Abstract: A horse measuring ruler structure including a vernier main body, a fixing stopper block, two resilient slide blocks, a locating ruler, a locating device, an inner ruler, an outer ruler, a, protective frame and a locking device. The vernier main body is composed of a trapezoid board and two panels rightward extending respectively from middle sections of front and rear sides of the trapezoid board. The upper and lower sections of the right side of the trapezoid board are respectively formed with two T-shaped sockets. The left end of the locating ruler is fitted into the space between the right sections of the panels of the vernier main body and pivotally located by the locating device. The locking device is fitted into the circular receiving chamber of lower end of the inner ruler. The protective frame is fitted onto upper end of the outer ruler and the inner ruler is fitted into the outer ruler. The resilient slide blocks are fitted into the T-shaped cavities of the trapezoid board of the vernier main body.

Abstract: A combination gas drying and reservoir apparatus includes a reservoir, a membrane dryer disposed inside the reservoir and a control scheme that reduces the amount of gas lost as sweep gas from the dryer. The reservoir has an inlet flange that receives moisture laden gas from a compressor, an outlet flange from which dried gas discharges to a pneumatic system and a purge flange. The dryer includes a vessel encasing a membrane unit between its inlet and outlet ends. A purge port of the vessel communicates with the purge flange to form a purge channel. The inlet end of the vessel is connected to the inlet flange from which it receives the moisture laden gas. The moisture laden gas then flows into the membrane unit. Sweep gas that has permeated through membranes flows from a sweep space defined between the vessel and the membrane unit to the purge channel. Dried gas flows out of the membrane unit through the outlet end of the vessel into the reservoir.

Abstract: A combination drying unit has a towel roll rotatably held within a housing. By activation of a switch, a motor drives a drive roller that has an idler roller biased thereagainst for advancing the paper towel stream through a first opening of the housing. A blower is also disposed within the housing and blows a stream of air through at least one second opening on the housing. A sensor activates the motor and the blower. A sensor detects the presence of a towel stream and deactivates the motor until this sensor no longer detects the paper towel stream. Another sensor detects the absence of a towel stream, deactivates the motor, and increases the length of operation of the blower upon activation of the switch. This sensor also illuminates a service light indicating either a jam condition or an out of paper condition.

Abstract: Steam-heated roll apparatus and process. The steam-heated roll may include a roll, a heating chamber arrangement within the roll, a feeding connection arrangement coupled to the heating chamber arrangement that is adapted for charging the heating chamber arrangement with steam, and a pump arrangement for pumping steam condensate out of the roll. The process includes charging the heating chamber with steam through the feed connection arrangement, and pumping steam condensate from an inside of the roll.

Abstract: A drying machine includes a hot air blower, a housing divided horizontally into plural long chambers having an open upper side, a closed bottom and two longitudinal sides bored with through holes, a screw conveyor respectively positioned in each long chamber, and a motor to rotate all the screw conveyors, and a sending-out screw conveyor positioned on the bottom of the housing. Each screw conveyor has an inner screw and an outer screw twisting in opposite direction for conveying, squeezing, mixing and stirring material at the same time dried by hot air coming from the blower. Material falls down from a funnel on the upper side of the housing and gradually falling down through the through holes and an outlet in an end of the bottom of the highest long chamber and then into a second highest long chamber and so on to the lowest portion of the housing to be conveyed by the sending-out screw conveyor to an exit through which dried material falls down through for collected.

Abstract: In a method for drying substrates, in particular, semiconductor wafers, an especially residue-free drying of the substrates results when, during removal of the substrates from a liquid, a meniscus of the liquid forming at the transition between the substrate surface and the liquid surface is heated. A device for performing the method is disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for drying solid articles such as semiconductor wafers. In one embodiment, the dryer comprises a process tank and a drying fluid supply system. The process tank includes a plurality spray nozzles to spray a non-flammable drying fluid to wet surfaces of the article for drying without the necessity of heat or other external means. The drying fluid comprises a non-flammable, environmentally compatible, and a non-hazardous fluid including a drying agent of (hydrofluoroether) HFE and a surfactant of isopropyl alcohol (IPA). Even without the benefit of heating, little if any solution or static charge remains after drying. The drying apparatus includes a drying fluid supply system for providing the drying fluid to the plurality of spray nozzles.

