Abstract: An instrument and method for comparing numeric indicia. The instrument is configured for receiving at least two moveable members and has first numeric indicia positioned for cooperation with corresponding second numeric indicia on each member. Upon selective manipulation of each member, the first and second indicia are aligned such that the indicia may be compared by a user.

Abstract: A page number indicating bookmarker capable of being selectively attached to a planar surface in a book which enables a reader to record a desired page number. The page number indicating bookmarker includes plurality of digit indicators which may be selectively attached in a side-by-side manner to any planar surface in the book. Each digit indicator is manipulated to record one digit of the desired page number. Each digit indicator includes an elongated body with a set of digits 0 to 9 aligned longitudinally on the top surface thereof. A collar with a central cutout is attached to the elongated body which slides over the elongated body. The central cutout enables the user to view a digit printed on the top surfaced of the elongated body disposed directly below the collar. In another embodiment of the invention, a plurality of digit indicators are used in combination with one topic indicator which enables a user to record the page number of important topics or subjects found in the book.

Abstract: A flag signaling system for conveying information. Colored flags are slidably attached to a cassette. The flags can be extended to positions away from the cassette as a means of communicating information. Symbols can also be printed on the flags, thereby expanding the information carried by the flags. The flags can be produced in a variety of colors and are easily replaceable if the user so desires. Although there are standard primary and designer colors for the slides, there are over 400 designer colors to select on a custom basis. Different flag units will be manufactured by a variety of conventional and modern techniques, such as laser cutting and injection molding.

Abstract: A combination pill bottle cap and indicator device adapted to function as the closure or cover for a pill bottle or container. The device includes an indicator providing a visual indication for the user that a pill has been or should be removed from the bottle for consumption.

Abstract: A part number slide rule apparatus for displaying a company part number by the position of a plurality of slide members relative to a body member has a body member supporting a plurality of sliding slide members therein. The body member has a plurality of elongated openings therein each having indicia thereon indicative of a gauge feature and also having a plurality of part number openings. A plurality of slide members are slidably mounted in the body member and each slide member has a pointer thereon in a predetermined position and a plurality of part number indicia portions positioned thereon, each part number indicia portion being alignable with one of the body member part number openings in the body member when the slide member pointer is positioned to point at selected indicia on the body member indicative of a feature of a gauge.

Abstract: A lottery ticket holder having a pair of planar members interconnected by and through a pair of partition (or side) members to form a hollow body wherethrough a lottery ticket slidably passes.

Abstract: A game data board formed as a planar subsrate having an upper surface and lower surface; a first marking slide; first passage means in the upper surface of the planar substrate for receiving the first marking slide and for permitting movement of the first marking slide therein; first indicia on the upper surface of the planar substrate adjacent the first passage means and arranged relative to the first marking slide so as to permit the first marking slide to be moved in the first passage means to various positions adjacent the first indicia for indicating particular scoring for at least one sport; a second marking slide; second passage means in the upper portion of the planar substrate for receiving the second marking slide and for permitting movement of the second marking slide therein; second indicia on the upper surface of the planar substrate adjacent the second passage means and arranged relative to the second marking slide so as to permit the second marking slide to be moved in the second passage means

Abstract: A support beam for elevator sheaves is disclosed. The support beam includes telescopic arms which are retracted for positioning the beam in the elevator shaft and, when positioned, are extended into recesses defined by the shaft walls to mount the beam in the desired position.

Abstract: A solid dosage unit dispenser closure cap suitable for use by sight-impaired persons and/or persons with physical incapability to unscrew caps of prescription bottles or containers having a lid integrally attached an annular skirt by a living hinge, wherein the lid has a tab to enable the patient to open the cap easily without twisting. In addition the container for the medicine has a ring attached thereto and to the inner surface of the skirt at the inside near the opening thereof. The ring has an opening sufficiently large to allow only one or perhaps two dosage units to be spilled out by the patient at one time, in addition the ring has a slide attached thereto which can be moved by the patient circumferentially on the ring to stop at indicia on the top of the ring which reminds the patient which dose was last taken or which dose is yet to be taken. A window on the top leg of the slide permits viewing or feeling the indicia.

Abstract: The invention provides an indicating device in the form of a holder for symbol elements. The device has a body portion that is attached to a c-section clamp. The c-section clamp is adapted to be springly engaged with the object to which the device is to be connected. Symbol elements are positioned along the body portion's guide track for selective alignment with a viewing aperture. This viewing aperture slides parallel to the face of the body portion so that each symbol element can be viewed individually, if so desired.

