Abstract: In order to rigidify a doorway structure, one or more fixed doorway panels are anchored at their tops, bottoms and along one vertical edge in the case of an endmost fixed doorway panel. A swinging door is hinged to the other vertical edge of the one or more fixed doorway panels by hinges which carry lateral flanges on corresponding leaves receiving additional diagonal anchor screws which penetrate an adjacent stile to further rigidify the swinging door in its relationship to the fixed doorway panel on which it is mounted.

Abstract: A grinding machine for continuous descaling, cleaning and polishing of steel wire and the like employs a plurality of grinding wheels which are self-adjusting for wear and self-trimming so that no manual adjustment or trimming is required for the life of a wheel. The wheels are made of an open-pore resilient abrasive material and canted with respect to the workpiece to provide more effective descaling than that provided by prior art grinding machines. Guides are employed to align and straighten the workpiece as it is moved past the grinding wheels.

Abstract: My invention is particularly adapted to saws for cutting metal, and especially abrasive disc saws, wherein the saw is fixed to a shaft which is rotatable within a bearing located at one end of a rocker arm. A drive motor, preferably an electric motor, is mounted on the other end of the arm and the latter is pivoted intermediate the saw and the motor on a bracket extending upwardly from a base. The arm swings about the pivot to move the saw toward and away from the work to be cut, which work is clamped within a vise secured to the upper surface of the base. The improvement herein disclosed comprises a manually settable timing system for adjusting the amount the saw moves in a direction away from the work, after the cut has been made, so that upward movement of the saw is limited to a position wherein the saw is only a very slight distance above the uppermost surface of the work.

Abstract: In a lapping apparatus, washing water is ejected from washing water holes toward a carrier holding wafers after the wafers are polished. Thus, the wafers are separated from the carrier and upper and lower polishing members. Then, the carrier is forced up above the upper polishing member by a pushing ring. The wafers left on the upper member are carried onto a table by a first sweeper of an automatic collecting device. The transferred wafers are arranged in a line along a second sweeper. Then, the second sweeper pushes and moves the wafers in the direction of their arrangement toward a cassette on one side of the table. The wafers are housed in holder portions in the cassette, and are then immersed, along with the cassette, in a pure water tank.

Abstract: Apparatus for grinding and simultaneously testing steel billets or other parts to remove portions which contain defects. The defects are detected by a probe which engages the part at a point in proximity to the portion engaged by a grinding wheel. Preferably, the probe is carried in an opening provided in the surface of the grinding wheel and is electrically connected through a rotary coupling device to indicating apparatus. A probe may be a magnetic probe, either an eddy current or leakage field probe, or may include means for detecting light or other radiant energy reflected from the surface of the part. The apparatus is adaptable for the automatic control of the grinding operation.

Abstract: A knife sharpener for sharpening kitchen knives and embodying coarse and fine sharpening devices is adapted to be hand-held during use or to be releasably mounted in a stationary position during use on a storage and mounting bracket which can be permanently attached to a supporting object such as a table, a counter or a wall. The knife sharpener comprises a handle, a head having two slots in which sharpening devices are mounted, a protective flange between the handle and head, and detent-engaging recess at the extreme outer ends of the handle and head. The storage and mounting bracket comprises a base plate, screw holes for attaching the bracket to a supporting object, upwardly projecting slightly flexible members at opposite ends of the base plate, and a detent on each upwardly projecting member for releasable engagement with an associated detent-engaging recess on the knife sharpener.

Abstract: An apparatus for holding of workpieces, such as gears and the like, the bore of which is to be machined by a tool, especially a honing tool. At least one workpiece is held on a workpiece carrier which is mounted in a floating manner transverse to the tool axis on a base plate. The workpiece carrier is secured against rotation by an arresting device. The arresting device cooperates with a force-absorbing part or disc which is arranged so as to be movable relative to the base plate and the workpiece carrier, and so as to be non-rotatable relative to the base plate by means of a holder in such a manner that the force acting on the arresting device from the workpiece carrier is absorbed by the holder.

