Abstract: A manifold assembly is provided which includes a manifold block having a gas inlet and a gas outlet. The block also includes a regulator inlet in a planar surface of the manifold block which is connected to the gas inlet. The regulator outlet is also provided in the planar surface spaced from the regulator inlet and connected to the gas outlet. A regulator is mounted to the manifold block at the planar surface and includes an inlet and outlet on a common wall of the regulator. The inlet and outlet of the regulator have the same spacing as and communicates with the regulator inlet and outlet of the manifold block. In the preferred embodiment, one of the inlet and outlet of the regulator is annular and encompasses the other.

Abstract: A mobile care cart includes a latch mechanism for coupling the cart to a hospital bed during transport of the bed. The care cart includes an on-board battery and gas supply for supplying electrical and gas outlets, respectively, on the care cart for use by equipment during transport. The care cart is nestable against a headwall when in the hospital room and includes first and second connectors for coupling the electrical and gas supply outlets on the cart to electrical and gas supplies separate from the care cart when the care cart is in a hospital room. The first and second connectors automatically switches to the on-board battery and gas supply to provide an uninterrupted gas and electrical supply during transport when the cart is disconnected from the electrical and gas supplies separate from the care cart for transport.

Abstract: A manifold assembly is provided which includes a manifold block having a gas inlet and a gas outlet. The block also includes a regulator inlet in a planar surface of the manifold block which is connected to the gas inlet. The regulator outlet is also provided in the planar surface spaced from the regulator inlet and connected to the gas outlet. A regulator is mounted to the manifold block at the planar surface and includes an inlet and outlet on a common wall of the regulator. The inlet and outlet of the regulator have the same spacing as and communicates with the regulator inlet and outlet of the manifold block. In the preferred embodiment, one of the inlet and outlet of the regulator is annular and encompasses the other.

Abstract: A manifold assembly is provided which includes a manifold block having a gas inlet and a gas outlet. The block also includes a regulator inlet in a planar surface of the manifold block which is connected to the gas inlet. The regulator outlet is also provided in the planar surface spaced from the regulator inlet and connected to the gas outlet. A regulator is mounted to the manifold block at the planar surface and includes an inlet and outlet on a common wall of the regulator. The inlet and outlet of the regulator have the same spacing as and communicates with the regulator inlet and outlet of the manifold block. In the preferred embodiment, one of the inlet and outlet of the regulator is annular and encompasses the other.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided to permit upgrading of a hospital room from a general care room to a critical care room and to facilitate transport of a critical care patient on a hospital bed.

Abstract: A vertical frame supports an interchangeable mandrel or die which receives the center portion of an elongated metal rod having opposite threaded end portions, and the rod is clamped to the die by a pivotal locking bar secured by a wedge actuated by a hydraulic cylinder. The frame also includes a vertical plate having upper and lower corner blocks connected by a pair of vertical guide rods. The rods support a horizontal carriage cross bar for vertical movement, and the cross bar pivotally supports upper end portions of a pair of arms each formed by rigidly connected parallel spaced plates having aligned straight cam slots. A pair of bending rollers are supported by the lower end portions of the arms, and a hub member extends between the plates of each arm and supports slide blocks which move within the cam slots. A hydraulic cylinder moves the cross bar vertically to move the arms and bending rollers along converging paths for overbending the rod around the die.

Abstract: A frame supports an interchangeable mandrel or die which receives the center portion of an elongated metal rod having opposite threaded end portions, and the rod is clamped to the die by a locking bar actuated by a hydraulic cylinder. The frame also includes a set of vertically spaced cross members connected by a pair of parallel spaced guide rods which support a carrier bar for vertical movement. The carrier bar pivotally supports corresponding end portions of a pair of arms each formed by parallel spaced plates, and each pair of plates defines slightly angled aligned cam slots. A pair of bending rollers are supported by the opposite end portions of the arms, and a hub member extends between the plates of each arm and supports rollers which engage the corresponding cam slots to provide for moving the arms and bending rollers along non-parallel converging paths for overbending the rod around the die.

Abstract: A family of ultra high-energy gun propellant systems based upon a nitrocellulose binder matrix, and containing a variety of azide components to provide a formulation having reduced isochoric flame temperatures and ultra-high mass impetus.

Abstract: Elongated straight cylindrical metal rods are threaded along opposite end portions, and the cylindrical outer surface of the center portion of each rod is marked to form a visual indicator of the longitudinal center of the rod. The straight rods are successively inserted into a rod bending machine having a mandrel with a mark indicating the center plane of the bending operation. The mid-point mark on each rod is aligned with the center plane mark on the machine, and the rod is bent to form a precision U-bolt. Preferably, the mark identifying the center of each rod extends circumferentially around the metal rod and is formed by a stripe of color contrasting ink directly on the rod or on a label attached to the rod to provide a permanent mark which does not require rotating the rod to find the mark.

Abstract: An impeller is positioned within the flow of a fluid to be used to irrigate an area. The impeller drives a generator, which operates to charge and sustain a storage battery. The battery powers a receiver having an identification code by which the receiver may be addressed to receive commands, such as, for example, to open or close a valve, thereby providing fluid to irrigate an area. By opening the valve, the fluid flow is increased, and more power is generated and stored in the battery. In this way, power is generated automatically for the receiver, which, in turn, controls the fluid flow for irrigation.

Abstract: Elongated straight cylindrical metal rods are threaded along opposite end portions, and the cylindrical outer surface of the center portion of each rod is marked to form a visual indicator of the longitudinal center of the rod. The straight rods are successively inserted into a rod bearing machine having a mandrel with a mark indicating the center plane of the bending operation. The mid-point mark on each rod is aligned with the center plane mark on the machine, and the rod is bent to form a precision U-bolt. Preferably, the mark identifying the center of each rod extends circumferentially around the metal rod and is formed by a stripe or color contrasting ink directly on the rod or on a label attached to the rod to provide a permanent mark which does not require rotating the rod to find the mark.

Abstract: Elongated straight cylindrical metal rods are threaded along opposite end portions, and the cylindrical outer surface of the center portion of each rod is marked to form a visual indicator of the longitudinal center of the rod. The straight rods are successively inserted into a rod bending machine having a mandrel with a mark indicating the center plane of the bending operation. The mid-point mark on each rod is aligned with the center plane mark on the machine, and the rod is bent to form a precision U-bolt. Preferably, the mark identifying the center of each rod extends circumferentially around the metal rod and is formed by a stripe of color contrasting ink to provide a permanent mark which does not require rotating the rod to find the mark.

Abstract: Elongated straight cylindrical metal rods are threaded along opposite end portions, and the cylindrical outer surface of the center portion of each rod is marked to form a visual indicator of the longitudinal center of the rod. The straight rods are successively inserted into a rod bending machine having a mandrel with a mark indicating the center plane of the bending operation. The mid-point mark on each rod is aligned with the center plane mark on the machine, and the rod is bent to form a precision U-bolt. Preferably, the mark identifying the center of each rod extends circumferentially around the metal rod and is formed by a stripe of color contrasting ink to provide a permanent mark which does not require rotating the rod to find the mark.

Abstract: An energetic liquid monopropellant comprising a mixture of bis (2,2-dinitropropyl) acetal; bis (2,2-dinitropropyl) formal; and bis (2,2,2-fluorodinitroethyl) formal.

Abstract: A family of gun propellants formulated with polyglycidyl azide polymer (GAP) in conjunction with nitrocellulose (NC) to provide reduced flame temperatures while providing high mass impetus.