Abstract: A method and composition for reducing dietary fats while consuming a meal containing substantial portions of dietary fats, for reducing and inhibiting LDLs and triglyceride levels in the bloodstream by consuming the composition comprising a linear aminopolysaccharide of the structure similar to and including (1-4)--linked 2-amino-2-deoxy-Beta-D-gluco pyranose, lipoprotein lipase, calcium poly ascorbate and propanetricarboxylic acid. Preferably, the linear aminopolysaccharide of the structure similar to and including (1-4)--linked 2-amino-2-deoxy-Beta-D-gluco pyranose is made from fungal or yeast or other plant source. The lipoprotein lipase enhances the process and the acid acts as an appetite suppressant. If the composition is taken approximately 15 minutes before a meal containing significant amounts of dietary fat, the present invention will reduce weight, reduce bad cholesterol and triglycerides in the bloodstream, and increase HDLs, while suppressing appetite.

Abstract: A system and method for generating ozone for use in open or closed loop process applications using a fluid, such as water, as a primary process medium, including: a water storage tank, supplied by a water supply line, for temporarily storing water for treatment and subsequent use in a process; an electromagnetic flux unit connected to the water supply line for exposing water supplied to the tank to an electromagnetic field thereby magnetically polarizing contaminants and dissolved solids present in the water; an apparatus for producing highly pure oxygen from ambient air for use as a feed gas in generating ozone; a corona discharge ozone generator for producing high purity ozone from a highly pure oxygen feed gas; an impeller apparatus, including a rapidly rotating shear impeller, for injecting ozone, created by the ozone generator, into water wherein the ozone is absorbed thus yielding a substantially high level of dissolved ozone gas in a given volume of water; an apparatus for measuring the concentration o

Abstract: A skin protector and accessories for protection of a skin incision during minimally invasive surgical procedures requiring protection from thermal and frictional abrasion, for example, during ultrasonic-assisted liposuction. The skin protector incorporates an outer configuration to assist in maintaining in situ positioning of the skin protector during operative procedure. An introducer member for blunt dissection of a tunnel is provided to allow easy insertion of the skin protector. A driver member for dilatation of the skin incision, and for facilitating implantation and withdrawal of the skin protector is provided with a complementary configuration to that of the skin protector to cause the skin protector to be taken along with rotary motion of the driver member.

Abstract: An annular two-piece thrust washer for use between the end wall of a bearing cup and the axially outer ends of the bearings and trunnion of a universal joint assembly includes a first piece and a second piece. The first piece is sized to be disposed between the axially outer ends of the bearings and the end wall of the bearing cup. In a preferred embodiment, a circumferential recess is formed at the junction between the radially inner surface and the axially outer surface of the first piece. The second piece of the thrust washer is sized to be disposed between the trunnion and the end wall of the bearing cup. When assembled, the second piece of the thrust washer is disposed within the first piece. The outer circumferential portion of the second piece extends into the circumferential recess of the first piece. A predetermined small clearance is provided between the first piece and the second piece which allows a limited amount of relative movement therebetween.

Abstract: A storage system for the storage and retrieval of material goods has a continuous track and a storage carousel movable along the track. The carousel carries a plurality of shelf arrays, each of which includes a plurality of vertically-spaced shelves removably attachable to the carousel at an adjustable vertical pitch. One or more inserter assemblies are disposed adjacent the carousel for transferring cartons onto the carousel. One or more removal assemblies are disposed adjacent the carousel for removing cartons from the carousel. A vertical transport unit has an upward reach disposed adjacent the inserter assemblies for transferring cartons to the inserter assemblies, and a downward reach disposed adjacent the removal assemblies for receiving cartons from the removal assemblies. The vertical transport unit has a plurality of platforms removably attachable to the vertical transport unit at an adjustable pitch.

Abstract: A two-wheeled lawn trimmer, controlled with a handle attached to a frame which receives a conventional gasoline or electric powered rotary lawn trimmer, and provides balanced maneuverability with low operator forces while providing complete trimming access and cutting height control. Additionally the trimmer provides the operator access to vary the rotary cutting head speed as well as the ability to stop the motor device with controls mounted on the handle grip assembly.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for consolidation of warehoused goods into orders, sets or kits is described. The apparatus allows precise positioning of a large number of objects supported by a movable rigid member, without requiring precise drive motion. The method allows concurrent transfer of a large number of articles, to fill the same or different ones of a large number of orders, where items for different orders may be initially stored in the same or different storage containers.

