Abstract: An apparatus includes an enclosure, a power switch, an absence of voltage detector controller, and an absence of voltage detector. The power switch is mounted inside the enclosure and configured to switch electrical power from a line-side power line to a load-side power line. The load-side power line is configured to transfer the electrical power outside of the enclosure to an industrial control panel. The absence of voltage detector controller is configured to determine a presence and an absence of each of a plurality of phases of the electric power on the load-side power line inside the enclosure. The absence of voltage detector is visible from external to the enclosure, has a switch, and is configured to illuminate one or more lamps indicating the absence of the electrical power on a corresponding one or more of the plurality of phases in response to a pressing of the switch.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an enclosure, a power switch, an absence of voltage detector controller, and an absence of voltage detector. The power switch is mounted inside the enclosure and configured to switch electrical power from a line-side power line to a load-side power line. The load-side power line is configured to transfer the electrical power outside of the enclosure to an industrial control panel. The absence of voltage detector controller is configured to determine a presence and an absence of each of a plurality of phases of the electric power on the load-side power line inside the enclosure. The absence of voltage detector is visible from external to the enclosure, has a switch, and is configured to illuminate one or more lamps indicating the absence of the electrical power on a corresponding one or more of the plurality of phases in response to a pressing of the switch.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an enclosure, a power switch, one or more power converters and a wire. The enclosure may include a door. The power switch may be mounted inside the enclosure and configured to switch electrical power from a line-side power line to a load-side power line. The load-side power line may be configured to transfer the electrical power outside of the enclosure to an industrial control panel. The one or more power converters may be configured to generate a low-voltage electrical power from the electrical power. The wire may be configured to transfer the low-voltage electrical power outside of the enclosure.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an enclosure, a power switch, one or more power converters and a wire. The enclosure may include a door. The power switch may be mounted inside the enclosure and configured to switch electrical power from a line-side power line to a load-side power line. The load-side power line may be configured to transfer the electrical power outside of the enclosure to an industrial control panel. The one or more power converters may be configured to generate a low-voltage electrical power from the electrical power. The wire may be configured to transfer the low-voltage electrical power outside of the enclosure.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an enclosure, a power switch, one or more power converters and a wire. The enclosure may include a door and one or more apertures. The enclosure may be mechanically attachable to an external side of an industrial control panel with the apertures aligned to one or more openings in a wall of the industrial control panel. The power switch may be mounted inside the enclosure and configured to switch electrical power from a line-side power line to a load-side power line. The load-side power line may be configured to transfer the electrical power through at least one of the apertures. The power converters may be configured to generate a low-voltage electrical power from the electrical power. The wire may be configured to transfer the low-voltage electrical power through at least one of the apertures.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an enclosure, a power switch, a cable actuator, a power converter and a manual switch. The enclosure may be mechanically attachable to an external side of an industrial control panel. The power switch may be configured to switch electrical power. The cable actuator may be configured to control the power switch and may have an end connectable to a power disconnect handle of the industrial control panel. The power switch may be open while the power disconnect handle is in an off position and closed while the power disconnect handle is in an on position. The power converter may be configured to generate low-voltage power from the electrical power. The manual switch may be configured to switch the electrical power from a line side of the power switch to the power converter. A wire may transfer the low-voltage power through at least one aperture.

Abstract: The invention is directed to water-dispersible, substantially homogeneous artificial diets and diet formulations which provide honey bees with a fully nutritious, complex mixture of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, and vitamins in an easily digestible form. The diets of the invention support growth and development of honey bees, sustain brood rearing, and maintain hive vigor, and thus make possible the continuous rearing of bees using an artificial diet. The invention diets are useful for many purposes, and are particularly advantageous for providing nutrition sources for bees that are moved during commercial crop pollination or for other migratory beekeeping uses.

Abstract: A high-protein nutritional composition for bees including protein derived from at least two sources including corn gluten, lipid derived from at least two sources including corn gluten, and carbohydrate.

