Abstract: A first rack is connectable to a second rack to form a rack assembly adapted to hold food between the first rack and the second rack. A base is adapted to provide a source of heat to food placed between the first rack and the second rack. The base includes a fulcrum about which the rack assembly is able to pivot from a first position wherein the first rack is above the second rack to a second position wherein the second rack is above the first rack.

Abstract: A fluid vaporization system comprises a first fluid inlet for receiving a first fluid, a second fluid inlet for receiving a second fluid, and a first discharge aperture for discharging the first fluid and the second fluid. A first connecting passage connects the first fluid inlet and the second fluid inlet in fluid communication with the first discharge aperture, mixes the first fluid and the second fluid to define a fluid mixture, and delivers the fluid mixture to the first discharge aperture. A third fluid inlet receives a third fluid and a second discharge aperture discharges the third fluid.

Abstract: In a method for reducing harmful emissions of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine including for each cylinder intake and exhaust passages with intake and exhaust valves and an exhaust gas recirculation passage extending between an exhaust passage and the interior of a cylinder and including an exhaust gas recirculation valve, the exhaust gas recirculation valve of a first cylinder is opened during the intake cycle of the first cylinder at the beginning of the exhaust cycle of a second cylinder associated with the first cylinder and the exhaust gas recirculation valve is closed when the exhaust gas pressure in the exhaust gas recirculation passage from the second cylinder to the first cylinder falls below the combustion chamber pressure in the first cylinder or the charge air pressure in its intake passage or when a predetermined amount of exhaust gas has been recirculated.

Abstract: An apparatus, for controlling a heater for heating an air-fuel ratio sensor, which is capable of preventing an excessive temperature rise of the heater after the air-fuel ratio sensor has been activated. After engine start-up, power is continuously supplied to the heater 112 until its temperature reaches about 1100.degree. C. A basic power is determined so that the heater temperature is maintained at 1100.degree. C. after reaching 1100.degree. C., and so that the temperature of a sensing element 111 is maintained at 710.degree. C. after the air-fuel ratio sensor has been activated. The basic power is corrected in increasing direction using an auxiliary power calculated as a function of coolant temperature. After the air-fuel ratio sensor has been activated, if the increased power exceeds the 1100.degree. C. basic power, the power is limited below the 1100.degree. C. base power, to prevent the heater being damaged due to an excessive temperature rise of the heater.

Abstract: A toy flying disk and disk launcher system including a launching pad coupled to a handle, a disk feeder mounted in a vertical disk feed hole at the launching pad and holding a stack of flying disks, a disk launching control mechanism controlled to push the flying disks out of the disk feeder into the launching position one after another, a motor mounted on the launching pad, a ratchet wheel turned by the motor to send the flying disks one after another from the launching position into the air, a power switch for controlling power supply to the motor, and a safety control device mounted on the launching pad and adapted to switch on/off the power switch and to lock/unlock the disk launching control mechanism.

Abstract: A cam assembly for a single cam bow provides replaceable cable sheaves. By selecting different cable sheaves the draw length of the bow may be altered while the bow is strung. The draw length can be further fine tuned by providing differentially spaced positions for attaching either end of the bow string to the cam assembly. A bow equipped with a cam assembly according to the invention can have a draw length adjustable in fine increments over a range of several inches.

Abstract: A portable, outdoor cooking apparatus is provided which is capable of operating as both a stove and a barbecue grill. The cooking apparatus includes an elongated burner tube and a pivoting parabolic-shaped heat diffuser which can be rotated between an upright position in which the concave surface of the heat diffuser covers the burner tube for barbecue cooking and an inverted position in which the heat diffuser leaves the burner tube exposed directly to the cooking surface for stove cooking.

Abstract: A gas burning direct vent fireplace having an outer casing within which a firebox is mounted. The sides of the firebox are secured to the sides of the casing so that the bottom of the firebox is spaced above the floor of the casing without the need for supporting legs for the fireplace. An access door having a glass plate is fastened to the firebox at the front and a front panel is removably carried by the casing in front of and spaced from the glass plate access door, the front panel having an opening permitting viewing of the interior of the firebox through the glass plate. The mounting of the front panel permits a variety of selective front panels having varying aesthetics to be used with a fireplace.

