Abstract: A primary tube with input and output ends is positioned between wheels of a wheeled vehicle. The primary tube is adapted to be deformed in response to the passage of the wheeled vehicle. A secondary tube is operatively coupled with the primary tube. An air/fluid/gas collection tank is operatively coupled with the secondary tube and the output end of the primary tube thereby forming a closed loop path of travel within and through the primary and the secondary tubes and the air/fluid/gas collection tank. A mechanical device is located laterally spaced from the wheeled vehicle in operative proximity to the air/fluid/gas collection tank. A power tube couples the mechanical device and the air/fluid/gas collection tank. The mechanical device is a mechanical conversion device chosen from the class of mechanical conversion devices consisting of turbines, generators and alternators. The wheeled vehicle is moved over the primary tube.

Abstract: A primary tube with input and output ends is positioned upon a highway. A secondary tube is operatively coupled with the primary tube. An air collection tank is operatively coupled with the secondary tube and the output end of the primary tube. In this manner a closed loop path of travel is formed within and through the primary and the secondary tubes and the air collection tank. A mechanical device is located laterally spaced from the highway in operative proximity to the air collection tank. A power tube couples the mechanical device and the air collection tank. The mechanical device is a mechanical conversion device chosen from the class of mechanical conversion devices, including turbines, generators and alternators.

Abstract: A shaft has a horizontal primary axis of rotation and a plurality of offset secondary portions. A bladder is coupled to each secondary portion. Each bladder has an upper end, a lower end and an interior. A positive pressure source and a negative pressure source are provided. Positive tubes couple the positive pressure source with the interior of each bladder for inflation. Negative tubes operatively couple the negative pressure source with the interior of each bladder for deflation. A control assembly is provided. The control assembly sequentially inflates each bladder when rotating upwardly and sequentially deflates each bladder when rotating downwardly. A quantity of water submerges the bladders during their movement.

Abstract: A method of preparing a self-releasing silicone foam in which a composition containing a siloxane polymer, an organohydrogensiloxane, a platinum catalyst, a polyol, and preferably a monofunctional alcohol is foamed, cured, and then post cured at an elevated temperature. A method of reducing the cycle time of preparing a cured silicone foam in which the above composition is applied to a plastic substrate, foamed, cured, post cured at an elevated temperature and then separated from the plastic substrate.

Abstract: An aqueous silicone emulsion useful in forming a fire barrier consists essentially of a mixture of anionically stabilized silicone emulsion, expanded vermiculite, and fiber selected from the group consisting of ceramic fiber and aramid fiber. The trowelable composition is applied to fill cracks or openings in fire walls to seal the wall and then allowed to dry. The dried material seals the opening it occupies. Upon exposure to fire, the dried material forms a char on its surface which protects the material under the surface and maintains a seal in the wall.

Abstract: Cured polyorganosiloxane foams exhibiting a uniquely high resistance to burn-through and disintegration when exposed to flames contain at least 0.1% by weight each, based on the weight of said foam, of at least one finely divided nonmetallic fibrous heat resistant material, at least one finely divided nonmetallic cellular heat resistant material, and at least 5 ppm of platinum in elemental or chemically combined form. The total concentration of heat resistant materials should not exceed 40%, based on the weight of the foam. This invention also provides a method for preparing flame retardant polyorganosiloxane foams.

Abstract: A rigid polyurethane syntactic foam obtained by mixing an organic polyol, a polyisocyanate, a catalyst for the reaction of the polyol and polyisocyanate, microballoons and a flame retardant. The flame retardant is a substantially colorless, compatible flame retardant with a viscosity of less than 100 centipoise at 23.9.degree. C., with a volatility such that it does not evaporate from the reaction exotherm and with a reactivity such that it is non-reactive in the mixture to the extent that the physical properties of the foam are not substantially changed compared to the physical properties of a foam without the flame retardant. An example of the flame retardant is tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphate. A combination of the polyol and polyisocyanate are liquid at 25.degree. C.