Abstract: A pollution control apparatus is shown for use on automobiles and trucks. This pollution control apparatus fits on the automotive exhaust pipe. A collector unit is secured between the exhaust pipe and tail pipe. The collector unit has a pair of blowers or bladed rotors which are impinged by a mixture of exhaust gases and water which causes the water droplets and dissolved and entrained materials to separate and drain through outlet drains. Water is injected into a U-shaped trap between exhaust pipe and the collector unit. Water from the bottom of the collector unit is pumped by a pump to a reservoir and entrained material is separated by a filter. Water from the filter drains by gravity through a radiator coil and thence to the reservoir from which it flows through vacuum valve to a U-shaped fitting. The water is injected into the exhaust gas stream to wash out entrained and soluble material. The mixture flows through blowers which cause the entrained and water-dissolved material to separate as described.

Abstract: A method for conversion of comminuted cellulosic agricultural wastes into a form edible by ruminant animals comprises treating such wastes, e.g., straw, corn stalks and husks, cotton wastes, peanut shells, saw dust, etc. by spraying with an aqueous solution of a mixed oxidant gas, at a pH of about 11-12, to produce a total water content of less than 20%, a pH of about 11.4-11.7, and NaOH content of less than 5.0% in the waste. The mixed-oxidant gas is preferably produced by a gas generator comprising an electrolytic cell having an anode compartment, a bipolar electrode in the anode compartment, a cathode compartment and a membrane separating the compartments to permit only a limited flow of electrolyte therebetween. When a low salt concentration solution is electrolyzed in this cell, the output is a mixed oxidant gas containing chlorine and various oxygen-containing species. The gas generator which is preferred is that shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,248,681.

Abstract: A drinking vessel including a mug having a liquid-tight volume therein, a base detachably connected to the mug, and a plurality of lights extending radially outwardly through the base so as to direct light outwardly from the base. The base has a cylindrical portion and a bottom surface. The base defines a liquid-tight volume therein. A power supply is contained within this liquid-tight volume so as to provide power to the plurality of lights. A switch is attached to the base and extends through the exterior wall of the base. The switch and the power supply are electrically connected to the plurality of lights. A sequencer is positioned within this liquid-tight volume so as to control the light actuation pattern of the plurality of lights. The base is in snap-fit connection with the mug. Each of the plurality of lights is a light-emitting diode spaced at even intervals from adjacent lights. The plurality of lights extend outwardly beyond the exterior surface of the base.

Abstract: A shipping container has a pallet with a metal base formed of channel and a floor panel secured to the base. Corner posts of square metal tubing extend vertically from the corners of the pallet base and have cover holding members at their upper ends. An inverted box-shaped cover having vertical recesses in each corner in slidably received on the pallet corner posts. Tie-down brackets slidably mounted in the floor panel receive straps to secure items stacked on the pallet floor panel. Slots in the pallet base and in the cover facilitate lifting the pallet and/or the cover by forklift or other lifting devices. The cover is raised to a position above the floor panel of the pallet and the cover holding members are pivoted to engage the cover such that the cover is supported on the posts above the floor panel. The cover could also be completely removed from the pallet. With the cover raised or removed, items can be stacked on the pallet and tied down by straps passed over the top of the stacked items.

Abstract: A load carrier device for transportation of a wide variety of items comprises a frame having upper longitudinal skid members connected by spaced upper transverse bracing members and a shelf connected to the upper longitudinal skid members, or the upper transverse bracing members, and lower longitudinal skid members connected by spaced lower transverse bracing members and a shelf connected to the lower longitudinal skid members, or the lower transverse bracing members. The frame, the upper and the lower shelves are supported by a diagonal restraining brace system, and the device enabling placement of the load carrier onto the roof of a vehicle is described. The load carrier device is removably attached to a vehicle with two attachment members fixedly attached to the lower frame portion are extending out and towards receiving device mounted to the frame of a carrier vehicle.

Abstract: An electrified table cloth for preventing crawling insects from gaining access to the consumer's food or drink comprises a cloth formed of electrically insulated material which has at least one pair of parallel electrically conductive strips secured to the edge or border of the cloth to completely encircle the cloth and which are connected to a low voltage DC battery also secured to the cloth. The strips of electrical conductive material are spaced apart sufficiently to normally prevent completion of a circuit across the strips and for completion of a circuit across said strips through an insert's body as the insect attempts to traverse the strips when crawling acorss the edge of the cloth. The current passing through the insect's body is sufficient to produce a sensation which will discourage further travel across the edge of the cloth.

