Abstract: A new and improved handgun providing a strut assembly which engages the hammer assembly at two contact points, one of which is at the hammer pivot point which acts as a stop. An improved sequential firing mechanism is disclosed making use of notches on a ratchet engaged by a detent to secure proper alignment and positioning of the hammer firing mechanism with the firing pin. The invention also provides a safety mechanism for preventing the accidental firing of additional shots in a multibarrel handgun.

Abstract: A fishing rod handle and fastener for releasably securing a reel and rod to a handle. The handle is constructed and arranged to engage a mounting foot of a fishing reel when the reel is positioned on the handle. A reel retaining element is arranged to abut the foot of the reel for retaining the reel on the handle. A threaded screw engages the reel retaining element in a manner to permit only partial withdrawal of the screw from the reel retaining element preventing loss of the screw or the reel retaining element. The reel retaining element may be loosened to position the reel foot between the retainer element and the rod handle or remove the reel foot therefrom.

Abstract: A binary animal trap comprising a frame housing and a separate jaw carriage adapted to be releasably coupled to the housing. An internal, primary trigger assembly may be set to temporarily, yieldably latch the jaw carriage within the frame assembly. Thrust springs which are maintained in a compressed position when the trap is in the "set" mode will rapidly expel the carriage when the trap is triggered. The carriage preferably comprises a pair of cooperating jaw members which are activated by jaw springs released by a second trigger system only after activation of the primary trigger assembly. When the trap is in the "set" mode the carriage jaw members rest upon the primary trigger means, and contact by an animal with the jaws activates the primary trigger. Substantially contemporaneously with expulsion of the jaw carriage from the separate housing, inertial contact of the jaws with a portion of the jaw springs results in complete release of the jaw springs, forcibly snapping the jaws shut.

Abstract: A feed pot lid preferably of one piece, the center of which is approximately three fourths round with the remaining one fourth of the center part being straight, the straight part having an extension therefrom which points away from the center, then loops, and then points back towards the center. On the opposite side of the center part there is another extension which points away from the center, and then loops back toward the center to make a hook. The lid is used with a wire mesh type marine life trap to cover the feed pot bait opening and permits the fastening and unfastening of the lid and opening of the lid in a convenient manner.

Abstract: The present invention is a water strippable adhesive composition comprising ethylene vinyl acetate or oxidized ethylene vinyl acetate, and polyvinyl alcohol. A preferred composition additionally contains water and an emulsifier. The composition is useful in a method of using a water strippable adhesive, and in a method of trapping insects.

Abstract: An improved release mechanism for detachably connecting a secondary flight device to a toy parachute which is attached to a kite string and which is then, after traveling up the string with the wind, released from the string for free flight to the ground. The release mechanism includes a first member and a second member. The second member is shaped, contoured and dimensioned to detachably receive the first member. The toy parachute carries one of the members and the secondary flight device carries the other of the members, the members being maintained in engagement by the force of gravity acting on the secondary flight device when the toy parachute is engaging the kite string. The first member separates from the second member when the toy parachute is released from the kite string such that the secondary flight device and toy parachute separately free flight to the ground.

Abstract: A winking apparatus (10 ) includes a doll head (20) having an eye (38) provided on an outer surface thereof beneath an arcuate slot (40) in which an eyelid (42) is movably mounted by an eye-lid-mounting mechanism (52) pivotally mounted in head (20) and actuatable by an actuating mechanism (60) to impart winking motions to eyelid (42).

Abstract: This invention relates to a growth substrate bed suitable for growing plants, which is easy to handle and transport. Such a bed consists of a bag-shaped casing made of some suitable material, preferably plastic, and its contents consisting of water-expansible preferably granular, growth substrate material. Suitable growth substrate material are pressed peat pellets. The bag is partly filled with said materials to such an extent that after the watering the material will fill the bag completely. In order to preserve a uniform distribution of the material in the partly filled bag during handling and transportation before watering, the bed is rolled up, preferably in its longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A vent-type window structure, having one or more vent sashes each mounted by means of a pair of hinges respectively disposed at the opposite sides of the sash, wherein at least one of the sashes is positively secured to each of its associated hinges only by a single manually removable pin, to facilitate rapid removal of the sash or sashes for use of the window opening as an emergency egress opening. Each pin has a manually graspable ring at the inner side of the sash, and projects through the side of the sash and the associated hinge, being retained by a yieldable element abutting the hinge; when the pin is pulled manually in an axial direction toward the center of the sash, the latter element yields to enable extraction of the pin. The two pins respectively on the opposite sides of a sash are positioned so that they can be easily withdrawn together by pulling them toward each other.

