Abstract: A measuring device is used for measuring the length of cable between a surface winch and a well tool in a well bore. A tension device measures tension on the cable supporting the well tool. Constant parameters for the cable, temperatures and coefficients are input to a CPU summation means which also receives measured data inputs of length and tension and determine the net change of cable length. The net change of cable length is used to constantly correct the length measurements sent to a recorder so the log depth is corrected for change in cable length due to wheel measurements, tension and temperature.

Abstract: An oscillator oscillates at a frequency determined by the distance moved by a probe. The probe in contact with an object under measurement, moves according to the displacement of the object. A controller computes the distance moved by the probe from a reference position at predetermined time intervals by using the shift of the oscillating frequency of the oscillator. The controller further decides if the computed distances are within a predetermined range. If the computed distances moved are within that range, the controller supplies the computed distance moved to a transmitter, which in turn wirelessly transmits the distance. When the computed distance moved is outside the predetermined range, the controller does not output the distance moved to the transmitter, nor does it supply the distance moved every four computations of the distance moved.

Abstract: A tool for use in establishing a precise level line or plumb line or line for alignment uses a visible laser diode for projecting the line. The tool is relatively small and compact, drives the laser diode using batteries contained in the tool, and includes tilt compensation for use on surfaces which are not level, up to about 5.degree. off level, for still delivering a truly plumb or truly horizontal beam. A manual selector device is provided for shifting the beam from a vertical orientation to a horizontal orientation when desired. Specific forms of tilt compensation apparatus are disclosed.

Abstract: An angle measuring device with a digital read-out mounted in a housing with two sharp parallel feet and a bisecting spring loaded needle, the housing having forty five degree, vertical and horizontal surfaces, useful for setting doctor blades and other surfaces to proper angles.

Abstract: In a coordinate measuring machine, a Y-axis guide section is formed at one lateral end of a table for placing a work and consisting of a first lower flat guide surface formed in parallel to the upper surface of the table and two parallel vertical guide surfaces formed respectively on the opposite sides of the first lower flat guide surface, both extend in the direction of movement of a measuring member support body. A second lower flat guide surface is formed at the other lateral end of the table in parallel to the upper surface of the table. Vertical position of the measuring member support body relative to the table on the side of the Y-axis guide section is regulated by using the upper surface of the table and the first lower flat surface. Horizontal position of the measuring member support body relative to the table is regulated by using the two parallel vertical guide surfaces.

Abstract: A template is intended for use with user marked lottery tickets. The template consists of two sheets of stiff material joined along a fold line. The sheets conform in shape and size to the lottery ticket to be marked. One sheet of the template is provided with an array of perforations outlining removable areas on the template that correspond in number, position and form to the user markable spaces on the lottery ticket. The template is preferably a transparent plastic material. In use, the removable areas corresponding to numbers to be marked on the lottery ticket are removed from the template so that a writing implement may be introduced through the resulting open areas for marking the desired spaces on the ticket. The template may be used not only for marking a ticket but for protecting the ticket from damage so that it can be used from time to time.

Abstract: A process is described for combining the disposal of sewage sludge and lime sludge economically by recalcining the lime sludge to product lime for municipal water treatment, and utilizing the excess heat from the recalcining process to dry and pelletize sewage sludge or to supplement the heat required to dry and pelletize said sewage sludge. The sewage sludge pellets then are produced in uniform sizes and have excellent value as a soil conditioner.

Abstract: The apparatus comprises two basins (1 and 2), baskets (3) which rotate in the interior of the basins. The baskets support loaders (4) which carry the reels. The loaders are actuated by a carousel conveyor (10) which is guided in its movement upwardly and downwardly by a central column (13). The carousel conveyor may rotate an 180.degree. angle. The apparatus permits loading of the reels with yarns to be treated and unloading of reels having yarns which have alreadly been treated, thus eliminating the dead time of the different phases of operation. The apparatus is hydraulically operated, including the motion of the baskets (3) actuated by motor (18) by means of the hydraulic gearbox and electric control panel (26). The latter controls automatically by means of a logical circuit all the necessary operations for good functioning of the apparatus.

