Abstract: The application discloses a nozzle attachment for a closet bowl formed at the top with a flushing rim defining a water passageway. The nozzle attachment is secured on the flushing rim and it has a water catching portion that extends in and across the passageway to capture water flowing in the passageway and a nozzle portion lying outside the passage and connected to the water catching portion to spray water received from it. In one particular embodiment, the nozzle discharges inside the bowl. In a further embodiment, the bowl flushing rim is provided with a basin that laterally and outwardly projects from the bowl and is connected, at the bottom, with the inside of the bowl. In this embodiment, the nozzle discharges into this basin.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for applying a cooking mix to the rotary cooking drum of an automatic machine for making pancakes or the like by means of a continuously rotating paste-entraining roller partly immersed to a substantially constant depth in a mix tank, the film of mix being entrained by adhesion on the surface of the roller and contacting movable means for partly retaining this film, resulting in the formation of a bead of mix which touches lightly upon the surface of the cooking drum and thus coats it.

Abstract: A sump pump comprising a sump having an inlet for the liquid to be pumped and a discharge outlet, the pump proper being received at the bottom of the sump and being driven by a vertically mounted shaft. The pump comprises two impellers each having two intakes, the impellers being mounted one above the other on the shaft and surrounded by two volutes each having one or two outlets which are connected to the inlets of a collecting manifold, the outlet of such manifold being connected to the outlet of the sump.

Abstract: This invention is concerned with a branch fitting for hydraulic stack apparatuses with gyro-laminary ventilated flow for use in buildings, the fitting comprising a fitting body provided with an inlet and an outlet for connecting vertical stack portions respectively thereto. At least one branch pipe inlet is disposed in tangential relationship to the body for connecting a branch-pipe thereto, the tangential inlet serving to admit liquids which are to be evacuated into the stack, the body and the tangential inlet being constructed to maintain, at all times, a constant link between air above the liquid in the branch-pipe and air in the stack.

Abstract: Stabilizing device for compensating by restraining the relative rocking movements between an articulated railroad car body and bogie running at high speed. The device comprises, longitudinally extending across the frame of the bogie a tube having sufficient stiffness for being free of any torsion, adapted to rotate inside bearings disposed at the extremities of the frame. The tube is provided at its extremities, with two parallel crank-arms integrally connected to the tube. The extremity of each of the crank-arms is articulated to a rigid connecting member which is attached on the other hand, by means of a swivel-joint, to a corresponding car body.

Abstract: A rain storing tank of generally circular design having a combined-water channel entering the tank substantially tangentially and having a sanitary sewage drain line leading from substantially the center of the bottom of the tank.

Abstract: A drop wire and/or cable clamp to provide a predetermined tension in a wire and/or cable between said clamp and a building to which said wire and/or cable is connected at one end and to produce a loose portion between said clamp and a box to which said wire and/or cable is connected at the other end. This clamp comprises a conical member, and a conical sleeve for mounting over the conical member. The clamp will be arranged for axially clamping the wire between the conical member and the conical sleeve and it will be possible to fix the conical member adjacent the box, with the conical sleeve mounted thereover and the wire therebetween. The net result will be to produce a loose portion in the wire or cable which has been installed between the box and the drop wire and/or cable clamp, and at the same time to obtain the portion under tension between the clamp on the building.

Abstract: Demonstrative apparatus of the type having a table with one or more air cushioned disks movable on the table and with apparatus for providing a record of the disk movement. The apparatus comprise a spark generator connected to the disk for generating sparks from the disk toward the table. In accordance with the present invention, the table is preferably made from insulating material. A sheet of conducting and marking material, such as colloidal carbon paper, is placed on the table beneath the disk. A sheet of plain marking paper is then placed on the colloidal carbon paper to visibly record the track of the disk as it moves over the table and as sparks are generated.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooling underground power cables. Cooling of underground power cables is presently effected by the circulation of water or oil through pipes within which the cables are situated. The oil or water is then circulated through air or water-cooled heat exchangers which are uniformly spaced along the transmission line. However, a substantial flow of liquid is required to extract a useful quantity of heat, and extensive equipment is necessary to effect this flow of liquid. The subject invention proposes a relatively inexpensive and more efficient apparatus to cool underground cables. The apparatus comprises an enclosed chamber adapted to extend along a portion of a length of the underground cables and adapted to be partially filled with volatile liquid.

Abstract: A thermostatic regulating device for the surface of a heating cylinder of a cooking appliance consisting essentially of a stretched metal wire applied along a spiral path with a wide helix angle to the surface of the cylinder, the variations in the length of the wire due to heat-induced expansion or contraction acting after amplification on a microswitch incorporated in the heating circuit for said cylinder.

