly and at a small angle to the wall of the container.

Abstract: An anti-siphoning device including a fill tube having a plurality of axially and radially spaced restriction elements extending across the interior thereof and an elastomeric annulus compressed between a pair of plates, one of which is mounted to the fill tube for securing the anti-siphoning device to the interior of a fill pipe. A plurality of apertures in the fill tube will allow rapid dispension of the fill liquid. A nozzle support retains an automatic fill nozzle above the restriction elements to prevent premature cut off.

Abstract: A lid is provided for removably mounting on the rim of a drinking cup. The lid includes a center section which overlies an area defined by the cup rim, and a peripheral section which delimits the center section and snugly fits over the cup rim. The center section is provided with a drinking portion through which a predetermined amount of the cup contents will flow. Associated with the drinking portion is a flow control means which is biased to normally assume a flow-stopping position. The control means assumes an open flow position upon a predetermined manual pressing force being applied thereto during drinking from the cup.

Abstract: Disclosed is apparatus for forming an opening in a sealed container. A score or weakening groove is formed in the container end to define a tab which includes a raised boss. An opening bar movable with respect to the container but affixed thereto is moved over the container end to contact the raised boss. The tab is thus depressed into the container and severed along the weakening groove to form an opening. The opening bar is positioned over the tab during shipment and during the initial opening procedure to protect the tab during shipment and to protect the user from the contents of the container during the initial opening procedure.

Abstract: A hinge assembly which allows pivotal movement between first and second panels of at least 90.degree. and which allows separation of the two panels anywhere along the pivotal movement. The assembly has a hinge member formed of a single piece of bent sheet metal. The hinge assembly comprises a first portion located on the first panel, a lip extending substantially perpendicularly from the first portion, and a hinge member rigidly coupled to the first panel and having an intermediate portion extending substantially perpendicularly from the first panel and a leg extending substantially perpendicularly from the intermediate portion towards the lip. The distal edge of the lip and the distal edge of the leg define a slot which receives a second portion located on the second panel to thereby pivotally couple the first and second panels.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fabrication technique for, and the structure of, a flexible self-sealing fuel tank having a preactivated sealant constructed by laying-up over an innerliner, positioned on a form, prefabricated panels having a self-sealant member stitched into a rubber-coated outer wrap.

Abstract: A tank suitable for holding a lubricant is provided with a dipstick. A sleeve which is mounted on the tank and adapted to support the dipstick is interconnected with the output duct of the tank by means of a further duct. The arrangement is such that if the dipstick is incorrectly located in the sleeve, air is permitted to flow through the further duct into the output duct so that the pressure of the lubricant in the output duct is reduced. This pressure reduction consequently provides an indication of incorrect dipstick location.

Abstract: A device for dispensing a selectively variable measured quantity of granular material from a container includes a cap adapted to be secured to the open end of the container, the cap including a generally cup-like coffer disposed in the neck of the container. A disk-like lid is rotatably secured to the cap in coaxial fashion, and includes a discharge port subtending a small angle therein. The cap includes a boss projecting radially inwardly in the coffer and disposed directly adjacent to an inlet port in the inner end wall of the coffer. An adjustment member is rotatably received in the coffer, and includes a radially extending wall parallel to the axis which is selectively variably spaced from the boss to define a chamber of variable volume communicating with the inlet port. A disk-like bottom cover includes an inlet opening therein, and is secured to the inner end of the cap and adapted for rotation in concert with the lid.

Abstract: A novel connection for a thermoplastic neck to a stub neck portion of a container, comprising a curl on the stub neck portion and a complimentary groove on the neck which cooperate to permit a portion of the neck below the curl to expand when a plug of the closure cap, which is threaded onto the neck, is inserted into the neck. The neck and neck portion have interlocking projections to prevent the neck from turning and the neck and cap having a novel thread arrangement which insures that the plug will properly enter into the neck and provide a good seal which could be frustrated if the neck was permitted to turn.

