Abstract: A system for delivering a fluid from a puncture in a pressurized vessel and particularly for delivering an entry retardant into or adjacent a secure space.

Abstract: A system for delivering a fluid from a puncture in a pressurized vessel and particularly for delivering an entry retardant into or adjacent a secure space.

Abstract: A one-way valve comprising flat resilient members in face-to-face relationship which are bonded upon two generally parallel tracks defining a passageway therebetween, where the tracks have a tortuous profile along their inner edges, and optionally, where the passageway is creased and/or wetted.

Abstract: An improved method is disclosed for preparing coated, frozen comestibles which are stable when stored for extended periods and which, when reconstituted by microwave heating or by baking, have a texture and appearance organoleptically equivalent or superior to that of fat fried coated comestibles, along with the products produced thereby.

Abstract: A multiple conduit flexible drainage device in which the adjacent conduits are joined by a plurality of membranes and may be parted from their proximal ends, reliably and without damage to the conduits.

Abstract: Methods of producing coated, roasted nuts with distinctive honey flavor and golden medium brown roasted nut color comprising coating the nuts a single or successive times with nut coater slurry containing spray dried honey powder, adhesive agent, supplemental sweetener and water, and optionally with a nut coater mixture of modified instant starch and baker's special sugar, and roasting, as well as roasted nuts produced by the described method.

Abstract: A water-based coating composition comprising as the first component, a mixture of a polyaldehyde chosen from the group consisting of glyoxal, glutaraldehyde and derivatives of glyoxal and glutaraldehyde, and a water dispersible component chosen from the group consisting of epoxy resin emulsions which can be emulsified in water, synthetic latexes stable at about pH 7 or less, low molecular weight resin emulsions, epoxy ester emulsions, water emulsified alkyds, and cationic, anionic and non-ionic asphalt emulsions and, as the second component, the non-gel reaction product of (I) urea-formaldehyde ether monomer, urea-formaldehyde phenol monomer, urea-nonylphenol formaldehyde monomer, thiourea-formaldehyde ether monomer, melamine formaldehyde ether monomer hexamethoxymethyl melamine, with (II) a polyamine chosen from a group consisting of primary and secondary amines and/or a monoamine, combined with (III) a hydroxide or oxide of calcium, strontium or barium.

Abstract: A method and a composition for attracting bark beetles, particularly southern pine beetles, and suppressing their further development to halt destructive forest infestations.

Abstract: A two component water-based composition which cures in two stages, an initial rapid curing stage and a slower curing stage, comprising as the first component, a mixture of a polyaldehyde chosen from the group consisting of glyoxal glutaraldehyde and derivatives of glyoxal and gluteraldehyde, and a water dispersible component chosen from the group consisting of poxy resin emulsions which can be emulsified in water, synthetic latexes stable at about pH 7 or less, low molecular weight resin emulsions, epoxy ester emulsions, water emulsified alkyds, and cationic, anionic and non-ionic asphalt emulsions and, as the second component, the non-gel reaction product of N,N'-bis(methoxymethyl) uron and a polyamine chosen from a group consisting of primary and secondary amines and/or a monoamine.

