Abstract: An apparatus for melt blowing thermoplastic fibers especially suited for recycled plastic where molten polymer is extruded through a die head into an array of removable nozzles, each nozzle having a shoulder back end in contact with the die head, and discharged into ambient air while surrounded by a high velocity, high volume discharge of hot air wherein the nozzles are inserted through an array of nozzle holes in the back end of a strand plate bolted to the die head, and pass through an air chamber defined by the interior of the strand plate, air is heated to high temperatures with a direct flame and channeled to the air chamber, the outside face of the back end of the strand plate includes recessed areas corresponding to each nozzle hole, for receiving the shoulder back end of each nozzle, each of the nozzles can be serviced and replaced simply by releasing the strand plate and withdrawing one or more nozzles therefrom, a desired spatial configuration of and proper alignment of the nozzles is maintained wit
Abstract: A stake/post driver for use with a handheld jackhammer comprising a hammer assembly including a hammer element configured to strike the upper portion of the stake or post coupled to the handheld jackhammer by a hammer spindle to mechanically drive a stake or post into the ground or other support surface and a hammer guide assembly including a hammer housing to receive the hammer element and a portion of the hammer spindle therein having an upper spindle guide formed on the upper portion thereof to receive a portion of the hammer spindle therethrough and a lower stake/post guide coupled to the lower portion thereof to receive a portion of the stake or post therethrough to cooperatively align the hammer element relative to the stake or post during operation of the stake/post driver such that the hammer element strikes the upper portion of the stake or post driving the stake or post into the ground or other support surface.
Abstract: A dual stage compressor for use with condensable fluids comprising a condensable fluid expansion stage in fluid and thermal communication with a condensable fluid compression stage wherein the condensable fluid expansion stage comprises a compressor head/heat exchange including a fluid expansion nozzle disposed in operative relationship relative to an condensable fluid expansion chamber formed therein and the condensable fluid compression stage comprises a reciprocating compression piston movable between a first and second position disposed within a compression cylinder having an intake port and an intake valve movable between a first and second position to selectively control fluid flow from the condensable fluid expansion chamber to the interior of the compression cylinder and an exhaust port and an exhaust valve movable between the first and second position to selectively control fluid flow from the compression cylinder such that when the reciprocating compression piston moves from the first to second posi
Abstract: A hat constructed of woven fabric capable of reflecting radiant energy from the exterior thereof and of releasing thermal energy from the interior thereof, the hat comprising a side band having a top panel and a double ply outer brim attached to the upper and lower peripheral portions thereof to shield the head, neck and face of the wearer from the elements and to allow heat to escape from the interior thereof.
Abstract: A lumber staging device having a lumber receiving station and a lumber discharge station for positioning a supply of lumber of different lengths within arms reach of an operator of an automated saw. The lumber staging device comprises a first multi-level lumber conveying assembly including a first set of substantially horizontal conveyors and a second multi-level lumber conveying assembly including a second set of substantially horizontal conveyors to form multi-level pairs of corresponding substantially horizontal conveyors. The multi-level pairs include a lower conveyor assembly, an intermediate conveyor assembly and an upper conveyor assembly to convey lumber supported respectively thereon. Each conveyor assembly is operatively coupled to a corresponding conveyor drive to selectively convey lumber supported therebetween from the lumber receiving station to the lumber discharge station.
Abstract: A propagation tray configured to receive a plurality of seedlings or root cuttings comprising a tray member having an outer peripheral skirt formed about the periphery thereof and a plurality of propagation cells each having an upper centrally disposed aperture formed in the upper portion thereof inwardly of the outer peripheral skirt to receive a growing media and seedlings or root cuttings therein, a lower centrally disposed drainage aperture formed in the lower portion thereof and a growing media support member formed across the lower centrally disposed drainage aperture to retain the growing media and seedling or root cutting therein.
Abstract: A flow detector to detect and monitor the flow of fluid through a conduit comprising a first flow detection element selectively moveable between a first position and a second position and a second flow detection element disposed to operatively engage the first flow detection element when in the second position coupled between a power source and a flow detection monitor such that when fluid flows through the conduit the first flow detection element moves from the first position to the second position to operatively engage the second flow detection element to activate the flow detection monitor and when fluid ceases to flow through the conduit the first flow detector element returns to the first position thereby disengaging the second flow detector element to deactivate the flow detection monitor.
Abstract: A flow detector to detect and monitor the flow of fluid through a conduit comprising a first flow detection element selectively moveable between a first position and a second position and a second flow detection element disposed to operatively engage the first flow detection element when in the second position coupled between a power source and a flow detection monitor such that when fluid flows through the conduit the first flow detection element moves from the first position to the second position to operatively engage the second flow detection element to activate the flow detection monitor and when fluid ceases to flow through the conduit the first flow detector element returns to the first position thereby disengaging the second flow detector element to deactivate the flow detection monitor.