Abstract: There is disclosed a fiber disseminator conduit comprised of a vertical cmn having two sources of a gas (normally air) wherein one source provides a continuous stream of a suspension gas (such as air) to effect dispersion and separation of the particles or fibers and cause the particles and fibers to rise to a test portion thereof and a second source of intermittent gas stream below the first source to raise clumps of the particles and fibers to the first source of suspension gas.

Abstract: A collapsable carrier configured to be mounted on a bicycle includes a carrying bag that is fitted to a foldable frame having a pair of pivotable members. The bag has a contiguous carrying chamber with an upper compartment that occupies the space above the wheel of the bicycle and a pair of lower compartments that are positioned on opposite sides of the wheel. The frame defines both a support for holding the bag to form the upper compartment and outriggers for keeping the lower compartments away from the spokes. Fasteners are provided for securing the carrier to the bicycle.

Abstract: A bottle mount and a bottle for bicycles comprises a mount for attachment to the bicycle having a concave surface that is a segment of a surface of revolution of a substantially straight line of not more than about 180 degrees in circumferential extent and a bottle having an external surface that is complementary to a concave surface of the mount. The concave surface of the mount and the complementary surface of the bottle have hook and loop cloth fastener elements affixed to them. A beverage in the bottle is discharged through a valved dispenser that is designed to be opened using the teeth.

Abstract: A vehicle attached bicycle carrier including a pair of upwardly opening channels for receiving the wheels of a bicycle mounted in relatively parallel relation on a pair of cross frame members and having bicycle support members swingably mounted on the lower ends of a respective one of the cross frame members for movement between a lower folded position between the channels and a raised support position extending upwardly from the respective cross frame member at an acute angle to the horizontal to cross each other at a location intermediate their ends, with a fastener detachably interconnecting the bicycle support members intermediate their ends at a crossing location. The cross frame members are supported adjacent their ends on side support frames.

Abstract: Luggage-carrier or auxiliary luggage compartment for motor cars, characterized in that it consists of at least a base serving as loading floor and equipped with supports fitting the car roof and of means allowing the removable fixation of said base to said car roof.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for automatically mounting reversal film in slide frames, the edge of the film being notched at predetermined intervals, the notches are utilized for feeding the film through the framing apparatus which comprises a pivoted notch-engaging pawl on a reciprocatable carriage and two electrically parallel switches acting independently on a clutch of driving means for the carriage. One of the switches is mounted on the carriage and is operable by the pawl and the other is operable by a rotary cam plate.

Abstract: A bi-directional feed mechanism for webs, especially for plotting and generating special characters, forms and shapes on the webs, uses twin pairs of tractors which feed a web around a loop which may contain a platen roller. Each pair of tractors is mounted on and driven by its own drive shaft. The drive shaft of one of the tractor pairs is driven from the drive shaft of the other tractor pair through a manually releasable clutch which may be mounted on, and movable along the axis of, the driven shaft. The tension in the loop may be adjusted by releasing the clutch so that one of the tractor pairs may be driven while the other is stationary. Webs and other documents which may vary in length and require tension adjustments may readily be fed by means of the mechanism. The arrangement of the tractors also enables the webs to be easily loaded from the top.

Abstract: A web splicing device for a cigarette making machine, includes a reservoir in which web is accumulated prior to splicing, and a suction brake acting on the web after it leaves the reservoir so as to tension the web, characterized in that there is an auxiliary suction brake, upstream of the first-mentioned suction brake, having a guide which during normal operation holds the web away from the auxiliary suction brake in view of the tension in the web, but allows the web to engage the auxiliary suction brake when the tension falls as a result of web being accumulated in the reservoir in preparation for splicing or for any other reason.

Abstract: A temporary material receptacle that is suitable for use in snowbound regions in which delivery boxes are oftentimes buried under deep drifts or torn away by snow plowing equipment. The receptacle is formed by folding a single blank of suitable material into a rectangular shaped open ended housing that is supported in a generally horizontal position by a vertical standard. The standard can be easily inserted into a snowbank to provide for a temporary depository that is capable of shielding material contained therein from the elements. Alternatively, the standard can be secured as by stapling to an existing post or pole.

