Abstract: A utility bag for storing equipment for a baseball/softball team. The bag is constructed to be strapped to and transported on a golf cart. The bag includes a bag having a collar at an open end and a cap enclosing a lower end . The collar at the upper end has a recessed shoulder enabling the collar to engage the lip of a bucket of balls so that balls are retained in the bucket when a lid is positioned down onto the collar. A frame inside the utility bag retains the utility bag in an open configuration. A bat bag for storing bats is detachably attached to the outside surface of the bag. The inside of the bag is dimensioned for storing a collection of helmets and catchers gear as well as one or more pouches for storing catcher's shinguards.

Abstract: A speaker system having increased sound quality comprising a first and second speakers each having a front and back. The first and second speakers cooperate with a duct having a first elongated portion in fluid communication with the rear of the first speaker and a second elongated portion in fluid communication with the rear of the second speaker. The duct has an elongated bass port defined therein intermediate the first and second portions. Each of the speakers have their fronts in contact with the air outside of the duct and the backs of the speakers are in contact with the air inside the duct. The duct may have a first spur intermediate the first and second speakers with a bass port in the first spur. The duct may have a second and third spur at the axial extremities with the first and second speakers respectively engaging the second and third spurs. Each spur may have an axis and the axes of the spurs may be generally coplanar for automobile use.

Abstract: A shelf rack such as for storing both men's and women's shoes including a base panel, normally resting on a horizontal surface, two side panels joined by a joining panel, and a stack of shelf panels supported by either grooves or studs in the side panels. Support by studs permits selection of the angle of the shelf panels with the horizontal plane. Blocks removably secured on the outside surface of either side panel has an array of pegs. With the blocks oriented in one position, the pegs are used for hanging shoes with high heels. The blocks oriented in another position, the pegs are retracted to permit convenient storage of the rack. A tie panel is removably mounted by hinges on an outside surface of a side panel. The tie panel has a tie bar on an inside surface so that the tie panel may be closed against the side panel to secure the ties when required or the tie panel may be swung back to provide accessibility to the ties.

Abstract: The article in accordance with the invention is a corrosion and erosion resistant article having good release characteristics which includes a metal body having a first surface thereon and a base coat adhering to the first surface. The base coat comprises at least one layer of inorganic particulate material bonded to the first surface. A second coat adheres to the base coat. That second coat comprising a cured coating of solid particulate lubricant in a phosphate/chromate metal ion solution. The invention also includes a corrosion and erosion resistant coating having good release characteristics which includes a base coat, the base coat comprising at least one layer of inorganic particulate material bonded to the first surface; and a second coat adhering to the base coat. The second coat comprises a cured coating of solid particulate lubricant in a phosphate/chromate metal ion solution.

Abstract: A produce harvesting apparatus, such as for harvesting tomatoes, which includes apparatus for harvesting produce, such as tomatoes, which includes an enclosed vehicle and a first conveyor belt extending forward of the vehicle for moving produce and associated vines into the enclosed vehicle. The apparatus further includes a ventilation system for drawing air from within the enclosed vehicle and expelling that air through an outlet that is disposed in alignment with the first conveyer belt to direct exhaust air from the enclosed vehicle toward the produce on the first conveyor belt whereby some dirt is dislodged from the produce and vines disposed on the first conveyor belt. The apparatus may have the outlet disposed to direct a stream of air from the enclosed vehicle in a direction that is aligned with the axis of the first conveyor belt.

Abstract: A steam generating system includes a nozzle for pulverized coal and air which includes an elongated generally cylindrical body having a nozzle at one axial portion thereof. The apparatus also includes a nozzle tip that is generally sleeve shaped and dimensioned to overlap an axial extremity of the body. The tip is mounted for pivotal movement about the extremity of the body and the nozzle tip includes first and second surfaces dimensioned and configured for receiving therebetween all flow from the body. The apparatus also includes a seat plate that is also generally sleeve shaped and dimensioned and configured to provide sealing between the extremity and the nozzle tip. The seal plate is mounted for pivotal movement about the extremity of the body and is dimensioned and configured to have third and fourth surfaces disposed respectively in closely spaced relationship to the first and second surfaces throughout all possible pivotal positions of the seal plate and the nozzle tip.

Abstract: A toothbrush having a curvilinear open loop shaped handle that extends through an arc of approximately 270 degrees. The handle of this toothbrush also includes a head disposed at one end thereof. The head has a plurality of bristles extending radially outwardly from the center of said open loop shape handle. In some forms of the invention the toothbrush is dimensioned and configured such that an imaginary square having all sides equal extends around the toothbrush will substantially abut the free end of the bristles on one side thereof and portions of the curvilinear handle on the other three sides of said imaginary square.

Abstract: Apparatus for cooling ash exiting from circulating fluidized bed equipment includes an enclosure having a floor, a plurality of walls disposed around the floor and a ceiling. The enclosure also has an inlet and an outlet. The outlet is disposed in one of the walls near to the floor and the apparatus also includes tubing disposed within the enclosure for heat exchange relationship with ash entering the inlet of the ash cooler. In some forms of the invention the floor is planar and is disposed in oblique relationship to a horizontal plane. The outlet may be disposed proximate to the floor at the lowest elevational part thereof. The enclosure may be generally rectangular and may have first and second opposed sides and opposed third and fourth sides. The first and second sides are longer than the third and fourth sides. In some cases the ratio of the length of each of the first and second sides to the length of the third and fourth sides is two or three to one.

