Disclosed is a slime-removing composition comprising polyhexamethyleneguanidine phosphate and 2-bromo-2-nitro-1, 3-propanediol, represented by the following formulas I and II, respectively. With a synergistic effect, the composition has potent sterilizing activity against a broad spectrum of microorganisms which cause the formation of slime during paper manufacture, including bacteria and fungi. In addition to being excellent in rapid action and persistency of the sterilizing activity, the compo...

A boxing device that fights back is disclosed which comprises a coupling suspendable from rigid upper supporting structure, a resilient boxing bag suspended from the coupling and attachable to rigid lower supporting structure, and a pair of arms with their upper ends attached to the coupling and their lower ends free to swing arcutately forward and upward towards an attacker in response to the attacker's blows upon the resilient boxing bag. A second resilient boxing bag, also attachable to the r...

As an article of manufacture, a football blocking dummy useful in teaching the fundamentals of blocking and tackling is provided which has in the upper portion of the article integrally positioned therein a grasping means which protects the hands, wrists, and fingers of the individual holding the dummy from injury caused by the force of another individual who blocks or tackles the dummy.

An apparatus is provided for positioning and securing at least one target board at a particular height and angle for the practice of martial arts. A frame having at least one rail is utilized to adjustably mount a target support, which is retained in position on the rail by a clamp. The target support preferably has two sides, each extending from a rail. The sides are sized and positioned to receive and restrain at least one target board. The sides have a spring property which allows them to be ...

A punching device for boxers to be used simultaneously by spaced apart facing boxers, the punching device connected to the floor with an extension coil spring attached to an upper post, the upper post then having oppositely situated outwardly extending punching or boxing bags, the punching bags attached to the upright upper post by separate extension coil springs. One boxer will hit one boxing bag causing it to retreat from his blow while simultaneously imparting motion into the opposite boxing ...

A hand type musical timepiece, namely, an analog musical timepiece comprising a hand adapted to be driven by a step motor for the visual indication of tones of a melody, a staff or a pattern of a keyboard formed on a plane extending adjacently to an imaginary plane to be swept by the hand, a melody playing device, and a normal-reverse rotation controller to move the hand in synchronism with the melody so that the hand indicates the position corresponding to the individual tone of the melody on t...

An amusement device is shown which comprises a lightweight bag tethered at its opposite ends to upper and lower, pivotal swivels. The bag is suspended by the upper cord and the lower cord has a length substantially greater than the normal distance of the bag from the lower swivel. The bag is readily deformable and resilient so that it cannot cause injury. The cords are elastic and resilient so that when it is struck by a players hand, or fist, it gyrates and travels in an unpredictable fashion p...

A conditioning hammer of unitary construction, one end of the hammer being formed in a handle and the other end having longitudinal bifurcating slits creating a plurality of rods. The depth of the slits between the rods as well as the widths of the slits are varied in order to obtain different degrees of rigidity for use when impacting ones body to condition and desensitize a predetermined area. The hammer is rectangular and therefore different sides of the rods are of varying widths in order to...

An athletic training device for training football players. The device comprises a pair of spaced opposed upper rails and a pair of spaced opposed lower rails defining a passsageway through which a football player can run. On each rail are mounted a plurality of ring-like resilient, resister members extending laterally inwardly toward each other to provide barriers to resist the movement of the player through the passageway. The arcuate resister members are comprised of automobile tires and are s...

A flight control system to regulate an engine throttle and elevator of a model flight vehicle by an operator positioned external to and remote from the vehicle. A linkage mechanism positioned within the flight vehicle provides independent operation of the vehicles' elevator and throttle through a plurality of relatively rotational and linearly translatable levers. Elevator and throttle control cables connect the linkage mechanism to an outboard controller held by the operator. Independent moveme...