Abstract: A food preparation appliance comprising a sieve having an inner perforated surface for extracting a food item into liquid and solid particles, a source of rotatable power for rotating the sieve, a cleaning device for removing unwanted buildup of pulp from the perforated surface of the sieve, and a reservoir holding a pre-determined volume of cleaning fluid that is released and directed onto the sieve when the cleaning device is operated.

Abstract: Appliances comprising a base unit and a plug connector coupled to the base unit. The plug connector is configured to electrically couple the appliance to a first socket connector of an electrical receptacle. A channel is formed on or in a first sidewall of the base unit. The plug connector is disposed in the channel when in an engaged position. A defines a channel wall of the channel. The lever is configured to facilitate a transition of the plug connector between the engaged position and a disengaged position. The lever engages the plug connector when in the engaged position and does not engage the plug connector when in the disengaged position.

Abstract: A food preparation appliance including a housing containing a sieve having an inner perforated surface for extracting fruits and vegetables into liquids and solid particles, a source of rotatable power for rotating the sieve, and a manually operated cleaning device for removing pulp of food particles from the perforated surface of the sieve. The cleaning device includes a cleaning implement having a first position normally biased into a non-engaged position from the perforated surface and a second position when the cleaning device is operated to an engaged position against the perforated surface. The cleaning implement is biased against the perforated surface in the second position using a biasing member configured to maintain constant engagement of the cleaning implement against the perforated surface while the sieve is rotated. In an embodiment, the biasing member is a coil wave spring.

Abstract: A food preparation appliance comprising a sieve having an inner perforated surface for extracting a food item into liquid and solid particles, a source of rotatable power for rotating the sieve, a cleaning device for removing unwanted buildup of pulp from the perforated surface of the sieve, and a reservoir holding a pre-determined volume of cleaning fluid that is released and directed onto the sieve when the cleaning device is operated.

Abstract: Appliances comprising a base unit and a plug connector coupled to the base unit. The plug connector is configured to electrically couple the appliance to a first socket connector of an electrical receptacle. A channel is formed on or in a first sidewall of the base unit. The plug connector is disposed in the channel when in an engaged position. A defines a channel wall of the channel. The lever is configured to facilitate a transition of the plug connector between the engaged position and a disengaged position. The lever engages the plug connector when in the engaged position and does not engage the plug connector when in the disengaged position.

Abstract: A food preparation appliance including a housing containing a sieve having an inner perforated surface for extracting fruits and vegetables into liquids and solid particles, a source of rotatable power for rotating the sieve, and a manually operated cleaning device for removing pulp of food particles from the perforated surface of the sieve. The cleaning device includes a cleaning implement having a first position normally biased into a non-engaged position from the perforated surface and a second position when the cleaning device is operated to an engaged position against the perforated surface. The cleaning implement is biased against the perforated surface in the second position using a biasing member configured to maintain constant engagement of the cleaning implement against the perforated surface while the sieve is rotated. In an embodiment, the biasing member is a coil wave spring.

Abstract: Appliances comprising a base unit and a plug connector coupled to the base unit. The plug connector is configured to electrically couple the appliance to a first socket connector of an electrical receptacle. A channel is formed on or in a first sidewall of the base unit. The plug connector is disposed in the channel when in an engaged position. A defines a channel wall of the channel. The lever is configured to facilitate a transition of the plug connector between the engaged position and a disengaged position. The lever engages the plug connector when in the engaged position and does not engage the plug connector when in the disengaged position.

Abstract: Appliances comprising a base unit and a plug connector coupled to the base unit. The plug connector is configured to electrically couple the appliance to a first socket connector of an electrical receptacle. A channel is formed on or in a first sidewall of the base unit. The plug connector is disposed in the channel when in an engaged position. A defines a channel wall of the channel. The lever is configured to facilitate a transition of the plug connector between the engaged position and a disengaged position. The lever engages the plug connector when in the engaged position and does not engage the plug connector when in the disengaged position.

Abstract: A fan carrier assembly for hot swap computer components such as computer fans is provided. The fan carrier assembly preferably includes a handle operable to engage a pair of latches such that when the handle is employed to remove the carrier and component from the computer system, a single motion both releases the latches from engagement as well as displaces the component from its engaged position.

Abstract: An engine control system is disclosed having a unit for providing signals indicative of the position of an engine throttle member. The unit comprises a housing assembly associated with an engine throttle member and containing a stator assembly and a rotor assembly. The rotor assembly moves relative to the stator assembly as the throttle member moves. The rotor and stator assemblies are electrically coupled together for producing first and second continuously variable, ratiometrically identical signals whose values depend upon the throttle member position. The first signal is delivered from the housing assembly for use in controlling the engine operation. Processing circuitry processes the second signal for producing a throttle position validation signal having a first value when the throttle member is in an engine idle range of positions and a second value when the throttle member moves beyond the idle range of positions.