Abstract: An oven for preheating glass containers in which the containers are moved through the oven on a conveyor with the conveyor moving at a linear speed that is in excess of the permitted speed of the container movement. This permits the containers to produce a "gear effect" rotation of the containers that are guided on the conveyor by side rails that are spaced apart a distance greater than the container diameter. A source of heated air is directed against the shoulder of the container by an adjustable nozzle and another nozzle is directed against the heel so that these areas of the container will be preheated so that the shrinking of a plastic label about the container will be uniform.

Abstract: A method for constructing a slipper sock from a sock and a flexible sole is provided. After adhering the sole to the bottom of the sock, the sock is turned inside out and then a stitch is run along the perimeter of the sock sole in order to create a uniform and aesthetically appealing seam along the raw edge of the sole when the slipper sock is turned right side out.

Abstract: A sole arrangement for footwear or the like comprises an insole and an outsole. On the side of the outsole which faces the bearing surface, the insole is provided with a support system comprising a plurality of webs and channels and which is substantially arranged in the metatarsal region. The tread surface of the outsole which faces the ground has two web-like profile parts and a flat support part and is subdivided into individual support regions which are separated from one another substantially by a recess oriented in the longitudinal direction of the tread surface and are provided with channels and webs arranged approximately at right angles to a longitudinal axis of the sole arrangement.

Abstract: A shoe including an upper component and a sole component for receiving the foot of a wearer therebetween. The shoe also includes a plurality of force absorbing units positioned between the upper and sole components. Each unit has a first portion to receive the wearer's foot thereon and a remote second portion whereby, in response to forces exerted on the units by the wearer's foot, the first portions of the units will contract and the second portions of the units will expand to thereby absorb and distribute such exerted forces.

Abstract: A shoe having a uniquely shaped platform along the rear peripheral edge of the insole, which is constructed of a rigid backpart material. By combining it with a construction of a specially molded outflange counter and using a sturdy stitched lasting construction fastening securely the outward flange of the counter with the specially lasted molded leather upper together with the outward extension of the specially shaped insole platform, a stable support system is formed to control the lateral and longitudinal orientation of the foot when walking. The forepart of the shoe may be of moccasin. Strobel modified welt-type or other construction which provides varying degrees of flexbility.

Abstract: The present invention is a shoe comprising a quarter panel over a part of which an outer material is secured so as to form a frame or opening positioned at the side of the shoe. An insert, such as a design or logo, is reversibly secured within said frame by a pressure sensitive adhesive. The insert is further held in place by a flexible lip formed by the outer material which overlaps the edges of the insert material.

Abstract: A scraper roller mounted in a backhoe bucket is provided for attachment to a backhoe tractor or similar boom device with hydraulic pressure line couplings. The roller is attached to supporting bearings at each end and is covered with a plurality of radially extending replaceable cutting blades around its circumference. Attached to one end of the roller is a drive mechanism which extends the length of the bucket and is coupled to a hydraulic motor mounted near the bucket to boom pivot attachment point. The hydraulic motor utilizes fluid coupling attachments for connecting into a hydraulic power system on the tractor. The drive mechanism is covered by a detachable protective shield. Rotation of the roller, assisted when necessary with the downward pressure provided by the backhoe hydraulic piston assembly and the partial weight of the tractor, results in the scraping of a uniform width trench.

Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for grading and measuring surfaces such as roadbeds which have curved and inclined profiles which may have different shapes in successive transverse sections of the roadbed. A blade and screw cutter are supported by a frame which extends over the surface being worked, and these tools are movable along this frame. The tools are movable toward and away from the surface being shaped in response to a control means which has memorized the appropriate positions, or by reference to a deformable rule which may also be reshaped in response to computer-memorized data. According to a disclsoed method, the rule is reshaped for different sections of the surface.An apparatus for checking and measuring a surface which has a curved profile includes a plurality of piston-cylinder units which are mounted on a main frame.

Abstract: A blade is provided for a digging implement, especially a snowthrower. The implement is of the type having an auger blade arranged for advancement sideways into a body of material to be removed. The blade consists of a band with a leading edge wound along a blade axis, preferably helically, and a tapered body that slopes towards the axis away from the material discharge of the device. In the case of a snowthrower, where the material discharge is at the center, the blade will have two sections, wound oppositely around the blade axis and tapering in opposite directions towards the axis, away from the center discharge. The blade performs a slicing action on the material to be removed rather than scraping material from its face as is the case with the conventional snowthrower and analogous implements. The blade is thus aggressive and draws itself into the material, reducing the power requirements of both the blade and the system for propelling it into the material.