Abstract: A partitioned carton having a self erecting bottom formed when the carton is squared, and an inter-locking tab projecting from one of the bottom flaps through an aperture in a partition panel connected to the bottom flap opposite the one bottom flap, the locking projection and aperture are shaped so that the locking projection passes into the aperture as the carton is being squared and locks the carton in an erected position to facilitate filling.

Abstract: A plastic bag (10) having integral tying means eliminating the need for auxiliary fastening means is disclosed. The walls of the bag are perforated or cut in a generally continuous arc-like configuration adjacent the opening in the bag so as to form fastening ends (16) on the corners of the bag (10). Diagonally opposite fastening ends (16) are joined and tied forming adjacent knots (26) which can be used as a carrying handle (28) for same. The walls of the bag (10) adjacent the bottom thereof are joined by a generally continuous arc-like heat sealed seam causing the bottom of the bag (10) to assume a generally rounded configuration when filled resulting in an evenly distributed load over the seam.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an air driven centrifuge having an access door to a rotor chamber housing a rotor seat and a rotor having a plurality of turbine flutes formed in the underside thereof. Air jet means in the rotor seat are provided for supporting and spinning the rotor on an air cushion in the chamber. Means are provided to prevent the opening of the access door when pressurized air is supplied to the air jets, and means are provided to delay for a predetermined period, the opening of the door after the supply of pressurized air to the air jets is discontinued.

Abstract: In control of an air conditioner, a first deviation corresponding to the rate of change of the actual air temperature in a compartment is detected such that an expected value of the actual air temperature to be obtained as a stable value under the control of the air conditioner is detected to detect a second deviation in relation to a desired temperature. When the second deviation is larger than a predetermined value, a third deviation is also detected in relation to the second deviation to adjust the temperature of air flow supplied from the air conditioner and to eliminate undesired temperature deviation caused by fluctuation of the heat load in the compartment.

Abstract: A pipe connecting the equipment to be protected with a vessel is locally divided in two paths, a pump and a one-way valve being mounted in one path and an electro-magnetic valve in the other path. Pump and electric valve are controlled by a contact manometer so to fill or to empty the vessel depending on the pressure in the equipment.The liquid body in the vessel moves a diaphragm between a position above the pipe connection but below a discharge opening and a position above this opening, in which latter position liquid is discharged through a siphon provided on the opening.The diaphragm divides the vessel in two spaces and is the bottom of a bag secured to the vessel.A float in a container connected to the vessel opens a feeding valve when the liquid level in this vessel is beneath a determined value.

Abstract: A sachet comprising a case of fabric defining an enclosure containing a stuffing of fibrous material within which is embedded a frangible capsule containing a volatile material releasable into the stuffing by fracturing the capsule.

Abstract: A low pressure fuel injection system for an engine, which system comprises an injector having a body, a fuel passage in the body, an outlet orifice, a valve obturator element, a spring which causes the valve obturator element to close the outlet orifice on its downstream side, and vibrator means for vibrating the injector to move the valve obturator element away from the outlet orifice to enable the fuel to pass through the outlet orifice.

Abstract: Sprayer for fluid product in which a hand-actuated trigger forces a hollow piston mounted to move in vertical reciprocating fashion in a stationary tubular accumulator, against the compression of a spring. The product is forced upward and out through a swirl chamber adjacent the spray nozzle. Additional product is siphoned up into the accumulator by the partial vacuum created by the return of the piston to its rest position. Alternative embodiments, including both a vertically and horizontally directed sprayer, feature an annular flexible flange seating against an annular skirt below a swirl chamber, which keeps air out of the product chamber and deflects inwardly to release product under pressure. Additionally, a horizontally-directed spray-head may be attached to the vertical trigger sprayer for the purpose of converting the latter to a horizontal sprayer.

Abstract: Within a cylindrical barrel to be secured to the water faucet are a basket surrounding a mixing chamber, a diffuser overlying the mixing chamber and forming a diffusing chamber, having peripheral openings for flow of water to the mixing chamber, and a flow restrictor disc having a control opening for admitting water from said faucet to the diffusing chamber, the diffuser having resilient detents allowing the disc to be snapped into position on a seat of the diffuser where the disc is releasably retained by the detents. Preferably, a ring surrounds and supports the diffuser and forms therewith a passage for flow of water from the diffuser openings to the mixing chamber, the ring being supported on part of the basket.