Abstract: Medicinal plants are dried by applying microwave power to plant materials in a chamber under reduced pressure to reduce the moisture content of the plant materials without significantly reducing (oxidizing) the concentration of active medicinal component in the dried plant materials and thereby produce a dried medicinal plant product which more closely approaches the medicinal properties of the fresh plant than those of dried products produced by conventional air drying processes.

Abstract: A system and method for providing conditioned air to a yarn traveling on a textile machine includes an air conditioning unit local to said textile machine and configured to receive input air and to condition the air to a first desired relative humidity. An air delivery conduit is in communication with the air conditioning unit and conveys the conditioned air therefrom. A diffuser is in communication with the delivery conduit so that the conditioned air flows into the diffuser. The diffuser defines a nonuniform opening so that the conditioned air leaves the diffuser in a turbulent flow. The opening is disposed at a predetermined distance from the yarn so that an air mixture, comprising the turbulent conditioned air and ambient air drawn into the turbulent flow, has a second desired relative humidity upon reaching the yarn.

Abstract: The invention concerns a dryer-section concept of a paper/board machine and a method in the drying of a paper/board web (W). The dryer section comprises a number of drying cylinder groups (R.sub.I . . . R.sub.N), which comprise a single-wire draw, on whose support the web (W) is guided so that it meanders as loop-shaped from a drying cylinder onto a suction cylinder. The web (W)/the wire (H) is guided so that the web is placed against the face of the drying cylinder and the wire is placed outside. In the dryer-section concept, the web (W) is passed from one drying cylinder group (R.sub.I) into the next dryer group (R.sub.II) and further. According to the invention, at least some of the drying cylinders (K'.sub.1, K'.sub.2, K'.sub.

Abstract: The present invention relates to shoe using a moulded bottom provided with a series of slots on the edges, or with through openings on the sole, for the application of a closed upper, made up of a fabric or leather strap that embraces the back and the neck of the foot.

Abstract: A self adjusting frame for footwear comprises a strap slideably passing through a plurality of connectors spaced apart and adjacent to the sole, the strap passing around the heel of the footwear and having its two ends connected to the footwear. Lacing crosses over the footwear upper, with the lacing slideably engaging the strap so that when the lacing is tightened the strap is likewise drawn tight. The lacing and strap combination thereby secures footwear to a foot about substantially the periphery of the foot, and further self adjusts to develop differently oriented foot securing force vectors for differently shaped feet. Footwear comprises lacing and a strap passing through a plurality of connectors spaced apart around a shoe, with the lacing slideably engaging the strap. As the lacing is tightened the strap is thereby drawn tight. The footwear is thus secured to a foot about substantially the periphery of the foot.

Abstract: A sport boot having an external upper for protection against external damage, an assembly insole and an outer sole, and comprising an internal tightening system comprising two tightening quarters each having a lower end and being attached to said external upper only by that lower end. Internal lacing is arranged in the instep area. The external upper has a closed structure and with an opening only at its upper end and comprises external lacing for tightening the upper on the foot. The internal tightening system is substantially independent of the upper, a tongue element being provided beneath, but without physical connection to, the internal tightening system, and being attached to the upper at the front end of the boot and at a distance from the internal tightening quarters, so as to enable the tongue element to act as a lever for loosening the internal lacing.

Abstract: A three dimensional shoe vamp air cushion having an upper sheet and a lower sheet, with all peripheral edges sealed to form a hollow interior. An upper area of the air cushion is larger than the interior area, permitting the air cushion body to have three dimensions instead of two dimensions. The three dimensional shoe vamp air cushion has one or more air chambers and a similar curvature as the upper surface of a foot, so as to have excellent adaptability and shock absorbing characteristics.