Abstract: Described is an arrangement for securing a water-impervious flexible web (10) comprising an elastomer on a walling means (6) to be sealed, in particular a flat roof, having a holder member (1) which can be secured to the walling means (6) and which has a projection (5) with an outwardly projecting side bead (7) forming an undercut configuration (8), and an outer securing member (11), with the web (10) being arranged to be clamped between the holder member (1) and the outer securing member (11).

Abstract: A family of modular construction units, formed from a plurality of curved surfaces, which may be interconnected with others of like shape to form a structure defining a volume of space.

Abstract: A sectionalized, driven-type survey monument (10) is disclosed having at least one cylindrical rod section (11), a penetrating point section (14) attached by a threaded connector (28) seated in bores (26, 27) in the adjacent cylindrical rod section (11) and the point section (14), and an anti-twist rod section (19) attached by a threaded connector (34) to a cylindrical rod section (12). The anti-twist rod section (19) includes a substantially cylindrical body (20) and straight fins (21) which extend radially outward from the cylindrical body over part of the length of the body. The monument is driven into the ground a section at a time, with additional cylindrical rod sections being added to allow the monument to be driven as deeply as desired. Rotation of the penetrating point section as it is driven into the ground, caused by the action of biased turning surfaces (16) on the point section (14), causes the connections between each of the sections in the series to be tightened during driving.

Abstract: A combination of a window glass with a trim strip intended to conceal the juncture between the window glass and the panels which define a body opening in a vehicle is disclosed in which the trim strip is formed with an inwardly projecting portion which is adhesively secured to the upper surface of the window glass adjacent its edge, an outwardly projecting portion which is intended to overlie the vehicle body panels adjacent the body opening therein, and a centrally located downwardly projecting positioning leg which bears against the edge of the window glass to correctly position the trim strip with respect to the glass. In preferred practice a rubber dam is adhered to the undersurface of the window glass adjacent its edge and the outer face of the positioning leg is formed with one or more protuberances which interlock with a sealant which is carried by the flanged body panels of the vehicle.

Abstract: A corner fastener is disclosed for joining angularly oriented tubular members concomitantly forming a corner of a frame assembly. Moreover, resilient fingers and hemispherically-shaped nipples of corner fasteners respectively facilitate securement of frame assemblies to window frames and provide breather-space separation of frame assemblies from window frames.

Abstract: A feeler device for sensing the number of cigarettes arranged in groups, particularly groups of three rows, at the interior of a group-forming pocket, includes a plurality of feeler pins which are arranged parallel in the longitudinal direction of the cigarettes and which can be introduced into the group-forming pocket through an open end thereof in order to detect the cigarettes which are misplaced or dislocated, the feeler pins are arranged excentrically and the line connecting the feeler pins of each cigarette row is a zig-zag line.

Abstract: Apparatus for positioning inserts relative to a product on a product chain prior to packaging the product in a product container, the apparatus includes insert transport belts for conveying the inserts to an insert pincer chain adapted to position the inserts relative to the product prior to release of the inserts from the insert pincer chain. The insert pincer chain is positioned below the product chain. The insert pincer chain is directed along the side of the product chain in a transfer zone at which the inserts are transferred from the insert pincer chain to the product chain.

Abstract: A sealable, transparent, polyolefinic multilayer film comprises a base layer formed of a polypropylene polymer and at least one sealable layer, which contains a propylene copolymer, a low-molecular weight resin, a polypropylene homopolymer and a polydiorganosiloxane. The sealing layer is comprised of a combination of(a) from about 68.5 to 89.7% by weight, based on the weight of the sealable layer, of an olefin resin composition, comprising an ethylene-propylene-butylene terpolymer and a propylene-butylene copolymer, corresponding to a content of from about 0.1 to 7% by weight of ethylene, 53 to 89.9% by weight of propylene and 10 to 40% by weight of butylene, based on the weight of the olefin resin composition,(b) from about 5 to 15% by weight, based on the weight of the sealable layer, of a low-molecular weight resin, which compatible with the olefin resin composition,(c) from about 5 to 15% by weight, based on the weight of the sealable layer, of a propylene homopolymer, and(d) from about 0.3 to 1.

