Abstract: A method and apparatus for treating liquids or slurries includes first and second nozzles each having an inlet coupled to a liquid or slurry source and an outlet. A first vortex nozzle rotates a first liquid or slurry stream received from the first nozzle and delivers a first rotated liquid or slurry stream into a chamber. A second vortex nozzle rotates a second liquid or slurry stream received from the second nozzle and delivers a second rotated liquid or slurry stream into the chamber. The first and second vortex nozzles are positioned in an opposed relationship to collide the first rotated liquid or slurry stream with the second rotated liquid or slurry stream.

Abstract: An inertial bullet puller includes a rigid tough transparent plastics material carrier tube having an opening at its upper end adapted to receive a cartridge and a head portion at its lower end adapted to be struck against a hard surface. The carrier tube is affixed to the end of a handle in a manner similar to the construction of a hammer. However, the carrier tube is not completely perpendicular to the handle, but instead, resides at an angle to the handle. At the upper end of the carrier tube is disposed an annular segmented cartridge support. A cap at the upper end of the carrier tube having a tapered inner end provides a cam surface for positively moving the annular segmented cartridge support radially inwardly and holding it in position.

Abstract: An inertial bullet puller comprises a rigid, tough plastics material carrier tube having an opening at its upper end adapted to receive a cartridge and a head portion at its lower end adapted to be struck against a hard surface. The carrier tube is affixed to the end of a handle in a manner similar to the construction of a hammer. The upper end of the carrier tube includes a plurality of slots cut therein to receive an annular segmented support comprised of a plurality of segments interconnected with an O-ring. A cap at the upper end of the carrier tube includes a tapered inner end to provide a cam surface for positively moving the segments radially inward and holding them in position. After a cartridge is inserted through the segments, the cap is tightened to urge the segments inwardly along the slots so that they engage the cannelure and casing of the cartridge. In use the lower end of the tube is struck against a hard surface until the bullet is observed to pull free of the cartridge casing.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating fluids by increasing the fluid's rate of diffusion, removing minerals in solution, releasing entrained gases, and destroying bacteria includes a pair of cascaded vortex nozzles positioned in opposed relation. Each of the vortex nozzles communicates with a fluid source to receive a fluid stream which it rotates. The cascaded vortex nozzles feed their rotating fluid stream into the rear of the vortex nozzle with which they are cascaded. The rotating fluid streams fed into the vortex nozzles combine with the rotating fluid stream within each nozzle. The combined streams then circularly rotate and exit the opposed vortex nozzles to collide in a chamber. The collision between the combined rotating streams results in the breaking of the bonds holding the fluid, gases, and minerals in their molecular array, thus, increasing the fluid's diffusion rate, allowing the gases to escape, the minerals to agglomerate, and destroying bacteria.

Abstract: The present invention is an inertial bullet puller comprising a rigid tough transparent plastics material carrier tube having an opening at its upper end adapted to receive a cartridge and a head portion at its lower end adapted to be struck against a hard surface. The carrier tube is affixed to the end of a handle in a manner similar to the construction of a hammer. However, the carrier tube is not completely perpendicular to the handle, but instead, resides at an angle to the handle. At the upper end of the carrier tube is disposed an annular segmented cartridge support. A cap at the upper end of the carrier tube having a tapered inner end provides a cam surface for positively moving the annular segmented cartridge support radially inwardly and holding it in position.

Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for treating water and other liquids by removing minerals in solution and entrained gases. The entrained gases are forced into the atmosphere, while the minerals are returned to agglomerated solids for ease in removal using settling or filtration. The opposed vortex nozzle unit of the present invention collides a pair of fluid streams in a manner that the bonds holding the gases and minerals in the water are broken, thus, allowing the gases to escape and the minerals to agglomerate. The vortex nozzle tubes of the present invention are provided with slots which remove a small portion of the fluid streams as they flow through the nozzle tubes. The removed water is returned at a location beyond the impingement point of the two streams in order to enhance the removal of gases and agglomeration of minerals in solution.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for treating water in beverage and ice machines consisting of the vigorous agitation of the liquid by a double opposed vortex nozzle and the passing of a liquid through a magnetic field.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of reducing agglomeration of fluids consisting of the vigorous agitation of the liquid by a double opposed vortex nozzle and the passing of the liquid through a magnetic field. One of the opposed nozzles may have ozone gas forced through it for treating sewage. The apparatus and method may also be used to treat cooling tower water.

Abstract: A desulphurization apparatus and method for natural gas in which red iron oxide is reacted with the sulphur compounds found in natural gas to remove these compounds from the gas. The treating solution is then recycled to regenerate the red iron oxide solution with elemental sulphur formed as a byproduct for removal.

Abstract: A shotgun choke for deforming the shot pattern to throw a very wide pattern with a narrow vertical band by maintaining a substantially constant width in the choke but narrowing the height of the interior of the choke in a parabolic fashion.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of reducing agglomeration of fluids consisting of the vigorous agitation of the liquid by a double opposed vortex nozzle and the passing of the liquid through a magnetic field. One of the opposed nozzles may have ozone gas forced through it for treating sewage.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing molecular agglomerate size in fluids including flowing fluid streams through opposed vortex nozzles so that the fluid streams collide and enter each other so that the kinetic forces of the streams react against each other to provide a shear action sufficient to reduce the molecular agglomerate sizes of the fluid.