Abstract: A heated bucket system for significantly reducing the accumulation of frozen mud and ice within a bucket thereby maintaining the bucket's dirt moving capacity. The inventive device includes a bucket attachable to an arm of a backhoe or other machinery, a pump attached to the coolant system of the backhoe, an inflow tube fluidly connected to the pump, a heat tube attached to the back member of the bucket preferably in a sinusoidal pattern and fluidly connected to the inflow tube, and an outflow tube fluidly connected to the heat tube opposite of the inflow tube and fluidly connected to the coolant system of the backhoe. In operation, the pump draws the heated coolant within the coolant system and pumps it through the heat tube attached to the bucket. The heat from within the coolant is exchanged with the bucket thereby maintaining the temperature of the bucket above freezing. The coolant is then returned to the coolant system through an outflow tube.

Abstract: The invention concerns an iron and an ironing method. The iron comprises a heating soleplate (2), a reservoir (15) designed to contain a textile adjuvant and a device for dispensing (11-13) the adjuvant. The iron comprises a diluting device (7, 12, 14, 18) comprising an adjuvant-free water supply system (7), the diluting device being connected to the adjuvant reservoir and designed to produce a diluted adjuvant solution before dispensing. Preferably, the iron comprises an evaporating device (4-10) fed by the water supply system.

Abstract: A display card for displaying valuable collectible items such as coins, medals, fluids or the like that includes a card body having a display aperture extending therethrough. The card body has a core layer sandwiched between first and second card protective layers. A one sided self adhesive tape is adhesively bound to a surface of the card so as to extend across the display aperture. The display object is positioned within the display aperture so as to define a peripheral clearance relative to the latter. The display object is bound to the one sided self adhesive tape extending across the display aperture. A ring of adhesive material further binds the display object of the card by extending between the object peripheral edge and the peripheral edge of the display aperture.

Abstract: A rotating sign assembly has a plurality of rotatable, multi-sided, sign segments and a drive mechanism for rotatably driving the sign segments. The drive mechanism includes a drive shaft and one or more output shafts that each operate to rotate a multi-sided sign segment. A cam is fitted to each of the output shafts so that rotation of the cam causes rotation of the corresponding output shaft and sign segment. The cam has an outer perimeter and multiple equally spaced engagement slots which extend radially inwardly from the outer perimeter. Outwardly facing stabilizing portions are positioned between each of the engagement slots. The cam has multiple dwell positions, each corresponding to the display of one side of the multi-sided sign segment operated by the corresponding output shaft. A cam driver assembly is fitted to the drive shaft so that it rotates with the drive shaft. The cam driver assembly has a cam driver which extends outwardly from the axis of rotation and terminates in a knob.

Abstract: A display is releasably mounted on the outside of an enclosure. The display may be released from the enclosure upon gaining access to the inside of the latter. In a preferred embodiment, the display is a sign, and the enclosure is a vending machine. The sign includes a rear panel, which is secured to the door of the vending machine, and a front panel which is connected to the rear panel by means of a hinge. A fastener on the front panel, disposed generally opposite the hinge, protrudes through a hole in the rear panel and into an opening in the vending machine door. The relative sizes of the fastener and the hole are such that a portion of the fastener snaps into place on the opposite side of the rear panel.

Abstract: A universal two-piece label holder system for hooks of various sizes and configurations, including single and double rod or U-shaped loop hooks, comprises a versatile ring-shaped saddle having a plurality of peripherally spaced clasps of different dimensions, at least one of which will grippingly engage a single rod hook, with an adjacent clasp slidingly engaging the second rod of a double rod or loop hook at a selected position along the length of the hook. An elongated plastic tag or overlay, preferably having a label holder at its distal end, is adapted to overlie the hook, with side edge portions of the tag engaged by flanges on the saddle and a selected one of a plurality of spaced openings along the intermediate portion of the tag engaged over a projection on the saddle to thereby limit movement of the tag relative to the saddle both laterally and longitudinally and to arcuately flex the tag to rigidify the same.

Abstract: The plastic display device is a device for conveniently displaying cards, photographs, menus, letters and the like. The device is constructed of plastic and comprises an integral rectangular frame, buckle portion having three parallel rods, and clip. The clip is attached to the top edge of the frame and extends parallel to the frame defining a slot, and has a lip projecting rearward towards the frame. The clip flexes to allow the clip to accommodate an edge of a card inserted in the slot. The rods of the buckle portion are configured to allow a flat, flexible strip such as a ribbon to be threaded thereabout. A plurality of display devices may be mounted on a single ribbon. The ribbon may be mounted to a wall or other flat surface to display cards and other like materials.