Abstract: The device includes two separately movable indicators for conveying different messages, such as "service needed" or "check please." The device includes first and second actuator pins for moving the first and second indicators relative to a vertical housing, which is mounted on a tray support placed on a table.

Abstract: A golf glove having a golf stroke counter mounted on the back thereof which includes a cursor, which is either a straight member or a dial which is retained within layers of material on the back of a golf glove and which can be moved to positions designating the specific number of strokes taken and which is frictionally engaged in such positions.

Abstract: A container for viscous materials having volatile components is constructed to have a substantial transparency. The container includes a tubular housing having first and second closing structures at opposite ends. The housing may be entirely constructed of amorphous nylon, but preferably is formed as a laminate having a relatively thin inner lining of high barrier amorphous nylon and an outer sleeve of low barrier plastic, such as polyethylene teraphthalate. The container is adapted for caulking compounds wherein the first closing structure is an end wall, nozzle and snout assembly and wherein the second closing structure is defined by a movable piston slideably received in the housing interior.

Abstract: An indicator device for use for example by a waitress which indicates by the position of a movable member, the type of coffee used by customers at a table. In one position, the indicator indicates that two or more customers are using regular coffee. In another position, the indicator indicates that two or more customers are using decaffinated coffee and in a third position, the indicator indicates that at least one customer is using regular coffee and the other customer is using decaf coffee. This indicator provides a convenient way to indicate at all times what kind of coffee is being utilized at a particular table.

Abstract: A travel distance indicator having an elongated distance scale and a slidable marker member straddling the distance scale. A front leg of the marker member has a front projection which slidably fits within a channel extending lengthwise across a front surface of the distance scale. The channel stops short of each end of the distance scale to prevent the marker member from being inadvertently slid off an end of the distance scale. Pictorial symbols are removably attached to the front surface of the distance scale in the order in which various stops and observations are represented by the symbols are to occur. A marker in the shape of a motor vehicle is fixed to the marker member to give an appearance of a vehicle traveling along a road strip that is part of the distance scale. The road strip includes graduations which divide the distance bar into equal portions to represent equal portions of miles of travel.

Abstract: A dual chamber Brix measuring cup which can be used to determine whether a fountain syrup dispenser is dispensing the proper ratio of water to syrup, referred to a a Brix measurement. The cup is basically two abutting cylindrical chambers, one to receive water dispensed from the nozzle and the other adapted to receive the syrup by means of a diverter tube. The cross sectional areas of the water and syrup chambers are in the ratio of the ideal water to syrup ratio in the dispensed product. In a first embodiment, a series of calibrated marks are provided on each of the two chambers, such that the mismatch of column heights can be translated into a reading of acceptability, for example if the syrup and water heights are within two lines of each other, that enable a tolerance band of acceptable mismatches to be easily seen visually. In a second embodiment, a slider element is provided which is vertically slideable on the syrup chamber.

Abstract: A behavior monitoring and status reporting ("feedback") device, and the method of its use, are disclosed. The device gives visual feedback to a person concerning his or her behavior, along a continuous or discrete interval scale. The user moves an indicator to show the current status of the monitored person's behavior as the person completes each of a series of objectives or satisfies other criteria to justify the receipt of rewards or penalties. The apparatus is intended for use in two primary applications, among others. In the first application, a series of objectives to be achieved by the person being monitored is defined by the user of the device, and posted on a removable panel. The indicator is then moved to the position opposite each objective as the objective is achieved. After the last objective is achieved, a reward is given.

Abstract: An atmometer for estimating a crop consumptive water evapotranspiration employs a green canvas colored material which is wrapped around a porcelain evaporating surface. The material simulates the albedo and diffusion resistance properties of the crop in order to provide an accurate estimation of evapotranspiration. A check valve at the bottom of the reservoir bottle helps prevent precipitation from adversely affecting the evapotranspiration estimate. Additionally, a sight glass is provided for indicating an amount of evaporated water.

Abstract: A manual selector includes a frame fixedly seated on a base forming oppositely opening internal grooves. A slide is slideable lengthwise in the grooves between discrete selective positions. A position identifying colored surface of the base is visible through a slot in the top of the frame for distinguishing between the selector positions. The slide includes a plurality of feet at opposite sides of the slide. The feet contact the colored base surface only at the opposite margins of the surface. A slide-locating assembly includes an interengageable member carried by the slide and a plurality of cooperating interengageable members carried by the frame. The engagement of the slide interengageable member with one of the frame interengageable members defines one of plurality of selective positions.