Abstract: According to the present invention, in a window pane supporter in a motor car for supporting a pane at a door belt line portion in a width-wise direction of the vehicle, a cleaning portion for cleaning off undesirable matter attached to the outer surface of the pane when the pane is elevated or lowered is provided at a position upwardly of a supporting portion for supporting the pane in the width-wise direction of the vehicle, so that the inner and outer surfaces of the pane can be firmly supported at the door belt line portion without forming any scratch on the pane surface.

Abstract: A tool for lapping internal surfaces of holes.Lapping tools conventionally have an expandable working portion for variable diameter operation. Known tools tend to expand in a barrel shape leading to inaccurate lapping. The invention seeks to avoid this by providing a working portion of a tubular tool with slots in a plurality of rows each having several slots. Slots in each row are staggered relative to those in adjacent rows.

Abstract: An abrasive cutter for cutting metallurgical samples and the like including a motor-driven rotatable abrasive cutter wheel, a vise assembly for holding a workpiece to be cut, and a manually operable workpiece advance lever which is actuated by an operator to move the vise assembly along a horizontal path toward the cutter wheel thereby bringing the workpiece into engagement with the cutter wheel.

Abstract: An improved roof insulation system and method is disclosed for a building having a sidewall and an upper supporting surface. The insulation system includes a first substantially rigid insulation disposed about the periphery of the upper surface of the building. A second flexible insulation is disposed within the central area defined by the first rigid insulation thereby insulating the entire upper supporting surface of the building. A flexible waterproof covering is located upon the first and second insulations with the first insulation supporting the periphery of the waterproof covering and with the second insulation supporting the central area of the waterproof covering. Flashing is secured by mechanical fasteners to seal the terminal ends of the waterproof covering to the building about the periphery of the upper supporting surfaces thereby producing a waterproof insulating roof system.

Abstract: A parking garage building comprising a plurality of stories with each story having parking spaces marked thereon. The plurality of stories are divided into blocks of several stories each. An access ramp is connected to each story. A plurality of egress ramps are attached to the building with each egress ramp ascending from ground to one of the blocks without access to any lower block. Each egress ramp has access to each story of its associated block. The ramps can be arranged in helical fashion on the outside of the building.

Abstract: A precambered roll formed metal structural beam and method of making same. The precambered beam may be used in wood frame constructions to replace large and increasingly expensive wooden header beams, or it may be used in steel beam structures and framework where the precambering permits use of lighter beams without resulting in undesirable visible sagging. The beams maybe fabricated in various cross sections and with an amount of precamber tailored to a specific job.

Abstract: A fire-proof window in which the edges of the glass pane are sealed by means of a sealing joint in a continuous, heat-insulating frame. A rigid element made of heat-insulating material extends over the entire length of each groove of the casing and can be adjusted in its position relative to the base of this groove. As a result, when this fire-proof window is installed on the building site, the frame can be mounted with a slight clearance between the rigid elements after they have previously been adjusted and before the grooves are laterally closed off.

Abstract: A panel rigidizer for maintaining linear alignment of a plurality of space dividing wall panels interconnected by cylindrical support posts. The panel rigidizer spans the interconnection of a pair of wall panels and associated connecting post and includes a pair of linearly aligned leg portions which are secured to the top edge of the wall panels and a central hub portion which overlies the cylindrical post and receives therethrough the post cap.

Abstract: A siding panel system is provided including a clip device located between overlapping and interlocking siding panels to restrain movement of a horizontal siding panel which may become disengaged from an adjacent lower course of siding due to wood floor joist shrinkage in the vertical direction. The siding panels generally have a fastening portion along the upper edge and a longitudinal groove opening away from the upper edge on the panel face below the fastening portion. A hooked flange portion along the lower panel edge projects at an angle toward the panel back for engagement with the groove on the face of an adjacent panel. The clip device includes an upper fastening leg having a generally vertically elongated opening therethrough and an integral medial leg projecting downwardly from the terminal end of the fastening leg and outwardly from the building structure.

