Abstract: A game and fish cleaning station expedites the cleaning, skinning and/or processing of captured game animals. An elongated, aluminum support bar suspends game to be cleaned. It horizontally extends between a pair of support vertical posts, at a desired variable elevation. A clamping system forcibly sandwiches at least a portion of a game animal to be cleaned or skinned against the bar. The clamping system comprises a pair of rigid, grooves clamping plates which are pivotally coupled to the support bar by a special hinge structure. The clamping plates may be compressed against the support bar by tightening a suitable nut upon a threaded rod which penetrates a follower slot in the plates. When the clamping plates are compressed against the support bar, the grooves in the plates will register with similar grooves formed in the bar, and the feet of an animal will be frictionally captured. A cooperating cleaning table may be mounted below the support bar between the support posts.

Abstract: A screening apparatus is provided for removing cartiledge, gristle and bone fragments from a ground moist product such as ground meat, the screening process comprising a form of extrusion between closely spaced helically corrugated revolving cylinders. The corrugations have sinusoidal contours with the contours of adjacent cylinders displaced 180 degrees from each other. The cylinders all revolve in the same direction so that spacing between the adjacent cylinders remains fixed and uniform while the advancing ridges of the corrugated surfaces move the retained cartiledge, gristle and bone fragments to one end of the cylinders to be exhausted from the apparatus.

Abstract: A textile fiber processing assembly includes a feed chute adapted to be charged with fiber material and having a bottom portion provided with a fiber outlet through which the fiber material is discharged; a fiber feeding arrangement, including a feed roller and a counterelement cooperating with the feed roller, positioned externally of the feed chute downstream of the outlet opening as viewed in a direction of advance of the fiber material upon discharge thereof from the outlet; and a textile fiber processing machine having an input and a fiber processing roller situated at the input downstream of the fiber feeding arrangement and arranged for receiving the fiber material advanced by the fiber feeding arrangement. The feed roller adjoins the outlet and is arranged for drawing fiber material from the feed chute through the outlet and advancing the fiber material to the fiber processing roller.

Abstract: A hose clamp includes an annular clamp body having a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion. The first terminal portion has a guide opening, a lock wall defined between the guide opening and the leading end of the first terminal portion, and side walls disposed across the guide opening and folded back over themselves in a substantially U-shaped cross section having an upper side piece and a lower side piece. The second terminal portion has a radially outwardly bent wall serving as an engaging tongue piece. The clamp body is kept in a radially expanded state when the engaging tongue piece of the second terminal portion abuts against the lock wall of the first terminal portion and is radially contracted when the abutment between the engaging tongue piece and the lock wall is released to move the engaging tongue piece within the guide opening.

Abstract: In a hose clamp having a resilient clamp body (2) substantially annularly surrounding one hose end and having tightening ends (6, 7) that overlap one another and are bent substantially radially away from the clamp body (2), in which a certain inside diameter prevails in the relaxed state, and the clamp body (2) can be spread apart to a considerably greater diameter counter to its own spring force with the aid of a tightening tool engaging the tightening ends (6, 7), and one tightening end (6) is embodied as an inverted U and the other tightening end (7) is embodied in protrusionlike fashion and is disposed between the U legs of one tightening end (6) with its free end approximately at the radial height of the crossbar of the U of the one tightening end (6), and the one tightening end (6), for forming a shackle (8), is bent back toward the other tightening end (7) substantially at a tangent or in a circumferentially curved manner, at a certain radial distance from the clamp body (2), and the tightening ends (6

Abstract: A cable retainer or bundling hook for use in retaining cables used in logging and, more particularly, for securing bundles of logs. The retainer is mounted on a cable to which ferrules are attached, one at one end. A first shoulder in a first passageway securely holds the end ferrule of the cable in a press fit. A second passageway substantially parallel to the first passageway has a sidewise and inclined located opening or recess which allows insertion of the cable having a further ferrule. The further ferrule is held in the second passageway by a second ferrule retaining shoulder.

Abstract: A snap hook for use in climbing, pot holing or similar activities, comprising a C-shaped body and an arm mounted pivotally about a pin positioned in the body. An end of the body and of the arm are complimentary shaped parts, male and female, respectively, the male part being T-shaped in a transverse section, the female part being of a complimentary shape; the two parts, male and female, are within the circumference of sections comprising the snap hook; and there is a peripheral clearance laterally and longitudinally between the two parts.

