Abstract: The present invention is an assembly and method for continuously manufacturing fasteners. A die press actuated at a first speed receives the contoured wire into a die having a piercing element for piercing an aperture and a cutting element for cutting a fastener from the wire. A guide receives the fasteners from the die press and a drive unit engages the fasteners oriented by the guide and conveys the fastener to an elevated height relative to a tapping device. The guide redirects the fasteners by a first router. The fasteners are gravity fed into the first router and redirected to one of the tapping devices. Each tapping device has a tapping element for forming internal ribs in the aperture of the fastener. The tapping devices each actuates at a second speed that in aggregate is generally equal to the first speed of the die press.

Abstract: A novel apparatus comprising three main systems: air sampling, detection and computerized electric system; and method of using the same in the sampling, detection and identification of bioaerosols, wherein the identification of the said bioaerosol is base on a multiphoton laser diagnostic technique along with the velocity and aerodynamic size of the particular bioaerosol. After exposing the said bioaerosols with near infrared wavelength laser, the obtained fluorescence spectra has been shown to be unique and particular for each bioaerosol, thus allowing the characterization of the said particles.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a process of using the said apparatus in the in-time air sampling, detection and identification of bioaereosols; wherein identification of the said aerosol is based on a multiphoton laser diagnostic technique in combination with the velocity and aerodynamic size of the particular bioaerosol.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a process of using the said apparatus in the in-time air sampling, detection and identification of bioaereosols; wherein identification of the said aerosol is based on a multiphoton laser diagnostic technique in combination with the velocity and aerodynamic size of the particular bioaerosol.

Abstract: A smart fuel injection system for an automobile is provided for use with a multi-port engine wherein engine coolant is utilized, as well as temperature readings within the head of each of the injector nozzles in the cylinders of the engine and a variety of other known engine performance and operating condition data, to carefully adjust and maintain the air-to-fuel ratio of the engine and maximize fuel efficiency. The system includes a multi-cylinder engine having at least one fuel injector, an engine control unit, a plurality of sensors for measuring automobile operating conditions, and coolant control means for continuously regulate the quantity of engine coolant passing to the engine.

Abstract: A design of a compact solar air conditioning system especially suited for tropical climates includes an air-cooled single-effect absorption machine driven by an array of high performance flat-plate collectors along with a thermal storage tank. The absorption machine uses lithium-bromide as a refrigerant and a water-based absorption fluid. The operation of the compact solar air conditioning system is determined by an optimal control strategy.

Abstract: A solar powered air conditioning system includes an absorption machine coupled to three primary loops. A heat loop provides energy to the absorption machine. A cooling tower loop exhausts heat from the absorption machine. A chilled water loop is used to draw heat from a room or building. The heat loop provides energy from a boiler and/or from a number of solar collectors. In one mode of operation, the solar collectors circulate through a storage tank. The flow through the solar collectors is regulated to maximize energy collection.

Abstract: A design of a compact solar air conditioning system especially suited for tropical climates includes an air-cooled single-effect absorption machine driven by an array of high performance flat-plate collectors along with a thermal storage tank. The absorption machine uses lithium-bromide as a refrigerant and a water-based absorption fluid. The operation of the compact solar air conditioning system is determined by an optimal control strategy.

Abstract: A smart fuel injection system for an automobile is provided for use with a multi-port engine wherein engine coolant is utilized, as well as temperature readings within the head of each of the injector nozzles in the cylinders of the engine and a variety of other known engine performance and operating condition data, to carefully adjust and maintain the air-to-fuel ratio of the engine and maximize fuel efficiency. The system includes a multi-cylinder engine having at least one fuel injector, an engine control unit, a plurality of sensors for measuring automobile operating conditions, and coolant control means for continuously regulate the quantity of engine coolant passing to the engine.

Abstract: A solar powered air conditioning system includes an absorption machine coupled to three primary loops. A heat loop provides energy to the absorption machine. A cooling tower loop exhausts heat from the absorption machine. A chilled water loop is used to draw heat from a room or building. The heat loop provides energy from a boiler and/or from a number of solar collectors. In one mode of operation, the solar collectors circulate through a storage tank. The flow through the solar collectors is regulated to maximize energy collection.

Abstract: A machine for manufacturing croquettes from a source of elastic food mass continuously discharged from a nozzle assembly having a reciprocating chopper controlled by sensors for severing the mass into croquettes, a plurality of conveyors for moving said croquettes through tunnel assemblies for compressing said croquettes into a desired shape and a shaker assembly for breading said croquettes and providing a frictional means for rolling said croquettes through said tunnels.