An installation tool that is used to install a bundling member, such as a metal tie or strap, around a bundle of objects. The installation tool has a tool body, a front handle and an adjustable rear handle. The front handle is positioned within the tool body and the rear handle is pivotally connected to the tool body. The front handle includes a tensioning mechanism with a ratchet mechanism that tensions the bundling member around the bundle of objects to a predetermined tension setting. The fro...

A folding knife is provided which has a blade, a main handle and a tail handle. The tail handle is pivotably engaged to the main handle. When the knife is in a work configuration, a free end of the tail handle is swung to engage a blade end of the main handle and, together with the main handle, the tail handle forms a grip from which the blade extends. Both the main handle and the tail handle have grooves, such that when the tail handle is swung away from the main handle into an open position, t...

An address decoder having a predecoder which predecodes n pairs of true/complement address inputs into 2n memory select lines. By predecoding the address inputs in this manner, the number of pull-down FETs in the pull-down string of the NAND decoder may be minimized so as to provide area and speed advantages. Predecode is provided in a preferred embodiment by logically ANDing the respective true/complement addresses in address pairs to provide a unique predecode value to the decoder. In order to...

A new Roulette apparatus comprises multiple balls and separate tracks for launching each of the balls. In a preferred embodiment there are two balls and two tracks. Also in a preferred embodiment special apparatus is provided for launching the balls. In one embodiment the launching apparatus is air powered, and in another the apparatus is mechanical with the balls accelerated by contact with a spinning wheel. In either case the launching apparatus may be hand-held or mounted to a frame and posit...

This invention pertains to a cord connector that both seals and provides strain relief automatically upon wire insertion. The cord connector comprises a wire passageway through a pliable shell which seals around both the wire inserted through the passageway as well as the knock-out or wall opening into which the connector is secured. A more rigid skeleton supports this shell and is provided with appendages which permit the wire to pass through the passageway but which block or resist any removal...

A method of playing a bingo-style/word game in a game show or computer game format is provided. In accordance with the method, at least two players compete to correctly guess a puzzle phrase by alternately taking turns to reveal hidden clue words on a game board. A player who correctly guesses the puzzle phrase is awarded.

A poker type game playing card or domino game wherein dealt sets of cards or dominos are allocated, according to a routine that includes placement of a marker for determining active players; and each player organizes his set into two groups, A and B, and the strength of those two groups are compared with a dealer's corresponding A and B groups, to determine a win.

Apparatus for separating lighter particles from tobacco particles contained in threshed leaf tobacco includes a plurality of tobacco particle separating units, each including a separation chamber and having a fan system for establishing a generally upward air flow therein. A tobacco particle projecting mechanism is provided in each chamber for projecting, in cooperation with additional air flow provided at the projecting side of the separation chamber, tobacco particles across the upward air flo...

A basket-style carrier with rounded corners and a partial top panel. Cutouts in the side and end panels are designed to receive reinforcing struts of molded plastic shipping trays when packed in such trays. The bottom panel of the carrier is comprised of a bottom panel section connected to a center support panel and bottom panel flaps connected to the side panels. The dimensions of the carrier and the location of cell divider partitions are such that the corner areas of the carrier are forced in...

A probe style radiometer includes a generally rectangular cross-sectional body and a probe having a square cross-section. The probe is preferably a hollow rod having a tip equipped with a UV-collecting aperture and a mirror. The mirror reflects UV light entering the aperture down the length of the rod to a detector in the body. A processor in the body then computes the amount of UV radiation based on signals from the detector. The amount may then be provided on a display integrated into the body...