Abstract: A mutiple-purpose assembly clip for assembly of radiant ceiling panels and/or for flattening bowed radiant ceiling panels. The clip uses a "twist-lock" technique. In a first rotational position the clip is positioned over the panels. The clip is then rotated about an axis perpendicular to the panels to a second rotational position to cause flanges on the clip to engage corresponding channels on the panels, thereby to urge adjacent panels together. A "mirror image" clip is also used which twists in the opposite direction for locking. The clip includes a central cutout in a U-shaped member to form defined flanges and edges. The cutout is dimensioned so that as an alternative to use for locking adjacent panels (where the cutout fits over edge connections of the panels) it can fit over a fluid-carrying tube mounted on the rear of the panel. This permits the clip to be mounted wholly on one ceiling panel for flattening the panel.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for expediting the carding of jewelry items comprising piercing posts and clutches, such as pierced earrings and the like, particularly where a plurality of pairs of earrings are mounted on a single card. The clutches are vibrated into apertures in a plate member in proper orientation to receive the posts, with the alignment of said apertures registering with openings in the card, whereby when the card is properly positioned on the plate and the posts inserted through the card openings, the posts will frictionally engage the clutches.

Abstract: Double packages with two trays which are formed from a common, one-piece blank and are connected in the area of central partitions (center panels), are manufactured such that the trays, which in the original position as a flat blank have a greater distance from each other, are pushed together while raising the connected center panels in the shape of a V. Subsequent to this are further folding steps for side and outer panels. This manufacturing process, including filling and folding can take place in stages while standing still in individual stations, or alternatively, in a continuous process.

Abstract: A method of producing a package of a product, which product does not include a significant amount of gas, comprising taking a shape-retaining container having a charging opening, charging the container with the product to a level which leaves a substantial headspace and, in any suitable order,(a) completely sealing the opening with a closure of stretchable material, and(b) deforming the closure inwardly onto the product to reduce the headspace and continuing the deformation, to move product adjacent the closure into the remaining headspace, until the headspace is eliminated by the continued movement of product and closure,the method being such as to form a package which is substantially gas free and substantially hydraulically solid.

Abstract: An apparatus for binding paper sheets stacked within a hopper into bundles each consisting of a predetermined number of paper sheets is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a separating drum receiving the paper sheets from the hopper and feeding them out by one, a counter counting the number of paper sheets fed from the separating drum, and a stacker capable of moving between a sheet receiving and a sheet discharging position. When the stacker in the sheet receiving position receives the predetermined number of paper sheets, it is moved to the sheet discharging position and the paper sheets therein are discharged onto support blocks of a binding unit by a transfer device. The binding unit binds the predetermined number of the paper sheets into a bundle with a tape, and a stamping device stamps predetermined particulars on the tape wound around the paper sheets.

Abstract: In a rotary cutter having counterrotating rotors, deflectors positioned on the side frame housing for directing some of the cut material downwardly, rather than towards the center of the machine, to create a uniform discharge pattern across the width of the machine.

Abstract: A roll baling machine including a floor roller, a bale forming apron, and drive apparatus connected between the floor roller and the bale forming apron. The drive apparatus causes rotation of the floor roller in response to movement of the apron in a normal direction during bale formation. The drive apparatus includes a clutch mechanism which drivingly disconnects the floor roller from the apron in response to movement of the apron in reverse direction such as when a bale is discharged from the machine.

Abstract: Thread splicing device, including a stationary base body having a first compressed-air canal formed therein, a splicing head being interchangeably connected to the base body, the splicing head having a second compressed-air canal formed therein being in communication with the first compressed-air canal formed in the base body and the splicing head having a splicing chamber formed therein being in communication with the second compressed-air canal formed in the splicing head, the splicing chamber including a selectively coverable longitudinal slot having a slot bottom and being operable for inserting and joining threads, the slot having a substantially circular cross section, at least in the vicinity of the bottom thereof, forming a partly full circle leaving an open aperture for inserting and removing the threads.

Abstract: A yarn false twisting apparatus is disclosed which comprises a pair of circular discs which are mounted for rotation about spaced apart axes, and such that portions of the surfaces are disposed in opposing face to face relation and define a twisting zone therebetween. In the operative position, one disc is resiliently deflected from its normal plane of rotation at the twisting zone by its engagement with the friction surface of the other disc, or a yarn passing therebetween, to thereby effectively engage and impart twist to the yarn. The bearing housings for the supporting shafts of the discs are held against movement with respect to each other during the twisting operation, and means are provided for automatically separating the housings and thus the discs in the event of a yarn breakage, to thereby avoid wear of the opposing disc surfaces.

