Abstract: An outboard engine bracing system for utilization on a boat hull having a transom. The outboard engine bracing system comprises an outboard extension formed integral with the boat hull and being located above the actual transom of the hull and extending rearwardly beyond the transom. A plurality of brackets are interposed between the transom and the outboard extension, being formed integral with the transom and the outboard extension. The outboard engine bracing system is adapted to have mounted thereon a conventional outboard motor.

Abstract: A fire detecting system utilizing existing electrical wiring in conjunction with circuit protecting devices provided in a main panel box. Various sensors which sense the presence of a fire condition are directly affixed to plug receptacles or wall switches. These sensors activate a short circuit device or a controlled overload which is utilized to trip a circuit breaker and activate various visual or aural alarms. An alternative embodiment employs an encoded RF signal transmitted over the existing wiring, tripping the circuit breaker by an electromechanical device, thereby activating the aural and visual alarms.

Abstract: Electrically insulating gaseous media of unexpectedly high dielectric strength comprised of mixtures of two or more dielectric gases are disclosed wherein the dielectric strength of at least one gas in each mixture increases at less than a linear rate with increasing pressure and the mixture gases are present in such proportions that the sum of their electrical discharge voltages at their respective partial pressures exceeds the electrical discharge voltage of each individual gas at the same temperature and pressure as that of the mixture.

Abstract: An improved apparatus and process for attaching welded omega seal segments to reactor heads, standpipes, mechanisms, and plugs comprises a first shank in combination with a second shank to attach an omega seal at a metal-to-metal interface.