Abstract: A specimen holder includes a body, a cavity that extends into the body through an opening, and at least one slot. The specimen holder further includes a wireless transponder insertable into the cavity by increasing a dimension of the cavity, by increasing a dimension of the at least one slot. A wireless transponder loading cartridge includes a cavity that extends from an opening in the cartridge, and a plurality of wireless transponders positioned within the cavity. Each of the plurality of wireless transponders includes an outer peripheral shape that corresponds to a cross-sectional shape of the cavity. A wireless transponder dispenser includes a housing with a first recess that receives the cartridge and a second recess that receives the specimen holder. The wireless transponder dispenser provides a passage for wireless transponders from the cavity of the cartridge to a loading zone aligned with the cavity of the specimen holder.

Abstract: There is provided an oil absorbent pad for cleaning oil on a surface having an oil absorbent body having an upper surface and a lower surface, the body being formed from fiber recovered from recycled tires, and at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface is an outermost layer of the oil absorbent pad.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to pinion assembly preloading systems and methods of operation. Disclosed are systems including a press actuator that applies an axial force against a pinion assembly; a force sensor that measures a reaction force at the pinion assembly; and a method of controlling the press actuator according to a change in the reaction force.

Abstract: An apparatus 40 for enhancing venous blood flow through a limb of a subject includes a detachable compression sleeve 41 extendable around the subject's limb and having a plurality of compressors 43-48 situated next to one another along the sleeve 41. In use, the compressors 43-48 substantially encircle the limb and compress the limb in a continuous cyclical compression sequence to move blood within the limb from the distal end of the sleeve 41 to the proximal end to replicate venous blood flow and to prevent backflow. In particular, as a said first compressor begins to compress the limb, a said second compressor preceding the first compressor in sequence already compresses the limb and continues to compress the limb at least until the first compressor compresses the limb to substantially the same extent as the second compressor, and a said third compressor which precedes the second compressor in sequence ceases to compress the limb.

Abstract: An apparatus 40 for enhancing venous blood flow through a limb of a subject includes a detachable compression sleeve 41 extendable around the subject's limb and having a plurality of compressors 43-48 situated next to one another along the sleeve 41. In use, the compressors 43-48 substantially encircle the limb and compress the limb in a continuous cyclical compression sequence to move blood within the limb from the distal end of the sleeve 41 to the proximal end to replicate venous blood flow and to prevent backflow. In particular, as a said first compressor begins to compress the limb, a said second compressor preceding the first compressor in sequence already compresses the limb and continues to compress the limb at least until the first compressor compresses the limb to substantially the same extent as the second compressor, and a said third compressor which precedes the second compressor in sequence ceases to compress the limb.

Abstract: There is provided an oil absorbent pad for cleaning oil on a surface having an oil absorbent body having an upper surface and a lower surface, the body being formed from fibre recovered from recycled tires, and at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface is an outermost layer of the oil absorbent pad.

Abstract: A safety cage improves the safety of workers servicing tanker vehicles having top side hatches. A part or parts of the cage can be repositioned to permit the hatch cover to be opened and then can be returned to a safety enhancing position.

Abstract: A storage apparatus has an annular array of stacked item storage formations, and an epicyclic selector arrangement for extracting items from the array, with a temporary storage unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to pinion assembly preloading systems and methods of operation. Disclosed are systems including a press actuator that applies an axial force against a pinion assembly; a force sensor that measures a reaction force at the pinion assembly; and a method of controlling the press actuator according to a change in the reaction force.

Abstract: A storage apparatus has an annular array of stacked item storage formations, and an epicyclic selector arrangement for extracting items from the array, with a temporary storage unit.

Abstract: A furnace for burning solid burning biomass fuels such a municipal waste and wood pellets including a first compartment containing a hopper, a motorized auger positioned in the bottom of the auger for conveying a solid fuel out of the hopper, a first blower tube operatively coupled to the hopper for receiving the solid fuel from the hopper and a first blower operatively coupled to the blower tube for blowing the fuel through first blower tube. In a second compartment, the furnace contains a combustion chamber operatively coupled to the blower tube opposite the first blower and a heat exchanger arranged above the combustion chamber. To cool the heat exchanger, a second blower is operatively coupled to the heat exchanger for blowing a cooling air through the heat exchanger. A programmable control system is operatively coupled to the auger, the first blower, the second blower and a plurality of thermocouples for controlling the operation of the furnace.

Abstract: A safety cage improves the safety of workers servicing tanker vehicles having top side hatches. A part or parts of the cage can be repositioned to permit the hatch cover to be opened and then can be returned to a safety enhancing position.

Abstract: A filter unit includes a flexible bag having permeable material on a first side and a second side that allows fluid to pass through the container. Granularized rubber is enclosed within the flexible bag. The granularized rubber filters hydrocarbon products from the fluid.

Abstract: A safety cage improves the safety of workers servicing tanker vehicles having top side hatches. A part or parts of the cage can be repositioned to permit the hatch cover to be opened and then can be returned to a safety enhancing position.

Abstract: A safety cage improves the safety of workers servicing tanker vehicles having top side hatches. A part or parts of the cage can be repositioned to permit the hatch cover to be opened and then can be returned to a safety enhancing position.

Abstract: Accurate risk management curves are generated for companies that have limited market information available to generate a risk management curve purely from the market information by allowing a pre-existing risk management curve (referred to as a “leader curve”) to be selected as a basis for generating a new risk management curve (referred to as a “target curve”). The leader curve may pertain to a company (referred to as the “leader company”) that has similar characteristics to the company for which the target curve is being generated (referred to as the “target company”). Further, any known differences between the leader company and the target company may be reflected in the target curve by incorporating any number of offsets between the leader curve and the target curve.

Abstract: A filter unit includes a flexible bag having permeable material on a first side and a second side that allows fluid to pass through the container. Granularized rubber is enclosed within the flexible bag. The granularized rubber filters hydrocarbon products from the fluid.

Abstract: An apparatus for enhancing blood flow through a limb of a subject includes a compression sleeve extendable around the subject's limb and having a plurality of compressors situated next to one another along the sleeve. In use, the compressors compress the limb in sequence to move blood within the limb from one end of the sleeve to the other. In particular, as a said compressor begins to compress the limb, the compressor preceding it in sequence already compresses the limb, and the next preceding compressor in sequence ceases to compress the limb.

Abstract: A method of sealing subterranean zones is described. A first step involves preparing a liquid slurry. A second step involves mixing bits of rubber from recycled tires into the liquid slurry. A third step involves pumping the liquid slurry containing the bits of rubber down a well.

Abstract: A travel publication containing a collection of detachable information cards that provides the consumer information in regards to finding a specific location at a destination where the consumer is hindered by a language or accent barrier. Each card details a specific location or locations in both text and a graphical map. This information is presented in a bilingual format using both the written language that the consumer is skilled in and the common written language of the destination. After detachment, the card is handed to a person(s) at the destination and used to communicate the consumer's desire to find or be transported to that specific location.