Abstract: A pocket-size rappelling hook is provided for use by firefighters and the like in escaping from the upper stories of a burning building. The inventive rappelling hook is lightweight and portable, thus minimizing any impedance to a firefighter's ability to perform his/her duties. The inventive rappelling hook includes an elongate body having front and back surfaces, first and second side surfaces, and spaced apart first and second ends. The elongate body includes an aperture therethrough adjacent to the first end for receiving a rope, and first and second channels formed in the first and second side surfaces, respectively, which extend along the length of the elongate body. First and second hook members are mounted to the elongate body for pivotable movement relative thereto. The first and second hook members are pivotable between a first position wherein the first and second hook members are securable to an object and a second position defining a closed position.

Abstract: An assembly for feeding refuse from a charging chute of an incinerator onto a stoker disposed in the incinerator comprising a stationary support means disposed adjacent the stoker, stationary guide means mounted on the support means in alignment with the stoker, a first movable support means mounted on the stationary support means, movable along a line of travel disposed in alignment with the stoker and having a first ram means operable to advance refuse received from the charging chute toward the stoker upon advancement of the first movable support means, a second movable support means mounted on the first movable support means, movable along the line of travel and having a second ram means operable to advance refuse received from the charging chute toward the stoker upon advancement of the second movable means, means for displacing the first movable means along the line of travel, and the first movable means having means for engaging the second movable means whereby upon advancement of the first movable mea