Abstract: A scalp treatment composition which promotes scalp and hair health and growth was developed in China and approved by medical authorities of the Peoples republic of China. The composition consists essentially of ginger (zingiber officianale), saffron (crocus sativus), root bark of shaggy-fruited dittany (orignum dictamnus), the roots of red-rooted salvia (clary or sage), cypress (cypressus semptervirens) leaves, xiang tong (cinnamornum camphora (linn) sieb.), Chinese angelica (aralia chinesis), Sichuan chili (cheilitis), bezoar (phytobezoar), artemisia argyi or Chinese mugworth, royal jelly (exudated queen bee), the dried rhizome of rehmannia (scrophulariacae), bear's gallbladder, lard (saturated animal fat), dragon's (daemonorops droco bl.), dragon's blood, gypsum (calcium sulfate), loess (yellowish greay Loam), radix (etymon root), salt (sodium chloride), tuber of multiflower knotweed (centaurer), Chuan poshi (cudrania cochinohinensis (lour) kudo et masam), blended together in a skin permeating agent, e.g.

Abstract: A gage apparatus for determining uniformity in the inside or outside diameter of flexible rings and generally round objects based on the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. A spring biased lever pivotally mounted on a support plate has a releasable clamp at one end. An indicator is engaged with the lever to indicate the amount of pivotal movement thereof. A thin flexible band of stiff material has one end secured to a spool on the support plate and a portion of its length passes slidably through the clamp and forms a circular loop and its terminal end is fixed to the clamp. The ratio of the distance from the pivot point of the lever to the connection with the band is pi (3.1416) times the distance from the pivot point to the connection with the indicator whereby circumferential measurements are converted and indicated as diametric measurements. As the lever pivots, the diameter of the circular looped portion of the band will increase or decrease.

Abstract: A control apparatus or system for purged and pressurized electrical equipment provides rapid, controlled exchange of pressurizing or purging gas to an electrical enclosure. The control system or apparatus for NFPA Type Y and Type Z electrical equipment enclosures has a source of pressurizing gas, a rapid exchange pressure control filter/regulator, rapid exchange pressure gauge, vent control valve and a manual inlet valve providing for rapid exchange of purging gas to the electrical enclosure during start up, an enclosure control valve, enclosure pressure indicator, a venturi providing controlled leakage from the system, and a pressure loss control alarm or switch.

Abstract: A tank is disclosed for installation on dump trucks. The tank is supported on two pairs of legs which are hinged to the bottom of the tank and pivotally movable between a lowered and locked position for supporting the tank on the ground and a raised position when the tank is installed on a dump truck. The tank has rollers on the bottom and sides to guide the movement of the tank into the truck bed during installation. A distribution manifold for liquid in the tank is secured on the back end of the tank at a level for draining and sprinkling the contents of the tank along with an optional pumping device liquid while standing on the ground on the supporting legs or while on the truck. It is loaded on the truck by tilting the truck bed to the rear and backing the truck to engage the rollers mounted on the front end of the tank. On engagement with the truck bed, the rollers guide the movement of the tank into the bed and the front pair of legs are collapsed and folded under the tank while backing the truck up.

Abstract: A drain valve is disclosed which is adapted to be attached to the frame of a wheelchair, bed, or other object for draining a catheter reservoir bag without any part of the reservoir bag contents coming in contact with the valve. The valve has an integral spring-loaded plunger which pinches closed the drain tubing of the reservoir bag. The plunger is connected through a flexible cable to a control device. The valve is normally closed pinching closed the drain tubing, and the reservoir bag is filled through the inlet tubing attached to the patient. When the reservoir bag is to be drained, the control device is activated by the patient to retract the spring-loaded plunger in the valve opening the drain tubing and allowing the reservoir bag to darin. In one embodiment, the control device is a remotely operated hand lever mechanism connected to the cable. In another embodiment, the control device is a solenoid operator connected to the cable.

Abstract: A rotary apparatus for use as a pump, motor, meter, or fluid brake is disclosed. A stationary base member has a circular fluid channel with a pair of spaced fluid inlet and outlet ports within the channel. A rotor having a hollow cylindrical body portion substantially surrounds the base member and encloses the channel and has one or more peg-like piston members extending inward from the inner periphery of the rotor. The pistons are received in the channel and separate the channel into one or more enclosed fluid chambers and sequentially pass over the inlet and outlet ports. A ring gear on the inner periphery of the rotor engages a smaller gear rotatably mounted on the base member which is connected to a disc-shaped divider for rotating the divider in timed relation with the rotor upon relative rotation. The divider rotates partially in the channel and is recessed on its side wall to receive and travel in coordinated movement with the pistons during travel in the channel.

Abstract: An underreamer tool has a body with upper and lower portions having an upper cutter blade slot extending transversely through the upper portion and a lower cutter blade slot extending transversely through the lower portion at a right angle thereto. The upper and lower portions have central bores separated by a wall and connected by upper and lower fluid flow passageways bypassing the cutter blade slots. An upper pair of cutter blades mounted in the upper cutter blade slot and a lower pair of cutter blades mounted in the lower cutter blade slot move between a retracted position within the slots and an extended position outward therefrom. An upper piston in the central bore above the upper cutter blade slot has its bottom end engaged on the upper cutter blades and a lower piston in the central bore above the lower cutter blade slot has its bottom end engaged on the lower cutter blades.

