Abstract: An interbar assembly (34) for reversibly attaching a supplemental device, e.g., grenade launcher (32), to a host weapon, e.g., rifle (10). A preferred interbar assembly (34) attaches at its forward end to the rifle barrel (16), and at its rearward end to a "brace" (37) located in the breech area of the rifle (10). In a preferred embodiment, such connection can be made without the need for special tools after simply removing the host weapon lower hand guard (26b), which is readily removable, but without any other alterations.

Abstract: Low level electric fields are employed to direct fish movements without stunning or injuring the fish. The fields are generated by applying an electrical potential of no more than 25 volts to a wire submerged in a body of water containing the fish to be directed. In a first embodiment, the wire is disposed along the spillway of a dam, and directs fish, such as eels, away from the spillway, and toward an area of desired egress. A second embodiment is employed to contain fish or eels within a protective body of water, such as an open containment vessel, and utilizes a field generating wire positioned along the upper inner wall of the vessel.

Abstract: A container for fishing lures, the fishing lures having pointed fishhooks, the container consisting of a styrofoam fishhook point receiving block having an axis of rotation; a cylinder having an outer surface, an interior space, a wall, the wall having a fishing lure insertion and retrieval aperture therethrough, and a pair of ends; a pair of end covering plates fixedly attached to the cylinder, the end covering plates covering the ends of the cylinder; a drive axle rotatably mounting the styrofoam fishhook point receiving block within the interior space of the cylinder, the drive axle positioning such block therein so that its axis of rotation extends through the pair of end covering plates; a slide plate; and a pair of slide channels fixedly attached to the cylinder, the slide channels slidably mounting the slide plate upon the cylinder so that the slide plate may alternately slidably move between a first position wherein the slide plate covers the fishing lure insertion and retrieval aperture, and a second

Abstract: A compact insect trapping appliance uses an efficient ultraviolet light mounted from underneath a protective dome to both attract insects and to enable the user to position the appliance to selectively direct the ultraviolet light in a desired direction, away from a line of sight of people near the appliance. The inner walls of the upper, partially open chamber carries a low voltage grid array for deleteriously affecting and disabling insects which alight on the inner walls of the upper chamber. This low voltage grid array produces a low voltage current, and acts fairly slowly and silently to disorient and disable the insect as it makes contact. Once the insect gets becomes sufficiently disabled, it will likely fall directly into, or by its own movements, slide into an entry hole of an conical surface and through a narrow neck of a sound suppression chamber within the appliance.

Abstract: An improved mole chaser includes a rotation block eccentrically mounted on a motor spindle. The rotation block includes a loosely held impact ring which may hit an impact member housed in the battery chamber when motor rotates to generate an audio vibration frequency. The eccentrically rotation of the rotation block will generate another and additional audio vibration frequency to augment the moles and other underground burrowing rodents chasing effect.

Abstract: A headstone planter that has four walls and a concave bottom for securing plants and flowers atop a headstone. The four walls and concave bottom form a notched base that allows the planter to securely rest atop a variety of differently shaped headstones. The notched base accommodates round or flat headstones having either smooth or rough cut surfaces. The planter has drain openings in the bottom and rounded top edges.

Abstract: A method of cultivation of tomatoes resulting in the essentially simultaneous ripening of the entire crop, enabling "one time over" harvesting, saving time and manpower. Sterile tomato plants are cultivated, parthenocarpy is induced by application of a growth regulator. Suitable substances resulting in parthenocarpic fruit set are auxins are auxin transport inhibitors.

Abstract: Germinants of conifer somatic embryos can be held for periods of up to several weeks in water in order to accumulate them for potting. Surprisingly, germinants held at temperatures near freezing showed superior survival after potting and twenty weeks greenhouse growth when compared to those potted immediately after removal from the germination medium. It was also found useful to store the germinants in a high humidity environment or even on the germination medium under cold conditions.

