Abstract: A programmable flow control valve unit has a valve assembly with a solid state control cooperating with a programmable timing device to provide the operating mode for the purpose of operating the valve unit for a predetermined time period or periods in order to achieve the functioning of the valve assembly to thereby move a fluid such as a gas, a liquid, or a slurry to a particular place in a desired time pattern. The time periods may be set individually or by a repeat mode.

Abstract: A lock for a vehicle hood release prevents theft of the vehicle by being heavily armored and having a housing which is secured to a frame member within a vehicle with device cables protected by an armored tube passing from the passenger compartment, through the firewall and into the engine housing of the vehicle--with an appropriate switch wire or switch wires capable of reentering the passenger compartment from the engine housing by passing through the firewall to a switch or switches in the passenger compartment of the vehicle hidden at a plurality of secretive points.