Abstract: A barcode-reading device can send barcode images to a remote server for decoding. A decoder on the remote server can process the images and attempt to decode any barcodes in the images. Once the decoder on the remote server has successfully decoded a barcode, the remote server can send the decoded data back to the barcode-reading device and/or to a host computing device that is communicatively coupled to the barcode-reading device. If the barcode-reading device receives the decoded data, the barcode-reading device can forward the decoded data to the host computing device. In some embodiments, a barcode-reading device can send all captured images to the remote server. Alternatively, a barcode-reading device can send only some captured images to the remote server. In some embodiments, a barcode-reading device can be configured to perform one or more preliminary processing operations on an image before sending the image to the remote server.

Abstract: The invention provides a bacterium with an increased tolerance to butyric acids, such as 2-hydroxybutyric acid (2-HIBA). In particular, the invention provides a bacterium that tolerates at least 2.5 g/L of butyric acid. The bacterium may be derived, for example, from genus Clostridium, Moorella, Oxobacter, Peptostreptococcus, Acetobacterium, Eubacterium, or Butyribacterium.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a mobile bin device having a mobile bin with a first conveyor extending along the bottom of the bin beneath a bin opening to convey material in the bin to one end of the bin. A second belt conveyor has one end pivotally mounted to the one end of the bin to pivot relative to the bin upward and downward and to one side or the other. The second conveyor is slidably mounted in its pivotal mounting to side longitudinally in the mounting to along the one end of the bin beneath the one end of the first conveyor to shorten or lengthen the distance from the outer end of the first conveyor to the outlet end of the second conveyor at the one end of the bin. Power devices are provided to power the upward and downward movement of the second conveyor and the longitudinal movement of the second conveyor.

Abstract: The invention is a mobile bin with two conveyors with each mounted on a main frame and with the main frame having wheels for rotatably supporting the vehicle along the ground. The bin has an opening along its bottom and the first belt conveyor is mounted beneath the opening in the bin and its remote ends extend to the opposite ends of the bin.

Abstract: The invention comprises a scraper and drag attachment for a tractor. The attachment has a main frame with a hitch at it forward end for attachment to a tractor. A scraper is fixed to the main frame behind the hitch and a first pivotal frame is pivotally mounted to the main frame behind the scraper. A pair of wheel frames each having a wheel rotatably mounted thereon are individually pivotally mounted to the main frame behind the scraper and laterally adjacent one another.

Abstract: The invention comprises a mobile trailer having a frame with a set of wheels on the frame for hauling the trailer and a pair of storage bins on the frame in side by side spaced relation with one bin adapted to a receive peat with a mixing blade to mix the peat and the other bin adapted to receive sand. The bins have openings along their bottoms and connecting openings along their vertical front walls with vertically adjustable plates to vary the sizes of the vertical openings. Horizontal conveyors are mounted beneath the bottom openings to the bins. Collecting and mixing blades are in the front of the trailer and a rotating spreader mounted to the rear upper portion of the trailer. An inclined conveyor is mounted with its lower end beneath the mixing blade and its upper end above the spreader.

Abstract: A luggage rack is provided for mounting on the roof of a vehicle. The luggage rack includes a pair of elongated side rails securable to the roof. A slot is provided in each slide rail to receive the tongue of a stanchion. A detachable cross member extends between stanchions provided on each side rail. The stanchions permit slidable adjustment of the cross member along the length of the side rails. The tongues of the stanchions and the slots in the side rails are angled outwardly to prevent removal of the stanchions and cross member after they are mounted.

Abstract: A vehicle for stringing cable from a spool. A motor may be used to rotate the spool, and a multibrake system may be used to inhibit the rotation of the spool. The brake system includes a variable, light resistance brake capable of being activated when the vehicle is either moving or parked and includes a nonvariable, strong resistance brake capable of being actuated only when the vehicle's parking brakes are used. When the strong resistance brake is applied and thereafter the motor is used to rotate the spool to take in or pay out cable, the strong resistance brake is automatically disengaged during such rotation and is automatically reapplied when such rotation ceases.

Abstract: Our transfer mechanism is attached to the front of a conventional combine. The transfer mechanism includes a number of longitudinally spaced rows of laterally spaced curved teeth or tines that move rearwardly and upwardly so that the tines of each row successively engage a growing or standing crop, such as pinto beans or field peas, lifting the crop sufficiently so that the cutter bar of the combine effectively severs the crop adjacent the surface of the ground. Continued rearward and upward movement of the tines, while still engaging the severed crop, transfers the crop to a more elevated location adjacent the auger. When the tines reach the auger, the shaft on which those particular tines are mounted is angularly rotated so as to release or dump the severed crop onto a curved floor beneath the auger. The auger moves the cut crop laterally and then rearwardly into the threshing portion of the combine.