Abstract: A sprout cultivation box with an automatic water regulating and balancing device provides a precise-controlled, automatic, and complete cultivation environment for performing continually the soakage, sprouting, and cultivating processes of beans or seeds within the box, and for saving the water resources as well as the cost at no price of the quality and production. The present invention comprise a reinforce box capable for duplicate stacking, a permeable elastic cover, a carrier plate with a plurality of tiny compartments for anchoring beans, an elastic engaging means for rapidly connecting and disconnecting the permeable elastic cover from the box, and the water-feeding device for precisely and automatically regulating the water circulation inside the sprout cultivation box.

Abstract: A plant pot which not only is capable, when empty, of being conveniently and compactly stored or "nested" in a columnar formation along with other unfilled pots like itself, but also has the ability, after a plant and growing medium have been placed in the pot, to be stacked in any of a number of orderly and stable arrangements among other planted pots, also of the same construction. Stacking of plant-containing pots is made possible by a plurality of interlock stacking grooves provided on the bottom of each pot. Six (6) grooves are provided, and the sides of every other groove define an arced ledge that can be rested upon and abutted against the inner periphery of the rim of another pot so that a number of pots can be arranged to form a securely stacked structure.

Abstract: A self-regulating, automatic watering planter comprised of an inner shell and outer shell with a snap-fit engagement to form a reservoir for water between the walls of the inner and outer shells. The inner shell has small holes in the bottom thereof to allow water to enter soil contained in the inner shell. An airtight seal between the inner and outer shells creates a vacuum at the top of the reservoir as the water seeps through the holes and the water level drops. The water in the walls provides hydrostatic pressure that drives the water through the inlet holes. The water stops when the vacuum reaches a sufficient level to counteract the hydrostatic pressure. An air tube coupled to the air space on top of the reservoir and having a hydrophilic polyethylene sensor blocking one end is buried in the soil.

Abstract: The present invention provides a horticulturally diverse garden for growing botanicals having a plurality of transportable modules, at least two of which provide differing microenvironments. The modules can comprise various soil compositions such that a variety of diverse botanicals can grow and thrive in close proximity. The present invention also provides for a garden which is irrigated from below the modules. The garden can also be heated or cooled underground. The present invention can also comprise a flexible plastic film or other transparent enclosure covering the top of the garden or modules. The modules may also comprise a synthetic surface.

Abstract: A counterbalance system for an upward-acting door includes spaced-apart wall brackets and cable drums supported on the brackets and connected to flexible cables which depend from the drums and connected to the lower side edges of an upward-acting sectional garage door. One or both of the cable drums may be connected to one end of a torsion coil spring and the opposite end of each spring is connected to a hub assembly. Elongated spring winding and protective cover tubes are sleeved over the springs and are connected to the brackets by worm-gear drive winding mechanisms, respectively, for rotating the tubes to effect winding of the torsion coil springs through the hub assemblies but preventing rotation of the tubes during normal operation of the counterbalance system. The cable drums and spring hub assemblies may be supported on an elongated synchronizing shaft or a torque transfer shaft extending between and supported on the wall brackets.

Abstract: A device for automatically controlling the open-close of a vehicular sliding door enabling to smoothly change the slide door open-close control system from a manual to an automatic with decreasing any shock generated in changing the mode. Having a drive source (54), such as motor and the like, a slide door (3) able to open and close by the manual or the slide door open-close mechanism, a clutch (56) for conveying intermittently drive force of the drive source to the slide door open-close mechanism, a door speed detector (78), and a slide door controller (7) for controlling the drive source and the clutch in order to adjust the drive force transferred to the slide door open-close mechanism. When the slide door is detected that it is moving at a speed higher than a manual recognition speed, the drive source and the slide door open-close mechanism are connected at a half-clutched condition and then they are connected at a full-clutched condition.

Abstract: A door-holding control system for a vehicle slide door includes a slide door moved for its opening and closing on and along a guide track of a vehicle body by a slide door Moving mechanism, a clutch mechanism for interruptively transmitting a mechanical power from a drive source to the slide door moving mechanism, movement detecting element for detecting a movement of the slide door, and a clutch control for controlling a power transmission maintenance force of the clutch mechanism.

