Abstract: A method of retaining and dispensing a detergent tablet in an automatic washing machine. The method includes the step of providing a dispensing device having a flexible and resilient cage structure which is liquid permeable. Another step is flexibly deforming the cage structure and inserting the detergent tablet in the cage structure such that said detergent tablet is retained therein. Yet another step is placing the dispensing device including the detergent tablet into an automatic washing machine for a washing cycle in which a wash liquor is caused to pass through the cage structure to progressively dissolve and dispense detergent from the detergent tablet.

Abstract: The apparatus includes fire retardant blankets normally stowed within housings in place on a building roof structure or below a roof eave. Cables extract the blankets for deployment over a roof. Fire retardant wall blankets stowed in housings adjacent roof eaves are deployed by gravity. For protection of a building end wall having a gable,a blanket support is carried subjacent the end of a roof structure and , upon release , of the support the same pivots to the horizontal whereat a fire retardant blanket is deployed. Associated with the blanket support is a triangularly shaped gable blanket which deploys adjacent the gable. A modification of the apparatus includes a deck mounted blanket housing in which is stowed a fire retardant blanket drawn over the deck and downwardly by a winch and cables. A further modification includes a blanket housing atop a roof ridge with roof mounted cable and blanket supports.

Abstract: A penetrator for fully draining the liquid in multi-dose vials when drawing liquid into a syringe is disclosed. The apparatus also provides a cuff and a sleeve that are encoded for preventing misidentification of the contents of a syringe by identifying the syringe with the vial from which the contents of the syringe were drawn. The cuff is mounted on the penetrator and the sleeve is mounted on the port end of the syringe, so that a mismatch between the cuff and sleeve is readily detected when the port end of the syringe is attached to the penetrator to withdraw liquid from the vial.