A fingernail wrapper and wrapping technique utilizing a thin flexible sheet, of tissue paper, for example, which includes a rear tab portion, a forwardly divergent intermediate portion forming a forward extension of the rear portion and having forwardly divergent edges, and a front portion forming a forward extension of the intermediate portion and including generally transverse rows of perforations along which the sheet may be torn to adjust the length of the front portion thereof. In applying ...

An apparatus for cleaning the grooves in the head of a golf club, the apparatus comprising a plurality of flexible prongs arranged in a row, the prongs having beveled scraping tips, means for mounting said prongs and a cover portion for fitting over the prongs.

An improved deck structure and connector for construction of demountable structures such as a parking building as well as permanent structures such as a high rise office or apartment building, comprising connectors spaced along the edges of a concrete slab for attaching the slab to an underlying beam. Each connector includes an upright bushing embedded in the slab for receiving a removable lifting bolt which expands to engage the inside walls of the bushing to lift the slab into location on the ...

Apparatus for variably positioning and securing car radio units and the like, including a mounting shaft securable on a front chassis plate in a number of different positions spaced horizontally, vertically and diagonally from each other. A bracket member has an opening to receive the shaft and a plurality of legs extend therefrom for insertion into different sets of alignment holes on the front chassis plate.

Disintegrator and separator apparatus and method, having a pulverizing chamber with a rotary impeller therein for imparting acceleration to raw material received through an inlet. The impeller includes a pair of spaced apart discs having a plurality of blades connected between the discs at their outer edge, with a drive shaft connected to only one of the discs, leaving the middle of the pulverizing compartment open. A peripheral impact surface in the pulverizing chamber has a portion of its insi...

A multi-fluid dispensing apparatus having a plurality of conduits which terminate at a flat surface. A reciprocally movable piston valve having a flat surface which is large enough to abut the conduit terminal flat surface for closing all of the conduits and is movable within the housing between open and closed (abutting) positions. The flat surface of the piston valve includes a discharge for directing liquid against an interior wall to slow flow rate. A variation of the piston valve includes a...

A rotary cutting device primarily used for the cutting of vegetation and which includes an outer housing having a motor mounted within the housing. A bobbin assembly which stores a selected amount of a filament permits dispensing of the filament through a hollow drive shaft which is rotated by the motor. The lower end of the filament serves as a rotating cutting element. The bobbin assembly is capable of being shifted axially with respect to the drive shaft in order to dispense a selected amount...

A demountable modular construction unit forming a walk-through display area. The wall and ceiling portions are connected by a cantilever member to eliminate vertical ceiling supports along the front and end peripheral boundaries. The modular units can be combined together in back-to-back or face-to-face or end-to-end relationships to form different combinations of display areas. The individual units are detachable into their component parts.

Reinforced plastic tapered tubular rod products and the method and apparatus for producing the same. Tapered steel mandrels of desired length and cross-sectional shape are connected in endwise alignment to form a continuously moving mandrel structure. The mandrels each have an enlarged head and a tapered nose at the opposite end thereof so that the nose extends into a recess formed in the enlarged head of the next proceeding mandrel. These mandrels are fed through a multiplicity of winding wheel...

A laminated wooden rack structure forming multiple vertically layered storage bays extending longitudinally along an access aisle. The floor of each storage bay is supported by a pair of upright columns having beams sandwiched therebetween and stabilized at their junction by upper and lower blocks. In one embodiment, the lower block has a portion extending beyond the edges of the columns, and a gusset overlies said portion of the lower block and the adjacent portion of the beam.