Abstract: A barricade includes a foundation frame, a finger wedge barrier, a hinge hingedly coupling the finger wedge barrier to the foundation frame, and an actuator mechanism coupled to the foundation frame and the finger wedge barrier. The finger wedge barrier is configured to rotate about the hinge between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration, and the actuator mechanism is configured to rotate the finger wedge barrier between the stowed configuration and the deployed configuration. The actuator mechanism includes an actuator comprising a housing and a rod configured to reciprocally move in the housing, a first linkage having a first end rotatably coupled to the rod and a second end rotatably coupled to the finger wedge barrier, and a second linkage having a first end rotatably coupled to the rod and a second end rotatably coupled to the foundation frame.

Abstract: A barricade includes a foundation frame, a finger wedge barrier, a hinge hingedly coupling the finger wedge barrier to the foundation frame, and an actuator mechanism coupled to the foundation frame and the finger wedge barrier. The finger wedge barrier is configured to rotate about the hinge between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration, and the actuator mechanism is configured to rotate the finger wedge barrier between the stowed configuration and the deployed configuration. The actuator mechanism includes an actuator comprising a housing and a rod configured to reciprocally move in the housing, a first linkage having a first end rotatably coupled to the rod and a second end rotatably coupled to the finger wedge barrier, and a second linkage having a first end rotatably coupled to the rod and a second end rotatably coupled to the foundation frame.

Abstract: A barricade includes a foundation frame, a finger wedge barrier, a hinge hingedly coupling the finger wedge barrier to the foundation frame, and an actuator mechanism coupled to the foundation frame and the finger wedge barrier. The finger wedge barrier is configured to rotate about the hinge between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration, and the actuator mechanism is configured to rotate the finger wedge barrier between the stowed configuration and the deployed configuration. The actuator mechanism includes an actuator comprising a housing and a rod configured to reciprocally move in the housing, a first linkage having a first end rotatably coupled to the rod and a second end rotatably coupled to the finger wedge barrier, and a second linkage having a first end rotatably coupled to the rod and a second end rotatably coupled to the foundation frame.

Abstract: A portable barricade includes a road plate, first and second support posts extending upward from end portions of the road plate, a barricade arm extending between the first and second support posts, and a lift coupled one of the end portions of the barricade arm and a corresponding one of the first and second support posts. Actuation of the lift is configured to slide the barricade arm relative to the first and second support members between a retracted position proximate to the road plate and a deployed position distal from the road plate.

Abstract: A portable bollard for arresting motion of a vehicle includes a post, a base plate coupled to the post, a top plate coupled to the post and spaced apart from the base plate along a length of the post, and a tapered member extending from a surface of the top plate facing the base plate to the post. The tapered member tapers from a wider end at the surface of the top plate to a narrower end at the post. The top plate is rotationally offset from the base plate.

Abstract: A portable bollard for arresting motion of a vehicle includes a post, a base plate coupled to the post, a top plate coupled to the post and spaced apart from the base plate along a length of the post, and a tapered member extending from a surface of the top plate facing the base plate to the post. The tapered member tapers from a wider end at the surface of the top plate to a narrower end at the post. The top plate is rotationally offset from the base plate.

Abstract: An air supply system for supplying air to a periodically opened valve comprising a conduit for connecting the valve in continuous communication with a source of air and an expandable air storage chamber connected to the source of air and to the valve.

Abstract: A device for obtaining a relatively particle-free sample of liquid is disclosed. The device comprises a rotatable member having a planar fluid wettable collection surface. The rotating member is disposed within a trough through which a portion of the liquid to be tested passes, thereby resulting in the formation of a thin film of the liquid on the collection surface of the rotating member as it emerges from the liquid. A blade which bears against the collection surface is used to remove the liquid. In accordance with the preferred embodiment, a baffle is provided for deflecting particles floating on the surface of the liquid inside the trough away from the collection surface of the rotating member.

Abstract: A device for precisely metering out quantities of fluids is disclosed. The device comprises a tapered rotor having a plurality of chambers, each of the chambers having first and second openings. The rotor is received within a housing and together with the housing cooperates to perform the metering function as the rotor is rotated with respect to the housing. The housing has a plurality of input and overflow ports corresponding to the chambers in the rotor. These ports are positioned with respect to the rotor in such a manner that when a corresponding input port is in communication with one of said openings, its corresponding overflow port is in communication with the other of said openings. The housing also comprises a plurality of pressure ports and output ports which correspond to the plurality of chambers.

Abstract: A metering pump is disclosed wherein discrete, precisely measured quantities of fluid are caused, at predetermined intervals, to flow through a tubular conduit in the pump in response to the impingement of force or energy impulses against the wall of the conduit.

Abstract: An automatic liquid analyzing apparatus for quantitatively measuring the parameter of a liquid is disclosed. The preferred embodiment of the invention comprises means for automatically and continuously obtaining a relatively pure sample of the liquid to be analyzed. Discrete quantities of the sampled liquid are reacted with discrete quantities of chemical reagents in accordance with the reaction which one desires to conduct. The transmittance of the reacted sample is then compared to the transmittance of the unreacted sample to obtain a measure of the parameter which one desires to monitor.