Abstract: A fire starting flare suitable for hand-held launchers has a fuse and ignitor assembly within a flare core material such that as the flare is launched the fire ignites and as the flare lands the fuse reaches the ignitor assembly to set off the flare.

Abstract: An improved shotgun choke tube or fixed shotgun shot choking system is provided in which the 3-dimensional tightness or compactness of the pattern is achieved by the placement of radial projections within the choke tube at a selected distance from the muzzle, dependent upon the length of the shotgun shell being used, in conjunction with varying the dimensions of the projections depending on the nature of the components used in the manufacture of the particular shotgun shell used and the pattern results desired. Widest patterns (which are narrower or tighter than without the use of the choke tube) are achieved when the projections are positioned adjacent to the muzzle and/or with radial projections of minimal area contacting the walls of the wad/cup to retard its exit from the muzzle.

Abstract: A weapon discharge safety mechanism is designed in one multiple section piece for use with handguns and in two separate sections for use with rifles. The discharge safety mechanism includes a trigger guard housing with a bottom, first and second sides and an open top, which fits over and covers the trigger guard and trigger area of a firearm such as a pistol or a rifle. The trigger guard housing portion is releasably secured by a retention pin just behind the front of the trigger guard to hold the trigger guard housing portion in place covering the trigger guard. For handguns, an enclosed bullet trap housing is attached to the trigger guard housing portion. For rifles, this housing is separate. The bullet trap housing has a first closed end and a second open end, which fits over the end of a barrel of the gun and extends over the barrel a short distance.

Abstract: A support for fishing rod for supporting the tip of a fishing rod in a raised orientation. The support for fishing rod includes a head portion, a pair of first legs pivotally coupled to the head portion and downwardly depending therefrom, and a pair of second legs pivotally coupled to the first legs. Each of the second legs is telescopically extendible. The head portion has a channel extending into an upper face thereof that is adapted for receiving a fishing rod therein.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fishing rod with pre-inserted fishing line guide members. A prepreg formed of a high-strength fiber impregnated or mixed with resin is wound to form the rod pipe. A plurality of wide fishing line guide members each having a flat-shaped section are fixed integrally to the inner peripheral surface of the rod pipe, the inner peripheral side portions of the wide fishing line guide members are respectively projected inwardly from the rod pipe inner peripheral surface, and the outer portions of the rod pipe existing in the wide fishing line guide fixed portions are respectively bulged outwardly and widely. The fishing line guide members are strongly fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the rod pipe without lowering the strength of the rod pipe.

Abstract: A disposable-herbicide wafer (13) with adhesive backing for attachment (15) to vegetation-cutting blades including those of weeding tools, anvil-type pruning shears, lawn mowers, grass whips and other devices that remove brush, weeds and other unwanted vegetation. As vegetation is cut, the herbicide wafer deposits herbicide on the rooted portion of the plant, thereby preventing plant re-growth.

Abstract: An assembly for supporting a tree in an upright position includes an elongated tubular collar for receiving a tree branch that is separable into two half-portions allowing a user to easily attach or remove the device. The collar has a plurality of apertures thereon for receiving supplemental support legs to further support the collar when placed around the tree trunk. One or more secondary collars may be placed on top of the first collar to which additional supplemental support legs or tubular arms may be attached for supporting the tree's branches.

Abstract: A landscaping tarp for being positioned about an object such as a bush or small tree set in a bed of rocks, stones or wood chips. The tarp covers the rocks, stones or wood chips about the bush or small tree such that, when the bush or small tree is trimmed, the cut leaves and twigs fall on the landscaping tarp instead of onto and into the bed of rocks, stones or wood chips, out of which it is difficult to rake leaves and twigs and out of which it is tedious and laborious to pick out the leaves and twigs by hand. The tarp includes a first opening that is positioned about the bush or small tree. The first opening is resiliently biased to a closed position to fit snugly when shaped about the base of the bush or small tree. When the tarp is removed from the base, the first opening is drawn shut by overlapping two half portions and attaching quick connectors to each other to prevent the cut leaves and twigs which are gathered in the tarp from falling through the first opening.