Abstract: Disclosed is a medical nebuliser including a container providing a sump area for a liquid drug. A rotor is located in the container, and an impacter ring encircles the rotor. The rotor is formed from two disc shaped components at least one of which is concave. The components have co-operating mating faces machined so that when they are clamped together, microscopic passageways are provided therebetween. There is a connection between the interior of the rotor and a sump to contain liquid to be nebulised. The impacter ring has an impacter face that is an inwardly facing frusto-conical surface to encourage the return of larger droplets to the sump. The frusto-conical surface has a number of ridges in the form of concentric or helical grooves over its length, whereby there is the ejection of liquid drug from within the perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rotor, of uniform and controlled droplet size which impacts on the ridges on the impacter ring to reduce the droplet size of liquid drug.

Abstract: A method and arrangement in connection with the ventilation of a patient, wherein the lungs of the patient are ventilated mechanically by means of a ventilator or manually by means of a reservoir bag as the patient's own respiratory activity is insufficient or totally prevented. In order to eliminate a faulty connection, the behaviour of the pressure or the flow in the patient circuit, in the circuit associated with the ventilator or in the circuit associated with the reservoir bag is monitored in connection with ventilation and the obtained information is compared with the desired operation.

Abstract: An advanced and versatile method for a RESPIRATORY BREATHING FILTER APPARATUS having an outer body that conforms to the natural formation of the human mouth and is engaged by the teeth without the use of hands. Primarily designed for use by users with respiratory ailments, (i.e., asthma, cystic fibrosis, emphysema, allergies related to respiratory problems) the apparatus can be used by users engaged in aerobic activities with safety and fewer body restrictions. The apparatus has an outer body and six removable parts. The first of these parts is a removable outer or macro-particle filter for removal of coarse foreign airborne particles from an incoming airstream. The second of the two filters is separate from the outer filter and is positioned inside the outer body. This second filter is designed to remove smaller or micro-particles from the incoming airstreams. This second filter is removable, which is a tremendous advantage from previously presented methods and systems.

Abstract: A combination of a first breathing connection of a gas mask with an insert which can be inserted into the breathing connection for connecting filters to the gas mask is to be improved in terms of the simple manufacture of country-specific variants of gas masks. The insert has a first marking field belonging to a first fastening means on a surface located outside the breathing connection.

Abstract: A retaining clamp device holds a tubular air fitting to an endotracheal tube or tracheostomy, e.g., disposed on the neck of the patient. A C-shaped clamp member is formed of a resilient semi-rigid plastic and has an inside diameter that fits snugly over the air fitting, with one or more legs connected to the C-shaped clamp member. The legs have slots at their free ends to fasten the clamp member to said to the flange of the endotracheal tube assembly, e.g., using the Velcro strips that hold the flange to a neck collar. The legs can include left and right leg members that extend from opposite sides of the C-shaped clamp member. The attendant or patient can snap the C-shaped member on or off the fitting of a ventilator tube, moving the C-shaped member to the side.

Abstract: A pulse oximeter sensor with a light source optimized for low oxygen saturation ranges and for maximizing the immunity to perturbation induced artifact. Preferably, a red and an infrared light source are used, with the red light source having a mean wavelength between 700-790 nm. The infrared light source can have a mean wavelength as in prior art devices used on patients with high saturation. The sensor of the present invention is further optimized by arranging the spacing between the light emitter and light detectors to minimize the sensitivity to perturbation induced artifact. The present invention optimizes the chosen wavelengths to achieve a closer matching of the absorption and scattering coefficient products for the red and IR light sources. This optimization gives robust readings in the presence of perturbation artifacts including force variations, tissue variations and variations in the oxygen saturation itself.

Abstract: A flexible multiple electrode EKG device is disclosed for hooking a patient to an electrocardiograph instrument, which is capable of being used with a variety of different sized patients. The assembly comprise a pad having sufficient weight to ensure that the pad will conform closely to the outer surface of the patient's chest when in place. A plurality of sets of electrodes are embedded in the pad, with each set of electrodes corresponding to a particular body size. A switch is provided for selectively activating the appropriate set of electrodes, depending on the size of the patient, to ensure optimal positioning of the electrodes.

Abstract: An electrophysiological mapping device includes an outer catheter, an inner catheter slidable within the outer catheter, and an electronic activation and recording device for electrically activating electrodes on the inner catheter and/or recording electric signals received by the electrodes. The distal end of the inner catheter comprises a plurality of arms that carry electrodes. The arms bow outwardly upon extension of the inner catheter from the outer catheter to form a three-dimensional shape. Each arm has a spine of a superelastic material. Each spine is semicircular in section, and is disposed within a portion of a flexible sheath, the electrode lead wires being disposed in the rest of the sheath. The electrodes are formed from the ends of the insulated electrode lead wires which pass through the sheath, are wrapped around the sheath and then stripped of their insulation.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of classifying respiratory sounds. The method provides the steps of selecting a first set of respiratory sounds and manually determining a classification content of the first set of respiratory events. The method further includes extrapolating the classification content of the first set of respiratory events to an at least second set of respiratory events.