Abstract: There is provided a greeting card holding and displaying apparatus which includes a central core member upon which a cord is wrapped in successive loops lengthwise. Greeting cards are inserted under individual strands of the cord for display.

Abstract: A frame for receiving objects to be displayed is disclosed. The frame has a display side for an object and a back plate positioned opposite said display side. At least one opening is positioned in the back plate of the frame. At least one securing device is positioned adjacent the opening and the securing device extends at least partially over the opening. A support member having a projection on one side comprises part of the frame. The projection is disposed for insertion into the opening in the back plate. The securing device engages the support member to maintain the projection of the support member in the opening. The support member extends from the back plate whereby the support member supports the frame in a manner where an object positioned on the display side of the frame can be viewed.

Abstract: A calendar frame for attachment to an upper freezer door of a refrigerator/freezer unit is disclosed. The calendar frame receives a calendar sheet and comprises a calendar cover configured for substantially covering the calendar sheet. The calendar cover has a transparent portion configured for viewing the calendar sheet therethrough. A writing surface is provided the calender cover which is adapted for erasably receiving a writing ink thereon. Magnetic calendar support means are attached to the calendar cover for magnetically attaching the calendar cover to the freezer door and for supporting the calendar sheet therebetween such that the calendar sheet is visible through the transparent portion of the calender cover. Erasable ink writings may be made on the calendar cover to correspond to date blocks on the calendar sheet, thereby allowing the same calendar sheet to be continuously reused.

Abstract: A display device includes: a base, a crystal ball mounted on the base, an inner cylinder plugged in an opening of the crystal ball, a musical base driving a lower disk having a plurality of magnets fixed thereon, a creature mounted on an upper disk rotatably mounted on an upper portion of the inner cylinder having ferrous plates formed in the upper disk, so that upon a driving of a shaft of the musical box, the creature mounted on the upper disk will be rotated as magnetically attracted by the lower disk to vividly pose like a sportsman's action.

Abstract: A base panel is mounted to glass with metal strips and magnets. The magnets and metal strips are shaped to mate with each other for easy alignment of the sign. The panel includes an aperture behind which a sliding panel is mounted in a set of guide tracks. The sliding panel has lettering on it which may be viewed through the aperture in the base panel. The lettering showing through the aperture depends upon the position of the sliding panel. A magnetic stop holds the panel in one position.

Abstract: A luminous gas-discharge sign panel devised so that the brightness of sign is made constant throughout the entire length of the gas-discharge path irrespective of the positional width variations of the luminous sign patterns.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the detachable gun trigger safety device includes a threaded bolt assembly having a longitudinally extending threaded shank and a curved bolt head adapted to receive a portion of the rear housing of a gun trigger guard. The device also includes a mating lock nut threadably received on that shaft and having a front surface adapted to bear against the rear of a gun trigger. The front surface of the nut includes a groove adapted to receive the rearwardmost curved surface of the trigger. The device is designed to span the space between a gun trigger and the rear portion of that gun's trigger guard and wedge the trigger forward to prevent its rearward movement and firing of the gun. The lock nut may include a number of spaced protrusions in its front surface to help resist turning of the nut when tight against the trigger. The nut may be knurled to facilitate turning on the shaft and the shaft may have one or more cotter pins holes transversely therethrough.

Abstract: A shooters head immobilizing apparatus (10) for the cheekplate (104) of firearms (100); wherein, the apparatus (10) includes an anchor unit (11) attached to the forearm cheekplate (104) and a mouthpiece unit (12) including a mouthpiece base member (16) a generally flexible tether member (17) and a generally resilient tab member (18) wherein the anchor unit (11) and the mouthpiece base member (16) are provided with the cooperating portions (13') (13") of a conventional hook and loop releasable fastening arrangement.

