An upstanding panel member and plate are provided and include upstanding opposite side edges. One side edge of the panel member extends upwardly along and is secured to one side of the plate intermediate its upstanding side edges and the lower end of the panel member and plate rest upon and are anchored to a horizontal base plate. The edge of the panel member remote from the plate includes an upper end portion which is inclined upwardly and inwardly toward the plate, the upper marginal edge of t...

A multi-purpose hand tool for use with fine gauge insulated wire. The hand tool can be used to cut wire, to cut and strip insulation from wire and to untwist twisted pairs of wire. The insulation cutting and stripping portion of the tool has an alignment guide for the wire which floats relative to the cutting blade for accuracy of alignment of the wire with the insulation stripping aperture. The wire untwisting means includes plastic pads carried by the tool members and movable into closely spac...

A small, variable-speed yarder is provided with main, haulback and slack-pulling drums, each containing a planetary drive transmission with provisions for dual power inputs. A variable interlock mechanism controls the relative speed of the haulback drum to the two inhaul drums (main and slack-pulling) and a differential drive mechanism controls the relative speed and/or direction of the inhaul drums.

A device for reducing the backlobe radiation from small aperture antennas is shown to comprise a thin hemispherical radome having both radio frequency energy absorbing and reflecting materials attached thereto. The absoring material dissipates a portion of the edge currents existing on the antenna aperture, while the reflecting material intercepts a portion of the energy radiated from the antenna and reflects that portion back to the edge of the antenna to produce destructive interference with t...

A holder from which the carcass of a small animal, such as a squirrel, may be suspended in a head-down position for partial skinning and a head-up position for completing the dressing out of the carcass, has a diamond-shaped frame adapted to be hung from the upper acute angle portion of the frame. A pair of pointed prongs extend outwardly and upwardly from the obtuse angle junctions of the frame for impaling the hind legs of the animal, and a forwardly contoured loop portion having a restricted ...

A method of removing hides or pelts from small animals. The skinning is begun in the usual manner by making incisions along the inside of each hind leg and peeling a short section of hide away from the hindquarters. The skinning is performed with the aid of a pair of rigid plate members, one of which is anchored in a fixed position, and both of which have openings through which the animal's body may pass. The short section of hide is wrapped around the movable plate and firmly engaged between th...

Entangled parts are singled by placing them in a holding container, discharging them through an outlet to a path of travel communicating therewith and arranged to deliver the parts along the path of travel to a flat receptacle capable of supporting a plurality of separated parts simultaneously. The dimensions of the discharge outlet and the path of travel are at least in one direction a multiple of the second largest dimension of the parts to permit simultaneous passage of a plurality of separat...

A small piece stacker and counter for use in association with laundry ironing machines comprising a conveyor belt means having space defined between two belts with passage therethrough of the piece, blow down means for the blowing down of the piece through the spaced apart conveyor belts, and catch means for the catching of the piece at a central portion thereof.

The present invention relates to a device which confines and restrains a small laboratory animal. The present invention further includes a hypodermic needle carrier which is movable in a vertical line to insert the needle into the animal's head, and further included are means for accurately positioning the needle over the point of entry.

A small-sized power relay for automatic control of an air conditioner in response to the signal from an electronic thermostat. This relay, being operative in response to an ultra low current from the electronic thermostat, is instrumental in switching on and off the large current used in air-conditioning. Further, the manufacturing cost is substantially reduced.