Abstract: Information relating to combustion conditions within a fossil-fueled boiler that includes a plurality of burners adapted to produce flames combining to form a fireball is provided by acquiring data relating to the physical and temperature characteristics of the fireball with at least one imaging camera having optical and temperature measuring capabilities; receiving, storing and processing data received from the camera to provide data representative of the NO.sub.x content of the hot gases produced by the fireball; and transmitting the processed data from the processor to a monitor for display. Transmitted, processed data may include current, historical and target information relating to the physical appearance and temperature profile of the fireball.

Abstract: A fuel dispenser for delivering fuel along a fuel delivery path, a flow rate modulator in the fuel delivery path and a control system operatively associated with the flow rate modulator for regulating the rate of flow in the fuel delivery path during a fueling operation to achieve a flow-rate-dependent result. The precision fuel dispenser may further include a flow transducer in the fuel delivery path configured to provide a flow transducer signal representing a volume of fuel flow in the fuel delivery path to the control system.

Abstract: A method for installing a tube repair sleeve in a tube at a selected location relative to a tube defect or a tube support. The method includes using a hydraulic expander having at least one expandable bladder. The expander includes a stud having at least one conduit formed therein and a plurality of slidable expandable bladders mounted on the stud for radial expansion, each of the bladders in fluid communication with the conduit. A detector means is mounted on the expander and responsive to tube supports and defects in the tube. Finally, a control system is electrically connected with the detector means and operative to control the expansion of the bladder in response to signals received from the detector means.

Abstract: A book type carton for holding and displaying an article, the carton including a base carton and a tray. A cover flap selectively positionable between an open position and a closed position is hingedly connected to the base carton. The tray is slidably mounted in the base carton and is selectively positionable between an extended position and a retracted position. One of the tray and the cover flap has a closure tab forming a part thereof. The other of the tray and the cover flap has a slot forming a part thereof. The closure tab and the slot are relatively arranged and configured such that, when the tray is in the retracted position and the cover flap is in the closed position, the slot and the closure tab engage to releasably lock the cover flap in the closed position. A partition may be provided in the base carton to align the tray. A stop tab and limiter tab may extend from the tray to resist removal and overinsertion of the tray with respect to the base carton.

Abstract: An eddy current testing apparatus for nondestructive examination of pipe. The apparatus includes an eddy current coil adapted to removably circumferentially surround the pipe, the coil including a cable having a plurality of conductors adapted to form a continuous conductor coil when the cable is circumferentially wrapped around the pipe. A guide system extends along the length and adjacent to the surface of the pipe and a coil form is adapted to removably circumferentially surround the pipe and engage the guide system to provide for travel of the coil along the pipe.

Abstract: A bleach liquor recovery system for a commercial bleaching apparatus. The recovery system includes a bleaching tank for bleaching loads of textile fabric items with a predetermined batch volume of bleach liquor and a bleach liquor supply system for providing fresh bleach liquor to the bleaching tank. The bleach liquor supply system includes a chemical mixing system for generating the fresh bleach liquor and a bleach liquor injection line for delivering the fresh bleach liquor from the chemical mixing system to the bleaching tank. A bleach liquor recirculation system is connected to the bleaching tank for reclaiming at least a portion of the bleach liquor from the bleaching tank after bleaching a load of textile fabric items and for recycling the reclaimed bleach liquor into successive loads of textile fabric items in the bleaching tank. In the preferred embodiment, a collection tank stores the reclaimed bleach liquor between the successive loads of textile fabric items.

Abstract: An apparatus for securing a sheet of filter material about the circumference of a dye tube. The apparatus includes a mandrel support table having a tube loading station, a sheet wrapping station, a sealing station, and a discharge station; hollow, air permeable mandrels supported on the table; a table drive to sequentially index the mandrels to each of the stations; a vacuum chamber extending from the tube wrapping station to the sealing station to draw a vacuum inside each mandrel at and between the wrapping and sealing stations; a tube feeder for feeding tubes onto mandrels at the tube loading station; a sheet feeder for feeding sheets of filter material into engagement with tubes at the wrapping station; a mandrel drive for rotating each mandrel at the wrapping station to wrap the sheet around the circumference of a tube supported on the mandrel; and a sealer at the sealing station for sealing the sheet to itself to cover the tube.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a label for displaying information regarding a bottle or the like and for suspending the bottle from a support. The label includes a bottom panel having an upper surface and a lower surface. An adhesive layer is disposed on the lower surface of the bottom panel for securing the label to the bottle. A hanger flap is connected with the bottom panel by a fold along an edge of the bottom panel, the hanger flap overlying the upper surface of the bottom panel and defining an opening arranged and configured to receive the support.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a vehicle having a vapor recovery system having a fuel dispenser configured to deliver fuel to a fuel tank of a vehicle, a vapor recovery system operatively associated with the fuel dispenser having a vapor path for removing fuel vapor expelled from the fuel tank of the vehicle during a fueling operation, and a hydrocarbon vapor sensor associated with the vapor path for sensing the fuel vapors in the vapor path, wherein when the vapor sensor does not sense fuel vapor during the fueling operation, the fuel dispenser determines the vehicle contains an onboard vapor recovery system. Once a vehicle having an onboard vapor recovery system is detected, the vapor recovery system is either shut off or adjusted during the fueling operation to minimize fugitive emissions.