Abstract: An articulated game decoy activated by wind is formed of sheet material and has a main body member adapted to be mounted on trees or shrubs, a head and neck member pivotally connected to the main body, elastic members connected between the head and neck member and main body member, and ears attached transverse to the head portion of the head and neck member to catch the wind and oscillate the head and neck member relative to the main body when subjected to a breeze. The main body may have an integral tail portion, or have a separate tail member pivotally connected thereto with elastic members therebetween which will also oscillate when subjected to a breeze. The sheet material may have a weather resistive wax coating and the main body may be provided with a scent impregnated wax coating, or with a recess or aperture to receive a scented insert to attract wild game.

Abstract: A latch for a hook setting mechanism for fishing rods is provided by a latching ball which is held in engagement with a latching indentation of a keeper rod by a rotatable cam, the cam being rotatable by a trigger arm which is moved in response to a tug exerted on a fishing line of the fishing rod.

Abstract: A fishing rod holder has two pivotally connected brackets. One braket has a hollow cylindrical opening to receive the rod and has a clamp for securing the holder to a stationary surface. A quick release lever allows the rod to be removed from the holder in time to hook a fish. Also, the angular position of the brackets with respect to each other can be set to meet desired fishing conditions.

Abstract: A kit for adapting a fishing rod holder to a round or polysided support wherein a pair of base plates are fastened to opposing sides of the support. The kit is provided with two pairs of insert members which are selected to fit either the round or polysided support. The insert members are fastened between the base plates in a sandwich like manner with one of the base plates connected to the rod holder. In a preferred manner the base plates provide either a rail or stanchion mounting for the rod holder on a boat.

Abstract: A cable terminal formed in one piece in resin or plastic material providing a clam shell structure with integral hinge and which closes on a tortuously provided cable in and passages through the structure whereupon closure locks or latches the clam shell cable tautly into the terminal structure and closing a cable gripped bail element on selected rigging. A cap fits over the closed and locked terminal in the form of a terminal shroud or cover.

Abstract: A fishing accessory container is shown which includes a flexible outer bag having a left and right halves which meet along a peripheral edge. A zipper joins the left and right halves along the peripheral edge to define a closed interior for the bag. A plurality of removable inserts are located within the bag interior and can be unzipped and removed from the bag interior to allow the user to select only needed equipment to be carried on a particular occasion.

Abstract: A trap is provided for the extermination of rodents. A spring-loaded striker is maintained in a raised, loaded position by a release lever connectable with the striker through a projection and lug arrangement. A bottom opening is provided in the trap which receives the bait therein. The release lever is placed forwardly of the bait and in the path of movement of the rodent. The striker is mounted for arcuate movement. When a rodent engages the release lever, the striker and the release lever disengage thereby permitting the striker to rotate in an arcuate path to strike the rodent.

Abstract: A trap suitable for capturing a marine animal in open water without harming the captured animal is disclosed. The trap includes a pen having top and bottom ends. A portion of the bottom of the pen includes a flotation element which is sufficiently buoyant to support a substantial percentage of the pen above the water line. The pen further includes a top rim which has an interior opening large enough to receive the captured animal. The platform is slidably coupled to the pen. The platform serves as a flotation device that is suitably buoyant to support the weight of the animal sought. A trap door within the platform is designed to release when an animal climbs thereon. When the trap door is actuated the pen is released from the platform and rises vertically relative to the platform to capture the animal.

Abstract: A device to attract flying insects and cause their demise by electrocution provides two spaced cylindrical grids that are oppositely charged electrically in such fashion and so spaced that an insect coming in contact therewith or passing therebetween causes an electric discharge between the grids that kills the insect. The device provides a light to aid in attracting insects primarily during hours of darkness and an openable container for olfactory attractants such as food stuffs and pheromones. The attractant container, if opened during use of the device, deactivates the electrical circuitry to avoid operator injury.

Abstract: A method and system for growing tree mushrooms indoors, from within self contained vessels. An enclosed cylindrical container houses a colony of mushroom mycelium and rehydrated nutritive substrate. Said container is surrounded by cloth/fabric with water absorbent properties. When holes are made through the fabric and container the mycelium colony is stimulated to produce mushrooms. The apparatus is then partially submerged in a shallow reservoir of water. Moisture absorbed from the fabric then supplies the mushrooms with required moisture for development. The method consists of filling the container with a substrate (such as whole grain), adding an appropriate volume of water through a hole in the container, and covering the hole with an adhesive membrane, then sterilizing the container and contents. After cooling, appropriate fungus is inoculated to the substrate and is incubated at a required temperature for an appropriate time period.