Abstract: A power door for a transit vehicle includes a door panel, a base and hanger unit, a door support, a drive member and a motor. The door support is attached to the door panel and includes at least one roller which engages a hanger portion of the base and hanger unit for motion along the base and hanger unit. The hanger portion includes a longitudinal cavity and a slot communicating with the cavity. The drive member is disposed within the cavity and a drive member connector passes through the slot to connect the drive member to the door support.

Abstract: A door-mounted injury guard for prevention of clamping injuries from closing doors. The injury guard includes guard rods which are positioned in such a manner that as calculated from below they cover at least a major part of the gap that forms between the door leaf and the door frame side, towards which the door leaf pivots. In addition, the guard has a plate which is pivotally mounted on the same door frame side adjacent a gap that widens as the door opens. The plate resiliently abuts against the door leaf and bridges the entire gap in each and every open position of the door.

Abstract: A motor vehicle door with an outside door panel, an inside door panel provided with a large cutout, which can be partially covered by a supporting plate, where the supporting plate bears a Bowden cable tube window lifter and possibly additional functional units, such as a lock, side air bag, electric cables, and an inside door trim panel which completes the door on the side toward the motor vehicle interior. The supporting plate is connected on the side facing the outside door panel to a mountinq rail, which partially surrounds the window pane and on which at least one guide rail of the Bowden cable window lifter rests displaceably.

Abstract: A door system for utility vehicles having a frame forming the cab or canopy protecting the driver. The door system comprises a door pivotally mounted on hinges to the frame forming the cap or canopy. The door has a door frame having a T-shaped cross section. A receiving section is mounted on the transverse leg of the T-shaped cross-section. A door lining with windowpanes and/or cover plates is inserted on the other side of the receiving section.

Abstract: A window/light shelf system enhances the daylight illumination with no glare. The air space between the double panes of the window is enlarged, and a mini blind-like, light reflective or absorbing, low transparent glass plates unit is integrated in the middle to control the daylighting and to eliminate the glare. With the light reflective unit open and closed per solar/climate conditions, the system serves as a window, a light shelf with no glare, a solar heating source in the winter, and a solar heat reflector in the summer.

Abstract: A gutter shield device used with gutters having inboard and outboard edges. The device includes an elongated matting having a plurality of open cones arranged in transverse and longitudinal rows, the bases of the cones defining a lower first plane and the apexes of the cones defining an upper second plane. The matting further including a pair of lateral lips extending outwardly from the bases of the cones. Also included is an elongated strip of porous fabric sufficiently smooth to prevent debris from being retained thereon. The being fabric is bonded to the cone apexes. In one embodiment, the device includes a reinforcing strip proximate its outer edge. A preferred matting is nylon embedded with carbon black and the preferred water porous fabric is a non-woven nylon-polyester.

Abstract: A furniture system is particularly adapted to support group activities in open plans, and the like. A plurality of columns support an overhead framework on the floor of a building in a freestanding fashion at a predetermined elevation, generally above average user height. A plurality of individual panels are provided, wherein each panel is constructed to permit easy, manual, bodily translation of the same by an adult user. A hanger arrangement is associated with the overhead framework, and cooperates with connectors on the panels to detachably suspend the panels at various locations along the overhead framework. The panels are manually reconfigurable between many different arrangements to efficiently and effectively support different group activities. Preferably, the panels are capable of providing a partitioning function to visually divide at least a portion of the workspace, and/or a display function to facilitate group communications.

Abstract: A freestanding portable partition panel system is provided for open office spaces and the like. Each panel includes a skeleton-like frame having two vertical uprights positioned adjacent opposite side edges thereof, and at least two pairs of horizontal stringers attached to the outer faces of the uprights in a vertically spaced-apart relationship to rigidly interconnect the same. One or more horizontal rows of slots are defined in each of the stringers. Cover panels are detachably mounted thereon to provide ready access to the frame. The cover panels permit access to the slots, and special off-module connectors with hooks for engaging the slots are provided for interconnecting adjacent panels in off-module positions. The hooks of the connectors are engaged with selected slots to hold a first partition panel perpendicular to a second partition panel in an off-module position on its face.