Abstract: A lubrication system for a turbomachine includes a primary pump operatively connected to the rotor of the turbomachine. The system further includes independently driven stand-by pump means for maintaining lubricating oil flow to the turbomachine when the primary pump is unable to deliver the oil as required. The system further includes a by-pass connecting the primary pump outlet to the oil reservoir. The by-pass is activated for permitting oil flow from the primary pump outlet to the reservoir when the secondary oil pump is activated.

Abstract: The disclosure embraces a fuel control system and apparatus for delivering or supplying liquid fuel to a gas turbine engine comprising a body construction (12) in which is contained a first diaphragm-actuated fuel control valve arrangement (40) for regulating fuel flow to the turbine engine for normal engine operation, a second diaphragm-actuated fuel control valve arrangement (42) for regulating fuel flow to the turbine engine for engine idling operation, the diaphragm-atuated valve arrangements (40) and (42) being responsive to the difference between the engine burner pressure and the compressor discharge pressure. A third diaphragm-actuated fuel control valve arrangement (44) is provided for supplying fuel to the turbine engine for engine starting purposes.

Abstract: Apparatus for improving the operating efficiency of a gas turbine engine includes a heat pump and a pair of heat exchangers for use in conjunction with the engine. The first heat exchanger is disposed in the flow path of the engine upstream of its compressor section, while the second heat exchanger is disposed in the engine flow path downstream of the compressor section and upstream of the combustor section of the engine. A portion of the work output of the engine is used to operate the heat pump so as to cause cooling of air in the flow path at the first heat exchanger and heating of air in the flow path at the second heat exchanger.

Abstract: In order to operate a gas turbine and steam turbine plant with a high temperature at the inlet to the gas turbine plant, the parts located in the hot-gas stream of the gas turbine being steam-cooled, and the cooling steam, thereby raised to a higher temperature, being fed to the steam turbine for further expansion, it is proposed that the waste heat from the gas turbine (3) be led through a two-pressure waste heat boiler (7), and that the steam, generated in this boiler, be slightly superheated in a cooling-steam superheater (10), and fed to the hollow inlet vanes (43) and to the rotor blades (42), which are likewise hollow, the steam, strongly superheated during this cooling process, then being admixed to the steam coming from the intermediate superheater (13), and being fed to the low-pressure section of the steam turbine (27).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a safety device for automatically throttling down the jet engine of an aircraft provided with a thrust reverser, in the event of untimely operation of said reverser, said thrust reverser comprising at least one obstacle actuated by a mechanism to occupy either a retracted position or an opened out position and controlled means for locking said obstacle in its retracted position. According to the invention, this safety device is characterized in that it comprises means for detecting the position of at least one mobile member of said locking means and for controlling the throttling down means when said member tends to move away from its locking position without any order to open out having been given by the pilot of the aircraft.

Abstract: This invention concerns the piloting of propulsion systems for solid rocket propellant missiles.It consists of a piloting assembly in which the front section of a thrust nozzle integrated in the body of a propulsion system is pierced with at least three orifices which can be covered by means of valves and which are designed to provide direct injection into the thrust nozzle of hot gases from the powder block of the propulsion system to pilot the missile. An auxiliary block of "cold" powder is fitted around the nozzle on the input side of the orifices.The application is for piloting of ballistic missiles.

Abstract: An exhaust gas particle burning-away method for an internal combustion engine in which a burner is operated for a predetermined period of time the first time the engine idles after the detected exhaust gas pressure on the upstream side of a filter has exceeded a stored reference exhaust gas pressure predetermined according to the detected engine speed and engine load. The apparatus according to the present invention comprises a memory unit, a comparator, an output unit including an idle switch and a timer, and various sensors such as an engine speed sensor, an engine load sensor, etc., in addition to a burner with a glow plug and a heater, and an exhaust gas filter. A control unit retrieves reference pressure values according to currently-detected engine speed and load, and compares the reference value to the current detected exhaust gas pressure. The output unit outputs a command signal for a predetermined length of time when the detected pressure exceeds the reference pressure and the engine is idling.

Abstract: A hydraulic power steering system has a steering valve which operates in accordance with steering input signals generated by a steering wheel operated metering pump and follow-up signals generated by a pair of follow-up cylinders to effect a desired turn. The steering valve acts in response to a relatively large signal, representing a desired sharp or full turn, to interrupt or block the follow-up signal whereby sharp turns may be accomplished without requiring as many turns of the steering wheel as would be necessary if follow-up flow were nullifying the input signal.

