Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, methods of producing such devices, and elements of such devices. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides devices configured for vaporization of an aerosol precursor composition that is contained in a reservoir and transported to a heating element by a liquid transport element. The liquid transport element may include a porous monolith.

Abstract: The present invention is a system, device, and method for use of a steerable tractor powered unit (STPU) comprising a vacuum cleaner mounted to a self-leveling platform coupled to a tactile joystick staff operable to control said steerable tractor powered unit, considerably reducing the effort required to operate said vacuum cleaner; a variety of vacuum cleaner types are adaptable for use with said STPU.

Abstract: A system, process and resulting product which converts currently non-recycled plastics plastic bottles, jars, containers, PVC tubing, toys, furniture, synthetic plastic carpet and all other plastics that can be shredded, chipped, powered and or melted into a building material or useful utilitarian object such as a loading pallet.

Abstract: A system, process and resulting product which converts currently non-recycled plastics plastic bottles, jars, containers, PVC tubing, toys, furniture, synthetic plastic carpet and all other plastics that can be shredded, chipped, powered and or melted into a building material or useful utilitarian object. The process eliminates the need for sorting the plastic. The invention only melts the low temperature melting plastic. The low temperature melting plastic act as the glue or adhesive to bond all the high and low melting, shredded, chipped, flaked, powdered, or pelletized plastics together. The listed fragmented plastics must be mechanically mixed before it is subjected to the low temperature melt process. The conglomerate can be processed into a myriad of forms such as construction panels that can also have decorative veneer added. The conglomerate can also be melted, molded into a myriad of shapes that can also be machined to form intricate useful features.

Abstract: An electronic walking assistance device, has a cane portion, having surfaces for holding against arms and/or hands of a user; and an electromotive device, which automatically creates motion to follow a movement of the user, enabling walking assistance without lifting the handle portion or the electromotive device off the ground.

Abstract: The engine generator set has an internal combustion engine and an alternator in a main compartment. Two separate cooling air streams independently cool the internal combustion engine and alternator. The independent air streams are then intermixed in the main compartment and used to cool the engine exhaust system and gases. Heat sensitive components are segregated from the heat generating components. Cooling air is drawn over the heat sensitive components maintaining them at nearly ambient temperature.

Abstract: An acoustical enclosure for an engine generator set which can be easily assembled and disassembled, as well as assembled and disassembled in close quarters. The assembly and disassembly can be accomplished without special tools. The enclosure is constructed in a manner to afford a change in size or configuration without a change in tooling. The rail/frame construction allows removal of side, end and top panels thus simplifying maintenance.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating electricity includes an internal combustion engine having a drive shaft connected to an electrical generator. A radiator, through which coolant from the engine circulates, is formed by a six sided enclosure with radiator cores forming three, four or five of the six sides. The radiator has a tank mounted above and connected to the three radiator cores to serve as a coolant plenum and as a collector for air entrapped in the coolant. A fan is mounted either inside or outside the radiator enclosure, adjacent to one of the six sides, and is driven by the engine drive shaft or an electric motor. A muffler for the engine may be located within radiator enclosure and cooled by air flowing therethrough.

Abstract: A generator powered by an internal combustion engine is fueled from a source of biogas. The biogas flows through a filter which removes hydrogen sulfide and mercaptans and through a coalescer to remove water vapor. A regulator controls the biogas pressure supplied to the fuel intake of the engine carburetor, and acid-neutralizing oil is injected into the engine intake each time the engine is shut down to protect the engine from acidic constituents in the biogas.

Abstract: The air-fuel mixture produced by a carburetor is controlled by an apparatus that includes a choke valve located in a passage of the carburetor. A solenoid with a moveable plunger rod coupled to move the choke valve between extreme open and closed positions, and having a stop fixed to the plunger rod. A bimetallic element changes shape in response to changes in temperature, wherein below a given temperature the bimetallic element engages the stop thereby restricting movement of the plunger rod and preventing the choke valve from reaching the extreme open position. Above the given temperature the bimetallic element changes shape to avoid engaging the stop thereby allowing the choke valve to reach the extreme open position. A foil electric heater is mounted on a surface of the bimetallic element to match the shape of the element to the desired performance characteristic of the engine.

Abstract: A generator powered by an internal combustion engine is fueled from a source of biogas. A pump boosts the pressure of the biogas, and a regulator controls the biogas pressure supplied to the fuel intake of the engine carburetor. Acid-neutralizing oil is injected into the biogas stream at the intake of the pump to protect the engine from corrosion due to acidic constituents in the biogas.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine has a carburetor for mixing fuel with air entering through an inlet. A heat exchanger is mounted onto the carburetor air inlet so that heat from the heat exchanger is conducted to the carburetor housing. The heat exchanger has a plurality of channels through which air from an air cleaner pass on the way to the carburetor. An electric heating device attached to said heat exchanger and a first thermostat controls the electric heating device to raise the temperature of the heat exchanger when the fuel-air mixture falls below a given temperature. A second thermostat senses the temperature of the heat exchanger and prevents the temperature from exceeding a level at which a user's skin will blister if the exchanger is touched accidentally. In cold operating environments, the heat exchanger assembly raises the temperature of the air above the dew point, thus effectively lowering the relative humidity.