Abstract: A slatwall system having a central, female, and male channels. The central channel includes top and bottom slots, as does the female channel, whereas the male channel includes a top slot and a bottom tongue. The channels may be arrayed on a wall such that the female channel bottom slot and the central channel top slot face each other, and so that the central channel bottom slot and the male channel top slot face each other. The facing slots of these channels thereby define grooves where hanging implements may be inserted. Further, the female and male channels are sized and configured such that when a male channel bottom tongue is inserted within a female channel top slot, the combined female and male channels have substantially the same size and configuration as the central channel; in other words, the male channel top slot resembles the central channel top slot and the female channel bottom slot resembles the central channel bottom slot.

Abstract: A construction accessory for use with a construction panel includes a flange having an inner surface adapted to face the construction panel and an outer surface opposite the inner surface. The flange further includes at least one perforation extending through the flange between the inner surface and the outer surface and a depression in the inner surface. The depression is in communication with said at least one perforation.

Abstract: A tent roof construction with a flexible cover at least the portion of which forming the roof is defined by a three-dimensional metal or composite framework has one or several frame modules (4) including at least two parallel longitudinal beams (5, 6) from which extend diagonal beams (9, 9A, 9B, 9C), both parallel longitudinal beams (5, 6) being defined by a profile bar (10) with grooves for receiving a retaining strip provided for at two longitudinal edges (13, 14) of one or several flexible covers with a double curvature (7), such a profile bar (10) being in addition provided with a mechanism for receiving the ends (16, 16A) of the diagonal beams (9, 9A, 9B, 9C) or also the cross-beams (8), with a view to their fixing.

Abstract: A number of triangular or rectilinear flat panels are bent along their edges forming flanges. The so-formed panels are fastened together at the flanges, reinforced at the junctures of the flanges, producing a dome-like structure. This differs from other structures that are usually composed of a skeleton of ribs, covered separately by flat or curved panels or fabric sheets.

Abstract: A method for earthquake-proof mounting a semiconductor process machine on a removable floor (or a raised floor) in a semiconductor fabrication plant. In the method, a modified I-beam which has a horizontally extending upper flange is provided for mounting under a removable floor and attaching through the floor directly to a process machine situated on top of the floor. The process machine may be attached to the modified I-beam through an L-shaped bracket that is attached to the support frame of the process machine with the horizontal flange of the bracket attached to the modified I-beam through apertures in the removable floor. The present invention further comprises an earthquake-proof mounting fixture for mounting a process machine on a removable floor in a semiconductor fabrication plant.

Abstract: The invention relates to an encapsulated window comprising a monolithic or laminated glass and/or plastic substrate (4; 14) provided with a frame (5; 16) made of a plastic material which is overmoulded around the periphery of the substrate. The frame includes, along at least part of its periphery, an essentially U-shaped groove which grips the border (6) of the substrate. The plastic material consists of a thermoplastic polymer or a blend of thermoplastic polymers having a flexural modulus of at least 1200 MPa. The frame grips the edge of the substrate with sufficient rigidity so that the edge of the substrate need not be coated with an adhesive primer.

Abstract: A freestanding portable partition panel system is provided for open office spaces and the like. Each panel includes a skeleton-like frame having two vertical uprights positioned adjacent opposite side edges thereof, and at least two pairs of horizontal stringers attached to the outer faces of the uprights in a vertically spaced-apart relationship to rigidly interconnect the same. One or more horizontal rows of slots are defined in each of the stringers. Cover panels are detachably mounted thereon to provide ready access to the frame. The cover panels permit access to the slots, and special off-module connectors with hooks for engaging the slots are provided for interconnecting adjacent panels in off-module positions. The hooks of the connectors are engaged with selected slots to hold a first partition panel perpendicular to a second partition panel in an off-module position on its face.

