Abstract: A liquids collection unit is provided for the collection of liquids, including spent grease in food preparation establishments. The unit includes a housing that surrounds a tank. Coupled to the tank are a suction hose and a motor, which creates a vacuum in the tank to draw liquid into the tank when the hose is disposed in liquid. The suction motor of the device is disposed on a detachable plate on the tank. Sensors located within the tank monitor the liquid level of the liquid in the tank. A down-tube from the detachable plate terminates in a dimpled protuberance in the bottom of the tank. A heating element disposed near the bottom of the tank provides for the circulation of liquids in the tank during periods when the liquids are being stored.

Abstract: Apparatus for excavating hard soils comprising support means, an endless chain capable of movement relative to said support means, drive means for moving said endless chain, means integral with said endless chain operable to contact said hard soils, and means for concentrating the force exerted by said soil contacting means against said hard soils at a specific point along said endless chain while said endless chain is being moved relative to said support means.

Abstract: The device described contains a pneumatically operated hammer, a feeder controlling the flow of pneumatic fluid, an anvil which is struck repeatedly by the hammer, a drill bit attached to or integral with the lower end of the anvil, and an outer casing. The device is typically used as a down hole tool in rotary drilling operations and normally utilizes pressurized air as its pneumatic fluid. The pneumatic fluid first lifts the hammer above the anvil and second pushes the hammer downward to impact against the anvil in a striking movement. Simultaneous with striking, the pneumatic fluid above the hammer is expelled through an exhauster retained in the anvil and out through the drill bit where it is utilized to transport the cuttings from the hole being drilled. The feeder operates in conjunction with the hammer to control pressurization above and below the hammer, while exhaust above the hammer is controlled by the lower end of said feeder tube.

Abstract: A failsafe cutoff valve that may be used with oil and gas wells is shown. A cylindrical body portion has a center bore extending longitudinally therethrough. A piston is located inside of the center bore. The cylindrical body portion has crossbores along a straight line that perpendicularly intersect the center bore. Received into the crossbores and secured in position are generally cylindrical flanges having a saddle shaped lower surface to conform with the center bore. An undercut in the saddle shaped lower portion provides a means for sealing along the piston. The piston is slideably retained inside of the center bore and has a transverse bore therethrough normally positioned along the same axis as the crossbores. End flanges seal around portions of the piston that extend from the center bore and prevent leakage from the center bore. The piston may be activated by any of a number of means, including a remotely located source of high pressure fluid.

Abstract: The present invention is a projectile type demolition tool. A projectile with an enlarged upper cross-sectional area is slideably mounted within and extendable from an inner cylinder. The lower portion of the projectile is extendable through a guide connected to the bottom of the inner cylinder. Upon pressing a working end of the projectile against a work piece to be broken, the projectile recedes upward in the inner cylinder until the enlarged upper area moves above a source of low pressure gas connected through the inner cylinder. The low pressure gas continues to move the projectile upward in the inner cylinder to a cocked position. In the cocked position, a reduced area upper portion of the projectile acts against a moderately high pressure gas injected into a combustion chamber. Thereafter, a high pressure gas is created by an internal combustion in the combustion chamber, which high pressure gas drives the projectile downward into the work piece.