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Pyramid, Inc.

Thomas R Smith

Richard W Carman

Percy R Seward

Thomas M Tripp

Kenneth E Riggs

A hose draining device that rolls along the ground and raises up a portion of a flexible hose to facilitate draining the hose. The device has a leading roller that is close to the ground, a center roller that is spaced away from the ground, and a trailing roller that is further away from the ground than the center roller. The hose is supported by the rollers while the device moves along the length of the hose. The device has a handle portion that is removable for storage and transportation. A counterbalance may be provided near the leading roller to stabilize the device.

Large diameter hose draining device

A load-bearing table for use on a peaked roof is made up of a platform which is hinged along a general center line for resting on the peak of the roof and has support bars pivotally attached and extending downward from the platform on either side of the peak to help support the table by applying forces which squeeze or pinch together against the rooftop on either side of the peak to hold the table and load in place and to minimize any damage to the roof and rafters. The support bars are adjustable with respect to the platform to accommodate different roof pitches.

Roof ridge table

The belt connector of the present invention comprises an elongated shank having two J-hooks at its opposite ends. Each J-hook is performed to make an elongated slot which is approximately one half the width of the diameter of the loop member which forms the loops at the ends of the connectible belt. When the loops are forced into the slots of the J-hooks of the connector, they are compressed to form an oval shape which resists movement or turning within the slot.

Connector for connectible belt and method for using same

The connectable drive belt of the present invention includes an elongated circular cord formed from an elastomeric material. The ends of the cord are flattened and formed into a portion having a rectangular cross-section. A hole is formed in the end of each flattened portion. Then a metal clip having two hooks lying in planes perpendicular to one another is used to connect the opposite ends of the belt together. Once connected, the flattened ends of the belt are twisted 90 degrees relative to one another and are held in this position by the clip.

Connectable belt and method for forming same

The coupling of the present invention is used for joining two shafts together. The coupling comprises a first hub and a second hub which are joined together by a central web located therebetween. Both the first and second hubs include an inner bore extending therethrough and an outer tapered surface. The bores of the first and second hubs are sized to receive the two shafts which are to be connected. A pair of nuts, each having a threaded tapered bore extending therethrough are threaded over the outer tapered surfaces of the two hubs until the nuts exert an inner radial force on the hubs, thereby causing the hubs to frictionally grip and hold the shafts against movement relative to the coupling body. The coupling body may be longitudinally divided into two separate halves which embrace the opposite sides of the shafts and which are held together by the nuts which surround the tapered hub portions thereof.

Shaft coupling and method for using same

Spring projected bolt latching device

A multiple bladed clapper-noisemaker is provided with a stiff central blade and adjacent thinner blades of flexible sheet material whose lower ends are held in closely juxtaposed stacked relationship by the user and whose upper ends are free to flex and bend as the user imparts flapping movement to the device. The flexible outer blades rhythmically swing away from the stiff central 'drum' blade and swing back to strike it briskly with a sharp impact. The multiple impacts of the plurality of flexible blades are employed by the user to create a wide variety of different sounds, ranging from soft brushing or rattling sounds to louder multiple clapping sounds of all varieties. When the handle portions are secured together by a single grommet fastener, the multiple blades may be fanned out angularly to form an air displacing fan or an attractive decoration for horizontal or suspended display.

Decorative percussion rhythm instrument and noisemaker

A double sided V-belt includes back-to-back V-belt shaped portions with each V-belt portion having recesses extending across the width of the belt and equally spaced along the length of the belt in staggered relationship to each other to form a smooth uniform undulating drive belt having a generally constant vertical cross sectional height.

Drive belt

A drive coupling having a flexible web joining a pair of hubs and including at least one undulation. The undulation has an axis extending substantially at a right angle to the longitudinal axis of the coupling with all sections of the web cut by transverse planes normal to the longitudinal axis of the coupling being substantially parallel.

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Newton, IA, United States of America

Thomas R Smith