Abstract: An insulated building block system for use in building walls and other structures. Each full block has sidewalls and endwalls with a generally open interior and flat upper and lower surfaces. Two vertical ridges are provided along the interior of one sidewall, with a protrusion extending above the upper surface. The ridges are located such that an upper block arranged in staggered relationship to a block in a lower course will interlock with the lower block. Recesses are provided in the interior endwall surfaces to retain a thermal insulation panel against the interior sidewall surface opposite the ridges. Half blocks are also provided to fill spaces in wall end surfaces between staggered full blocks. The half blocks have open interiors for placement of insulation panels and include ridges for interlocking with protrusions on adjacent full blocks.

Abstract: A flooring system for use with floating floors is described which includes a glider bar having base portions including extending rails in the form of dovetail protrusions. The bases and rails are longitudinally moveable relative to anchoring plates, which anchoring plates are affixed to a subflooring. Flush finished floor moldings are slid longitudinally along the rails and are glued or mechanically fixed, at one side only, to the adjacent floating laminate flooring. By this assembly, smooth transitions between adjacent floating floors, or where floating floors meet another hard floor covering, or carpet, can be achieved. The system can also be used with flush stair nosing elements.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for applying building panels, such as siding panels, to building surfaces, such as walls. The panels are of a type which undergo expansion and contraction due to changes in temperature, and they are applied to a building surface, such as a wall, by means of nails, screws, staples or the like. In order to accommodate the expansion and contraction of the panels, the panels are provided with an attachment hem, such as a strip of relatively flexible material, generally rubber-like or fabric-like in nature. A strip of relatively flexible material may be secured to the relatively rigid building panel by any suitable means, such as adhesive securement, welding, heat fusing, etc., such that it becomes an integral part of the building panel, or the relatively flexible attachment hem may comprise a separate component which, when applied to a building surface, such as a wall or the like, by a suitable nailing, stapling, etc.

Abstract: An improved roll roof membrane for use in commercial applications, i.e., flat and low pitch roof structures, and a method for the preparation thereof. The roof membrane comprises a support sheet, and top and bottom layers comprising APP modified bitumen, the top APP modified bitumen layer having a selvage edge disposed along one side of the membrane and the bottom APP modified bitumen layer having a second selvage edge disposed along the opposite side of the membrane. Each of the selvage edges have a series of embossed ridges and valleys adapted to accept adhesives, the valleys extending substantially through the APP modified bitumen layer to the support sheet. The membrane exhibits excellent peel strength with an adhesive, thereby eliminating the need to use a torch during installation in commercial roofing applications.

Abstract: A structural corner reinforcement for strengthening frames includes at least a first segment and a second segment of frame bar, each formed into a desired profile and each having a hollow interior portion, a reinforcing channel having a first leg and a second leg arranged at an angle to the first leg, with ends of the channel securing first and second extensions to extend the first and second legs, respectively, at least one of (i) a portion of the first extension of the reinforcing channel being inserted through a first end of the first segment of the frame bar into and substantially spaced from surfaces of the hollow interior portion of the first segment and (ii) a portion of the second extension of the reinforcing channel being inserted through a first end of the second segment of the frame bar into and substantially spaced from surfaces of the hollow interior portion of the second segment, and a rigid reinforcing and structural material, formed from a foamed chemical, inside at least one of (i) the hollow

Abstract: Relatively heavy electrical equipment, such as a computer mainframe or server unit, is provided with a mechanism which prevents and/or mitigates damage to the equipment caused by seismological or other activity. In particular, the mechanism comprises a turnbuckle having threaded yokes disposed at opposite ends of the turnbuckle together with eyebolts disposed within the yoke portions of the threaded yokes as a means for providing a retention device for anchoring relatively heavy computer and/or other equipment in position during seismological events. The electrical equipment is disposed within a frame which preferably includes a plurality of metal plates disposed at the bottom thereof. The frame is also provided with casters which permit the equipment to be rolled conveniently into place and then anchored firmly into position using a small number of pins which extend through the threaded yokes and eyebolts.