Abstract: A rotary sieve comprises, in an elongated housing, a body which is rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis and has, at one end, a frustopyramidal drum widening in the direction of the other end and a zigzag tube communicating eccentrically with the drum. The planar walls of the drum and the tube are perforated sieves and the material is introduced by a worm centrally into the drum and is progressively advanced through the body to be discharged generally centrally from the tube through a discharge drum of the body which is peripherally open so that the material can be collected by a pipe underlying the discharge drum.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for the variable speed control of cams in a textile machine to provide for high speed winding of thread on spools which are controlled by the cams. A motor drives each cam. The speed of each motor is varied according to a predetermined cycle to produce a staggering of the thread on the spools from one layer to the other and to avoid the formation of bunches on the formed winding. The motors have a common induction supply which establishes the motors average speed and which operates to exchange the braking energy of the motors The driving energy applied to the motors is modulated in opposite phase in order to achieve variations around the average speed of the motors by inductively varying the flux of the motor windings.

Abstract: A double-drum winder including means for changing winding cores is disclosed. Two support drums are separated by a first gap, through which a web is fed from below. A roll, comprising a winding core and part of the web wrapped around it, rests on both drums. The web follows the surface of the first drum through the first gap, to the point of contact between the first drum and the roll. At least one drum is driven, wrapping the web onto the roll. When the roll is complete, it is lifted and simultaneously moved toward the second drum, opening a second gap between the roll and the first drum. A holding device, which is preferably rotated into position about the second drum through the first gap, holds the web against the first drum. A severing device severs the web. The severing device preferably is rotated about the first drum through the second gap to effect the severing.

Abstract: A seat belt retractor is provided with a take-up force reducing mechanism which has two spiral springs at least one of which acts for webbing take-up and in which the webbing take-up force can be reduced by controlling at least one of the two spiral springs. The retractor comprises a cam formed integrally with a take-up shaft and having a small-diametered circular cam portion, a large-diametered circular cam portion and a spiral cam portion interconnecting said circular cam portions, a follower member adapted to follow the cam portions of the cam and during webbing pay-out, to move from one of the small-diametered and the large-diametered cam portion to the other via the spiral cam portion and during webbing rewind, to move from said other cam portion to said one cam portion via the spiral cam portion, and spring force controlling means for reducing the take-up force when the follower member is following the spiral cam portion.

Abstract: A lightweight, readily assembled and disassembled reel for transporting and dispensing material such as flexible tubing or electrical conduct or is disclosed. The reel comprises a pair of flanges, each flange having connected thereto a plurality of spaced apart tubes. The tubes attached to each flange detachably connect with the opposite flange to provide, when connected, a support surface between the flanges for the material being transported and, when disconnected, the ability to be superimposed or stacked on each other for compact storage and shipment. Preferably, a flexible sheet of sheet metal, cardboard, fiberboard or the like is placed over the tubes and/or flange surfaces to protect the material placed on the reel during shipment.

Abstract: A braking mechanism having a brake band both ends of which are rotatably mounted on a substrate and the central portion of which is bent and connected to a link interlockingly operating with a playback button of a tape recorder. The mechanism further comprises a pair of brake discs which are provided respectively at the tape-feeding side and the take-up side of the tape recorder. The brake discs are each provided with a toothed brake member. The teeth of the brake members are so shaped that one of the brake members cuts into its corresponding brake shoe while the other brake member slipping engages its corresponding brake shoe.

Abstract: A fishing reel has a spool shaft journaled between a pair of side frames through a first and a second bearing. The second bearing is supported to a cylindrical bearing case and the spool shaft carries a pinion axially rotatably. The pinion enters at one axial end portion into the bearing case and carries a third bearing at the axial end portion, so that when the spool shaft tends to deflect, the third bearing contacts with the bearing case to thereby prevent the deflection of spool shaft.