Abstract: Stretch band wrapping apparatus having, in cooperative action with a rotary load support platform and film roll supporting spool, a restraining brake on the spindle, and an elongated, controlled-restraint tension roll intermediate the spindle and platform. The tension roll has a friction surface engaging the width of the film stock unrolled from a roll of film on the spindle, and a restraining brake, the film being kept in engagement with the friction surface by a slight braking action on the spindle, such that a constant tension is applied across the width of the film during stretch wrapping of a load rotating on the platform.

Abstract: A breakaway halter for horses and like animals, comprises nose and neck straps connected by a pair of face straps. The neck strap has a pair of free end portions overlying one another in contiguous juxtaposition and secured to each other by stress-releasable means such as hook-and-loop fabric strips. Upon experiencing undue excessive longitudinal tensile separating force the free end portions of the neck strap can separate to free the animal. Cooperable with the free end portions of the neck strap is a manually-releasable fastener adapted to over-ride the stress-releasable means whereby the latter can be rendered inoperable in its function to release the halter when this is desired. The manually releasable fastener can have the form of a ring and a cooperable hook assemblage which latter includes a resilient locking blade that can be easily actuated by an attendant or other authorized person.

Abstract: The present invention achieves a unique riding saddle construction which provides a substantial reduction in the bulk of conventional saddles by securely mounting elongated, substantially continuous webbing along the side flaps to protrude beyond the lower edge of the side flaps. The billet straps are then securely mounted to the extension portion of the webbing. In the preferred construction, the elongated length of webbing is sandwiched between the two layers which forms the side flap and is secured at one end to the saddle tree. The present invention achieves a unique, compact saddle construction with substantially reduced bulk, while providing substantially easier and less expensive upkeep and maintenance requirements.

Abstract: A crop cutting and conditioning apparatus has two vertical axis rotary drum cutters 13, each having an upper rotor with a crop conveying surface 19 and a lower rotor carrying knives 21. Gears drive the upper and lower rotors at different peripheral velocities. The lower rotor has an annular rim 18 having an upper surface shaped to continue the outline of the conveying surface 19. The knives 21 protrude outwardly from beneath the rim 18 and rotate with the rim. The upper rotor has conditioning elements comprising brushes 35 (or sheets of plastics material), for conveying crop and conditioning crop by relative movement between the brushes and the crop. The outer tips of the brushes 35 (or the edges of the sheet or rib-like elements) lie along one or more helical or part helical paths around the rotor axis. Preferably the lower end of each helix leads during the rotation so as to exert a lifting action on crop engaged by the rotors.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting upstanding agricultural crops includes a plurality of adjacent dynamically balanced rotary cutter assemblies each having diametrically opposed blades the outer tips of which are at unequal distances from the rotary axis, corresponding blades on adjacent rotary assemblies being substantially 180.degree. out of phase.

Abstract: A boom assembly (B) is pivotally connected at one end with a prime mower (A) and at a second end with a mowing apparatus (C). An orientation control (D) controls the orientation of the mowing apparatus relative to the boom assembly such that the mowing apparatus can mow vegetation on vertical, sloping, or level areas with the boom positioned with varying degrees of extension. The orientation control (D) includes a hydraulic cylinder (60) which is pivotally connected at one end with the boom assembly and at its other end with a linkage assembly (62). The linkage assembly includes a first link (64) which is pivotally connected with the boom assembly and a second link (68) which is pivotally connected with the mowing apparatus and the first link. The linkage assembly converts the longitudinal extensive and contractive movement of the hydraulic cylinder into substantially 180.degree. of relative rotational movement between the mowing apparatus and the boom assembly.