Abstract: Metal and wood composites are used to create framing members (studs and tracks, joists and bands, rafters, headers and the like.) for lightweight construction. Metal is utilized for its high strength, resistance to rot and insects, cost stability, and potentially lower cost through recycling. Metal that can be used includes roll formed steel approximately 18-22 gauge. Wood is used primarily for its lower thermal conductivity, and availability. The metal components form the primary structure while wood, either solid or other engineered wood, provides some structure and a thermal break The invention connects J-shaped or triangular shaped metal forms to wood sections. The metal flange ends can have various J, C, L, right triangular, triangular, T and straight line cross-sectional shapes. The wood is fastened to the metal by machine pressing of the metal to wood. Alternatively the fastening includes nails, staples, screws, and the like, and also by adhesive glue.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bidimensional prefabrication system for civil and industrial buildings made up of modular equippable walls having a wood load bearing structure. The invention also relates to fixtures for the realization of the prefabricated components, and particularly to a multi-equipped bed frame, and to a joint element. Moreover, the invention concerns prefabrication components.

Abstract: A building system and apparatus for forming a wall. U-shaped channels and H-shaped or T-shaped members coupled at their sides by rigid links hold foam panels in a desired spaced relationship. Vertically oriented panels aligned and connected by T-shaped members or horizontally oriented panels stacked with and connected by H-shaped members are inserted into the U-shaped channels to form a structure of the desired length. Concrete is poured between the panels and members where it hardens to form a structural wall. The planar surfaces of the U-shaped, H-shaped and T-shaped members enable the members to be extruded, or roll formed, thereby substantially reducing member production costs. Furthermore, widely available conventional foam panels can be used, reducing panel production costs.

Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus for presenting and orienting a box (B) in order to enable articles to be removed or stored. The apparatus is characterized by the fact that it comprises a pair of parallel hinged arms (4) which are extended by a pivoting box support (5), the hinged arms (4) being movable both ways between a low position and a high position, in both of which positions the support (5) is substantially horizontal, thereby enabling the box (B) to be placed on the support (5) or to be removed therefrom, the arms moving via an intermediate position in which the support (5) is inclined relative to the horizontal and facilitates access to the inside of the box (B) to remove said articles or to put them into place.

Abstract: There is provided a process of packaging metal pigment in a substantially non-dusting manner. The process includes the step of dampening the metal pigment with a liquid which may be water or an organic solvent compatible with that pigment type. The dampened pigment is then placed into a porous container which is sealed prior to removal of the liquid. The porosity of the container is chosen to permit removal of the liquid (for example by evaporation and/or centrifugation) whilst retaining substantially all of the pigment. Suitable containers include paper bags (such as autoclave bags), woven fiber materials (optionally calendered or coated) and polymer materials. The substantially dry metal pigment can be conveniently stored or transported within the container and is in a convenient form to use in a powder coating process.

Abstract: A bag filling machine of the type having a discharge spout with clamps to hold a bag mouth on the spout is disclosed as incorporating gusset pleat gripping assemblies on opposite sides of the spout. Each of those assemblies has a pair of cooperatively actuable gusset gripping members operable between open and closed positions to selectively and independently grip each of the two gusset pleats on opposite sides of a gusseted bag and to pull those pleats apart to fully open positions. This increases the effective, material-receiving area of the bag mouth as it is opened with the opening of the spout to dispense granular material into the bag. A gusset tucker is also utilized on each side of the discharge spout in cooperative juxtaposition to the gusset pleat gripping assemblies. The gusset tuckers are moved inwardly towards each other and towards the bag to engage in the fold between the two gusset pleats on each side of the bag as the bag top is flattened to a closed position after being filled on a spout.

Abstract: An on-the-fly paper stack handler has a paper stack conveyor for continuously serially conveying stacks of paper, a tray conveyor disposed below and downstream of the paper stack conveyor for continuously serially conveying trays, and a transfer conveyor extending between the paper stack conveyor and the tray conveyor for conveying stacks of paper along a path from the paper stack conveyor into the trays. The transfer conveyor has a platform for supporting paper stacks and has pushers extending downwardly into the path of the paper stacks so that these pushers may push the stacks into the trays and operate in close proximity to the trays. A rest arm extending downstream from the transfer conveyor rests on the stacks in the trays to maintain control of same.