Abstract: A ball-wheeled planter has ball wheels (5) in sockets (6) attached to portions of bottoms (2) of a plant container (1). Preferably the planter has trickle irrigation and fertilizer conveyances (13) from a fluid container (12, 16, 28, 29, 36, 41) proximate a top portion (9) of the planter. A drain basin (10, 20, 23, 25, 31) can have a convenient return pump (17) with manual, electrical or wick operation for returning flow-through water to a top portion of soil in the planter. The fluid container can have regulated outflow to match needs of particular plants (37), soil (38), planter depth and ambient conditions.

Abstract: A potted plant turntable including a base and a rotating dish. The rotating dish supports a potted plant which is slowly rotated with the dish to allow even exposure of the plant to sunlight. The dish rests on a bearing collar of the base and is gear driven by an AC or solar powered motor. A rheostat controls the rotation speed in increments of hours, days, weeks, or months. A programmable timer keypad provides for pre-changing of the different speed settings. A heating element is positioned under the dish, and the top section of the base adjacent the dish carries a fiber optic ring that encircles the dish. Both ultrasonic and chemical pest repellant accessories are provided in the base.

Abstract: The apparatus is a cemetery vase constructed as a container with a spike protruding from a hole in the bottom to permit the spike to be forced into the ground for support. The distinction from similar devices is that the container is plastic, the spike has circumferential serrations to mechanically lock it in place, and that no adhesive is required for assembly. The container is formed with surface ribs adjacent to the hole to strengthen the structure to prevent damage by insertion of the spike, and the container also has internal fins to grip a foam plug which can hold the flowers.

Abstract: The automatic watering pot is a flower pot with an automatic watering device for dispensing water into the soil at or below the root level of a potted plant. The automatic watering device has a bottle which serves as a water reservoir, a cap for the bottle having a rotary valve, a delivery tube inserted into the cap, and a dispersion fitting at the free end of the delivery tube. The automatic watering device is disposed with the bottle inverted above the level of the soil, the delivery tube extending into the soil, and the dispersion fitting to a depth equal to or below the level of the roots. The bottle is made from a translucent or transparent material, and may have a float so that the water level may be visually discerned. The cap has a rotary valve so that the flow of water from the bottle to the delivery tube may be cut off by rotating the cap when it is necessary to refill the bottle.

Abstract: A louver shutter is disclosed which employs generally a plurality of louvers and a frame containing the louvers. The frame includes first and second stiles connected with first and second rails. The louvers have ends rotationally mounted to the rails and have inner and outer facing surfaces. The inner facing surface has a groove extending lengthwise between the louver ends. A plurality of decorative inserts are rigidly attached to a corresponding one of the louvers on the inner facing surface within the groove.

Abstract: An operator for controlling the movement of a window sash relative to a frame, including a base attachable to a frame; a linkage secured to the base and attachable to a window sash to control the movement of the window sash relative to a frame; a rotatable input shaft rotatably secured to the base and driveably engaging the arm, the input shaft having a female drive region formed therein; a drive member; a transmission shaft secured on one end to the drive member and having a male drive region disposable within and mateable with the input shaft female drive region to transfer rotation of the transmission shaft to the input shaft; and means for locking the transmission shaft to one of the base and the input shaft to hold the male drive region in mateable engagement with the female drive region.

Abstract: A mechanically interlocked belt type weatherstrip provides a seal between the upper portion of a door and the lower portion a window. The weatherstrip comprises three individual components: a cover, a body and a sealing lip. These components may be either extruded or molded depending particularly upon the configurations of their terminal portions. All of the components may be one of a wide variety of black flexible plastic or elastomeric materials. However, because each of the components is separate, they can be manufactured of different materials and of different colors to provide specifically desired properties. The weatherstrip is formed by snapping the body and the cover together which holds the sealing lip securely in place between the cover and the body. The weatherstrip thus allows versatility of the selection of the separate components to meet the individual style and functional needs of a particular motor vehicle design.

