Abstract: A connector for use in introducing medication into a patient having a pair of plastic tubular members adapted to be manually pushed together to engage in a mating relationship with a locking mechanism that selectively secures the members together. One of the members has a sealed entry port at its end and the other member contains a needle which centrally pierces the seal of the port upon engagement of the members.

Abstract: A catheter inserter has an inserter housing with a flat base and a cannula housing disposed within the inserter housing with a cannula extending generally parallel to the inserter housing longitudinal axis. Stop means are disposed at each end of the inserter housing. locking means on the cannula housing selectively engage the stop means to lock the cannula housing in a first disposition in which the cannula extends outwardly from the inserter housing and in a second disposition in which the cannula is retracted within said inserter housing. The cannula housing has a passage in fluid communication with the cannula which, together with means on the inserter housing and cannula housing, permit the external viewing of blood passing into the fluid passage from the cannula.

Abstract: A blood collection device wherein a double-ended cannula is retracted within the barrel of the device for storage and disposal. The cannula is mounted on a first disc which is connected to a second axially aligned disc by a pair of string-like flexible members which are operable, when the second disc is moved away from the first disc, to retract the cannula completely within the barrel to a position in which the cannula is permanently locked by stopping the first disc against further retractive movement and the second disc against movement toward the first disc.

Abstract: A resilient compressor ball is compressed to urge an axially-movable circular knife-edge onto one end of a cylindrical filter element to form a seal therewith and to urge the filter element onto a fixed circular knife-edge having a fluid outlet opening therewithin to form a seal therewith. The movable knife-edge is concentrically formed on an axially-slidable tubular compressor element which confines the compressor ball within a hollow nut portion of a cap which is screwed onto a cylindrical shell having a base from which the fixed knife-edge extends in axial alignment with the movable knife-edge. When the cap is screwed onto the shell, the compression of the ball urges the movable knife edge against one end of the filter and the other end of the filter against the fixed knife-edge so as to seal the ends of the filter element and thus the seals formed at the knife-edges, while accommodating variances in the overall length of the filter element from its nominal length.

Abstract: A transmission particularly adapted for use in ultralight aircraft, air boats, home built aircraft or the like has a transmission case within which four gears are contained to provide the requisite speed reduction. A torque input gear is coaxially mounted with an output gear so that the transmission torque input shaft is in axial alignment with the transmission output shaft. A pair of intermediate speed reduction gears are laterally offset from the input and output gears and are mounted on a common jackshaft. One of the intermediate gears is belt driven by the input gear and the other intermediate gear belt drives the output gear to provide the requisite speed reduction. The gears and drive belts are toothed. The use of toothed drive belts and gears provide for positive drive of the transmission components.

Abstract: A compact push-pull right-angle lock especially suited for use on patio doors and on windows has a cylindrical bolt with rack teeth on its central section, a barrel lock assembly, and a rotatable disk all contained in a horizontally split case. The bolt can be extended in either direction by the right angled linear motion of the barrel lock assembly. Linear motion of the barrel lock assembly is transferred to linear motion of the bolt through a disk that is free to rotate some fifty degrees about a shaft. The barrel lock assembly is loosely linked to a crank pin set perpendicularly to the plane of the disk and the bolt rack is meshed with an arcuate section of a pinion gear on the disk located some ninety degrees from the crank pin. The bolt can be locked in either extended position by means of a cam lug which cna be moved from the barrel lock assembly housing into locking recesses in the case by rotational movement of the keyed barrel lock.

Abstract: A sliding door lock in which a bolt is longitudinally slidable by manual movement of a handle to which the bolt is connected so that the bolt is axially rotatable to prevent the cutting of the bolt when locked. The handle slides linearly along a base plate to move the bolt between opened and closed positions. A bullet latch in the handle engages detents on the base plate to hold the handle and bolt in the open and closed positions. A key-operated barrel lock has a barrel groove through which the bolt passes when the lock is in the unlocked position, and the bolt has a circumferential constriction which receives the barrel lock barrel when the barrel lock is rotated to its locked position, thereby preventing movement of the handle and bolt to the open position.

Abstract: A truck frame for road repair work includes a tank containing heated asphalt, a repair materials hopper, a front discharge chute and a drive worm conveyor within the hopper for moving repair aggregate from the hopper to the chute for deposit in a pavement pothole or the like. The discharge end of the chute is manually moveable from side to side and front to back and carries an outlet for the heated asphalt to coat the aggregate emerging from the chute with the asphalt, for spreading the asphalt coated aggregate into the pavement defect being repaired. The chute has a first air inlet attached thereto remote from the discharge in and through which air under pressure is applied to the chute to cause a swirling motion of the aggregate as it descends through the chute toward the pavement, and a second air inlet at the opposite end from the outlet for receiving air under pressure to clean a pothole before the repair material is applied thereto.

Abstract: Regeneration of an ion exchanger in a dishwasher, in which fresh water for regeneration passes through an airbreak receiving jet into a fresh water supply container which dispenses a preselected variable quantity of water by gravity for regeneration into a salt container, displacing salt solution from the salt container into the ion exchanger, thereby providing rapid collection of the water quantity necessary for ion exchanger regeneration, independent of the water supply pressure. The container is of a flat rectangular configuration and is mounted in the vent aperture of the dishwasher tub. A control valve, accessible through said aperture, controls the quantity of regeneration water dispensed.

Abstract: A refillable bottle for use in dispensing cleaning liquid into a toilet tank has openings at both ends, the bottle being installed in the tank by an integral hanger so that one opening, which is always above tank water level, is used for refilling the bottle in place in the tank with cleaning liquid and, being open after bottle installation, allows aerosols in the cleaning liquid to diffuse into the tank air so as to be forced from the tank by rising water in the tank to freshen the surroundings. The other opening has a dispensing valve mechanism mounted therein. Removable caps close the openings prior to installation. A float attached to a movable member of the valve mechanism actuates the mechanism so as to dispense a constant quantity of bottle liquid upon toilet flushing regardless of liquid level in the bottle or the refilling speed of the tank. The movable member has two oppositely disposed valve heads which mate with fixed valve seats formed in the valve mechanism.

Abstract: A work platform frame is connected to a vertically disposed pin fixed to one end of a boom. An idler bracket is also pivotally mounted on the pin and has outwardly extending first and second idler arms, which are offset, with respect to each other, by between 90.degree. and 120.degree.. A first hydraulic assembly is connected between the first idler arm and the work platform frame. A second hydraulic assembly is connected between the second idler arm and the boom. Hydraulic fluid is selectively applied to the first and second hydraulic assemblies to cause rotation of the work platform about the pin through an arc of 180.degree., each hydraulic assembly and its associated idler arm accounting for 90.degree. of such rotation.

Abstract: A self-propelled rotatable hydraulic lift having a body with an extensible boom pivotally attached to the upper rear portion of a counterweight and terminating in a self-leveling workman's platform. Remote lift controls are provided at the platform by means of control lines contained in flexible conduits within the boom. The center of gravity of the counterweight is located between the pivotal connection of the boom and the axis of rotation of the boom to provide both improved stability with respect to back tipping when the boom is extended vertically and a smaller rotational diameter for the lift body.

Abstract: A self-propelled rotatable hydraulic lift having a body with an extensible boom pivotally attached to the upper rear portion of a counterweight and terminating in a self-leveling workman's platform. Remote lift controls are provided at the platform by means of control lines contained in flexible conduits within the boom. The center of gravity of the counterweight is located between the pivotal connection of the boom and the axis of rotation of the boom to provide both improved stability with respect to back tipping when the boom is extended vertically and a smaller rotational diameter for the lift body.