Abstract: A buckle is intended to receive a tongue which is mounted on a safety-belt along a predetermined path. A latching member in the buckle engages the tongue. A push-button, associated with a separate actuating element, is provided to move the latching member between a latching position and a release position. The push-button is spring-biassed to a predetermined forward-most position. Part of the actuating element contacts the push-button when the tongue is inserted in the buckle, but is separated from the push-button when the tongue is not present in the buckle.

Abstract: A novel slip resistant shoe lace includes an elongated flexible member having a pair of ends, a front face and a back face. A continuous strip of rubber, preferably colored resin material, is applied to and extends along the front and back faces of the elongated member.

Abstract: This invention relates to caskets. It is for caskets that can be fabricated in such a manner that they are adaptable to assembly at point of use. In the manufacture of caskets, the cost of transportation between assembly point and the mortician has continued to grow out of proportion to the cost of the casket. The unassembled or knocked down parts shipped directly to the mortician would reduce freight charges and storage space requirements. By assembly at the point of use it might well lead to lower funeral costs and a wider selection of casket types and styles for the public.

Abstract: An improved moving cavity yarn texturing device is described. One improved feature is a two stage energy tube which provides for more effective filling of the moving cavity by the yarn. The first stage has a cross section with a major axis an a minor axis. The second stage has a cross section with a major axis and a minor axis whose ratio is less than that of the first stage. A second feature is an improved chamber design which employs a channel having a "V" shaped cross section which eliminates snagging of the yarn by the cavity.

Abstract: A fiber is manufactured by winding a strip of thin plate material made of a metal or the like around the cylindrical outer surface of a rotatably supported main shaft a large number of times and fixing it thereto, by rotating the main shaft in the direction opposite to that in which the plate material is wound at constant speed, and by feeding a cutter having an edge line thereof expending perpendicular to the axis of the main shaft and a face angle ranging between 21 degrees and 37 degress parallel to the axis of the main shaft and at a constant speed and thereby cutting the end surface of the plate material by the cutter. In consequence, finer and soft long fiber can be manufactured effectively at a low cost.

Abstract: An improved method of making an electrical filter connector includes the steps of providing a substrate with a plurality of metallized openings therethrough for electrical individual attachment to electrical contacts of the connector. The substrate is further provided with a metallized strip on a surface thereof spaced from the metallized openings. A plurality of capacitors are attached to the substrate. First conductive capacitor terminations are individually electrically attached to respective portions of the metallized openings and second conductive capacitor terminations are electrically attached in common to the metallized strip. A curable dielectric material is applied onto the dielectric body of each capacitor between each of the conductive terminations thereof. Each of the electrical contacts of the connector is electrically attached to a respective one of the metallized openings of the substrate.

Abstract: In an electric motor having a plurality of magnets bonded to a rotor hub, a composite sleeve is disposed over the rotor hub and magnets. The composite sleeve may be wound directly upon the rotor hub, or the composite sleeve may be wound upon a mandrel and slid over the rotor hub.

Abstract: A roll comprises a roller, having the circumference changing in length, mounted on a roller shaft which is bent with a central portion and both outer portions in different plane directions free of load. The roller forms at least one axial flat line along an external periphery while being rotated about the roller shaft. The roll has actions of preventing the object from deviation and expander action. The roll permits stable and high-speed running of an object being carried without causing deformation based on the flat line. The roll can be arranged oppositely in pair to effect uniform pinch pressure in width direction on the object being carried.

Abstract: A clinching tool including a punch and a die assembly. The die assembly includes a collet, a pin, and a split bushing. The collet includes a lower base portion and upstanding circumferentially spaced spring fingers. The split bushing is received within the spring fingers and the pin passes upwardly through a central passage in the base portion of the collet and is received at its upper end in the split bushing with the upper end of the pin inset with respect to the upper end of the bushing by a distance related to the thickness of materials to be fastened together. The spring fingers of the collet expand during the clinching operation to allow the material of the sheets to flow radially outwardly to form the desired clinching bead. In a further embodiment, the split bushing is dispensed with and the material of the sheets is allowed to flow radially outwardly between the spaced fingers of a collet so as to form a joint having a plurality of circumferentially spaced fingers or spikes.