Abstract: A body-braced main landing gear assembly for a commercial airplane includes a set of landing wheels journalled to a shock absorber strut. The shock strut and wheels are swingably attached to the underside of the wing structure by a trunion shaft for lateral as well as fore and aft swinging movement between an extended position wherein the wheels depend downwardly from the wing for taxiing and landing of the airplane and a retracted position wherein the wheels and shock strut are swung inwardly and upwardly into a wheel bay in the airplane fuselage. The shock strut is braced in the extended position by a foldable drag strut and a rigid radius brace. The foldable drag strut is attached at one end to the shock strut and is attached at its opposite end to the fuselage body at a point inward and forward of the trunion shaft. The radius brace is attached at one end to the shock strut and is attached at its opposite end to a point on the fuselage body inward and rearward of the trunion shaft.

Abstract: The torque from differential solar pressure acting on a spinning spacecraft body and tending to tilt the spacecraft about an axis transverse to the spin axis, is reduced or eliminated by shifting the center of gravity of the spacecraft axially or longitudinally of the spin axis in a direction toward the center of solar pressure.

Abstract: A thrust unit for a space vehicle has a container in which an electrolyte is electrolyzed to produce combustible gases (for example, water producing hydrogen and oxygen). At a predetermined pressure the gases are ignited and combustion products are exhausted from the container through a thrust nozzle. The pulsed nature of the thrust unit operation, and the duration of each pulse, are such that overheating of the unit is avoided.

Abstract: The application discloses a dimensionally stable link-belt comprising a multiplicity of helical coils arranged in interdigitated side-by-side disposition and connected together by respective hinge wires threaded therethrough, and also a method for producing the same wherein either or both of the coils and hinge wires, being of a synthetic thermoplastic monofilament material, deform on subjecting the belt to heat treatment under tension so as to impart dimensional stability to the total structure.

Abstract: Gutter hangers with sealing means for fasteners such as nails, piercing the gutter rear wall and the facia board of a building. The sealing means may be of widely varied types, as for example, compressible grommets surrounding the nails in an eaves trough hanger or may be in the form of a flexible compressible sealing strip positioned in the U-bend portion of a gutter hanger positioned over the rear edge of the gutter. The sealing means are preferably of compressible elastomeric material such as a polychloroprene.

Abstract: A supporting bracket for guitars and other stringed instruments embodying at least a pair of generally L-shaped metal hanger rods encased in plastic with their ends covered by caps. The rods are attachable to the top and bottom walls of an amplifier by flat metal mounting plates having channels therein snugly and sleevably accommodating the rod shanks so that the latter are projectable at right angles to a side wall of the amplifier with the bent ends extending generally parallel thereto in opposing alignable relation and are frictionally slidably adjustable relative to the channeled mounting plates to enable the bent end of the lowermost rod or rods to receive and support the lower end of the guitar, and the corresponding bent end of the uppermost rod embracing the finger board portion thereof to securely erectly support the instrument on the amplifier accessible to a musician.

Abstract: A chair seat mounting device comprises a platelike support bracket that can be fastened to a chair base and a mounting plate that can be fastened to the underside of the chair seat. The plate automatically tilts forward on an axle on the bracket when the person sitting in the chair leans forward and his or her weight overcomes a spring mechanism that yieldably restrains the seat in the normal, upright position.

Abstract: Upright telescoping tubes having a base mount for bolting to well pumping platform and a top plate for attaching to a piston-type compressor has locking bolts between the inner tube and the outer tube for maintaining tube positions under high compressive stress. Reinforcing pressure plates, one on the outside of the outer tube and one on the inner tube provide large bearing surfaces forcing the two tubes together for accommodating high loads without slipping.

Abstract: An oil well blowout preventer includes a radially compressible annular packing having radially-sectored end portions in a housing having axially aligned upper and lower bores communicating with the inner bore of the packing and with the sectored ends, and also includes hydraulic means for radially constricting the packing, thereby causing it to axially expand. A plurality of circumferentially-arranged rigid wedge members carried by the sectored end portions are individually movable radially into the bores to control the axial expansion whereby radial sectors of the packing may move sequentially inward to effect a seal between the upper and lower bores in response to progressive axial expansion of the packing as the packing undergoes nonuniform sector-wise radial compression. The inward radial movement of the rigid members are limited by stops to a common radial position independent of the uniformity of the radial compression.