Abstract: Apparatus for manufacturing articles including isolation structure isolating the first end of an article producing machine from the second end of the machine to permit a higher level of cleanliness to be established at the first machine end where the articles are actually manufactured than at the second machine end.

Abstract: A vine shield for a finger-type header with feeder shafts includes a plurality of curved channel-shaped bars having upper ends releasably secured to supports extending transversely over the stripping fingers. A shaft support structure mounts two timed feeder shafts of large radius with feeder fingers projecting between the bars to define overlapping paths which eliminate most of the dead space between the shafts for improved cotton flow rearwardly over the stripping fingers. The channel-shaped bars prevent vine wrapping and open away from the axes of the shafts for improved trash shedding capabilities. The shaft support structure pivots about the rear feeder shaft axis for on-the-go vertical adjustment of the forward feeder shaft to accommodate substantial plant height variations. The feeder fingers are designed for easy attachment and removal and have a symmetrical design so they can be reversed.

Abstract: A baler plug removing system for unplugging a conventional hay baler without the user having to risk bodily injury or leave the comfort of the tractor cab. The system includes a bar member having an engaging face that is extendable between a pair of feed rollers, a plurality of wheels rotatably attached to the bar, a pair of opposing tracks that are secured to the conventional baler that receive the plurality of wheels, a pair of front bearing for guiding the front of the bar, a pair of rear bearings for guiding the rear of the bar, and a pair of hydraulic cylinders connected to the bar for extending/retracting the bar along the tracks. A plurality of push hooks are preferably connected to a rear portion of the bottom surface of the bar for pulling in hay from the pickup into the feed rollers. A plurality of pull hooks are preferably attached to the bottom surface of the bar adjacent the engaging face for pulling tightly compacted hay from between the feed rollers.

Abstract: A rake with grasping heads for facilitating the collection of lawn debris. The rake with grasping heads includes an elongate inner rod being disposed in the interior of an outer housing. A first rake head extends from the bottom end of the outer housing and has a plurality of tines. A second rake head is pivotally coupled to a lower portion of the outer housing and has a plurality of uniformly spaced tines. The lower portion of the outer housing is rotatably coupled to the upper portion of the outer housing. The lower portion is rotatable between a first and a second position. The second rake head rotates with the lower portion of the outer housing. The second rake head is positioned behind the first rake head when the lower portion of the outer housing is in the first position. The second rake head faces the first rake head when the lower portion of the outer housing is in the second position. The second rake head is pivotable between an open position and a closed position.

Abstract: An agricultural baler comprises a baling chamber and pick-up device for collecting crop material from a field and feeding it to conveyor mechanism which transports it into the baling chamber. A plunger reciprocates therein for compressing the crop material to a package and a tying mechanism encircles the package with one or more strands of tying material, thereby forming a completed bale. The baler comprises bale discharge device disposed at the outlet of the baling chamber, the bale discharge device being movable between an extended position for receiving the completed bale and depositing it onto the field and a retracted position for reducing the overall length of the baler. In the retracted position, a rear portion of the bale discharge device is rested on a support on top of the baling chamber. The discharge device are held in their retracted position by the rear portion itself.

Abstract: To enable malfunctions in the spindle drive motors of an individual-spindle-drive type textile machine in which each spindle has a rotating member (a false twisting member 5) for twisting yarn and a motor 15 for rotating the rotating member to be easily determined, a driver 30 for controlling the rotational speed of the motor 15 for each spindle and an alarm means 44 for notifying operators of a malfunction in the driver 30 are provided for each spindle.

Abstract: A compacted yarn is produced by providing a row of orifices subsequent to drafting along which the fiber strand is guided and after which the fiber strand is subjected to a twist according to the invention the suction air flow is monitored at least at one suction location and upon falling below a threshold, a signal is generated which can be used for shutdown or to alert personnel. The result is elimination of the reduction in yarn quality which can occur when the compaction system becomes blocked by lint, fiber accumulation or the like.