Abstract: A disposable kit for picking up animal litter in the form of a foldable paper bag secured at one side to a stiff paperboard panel such as to stiffen the side and, hence, enable firmly holding the open end of the bag engaged with the surface from which the litter is to be removed and a scoop in the form of a stiff paperboard panel for sweeping the litter into the distended open end of the bag.

Abstract: A container comprising a tubular body part having a longitudinal lapped side seam and a bottom part attached to one end thereof, characterized in that the overlapping portions of the side seam are adhered by ultrasonic bonding to provide a bonded area longitudinally of the side seam of predetermined transverse width throughout the major portion of its length and a bonded area at the top of greater transverse width which is at least several millimeters in length longitudinally of the seam.

Abstract: Apparatus comprising an accumulator for temporarily storing articles being transferred by a conveyor from one operation to another in the event that there is blockage of the articles at the discharge end of the conveyor and for restoring the articles to the conveyor when the blockage is dispersed including sensors and control circuitry for on the one hand transferring the articles from the conveyor to the accumulator and on the other hand transferring the articles from the accumulator to the conveyor.

Abstract: A filter module for removing metallic sludge from lubricating oil used in automobile engine crankcases and transmissions embodying permanent magnets for intercepting and retaining magnetizable sludge and a filter cloth for intercepting and retaining non-magnetizable sludge.

Abstract: A discharge pump for expelling fluid from a container comprising a pump chamber, aligned plungers disposed in said pump chamber movable in reciprocation therein and in unison and relative to each other to alternately trap a charge of fluid therebetween, isolate the trapped charge from the container and discharge the trapped charge from the container.

Abstract: A bent wire spring unit for interposition between a grid frame and base frame comprising upper and lower attaching elements and intervening spaced, parallel, oppositely-facing supports comprising vertical lengths of wire and at the upper and lower ends of the vertical lengths of wire, V-shaped lengths of wire, the legs of which are connected, respectively, to the vertical lengths of wire and to the attaching elements.

Abstract: A spring module for use in a spring assembly embodying a base frame and a grid frame comprising lower and upper attaching elements for connecting the module to the base frame and grid frame and a plurality of lower and upper symmetrically-disposed, legs yieldable in bending connecting the lower and upper attaching elements.

Abstract: A shelter for interior use within living space, office space or working space defining an enclosure extending from the floor to the ceiling and providing access through a ceiling opening for above-ceiling construction and/or repair while containing debris engendered as a consequence of such activities and/or falling objects.

Abstract: An excavator comprising a beam pivotally supported at its proximal end to the platform of a mobile support for movement about a horizontal axis, telescopically interengaged upper and lower arms at the distal end of the beam, an excavator pivotally mounted to the distal end of the lower arm and hydraulic cylinders coupling the distal end of the lower arm to the distal end of the beam and the excavator to the distal end of the upper arm. The distal end of the lower arm is structured to mount a backhoe or shovel as may be required for a given operation.

Abstract: A hanger for a flexible wall covering in the form of an elongate flexible strip adapted to be attached to a wall adjacent the ceiling, provided with elastically interengageable jaws normally standing apart to admit an edge of the wall covering and thereafter interengageable to anchor the wall covering suspended therefrom in contact with the wall.

Abstract: A toilet system comprising a bowl, a valve for supplying flush water to the bowl, an attrition chamber to which the effluent in the bowl is transferred by a motor-driven discharge pump connected to the attrition chamber for inducting the effluent from the bowl into the attrition chamber and discharging the treated effluent from the attrition chamber, a power-driven hydraulic attrition impeller within the attrition chamber for effecting hydraulic attrition of the solid matter in the effluent while in the attrition chamber, and a control circuit for effecting sequential operation such that discharge and attrition are commenced substantially simultaneously, followed by introduction of flush water, termination of the discharge, termination of the flush water and, finally termination of the attrition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sanitant arrangement for the application of matter and/or one or more articles to an animal, the arrangement including a member which pierces the skin or hide of an animal. The arrangement further includes a thixotropic sanitant gel, into or through which the member passes before and/or after each use. The invention includes a vaccinator for applying matter such as by injection, and a veterinary appliance for applying identification means to animals. The thixotropic sanitant gel preferably has an oil base, from about 5% to about 9% (W/W) colloidal silicon dioxide and from about 1% to about 10% (W/W) sanitant substance.

Abstract: A bent wire spring unit for interposition between a grid frame and base frame comprising upper and lower attaching elements and intervening spaced, parallel, oppositely-facing supports yieldably connecting the top and bottom attaching elements, said supports comprising first legs inclined upwardly in opposite directions from the bottom attaching elements at a predetermined angle, second legs inclined downwardly in opposite directions from the top attaching element at a sharper angle than the angle of inclination of the first legs relative to the bottom attaching element and spaced, parallel third legs connected at their upper and lower ends to the distal ends of the downwardly and upwardly-facing first and second legs, said third legs being concavely bent intermediate their ends in directions toward each other.

Abstract: A fuse assembly embodying a detonator movable by centrifugal force into alignment with a firing pin held retracted by a drogue and drag line and movable forwardly into engagement with the detonator by impact, the fuse assembly being attached to a grenade which, in turn, is attached to a projectile, for firing the grenade upon impact of the projectile with a target.

Abstract: A magnetic filter module and system embodying the same for removing magnetic materials from lubricating oils used in hydraulic systems such as supplying oil to hydraulic excavators. The filter module includes one or more filter elements each having an elongate cartridge, a plurality of permanent magnets disposed about the cartridge and a plurality of non-magnetic spacers disposed about the cartridge between the permanent magnets.

Abstract: A trench box of the kind comprising spaced, parallel side walls held in spaced, parallel relation by end plates characterized in that the side walls are comprised of relatively light gauge sheet metal, reinforced at the opposed sides by sheet metal ribs and braces such as to prevent buckling of the side walls.

Abstract: A device for treating anatomical parts, particularly intestinal segments, in isolation comprising an open-ended chamber, a flexible diaphragm attached to one open end containing a plurality of incisions defining an opening through which the parts to be treated can be inserted into the chamber, a drain applied to the other end including a perforate strainer, a coupling element for connecting the drain to a source of vacuum and a plurality of nozzles positioned at equal distances abut peripherally of the chamber and substantially midway between the ends of the chamber through which a treating fluid can be ejected into the chamber.

Abstract: A catheter in the form of a flexible T tube for insertion of an end thereof through a natural or incised opening in the body of sufficient length to extend from said opening and an anchoring member attached to the stem of the T tube containing openings for receiving suturing for attaching the anchoring member to the skin at the place of entry of the stem into the opening.

Abstract: Apparatus for uniformly preheating sheet material between opposed, spaced, parallel, heated members movable relative to each other into heat-transferring engagement with the sheet material, characterized in that one of said members has a uniformly-flat, unyielding surface and the other a yieldable surface embodying a plurality of uniformly-distributed protrusions between which there are recesses.

Abstract: A viscosimeter of the kind wherein a capillary tube containing a fluid, the viscosity of which is to be measured, and a metal ball is supported so that the ball will gravitate from the top of the tube to the bottom and a magnet is used to periodically raise the ball in the capillary and release it. The viscosity is determined by the rate of descent of the ball in the capillary tube.