A hand pump includes a head, a cylinder, a piston rod, a first handle, and a second handle. The head includes a valve-engaging portion for engaging with a valve of an article to be inflated. A first end of the cylinder is connected to the head. A piston is securely mounted to a first end of the piston rod for reciprocation in the cylinder. The first handle is securely attached to a second end of the piston rod that extends beyond a second end of the cylinder. The second handle is attached to the...

A vehicle hill hold may be accomplished, for a vehicle having an automated clutch between the engine output and the transmission input, while protecting the clutch from potential excess wear due to overheating. A hill hold may be accomplished by automatically switching the torque holding the vehicle in place from the clutch to the brakes. Alternatively, a hill hold may be accomplished by increasing an accelerator pedal position sensitivity and switching the clutch between fully engaged and fully...

A hold-down system used to secure a building structure to the foundation, thereby enabling the building to better withstand forces like high winds and earthquakes because these forces may then be distributed to the foundation. The hold-down system is characterized as being continuous and having stackable, individual take-up units. A continuous hold-down system allows the system to compensate for shrinkage or crushing of the building's frame throughout each level of the building because the ancho...

A cutting auger has a main auger blade and a front subsidiary coaxial blade each having a drive core and a helical auger flight carried on the drive core for rotation about a longitudinal axis of the drive core with a cutting edge at an axial end face of the auger flight, such that when rotated the cutting edge cuts a hole equal in diameter to the helical flight and the helical flight carries the cut material away from the cutting edge. The second auger blade having a smaller diameter than the f...

A method, system, and program for publishing hold queue characteristics are provided. Characteristics of an on hold system are monitored. Then, responsive to a selection by a caller of a format and interface for publishing the characteristics, the characteristics are transferred to the selected interface in the selected format.

An acquisition and averaging circuit is provided in which, during a sampling phase capacitors in sample blocks 4 and 6 are sequentially connected to the input signal to sample it and are then isolated so as to hold the sample. The capacitors are then connected to a combining/averaging arrangement such that an average of the sample values is formed.

A garter comprising a band comprising an elastic fabric band and a fastener is described. The fabric has a width of from about 0.75 inch to about 1.5 inch. The fastener has a first part coupled to a top surface of a first end the band and a second part coupled to a bottom surface of a second end of the band. The garter may further comprise a sleeve that is slideable along the length of band such that the sleeve covers the portion of the garter where the fastener is coupled when the fastener is f...

A hold down apparatus for clamping a battery within a motorized vehicle for preventing movement thereof particularly during sudden accelerations and decelerations of the vehicle. The hold down apparatus includes a non-metallic tray mounted to the motorized vehicle and a strap having a two-part quick disconnect buckle for anchoring a battery within the tray.

An accessory for and in combination with a small child's or infant's clothing. A hold-down device of elasticized fabric comprises a relatively wide, elongated central section. A pair of straps extend from each end of the central section, each strap being provided with a selectively operable fastener at the end and with individual length adjusting means. The child wears an upper garment, as a shirt, which it is desired to restrain from riding up. The hold-down is passed between the child's legs a...

Hydraulic tongs, used to screw oilfield tubulars together, are equipped with torque control means which enable the tongs to rotate the tubulars and then gradually apply torque until a preselected torque value is reached, hold the torque at this value a desired period of time and then release the torque. In one form of the invention, a tong control restricts the power of the tong motor to enable low torque rotation while limiting the maximum torque which can be produced by the tong motor. A hydra...