Abstract: An incident management system includes some form of portable machine-readable data and a collector unit and optionally a manager unit for receiving the machine-readable data where one or all of the portable machine-readable data, the collector unit or the manager unit is provided in the form of a cell-enabled device. The portable machine-readable data may include identification information of a person or a resource/asset. By providing the portable machine-readable data in the form of cell-enabled devices each having a GPS unit, the location of the responders to the incident may be tracked in real time.

Abstract: A through-hole depth measurement device includes a cutting force sensor configured and mountable in a position to sense cutting force exerted by a drill bit of a drill against a workpiece or stack of workpieces. A controller is coupled to the force sensor, is coupleable to a workpiece surface position sensor, and is configured to record the through-hole depth of the workpiece or stack of workpieces in response to signals received from the workpiece surface position sensor when the drill bit reaches a drill bit exit point. The cutting force sensor is configured and positionable to sense cutting force transmitted between a drill spindle and a spindle housing.

Abstract: An incident management system includes some form of portable machine-readable data and a collector unit and optionally a manager unit for receiving the machine-readable data where one or all of the portable machine-readable data, the collector unit or the manager unit is provided in the form of a cell-enabled device. The portable machine-readable data may include identification information of a person or a resource/asset. By providing the portable machine-readable data in the form of cell-enabled devices each having a GPS unit, the location of the responders to the incident may be tracked in real time.

Abstract: An incident management system includes some form of portable machine-readable data 12a-12c and a collector unit 20a and optionally a manager unit 25 for receiving the machine-readable data where one or all of the portable machine-readable data 12a-12c, the collector unit 20a or the manager unit 25 is provided in the form of a cell-enabled device 15a-15d. The portable machine-readable data 12a-12c may include identification information of a person or a resource/asset. By providing the portable machine-readable data 12a-12c in the form of cell-enabled devices 15a-15d each having a GPS unit 38, the location of the responders to the incident may be tracked in real time.

Abstract: A system for determining the grip length of a hole extending through a stack of panels so that a fastener of appropriate length can be selected for insertion into the hole. A shaft carrying an array of probes is inserted into the hole and the array generates signals indicating which probes of the array are contacting an inner wall of the hole.

Abstract: A through-hole depth measurement device includes a cutting force sensor configured and mountable in a position to sense cutting force exerted by a drill bit of a drill against a workpiece or stack of workpieces. A controller is coupled to the force sensor, is coupleable to a workpiece surface position sensor, and is configured to record the through-hole depth of the workpiece or stack of workpieces in response to signals received from the workpiece surface position sensor when the drill bit reaches a drill bit exit point. The cutting force sensor is configured and positionable to sense cutting force transmitted between a drill spindle and a spindle housing.

Abstract: An incident management system includes some form of portable machine-readable data 12a-12c and a collector unit 20a and optionally a manager unit 25 for receiving the machine-readable data where one or all of the portable machine-readable data 12a-12c, the collector unit 20a or the manager unit 25 is provided in the form of a cell-enabled device—15a-15d. The portable machine-readable data 12a-12c may include identification information of a person or a resource/asset. By providing the portable machine-readable data 12a-12c in the form of cell-enabled devices—15a-15d each having a GPS unit 38, the location of the responders to the incident may be tracked in real time.

Abstract: A system for determining the grip length of a hole extending through a stack of panels so that a fastener of appropriate length can be selected for insertion into the hole. A shaft carrying an array of probes is inserted into the hole and the array generates signals indicating which probes of the array are contacting an inner wall of the hole.

Abstract: A frame device for supporting objects such as batteries during seismic stress, comprising a pair of end frame members mounted in upstanding spaced apart relation by a plurality of vertically spaced elongated channel support members secured at opposite terminal ends to the vertical columns of the end frame members, shelves for supporting batteries spanning the channel support members and defining a plurality of compartments for the batteries, each end frame member being formed of a single sheet material shaped to define vertical columns and a web extending between the end columns, a pair of anchors, means for securing the end frames to the anchors, and means defining a plurality of openings in the web of each end frame generally aligned with the compartments formed by the shelves to provide horizontal ventilation of batteries mounted in the compartments.

Abstract: The invention includes a storage rack for storing an array of battery cells in an uninterrupted power source (UPS). The rack at least meets the seismic testing requirements of NEBS GR-63-CORE (Issue 2 Apr. 2002). The rack includes a base module having pair of spaced end supports. Each end support includes opposed vertical frame members, opposed horizontal frame members, and a plate extending substantially continuously therebetween. At least one rail and a plurality of shelves extend between the end supports. The rail and shelves are welded to the end supports. The rack further includes at least one stack module configured to be stacked atop the base module and removably connected to the base module.