Abstract: A sensor device intended to be implemented at the vicinity or inside a nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus, and more particularly on a patient inside the canal of the magnet of a magnetic resonance imager (MRI). The device includes at least two non-metal electrodes intended to be applied to the skin of a patient, and an electro-optical conversion, amplification and filtering module for the electric signals received from the heart by the electrodes. The module is arranged in a shielded casing forming a Faraday cage, and optically connected to a display and/or monitoring apparatus. A support body made of non-magnetic material carries the electrode and the shielded casing containing the module.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for performing intercourse in different positions, including an adjustble, fixed length main strap, an elastic strap, an upper torso harness attached to one end of the elastic strap capable of independently supporting the shoulders of a participant, a lower torso harness attached to one end of the elastic strap capable of independently supporting the lower torso of the participant, and at least one, adjustable leg harness attached to one end of the elastic strap capable of supporting at least one leg of the participant. The upper, first end of the main strap is attached to an elevated surface and suspended vertically therefrom. A carabeaner is used to attach the upper end of the elastic strap to the lower end of the main strap. Attached to the opposite lower end of the elastic strap are two carabeaners which are used to selectively connected the upper, lower and leg harnesses to the elastic strap.

Abstract: An apparatus for immobilizing and positioning the head, shoulder, and torso region extending down to the mid thigh of the human for radiographic examination or treatment. The device consists of a base board with an extension, a head and shoulder form, a pair of chest side forms and a pair of side rails. A foam mixture is applied to the upper surface of the baseboard and the entire device is placed into a large flexible container or bag. A patient's head, shoulder and torso region are placed on the device in a supine position. The patient remains in a fixed position while the foam mixture expands around the patient's body and the apparatus. After a brief period of time, the foam sets or hardens and a mold or template is formed. This mold serves to immobilize the head, shoulder and torso region extending down to the mid thigh of the body during radiographic examinations and treatment as well as other procedures.

Abstract: A method of making a metal one-piece custom post member for non-parallel rooted teeth, including preparation of two root canals of the tooth by using a drill, making a funnel-shaped parallel fixing of entries in the root canals, inserting two posts made of burn-out plastic and sized to the root canals, into the canals, such that upper ends of the posts extend out therefrom, each plastic post having a body shaped as a partially flattened round stick, providing a flattened circle cross-section, one end thereof forming an enlarged cap shaped similarly to the body, treating upper ends of the posts that extend out of the canals with a self-curing resin to bind the posts together to form a plastic one-piece custom post member, removing the plastic one-piece custom post member from the tooth, casting a metal one-piece custom post member of the same size and dimensions from the plastic one-piece custom post member such that the metal one-piece custom post member has two metal posts extending therefrom, each being suf

Abstract: A cigar construction utilizing a plurality of rolled-together long filler cigar leaves with the front ends of the tubes extending from the front of the cigar to provide immediate smoker identification of the integrity of the long filler leaf construction.

Abstract: An improved system and method for buffing and polishing fingernails and toenails. The improved nail care system includes at least two fabric strips. Each fabric strip has two surfaces with at least one of the two surfaces covered with a graded abrasive. A first fabric strip is covered with a coarsely graded abrasive. A second fabric strip is covered with a finely graded abrasive. The improved method for buffing and polishing fingernails and toenails includes cleaning the nail, buffing the nail with a 1500 to 2400 grit abrasive for 15 to 30 seconds once during a first predetermined number of days, e.g. thirty days, further buffing the nail with a 2400 to 4500 grit abrasive for 15 to 30 seconds once during the first predetermined number of days, polishing the nail with a 4500 to 12000 grit abrasive for 15 to 30 seconds once during a second predetermined number of days, e.g.

Abstract: A method for applying French manicures to fingernails having specialized French manicure style decals is shown. After a base coat of polish is applied to the fingernail, the French manicure style decal is applied to the fingernail using an adhesive material. The French manicure style decal has an opaque portion for creating the French manicure on the free edge of the fingernail, and a decorative design portion for including an intricate decorative design on the nail plate with the French manicure. After the application of the French manicure style decal, an additional layer of polish is applied to the fingernail to further secure the decal in place, and to increase the strength and durability of the fingernail.

