Abstract: A marine vessel (100) comprising: propulsion means (118, 134); a hull section (102); a body section (104) connected to said hull section via at least one stanchion (106, 108, 110, 112); and the body section and the hull section being movable relative to each other via said at least one stanchion.

Abstract: A method and system for pricing, designing, and marketing, insurance policy contracts is disclosed. The policy contracts comprise a first period of coverage for a first benefit amount for which a premium is paid to an insurer on behalf of an insured person by a sponsoring organization and a second period of coverage for a second benefit amount for which a premium is paid to the insurer by the insured person, wherein prior to the first period of coverage, the insurer obtains authorization from the insured to have premiums for the second period paid automatically from an account, comprising the steps of charging the sponsoring organization a premium for the first period of coverage upon entering into a policy contract between the insurer and the insured, and automatically charging one or more premiums to the account of the insured at the end of the first period and during the second period of coverage.

Abstract: A method and system for pricing, designing, and marketing, insurance policy contracts is disclosed.

Abstract: Draft tube embedments of a hydroelectric turbine are removed for replacement and/or upgrading. Several shafts for saw wire access, forming a horizontal polygonal shape are drilled outside the draft ring and a circular slot cut below the bottom ring to meet the shafts. Shafts and slot encompass the embedments. Additional shafts are drilled for hoist slings. Generally radial cuts are made using diamond saw wires attached to saw wire machines from selected saw wire access shafts to the draft tube through the embedments. Back cuts are made between adjacent saw wire access shafts, again by diamond saw wires attached to saw wire machines, cutting the polygon into sections. Hoisting slings are passed down the hoisting sling shafts around the sections. The sections are then cut free by further back cuts and then hoisted from the draft tube. The method is quicker than conventional methods.

Abstract: A cable tensioner (20) for a sectional overhead door (D) having a motor-driven counterbalance system (30) including, a spring-loaded axle (31), cable drums (24) carried by the axle, cables (C) attached to and interconnecting the cable drums and the door and forming and releasing cable wraps (29) on the cable drums upon raising and lowering of the door, the cable tensioner having, a tension spring (31) adapted to be mounted on the sectional door having a first end (34) and a second end (35), the first end being adapted to engage the door and the second end being adapted to slidingly engage the cable, wherein the tension spring urges the second end to take up any slack in the cable.

Abstract: A roller stop (50) for a sectional door (D) having a plurality of hinged panels 20, rollers (30) attached to the panels, and a pair of tracks (T, T?) receiving the rollers for guiding the sectional door between a closed vertical position and an open horizontal position, the roller stop having a body portion (27), and at least one clamping member 67, 68 associated with the body portion adapted to engage one of the tracks, wherein the body portion is adapted to contact at least one of the rollers to temporarily maintain the sectional door in a predetermined position.

Abstract: A door system (10) used in connection with an opening defined by a pair of jambs (11) and a laterally extending header (12) connecting the jambs, the door system including, a pair of tracks (15) mountable on the jambs, the tracks having a vertical track section (16) running adjacent the jambs, wherein a space (25) is defined between the tracks and the jambs along at least a portion of their length, a door (D) mounted for movement on the tracks and movable between an open position and a closed position, and a shield (30) mounted laterally outward of the tracks and adjacent thereto, the shield extending rearward from the jamb and overlying at least a portion of the tracks along the length of the vertical track section, wherein the overlying portion of the shield contacts the vertical track section along the length thereof.

Abstract: A transition shield for a door system (10) having a pair of tracks (15), which include a vertical track section (16) and a horizontal track section (17) connected by a transition track section (18) supported at least partially by a door jamb (11) to prevent objects from entering a transition space defined between the jamb and the transition track section, the transition shield (60) including a plate-like member (61) having a vertically extending forward edge (64) configured to fit proximate the jamb and extending rearward an extent sufficient to overly at least a portion of the transition track section to cover the transition space.

Abstract: This invention relates to improved apparatus and process for manufacture of tunnel modules and tunnel sections used to build underwater tunnel tubes. A collapsible fixture is used to roll up a steel plate into a cylindrical shell. Cables wrapped around channels on the outer ends of fixtures are used to roll up the fixture along the plate. After the fixture with the shell on it is placed on pedestals for further fabrication, cables placed in the channels are used to rotate the shells. After the fixture is collapsed within the shell, it is raised up by pedestal lifting mechanisms, and wheels provided on the fixture are lowered into place to aid in removal of the fixture from the shell, and onto a roll-out table. Roller mechanisms are also used to aid in the removal of the fixture from the shell. The roll-out table is situated between two sets of pedestals and used in the removal of fixtures from single modules or sets of modules.

Abstract: This invention relates to improved apparatus and process for manufacture of tunnel modules and tunnel sections used to build underwater tunnel tubes. A collapsible fixture is used to roll up a steel plate into a cylindrical shell. Cables wrapped around channels on the outer ends of fixtures are used to roll up the fixture along the plate. After the fixture with the shell on it is placed on pedestals for further fabrication, cables placed in the channels are used to rotate the shells. After the fixture is collapsed within the shell, it is raised up by pedestal lifting mechanisms, and wheels provided on the fixture are lowered into place to aid in removal of the fixture from the shell, and onto a roll-out table. Roller mechanisms are also used to aid in the removal of the fixture from the shell. The roll-out table is situated between two sets of pedestals and used in the removal of fixtures from single modules or sets of modules.

Abstract: In an automatic paint spraying apparatus automatic control means comprises two parts, the first part providing programmable control means for determining a desired sequence of operations and the second part comprising position indicating means for generating an electrical digital signal representing the position of a spray gun and comparator means for comparing the signal from the position indicating means with reference signals determining the sequence of operation and providing an output for use in controlling the spray guns, the second part of the automatic control means being arranged for location within a paint spraying area having an hazardous atmosphere.

Abstract: Coating apparatus for coating an article by successive strokes of a coating applicator transverse to the direction of relative movement of the article includes an opto-electrical transducer such as a television camera arranged to view in one vertical window the applicator during its stroke and in a second spaced vertical window an area of the article to be coated, means being provided to store information obtained during a scan of the second vertical window indicating regions of the article to be coated and control means arranged to control operation of the applicator in dependence on the detected portion of the applicator in the first window and the information stored from a previous scan of the corresponding region of the article through the second window.