Abstract: A food processor having a container and a drive shaft extending through a bottom thereof includes a processing device having an impeller 20 for engaging the drive shaft and a dome-shaped cap or shield 90. The cap includes dimples on a lower surface to assist in breaking up lumps of food in the container. The processing device can rotate in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.

Abstract: A food mixer which includes a container having an impeller adapted to be driven by drive means adjacent the lower surface of the container and which impeller is adapted both to cooperate with various mixing devices and to rotate in either the clockwise or anti-clockwise direction.

Abstract: A food mixer which includes a container having an impeller adapted to be driven by drive means adjacent the lower surface of the container and which impeller is adapted both to cooperate with various mixing devices and to rotate in either the clockwise or anti-clockwise direction.

Abstract: This invention provides a method of selectively decreasing pulmonary vascular resistance in a subject by administering endobronchially a drug chosen from among cAMP analogs, cGMP analogs, phosphodiesterase inhibitors, nitric oxide precursors, nitric oxide donors, and nitric oxide analogs.

Abstract: An electrically conductive composite heating assembly that has as its foundation an electrically conductive non-woven fiber layer laminated between layers of fiberglass and other dielectric material and has an abrasion resistant outer layer. A conductive silver adhesive connects copper bus bars to the fiber layer, and the copper bus bars connect to an external power source. The heater is designed to withstand repeated mechanical stresses and thermal cycles over extremely harsh environmental conditions. The heater assembly may have additional electrical shielding layers to provide ground fault protection. The heater is particularly suited for aircraft, windmill blades or other like structures that require ice protection.

Abstract: A mixer having a container (14), an opened topped hollow sleeve (20) adjacent the lower surface of the container, at least one opening (22) into the sleeve adjacent the lower edge thereof, a screw impeller (25) located in the sleeve and a driving device for the impeller (11) so that material to be mixed can enter the sleeve through the opening adjacent the lower end thereof, be mixed by the impeller and delivered through the open top of the sleeve. An impeller (60) can be formed with cutting blades to act to cut material passing through the sleeve as well as to mix this material.

Abstract: This invention provides a method of selectively decreasing pulmonary vascular resistance in a subject by administering endobronchially a drug chosen from among cAMP analogs, cGMP analogs, phosphodiesterase inhibitors, nitric oxide precursors, nitric oxide donors, and nitric oxide analogs.

Abstract: A nuclear reactor control rod position system wherein the control rods are connected to drive rods movable within a group of detector coils. Bilateral switches are connected to the respective coils of the detectors and a control circuit sequentially provides an enabling control signal to the various groups of bilateral switches connected to the respective detectors so that the coils of each detector in turn are connected to a single signal processing circuit which may be located inside or outside the containment structure of the reactor.

Abstract: In a data acquisition and storage system including a plurality of remote data generating units, a data processor/display unit for addressing the respective data generating units, processing the data for storage and providing a visual display of the process data, and a computer having random access to the stored data of the processor/display unit to selectively update stored information, a display exerciser is connected in parallel with the processor/display unit and provides the capability of both recirculating data from storage and the processor/display unit through the display unit as well as introducing operator initiated data.