Abstract: A cold frame comprising a housing formed of one or more housing sections with opposed ends walls. The sections include channel-defining end edges interlockable with the end edges of adjacent sections and with the end walls. The sections at the joinders therebetween, forming outwardly directed channels for water exclusion. The sections include, along the opposed side walls thereof, elongate vents with connector bars between the aligned vents of adjacent sections for a gang operation of all of the vents along a side of the cold frame. Each section and end wall incldues positioning blocks mounted thereon for the reception of horizontal alignment pins therethrough and vertical anchoring stakes.

Abstract: A tree support strap is described which is made of a climatologically degradeable material so that it will deteriorate and fall away from the tree after an initial period of support lasting a predetermined period of time. The support strap attaches to conventional stays or guy wires but does not require these wires to actually contact the trunk of the tree.

Abstract: A pair of stacking gates or doors has a trailing gate and a leading gate which roll along parallel tracks between a retracted position with the gates approximately side-by-side and an extended position with the leading gate further from the retracted position than the trailing gate. Flexible roller chains are used to retract and extend the gates. A retraction chain has one end connected to an anchor fixed between the gates, is wrapped around a rear idler sprocket on the rear of the trailing gate, and is connected at the other end to the leading gate. An extension chain has one end connected to the fixed anchor, is wrapped around a front idler sprocket near the front of the trailing gate, and is connected at the other end to the rear of the leading gate. As the trailing gate is moved, the idlers move, changing the lengths of the reaches of chain and moving the leading gate twice as far as movement of the trailing gate.

Abstract: One embodiment is of a non-metallic edge guard for the trailing edge of the front door of an automobile in those models where the leading edge of the corresponding rear door, because of the manner in which the rear door is hinged, executes a small component of motion toward the trailing edge of the front door when the rear door is opened. The edge guard's base is thinner than its legs, and the base is thinner toward the inner leg than it is toward the outer leg. Another embodiment has a curved base of reduced thickness over its central region to fit within a gap between the trailing edge of a door and the mating edge of adjacent body structure. The reduced thickness of the base is attained by selective removal of material after the edge guard has been extruded to a basic transverse cross sectional shape. Material is removed mechanically, by grinding or shaving.

Abstract: Two substantially equal length rails are connected juxtaposed with a longitudinal slide connection therebetween, with strips of soft sealing material on the lower surfaces to engage the floor and seal the opening beneath a door, whereby the length of the door seal rail can be adjusted for all widths of doors. A locking screw locks the rails in a desired adjusted length, and a pair of spring mechanism assemblies, one connected to each of the two rails, from which the rails depend on spring members, connect the rails adjacent the lower edge of a door or the like and maintain the strips of soft sealing material in engagement with the floor.

Abstract: A refrigerator door assembly having a door mounting frame with at least one mullion that includes a metallic structural frame member and a magnetically attractable sealing plate mounted forwardly on the mullion for defining a stop and sealing surface for the swinging ends of pivotably mounted doors. The mullion includes an insulating and sealing plate retaining assembly which supports the sealing plate in thermally isolated relation to the structural member and which defines an air insulating space completely about the structural frame member. The illustrated insulating and sealing plate retaining assembly includes a plastic channel shaped member having a front wall disposed in closely adjacent relation to a front side of the structural frame member and side walls extending in rearwardly directed fashion therefrom. A cover plate is releasably engagable with the rearwardly extending side walls for completely encapsulating the structural frame member.

Abstract: In an apparatus and a method for slicing a cylindrical semiconductor ingot into thin wafer pieces using an inner peripheral sliding blade, a grind stone shaft with a grind stone mounted to the tip end thereof is located movably axially within a rotor provided with the inner peripheral sliding blade so that the grind stone shaft and rotor can be rotated integrally but axially movable relative to each other. The grind stone and slicing blade are arranged efficiently so that, after the semiconductor ingot is sliced with the slicing blade, the grind stone approaches the end face of the ingot to grind it. This can save a lapping step, thereby improving working efficiency.

