Abstract: A nasal cannula is supported on the crossbar of a generally U-shaped frame having bows adapted to extend rearwardly along the sides of a patient's head and adapted to rest on the patient's ears. Clips on the crossbar and the bows support flexible tubes for supplying oxygen to the cannula. A strap is connected to the bows and contracts around the rear and sides of the patient's head to help hold the frame in place.

Abstract: A spanner wrench is clamped to one component of a conventional pair of pliers and is prevented from turning relative to that component by the same pivot element which pivotably connects the two plier components to one another.

Abstract: The tap includes a lower body adapted to slide radially onto the neck of a container and lock beneath a lip on the neck. Connected pivotally to the lower body is an upper body having means for opening valves in the neck when the upper body is swung downwardly relative to the lower body to a tapping position. A releasable latch is carried by a handle on the upper body and automatically latches the upper body downwardly against the lower body when the upper body reaches its tapping position.

Abstract: A beverage tap includes a probe with a cylindrical upper section and a reduced-diameter cylindrical lower section. In order to seal the probe with respect to a Sankey-type keg fitting, an elastomeric seal includes a tubular body attached to the upper section of the probe and formed with a downwardly flaring sealing fin on its lower end. An apertured sealing disc is attached to the lower section of the probe and is located within the tubular body. Angularly spaced webs are molded integrally with the body and the disc and join the two together as a single unit.

Abstract: A closure for a container such as a container of draft beer includes two sealing plugs having bores for receiving the gas and beer tubes of a tapping unit. Initially, the bores of the plugs are sealed by rubber membranes which are adapted to be pierced by the tubes as an incident to tapping the container. The bores and the membranes are constructed so as (A) to effect piercing of the membranes with a controlled tear so as to avoid punched-out rubber slugs, (B) to eliminate the need of flappers for re-sealing the bores, and (C) to reseal the container at moderate pressures while enabling venting of the container at extremely low and high pressures.