Abstract: A hydraulic supply system of a pulsatory press has two pumps (4 and 5) supplying through non-return valves (8 and 9) and through overflow valves (10 and 11), two slide dividers (17 and 19). The divider (17) in the position I directs oil to the working space V.sub.n under the servo-motor piston, whereas the divider (19) directs oil to the rotary divider (20) wherefrom a pulsating stream of oil gets into the working space under the part of the piston of a smaller diameter and into the run-off. The divider (17) in the position II directs oil to the space V.sub.p over the servo-motor piston at a simultaneous connection of the space V.sub.w via a slide valve (24) with the run-off, whereby the value of pressure in the space V.sub.p over the servo-motor piston is limited by means of an overflow valve (15).The conduit supplying oil from the divider (19) to a rotary divider (20) is connected via a cut-off valve (22) and a throttle valve (23) with a conduit supplying oil from the divider (17) to the space V.sub.

Abstract: A pressure die casting machine having a working cylinder enclosing a working piston adjacent a multiplier cylinder having a multiplier piston slideably mounted therein. The working chamber intermediate the working piston and the multiplier piston is connected to a pressure medium supply line which includes a check valve. The check valve is separated from the pistons and is attached on the outside of the working cylinder and multiplier cylinder so that the pistons are not weakened and the valve is made accessible for maintenance. The supply of pressure medium to the pressure chamber is controlled by a valve arrangement actuable independently of the check valve.

Abstract: A control system for a turbocharger of an internal combustion engine, with the control system adapted to control a turbocharger having a turbine bypass valve in dependence upon a differential pressure between a turbo charging pressure supplied to a first pressure chamber and an atmospheric pressure supplied to a second pressure chamber. A pressure detecting device detects the turbocharging pressure, and pressure control valves shift the atmospheric pressure into the first pressure chamber of the pressure device and the pressure existing between a throttle valve of the engine and the compressor of the turbocharger in the second pressure chamber thereof, when the turbocharging pressure is less than a preset value.

Abstract: An improved turbocharger system for a diesel engine includes a turbocharger driven by the exhaust gases of the engine. Air is compressed by the turbocharger prior to admission to the engine intake manifold. An auxiliary fuel tank filled with an alcohol and water mixture is pressurized by compressed air from a line connected to the turbocharger outlet. An auxiliary fuel line connects the fuel take to the intake manifold. So long as the auxiliary tank pressure is below a threshold pressure, a control valve maintains the auxiliary fuel line in closed condition. Upon exceeding the threshold pressure, the valve opens and the water and alcohol mixture is driven by an auxiliary pump and injected into the intake manifold. The outlet pressure of the turbocharger controls the initiation and quantity of fuel provided from the auxiliary fuel tank to the intake manifold.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel cold source for a Rankine cycle system which employs the use of cold seasonal temperatures to form an ice bed and which allows insulation of said ice bed from warm seasonal temperatures, the cold source comprising a container having an insulated side wall and an insulated bottom; a ventilated top wall mounted above said side wall, said top wall permitting a flow of external air to said container; means associated with said top wall for controlling the flow of external air to said reservoir; an insulated cover mounted on said top wall, a grate extending across said reservoir above said bottom defining a space for containment of a body of water; and means associated with said reservoir for spraying water into said reservoir. The invention also provides a novel turbine, condenser and evaporator assembly, and a magnetically-actuated fluid pump which may also be used for Rankine Cycle Systems.

Abstract: Apparatus for producing useful work from available heat at super-ambient temperature. The present apparatus includes a pair of working fluid units which supply pressurized vapor to a utilization apparatus. Each working fluid unit includes a generator for boiling the working fluid in response to available heat, and a recovery vessel for receiving condensed working fluid exhausted from the utilization apparatus after expansion to produce useful work. The condensed working fluid from the utilization apparatus is alternatively returned to the recovery vessel associated with the generator presently receiving heat to generate pressurized vapor.

Abstract: A constant thrust hybrid rocket motor having a valve assembly therein which utilizes a fixed diameter orifice in combination with a valve having a variable sized opening therein in order to provide a regulated flow of oxidizer to the combustion chamber of the rocket motor. By selecting the size of the fixed diameter orifice such that it is slightly less than required to yield oxidizer flow at highest density oxidizer conditions (lowest temperature) and selecting the size of the combination of the fixed orifice and the open position of the variable opening such that it is slightly greater than required at lowest density oxidizer conditions (highest temperature), the operation of the rocket motor can be reliably maintained over a wide temperature range and without experiencing wide pressure variations by regulating the size of the variable opening.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for recovering, as liquid, condensable vapor contained in a gas stream by refrigerating the gas stream by injecting the liquified phase of an inert gas, such as nitrogen, mixing the combined gas stream and liquified inert has, and separating the condensed condensable vapor from the remaining gas stream and inert gas.