Abstract: A mobile agricultural harvester has a crop header at its forward end including a plurality of crop dividers. The crop dividers each include a forwardly tapering point portion terminating at its forward end with a tip. Either the tip or the point portion or both are constructed of light emitting material, or are provided with windows covered by light emitting material, so as to provide improved illumination of the crop and field in front of the header during a harvesting operation.

Abstract: The rotary mower has a blade housing supported on wheels for travel along the ground and including a top deck, a front wall and opposed side walls depending from the top deck, a rear wall depending from the top deck and extending transversely between the rear portions of the side walls, and a plurality of cutter blades which are mounted inside the blade housing and are rotated in the same direction about laterally spaced vertical axes. A flexible flap extending transversely generally coextensively with the rear wall and extending substantially vertically down to engage the mowed grass forms an effective air seal substantially across the rear of the blade housing.

Abstract: Apparatus for making a yarn comprises two juxtaposed, closely spaced apart suction drums, which are rotated in the same sense and each of which contains a suction insert, which is formed with a suction slot that faces the generally triangular space between the two suction drums. To permit the use of a lower suction flow rate and to ensure that this will not adversely affect the quality of the resulting yarn, each suction insert is mounted to be rotatable about the axis of the associated suction drum and positioning drive means are provided, which serve to rotate the suction inserts in mutually opposite senses and comprise two worm wheels, which are secured to respective stub shafts, which protrude axially from the suction drums and are secured to respective ones of the suction inserts, and two worm-carrying shafts, which are in mesh with respective ones of said worm wheels.

Abstract: An improved spinning rotor for an open-end spinning frame is disclosed herein, according to which the rotor is made of steel, and selected portions of its interior peripheral surfaces, including the fiber-collecting groove thereof, which is formed along the maximum-diameter region within the spinning chamber, are heat-treated by a focused laser beam or focused electron beam to harden the same. Due to the nature of laser beams, only those areas which require surface hardening are heat-treated without heating the entire rotor body, so that no strain or distortion is developed in the rotor during the heat treatment process. As a result, the rotor is heat-treated to provide excellent wear-resisting properties and exceptional stability in operation at an extremely high speed for an extended period of service.

Abstract: A system for the distribution of atomized lubricating fluid includes a cylindrical ring placed upstream from an intershaft bearing of an inner shaft. The outer surface of the ring forms part of a labyrinth joint. Within the ring are cells open on the upstream surface of the ring, into which flows pressurized air. In the downstream end of each cell is an atomizing orifice directed toward the bearing. In the radially inner wall of each cell is an approximately radial bore. These bores cooperate with the means supplying lubricating fluid, which comprise radial bores in the wall of the inner shaft and emptying into a groove provided on the inner surface of the inner shaft. The groove receives lubricating fluid through fixed tubing that passes through the interior of the inner shaft.

Abstract: A compressor air bleed override control system is provided to bleed interstage air from the compressor of an aircraft turbine engine under the conditions during which a compressor instability, such as surge, is likely to occur. The override system includes an override valve control that is in communication with an altitude sensor to make the system operative above a preselected pressure altitude, but inoperative below the selected pressure altitude. The altitude sensor is in communication with the engine fuel control power lever, which is an indirect sensor of compressor speed, such that at speeds corresponding to a slow deceleration from a sufficiently high altitude, the compressor bleed value will rapidly open. The system further measures the rate of movement of the power lever so that small but sufficiently rapid movements of the power lever, which are sustained for a selected period of time, will also cause the compressor bleed valve to open quickly.