Abstract: A control rod (20) through a hollow axle (30) has a lever-operated cam (2) on one end which pushes a follower (8) against a first safety drop-out (50). On the opposite end of the control rod is an adjustment nut (15) surrounded by a safety interlock slide (11). When the cam is loose, a compression spring (19) urges the safety slide inward toward the second drop-out (50) where it is retained by a conventional safety tab or lip (51). The compression spring imparts enough tension on the control rod to pull the cam follower against the first drop-out, thus retaining the axle in the drop-outs despite a loose cam. To release the axle, first the cam is opened, then the slide is pulled outward with the fingers while the thumb pushes the adjustment nut inward, as with a hypodermic needle. Installation of the axle is the reverse of these steps, ending with closing the cam, with no need to readjust the nut.

Abstract: A tension adjustment and retention device for a cam/lever quick-release bicycle axle fastener, having a washer (8) that provides two different thicknesses via two alternate rotational positions. When the cam is loose, rotating the washer 90 degrees with the fingers causes a quick change in clearance between the washer and the drop-out, for removal or mounting of the axle. For axle mounting, a pre-set clamping clearance is restored precisely. A safety interlock slide (60) may optionally be added for automatic, undefeatable, secondary engagement between the axle and safety drop-outs. To remove the wheel, the cam is loosened, washer (8) is rotated to maximize clearance, then the slide is pulled away from the drop-out against a spring. In all embodiments, no tools are needed to quickly remove or re-attach the axle to the drop-outs, and no readjustment of cam tension is needed as with current quick-release adjustment nuts.

Abstract: A quick-release bicycle axle fastener for standard hollow axles and standard safety drop-outs, comprising a control rod through the axle; a mount attached to one or both ends of the control rod; a cam lever attached to each mount; a washer with a finger grip, slidably mounted on the control rod inboard of the mount, shaped to engage the safety drop-out when pressed against it; and a spring urging the washer against the drop-out at all times. The cam forces the washer inward against the drop-out for clamping attachment of the wheel axle to the drop-out. When cam pressure is released, the interlock washer continues to be urged against the drop-out by the spring for safety until the washer is pulled outward by the fingers of a user. When the wheel is re-installed, the washer automatically shifts into engagement with the coupling surface of the drop-out, providing an automatic, undefeatable safety backup for the cam.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a method and system for extracting a solute from a fluid or a dense gas using a porous membrane. The invention includes providing a porous membrane having opposite sides in a module under pressure, with the membrane serving as a barrier interface between a fluid and a dense gas. The dense gas is introduced into the module on one side of the membrane and the fluid is introduced on the opposite side of the membrane. At least one of the fluid and dense gas contains a solute to be extracted, and the other one of the fluid and dense gas serves as an extracting medium. The dense gas has a density of at least about 0.5 g/cc and is essentially immiscible in the fluid so as to provide two phases. The process is conducted with the pressure on both sides of the membrane in the module being essentially the same, and the solute is extracted across the membrane as driven by the concentration gradient of the solute across the membrane.

Abstract: A quick-release axle attachment mechanism for velocipeds and motorcycles. It has a cam lever 1-5 on each end of the axle 49. The cam rotation axis is perpendicular to the axle. The cam pushes a slide 15 inward against the drop-out 43, clamping the drop-out against the bearing jam nut 51. When the cam is rotated for wheel removal, a spring 13 continues to hold the slide against the drop-out. A safety tab 47, or other coupling surface on the drop-out, engages the slide to prevent wheel removal until the slide is pulled outward with the fingers. To remove a wheel, both cams are rotated to the slack position, then both slides are pulled outward. The double safety interlock of the two slides prevents accidental wheel release. The cam lever can be made of plastic.