Abstract: According to the invention, an inventory indicating device is provided having a slidable food type indicating member and associated date setting mechanism carried thereon. Indicia are provided along a guide track for selective alignment with a viewing aperture in the indicating member. With the indicia chosen according to a food type being stored, the date setting mechanism can be adjusted to reflect a storage date.

Abstract: A selectable medical indicator is adapted for removable attachment to the outside cover of a medical record binder or a medical chart holder, so medical personnel may preset color indicia at a viewing slot, to thereafter signal other medical personnel as to the treatment to be rendered to a patient. A preferred embodiment comprises the assembly of three injection molded parts. The first part is a rectangular indicator having multiple transverse color stripes and an integral resilient side finger manipulator actuator. The second part is a back body having integral resilient depending prongs serving a clipping function, with the outside of the back body cooperatively serving this clipping function, and with the inside of the back body serving a guiding function for the rectangular indicator.

Abstract: An inverted tube closely fits a supporting cup and contains a column of water. A substantially annular or ring-like space is formed between the cup and the tube. Water is fed to the annular space through a lateral opening in the tube, the upper edge of the opening being located just below the level of the cup rim. As water evaporates from the exposed ring of water, it is replaced by the inverted column, air being admitted through the tube opening. Evaporation and transpiration causes reduction of the water level thus to indicate the amount of moisture loss from the surrounding soil.

Abstract: An improved indicia display apparatus particularly useful for displaying indicia indicating the number of down to be played in football competition and locating the position of the ball along the sideline, for example, the apparatus comprising an opaque outer cylinder with a domed top and bottom, with three evenly spaced openings, said outer cylinder fitting over a translucent inner cylinder with two rows of printed indicia. Illumination within the inner cylinder is attached to a center pole that attaches to the domed top of the outer cylinder by a male and female plastic threaded screw fittings. The inner cylinder having a sleeve that slides up and down and rotates on the center pole for selecting desired indicia representing chosen down. Top dome and bottom dome of the outer cylinder are attached to outer cylinder body with metal screws for securing assembly together and removing to replace illuminating device.

Abstract: An exhaustion degree measuring board for measuring the fatigue of photographic processing solutions including a base member having at least one reference density window formed therein along with graduated scales corresponding to a control strip. The reference density windows have upper and lower portions with the upper portion being transparent for viewing the relevant part of the control strip and the lower part of at least one of the windows having a varying dot density. A center line with a reference mark is formed on the base for alignment with the control strip.

Abstract: A table signal device for signalling for service in a restaurant, lounge and the like includes a signal mechanism which may be raised by the patron to signal for service and lowered by the waiter or waitress upon rendering service to the patron wherein the signal mechanism is illuminated and is highly visible both in lighted and dark rooms.

Abstract: A goods dispatch container having a superimposed lid for the dispatch of goods from the wholesale warehouse to the customer having two rows of ten marking points on the upper side of the lid which are provided with symbols and two are identified with additional marking pieces.

Abstract: A device incorporated in a push button switch for representing the status of the switch has a representing plate member having an arm which is rotatably held at its mid portion by a supporting member. The arrangement is such that the sum of the stroke of an operation rod and a rotation of the arm is transmitted to the representing plate member to provide a larger stroke of the later, so as to ensure a distinctive representation for a given stroke of the push button.

Abstract: An electronic amusement game incorporating manually operated control circuit devices. A control panel in the game housing is formed with slots through which operating handles of the devices project. A circular protective cover is rotatably mounted between the device and inside surface of the panel. The operating handle projects through a radial slot formed in the cover so that linear movement of the handle rotates the cover. In all positions of the handle the cover provides a shield beneath the panel slot.

Abstract: A mine safety inspection indicator including a plurality of rotatable wheels having indicia printed on one side thereof and attached to a panel having windows therein so that the indicia is selectively visible through the windows, and further including slideable indicators whose position is correlated with indicia for giving further information, the wheels and slideable indicators including printing members cooperable with recording paper and a pressure member so as to provide a permanent record of a mine safety inspection; the device also includes a slideable warning panel which may be moved to a position out of view or moved to a visible position for giving a warning of a dangerous condition in a mine.

Abstract: The present invention, a digital instant schedule computer or DISC, computes and displays symmetric schedules for assigning to stations the participants in an experiment or tournament. There is a master board and a plurality of slides, each of which can be inserted in said master board in several ways. Each insertion of a slide gives a juxtaposition of two scales: a scale on the slide which gives the indicia of the participants to be scheduled and a scale on the master board which gives indicia referring to the stations. Each admissible setting of a slide in the master board gives a subschedule which assigns each participant to the station opposite his indicium. The participant indicia and station indicia are displayed so that each participant can read off his station assignment.