Abstract: An interlocking wooden mat assembly for roadways in undeveloped areas comprises a three layered lamination of substantially parallel and closely spaced wooden planks forming each layer, which assemblies are rectangular and interlock along one of the longer sides. Selected planks of the bottom layer are offset longitudinally and extend beyond the intermediate layer at one end to provide a male extension on one end and a female recess at the other end. The planks of the bottom layer lie parallel to each other along the shorter dimension of the rectangular mat. The planks of the intermediate lie parallel to each other along the longer dimension of the rectangular mat and terminate at the edges of the rectangle. The top layer has planks extending parallel to each other and to the bottom planks along the shorter dimension of the rectangle comprising two groups of planks spaced toward the edges of the rectangle with the intermediate portion of the intermediate layer of planks being uncovered.

Abstract: A ground adapter is disclosed which comprises an electrically conductive metal body having a threaded cylindrical end portion of a size fitting a threaded opening in the wall of an object to be grounded. The metal body has a transversely extending hole at the end portion opposite the threaded end. A small longitudinally extending threaded hole is provided in the end wall of the metal body and intersects the transverse hole for the ground wire. A screw member is positioned in the threaded hole and movable into and out of the transverse hole for anchoring a ground wire in place. In a second embodiment, the transverse hole may be threaded and the longitudinal hole made smooth to receive a ground wire extending therein. Other embodiments include auxiliary connections for securing a metal bonding ribbon in place as well as a grounding wire. One such embodiment clamps a metal bonding ribbon around a pipe or conduit for grounding.

Abstract: A surgical device for volumetric localization, biopsy and surgical procedures consists of a tubular shaft containing an array of filaments which are preformed and preloaded as springs. The filaments when deployed by extension from the tubular shaft, after insertion through or adjacent to a tumor or other tissue mass, form a predetermined, i.e., substantially closed loop, configuration outlining, encasing and excluding a known volume of tissue, i.e., tumor or other tissue mass, from the human body for the purpose of localization, biopsy or surgical removal. The filament array configuration, when outlining, enclosing and excluding the tumor or other tissue mass, limits tissue exposure to conventional and nonconventional forms of surgery to that within the encircling filaments.

Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus comprises an automatically controlled mixing box for an air conditioning system wherein a triple inlet mixing box has a cold air inlet, a hot air inlet, a return air inlet, and a fan for inducting and disbursing the air mixed therein. Thermostatic motors regulate the first and second dampers having a configuration which controls opening or closing of the hot air inlet, the return air inlet, and the cold air inlet in such a manner that the air mixture may be regulated from cold to neutral to hot without any direct mixture of the cold air and the hot air at any time. The fan draws in the air from the open or partially open inlet openings to mix the same and discharge the mixture to the room. Several fan-powered mixing boxes may be incorporated to create a multizone system with each zone regulated by a thermostat to mix the return air with hot or cold air to supply the desired zone temperature.

Abstract: An adjustable tripod stand having independently adjustable legs comprises a longitudinal extensible upright portion of telescoping tubular members, a plurality of collar members slidably mounted on the upright portion which are longitudinally adjustable relative to one another and to the upright portion for selective positioning thereon, and a plurality of movable leg members operatively connected to upper and lower collar members for selective independent longitudinal positioning and radial extension relative to the upright portion and to one another. When an upper leg supporting collar and the corresponding lower collar are moved toward each other on the upright portion, the bottom of the leg connected thereto will be extended radially outward independently of the other legs, and when the upper leg supporting collar and the corresponding lower collar are moved away from each other, the bottom of the leg connected thereto will be drawn radially inward independently of the other legs.

Abstract: A multi-sided, invertible holder for beverage containers or the like comprises a hollow receptacle with a plurality of pairs of flat sides. A preferred embodiment is a hollow cube configuration having six flat sides. Four sides have holes through side walls; one side has a slot extending the length of the side wall; and another side has a hole through the side wall and a slot extending radially outward from the hole, and another side has a solid side wall. In use, the holder sits on a generally level surface and may be inverted such that any one of the side walls is on the top side to slidably receive a beverage container or other open top receptacle while the opposed bottom flat surface provides a stable supporting base. The invertible holder provides sufficient stability to prevent tipping or spilling the contents of the container.

Abstract: An adjustable mounting assembly for mounting electric motors and the like onto a support surface has a clamp in the form of a circular band with a pair of circular wire hoops for encircling the exterior of the article, e.g., a motor, to be mounted and a plurality of mounting brackets each having a leg portion for abutting the surface of the article to be mounted and a base portion disposed at a right angle to the leg portion with an aperture for mounting the article onto the support surface. Each bracket leg portion has a plurality of longitudinally spaced openings and tabs for receiving the hoops of the band at selective positions along its length. Each bracket is adjustably connected to the band for circumferential positioning at selective locations on the band to axially align the apertures of the upstanding base portions with an existing mounting arrangement of the support surface.