Abstract: A hollow refuse storage body having a longitudinal axis is configured for mounting on a truck chassis. The body has a forward hopper section and a rear section with an open rear end. A tailgate is mounted to the rear section of the refuse storage body and is moveable between closed and open positions to seal and unseal the open rear end of the rear section of the refuse storage body. A hollow box-like load eject blade is mounted within the refuse storage body for reciprocating movement along the longitudinal axis along a bottom floor of the refuse storage body. A hollow box-like packer blade is mounted within the refuse storage body for reciprocating movement along the longitudinal axis overlapping an upper surface of the eject blade. A pair of single stage hydraulic cylinders are coupled in criss-cross fashion between the refuse storage body and the packer blade for moving the packer blade over a first range of travel.

Abstract: A fill valve for a water storage tank includes a riser assembly, a valve housing mounted on an upper end of the riser assembly, and a pilot operated diaphragm valve mounted in the valve housing. A float housing is connected to the valve housing. A float arm of a combination float and float arm has a first end pivotally connected to the valve housing for opening and closing a pilot orifice in the diaphragm valve. A second end of the float arm is connected to the float. The float is located in the float housing which has an inlet opening for allowing water to spill into the float housing so that the float rises upwardly and the first end of the float arm fully seals off the pilot orifice. A snap off cover member extends over, and is releasable latched to, the valve housing and the float housing.

Abstract: A diaphragm-type control valve for irrigation systems has an outer clam-shell housing that encloses a vertically reciprocable diaphragm assembly. A primary valve seat inside the housing is engaged and disengaged by a seal on the underside of the diaphragm to open and close the valve by connecting and disconnecting its inlet and outlet passages. Pressurized water from a lower inlet chamber of the valve travels through a small metering orifice in the center of the diaphragm assembly to an upper pressure control chamber above a flexible membrane of the diaphragm assembly. A solenoid actuated pilot valve is operatively coupled to the upper pressure control chamber for venting pressurized water therefrom to permit the diaphragm assembly to move upwardly to open the valve. A filter screen is mounted to the underside of the diaphragm assembly to prevent debris from clogging the metering orifice, clogging the small passages of the pilot valve, or fouling the solenoid.

Abstract: A digital interface device conveys signals between aircraft data busses and a wingtip weapons station. A first interface is provided, coupling to an F/A-18 Aircraft Instrumentation Subsystem Internal (AISI) input/output connector. A second interface is coupled to a secondary armament bus. A crossover cable interconnects the wingtip weapon station to the secondary armament bus. A digital data processing module is coupled to the first and second interfaces and programmed to convey signals between aircraft data systems coupled to the F/A-18 AISI input/output connector and the wingtip weapon station. Namely, the processing module monitors signals received on the input/output connector, and extracts signals addressed to one or more predetermined addresses. The module also transmits the reformatted signals to the wingtip weapon station. With a minimum of wiring changes, the interface easily converts an aircraft designed for a nose-mounted ACT pod for use with an ACT pod mounted at a wingtip station.

Abstract: A pop-up sprinkler unit includes an outer cylindrical fixed housing for subsurface mounting, with a riser reciprocally mounted in a central bore of the housing for extending up through a portion of the soil. A radially retractable and expandable resilient plastic containment ring is mounted at an outlet end of the housing and engages an annular inner shoulder of the housing for retaining a coil spring and the riser in the bore. The containment ring is split to enable expansion and retraction. It has a first height throughout a first portion of its circumference and a second lower height throughout a second portion of its circumference to enable overlap during insertion of the ring into the upper end of the fixed housing. This configuration eliminates a gap at the split when the ring is in its retaining position, thereby preventing debris from entering the bore of the housing and preventing complete extension and/or retraction of the riser.

Abstract: A diaphragm-type control valve for irrigation systems has a solenoid operated pilot valve assembly. The solenoid includes a housing having a generally cylindrical bore with an open end, an energizeable coil surrounding the bore, a ferrous plunger reciprocally mounted in the bore and having an end extending from the open end of the solenoid housing, the plunger moveable between an extended position and a retracted position, and an elastomeric sealing cap mounted on the plunger end and having a central portion for sealingly engaging a valve seat and a peripheral portion sealing the bore around the plunger.