Abstract: A casing structure for a gas turbine engine comprises an outer load-bearing casing within which is supported an inner casing which forms the static structure of a compressor. Bearing panels carried from the outer casing carry the rotor of the compressor and its associated turbine. In order to mitigate the undesirable consequences of the bending under load of the outer casing, the inner casing is mounted at a forward section by forward mounting means which maintain it concentric with the rotor axis and at a rearward section by rearward mounting means which maintain it parallel with a section of the outer casing which retains its parallelism with the rotor axis even when the casing bends. The forward mounting illustrated is a dogged engagement while the rearward mounting utilizes a parallel series of links as a parallel motion linkage.

Abstract: A turbine power plant system consisting of three sub-systems; a gas turbine sub-system, an exhaust turbine sub-system, and a steam turbine sub-system. The three turbine sub-systems use one external fuel source which is used to drive the turbine of the gas turbine sub-system. Hot exhaust fluid from the gas turbine sub-system is used to drive the turbines of the exhaust turbine sub-system and heat energy from the combustion chamber of the gas turbine sub-system is used to drive the turbine of the steam turbine sub-system. Each sub-system has a generator.In the gas turbine sub-system, air flows through several compressors and a combustion chamber and drives the gas turbine.

Abstract: An exhaust cleaner and multi-point burner system for a diesel engine has a burner device with concentric first and second sets of circumferentially spaced apart point igniters facing the inlet end face of a particulate filter to effect multiple points of ignition of the particulates collected thereon, and a central point igniter to serve as a pilot light, supplied with an air/fuel mixture by a first supply conduit and a solenoid valve controlled supply conduit, respectively. The arrangement is such that the air/fuel mixture to the sets of point igniters is ignited using a single central electric igniter, such as a spark plug to ignite the air/fuel mixture supplied to the central igniter. Once all points are ignited, the solenoid valve is closed, thus increasing the flow of the air/fuel mixture to the sets of point igniters. This change in flow reduces heat losses and minimizes air/fuel requirements to effect ignition of the particulates.

Abstract: An attachment for automatically connecting a torque converter impeller housing to an engine output member including splines on the output member, splines on the impeller housing, a plurality of ramp surfaces on impeller housing, and a corresponding plurality of resilient tangs on the engine output member. When the torque converter impeller housing is supported on the transmission and shifted as a unit with the latter toward the engine the splines automatically engage to connect the impeller housing and the engine output member for unitary rotation while the ramp surfaces first cam the tangs to positions permitting unrestricted movement of the impeller housing to an assembled position and are thereafter automatically engaged by the tangs to prevent withdrawal from the assembled position.

Abstract: An apparatus that controls movement of an arm through a gaseous or liquid fluid. The apparatus incorporates a plurality of longitudinally extensible hose members that expand and contract their respective lengths responsive to introduction and withdrawal, respectively, of hydraulic fluid thereinto and therefrom. The hose members are interconnected to one another through a plurality of longitudinally spaced, transversely disposed brace members that may serve as lever means so that expansion or contraction of one hose member can effect an opposite response in an opposed member. The brace members may be interconnected by a spine means that coincides with the longitudinal axis of symmetry of the apparatus. A sheath covers the apparatus. The arm has applications in the field of robotics and a special rat tail-like form of the apparatus provides a low drag substitute for conventional aircraft rudder and elevator assemblies.

Abstract: A fluid reservoir for supplying fluid to a master cylinder arranged in hydraulic system of an automotive vehicle comprises a reservoir tank having at least one fluid chamber therein and is provided at lower portion thereof with at least one outlet which is offset from a center of the fluid chamber and supplies fluid within the fluid chamber to the master cylinder. The fluid chamber is divided by partition wall into larger and smaller chambers the latter of which is in free fluid communication with the outlet and is in free fluid communication at top thereof with the larger chamber. The smaller chamber is much smaller than larger chamber in both longitudinal and transverse directions of the vehicle. The partition wall is provided with a passage for establishing a restricted normal fluid communication between the larger and smaller chambers.

