Abstract: A rotisserie apparatus for rotating and roasting articles of food comprising a support assembly, a skewer assembly, a rotatable assembly and a drive assembly. The drive assembly turning a plurality of rotatable assemblies which are in turn removably mounted to skewer assemblies. The skewer assemblies hold food stuffs, which a user desires to roast, over a heat source. Because each skewer is independently and removably mounted to its own rotatable assembly, the entire device does not have to be stopped to remove a single skewer assembly. The support assembly, in conjunction with the rotatable assembly, cooperatively suspends the skewer assemblies over the heat source contained therein.
Abstract: A dental implant device for mounting a prosthesis and minimizing the lodging of extraneous substances in interstitial spaces. A root form implant fixture is permanently implanted in a user's jaw bone. The fixture includes anchorage and engagement sections. The engagement section includes a cylindrical portion adjacent to the anchorage section, a beveled portion that is adjacent to and coaxially disposed with respect to the cylindrical portion and a hexagonal portion adjacent to and coaxially disposed with respect to the beveled portion.
Abstract: An adjustable beam holder to be used with parallel spaced apart forming boards. The holder includes an elongated case with a longitudinal and centrally disposed slot that receives an elongated removably mounted connector member with an elongated protruding platform member on one side and the opposite side having perpendicularly mounted walls that are removably attached to the slot. Headed threaded shank members are inserted inside the case through openings defined by removable tabs formed on removable cap members mounted to the ends of the case. Readily detachable arms are mounted to the connector mounted to the case member in order to rest over the edges of forming wall and thereby aligning the upper wall flush with the plane defined by the upper edges.
Abstract: A method for isolating the immunoglobulin compounds in the feces of animals and humans including the steps of placing said feces in a container with a buffer solution, homogenizing the feces in a phosphate buffer saline solution thereby forming a homogenized solution, separating the solids from the homogenized solution leaving a clear solution and chemically precipitating substantially all material contained in the clear solution with the exception of the immunoglobulin compounds through the use of protamine. The method produces a sufficient amount of immunoglobulin compounds for diagnostic and treatment purposes, if necessary. In particular, the production of IgAs has been quite useful for these purposes.
Abstract: A cover for bottled water dispenser having a water bottle mounted on top and at least one water outlet valved for dispensing the water. An upper cover portion made out of a flexible and opaque material with the shape of a sac with cooperative dimensions for receiving and covering the water bottle and the sac having an opening and a string for closing the opening of the sac against the neck of the bottle. A lower cover portion made out of a flexible sheet having a substantially rectangular shape that cooperatively covers the dispenser and elastic strings or laces for keeping said lower cover portion mounted to said dispenser and said lower cover portion further including an opening exposing said water outlet valves.
Abstract: A foamed elastomeric polymer with a camouflage appearance on its surface and throughout its mass, characterized by distinct, randomly sized regions of various colors, having curved, nonangular borders with substantially no blend of colors, and being free from gas pockets and blisters. A process for manufacturing a foamed elastomeric polymer of the above description.
Abstract: A device for collecting oil contained in plastic containers that are placed inside a housing that includes a puncturing assembly mounted to a slanted platform. The platform has a central opening through which the discharged oil passes. A flexible conduit is connected to the outlet in the housing at one end and the other end of the flexible conduit is connected to a storage tank with sufficient capacity to store a substantial amount of oil. A hingedly mounted cover in said housing helps in the urging and pressing of the plastic container against the puncturing assembly. The puncturing assembly includes a separator to ensure the faster rate of unit flow of the oil from the container.
Abstract: This system protects any aperture from inclement weather. The device includes top and bottom rail means which hold a shutter cover means in place. The top rail means includes an elongated channel member that receives the top of the shutter cover means and first and second top sliding carrier means. The bottom rail means includes a flat punched bar member, which supports the weight of the shutter cover means, and has holes to receive a plurality of shutter pin means for cooperatively securing the shutter cover means to the bottom rail means.