Abstract: A gaseous refrigerant fluid is entrained within a down pipe of a closed loop liquid carrier flow circuit to compress isothermally the refrigerant fluid in a gaseous state to a near liquid state. A separation chamber at the lower extremity of the down pipe separates the refrigerant from the carrier and the carrier is drawn off. The carrier is conveyed upwardly through a return pipe and by a pump to a further pipe for reintroduction to the down pipe at the upper end thereof. The separated refrigerant fluid is further compressed but without changing its state by a mechanical compresser of small compression ratio and is cooled in a heat exchanger within the carrier return pipe, which cooling converts it to a liquid state. Thereafter, the refrigerant fluid is pumped by a liquid refrigerant pump upwardly through a return pipe and through an expansion valve.

Abstract: There is disclosed in combination with a vehicle air conditioning compressor control system that normally cycles a refrigerant compressor on and off according to cooling demand, a timed cycling override control that operates to maintain the compressor on and prevent cycling regardless of cooling demand for a preselected time period when the vehicle speed falls below a predetermined speed and the ambient temperature remains above a preselected temperature.

Abstract: A control for controlling the time at which ice is harvested from an ice maker as a function of the temperature conditions within a below-freezing compartment in which the ice maker is located. The control includes sensing means for sensing the temperature within the compartment, first calculating means for calculating at preselected time intervals a time-related number based on a first temperature-dependent function when the temperature sensed by the sensing means is above a predetermined temperature, and second calculating means for calculating at the preselected time intervals a time-related number based on a second temperature-dependent function when the temperature sensed by the sensing means is at or below the predetermined temperature. The control further includes means for accumulating temperature-dependent time increments based on said calculated numbers and comparing the accumulated sum to a predetermined amount to determine whether an ice harvesting operation should be initiated.

Abstract: A container refrigeration unit is provided with a forwardly open condenser pocket 40 in which is located a condenser coil 50 near the upper portion of the pocket and in a generally centered location, the coil being mounted in an inverted disposition and provided with a bottom plate 52 and a front plate 54 with a fan ring opening 56 so that air is drawn into the condenser coil from the top and sides, the remaining U-shaped space in the pocket to the sides and bottom of the condenser being available to accommodate the electric motor compressor 60, the control box 62, an operations recorder 64, and if required a power transformer 66.

Abstract: An automatically operated flexible barrier cover for the access openings of refrigerated display cabinets. The barrier cover limits the contact between the refrigerated air within the cabinet and the ambient air. The barrier cover can be moved over the access opening during non-customer use time periods when the retail food outlet is closed. The barrier cover can be arranged as a unitary assembly which can be manufactured and sold separately from the display cabinet as a retrofit device to effect energy savings.The flexible barrier cover can be stored in a reeled-up position or can be arranged as a folded flexible barrier which can be fanned out across the access opening. Various traction means are provided for moving the flexible barrier across the access opening.

Abstract: A floor mounted air conditioner comprising a housing containing condenser coils disposed in a conical configuration about a normally vertical axis, and cylindrically configured evaporator coils coaxially disposed above the condenser coils. A drip pan separates the condenser and evaporator coils and includes openings for discharging condensate onto the condenser coils for evaporation. A condenser fan associated with a bottom duct adapted for installation in a mounting opening in the floor of a room blows hot air through the mounting opening, and an evaporator fan is associated with a top duct for blowing cool air into the room being cooled. Another fan is provided for blowing cool air over the compressor.

Abstract: In the preferred and illustrated embodiments of the present apparatus, a rack or platform standing above the bottom of an ice chest is disclosed. The rack is a generally horizontal planar member having a number of slots or openings formed therein, and further comprising a set of feet which support the horizontal member in an elevated position. An alternate preferred embodiment is preferably divided into a pair of similar portions, the two portions joining together, one portion having a set of hollow legs with receptacles therein and the other portion having two sets of tabs which protrude for insertion into the hollow legs. One set of tabs is insertable into the receptacles in the hollow legs to align the two portions, thereby forming a large planar expanse, the two being parallel and coextensive. An alternate arrangement of the two portions secures one of the two portions horizontally and the other is set at a right angle to enable division of an ice chest into two separate portions.