Abstract: A RFID passive repeater system and apparatus comprising a RFID reader having a magnetic flux field, at least one RFID tag and at least one passive repeater member having at least one substantially continuous passive loop, the passive repeater member being adapted and positionable with respect to the RFID reader and the RFID tag to extend the redirect and/or extend the range of the magnetic flux field.

Abstract: A RFID passive repeater system and apparatus comprising a substrate, at least one passive loop disposed on at least one of the substrate surfaces, the passive loop being adapted to receive and transmit at least one RFID signal, and at least one RFID tag disposed proximate the passive loop, the tag being coupled to said passive loop.

Abstract: A portable machining device that is particularly useful for removing excess peripheral weld from the flat surface of welded-in valves such as breech lock gate valves. The portable machining device includes a housing, a cutting tool, a vertical feed mechanism, a horizontal feed mechanism, and a rotation drive mechanism. The vertical feed and rotation drive mechanisms have central openings for receiving the upward extending valve stem from the surface to be machined. The base of the housing is ring shaped and includes slots for attachment to the flat surface of the valve. In operation, the cutting tool is rotated and fed vertically and horizontally to machine the excess weld to be flush with the flat surface.

Abstract: An apparatus for dumping refuse containers having outwardly extending co-axial trunnions at their upper front corners. The apparatus consists of two laterally spaced, co-acting mechanisms between which the container is located for dumping. Each of the two mechanisms has a vertically movable lever, both of the levers being pivoted on a common horizontal pivot line on a structure that remains stationary while a container is being dumped. The lower ends of the levers are connected by a cross member which engages the container at a level beneath the trunnions. Each of the mechanisms also has opposed trunnion locks which are moved by a hydraulic cylinder to engage the trunnions. Thereafter, through a lost motion connection, the levers and cross member are swung rearwardly and upwardly by the hydraulic cylinders in order to tip the container over for dumping the refuse.