Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus for heating the contents of a vessel wherein said vessel has a conducting plate that contacts the interior vessel contents and actuates a thermostat based on the temperature of interior contents.

Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus for heating the contents of a vessel wherein said vessel has a conducting plate that contacts the interior vessel contents and actuates a thermostat based on the temperature of interior contents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a food warming apparatus, particularly to a tray, containing the heating elements, and a base that supplies electrical energy to the heating elements that work in conjunction with an accompanying beverage container for warming alcoholic beverages, such as Saké. When at least one Tokkuri (a flask-shaped vessel) containing Saké is placed on the apparatus, the Saké is heated to a desired consumption temperature less than 160 degrees Fahrenheit, with 131 degrees Fahrenheit preferred. Features such as a removable tray allowing portability of the tray and the warm Tokkuri, and presence switches that detect placement of the Tokkuri on the tray are described.

Abstract: A muffler includes a housing having an inlet, an outlet, and at least one variable resonance chamber defined by a slidable member. The slidable member may be actuated by the pressure of exhaust gas flowing through the housing. Actuation of the slidable member changes the length of the resonance chamber, which alters the resonance and/or the flow path of the exhaust to provide varying tuning for acoustic damping.

Abstract: An improved method for the treatment of melanoma and skin diseases which utilizes a zinc chloride fixative mixture is provided. The active ingredients of the fixative mixture include zinc chloride (a deeply penetrating, tissue killing histologic preservative), and the anti-cancer plant alkaloids sanguinarine and chelerythrine. Zinc chloride allows the surgeon to perform a complete conventional surgical excision around and below a melanomatous tumor through painless, bloodless dead tissue, and because the microscopic structures are fixed in place by the zinc chloride, the excised tissue can be examined by a pathologist to confirm complete excision and clearance of the melanoma. Although zinc chloride fixative paste has been shown to be an effective treatment for human skin cancer and melanoma, this treatment has been overlooked by the medical community. The paste is difficult to maintain and complicated to apply to the affected skin.

Abstract: An improved method for the treatment of melanoma and skin tumors which utilizes a zinc chloride composition is provided. The zinc chloride composition allows the surgeon to obtain hemostasis after a biopsy, and to incise or excise a melanomatous or other skin tumor through painless, bloodless, dead tissue. Because the microscopic structures are fixed in place by the zinc chloride, excised tissue can be examined microscopically by a pathologist. This invention allows the active ingredients of zinc chloride compositions to be effectively administered to the skin by providing single-use dose specific storage, application, dressing, and administration systems needed to facilitate the use of the topical zinc chloride mixtures. Enhanced zinc chloride mixture formulations including herbal taxoids are described.

Abstract: An improved method for the treatment of melanoma and skin diseases which utilizes a zinc chloride fixative mixture is provided. The active ingredients of the fixative mixture include zinc chloride (a deeply penetrating, tissue killing histologic preservative), and the anti-cancer plant alkaloids sanguinarine and chelerythrine. Zinc chloride allows the surgeon to perform a complete conventional surgical excision around and below a melanomatous tumor through painless, bloodless dead tissue, and because the microscopic structures are fixed in place by the zinc chloride, the excised tissue can be examined by a pathologist to confirm complete excision and clearance of the melanoma. Although zinc chloride fixative paste has been shown to be an effective treatment for human skin cancer and melanoma, this treatment has been overlooked by the medical community. The paste is difficult to maintain and complicated to apply to the affected skin.

Abstract: A finger jointing machine in which timber is fed on a horizontal support table and is clamped against this table and against a vertical guide fence adjacent the table. The timber is clamped with the rear end of one piece of timber spaced from the front end of a second piece of timber at a defined spacing.A cutting and gluing unit is movable vertically through the space and carries two rotatable cutters, rotatable about horizontal axes, each cutter having axially spaced teeth, the teeth of one cutter being axially spaced from those of the other by half the spacing between the teeth. The cutters are caused to rotate in opposite directions so that the teeth of one cutter engaging the rear end of the one piece of timber and the teeth of the other cutter engaging the front end of the other piece of timber are both moving upwardly as the cutting and gluing unit is caused to move upwardly.