Abstract: A separator vessel and a biological reactor vessel are connected in tandem to remove separable wastes from waste water and to deactivate toxins, respectively. In a first embodiment, waste water is gravity fed into the separator vessel where it flows downwardly through a bed of loose pellets that causes coalescing of organic matter. A cone-shaped deflector, having its wide end facing downwardly, deflects the downward flow radially outwardly toward the side walls of the separator vessel. Heavy waste accumulates in a cone-shaped waste concentration zone at the bottom of the separator vessel and is pumped away to a disposal point. Lighter water reverses its downward direction and is pulled upwardly into the cone-shaped deflector by a pump and sent to the biological reactor vessel where nitrification changes toxins to harmless nitrates.
Abstract: A system for displaying dynamic on-line operating conditions of an interconnected power transmission network including components to monitor the interconnected power transmission network by measuring and correlating voltage magnitude and phase existing at selected station busses of the interconnected power transmission network and to display isovoltage and isophase contour lines on a map representative of the interconnected power transmission network geographic area thereby showing existing operating conditions of the interconnected power transmission network wherein the location and nature of any disturbances occurring on the interconnected power transmission network is indicated on the map by a change in the positions of the isovoltage and isophase contour lines relative to the normal network operating isovoltage and isophase contour lines such that upon detection of an abnormal operating condition a system operator may initiate action within the interconnected power transmission network to correct for the
Abstract: A system to organize, store and dispense a plurality of tablets in a predetermined theraputic regime comprising a plurality of sets of separate packets corresponding to the days of the week or the dates of the month configured to store at least one tablet therein wherein each set of separate packets comprises a subset of the packets corresponding to the time of day or date the plurality tablets for the corresponding day or date are to be administered and a packet organizer to arrange the sets and subsets of packets sequentially by day or date and time of day or date for each corresponding day or date for selectively dispensing and consumption of the appropriate tablet or tablets at the proper time and day or date.
Abstract: A non-toxic aqueous pesticide and method for application on plants and animals comprising at least one surfactant and at least one high terpene containing natural oil to effectively control insects and parasites such as darkling beetles, lice, ticks, mites, flies, aphides, mosquitoes and chiggers.
Abstract: A system and apparatus for transporting a colloidal like mixture of mineral material and water from a mining site to a processing facility comprising at least one automated water gun discharging continuous high velocity stream of water into a mineral stockpile and slurry pit in a predetermined undulating pattern to facilitate the mixing and movement of the mineral material and water into a hydraulic pump inlet disposed behind a crushing grid within the slurry pit wherein the automated water gun is moveably mounted on a portable sled and in operative communication with a water supply conduit having a barrel selectively moveable through a predetermined range of vertical and horizontal motion by a vertical positioning device and a horizontal positioning device respectively.
Abstract: An electrosurgical instrument comprising a work implement having a medically acceptable working edge with a plurality of layers of different compositions including an inner primer layer with an electrically conductive polymer with a coating thickness of about 0.3 mil, an intermediate layer having a coating thickness of about 0.1 mil and an outer protective layer having a low coefficient of friction with a thickness of about 0.3 mil to reduce the adhesion of charred tissue during surgical procedures involving cauterization or cutting of tissue utilizing high frequency electrical energy as the source of power.
Abstract: A sensing device to detect contaminants of known dielectric value such as hydrocarbons when present in a medium with a different dielectric value such as water comprising a plurality of capacitive members electrically connected to a sensor signal generator including a plurality of sensor channels corresponding to the plurality of capacitive members to generate a sensor signal corresponding to the dielectric value of the medium surrounding each of the plurality of capacitive members and a detect signal generator including a plurality of detect channels corresponding to the plurality of sensor channels to receive the sensor signal of the corresponding sensor channel and to generate a contaminant detection signal when each sensor signal from each sensor channel is within a predetermined range of the dielectric value of the contaminant to be monitored.
Abstract: A grain separator to separate and remove contaminants such as dust and debris from grain including an intermediate separator housing having a grain inlet port to receive grain to be scoured from an external source, a grain outlet port to feed scoured grain to an external collector, a first containments discharge port to discharge heavier contaminants removed from the grain to a first external receptacle and a second contaminants discharge port to discharge lighter contaminants removed from the grain to a second external receptacle, a mechanical separator and transport assembly operatively disposed within the intermediate separator housing to receive the grain and contaminants from the grain inlet port to separate the contaminants from the grain and to move the grain from the grain inlet port to the grain outlet port for collection in the external collector, a first containments transport assembly disposed to receive the heavier contaminants from the mechanical separator and transport assembly and to move the
Abstract: An environmentally compatible aquatic herbicidal composition comprising at least one surfactant and at least one high terepene containing natural oil to effectively control target aquatic vegetation including Red Azolla, Salvinia Molesta and Lemna.