Abstract: The power supply strip with repositionable outlets includes an elongated housing defining the strip. The housing has a front face defining an elongated rectangular slot. An elongated power bus bar, an elongated neutral bus bar, and an elongated ground bus bar extend the length of the housing in compartments above, below, and in rear of the slot, respectively. The strip is used with adapter plugs having an L-shaped power prong, an L-shaped neutral prong stepped back from the power prong, and a cylindrical ground prong. The prongs are inserted through the slot, the adapter plug is rotated 90° to align the prongs with the bus bars, and the adapter plug is drawn forward to engage the prongs with the bus bars. The adapter plug may be attached directly to an appliance cord, or the adapter plug may have a three-prong receptacle opposite the prongs.

Abstract: The cover protects a vehicle from damage by weather. The cover has a flexible shell that is located over the surface of the vehicle. The shell is spaced from the surface by at least one inflatable tube. The inflatable tube is coupled to the underside of the shell by way of an attachment tube. The attachment tube is coupled to the underside of the shell by way of one or more flaps. The attachment tube has an interior cavity that receives the inflatable tube therein. The attachment tube has plural lengths, with each length extending adjacent to at least one other length. The lengths are separated from each other by gaps so as to space apart the attachment tubes and minimize the weight of the cover. A single attachment tube and a single inflatable tube can be used, wherein the tubes are laid out on the shell in a spiral or a zig zag pattern.

Abstract: A rotary vane pump has a hollow rotor and a stationary liquid distributor member within the hollow rotor center, within which member plural supply and discharge fluid paths are provided. An elliptical housing allows for any one pumping chamber defined between adjacent slidable vanes to undergo plural pumping cycles. The novel pump is suited to operate under conditions of low inlet pressure and high discharge pressure, and is usable with incompressible liquids. The elliptical housing is formed by a boundary ring located within a pump casing, the boundary ring having an elliptical inner surface and a cylindrical outer surface. The pump may selectively include structure for enabling separation of particulate material from pumped liquids by the use of centrifugal force. The particulate material enters an opening in the boundary ring, the opening being connected by a passageway in the pump casing to a removable particulate collection chamber connected to the pump casing.