Abstract: An apparatus including a container including an interior area for housing a liquid; a plurality of casters in operative connection with the container for container movement; a liquid inlet port configured to receive a liquid into the interior area; a liquid outlet port configured to discharge liquid from the interior area; and a sealed chamber enclosing a pump in fluid connection with the interior area and the liquid outlet port, a pump motor to drive the pump, and a power source to provide electrical power to the motor, wherein the motor and the power source are in operative connection via at least one circuit, wherein the power source is operative to deliver power to the pump, and wherein the pump is operative to draw liquid from the interior to be discharged therefrom.

Abstract: An apparatus and accompanying method for handling fabrics used in the construction of composite components and in particular those used in aircraft includes a movable, gantry-type frame assembly having a movable robotic arm attached thereto. A drum assembly, attached to the robotic arm has one or more vacuum ports disposed along the surface of the drum. When vacuum from within the drum is applied to the ports and the drum is moved to contact flexible fabric material—such as the reinforcement fabric used for composite manufacture—an end of the fabric may be picked up through the effect of the applied vacuum and the fabric rolled-up around the drum. The movable gantry and/or the robotic arm may then move the drum to a desired location where the fabric is unrolled and prepared for composite manufacture. Variations to the vacuum ports permit the rolling and transport of a variety of materials and shapes.

Abstract: A fat removal device includes a screen which includes passages through which fat can be extruded, to be cut or melted away from the surface of an internal organ. The device includes a blade to cut the fat or radiofrequency monopolar or bipolar electrodes to melt the fat, aspiration to remove the fat away from the screen and blade, irrigation to irrigate the screen and blade, and an electrocautery member to cauterize the capillary bed of the fat. Methods of using removing the fat layer from the surface of an internal body organ are also described.

Abstract: An optical fiber cable having a tube in which is inserted at least one optical fiber and a mixture of a water-mediated expanding powder and a material with a particle size less than that of the water-mediated expanding powder is inserted in the tube. The percentage of the powder in the mixture is in an amount such as to block the flow of water to within a distance of less than about three meters from the point of ingress of the water in twenty-four hours and such as to bring about an increase in attenuation in the optical fiber, after it has been housed in the cavity, of less than 0.02 dB/km.