Abstract: A tree processing apparatus and more particularly an apparatus for delimbing at least two, and preferably about ten, trees simultaneously. The trees, which have been previously felled, are each loaded, by one end in the apparatus and then all the trees are substantially simultaneously moved through the apparatus while being delimbed. Means can also be provided on the apparatus to saw the trees transversely into sections.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a self-induction device capable of steep saturation when the instantaneous value of a current flowing therethrough goes beyond a given level. The device comprises an annular magnetic core including at least one toroid coil of magnetic material, an insulating structure for supporting the coils and at least one insulated conductor coil embracing a section of said magnetic core. A tank encloses the core and the coils, the tank being provided with at least one input conduit for feeding a refrigerating fluid to the core and of at least one output conduit for the fluid. The insulated conductor coil is constituted of an insulated flexible cable wound around the insulating structure. The extremities of each conductor coil are so connected with the other conductor coils to effect a desired coupling, the so coupled coils being connected to an utility circuit.

Abstract: A portable bidet for use in conjunction with a conventional bathtub which is of simple construction and inexpensive to manufacture. Since the subject bidet is portable, it is not a permanent fixture in the bathroom and can therefore be used in existing bathrooms which have conventional bathtubs. According to the subject invention, the portable bidet is adapted, in use, to be supported in a conventional bathtub having a bottom and an outer sidewall. The bidet comprises an enclosure-forming body having an open bottom and a top, and means at said top defining a seat for a user. A support bracket is solid with said body in the general plane of said seat and projects away therefrom to be set, in use, on the top of said bathtub sidewall. A support leg is hingedly connected at one end to the body on a side thereof opposite said support bracket and adapted, in use, to rest by the other end on the bottom of said bathtub.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooling underground power cables situated in a tubular cable enclosure. Cooling of underground power cables is presently effected by the circulation of water or oil through pipes within which the cables are situated. The oil or water is then circulated through air or water-cooled heat exchangers which are uniformly spaced along the transmission line. However, a substantial flow of liquid is required to extract a useful quantity of heat, and extensive equipment is necessary to effect this flow of liquid. The subject invention proposes a relatively inexpensive and more efficient apparatus to cool underground cables. The apparatus comprises an enclosed chamber adapted to enclose a portion of a length of underground power cables. A liquid supply inlet is provided to the enclosed chamber, as well as an evaporated liquid outlet from the enclosed chamber.

Abstract: An electrically driven back-combing device comprising a comb, a housing provided with an aperture at one extremity, and means for swinging the comb with respect to the housing. The swinging motion of the comb is produced by a cam disc, rotated by an electric motor, which imparts movement to a cam-following means. The cam-following means transmits its movement to a swinging lever on which is mounted the comb.

Abstract: An electronic timer switch capable of controlling the operation of a unit, such as an air conditioning apparatus, according to a preset time schedule even when the unit is switched on.

Abstract: A thermal distribution system for distributing heated or cooled fluid from respective fluid generators to thermal exchangers. The system comprises a regulating-reversing device for selectively controlling and distributing the fluid from and towards the hot fluid generator and the cold fluid generator, and regulating the flow thereof from and towards the thermal exchangers. A degasifying device is connected to the regulating-reversing device for distributing said fluid to the exchangers and for collecting the same from said exchangers. A pumping means is mounted between said degasifying device and said regulating-reversing device for pumping the fluid from the latter to the former.

Abstract: Domestic sewage water treatment apparatus, comprising an outer tank and an inner tank installed within the outer tank, the bottom of the inner tank being distant from the bottom of the outer tank. A space is formed between the vertical wall of the outer tank and the vertical wall of the inner tank. Means provided at the bottom of the inner tank prevent light particles from ascending into the clarification tank. Means provided at the top of the inner tank create a sufficient upwards suction thus providing the homogenization, aeration and recirculation of the bath and of the activated sludge contained in the aeration tank. Floating means are provided at the top of the inner tank for acting as a protection rampart against the turmoil created by the aeration, homogenization and recirculation means.

Abstract: A process for automated regulation of a unit producing sulphur by oxidation of hydrogen sulphide, in which the flow of gas carrying oxygen into the unit is regulated so as to keep an operating parameter, based on measurement of the sulphurous compound of the residual gases, level with a reference value.It is characterized by the fact that the control signal, used to regulate the flow of gas containing oxygen at the unit inlet, is a combination of a signal based on measurements taken at the inlet, and representing the theoretical flow of this gas needed to keep the operating parameter at its reference level and another signal representing the correction needed in this flow to adjust the instantaneous value of the parameter to the reference level.This process allow better control of the sulphur unit, with increased efficiency and reduced atmospheric pollution.

Abstract: A boat having a mainsail and a conventional rudder. The mainsail is supported by a mast and a pivotally mounted boom. A blade is pivotally mounted toward the free end of the boom about an axis that is substantially parallel to the mast. The blade acts as an auxiliary rudder for steering the boom and setting the angle of the sail. Though the boom pivots, the blade may be held parallel to a pre-set direction, so that the leeway component of the force of the wind on the sail is held substantially constant.