Abstract: An articulated window panel for vehicles includes a glass sheet, a hinge or a latch mounting area on the inner surface of the sheet, and a hinge or a latch bonded to the hinge or latch mounting area by an adhesive such that there is no exposure of the hinge or latch on the outer surface of the glass sheet. The panel is preferably fitted in a generally vertical window opening of the vehicle such that the panel forms one of a side window, rear window, or lift gate window. The bonded hinge or latch resists failure due to severe vibration and extreme climatic conditions. A substantially opaque coating may be used between the hinge or latch and the glass sheet to aid in hiding those items from view from the outer sheet surface.

Abstract: A door frame assembly for a work machine includes a plurality of rectangular tubes, a plurality of zee shaped metal strips, and a plurality of resilient seals. The tubes are joined together to form a rectangular framework. Each metal strip is connected to one of the tubes and one of the seals is connected to a first leg portion of each of the strips. Each of the tubes and a second leg portion of each of the strips define a recess and a glass panel is adapted to rest within the recess and be bonded to the second leg portions. The door frame assembly is economical to manufacture and requires no expensive or complex forming tools.

Abstract: The present invention is an inflatable barrier device for use with elevator door jamb panels and entryway doors and jambs to protect the surfaces of these panels and doors from sustaining damage from collisions with moving equipment, building materials and furniture. The device protects the surfaces from scratches and dents when furniture and construction materials inadvertently bang into these protected surfaces. The entryway protector comprises two sections and securing components. An inflatable main rectangular section is separated by a line of stitching from a minor rectangular section or flap that is filled with padding material. The securing components secure the protector to the surfaces against dislodging by contact with equipment, building materials and furniture.

Abstract: A fish and marine mammal aquatic observatory. The observatory comprises an outer cylindrical wall and an inner cylindrical wall that define an enclosed annular volume. The inner cylindrical wall is formed of a transparent material, e.g., glass or reinforced plastic. The enclosed annular volume is partially filled with a body of sea water that includes fish and marine mammal animals and other aquatic plants. The observatory further includes a carousel or platform supported on a tower located along a longitudinal axis of the observatory. An outer diameter of the carousel substantially abuts the inner cylindrical wall of the observatory. The carousel is accessible to participants when located at a first or upper position above the enclosed annular volume of water. A lift mechanism moves the carousel from the first, upper position to a second, lower position within the enclosed annular volume of water.

Abstract: An arch for a ceiling structure having a first vertical wall stud and a second vertical wall stud. The arch includes an arcuate center section having opposed ends and an arcuate under surface with a first radius of curvature. The arcuate center section is sized and configured such that the opposed ends thereof abut respective ones of the first and second wall studs. The arch further includes a first and second arcuate side section attached to the center section and respective ones of the first and second vertical wall studs. Each of the first and second side sections has an arcuate under surface with a second radius of curvature less than the first radius of curvature. Accordingly, the first and second side sections create a continuous transition between the under surface of the arcuate center section and respective ones of the first and second vertical wall studs.

Abstract: A fine mesh screen structure is mounted along a wall in the path of a flow of liquid to divide and split larger size liquid drops into much smaller droplets which are dispersed without agglomeration. In a preferred embodiment a series of support angle brackets are spaced along the length of a sloped roof end around the perimeter of the building. Support bars extend outwardly from the brackets to hold the mesh screen in the path of rainwater falling from the roof. The support bars may hold the mesh at an acute downward angle several inches below the roof to provide sufficient momentum for the drops to be forced through the mesh for size reduction. In another embodiment, the screen may position along an internal wall within a cooling tower in the path of water distributions to similarly reduce the size of water droplets which can be more effective for the cooling function.

Abstract: An exterior building component for installation on a building. The component includes at least a portion thereof being of a prescribed color, the color corresponding to a manufacturer or supplier, whereby the component may be identified as a product of the manufacturer or supplier. Also, a method for forming an exterior building component which may be identified as corresponding to a manufacturer or supplier in the absence of associated packaging. A colored portion is formed on the component, the color of the colored portion corresponding to the manufacturer or supplier, whereby the component may be identified as a product of the manufacturer or supplier. Further, a method of providing exterior building component identification for distribution under multiple brands. A different color is selected for each of the brands.

