Abstract: A fluid flow indicator including a magnetic switch mounted adjacent a fluid carrying conduit. A magnetic plunger is loosely contained by the conduit and is urged to the proximity of the switch by fluid flow through the conduit thereby activating the switch. The magnetic plunger is restricted to movement within the monitoring conduit by rods transverse to the fluid flow, one located at the inlet and the other located at the outlet of the monitoring conduit, and having their termini operatively received and retained in annular channels formed in the walls of the monitoring conduit. A process for fabricating a fluid flow indicator as claimed herein is also taught.

Abstract: A cryptographic game and apparatus therefor, including an encrypting box with a plurality alphabetically labeled compartments, a plurality of alphabetically labeled members adapted to be randomly placed in the compartments, a first pad of sheets containing messages to be encrypted, and a second pad of sheets employed by players to decipher the message.

Abstract: A device for transporting show animals providing a means to transport the caged animal at the show grounds and also providing an area to groom or inspect the animal or animals so transported prior to the showing thereof. A U-shaped support member operatively connected to a chassis member is provided which is capable of being selectively positioned into an erected position away from said chassis member and a folded position on top of said chassis member. A tabletop member is operatively connected to said U-shaped support member and is adapted to be selectively positioned into an open or extended position and a folded position. At least one support leg is pivotally connected at one terminus to said tabletop member to support it when it is in the open or extended position.

Abstract: A method of operating turbochargers for use with internal combustion engines and a turbine housing therefor wherein the housing is uniquely configured so as to be able to be mounted in the engine compartment in a variety of modes and wherein the turbocharger may or may not be used in conjunction with a wastegate control. The unique configuration of the turbine housing permits the passage of exhaust gas through the interior of the turbine housing and more specifically through the extent of the internal scroll thereof wherein the exhaust gas imparts to the turbine operation peak efficiency before the driving gas is vented through a wastegate passageway at the terminus of the turbine housing as opposed to the entry thereof. The exhaust gases may also be bypassed from a point between the entry and terminus of the internal scroll.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new and unique method for the extraction and reclamation of perchlorethylene dry cleaning solvent from spent dry cleaner filter cartridges which utilize a layer of activated charcoal and paper filter media to perform the filtering function. The spent filter cartridges are separated into component parts. The charcoal and paper filter media are separated, collected and immersed in a boiling liquid solution contained in a boiling sump. The resulting perchlorethylene-laden vapors are collected and condensed to form a condensate. The condensate is allowed to settle by gravity into two homogeneous layers the upper layer of which contains water and the lower layer of which contains perchlorethylene in order to separate and collect the perchlorethylene for reuse or sale. The water in the upper layer is recycled into the boiling sump for reuse. The charcoal and filter media components are removed from the boiling sump, dried, and collected for recycling or sale.

Abstract: This invention relates to an insect and the like pest disposal device designed to attach to the suction extension hose of a suction cleaning machine and to a disposable filter bag that receives and retains such pests for disposal without the necessity of having to physically contact the captured pests during the disposal operation. The device uses no insecticides nor leaves any poisonous residues. A first and second tubular member, each having an extending, elongate portion and aperture therein, cooperatively engage to define a hollow housing member. A tubular, air permeable bag, closed on one end and having an opposite extending, elongate end having an aperture therein is adapted to be received and retained in the hollow housing member to receive and retain objects entering the interior cavity of the hollow housing member.

Abstract: An improved floating bearing for turbochargers and similar high speed rotating machinery is axially restrained by the interposition of a spring washer between the flange on the floating bearing and a seal plate attached to the housing that carries the bearing and a shaft rotatable therein. The spring biasing means is configured as an annular washer having openings therethrough, preferably in the outer perimeter thereof, to increase the flexibility of the washer. The interior portion of the washer acts against the flange of the floating bearing while the exterior portion of the washer is held relative to the housing in radial displacement from the bearing flange.

Abstract: An osteal medical staple of unique configuration having a cross-bar portion defining gripping surfaces by which the staple may be securely and rigidly held by a driver tool or the like, wherein the staple has depending leg portions flaring outwardly a predetermined amount such that regardless of the size of the staple a discrete, constant spread or flaring is obtained once same is implanted in bone or the like, and wherein loosening or reversal of the driven staple is all but eliminated by reason of the triangular, in cross-section, legs of the staple wherein two of the sides have retention barbs thereby insuring complete and total fixation while the curvilinear surfaces of the cross-bar portion of the staple insure a minimum of damage to soft tissue surrounding the bone with which the staple is utilized.

Abstract: A uniquely configured, constructed photographic light diffuser device for association with a photographic light source, which is versatile in that it is easily and releasably associated with variously configured light sources used in the photographic field, wherein the device is made up of articulated panel segments, the segments having different light reflecting, or diffusing qualities, wherein the diffusing member is easily and releasably associated with the light directing device so as to be able to make up a myriad of difference selected, polygonal configurations to vary lighting patterns and light intensity on photographic objects. The device is light weight and collapsible for ease of carrying and is particularly applicable to the photography field wherein it is desired to achieve and attain various lighting affects.

Abstract: A medical staple device for holding, driving, and withdrawing medical staples comprising a uniquely configured integral member of metal construction wherein, due to the intrinsic nature of the material, opposed staple holding portions are formed which naturally tend to move away from each other and wherein the terminii of the opposed portions are configured to receive in secure, captive relationship therebetween a medical staple which is to be held, driven or withdrawn from bone, tissue and the like. A sleeve or driver member is threadably associated with the device to exert, in a discrete manner, closing forces upon the opposed portions retaining the medical staple to either secure it therebetween or to release same from its grasp. The device is of relatively low-cost, unsophisticated construction and essentially trouble-free in operation.