Abstract: A turbo-charged compression ignition engine having a turbo-charger (40) for supercharging the engine, a mechanism (56, 59) for controlling the timing of closing of the inlet passage (42) of the engine, and an auxiliary cam for opening the exhaust valve of the engine at a point near the bottom dead center in the suction stroke. The area of the nozzle of the turbine of turbo-charger is controllable by a rotor-type mechanism (69). A passage formed in the rotary-type mechanism opens to the downstream side of this mechanism. The passage is communicated with the inlet pipe of the engine through a passage (42a).

Abstract: A turbocharged internal combustion engine, preferably of the two-stroke cycle type, is provided with a Roots type positive displacement charging blower having a bypass passage in one end plate and controlled by a single plunger control valve responsive solely to blower outlet pressure to provide for bypassing air flow around the blower under various engine operating conditions either in reverse direction to reduce excess blower power or in the direction of flow to provide additional charging air.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a procedure and a machine which make it possible to produce a quasi-isothermal compression or expansion process in any thermodynamic cycle consisting of such transformations. The procedure is possible owing to the fact that heat exchangers (A, B) independent of each other are used, in each of these heat exchangers (A, B) the working agent circulating intermittently in only one direction owing to the fact that the exchangers (A and B) are successively and cyclically connected to and disconnected from the volume of the working space (a).

Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for disposal of spent brine after the energy and mineral values have been extracted from the brine, taking advantage of the basic thermodynamic properties of suspended and dissolved scalars in geothermal fluids. A controlled portion of the extracted steam energy value from the brine is used to reheat spent brine before reinjection. The spent brine thereby ceases to be supersaturated with respect to solids, and stabilized silicas therein do not precipitate out and deposit themselves upon the entrance of a reinjection well. Means for using a controlled portion of the extracted steam energy from a plurality of serially connected flasher reactors is shown.

Abstract: A constant pressure boiling cooling system including evaporators, a condenser and a liquid refrigerant sump, wherein the evaporators and the condenser are arranged substantially horizontally in side-by-side relation, and the first communicating tubes connect the upper portions of the evaporators to the upper portions of the condenser respectively, and the second communicating tubes connect the lower portions of the evaporators to the lower portions of the condenser respectively.

Abstract: A refrigeration system alarm device includes a temperature monitoring circuit which detects when a temperature within the refrigeration system exceeds a preselectable temperature reference level. The device also includes an alternating current power monitor circuit which detects when any one of a plurality of alternating current power inputs is interrupted. The device also includes a direct current power monitor circuit which includes a battery and a comparator circuit for determining when the voltage of the battery is below a predetermined level. When an excessive temperature is detected or an alternating current power input interruption is detected or the battery voltage is below the predetermined reference level, a visual or audible alarm signal is generated.

Abstract: Apparatus (10) for applying mist or spray to an environment such as one in which plants (11) are growing including a monitoring head (12) arranged in the environment to sense the humidity therein by measurements of temperature and a control device (13) for actuating mist or spray heads (15) to apply mist or spray to the plants (11) in accordance with the humidity sensed by the monitoring head (12).

Abstract: A cold water supply system includes an agitator tank in a cold water supply tank for receiving the cold water from a refrigerating units and a bypass pipe line for directing a calculated amount of return water from the load into the agitator tank. A temperature sensor for sensing the return water temperature is provided and another temperature sensor for sensing the refrigeration unit outlet temperature is provided for controlling regulating means in accordance with the sensed temperatures for automatically regulating the cold water temperature supplied into the agitator tank to a predetermined temperature.

Abstract: An air conditioner including a room temperature detector, a room temperature adjuster and a controller is disclosed which is provided with a photodetector, and in which the temperature set in the room temperature adjuster is changed on the basis of the illuminance detected by the photodetector, and a signal for controlling a compressor is generated by the controller in accordance with the temperature thus changed.