Abstract: Apparatus which may be a part of various systems including piping systems and fluidized bed systems. The apparatus that holds one tube with respect to another tube includes a body that has a first cylindrical section shaped portion and a second cylindrical section shaped portion. Each of the cylindrical section shaped portions has an angular extent that is generally concave. The angular extent of the first cylindrical section shaped portion and the angular extent of the second cylindrical section shaped portion each have an axis and the axis of the first cylindrical section shaped portion may be spaced from the axis of the second cylindrical section shaped portion. Some embodiments of the invention have cylindrical section shaped portions that have an angular extent that is no greater than 180 degrees. The axis of the first cylindrical section shaped portion may be perpendicular to the second cylindrical section shaped portion.

Abstract: Apparatus for cooperation with an associated coal burning furnace which includes a Y-shaped distributor body having one inlet and first and second outlets and a splitter disposed in the body for dividing flow between the first and second outlets. The splitter has a generally V-shaped contour and the splitter comprises a base on the housing and a liner assembly mounted on the base. In some forms of the invention the liner assembly has a surface that is harder than the surface of the housing and the housing includes a removable access panel. The access panel may be dimensioned and configured to allow passage of the liner assembly into and out of the housing. The liner assembly may comprise an outer shell having at least some foamed material disposed therein and may include anchoring means disposed in the foamed material.

Abstract: A scraper assembly for use with an associated coal pulverizer or as part of a coal pulverizer having a vertical axis with a central hub that rotates during normal operation of the pulverizer. The scraper assembly includes a bracket dimensioned and configured for attachment to the hub of the coal pulverizer that rotates in the normal operation of the coal pulverizer. The apparatus also includes a shaft extending from the bracket. The shaft is substantially horizontal and the apparatus also includes a scraping element pivotally mounted on the shaft. A torsion spring biases the scraping element with respect to the shaft. In some forms of the invention the scraping element comprises a first and second journals engaging the shaft at axially spaced points and the scraping element further includes first and second arms extending radially away from the shaft that are respectively fixed to the first and second journals.

Abstract: A system for treating a quantity of fluid from an associated fluid source which includes a variable volume device having an interior space, fluid communication apparatus connecting the interior space of the variable volume device to the associated fluid source, a treatment assembly communicating with an outlet of the variable volume device and apparatus biasing the variable volume device to have a smaller volume whereby the fluid is urged out of the variable volume device into the treatment assembly. In some cases the treatment assembly is a filter assembly which may include a coalescing filter. The apparatus biasing the variable volume device to have a smaller volume may be a weight on a part of the variable volume device. The system may further include apparatus biasing the variable volume device to slow the rate of increase in volume as the variable volume device approaches maximum volume.

Abstract: A heat recovery steam generator system which includes a plurality of side waterwalls defining an enclosure and a waterwall divider extending within the enclosure to define first and second chambers within the enclosure. The first chamber has an inlet and an outlet; and the second chamber has first and second inlets and an outlet, the first inlet of the second chamber is in fluid communication with the outlet of the first chamber, and a plurality of boiler bank tubes extend through the second chamber. Some forms of the invention have ducting for connecting the exhaust of an associated gas turbine partially to the inlet of the first chamber and partially to the second inlet of the second chamber. A plurality of burners may be disposed at the inlet of the first chamber and the system may also include a forced draft blower for blowing ambient air and ducting coupling the forced draft blower to the inlet of the first chamber.

Abstract: In another form of the invention an apparatus for precisely locating an associated arrow embedded in an associated target having a first center which includes a plurality of corner cube reflectors disposed having a second center with the plurality of corner cube reflectors being arrayed generally around a first side of the target. The apparatus includes a light detection and transmitting module disposed on the side of the target which is generally opposite the plurality of corner cube reflectors and generates and receives pulses of light after the light has been reflected off one of the plurality of corner cube reflectors. The apparatus includes apparatus for determining the exact location of an arrow embedded in the target.

Abstract: A cyclone and inlet duct apparatus which includes a cyclone having a cylindrical axial portion. The cylindrical axial portion has a metallic housing and the housing has wall. The apparatus also includes a rectangular inlet duct that has an interface with the cylindrical axial portion of the cyclone. The rectangular inlet duct is disposed in fluid communication with the cylindrical axial portion of the cyclone. One side of the rectangular inlet duct is disposed in generally tangential relationship to the wall of the cylindrical axial portion of the cyclone. A first refractory material stop block extends vertically in the cylindrical axial portion of the cyclone proximate to the wall of the cylindrical axial portion and proximate to the intersection of a first side of the inlet duct and the cylindrical axial portion in substantially parallel relationship to the intersection of the first side of the inlet duct and the cylindrical axial portion.

Abstract: A method of fumigation which will destroy microorganisms in the environment of hatching and newly hatched poultry whereby a disinfecting solution such as hydrogen peroxide is applied into the environment by a microaerosol. The method significantly reduces the level of microorganisms in the environment and reduces the risk of post hatch transfer of potentially disease causing microorganisms, without adversely affecting the viability of the newly hatched poultry.

Abstract: A buckstay system of an associated furnace having a combustion cavity with a front waterwall, a rear waterwall, and opposed left and right side waterwalls joining the front and rear waterwalls and where the waterwalls are arranged in a generally square pattern about the cavity. The cavity has four corners and each buckstay an attachment module welded to each end, each attachment module includes first and second planar plates. The first and second planar plates are disposed in side abutting relationship to the web of the buckstay and extend beyond the end of the buckstay, each of the first and second plates have coaxial pivot holes disposed in a part thereof that extends beyond the end of the buckstay. The planar plates in the attachment module my be rectangular. Or have a notch or recess for clearance.