A motor operated toy is made to have a pair of moving cams which are synchronously driven to cause a swinging motion of the toy and is further formed with a pair of spring loaded feet for auxiliarily increasing the swinging motion of the toy as the toy moves across a supporting surface which is also engaged by the moving cams. A pair of crank operated limbs are also disclosed.

A drive linkage is provided for connecting a bi-swing door to a pivotable drive spindle offset from the pivot axis of the door on one side thereof. The linkage comprises an L-shaped armature connected at one end to the drive spindle for pivotal movement therewith and at the other end to a fixed guide track member secured to the door and having a guide track extending outwardly from one side thereof. The guide track consists of a pair of guide track legs converging at an apex offset from the spin...

A swinging bucket centrifuge rotor has a plurality of peripheral cavities each adapted to seat a swinging bucket. Each cavity has a hanger which is slideably positioned in a receptacle in the rear of the cavity. The receptacle prevents rotation of the hanger about its path of movement. The extremity of the hanger forms a hook which is adapted to support a cross-pin located in the swinging bucket cap. The cross-pin is so positioned that the bucket must hang properly from the hook. In like manner ...

The bolster rocker-beam of a railroad vehicle bogie is coupled to the supporting cradle at each end by means of two elastic assemblies. Each assembly is applied at one end against a downwardly inclined transverse cradle face and at the other end against a transverse rocker-beam face which is substantially parallel to the cradle face when the assemblies are at rest.

A wastebasket includes a container and a lid which is mounted on the container. The container is formed with an opening providing access to the container's interior. The lid is pivotable about a pivot axis to cover and at least partially uncover the container opening. The pivot axis divides the lid into a forward portion and a rearward portion which are respectively disposed on opposite forward and rearward sides of a vertical plane encompassing the pivot axis when the lid is in a position cover...

A wall-mounted swinging gate rack for electronic components including a rack frame for supporting electronic components thereon, the rack frame including two vertical uprights, a lower horizontal rail, and an upper horizontal rail, each of the rails having two ends and an extending length, each of the rails also having a first pivot point and a second pivot, the first pivot points being substantially vertically aligned and the second pivot points being substantially vertically aligned to thereby...

The invention relates to receptacles for the collection of mail and more specifically to the collection of mail through a mail slot. According to the invention there is provided a mail receptacle means assembly consisting of a rectangular open weave basket with open top and having means for mounting to a bracket fixed to a door just below a mail slot. The receptacle means is mounted in such a way that the door can be of the overhead type such as a garage door so that it can be moved from the ver...

A golf club swinging guide releasably attachable to a lower end of a golf club shaft. The guide includes a stationary member having an alignment surface which, when adjustably aligned parallel to the striking face of the golf club head, automatically orients the visual intended line of flight perpendicular to the club face. A movable member is connected for free rotation to the stationary member about an upright axis of rotation which passes centrally through an enlarged clearance aperture throu...

An exerciser includes a base having a front axle for supporting a handle. A pair of foot supports are pivotally coupled to a front post and coupled to the axle for applying a rotational operation to the axle by a rotational movement of the foot supports. A pulley is secured to the rod and a cable is engaged over the pulley and secured to the foot supports for allowing the foot supports to rotate the rod. Two bevel gears are secured to the axle and the rod and engaged with each other for allowing...

A device which allows a choice of stopping positions for a swinging door mainly comprises a body having a cylindrical well together with a passage hole vertically formed through the body, an operation means includes a plunger normally supported by a spring, a friction body received under the plunger. Said plunger can be plunged repetitively between a suspension position where the friction body is suspended properly above the ground and a stop position where the friction body is pushed in associa...