Abstract: An electric motor comprising a main frame having an en and an interior, a stator supported within the main frame, an end frame supported within the main frame and spaced from the end of the main frame so as to divide the interior of the main frame into a motor compartment containing the stator and an equipment compartment between the end frame and the end of the main frame, a bearing supported by the end frame, a rotor shaft rotatably supported by the bearing, a rotor located radially inwardly of the stator and mounted on the shaft for rotation therewith, a modularized apparatus platform which is located within the equipment compartment, and which includes a generally cup-shaped portion that opens in the direction away from the end frame and that has an inner surface defining a control chamber, an electrical component supported by the platform and located within the control chamber, and a cap which is fixed to the apparatus platform and which closes the control chamber.

Abstract: A motor-pump unit includes a first mounting leg member at the interconnection of the motor and the pump and an outer multiple releasable outer mounting leg member at the outer end of the motor. The releasable leg member permits mounting with spaced supports under the motor or by removing of the outer leg cantilevered motor. The first leg member has a U-shaped base secured to the pump and extended beneath the motor frame adjacent the pump with circumferential spaced depending legs. An extended outer frame of the motor frame has an end notch in the bottom wall portion and the outer leg member has a mounting plate with an edge recess telescoped into the edge of the notch. An end cap has a projection extended into the opposed recess in the plate. The outer leg member has a single depending leg to define a three point mounting of the motor-pump unit. The outer leg member is removed for a cantilevered support and a closure plate is clamped into the notch to close the opening.

Abstract: A rotary motor includes bearing frames fixedly secured with a main round frame. The stator unit is secured directly to the round frame. The bearing frames are shallow cup-shaped metal members having an outer cylindrical flange extending as a continuous member about the circumference of a flat end wall structure. The flange is specially constructed to have a maximum diameter slightly greater than the internal diameter of the round frame, and is pressed into the round frame with the frame located on a precise radial plane through the round frame. A rotary bearing is secured within the end frame for rotatably supporting a rotor unit. The bearing frame is preferably a stamped steel member with the flange having a plurality of small radial projections. The bearing frame is pressed into the round frame using a suitable hydraulic press. The end edge of the round frame is formed as a reference for locating of the bearing frame in the round frame.

Abstract: A motor includes a tubular steel frame with a stator unit fixedly mounted therein and spaced from the frame ends. Spaced bearing frames are secured within the tubular frame and support a rotor unit within the stator unit and in the bearing frames. One or both bearing frames are spaced from the tubular frame ends, and define corresponding auxiliary compartments. In a motor pump unit, an end plate closes one end and defines a control compartment. The pump housing closes the opposite end and forms a fan and drip compartment within the frame. The frame has openings in the drip compartment to by-pass pump water leakage from the motor compartment. A fan in the fan compartment provides motor cooling. Motor controls such as power connectors, a centrifugal start switch unit, electronic timers, and the like are mounted within the control compartment to form a self-contained motor.

Abstract: A system for the lubrication of a drive chain of a conveyor includes a container precharged with pressurized air and at least partially filled with lubricant. A pressure regulator located within the interior of the container is connected, at one end, to a container outlet and, at the other end, to a conduit for the flow of lubricant. An adjustable needle valve located externally of the container is connected to the conduit for regulating the flow of lubricant. A solenoid valve is connected to the conduit downstream of the needle valve for controlling the flow of lubricant, and a nozzle is located downstream of the solenoid valve for dispensing a lubricant onto the drive chain.

Abstract: A frameless motor includes a laminated annular stator core having an internal bore and a winding projecting from the ends. The bore is enlarged in the end laminations with an annular diameter precisely defining the bearing axis. Cup-shaped bearing supports have precisely formed ends complementing the enlarged bore with an axially spaced bearing wall. the rotor is supported in the bearing supports to support and align the rotor with an air gap to create a complete and framelss dynamoelectric machine which can subsequently be assembled to any suitable support or housing. A cup-shaped cylindrical housing with the outer end machined to a stepped recess has an internal diameter substantially corresponding to the inner bore of the stator core and an outer nominal diameter complementing the internal enlarged bore. Alternatively, the cup-shaped bearing support is formed with a cylindrical housing having an end flange which is precisely machined to the bearing opening and the enlarged bore.

Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine has a stationary assembly with a winding thereon, and a rotatable assembly is supported by the stationary assembly and associated in magnetic coupling relation with the winding. A switch and terminal assembly is mounted to the stationary assembly, and a centrifugal device is conjointly rotatable with the rotatable assembly for operating the switch and terminal assembly to control the energization of the winding.

Abstract: A motor includes a round tubular steel frame with a stator unit fixedly mounted therein and spaced from the frame ends. Spaced bearing frames are secured within the round frame and support a rotor unit within the stator unit and in the bearing frames. One or both bearing frames are spaced from the round frame ends, and define corresponding auxiliary compartments. In a motor pump unit, an end plate closes one end and defines a control compartment. The pump housing closes the opposite end and forms a fan and drip compartment within the round frame. The round frame has openings in the drip compartment to by-pass pump water leakage from the motor compartment. A fan in the fan compartment provides motor cooling. Motor controls such as power connectors, a centrifugal start switch unit, electronic timers, and the like are mounted within the control compartment to form a self-contained motor.