Abstract: There is provided an improved process and apparatus for cutting and/or fingernails. The process includes the step of providing laser radiation to cut or score the nails, and optionally cooling the site of administration of the laser beam. The nails can be coated with colored lacquers to provide a multicolored design when melted by the laser.

Abstract: A flossing tool includes a handle, a neck and a head at the distal end of the neck. A spool of floss is placed in a compartment within the handle with the free end of the floss being extended from the compartment and over a series of ridges traversing the neck. The floss is wound about four lobes on the head so as to present first and second laterally spaced-apart stretches of floss. The free end of the floss is then wound about a pin on the neck so as to place initial tension on the wound floss. A locking device engages the ridges on the neck so as to clamp the dental floss to the neck and place additional tension on the wound floss. Accordingly, first and second opposed stretches of tensioned floss are available to clean the upper and lower teethlines. A cutter blade on the neck allows the user to sever the end of the floss upon use. The angles between the handles, neck and floss head are selected so as to assist the user in flossing.

Abstract: A parts washer is provided having structure for supporting at least one part to be washed and a means for mounting the supporting structure for rotation about a first axis relative to the support therefor. Structure is provided for delivering cleaning fluid from a pressurized supply to against a part in the part supporting structure with the fluid delivering structure including a conduit having directing structure thereon for directing the pressurized supply from the conduit in a discharge direction that is transverse to the first axis. Structure is provided for selectively repositioning the fluid directing structure relative to the part supporting structure. Preferably, the parts washer includes means for rotating the parts supporting structure.

Abstract: A system is provided for removing material from a structure having at least one layer of the material formed on a substrate. The system includes a radiant energy source, such as a flashlamp, with an actively cooled reflector for irradiating a target area of a structure with radiant energy, preferably sufficiently intense in at least the visible and ultraviolet, to break or weaken chemical bonds in the material, and an abrasive blaster for impinging the material after irradiation with a cool particle stream, preferably including of CO.sub.2 particles, to remove the irradiated material and cool the substrate. The system may also include light sensors used in a feedback loop to control the removal process by varying the speed at which the radiant energy source is moved along the structure, the repetition rate of the source, the intensity of the source, the pulse width of the source and/or the distance between the source and the structure.

Abstract: A method of producing a recyclable image recording support material including a paper layer capable of copying or recording images thereon is conducted by the steps of applying to an image-bearable side of an image recording support material including a paper layer an aqueous coating liquid selected from the group consisting of an aqueous surfactant solution, an aqueous water-soluble polymer solution, and a mixture of the aqueous surfactant solution and the aqueous water-soluble polymer solution, in an extremely small amount; removing images, if any, from the image-bearable side of the image recording support material by bringing an image releasing member into contact with the image-bearable side of the image recording support material under application of heat and pressure thereto; and drying the image recording support material. An image recording support material is produced by the above method. A method of recyling an image recording support material, based on the above method, is also conducted.

Abstract: At least two pivoting jets (55a, 55b, 55c) of cleaning liquid, each directed between two successive lines of tubes substantially perpendicular to the rows of tubes, are sent, in succession, from locations situated inside the bundle of the steam generator, into a space between two successive rows of tubes so as to sweep the tube plate between a central part vertically in line with the space between the two rows of tubes and two outer parts situated at the periphery of the bundle and along the length of the space between the rows of tubes. The flow rate of cleaning liquid is at least equal to 20 l/min, per jet. The invention applies in particular to the cleaning of the tube plate of a steam generator of a pressurized-water nuclear reactor.

Abstract: A foot (12) for attachment to a bottom end of a leg (18) of a walker or other ambulatory aid. The foot includes a tubular collar (24) with a central passage (26) that receives the leg. A ski-shaped base (28) projects from the bottom of the collar, generally orthogonally relative to the central axis of the collar. The base extends further in the forward direction to form an extended ramp-angle tip section (30). A frustoconical bottom ground engaging surface (34) of the base slopes upwardly from a central lower-most area (60) of the base towards the left and right sides and towards the front and rear ends of the base. The outer perimeter edge (36) of the base is thus raised relative to the lower-most area of the base, particularly at the extended tip section. The foot also includes an internal expansion bolt assembly (46) to secure the foot onto the bottom of the leg.