Abstract: A computer mouse comprises a housing having a bottom wall that defines an opening, a retainer plate fitted in the opening and formed with a circular hole, and a mouse ball in the housing and projecting through the circular hole. A seal adheres to both the bottom wall of the housing and the retainer plate, whereby removal of the retainer plate from the opening is resisted.

Abstract: A skin protector and accessories for protection of the skin incision during ultrasonic-assisted liposuction from thermal and frictional abrasion includes a skin protector made from sterilizable material which resists deformation and incorporates an outer configuration to assist in maintaining in situ positioning of the skin protector during operative procedure. An introducer member for blunt dissection of a tunnel is provided to allow easy insertion of the skin protector and ultrasonic probe. A driver member for dilatation of the skin incision, and for insertion and removal of the skin protector is also provided to assist in the use of the skin protector, properly speaking.

Abstract: A securing apparatus for a personal computer system unit comprises a tough, flexible, elongate cable having two regions spaced apart along the length of the cable. A security connector connects two spaced apart regions of the cable together to form a strap that extends around the system unit. A guide element is secured to the cover or the base of the system unit and guides the strap relative to the system unit and prevents removal of the strap from the system unit.

Abstract: An inserter assembly for inserting containers onto a storage carousel. The containers may be inserted by moving them horizontally in a direction tangent to a curved portion of the storage carousel. The container is then latched into the rack by raising a vertically movable horizontal lifting member to lift the lower outside edge of the container and tilt the container toward the carousel to engage a latching mechanism on the rack. The latching mechanism includes leading and trailing hooks with a smooth and continuous bottom surface, with the leading hook having an inclined wing sufficiently wide to rest on the upper leading inside corner of the container until it hangs over the inside of the container.

Abstract: A security anchor for securing a portable article against theft comprises a block having a first face that is in confronting and contacting relationship with the article when the block is attached thereto. The block is formed with multiple slots that enter the block at a second face and are separated by webs of the block, and with a bore that enters the block at a third face and passes through the webs. A shaft that can be inserted in the bore has a plurality of first length segments that alternate along the shaft with a plurality of second length segments such that when the shaft is in a fully inserted position in the bore, the first length segments are located in the slots respectively. The first length segments are of smaller cross-sectional area than the second length segments and are connected to the second length segments by shoulder portions of the shaft. A slider can be fitted in each of the slots. Each slider can slide in its respective slot between a first position and a second position.

Abstract: A computer mouse comprises a housing having a bottom wall that defines an opening, a retainer plate fitted in the opening and formed with a circular hole, and a mouse ball in the housing and projecting through the circular hole. A seal adheres to both the bottom wall of the housing and the retainer plate, whereby removal of the retainer plate from the opening is resisted.

Abstract: A method of using a multi-access storage system including inserting and extracting containers from a conveyor in continuous motion.

Abstract: This invention relates to a medical prosthesis containing a gel filler material comprising principally a cellulose derivative in water. The gel filler in the prosthesis may further contain a lubricating agent. The invention also relates to a method of augmenting or reconstructing a human breast comprising the steps of subcutaneously implanting a medical prosthesis with the gel filler material into a human body. In another aspect, the invention relates to a method of preparing medical protheses comprising the steps of filling an outer envelope of a medical-grade elastomer with the gel filler material and sealing the envelope to form a medical prosthesis. The components of the gel are preferably biocompatible so as not adversely to affect human beings. The materials used to make the gel filler are non-toxic. The prostheses of the present invention have similar characteristics to the human breast. These protheses may be used for breast augmentation or reconstruction.

Abstract: A method of cleaning and maintaining potable water distribution systems which have reduced flow due to an increase of scale, tuberculation, sediment, and the like on the inside surface of the pipe is disclosed. An aqueous acidic cleaning solution is heated and circulated through the pipe to be treated for a sufficient time to dissolve and loosen the scale and sediment, and the spent solution containing dissolved or suspended scale and sediment is flushed from the pipe to provide a cleaned pipe with improved water flow. It is also desirable to flush the water distribution pipe system with high pressure water after the treatment to remove loosened scale and sediment that was not removed during the circulation and flushing of the treating solution.

Abstract: A method of cleaning and maintaining a hot water heater tank contaminated with water scale and sediment by introducing an aqueous acidic treatment solution, retaining the acidic solution for a sufficient time to dissolve or suspend said scale and sediment, and then draining the spent solution containing the dissolved or suspended scale and sediment to provide a clean hot water heater tank.