Abstract: An incident management system includes a check-in computer system and a portable data terminal. The check-in computer system is utilized to read information from a plurality of pre-existing identification (ID) cards and utilize at least a portion of the information to create an incident-specific credential for each person responding to an incident. The portable data terminal is configured to read the incident-specific credentials and communicate with the check-in computer system to provide current assignments of personnel responding to an incident such that the personnel can be tracked.

Abstract: A system for tracking personnel at a site includes a collection board and a plurality of input devices. The collection board includes a plurality of discrete zones, which each correspond to a user configurable location. At least a portion of one of the input devices is associated with each of the discrete zones. The input devices are configured to receive input information from a personnel identification (ID) tag assigned to a specific individual when the personnel ID tag is located within an input range of one of the input devices.

Abstract: A system and method for tracking victims of a mass casualty incident includes the steps of: (a) providing a tag to be associated with each victim, each tag containing machine-readable data representing information including at least the victims triage priority; (b) reading the machine-readable data; and (c) displaying the information read in step (b). Each tag may further contain machine-readable data representing information including at least one of (1) an identification code uniquely associated with the victim; (2) name of the victim; (3) the nature of the victim's injuries; (4) the victim's medical condition; (5) the victim's initial treatment; (6) physical characteristics of the victim; (7) the victim's photo; and (8) the location to which the victim was transported or assigned.

Abstract: A system and method for tracking victims of a mass casualty incident includes the steps of: (a) providing a tag to be associated with each victim, each tag containing machine-readable data representing information including at least the victims triage priority; (b) reading the machine-readable data; and (c) displaying the information read in step (b). Each tag may further contain machine-readable data representing information including at least one of (1) an identification code uniquely associated with the victim; (2) name of the victim; (3) the nature of the victim's injuries; (4) the victim's medical condition; (5) the victim's initial treatment; (6) physical characteristics of the victim; (7) the victim's photo; and (8) the location to which the victim was transported or assigned.

Abstract: The game uses a standard 52 card deck, and is played by a minimum of an action player, a banker and a dealer. The dealer, deals the playing pieces, but does not act as the banker. The action player and banker place their wagers before the cards are dealt. The dealer deals 4 cards, each to the player and to the banker. The player, but not the banker, looks at his cards and arranges them in a front hand and a back hand and in any order desired. The front hand is to be played first. The banker's cards are turned over and placed in respective front and back hands. The two front hands are compared to show a win, lose or draw, using the rules of the game of Blackjack. If the action player wins, the banker satisfies the extent of the action player's wager, and that round of play terminates, and the remaining players lose their right to play in that round. Otherwise, play proceeds to the next player. If the action player loses, the amount of his wager is given to the banker.

Abstract: A radioimmunoassay for pyridostigmine in biological fluids. The method disclosed can detect 250 pg of pyridostigmine per ml of biological fluid using 0.1 ml of biological fluid. The antibody used in this method is raised from an antigen produced by diazotizing para-aminobenzoic acid and reacting the diazotized material with pyridostigmine to form a pyridostigmine-hapten solution, which is then reacted with bovine serum albumen. The antibody used in the disclosed method has a cross-reactivity with the major metabolites of pyridostigmine of less than 2%.

Abstract: A control device for an air inlet valve to a second stage regulator for an underwater breathing apparatus which allows a diver, while wearing the apparatus, to adjust the amount of suction pressure required to activate the air inlet to his mouthpiece. The device comprises a small cylindrical structure and a micrometer-type adjustment screw threadedly engageable with an interior wall of the structure. The structure fits on the air inlet to the second stage regulator and is fluidly connected thereto in such a way that any air entering the regulator must pass through a channel formed in the shaft of the screw. The manually adjustable, micrometer-type adjustment screw, when turned, resets biasing means on the normally closed air inlet valve, altering the suction pressure which the user must supply to open the valve. In addition, the air inlet for the control device, when it is fitted to the regulator, is disposed at a 90 degree angle to the air inlet for the regulator alone.

Abstract: A radioimmunoassay for physostigmine in biological fluids. The method disclosed can detect 100 pg of physostigmine per ml of biological fluid using 0.1 ml of biological fluid. The antibody used in this method can be raised from an antigen produced by either or two methods--diazotizing para-aminobenzoic acid and reacting the diazotized material with physostigmine to form a physostigmine-hapten solution, which is then reacted with bovine serum albumin or by using a Mannich reaction to directly conjugate physostigmine to bovine serum albumin. The antibody used in the disclosed method has a cross-reactivity with the major metabolites of physostigmine of less than 1%.