Abstract: A composite tubular structure, such as a vehicle drive shaft. The ends of a fiber reinforced resin tubular member are formed with a plurality of longitudinal slots and each slotted end of the tubular member is positioned in overlapping relation with a cylindrical sleeve portion of a metal yoke. A cylindrical metal collar is disposed around the overlapping joint and spaced portions of the collar are deformed inwardly by electromagnetic energy into contact with the sleeve of the yoke. The deformed portions can be mechanically interlocked with the sleeve by welding or the like. With this construction, the torsional load is transmitted through the deformed portions of the collar and the edges of the tubular member bordering the slots to provide an improved mechanical connection between the fiber reinforced tubular member and the yokes.

Abstract: A method of making hard rollers for commercial printing presses comprising the sequential steps of heating a cylindrical sleeve of plastic material until it reaches an elastic state, fitting the sleeve into position over a cylindrical metal core having an outer diameter slightly greater than the inner diameter of the cylindrical sleeve, and cooling the cylindrical sleeve. The method may be used to rebuild worn rollers and is simpler and more versatile than conventional methods of making hard rollers including electrostatic spraying of metal cores or securing plastic sleeves by means of adhesive or heating heat shrinkable polymer sleeves.

Abstract: A nut plate is provided with holes and inserted into a space between a reference plate and a support plate. A nut plate bracing member is provided with a pin and located below the support plate, and when the support plate is retracted, the nut plate falls so that the hole of the nut plate is engaged with the pin of the nut plate bracing member. The nut plate bracing member with the nut plate mounted is transferred to the portion directly below the plate to which the nut plate is fixed. The nut plate bracing member is raised to position the nut plate to a fixing portion of the plate. The nut plate holding pin is then raised into the nut hole of the nut plate. The rivet is then driven into the hole of the nut plate and the rivet is clamped by means of the punch.

Abstract: A method of continuous compression forging, with a compression forging anvil, the final solidified region of cast steel drawn out from a mold for continuously casting, comprising the step of: compressing said cast steel with said anvil at a compressing cycle which meets the following conditions: ##EQU1## where t: the compressing cycle (sec), .delta.: the overall thickness reduction, Vc: the casting speed (mm), D: the cast steel thickness before compression forging, .theta.: the inclination angle (.degree.) with respect to the flat surface of the anvil.

Abstract: A machine tool (10) comprises a revolving spindle (11). A plurality of tool holders (14) each of which is provided with a taper (13) and can be transferred by means of a gripper arm (20) from a magazine position remote from the spindle (11) and mounted by their tapers (13), one by one, in the spindle (11) in a machining position, while the other tool holders (14) remain in the magazine position. In order to avoid that metal chips may get into contact with and stick to the tapers (13) of the tool holders (14) while the latter are in the magazine position the tool holders (14) are accommodated in a cavity (40) providing a closed cover at least for the tapers (13).

Abstract: An electrical connector 6 comprises, an insulative housing block 7 containing multiple, spaced apart, conductive electrical contacts 9 for connection with corresponding conductors 3 of electrical wiring 2, and for disconnect coupling with corresponding multiple electrical terminals 14 arranged in an array, the housing block 7 includes at least one recess 16 without an electrical contact therein, said recess 16 is open for pluggable receipt of a corresponding said electrical terminal 14, a flexible lanyard 18 extends in a loop 19, said loop 19 is anchored to said housing block 7, and said loop 19 extends into said recess 16 and is anchored therein.

Abstract: An armature for an electric motor comprises a winding having connector portions and a plurality of combined commutator segments and terminals. The terminals each have at least one slot which straddles and grips a respective connector portion to electrically connect the connector portion to a commutator segment. A base supports the commutator segments and a separate terminal support has a plurality of housings locating the terminals. By making the base separate to the terminal support, the armature may be wound with only the terminal support in position, the base being added afterwards, thus giving more room during winding. In a preferred embodiment, the support is formed of thermoplastics material, e.g. thermosoftening nylon, so that it is able to flex during insertion of the terminals and the base is of a material which will withstand higher temperatures, e.g. thermosetting plastics material or anodized aluminium.