Abstract: A differential pressure transmitter, a pneumatically operated square root extracting device therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the transmitter having a rod operatively interconnecting a movable wall with a cam roller to cause the roller to roll on a flat surface as the value of the pressure in an output chamber defined by the movable wall changes, the rod and the movable wall respectively having universal joint units snap-fitted together to provide for universal movement therebetween while movement of the wall causes the roller to roll.

Abstract: A differential pressure transmitter, a pneumatically operated square root extracting device therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the transmitter having a rod operatively interconnecting a movable wall with a cam roller to cause the roller to roll on a flat surface as the value of the pressure in an output chamber defined by the movable wall changes, the rod and the movable wall respectively having universal joint units snap-fitted together to provide for universal movement therebetween while movement of the wall causes the roller to roll.

Abstract: A manifold means adapted to detachably carry on one side thereof a plurality of pneumatically and electrically operated control units each of which is adapted to be fluidly and electrically interconnected to pneumatic means and electrical means of the manifold means by plug-in means of the units respectively cooperating with plug-in means of the pneumatic means and electrical means of the manifold means at the one side thereof. The manifold means has external interconnection means for the pneumatic means and the electrical means on the other side thereof whereby external pneumatic and electrical lines can all be interconnected to that other side of the manifold means.

Abstract: A control device having a cap telescoped through a mounting opening in a control panel and being secured thereto by a nut threaded on the cap and disposed against one side of the panel and a fastener carried by the cap and disposed against the other side of the panel, the fastener comprising a substantially flat plate spanning the opening of the panel and having a bayonet opening passing therethrough and aligned with the opening of the panel and the cap having a bayonet portion extending completely through the bayonet opening and cooperating with the bayonet opening to lock the cap and plate together.

Abstract: A diaphragm stack for a control device and having at least two flexible diaphragms separated by a rigid spacer and a pair of rigid outboard members with the pair of outboard members being secured together by a fastening means passing through the center of the stack. The outboard members and the spacer have interlocking means disposed inboard of the inner peripheral portions of the diaphragms and serially interlocking together in the stack to prevent rotation of the spacer and the outboard members relative to each other in their assembled relation in the stack.

Abstract: A control device having a cap telescoped through a mounting opening in a control panel and being secured thereto by a nut threaded on the cap and disposed against one side of the panel and a fastener carried by the cap and disposed against the other side of the panel, the fastener comprising a substantially flat plate spanning the opening of the panel and having a bayonet opening passing therethrough and aligned with the opening of the panel and the cap having a bayonet portion extending completely through the bayonet opening and cooperating with the bayonet opening to lock the cap and plate together.

Abstract: A manifold adapted to detachably carry on one side thereof a plurality of pneumatically and electrically operated control units each of which is adapted to be fluidly and electrically interconnected to pneumatic structure and electrical structure of the manifold. That one side of the manifold has external interconnecting structure for the pneumatic structure and electrical structure whereby external pneumatic and electrical lines can be interconnected to the same side of the manifold that the units are adapted to be interconnected thereto. The manifold is formed from a frame plate and a plurality of like manifold modules secured to the frame plate to provide a manifold unit, each manifold module having part of the pneumatic structure and the electrical structure and having one side thereof forming part of the one side of the manifold.

Abstract: A manifold adapted to detachably carry on one side thereof a plurality of pneumatically and electrically operated control units each of which is adapted to be fluidly and electrically interconnected to pneumatic structure and electrical structure of the manifold. That one side of the manifold has external interconnecting structure for the pneumatic structure and electrical structure whereby external pneumatic and electrical lines can be interconnected to the same side of the manifold that the units are adapted to be interconnected thereto. The manifold is formed from a pair of plates secured together in stacked relation with one of the plates defining at least that part of the one side of the manifold that carries the external interconnecting structure and is adapted to detachably carry the control units.

Abstract: A force balance transmitter having a frame and a process element carried thereby and being provided with a movable part adapted to move in response to certain changes in the process, the transmitter having feedback means that produces an output signal in relation to a feedback force thereof being created to oppose movement of a movable feedback part thereof. Three levers are pivotally mounted to the frame for transmitting motion of the movable parts of the process element to the movable feedback part of the feedback means whereby the overall height of the transmitter is relatively small in relation to the large ratio being produced by the levers of the transmitter.

Abstract: In a force balance transmitter having a base structure provided with passages therein and a secondary assembly attached thereto that includes a pneumatically operated relay module detachably secured to the secondary assembly and having passages therein, the improvement of a fluid transfer member being disposed between the module and the base structure while interconnecting the passages of the base structure respectively to the passages of the module, the fluid transfer member being carried by the secondary assembly and having means floatingly interconnecting with the passages of the base structure to tend to isolate motion of at least that part of the base structure from the module.