Abstract: A push-button quick release safety hub comprising of a pair of supports (12) each having an opening (18) on one end with a coupling surface (14) on the exterior end of the supports (12). Sliding members (40), (41) encase each axle end (28) and slide to interlock with the coupling surfaces (14) of the supports (12). A spring (44) encased within each sliding member (40), (41) urges the member toward the outer end of the coupling surface (14) of the support (12). A connecting rod (48) in the center of the axle (26) is attached to the sliding member (40). A push-button (52) is attached to the other end of the connecting rod (48). The other sliding member (41) has an outer lip (42) and encases the push-button (52). While pressing the push-button (52) with your thumb and pulling the outer lip (42) on the sliding member (41) with your two fingers, the sliding members (40), (41) will be disengaged from the coupling surfaces (14) of the supports (12), and then the hub assembly can be removed.

Abstract: A process for producing a fluidtight seal between a body of a vitroceramic material and a metal element intended to be part of the construction of a gas laser and in particular a laser gyrometer includes interposing between the surfaces of the body of vitroceramic material and the metal element to be sealed a joining member of a metal capable of diffusing into the vitroceramic material, and subjecting the assembly thus formed to a thermo-compression operation so as to result in a superficial diffusion of the material of the joining member into the facing surfaces of the body of vitroceramic material and the metal element.

Abstract: A gyroscopic artificial horizon comprises a gyroscope suspended in a gimbal ount which has an inner frame and an outer frame pivoted, one within the other, about two orthogonal axes. It also comprises a device for sensing the spatial position of the axis of the gyroscope and for displaying this position in the form of an artificial horizon. To simplify the mechanical structure and to increase the reliability of the gyroscopic artificial horizon, the device for sensing and displaying the spatial position of the gyroscope axis comprises a luminous display screen rotationally coupled to the outer frame of the gimbal mount. It further comprise a sensor for sensing the angular position of the inner frame relative to the outer frame and a processor device adapted to display this angular position on the screen in the form of an artificial horizon.

Abstract: An anchor or foundation apparatus and a method for installing said apparatus in an earthen hole. The apparatus is equipped with outwardly extending moment resisting vanes. The apparatus employs pivotally swingable plates which swing in an arc upwardly or downwardly into the surrounding media to fix the device therein. The surface of the plates forced into the surrounding media is provided with oppositely disposed rib means extending along the upper and lower edges of the plates and said rib means serve as media containment means. The media containment means extends the zone of media consolidation and the plane for dislodgement of the device a considerable distance outwardly into the surrounding media. When the device is employed in the anchor mode the moment resisting vanes can be forced downwardly into the zone of media consolidation to provide enhanced resistance against moment imparting forces.

Abstract: Device for visualizing failures for gyroscopic instruments comprising, inendently of the size of the indicator which incorporates it, an intuitive warning means accounting simultaneously for the supply of the liability and for the speed conformity of the gyroscope to the required values. It comprises two complementary display zones in the rolling dial (5 and 6) made up by means of elements of liquid crystals presenting an opaque appearance in the presence of a supply voltage and showing a color required in the absence of a supply voltage. One of the zones (5) is comprised of a single active element informing of the disappearance of the supply while the other zone (6) is comprised of a plurality of juxtaposed active elements, which are progressively switched and which give a synoptic perception of the speed reduction of the gyroscopic top of the instrument.

Abstract: The invention provides a display device with dissociable structure, making t possible for a user to observe a synthetic light image superimposed in his natural field of vision, said device being formed as two dissociable modules, namely: an image generating module having, inside a case, at least one part of the image generating members and a removable optical module including a support element to which is fixed a curved mixer type optical mount including, in a dihedral configuration, a flat semitransparent mirror and a curved semitransparent mirror.

Abstract: A method and device are provided for guiding an aerodyne on the runway, picularly during the taxiing phase preceding take off, the device including an inertial unit adapted for delivering signals representative of the North speed, of the East speed, of the azimuth and of the ground speed of the aerodyne. From these signals, a computer elaborates a parameter defining the axis of the runway, during an apprenticeship step during which the aerodyne, guided on site by the pilot, taxies along the axis of the runway, and stores this parameter at the end of the step. The computer then delivers to the means piloting the aerodyne a synthetic runway aberration signal between the axis of the runway thus stored and the position of the aerodyne delivered by the inertial unit.