An encirclement to stabilize, and if desired also to anchor bundles of wires. It includes a base segment and a pair of integral arm segments having interior arcuate surfaces to encircle the bundle when the stiffly flexible arms are brought together. A latch tooth extends from each arm segment. The latch teeth extend across a central plane which all of the segments confront, to engage and latch the arm segments to one another and thereby encircle the bundle to hold it together.

A method to make an in-situ piling in which a dry binder and water are injected into the situs of an intended piling. A rotary tool is inserted into the soil which as it descends into the situs and exits it, mixes the soil, binder and soil along with the air used to inject the binder, reducing the size of binder particles and rendering the resulting mixture sufficiently fluid that much of the air can percolate from it. The water is supplied in such amount as to reduce the unit strength of the ul...

An instant water heater utilizing positive temperature coefficient plastic electrically conductive material structures for electrodes. The heating of the water is not generated by the electrodes, but instead by the resistance of the water to the electrical current flowing between them. The material of the electrodes undergoes a phase change at certain temperatures when whereby it converts from electrically conductive to electrically non-conductive at a predetermined temperature. The output tempe...

An attachment for a fishing rod to respond to tension on the fishing line. In one mode it responds to a lateral pull on the rod tip. In another mode it responds to an axial pull on the line. It enables accurate adjustment of the drag, and can indicate when the tension on the line is in a safe or risky range relative to the rated stress of the line.

An umbrella assembly providing a dihedral shelter atop a pole which can be deployed to different dihedral angles and retracted to a compact configuration. It further includes a vent port in a cavity which is overhung by a positively positioned vent port cover.

A single degree of freedom positioner resistant to axial and rotational motion on two axes, and to rotation around a third axis, but permitting axial movement along the third axis. The axes are orthogonally related. The positioner is characterized by support of a stage by a plurality of stiffly flexible end supported shear webs that bend in a rolling motion to enable the said axial motion.

A rockable and stackable chaise lounge. It includes a pair of frame members each formed by a downwardly convex rocker and an upwardly convex rail joined at front and rear ends. The frames are joined at their front and rear ends by spreaders. Adjustable stops are provided to limit the extent of rocking. A seat with a reclining back is supported between the frame by the rails.

A pivoted gate across an opening from a gutter into a collector basin. An actuator inside the basin is insensitive to slow flow rates, but includes a rotor with vanes that actuate an opening linkage at sufficiently high rates of flow. A float is included in the actuator to exert a gate-opening torque when the rotor is flooded.

An elixir combining synergistic components, all of which are derived from the same source, namely almond hulls.

A raw stream of freshly harvested processor tomatoes which includes desired crop, substandard crop and detritus is subjected to successive scannings and separations to produce an improved collection of tomatoes of increased value to the processor.