Abstract: A silver electrode comprises a layer of porous battery grade silver powder bonded to a metal substrate by means of an adhesive layer of fine silver powder and glass frit therebetween.

Abstract: A machine intended for assembling the different parts of a fitting element (2) of a door or window fitting composed of an operating rod (3) and of a plate (4) having, for each part to be assembled (6, 7, 11, 18, 19, 23, 28, 29, 34) a supply magazine (53, 54, 56, 58, 63, 78, 79, 92, 101) and means of gripping (55, 59, 60, 65, 86, 95).This machine has, in addition, means (44, 50A) of separate flow of the plate (4) and of the operating rod (3) and means (50B, 74, 76, 100) of superimposed flow of the latter, means of transfer (49, 68, 98, 107) for turning round and transferring from one transporter to another the plate (4) and/or the operating rod (3), while maintaining the reference plane (46) of the fitting element (2) at a constant distance from the median plane (47) of the machine (1).

Abstract: When transferring a vehicle body which is through with coating to a hanger of an overhead conveyor of a vehicle body assembly line, doors are first removed from the vehicle body and thereafter the vehicle body with the doors removed is transferred to the hanger.

Abstract: An electrical to fiber optic conversion unit for use in a fiber optic transmission link includes a ferrous metal chassis with an open front end for receiving a plurality of conversion modules and power supply or test modules. The conversion module includes circuitry for converting electrical signals to fiber optic signals and is constructed of a multi-layer printed circuit board having top and bottom layers substantially covered with a non-current conducting chassis ground. The several internal layers of the conversion PC board include two signal layers for interconnecting components on the board, with the signal layers being separated by a power distribution layer and a interconnect layer for connecting components on opposite ends of the board. The multi-layer PC construction suppresses RF noise from the conversion module providing that the front panel of the module may be left uncovered while still achieving very low levels of RF emission.

Abstract: A symmetrical strip line type microwave circuit, the input-output connection zones of which are made in the following way:a groove is made in that of the insulating substrates which does not bear the central conductor of the symmetrical strip line circuit, along the contour of the desired connection zone;the two substrates are bonded together;the exterior of the structure is protected by electrolytic deposition of a tin-lead alloy;a counter-groove is made in the first substrate along the contour of the connection zone, and that portion of the substrate located inside the zone is eliminated.

Abstract: Integrated circuit dies, while still in wafer form, are prepared for surface mounting direct to a substrate without requiring packaging. Holes are made through a wafer having a plurality of integrated circuit dies and are placed between the dies and adjacent the die pads. A layer of insulating material is placed on the wafer and in the outer periphery of the holes. An electrically conductive connection is made between the top of each pad and the inside of the insulating material in an adjacent hole. The dies are separated from each other and may be surface mounted to a substrate by soldering.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an electric shaving apparatus having a shaving head pivotable about a pivot axis Z and a control means for the shaving head by means of which the extent of pivot movement of the shaving head is limited within a predetermined pivot area and also by means of which the shaving head is pivotable from any pivot position to a locked position.

Abstract: A utility knife having a main body formed from a pair of body portions which are assembled together. The main body has an opening at the front with means to prevent the pair of body portions from spreading apart and with means to prevent the blade from swaying from side to side.

Abstract: A dual-purpose, hand-held scissors for seamstresses and other users which have two unique blades with teeth which will cut a series of proportionately-spaced, single notches (V-shaped indentations) into textile fabrics and other soft, flexible and pliable materials and trim away excess fabric from the article simultaneously. It (1) saves time by performing two essential functions in one operation; (2) simplifies clean-up after sewing because the original method was very messy as when the individual notches were cut, they would scatter everywhere as they fell away from the fabric; and (3) permits more accurately cut notches which are consistent in size and shape to give the article a neater appearance. The shape of the blades is such that upon applying the scissors into the seam allowance on garments and/or toys and crafts, etc., the seam will be trimmed smoothly for a designated distance, then a notch will be cut into the seam allowance and simultaneously trim the excess fabric at that point.