Abstract: A control valve comprises a housing having an inlet for connecting to a source of water and an outlet, a pressure responsive diaphragm valve assembly including a valve disc having a front face and a back face mounted in the passage for engagement with the valve seat, and a pilot passage between the front face and the back face, a friction plate on the back face, and a screen plate on the front face of the valve member, the screen plate having a cup shape and screen openings at a corner edge of the disc communicating with the pilot passage from the front face of the valve to a back of the diaphragm for controlling the rate of opening of the valve for controlling flow of fluid through the valve to the sprinkler unit.

Abstract: A feeder for a pick and place machine used in connection with the mounting of small discrete parts such as electrical and mechanical components comprises a frame and mechanisms connected to the frame for advancing a carrier tape product from a supply reel. The carrier tape product preferably includes a pair of spaced apart continuous parallel carrier tapes having a series of longitudinally spaced parts with opposite sides molded over adjacent inner side edges of corresponding ones of the carrier tapes so that each part bridges the two carrier tapes. The feeder further comprises a separation station mounted to the frame for receiving the carrier tape from the supply reel.

Abstract: A push-cable for mechanically and electrically connecting a video camera head to a push reel and a video circuit includes a central resilient push rod made of a composite material such as resin impregnated glass fibers, and a plurality of conductive wires and filler rods helically wound around the push rod. The push-cable further includes a conductive shield layer surrounding the conductive wires and filler rods and sandwiched between inner and outer layers of plastic film tape. A layer of a high pull strength material such as braided KEVLAR surrounds and overlies the film-enclosed conductive shield. The final layer of the push-cable is a co-polymer polypropylene insulating protective layer. The configuration and geometry of the components of the push-cable are preferably designed to achieve a seventy-five ohm impendence and a high signal-to-noise ratio over an extended length.

Abstract: A pop up sprinkler unit includes a housing having an inlet including a passage for connecting to a source of fluid such as water or air, a pressure responsive inlet valve assembly including a valve seat surrounding the inlet, a valve member having annular sealing normally biased into engagement with the seat, and a velocity control disc mounted on the valve member and extending into the passage at the inlet, the velocity control disc metering initial inlet fluid for controlling the rate of opening of the valve for controlling flow of fluid through the valve to a nozzle and extension of a riser to an extended position.

Abstract: A blood inlet manifold is provided for connection to a first end of a blood heat exchanger including a plurality of hollow conduits arranged in a bundle. A plurality of first ends of the conduits terminate adjacent the first end of the blood heat exchanger and a plurality of second ends of the conduits terminate adjacent a second end of the blood heat exchanger. The blood inlet manifold includes a blood inlet nozzle having an upstream segment and a downstream segment. The upstream segment is connectable to a tube for conveying blood. The blood inlet manifold further includes a generally conical wall member connected to the downstream segment of the blood inlet nozzle and connectable to the first end of the blood heat exchanger. The connection of the blood inlet manifold to the blood heat exchanger defines a chamber between the conical wall member and the first set of ends of the conduits. An interior of the downstream segment of the blood inlet nozzle opens into this chamber.

Abstract: Blood heat exchanger apparatus with improved heat exchanged capability and improved bonding of micro-conduit heat exchange fibers. The micro-conduit comprises a plurality of elongated fibers, which may be made of a hydrophobic material such as polypropylene or polyethylene. The micro-conduit fibers may be provided as a heat exchanger micro-conduit wrapping material, wherein the micro-conduit fibers are attached to a thin flexible interconnect, such as woven netting, to maintain the fibers at predetermined and substantially parallel alignment with each other. The wrapping material is wrapped about an elongated spindle to provide a generally cylindrical heat exchange core. A shell is placed around the core to contain the heat transfer fluid which passes around the exterior of the fibers. Opposing first and second seals are created by applying potting compound between fibers proximate the spindle's first and second ends respectively.

