Abstract: An air filter for a small internal combustion engine. The air filter includes a foam body having at least one flute which increases the outside area of the foam body. The fluid is formed in the foam body by compressing the foam body between two mold halves under pressure and heat until the foam body thermally sets with the formed flute.

Abstract: An adjustable dead pedal apparatus for a motor vehicle is provided. The adjustable dead pedal apparatus includes a bracket that is removeably attached to a vehicle side wall. A pedal structure is selectively secured to one of a plurality of position on the bracket. The pedal structure can be moved in the fore/aft direction by removing the bracket from the side wall and removing the pedal structure from the bracket from a first position and reattaching the pedal structure at a second position. The bracket can then be reattached to the vehicle side wall.

Abstract: A combined, integral steam generator coal gasifier includes a vertically elongated, all welded, gas tight enclosure with a burner zone having a double pitch sloping furnace floor and a slag tap extending therethrough. Successive zones located above the burner zone are provided with appropriate tube materials for conveying synthesis gas produced by the coal gasification process. A multi-pass convection pass zone having upflow and downflow passes is located at an upper portion of the enclosure and contains a plurality of superheater (primary and secondary) as well as economizer heating surfaces which extract heat from the synthesis gas to produce steam. An ash remover is connected to the outlet of the convection pass zone to remove ash from the synthesis gas exiting from the convection pass zone. The slag tap located at the bottom of the burner zone communicates with a slag tank or a drag chain deasher for receiving and removing slag from the burner zone.

Abstract: An apparatus for guiding a seat belt webbing includes a mounting portion and a guiding portion. The mounting portion preferably includes an aperture adapted to receive a vertical post for conventionally mounting a head rest to a vehicle seat back. The guide portion defines an opening for receiving the seat belt webbing. In the preferred embodiment, the opening is defined by a fixed arm and movable arm interconnected by a living hinge.

Abstract: A rotary regenerative heat exchanger wherein radial plates are connected to radial plate pins which engage a pair of core plates disposed about a rotor shaft and which permit axial, radial, and rotational movement.