Abstract: An eductor truck for removing debris from catch basins which is provided with adequate storage facilities, improved safety features and improved door opening features, and improved tank heating features.
Abstract: A molded plastic closure cap has a number of downwardly projecting fins on the underside of its cover for forming a seal with a container in combination with a liner positioned between the fins and the container rim. The liner is a laminated one consisting of a plastic foam layer engaging the fins, an adhesive layer engaging the package and a thin aluminum foil layer sandwiched between the foam layer and the adhesive layer.
Abstract: A child resistant closure cap is described which is easily applied to a threaded container and which thereafter may not be removed without the initial removal of a tamper indicating band so that the closure is also tamper-evident.
Abstract: A disposable, single-use, medication charged syringe is described wherein the syringe body is formed with a tubular glass barrel having a steel needle mounted on the barrel by means of a tubular glass bead. The beading and barrel are initially made from common stock of right circular hollow cylindrical tubes. The syringe body is formed by a number of steps including a barrel flaring operation and a needle attaching operation in which the needle is first sealed to the glass tubular bead before the glass bead is sealed to the glass barrel. Identification of the syringe and the particular unit dose therein is provided by a flared colored plastic gripping sleeve which is slipped over the glass barrel.
Abstract: An infusion monitor for feeding liquids to patients which is light weight so that it may be easily hung on a liquid dripper and which is provided with means for pre-setting the volume infused and the rate of infusion. Means are also provided for automatically varying the rate of infusion, for automatically cutting-off the infusion and for sounding an alarm to alert an attendant if any variation from pre-set limits occur.
Abstract: A tamper-evident closure for sealing a package cooperates with a separately applied indicator ring, which is torn apart during the opening of the package, so that a portion of the indicator ring drops clear of the closure to indicate that the closure has been turned at least partially off of the package. The indicator ring has a lower mounting portion and an upper ratchet and indicating portion which is connected to the lower mounting portion of the ring by a series of frangible connectors which are ruptured as the cap is removed.
Abstract: A garment pocket construction comprising a normally open pocket into which objects are placed, an adjacent normally closed pocket, and a pouch connected to both pockets, the normally open pocket communicating with the pouch through a small opening through which small objects placed in the normally open pocket drop into the pouch, the normally closed pocket being open to the pouch for retrieval of the small objects dropped into the pouch. The normally closed pocket is provided with a closure which is opened to gain access to the pouch through said normally closed pocket.
Abstract: A temperature resistant molded plastic device is described for use in boxes or packages such as pizza boxes where there is a tendency of large cover portions to sag downwardly to damage the soft pizza or other packaged products. In use, the saver is positioned near the center of the package to support the box cover for protecting the contents.
Abstract: A method and means are disclosed for removing a pre-determined length of tubing from the end of a roll of tubing and for thereafter controlling the two free ends of the cut tube for attachment to tube end fixtures.
Abstract: An infusion monitor for feeding liquids to patients which is light weight so that it may be easily hung on a liquid dripper and which is provided with means for pre-setting the volume infused and the rate of infusion. Means are also provided for automatically varying the rate of infusion, for automatically cutting-off the infusion and for sounding an alarm to alert an attendant if any variation from pre-set limits occur.
Abstract: This invention relates to couplings such as universal joints and the like for coupling the ends of two shafts together and, in particular, in situations where the two shafts may be in either lateral, longitudinal or angular misalignment. The coupling comprises flexible finger means which connect in sliding relationship to finger receiving means on hubs adapted to be connected to the shafts.
Abstract: The invention is directed to a memory dialer system in which a central memory system is used for all extensions of a particular telephone network. The system can be used with up to four telephone lines and is provided with stacking means so that if two calls are made simultaneously, a single call is serviced and busy signals sent to the others until the telephone line is free.
Abstract: The invention is a cart which has a hollow base portion for the storage of articles and which also provides a seat. An elongated handle is pivotally mounted on the base with a draw bar at one end and with wheels mounted on the opposite end. The handle has three positions. When it is fully extended it is swung to a cart pulling position which moves the wheels downwardly from the base to provide a wheeled cart with storage. When the handle in its extended position is turned to a second and generally vertical position the wheels are raised and a back rest is provided for the seat. In the third position, the handle folds into sections so that the entire cart assembly occupies a space only slightly larger than the base for being carried in a car trunk or otherwise.
Abstract: A concept and various means of immunological assay are disclosed wherein two different classes of particles which interact at short distances to produce characteristic detectable signals are employed in a modification of the usual latex fixation test. In one embodiment of the concept an aqueous suspension of appropriately coated tritiated latex particles (LH) and polystyrene scintillant particles (L*) is employed. The amount of (LH) (L*) dimer formation and higher order aggregation induced and therefore the concentration of antibody (or antigen) present which caused the aggregation can be determined by using standard liquid scintillation counting equipment. Also, an optical container for use in the assay which has one side provided with a section forming a quadrilateral prism with the prism providing for an angle of incidence greater than the critical angle for an electromagnetic beam of radiation.