Abstract: In this invention, an improved scalpel blade holder for holding a conventional scalpel blade is disclosed. The conventional scalpel blade has two elongated holes that are coextensive with one another. Each of the holes has a length and a width with the holes being attached to one another in the length direction and the hole near the blade portion having a width smaller than the hole away from the blade portion. The blade holder has an elongated handle member having a distal end and a proximal end along the length. A support member is near the distal end. The support member has a groove along the periphery parallel to the length direction. The width of the support member between the groove is substantially equal to the width of the smaller hole of the blade. The length of the support member is less than the sum of the lengths of the two holes in the blade.

Abstract: A precision adjustable measuring gauge is provided for increasing the accuracy of workpiece layout, power tool setup and workpiece marking jobs. The measuring gauge has mutually engagable positioning racks to positively lock both a reference surface and a measuring surface rigidly and accurately into place. The gauge includes first and second half section body members which are mounted in facing relationship, and first and second racks formed on their facing surfaces. Each of the first and second racks include index teeth which are equally spaced at predetermined intervals. The displacement of one body member relative to the other body member is adjustable in predetermined increments corresponding to the spaced intervals between successive teeth. The first flat end surface of each body member may be used to engage a reference surface of a workpiece or the work positioning surface of a power tool.

Abstract: An electronic clinical thermometer includes a temperature sensing unit, an arithmetic unit for calculating a body temperature from the signal from the temperature sensing unit, and a display unit for displaying the a temperature converted in the arithmetic unit, a memory unit for sequentially updating and storing the measured body temperatures, recalling the information in the memory unit being recalled and displayed in the display unit for a predetermined length of time after a power switch is thrown or when a power "ON" switch is released after the power switch is thrown.

Abstract: A pipeline bend detector pig for measuring the changes in direction of a pipeline having a first pig body assembly with an imaginary longitudinal axis and spaced apart resilient cups for supporting the pig body assembly in a pipeline so that the axis thereof is at least approximately the axis of the pipeline and for impeding flow of fluid past the pig so that the pig is propelled by fluid flow through the pipeline, and a second pig body assembly also having an imaginary logitudinal axis and means for support thereof within a pipeline so that the axis thereof is at least approximately the axis of the pipeline, a universal joint connecting the front end of the second pig body assembly to the rear end of the first pig body assembly and an integrator plate and finger assembly with the first pig body assembly arranged so that the fingers are deflected upon the deflection of the internal wall of the pipeline to thereby deflect an integrator plate, an instrument responding to the deflection of the integrator plate,

Abstract: An improved magnetic compass unit consists of a compass bowl, a card assembly pivotally supported on a pivot shaft within the bowl, the card assembly consisting of a compass card and a magnet, and at least one active indicator pin adapted for alignment with the lubber line of a supporting vehicle and with an adjacent degree indicia line upon the compass card. The active indicator pin is mounted to pivot apart from the pivotally mounted compass assembly, whereby the indicator pin remains disposed generally in a common plane with the adjacent degree indicia line during conditions of compass roll. The card assembly may be with or without gimbal mounting.

Abstract: A guide or fixture for use in the building construction trade includes a variety of features to allow the construction of decks, fences and the like to proceed more easily and quickly. The features include a flange which may be inserted between individual planks to provide for proper spacing of the planks, holes for proper positioning of nails or screws, a scale for linear measurement, and edges on one surface which serve as marking or cutting guides for the material used in such construction. One marking or cutting guide edge is preferably a 45 degree angle to the flange edge, thus allowing planks to be cut for diagonally patterned decks, fences or roof sheathing. The cutting guide edges, main surface, flange, and scale may be made in a variety of angles or dimensions in order to be useful with a variety of lumber sizes or deck or fence patterns.

Abstract: A gauge includes a hollow ferrule which slidably receives a pin member therein. The gauge is inserted into a housing bore so that the pin engages an actuating member. The pin moves relative to the ferrule and separates a pair of abutment surfaces thereon by a distance which represents a number of shims or spacers required for proper positioning of a switch or sensor to be mounted in the housing bore.

Abstract: A spring powered coilable rule has a coilable metal tape with a tape hook at the end thereof. The tape hook has an elongated body portion extending along the surface of the tape a length greater than the width of the tape and a depending leg portion which has an upper end dimensioned and configured to overlie the outer edge of the tape in its uncoiled state. The body portion tapers in width from the leg portion to a reduced width, and at least three rivets are spaced axially along the length of the body portion to secure the tape hook to the tape.