Abstract: A paving composition formed of aggregate and asphalt cement in which the asphalt cement is treated with a combination of a primary catalyst comprising a compound chosen from the group consisting of asphalt cement soluble organic-manganese, organic-cobalt, and organic-copper compounds, or a mixture of two or more thereof, and a secondary catalyst comprising an asphalt cement soluble organic-iron compound.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for preparing a patterned baked good by cutting a dough piece and impressing a pattern on the dough piece.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for preparing coated, frozen comestibles which are stable when stored for extended periods and which, when reconstituted by microwave heating, have a texture and appearance organoleptically equivalent or superior to that of fat fried coated comestibles. According to the method, the comestibles are enrobed with a first coating of a batter including wheat flour and shortening, placed in a heated water bath for up to sixty seconds, fried, given a second coating, fried a second time and frozen.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for preparing coated, frozen comestibles which, when reconstituted by microwave heating, have a texture and appearance organoleptically equivalent or superior to that of fat fried coated comestibles. According to the method, the comestibles are enrobed with a first coating of a batter including wheat flour and shortening and fried, and the once coated and fried comestibles are then given a second coating, fried a second time and frozen.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for providing an increased flexibility and rate in processing data in a random access memory (RAM) system. The apparatus comprises, in a first embodiment, a switching circuit which is coupled to the word lines of the RAM array and which is selectively operable in two modes. The switching circuit operates in a first mode to transmit word line signals to a single row of memory cells in the RAM array in accordance with principles well known in the prior art. The switching circuit is responsive to a control circuit, and operates in a second mode to alter, along the row of memory cells in the RAM array, the word line signal path, to provide simultaneous accessing of portions of at least two adjacent rows of memory cells in the RAM array. Such simultaneous accessing allows the processing of more data through the memory system that was previously possible in accordance with principles known in the prior art.

Abstract: A device for evacuating body fluids under sub-atmospheric pressure is disclosed using a suction device in which a constant force means is utilized to create substantially constant vacuum in a chamber of the suction device, and the device progressively fills with fluid drawn thereinto through a catheter or the like. The device includes an elongated cylindrical chamber with a movable piston therein and with peripheral seal means on the side wall of the piston to seal against the inner wall of the elongated cylindrical chamber to provide a seal thereat. An intake means to the cylindrical chamber is provided with a check valve therein which provides for only a unidirectional flow of fluid through the intake means.

Abstract: An apparatus for regenerating liquid smoke into vapor comprising a regenerator chamber, a regenerator member with generally vertical surfaces within the chamber, means for introducing and spreading liquid smoke on the surface, and means for heating the member to regenerate the liquid smoke into vapor.

Abstract: An instrument for injecting and withdrawing fluids including an elastomeric membrane in communication with the chamber of the instrument from which fluids are injected or into which they are withdrawn, in which the membrane expands and contracts with increasing and decreasing pressure in the chamber, providing both a visual and a tactile indication of the pressure of injection or withdrawal, and a pressure relief.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for displaying a plurality of objects on a video display screen. A video computer system (VCS) includes a microprocessor unit (MPU), a television interface adapter (TIA) having first and second high-resolution player graphics capabilities, a video display screen in the form of a television set, operator controls, and a video game cartridge in the form of read-only memory (ROM) which contains digital program information including the steps of the present process stored in preselected address locations. The present process uses a first set of data for a high-resolution player graphics original and multiple resets of an associated player graphics register to display greater than three copies of the player graphics original on a single given horizontal scan line of the video display screen. As a result, the remaining high-resolution player graphics original is available to create other high-resolution player graphics copies on the same series of horizontal scan lines.

Abstract: Manifolds are disclosed for introducing fluid into the human body and removing fluid therefrom. The fluid removing manifolds include a plurality of separately valved containers sealed to the manifold. Each container is filled in series via the manifold and the associated valve is closed before the container is removed from the manifold for disposal. Thus, a closed drainage system is provided. The fluid introducing manifolds include a plurality of separately valved input ports. Preferably, each port is used only once to reduce contamination of the manifold and associated infection. In each case, the port is kept closed until it is coupled to a source of fluid, and it is reclosed before the source of fluid is disconnected from the port. In this way, contamination is further reduced. Both the multiple input port feature and the multiple container feature of the invention are incorporated in manifolds for use with peritoneal dialysis.

Abstract: The disclosed balloon catheter includes a proximal catheter segment, a distal catheter segment, and an inflatable balloon member secured to and disposed between the proximal and distal catheter segments. A tension member is secured to the distal catheter segment and passes through the lumen of a coil spring included in the proximal catheter segment, such that the tension member is free to slide within the coil spring. A stop member is secured to the proximal end of the tension member to limit the sliding movement of the tension member inside the proximal catheter segment. The disclosed structure permits the balloon member to stretch both axially and circumferentially as it inflates, thereby improving the concentricity of the resulting balloon.