Abstract: An anchorage device for supporting flat cover members for openings in building structures. The device includes two substantially similar stepped-plate members that include each an anchorage section and a supporting section. One of the stepped-plate members may in fact be flat or substantially flat, depending on the termination of the building openings to be protected. The anchorage section includes an opening and a cooperating fastening assembly for readily and removably mounting the device to the building structure with minimal aesthetic detraction or structural alteration. These sections define a plane each and these planes are kept in a spaced apart and parallel relationship with respect to each other by a step wall member. The supporting sections then are kept separate for their respective plates and the separation is sufficient to cooperatively receive the flat cover members that are used to protect the openings.
Abstract: An adjustable beam holder to be used with parallel spaced apart forming boards. The holder includes a case with a longitudinal slot that receives a headed threaded shank members and the other end of the shank is inserted through holes in the flanges of a clamp having a U-Shaped bracket. The bracket embraces one of the beams of a truss member urging same toward the case that is anchored in concrete. Readily detachable arms are mounted to the upper wall of the case member in order to rest over the edges of forming wall and thereby aligning the upper wall flush with the plane defined by the upper edges.
Abstract: A base for air handlers for air conditioning systems to support them at a spaced apart relationship from the floor to permit air in. The handler has two supporting assemblies that are separate, parallel to each other and being connected by horizontally disposed extending members that telescopically adjust that separation to cooperate with the dimensions of the air handler. The supporting assemblies include pivotally mounted L-shaped members that have a horizontally disposed arm and a perpendicularly and vertically disposed leg. L-shaped members can be swung to align the arms with the plane define by the supporting assemblies, thereby providing a volumetrically efficient base when in storage.
Abstract: A ramp for loading a pick-up truck that is collapsable so that it can be transported and stored in a minimum space. The ramp is removably mounted to the rear tail gate of a pick up truck. The ramp includes three contiguously hingedly connected rectangular flat members that open or distend with their planes at predetermined angles with respect to each other. This is accomplished by sharing the load placed on said flat members between the shear on the hinge assemblies and the angled abutting edges compression load. The shaft of one of the hinge assemblies extends and a handle member is mounted thereon for prompt manipulation of the ramp.
Abstract: A foamed elastomeric polymer with a camouflage appearance on its surface and throughout its mass, characterized by distinct, randomly sized regions of various colors, having curved, non-angular borders with substantially no blend of colors, and being free from gas pockets and blisters. A process for manufacturing a foamed elastomeric polymer of the above description.
Abstract: A game for building words and form concepts form the selection and arrangement of symbols within a given topic. A card with longitudinal slots is adapted to receive one topic chip per slot and one or more symbols that form a word related to each one of those topics. The symbols chips are pre-organized through the use of unique relief patters that are accepted in position with complementary relief patterns in a carrier for these symbol chips. As the players build their words they are called to defend them as being relevant to the topic categories where they were built.
Abstract: A portable toilet seat to be removably mounted on toilet installations that include an upper rim surface. The seat has two arched seat members, each having an upper half and a lower half that are securely mounted to each other, and each one of said arched seat members has an internal longitudinal channel. Two pairs of hingedly mounted arm members slidably housed inside the longitudinal channel so that when the two pairs of hingedly mounted arm members slide out and the arm members can be coaxially disposed when extended. The portable toilet seat adopts a substantially circular configuration that cooperatively aligns with the toilet rim surface. Locking mechanisms are provided to the hingedly mounted arm members so that they stay in place when housed within said arched seat members.
Abstract: A panel having several concrete layers and further including a sufficient number of elongated members disposed between the adjacent layers so that the brittle characteristics of the concrete panel are minimized. Inexpensive spacing material is provided to minimize the use of concrete, maintain the weight low and improve its handling characteristics. Utility conduits are provided built in as typically found in building structures as well as reinforcing bars as the architectural design requires. The panels are designed for their ready assembly on site.