Abstract: A device to reduce s and leakage from the sewage removal systems typical of recreational vehicles includes an annular coupler to provide a water-tight seal while enabling free, full rotational movement of the waste removal hose at the point of its connection to the external waste outlet for positioning until locked into the desired position, thus permitting a connection to a waste receiving tank from any direction. The use of an angled or curved pipe further increases the ability to position the device in a manner that provides the least stress at the point of the attachment of a waste-removal hose. The device is an attachment which fits between a standard external waste outlet and a standard flexible waste-removal hose. A method of making a waste-removal conduit attachment from commercially available parts is also provided.

Abstract: A manually actuated popcorn machine which heats, pops kernels of corn, and delivers a specified amount of popped corn to a waiting container in a short time. The popcorn machine includes a recirculating hot air conduit with an air blower portion, heating chamber portion, popping chamber portion for the kernels, a separating chamber portion, and a system of control baffles throughout the chambers for controlling the flow of air and popcorn. The conduits include a continuous main chamber and a spur conduit that leads to a cup dispensing chamber for placing the popped corn in a cup for distribution. When actuated, the popcorn machine delivers a set amount of stored kernels to a screened grid in the popping chamber, the air from the blower moves past the heating element and through the screened grid to work around the kernels and to keep the kernels in motion on and above the screen grid and to move the popped corn away from the screened grid and into a cup.