Abstract: A dashpot assembly has a movable cylindrical element mounted within a housing. The movable element has a chamber with a first opening for restricting flow of fluid into the chamber and a second opening for permitting rapid flow of fluid out of the chamber. An enlarged head is disposed inside the chamber and is coupled to a poppet with a spring coupled between the poppet and the movable element. When the poppet moves in a direction away from the movable element, the enlarged head closes the second opening and pulls the element. Fluid then flows into the chamber only through the restricted first opening, thereby damping the rate of movement of the poppet. When the poppet moves in a direction toward the movable element, the enlarged head opens the second opening and the spring is effective to move the element in the same direction; fluid flows unrestricted through the second opening, thereby permitting an undamped movement of the poppet.

Abstract: A linear solenoid valve actuation device comprises a step wave generating circuit comprising a converting circuit whereby the desired amount of control is computed at a predetermined period of clocks to hold or store the computed value until the next computation and generate a step wave voltage having a value corresponding to the computed value, and a current amplifier circuit for supplying to a linear solenoid valve a current having a value corresponding to the output voltage of the step wave generating circuit, thereby actuating the linear solenoid valve with a step waveform current.

Abstract: A fire-safe seal for a valve having a metallic seat ring with a resilient seal ring in a leading face thereof to seal against a valve closure member. A thin, metallic flexible diaphragm is clamped around its outer edges to the body and around its inner edge to the seat ring. An annular sealing ridge, which is concentric to and smaller than the resilient seal, is provided around the face of the seat ring to provide a metal-to-metal seal in the event of destruction of the resilient seal.

Abstract: An improved flanged sealing ring for valves, and the like, and comprising a rigid annular core member, a resilient covering surrounding the core member, and outwardly extending flange provided on the outer periphery of the resilient covering whereby the cross sectional configuration of the sealing ring is substantially T-shaped, the outer periphery of the sealing ring being of an outwardly bulging configuration oppositely disposed from the flange, and the cross sectional configuration of the rigid core member preferably being of a substantially T-shaped configuration for facilitating reinforcing of the sealing ring.

Abstract: A system for tensioning stranded or wire cables in prestressed concrete comprises an anchoring head having holes in which are anchored the strands or wires. The anchoring head has a ring in screw-threaded engagement with an exterior surface of the head for providing a reactive support for the anchoring head. An intermediate member is releasably fixed to the anchoring head by rods which extend through holes in the intermediate member and are in screw-threaded engagement with the anchoring head. The intermediate member also has a screw-threaded exterior for engagement with the ring to allow the ring to provide a reactive support for the intermediate member at intermediate stages in a tensioning operation.The intermediate member is releasably connectable to a tensioning jack thus allowing the jack and the intermediate member to be removed from the anchoring head once tensioning is complete.

Abstract: The mechanism comprises at least one driving pulley comprising of two parts which are each provided with one part of a cable groove, which groove has a relatively great output transmission capacity. The parts are pressed toward each other by pressing devices, which comprise spiral springs or leaf springs which rest on and are coupled for rotation with the driving pulley parts. Each driving pulley may cooperate with another (identical or conventional) driving pulley which rotates at the same speed, e.g., by means of two gears mounted on the peripheral edges of the driving pulleys.

Abstract: A hydraulic yarding system in which the haulback and main drum are coupled to a primary drive motor and provided with a hydraulic interlock motor coupled to a planetary set in the haulback drive in an open loop hydraulic circuit. The hydraulic fluid from the interlock motor can be diverted to the hydraulic circuit for the primary drive motor through a pressure sequence valve and a directional valve. In this manner, regenerative driving of the interlock motor by the load pumps fluid from the interlock circuit selectively in the desired direction to the primary drive motor and supplements the power available to the primary drive motor. A preferred embodiment utilizes two pressure sequence valves in circuits to either the in-haul or out-haul fluid flow directions for the primary drive motor so that a diversion of fluid from the interlock circuit can occur at a lower pressure valve during out-haul.