Abstract: A combination fan motor and orifice support assembly including a plurality of fan motor support legs and a plurality of fan orifice supports all integrated to support both the fan motor and the fan orifice are disclosed. Additionally, tube supports for securing the loops of a wound fin heat exchanger in appropriate position are disclosed for providing further structural support to the fan orifice and therethrough to the entire support assembly.

Abstract: A climatic control system for the seasonal heating and cooling of air circulated through a temperature control chamber, including a three coil heat pump having a cooling mode coil and a separate heating mode coil positioned in the chamber for selective operation, and a heat reclaim condenser coil of a separate refrigeration system positioned between the cooling and heating mode coils for selective operation therewith.

Abstract: A generally rectangular container is provided including insulated top, bottom, opposite side and opposite end walls. An upstanding transverse insulated hollow housing is mounted within the container adjacent one end thereof and a CO.sub.2 snow cabinet constructed of good heat transfer material is disposed within the housing with opposing wall portions of the cabinet and housing passing exteriorly about the cabinet. A heat insulative horizontal baffle is mounted within the container spaced below the top wall and extends between the sidewalls thereof. The baffle defines a cooled air passage beneath the top wall extending lengthwise of the container. The airflow passage includes an outlet end adjacent and in at least reasonably closed communication with the end of the cooled air passage adjacent the aforementioned one container end wall and an inlet end opening outwardly of the housing into the interior of the container below the baffle.

Abstract: Apparatus 10 for cooling liquid flowing in a pipeline 5, conveniently potable liquid such as beer stored in a bulk container 6 and dispensed at a dispenser 7, comprises a product coil 3 connected in the pipeline 5 and immersed in a liquid body 4 of a volatile liquid such as the refrigerant R12, body 4 being in fluidic communication with a vapor body 9 of the same volatile liquid in which there is immersed a refrigerant coil 2 connected to a refrigeration system 8. Bodies 4 and 9 may be housed in a single container 1 or individually housed in respective containers 11, 13A which are interconnected by a heat pipe 12A.

Abstract: An organ hypothermic storage unit includes a first container with a removable cover and a plurality of organ receptacles mounted within the first container, each receptacle having a removable cover. A plurality of groups of spacers upon the container bottom wall receive and locate the receptacles spacing them from each other and from the container walls to define a chilling zone within the first container and around each receptacle. Each receptacle mounts upon its interior a thermometer. An outer container having a removable cover receives, supports and encloses the first container defining an insulating air space therebetween. The inner container is adapted to receive and store a quantity of ice within the chilling zone for continuously maintaining an organ in any receptacle at a temperature between 0.degree. and 7.degree. C., for maximal metabolic suppression and preservation thereof until transplant to a recipient. The containers, receptacles and covers thereof are of a clear transparent material.

Abstract: A cryostat including a horizontal hollow space section of room temperature in which a liquid helium vessel is supported by a plurality of support structures each having a multiple cylinder of small thickness and a liquid nitrogen vessel is supported by a plurality of tension rods.

Abstract: Disclosed is an evaporator comprising a connector member comprising at least two plates located one above the other, a Venturi distributor connected to the connector member for receiving and distributing a coolant, wherein the Venturi distributor divides the coolant into a plurality of streams, a plurality of channels arranged as grooves on the surface of one of said two plates and covered by the other of said two plates for conducting the coolant streams from the Venturi distributor, the channels corresponding in number to the streams with each channel being positioned to receive one of the streams from the Venturi distributor, a plurality of evaporator pipes connected to the connector member in parallel flow arrangement, the pipes corresponding in number to the channels with each pipe being connected to one of the channels, thereby forming a continuous coolant flow path from the Venturi distributor via the channels to the evaporator pipes, and a collection chamber formed in the connector member for receivin

Abstract: A novel bracelet construction wherein the bracelet has one or more normally concealed chambers in which such things as folded paper money or pills or the like can be stored. Alternatively, the chambers can be utilized as personal cigarette ash receptacles if desired.