Abstract: A stem load determining system comprises a method and apparatus for determining the load developed on a threaded stem, including a valve stem driven by a valve operator. An integral component of the apparatus is a stem strain transducer uniquely designed to girp a threaded stem to define a guage length on the threaded stem and to detect and measure deformation of the stem at the guage length when subjected to a compressive or tensile load.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the controlled aeration of stored grain is disclosed that provides for aeration of grain when ambient temperature and relative humidity levels are within a specified range of optimum levels. Available daily aeration time is selected by the operator and, if not used on a given day, is accumulated. Aeration of grain is initiated when the current ambient air temperature is within an acceptable range of the recent average air temperature, the equilibrium moisture content supported by the current air temperature and relative humidity levels is within an acceptable range of the desired grain moisture content and the available aeration time has not been used up. Long periods between aeration are avoided by progressively widening the range of acceptable current ambient air temperature and equilibrium moisture content levels when less than a predetermined amount of aeration has occurred.

Abstract: An apparatus for the conditioning of bulk material, in particular vegetable material such a wood chips, for the production of fibers or pulp is provided, comprising a silo, a plurality of steam nozzles distributed substantially uniformly over said silo and shielded against clogging with said bulk material, and a plurality of fittings disposed within said silo for relieving said bulk material. The apparatus provides substantially uniform conditioning of the bulk material.

Abstract: An improved shoe sole structure, wherein the sole made of rubber comprises a plurality of crosswise parallel grooves in the upper face of the front half section and a large recess in the upper face of the rear half section, and the grooves are filled in and glued with wooden strips and the recess filled in and glued with a wooden board.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a multilayer laminate for use as a sole of a shoe. The shoe construction includes a combination of rigid support materials and polymeric foam materials of varying Shore hardness values permanently attached atop a conventional outer sole. The specific structural configuration of the material enhances the durability of the shoe and improves the comfort it provides for its wearer.

Abstract: Cross-country ski boot whose sole, made of a molded plastic material, carries, at its front end, a transverse fastening axis which cooperates with a binding mounted on the cross-country ski. A part (6a) of the anchoring element (6), which is embedded in the plastic material of the front portion of the sole (2), extends along a plane (P) sloping upward from back to front, and the transverse fastening axis is located on the lower portion of the anchoring element (6). The sole (2) has, immediately behind the fastening device (4), a recess (2a) which marks off, on the upper portion of the sole (2), an area (2b) of reduced thickness constituting the equivalent of a hinge for the sole (2).

Abstract: An I.D. card capable of conversion in use to three different aspects or configurations wherein a relatively elongated paperboard panel is equipped with a transversely extending line of weakness employed for folding the relatively elongated panel into a version suitable for breast pocket mounting, the section normally inserted into the breast pocket being equipped with a band of pressure sensitive adhesive immediately adjacent the line of weakness for securing a part of the pocket section to the remainder of the panel so as to develop an advantageous Y configuration of I.D. card.

Abstract: There is provided a simplified phone number reference device for use by children and which does not require general reading ability. The device is a multi-sided structure of clear side walls having an internal support for displaying photographs of scenes or people recognizable to the children. The device includes a phone number display mounting proximate the pictures which associates the phone number with the recognized scene or person in the photograph.

Abstract: An advertising and display device includes apparatus to provide automation so as to interact with persons in the area by means of passive infrared sensing devices. The advertising and display device may take the form of a rotating platform or representation of a being or animal, and may incorporate an audio message delivery system also activated by the physical proximity of persons detected by the infrared sensors. The sensing system may be remotely located to enable the advertising and display device to be placed within an enclosure such as a showroom window, etc., and the display platform may incorporate a photoelectric detector to temporarily stop the drive system when a person is in extremely close proximity in order to allow that person to more closely examine items located on the platform.

Abstract: A poster board wall display system comprising a foamed polystyrene board, smaller than the poster board to be hung to the wall, with an opening having a tapered or slanted upper edge to engage a fastener (e.g., nail or hook) protruding from the wall. The outer face of the foamed polystyrene board is equipped with a fastener means (e.g., VELCRO strip) that reversibly engages to the backside of the poster board. In this manner, a poster board can be suspended away from the wall during display and the particular poster boards being displayed can be readily repositioned or changed.