Abstract: A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry items according to an automatic cycle of operation can include a cabinet defining an interior and having an access opening providing access to the interior. A tub can be located within the interior and can at least partially define a liquid chamber. A drum is rotatably mounted within the liquid chamber and at least partially defines a treating chamber. A clothes mover is located within the treating chamber and rotatable about a vertical axis. The clothes mover can include a base and a barrel.

Abstract: A computerized system for transacting the purchase and sale of consumer motor fuels between motor fuel merchants and retail consumers through software on a mobile or desktop connected device for periods in the future through the simultaneous execution of multi-party, multi-layered contingent transactions and pricing algorithms to ensure that all inter-related motor fuel merchant transactions are simultaneously transacted upon a retail consumer purchase execution. Motor fuels include refined products such as gasoline and diesel fuel, renewable fuels (e.g. ethanol, biodiesel), natural gas (including liquefied natural gas), jet fuel and electricity.

Abstract: A tool sled having a body with a concave top surface and a convex bottom surface is provided and includes a flat plate and a handle. The bottom surface is symmetric about a transverse axis and passes through the body in a direction perpendicular to a direction of movement of the sled. A flat plate in contact with the top surface along two contact lines runs across the concave surface where each contact line is parallel to the transverse axis. A handle attached to the body extends upwardly from the top surface and outwardly from the body along a longitudinal axis parallel to the direction of movement of the sled.

Abstract: A modular conveyor beam assembly is disclosed using readily removable stock components comprising a conveyor beam having an upper surface; a plurality of brackets mounted on the upper surface; a wearstrip mounted to the plurality of brackets; an endless chain having a conveying portion and a return portion, the conveying portion supported by the wearstrip; a plurality of support segments to receive the return portion of the endless chain; and an apex formed in the upper surface of the conveyor beam to drain the conveyor beam after washing. In a preferred embodiment, the modular conveyor beam assembly further comprises a first member contained in at least one bracket for mounting a guide rail section and a first mount element wherein a position of the guide rail section is adjustable, and wherein the support segments join substantially flat, planar side surfaces of the conveyor beam and are freely removable.

Abstract: A chain for use in an article carrying conveyor includes a plurality of interconnected molded plastic chain link assemblies each having a planar top plate. A plurality of upper and lower tabs formed along the lower portions of the chain link assemblies function to guide the chain relative to a pair of guide rails of the conveyor frame while permitting free removal of the chain link assemblies from the guide rails at selected areas along the length of the conveyor and also restraining the chain between the guide rails at other portions of the conveyor such as at curves or vertical bends.

Abstract: A security transfer device (1) for mounting on a side wall of a building such as a bank, for example, for transferring valuables between a vehicle and the building includes a duct (2) slidably mounted in a housing (3) secured in a wall (23) of the building and movable between a retracted stored position within the housing (3) and an extended in-use position projecting outwardly of the housing (3). A releasable ratchet mechanism (4) extends between the duct (2) and housing (3) . When engaged the ratchet mechanism only permits outward movement of the duct (2), thus preventing the duct (2) from being pushed back into the housing from outside the building. A lockable door (12) closes an inner end of the housing (3). The duct (2) is also closed at it's rear end (19) by a lockable security door (20).

Abstract: A set of rail facing strips is provided for use with an article carrying conveyor system, the facing strip set comprising a rail facing member for affixing to opposing conveyor guide rails for establishing at least one section of said conveyor where a conveyor chain is relatively freely removable from the conveyor raceway in a direction substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of said conveyor, said rail facing member being characterized by a first leg for covering at least a pair of outer surfaces of said guide rail, said facing member also having a second leg joined to said first leg at substantially a right angle thereto, said second leg for extending into said raceway and substantially covering inner edges of said guide rails, said second leg being dimensioned and shaped along its length so as to clear a channel formed in said chain, whereby said second leg permits said body to move transversely out of said raceway without inner tabs found in said chain engaging a portion of said second leg to re

Abstract: A device is provided for conveying a workpiece along a conveyor path having spaced therealong at least two workstations to present the workpiece in seriatim to the workstations in at least two positional orientations as required for each particular workstation. The device comprises a base for being transported along said path from a first workstation to a next successive workstation along the path, a member mounted on the base for nesting the workpiece in a positional orientation with respect to the base to present the workpiece to each of the workstations, and at least one device for repositioning the nesting member from one position to at least a second position.

Abstract: A device is provided for unloading parts from a plurality of stacked trays. The device includes a receiving station with an elevator for lifting a topmost tray to a predetermined position; a temporary holder for the topmost tray while the elevator lowers the remaining trays a preselected distance; a conveyor for moving from an initial position to below the topmost tray; the temporary holder further for releasing the topmost tray onto the conveyor for conveying to an unloading station; an unloader disposed above the topmost tray to unload it; an additional elevator for receiving the topmost tray after unloading; and the conveyor further for returning to the initial position to receive the next topmost tray.

Abstract: A method is provided for conveying a series of articles along a conveyor path freely disposed on a conveyor surface while maintaining protective article-to-article separation. The method comprises the steps of introducing each article one at a time in a series to the conveyor surface, alternating the introducing of the articles with introduction to the conveyor surface of at least one relatively noncompressible and inelastic spacer freely disposed between adjacent articles in the series for separating the adjacent articles from each other, and conveying the series of articles alternated with the spacer on either side thereof along the conveyor, the articles being free to contact the spacer but not any other article in the series.

Abstract: An article carrying chain includes a plurality of interconnected molded plastic chain link assemblies each having a planar top plate. The chain link assemblies are interconnected so as to permit articulation between adjacent links around orthogonal axes. The potential for wear or breakage between adjacent links is reduced by beveling at least one of the mating edges between the top plates of adjacent links. Product kick-up is avoided by rounding the upper surface of each top plate along its leading and trailing edges. The underside of each link assembly is shaped so as to be engageable by either side of a sprocket tooth to thereby permit the sprocket to drive the chain in either of two directions. A plurality of upper and lower tabs formed along the lower portions of the chain link assemblies function to stabilize the chain relative to a pair of glide rails while permitting free removal of the chain link assemblies from the guide rails.

Abstract: A bracket is provided for connection to the top plate of a wheeled caster, that top plate being generally rectangular and having lateral width W.sub.1 and longitudinal length L.sub.1 dimension. The bracket defines a mounting plate having an upper surface; the bracket includes a longitudinally elongated cantilevered arm of lateral width W.sub.2 and longitudinal length L.sub.2 where L.sub.2 >W.sub.

Abstract: Cement waste product (CWP), such as recovered from kilns utilized in cement production, is used for scrubbing of sulfur oxide-containing industrial offgases. The CWP is preconditioned with liquid water prior to employing it as a scrubbing medium. Preconditioning involves addition of sufficient water to the essentially anhydrous CWP to achieve essentially total rehydration of the rehydratable calcium compounds contained in the CWP, for example, aluminates, oxide and sulfates. The preconditioned CWP is dried and used as a highly efficient scrubbing medium for sulfur oxides.

Abstract: Ammonium polyphosphate fertilizer solutions contaminated with carbon and carbonaceous residues are decarbonized by a sequential treatment to produce a light-colored solution/slurry of fertilizer solution containing essentially no visible carbon. In the first step, a mixture of an organic amine with a quaternary ammonium salt is dispersed in the contaminated fertilizer solution. In the second step a water immiscible hydrocarbon of low polarity is incorporated into the fertilizer solution by low shear agitation. In the third step a very slow agitation of the mixed system provides for the rising and coalescence of the low density hydrocarbon droplets containing the carbonaceous particles into a layer above the fertilizer solution.