Abstract: A ground anchor 20 with stabilizer cap 26 secures above ground objects, such as premanufactured buildings 50, during storms, high winds or ground tremors. The ground anchor has an anchor shaft 22 which is inserted into the ground and at least one auger blade 24 attached to the lower end of the anchor shaft. The auger blade engages the ground and forcibly draws the anchor shaft downwardly into the ground as the anchor shaft is rotated by an installation driver. The circular stabilizer cap 26, having a diameter greater than the auger blade, is mounted concentric to and normal to the upper end of the anchor shaft. Rigidly attached to the stabilizer cap is a skirt 30. The skirt rotates in unison with the anchor shaft, and engages and enters into the undisturbed ground outside the hole made in the ground by the auger blade. A tie down strap 62 connects a winch mount 36, attached to the top of the stabilizer cap, to the premanufactured building.

Abstract: A roof member includes a solar battery module in which a solar battery element is fixed on a backing, with two opposite sides of the backing of the solar battery module bent to form an eaves-side connecting portion and a ridge-side connecting portion, and wherein the ridge-side connecting portion is open on the front surface side of roof member, and electrical wiring is provided in the ridge-side connecting portion. A plurality of such roof members are horizontally connected with each other by a joint drip plate, and a joint cover and wires of the respective roof members are connected with each other in the ridge-side connection portion. The eaves-side connecting portion and the ridge-side connecting portion of the respective roof members are seam-jointed with each other, and wires of the respective roof members are connected with each other in the ridge-side connecting portion.

Abstract: A roof ridge vent for covering longitudinal vents cut through a roof on opposite sides of a ridge board, the roof ridge vent comprising: a planar cover configured to straddle the ridge board. The planar cover has a first edge and a second edge on opposite sides of the ridge board. A first row of spaced apart baffles are positioned parallel to the first edge and a first row of spaced apart baffles are positioned parallel to the second edge. A second row of spaced apart baffles are positioned parallel to the first row of baffles adjacent the first edge and a second row of spaced apart baffles are positioned parallel to the first row of baffles adjacent the second edge. A row of spaced apart posts are positioned parallel to the second row of baffles at the first edge and a row of spaced apart posts are positioned parallel to the second row of baffles at the second edge.

Abstract: A roof vent system having side walls which are secured in spaced-apart relationship by flashing sections to the roof ridge. Spacers are provided at spaced-apart locations. The spacers may be extruded square tubular sections, Z-sections or other configurations. A screen extends between the side walls. A roof cap has a web which is held in place between the fasteners. The roof cap has flanges at its upper end which support a roof member such as a tile in an elevated position above the ridge to provide sufficient venting.

Abstract: A muntin bar clip includes a contoured body that is shaped to contact the interior of top, bottom and opposing side walls of the muntin bar, and a head that is rotatably attached to the body. The end of the body to which the head is attached is narrowed, to accommodate the rotation of the head without drawing the body from the muntin bar. The body includes projections that extend upwardly and downwardly, and contact the top and bottom walls of the muntin bar. The head includes an L-shaped end, with an upwardly extending wall and a bottom wall. A downwardly extending extension connects to the bottom wall opposite the upwardly extending wall. The extension, which rotatably connects to the body, is separated from the upwardly extending wall by the width of the bottom wall, which is approximately one-half the width of a spacer. The upwardly extending wall is held between the spacer and a sheet of glass.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable protection system, and in particular to a cable protection system used to channel and protect cables or flexible pipes such as computer network cables, power cables, fiber optic cables, and hydraulic or pneumatic control lines laid within a cavity.The cable protection system comprises a sheet (10) of non-metallic material which may be shaped to form a channel. The cable protection system is adapted to fit between spacing bars (18) in a false floor, wall or ceiling.

Abstract: An integrated prefabricated furniture system is provided for fitting-out a building space of the type having a generally open plan interior defined by fixed walls. The furniture system includes a wall-covering frame, freestanding partition frames, and floor-to-ceiling frames that can be interconnected to subdivide the building space. The wall-covering frame is constructed to be positioned against and selectively cover portions of the fixed walls, and the portable partition system and the floor-to-ceiling frames are constructed to spatially divide the building space into a plurality of work areas, with at least one of the freestanding partition frames having an end abutted against the wall-covering frame. A plurality of cover panels are removably attached to the wall-covering frame and to the freestanding partition frames for covering the wall-covering frame, the freestanding partition frames, and the floor-to-ceiling frames.