Abstract: A microwave pressure cooker including safety interlock mechanisms. A blow vent is provided in cooker lid, and a lock bar is pivoted to cooker lid in a position to block blow vent when lock bar is resting under its own weight. Free end of lock bar includes a lock tab. Lock tab extends through slot at periphery of lid. Cooker base includes handle with a cam section ending in a lock wall. Cooker lid is placed on base in a release position and rotated to a locking position. During this rotation lock tab rides over cam section and then falls adjacent lock wall, thus sealing blow vent. After cooking cover is physically prevented from rotating back to release position by lock tab abutting lock wall. User must physically lift lock bar to unseal blow vent to ensure internal pressure is released. A spline may hold lock bar in raised position.

Abstract: A microwave pressure cooker including safety interlock mechanisms. A blow vent is provided in the cooker lid, and a lock bar is pivoted to the cooker lid in a position to block the blow vent when the lock bar is resting under its own weight. The free end of the lock bar includes a lock tab with a spline projecting outward. The lock tab extends through a slot at the periphery of the lid. The cooker base include a handle with a cam section ending in a lock wall. The cooker lid is placed on the base in a release position and rotated to a locking position. During this rotation the lock tab rides over the cam section and then falls adjacent the lock wall, thus sealing the blow vent. After cooking the cover is physically prevented from rotating back to the release position by the lock tab abutting the lock wall. The user must physically lift the lock bar which in turn unseals the blow vent to ensure internal pressure is released.

Abstract: The present invention involves using a melt-blowing process to make a filter medium defining pores having a pore size of between 3 and 12 microns. The filter medium is made of a thermoplastic polymer and is adapted for use in an internal combustion engine air filter. A profile is used in the melt-blowing process to mold melt blown fibers into the filter medium.

Abstract: The present invention involves using a melt-blowing process to make a filter medium defining pores having a pore size of between 3 and 12 microns. The filter medium is made of a thermoplastic polymer and is adapted for use in an internal combustion engine air filter. A profile is used in the melt-blowing process to mold melt blown fibers into the filter medium.

Abstract: The present invention involves an air filter that includes a filter medium having an inlet surface and an outlet surface, and a retaining screen made of a thermoplastic polymer that defines a plurality of apertures and is adjacent to and in communication with the outlet surface. A mold gasket maintains the retaining screen in fluid communication with the outlet surface. In another embodiment of air filter of the present invention, the air filter includes first and second end caps and the filter medium substantially extends between the first and second end caps. In this embodiment, the air filter includes at least one of an inner and an outer retaining screen, or both. The inner retaining screen defines a plurality of apertures and is adjacent to and in communication with the outlet surface, and the outer retaining screen defines a plurality of apertures and is adjacent to and in communication with the inlet surface.

Abstract: A fluid filter apparatus includes a filter media for filtering contaminants from unfiltered fluid (such as motor vehicle oil) and a cooling element for cooling unfiltered fluid before such fluid is passed through the filter media. The apparatus includes a filter housing formed to include a filter chamber containing the filter media.

Abstract: A fluid filter assembly includes a shroud containing a filter module. A fluid pump is coupled to the shroud and operated to draw transmission fluid from a fluid reservoir in a transaxle housing into the shroud and through the filter module in the shroud to produce a stream of filtered transmission fluid to be pumped to a transmission or other destination in the transaxle housing. The shroud includes a filter housing containing the filter module and a mount flange cantilevered to the filter housing and adapted to mate with the fluid pump.

Abstract: A fluid filter assembly includes a shroud containing a filter module. A fluid pump is coupled to the shroud and operated to draw transmission fluid from a fluid reservoir in a transaxle housing into the shroud and through the filter module in the shroud to produce a stream of filtered transmission fluid to be pumped to a transmission or other destination in the transaxle housing. The shroud includes a filter housing containing the filter module and a mount flange cantilevered to the filter housing and adapted to mate with the fluid pump.

Abstract: A fluid filter apparatus includes a filter media for filtering contaminants from unfiltered fluid (such as motor vehicle oil) and a cooling element for cooling unfiltered fluid before such fluid is passed through the filter media. The apparatus includes a filter housing formed to include a filter chamber containing the filter media.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically brazing the opposed ends of a capillary tube respectively to connecting parts of a bulb and a diaphragm unit and a method of making the apparatus are provided, the apparatus comprising a rotatable table and a plurality of work stations disposed in spaced apart relation about the table and each having an operating device, the table having a plurality of fixtures each being adapted to hold an assembly of the bulb and diaphragm unit in a fixed relation relative to each other with the capillary tube assembled to the connecting parts thereof, the table being adapted to index through the work stations so that the devices at the work stations can each perform its specific operation on the respective assembly disposed at that particular station during a predetermined dwell time in the movement of the table, the device of one of the station comprising a movable arm for applying a flux to the assembly, the device of another of the stations comprising a movable arm for preheating each asse

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically brazing the opposed ends of a capillary tube respectively to connecting parts of a bulb and a diaphragm unit and a method of making the apparatus are provided, the apparatus comprising a rotatable table and a plurality of work stations disposed in spaced apart relation about the table and each having an operating device, the table having a plurality of fixtures each being adapted to hold an assembly of the bulb and diaphragm unit in a fixed relation relative to each other with the capillary tube assembled to the connecting parts thereof, the table being adapted to index through the work stations so that the devices at the work stations can each perform its specific operation on the respective assembly disposed at that particular station during a predetermined dwell time in the movement of the table, the device of one of the stations comprising a movable arm for applying a flux to the assembly, the device of another of the stations comprising a movable arm for preheating each ass