Abstract: An improved manure transfer system is disclosed. A collection hopper is located at a first location, preferably within a building, for collecting manure and animal waste products from the building. A piston pump apparatus directs and forces the collected manure through a pump cylinder into a below-grade transfer conduit that carries and deposits the manure through a discharge outlet located at a remote, second location. Means for bypassing the pump piston and cylinder are provided for accessing the transfer conduit enabling safe servicing and maintenance of the system. Isolation means are provided at the conduit discharge outlet for isolating the outlet from accumulated manure at the second location.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying continuous uniform pressure to lubricant within a lubricant reservoir are disclosed. Memory retentive material, when inserted within a lubricant reservoir, compresses when initially subjected to lubricant pressure and later expands back to its original shape as lubricant seeps from the reservoir, thereby applying pressure to the lubricant to maintain constant lubricant pressure within the reservoir.

Abstract: An improved automated wire mesh straightening apparatus is described. Wheels, casters and a jack enable ease of mobility, jockeying and leveling respectively of the apparatus at a construction site. Hydraulic operation of moving parts provides general fail-safe operation of the apparatus which is also otherwise designed with operator safety in mind. Rolled wire mesh is automatically straightened by a unique application of drive, nip and reaction forces that can be rapidly adjusted to completely straighten wire mesh of varying gauge and under varied environmental conditions.