Abstract: An apparatus for sharpening fishhooks including an element for grinding a first flat surface on the end portion thereof which lies in a plane which is generally transverse to a plane through the longitudinal axis of both the shank and the end portion of the fishhook, which also intersects the longitudinal axis of the end portion. This flat surface is disposed on the side of the end portion closest to the shank of the hook. The apparatus also provides for grinding a second flat surface on the end portion which intersects the plane of the first flat surface and the longitudinal axis of the end portion, and also for grinding at least a third flat surface on the end portion which lies in a third plane which intersects the plane of one of the flat surfaces and the longitudinal axis of the end portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a toolholder device for a machine tool.A device according to the invention integral with a table (3) moveable in two directions perpendicular to one another comprises a toolholder spindle (1), a sleeve (2) with a lower bearing surface (2a) of convex sphericity, a housing (3) with a seat (3a) of concave sphericity, and means (4) for generating a magnetic field which repel or attract the bearing surface of the sleeve and which are associated with the seat (3a).The invention is used particularly in toolholder spindles for valve-seat grinders.

Abstract: An inflatable collection basket, tethered from a bridge superstructure, and including an airline leading thereto. Upon introduction of air into the deflated mechanism, the basket inflates to define a four sided cone having an upper inflated wall portion, descending to a centrally located port, wherein a recovery line leads into for retrieval of the waste and cuttings. There is further included a plurality of inflatable "fingers" extending from each of the corners of the upper border of the cone down to the lower ring, for defining the rectangular cone wherein the cuttings would flow. The cone further includes a material layer around its interior, for serving to confine any cuttings which fall into the cone and flow the cuttings down into the retrieval line.

Abstract: A gutter assembly with a cleaning system which facilitates the removal of debris from the channel member of the assembly. In one preferred embodiment the assembly comprises a longitudinally extending elongated channel member having an inner sidewall, an outer sidewall, and a horizontally extending bottom wall connecting and spacing the inner and outer sidewalls. A first removable end cap is located at one end of the channel member and a second end cap is located at the other end of the channel member. A flexible strip is disposed along the length of the bottom wall. One end of the flexible strip is connected to the removable end cap. The other end of the flexible strip is connected to a length of rope. The rope is guided along the length of the gutter assembly by a plurality of ring bolts. When a user removes the removable end cap the flexible strip is simultaneously removed from the confines of the channel member and any debris which has accumulated on the strip is also removed.

Abstract: A modular porch for a mobile home has vertically adjustable support legs which allow the modular porch to be mounted on a hill side and positioned adjacent the doorway of a wide variety of mobile homes. The modular porch utilizes four vertical support legs, each of which is independently axially adjustable. The modular porch has a stairway which is pivotally mounted to allow adjustment to match the surrounding terrain.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an insulated building construction which includes panels having interior and exterior skins with an insulating core therebetween. Additionally, the bearing posts between panels have interior and exterior support members with an insulating layer therebetween. A mechanism for maintaining a thermal barrier around corners as well as between walls and roof is disclosed. All panels have standardized passageways which mate with one another to provide an efficient way of routing electrical wiring. A building in accordance with this invention may be constructed to be completely surrounded by appropriate insulating material thereby minimizing "thermal shorts".

Abstract: A stressed skin panel comprising a pair of elongate planar plywood sheets which are spaced apart, with a uniform distance therebetween, by means of longitudinally extending, internal joists. Attached to the inner surface of one sheet is a body of heat insulation material, the thickness of which is such that a continuous ventilation passage is defined between the heat insulation material and the inner surface of the other plywood sheet. Both of the two plywood sheets are cut back at both ends to expose the internal joists, the extent of cut-back being less in the case of the second sheet than the first sheet so that the second sheet overhangs the first sheet at both ends of the panel. In use, the exposed end portions of the joists receive fixing means, such as bolts, for mounting the panel in an operational position.

Abstract: A window frame assembly includes a frame member having a longitudinally extending channel with a bottom surface and front and rear walls. Each wall has a longitudinally extending recess adjacent to the bottom surface. The window frame assembly also has a plurality of support members for a window unit, the support members being longitudinally spaced along the channel. Each support member rests on the bottom surface of the channel and has front and rear longitudinally extending projections in snapping engagement in the recesses in the front and rear walls of the channel.