Abstract: An add-on accessory kit to a broadcast feeder having a motor-driven spinner mechanism disposed below a feed funnel coupled to a feed container, where the accessory kit includes a top plate configured for mounting below the feed funnel and above the spinner mechanism, a bottom plate configured for mounting narrowly spaced from the top plate below the spinner mechanism, the narrow space between the top and bottom plates preventing access by varmint, and a plurality of fasteners configured for attaching at least one of the top and bottom plates below the feed container, so that feed dropping from the feed container and scattered by the spinner mechanism achieves a farther broadcast distance. A broadcast feeder can also be manufactured and sold with the add-on accessory integrated therewith.

Abstract: Provided are hauling apparatus, systems, and methods adapted to securely transport on a standard flatbed trailer or other structure a plurality of objects up to several feet across having open center portions and curved outer surfaces and weighing up to thousands of pounds each, such as metal coils. A first apparatus is adapted to be removably attached to a standard flatbed trailer or the like, and includes an abutment structure extending upward from a longitudinally extending base that may include specially angled support structures adapted to securely carry the curved cargo. The abutment structure is connected to a movable abutting apparatus by a tensioner structure that passes through the open center portions of the objects without touching those objects. The objects are then secured to the hauling apparatus by tightening the tensioner structure, which causes the objects to be compressed between the abutment structure and movable abutting apparatus.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically controlling conditions of a process are disclosed. In one example, a controller is programmed with a sequence of steps and parameters required to carry out a bioreactor process. A sensor system interacts with the bioreactor to receive information related to a condition of the bioreactor and/or receive a sample from the bioreactor, which it analyzes. The sensor system sends data signals related to the information and/or the sample to a controller, which determines a control signal based on the received information. The controller sends the control signal to the sensor system which, based on the control signal, performs an action that affects a condition of the bioreactor or affects the sensor system itself.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically controlling conditions of a process are disclosed. In one example, a controller is programmed with a sequence of steps and parameters required to carry out a bioreactor process. The controller receives information related to a condition of the process over a first communication network, determines a control signal based on the received information and the programmed process, and sends the control signal over a second communication network to a benchtop utility tower. In one example, the utility tower can include transmitters for temperature, pH, and dissolved oxygen that send information related to a condition of the process to the controller over the first communication network, and an agitation system, a gas control system, a temperature control system and a pump control system that perform a control action based on the control signal affecting the process condition.

Abstract: The invention is a composite mat that is useful in horse trailers, assembly-line settings, specialty packaging, or the like. The mat has a force distributing upper layer and an impact absorbing layer disposed below the force distributing layer.

Abstract: The invention is a composite pad that is particularly useful in a horse trailer, exercise room, playroom, or the like. The pad has a moisture impermeable and scuff resistant outer skin layer, a cushioning layer, an impact absorbing layer, and a backing layer.