Abstract: A double layer sock has an inner ply having a foot portion that is undyed and a dyed outer ply covering the inner ply and joined to the inner ply at an upper end of the inner and outer plies. The inner ply is formed of antimicrobial and/or hydrophobic yarns.A method of making a double ply sock includes knitting a singular tubular garment having a first section formed of undyed yarn and a second section of dyed yarn. The undyed section is inserted into the dyed section forming a two-ply construction having an undyed inner ply.

Abstract: A steel tool box that is encapsulated in a polyethylene shell comprising of a base unit and a two piece drop front lid unit, which when closed and locked provide an air and water tight shell over the steel working area. The inner steel walls holding the drawer sliding and hanging fixtures are molded into the inner plastic walls of the base through a modified rotational molding process. Weight is significantly reduced by eliminating the outside steel walls of conventional steel tool boxes. This is possible through the modified molding process of parts into plastic.

Abstract: The ends of a plurality of stacked lumber pieces are embossed with an apparatus that includes an embossing plate having a vertical, planar embossing surface with three-dimensional indicia thereon; a press plate spaced from the embossing plate, the press plate including a plurality of adjacent press plate segments, each having a lumber contact surface facing the embossing surface, each of the contact surfaces being movable between a retracted position and an extended position toward the embossing plate; a lumber support for supporting a plurality of stacked, parallel lumber pieces with first and second opposed ends between the plates with the first end of the lumber pieces being toward the embossing plate and the second end of the lumber pieces being toward the press plate; drive means attached to the press plate segments to independently move the plate segments between retracted and extended positions; and a controller operatively associated with the drive means to actuate the drive means in a predetermined s

Abstract: The present invention is a jig which allows drilling sites to be located on a workpiece by the user simply locating the lengthwise points along the edge of the workpiece. The jig then marks the offset distance of the drilling site away from the longitudinal axis of the workpiece without the user having to make a secondary measurement to locate the point. The drilling site may be marked by a punch or a scribe at this point or the hole may actually be drilled using a drill bit. The jig contains an appropriate guide for assuring that the mark or the hole is centered at the precise location. The drill jig additionally allows holes to be drilled at angles in a face or along the edge of the workpiece using a vee block accessory. This vee block accessory allows holes to be located along the length of a workpiece lacking a planar face, such as a dowel. The vee in the block cradles the workpiece along its length so that a consistent longitudinal axis is defined.

Abstract: Liquid caustic compositions for use in reactive dyeing, having total and alkaline activities approximating the total and alkaline activities of a predetermined liquid caustic composition are prepared by providing a source of water; providing a container of concentrated sodium hydroxide solution; providing a container of liquid buffered alkali solution; providing a mixer communicating with the containers; providing at least one liquid caustic solution storage tank in communication with the mixer; providing flow meters communicating with the mixer to monitor the quantities of sodium hydroxide and buffered alkali flowing to the mixer; determining the total and active alkalinities of the target liquid caustic composition; determining the quantities of sodium hydroxide and buffered alkali solutions required to provide a liquid caustic solution having total and active alkalinities approximating the total and active alkalinities of the target solution; diluting the concentrated sodium hydroxide with the water to for

Abstract: An unburned carbon and other combustibles monitoring and control system for a fossil-fueled boiler, such as a pulverized coal fired boiler. An infrared imaging camera counts the moving hot particles entrained in the hot gases exiting the boiler and provides a first signal representative of the number of hot particles in the hot gases over a predetermined period of time. A signal processor is connected to the infrared imaging camera for counting the hot particles for receiving the signal representative of the number of particles in the hot gases and providing a second signal representative of the unburned carbon and other combustibles content of the fly ash produced by the boiler.

Abstract: The present invention entails a golf club head cover section integrally constructed with a towel section. The golf club head cover section comprises a stretchable enclosure that is enclosed about one end and about a surrounding side wall. An opening is formed in the head cover section opposite the closed end. Secured to the opening of the head cover section is the towel section. A connecting edge of the towel section is stitched or sewn around the opening of the head cover section. The towel section includes a free end that forms a lower opening and also the towel section includes a pair of opposed side edges that are left substantially unattached so as to form an elongated slit down the side of the towel section.

Abstract: A wheel chock for tandem wheels including upper and lower spaced apart wedge members sized and configured for wedging engagement with facing surfaces of the tandem wheels. A threaded rod joins the upper and lower wedge members. The threaded rod is connected to each of the upper and lower wedge members such that rotation of the rod in a first prescribed direction causes translational movement of each of the upper and lower wedge members along the rod and toward one another, and such that rotation of the rod in a second prescribed direction causes translational movement of each of the upper and lower wedge members along the rod and away from one another. At least one of the upper and lower wedge members includes a longitudinal bore formed therein, a transverse bore formed therein and intersecting the longitudinal bore, and a pivot nut having a body and a threaded nut bore formed therethrough.