Abstract: A sprinkler unit with riser damping comprises a tubular housing having an inlet for connecting to a source of water, a tubular riser reciprocally mounted in the tubular housing and moveable from a retracted position within the housing to an extended position from the housing, the riser having an outlet having a nozzle for distributing a stream of water outward from the housing, a passage connecting the inlet to the outlet, a retraction spring normally biasing the riser to the retracted position, and a shock absorbing ring mounted on the riser for damping movement of the riser to the extended position.

Abstract: A blood outlet manifold is provided for a membrane-type blood oxygenator made of a plurality of micro-porous fibers. The fibers have first and second ends wound into a generally cylindrical bundle. The blood outlet manifold comprises a generally cylindrical vessel having a first annular wall dimensioned to snugly overly an exterior surface of the oxygenator fiber bundle. The vessel further has a flared portion including a second annular wall radially spaced from an end portion of the exterior surface of the oxygenator fiber bundle adjacent to the second ends of the fibers. An annular blood collection chamber is defined between the exterior surface of the oxygenator fiber bundle and the second annular wall for receiving blood flowing radially outwardly from around the fibers of the oxygenator fiber bundle. A seal is provided between the end portion of the oxygenator fiber bundle and the second annular wall.

Abstract: A flashlight that includes a substantially watertight battery housing, a bulb mounted in a socket assembly, a reflector, and a lens covering a forward end of the reflector. A plurality of batteries are supported in the housing so that only if the batteries are correctly polarized will a circuit be completed to allow current from the batteries to energize the bulb. This reduces the emission of flammable gas or corrosive liquid from the batteries. A membrane seals a vent port in the battery housing and is made of a material that permits a flammable gas generated by the batteries within the housing to continuously escape from the housing through the membrane without permitting water to enter the housing through the membrane. Pellets are mounted inside the battery housing for neutralizing the effects of any flammable gas emitted within the battery housing that may have nevertheless been produced and not adequately vented.

Abstract: A flashlight has a water tight cylindrical battery casing and a sealed cylindrical closure which screws over the forward open end thereof. The closure includes a lens and a parabolic reflector. A first PC board fixed in the closure serves as a support member for a second PC board that serves as a mounting member for a pair of bulbs. The second PC board is pivotally connected to the first PC board in front thereof in overlapping fashion. The pins of the bulbs are plugged into forward opening pin receptacles in the second PC board. The second PC board can swing back and forth to move the bulbs through an arcuate slot in the reflector into and out of the focal point of the reflector. A manual actuator located on the outside of the casing can be toggled by a diver's hand and its motion is carried by a sealed linkage through the casing to pivot the second PC board.

Abstract: A system of multi-colored sprinkler nozzles are molded simultaneously in a multi-cavity mold and emerge from the mold in an interconnected rack of multiple nozzles having nozzles of multiple units with common characteristics identified by common color.

Abstract: A transition manifold is provided for use in association with the upper end of a generally cylindrical heat exchanger fiber bundle having a plurality of vertically extending conduits with open upper ends terminating in substantially co-planar fashion. The transition manifold is specially configured for redirecting blood flowing out of the upper end of the heat exchanger fiber bundle radially outwardly around the fibers of a concentric, surrounding oxygenator fiber bundle. The transition manifold includes a generally conical wall member defining a surface which extends at a relatively flat angle with respect to a plane perpendicular to a vertical central axis of the heat exchanger fiber bundle. The surface of the conical wall member diverges away from the upper end of the heat exchanger fiber bundle in a direction moving radially outwardly from the central axis.

Abstract: An adjustable height fill valve assembly for controlling water level in a storage tank, comprises a lower riser assembly comprising concentrically disposed inlet riser and an outer riser housing, each having an upper end and a lower end, the inlet riser and the riser housing connected together at the lower ends, the inlet riser being adapted for mounting in a hole in a flush tank, an upper riser assembly comprising concentrically disposed inner supply tube and an outer tubular valve housing, each having an upper end and a lower end, a main valve seat at the upper end of the inner supply tube, the upper riser assembly telescopically mounted on the lower riser assembly, a latch between the riser housing and the tubular valve housing for latching the upper and the lower riser assemblies in selected extended and retracted positions, the latch disengageable upon rotation of the upper riser assembly in either direction from a central position, a valve housing cap having a bayonet lock connection for quick connect d