Abstract: A vapor recovery fuel system includes a fuel tank having at least one vent opening defined therein. A fuel vapor canister is in communication with the vent opening to receive and filter fuel vapors from the tank. A refueling control valve is configured in the vent opening and has a first inlet orifice and an outlet in communication with the vapor trap. The control valve includes a variably buoyant first float body extending into an interior of the fuel tank which rises over a predetermined range of movement in response to increasing fuel level. The control valve includes a second float body engaged by the first float body over at least a portion of its range of movement. The first float body has a buoyancy during refueling so as to rise with increasing fuel level to engage and move the second float body into a sealing position to seal the inlet orifice from the outlet at a predetermined height of fuel within the tank.

Abstract: A pressure relief valve for a fluid pressure system having a pressure vent. A body is aligned with and in fluid communication with the pressure vent, the body terminating in a cylindrical portion having a circular opening. A bonnet is in axial alignment with the circular opening and a central shaft extends axially within the bonnet. The bonnet is stationary with respect to the body. A shroud, spaced from and entirely surrounding the bonnet, is axially aligned with the bonnet to allow unobstructed fluid flow in a space parallel to the central shaft between the bonnet and the shroud. The shroud is free-standing except for a radially extending flange attachable to the body. A spindle head disk extends radially from the shaft and has a circular edge seatable in the circular opening of the lip.

Abstract: A flow priority valve receives input fluid flow and divides the fluid flow between a primary device and a secondary device. The valve comprises a valve body have a bore formed therein, the bore having first and second ends and first and second annular channels formed in communication with the bore. The valve body further includes an input flow channel formed in communication with the bore for receiving the input fluid flow. A spool is movable within the bore and has a first land and a second land adjacent opposing ends of the spool. A spring is positioned within the bore for biasing the spool towards the first end of the bore. An electronically variable orifice (EVO) for electronically adjusting flow includes an EVO input portion in fluid communication with both the first annular channel and the first end of the bore, and an EVO output portion in fluid communication with both the second end of the bore and the primary device. The second annular channel is in fluid communication with the secondary device.

Abstract: A sidepocket gas lift mandrel assembly for installation in coiled tubing for providing gas lift to oil and gas wells is disclosed. The mandrel assembly includes inwardly projecting members offset from the centerline of the internal diameter of the housing which is adapted to receive wireline retrievable valves and latches. The gas lift mandrel housing is adapted to be connected to coiled tubing and may be of various geometric configurations for allowing the gas lift mandrel to be run into the well with coiled tubing. Conventional kickover tools are modified to include helical grooves that engage inwardly projecting camming and orienting surfaces of the mandrel assembly to orient, position and stabilize the tools while installing or retrieving wireline retrievable valve and latch assemblies.

Abstract: An improved gas ventilation apparatus for a fuel tank by which it is possible to more effectively ventilate a volatile gas from the interior of the fuel tank and preventing a leakage of the fuel through a discharge pipe even when the discharge pipe is damaged, which includes a housing arranged in an inner portion of an upper panel of a fuel tank, a gas discharge unit arranged in the interior of the housing, the upper portion of which is engaged to the upper portion of the fuel tank, and being operable in accordance with the pressure of the fuel gas generated in the fuel tank through an inlet hole formed in the lower portion of a discharge body, and a discharge pipe communicating with one side of the housing and passing through a lateral surface of the fuel tank through the interior of the fuel tank in order for the fuel gas to be discharged through the gas discharge unit.

Abstract: A flood control device 200 which measures the volume of fluid delivered in a continuous steady flow to a house or building and which shuts off the fluid flow if a preset maximum limit is reached, indicating overly high consumption due to a leak, break or open faucet in the plumbing of the house or building.

Abstract: The invention is to a method and apparatus that provide a removable container that functions both as a filtration unit and as a removable and transportable container for transferring fuel from a Filtration Fuel Technology (FFT) process to a fuel receiving facility.

Abstract: A pressure relief valve for a packaging container has a flexible valve member that is fastened with parallel edge zones thereby covering a hole in the package wall. In order to protect the packaging container equipped with the pressure relief valve against theft, an alarm triggering device is integrated into the pressure relief valve. The alarm triggering device has the shape of a strip that is glued to the valve membrane on one of its fastening edge zones.

Abstract: An 2-position/3-way solenoid valve for an anti-lock brake system utilizing a modulator block as a component of the valve is disclosed. A valve housing is provided with only a first port, one of three pathways formed in the modulator block is communicated with the first port, and the others thereof serve as second and third ports. One end of the valve housing is closed by a cover, and an inlet nozzle is fitted at the other end thereof with a push rod inserted in a nozzle hole of the inlet nozzle. The push rod is fixed to an armature included within a first chamber which is defined by the inlet nozzle and the cover. The first chamber is communicated with the first port. A spool is integrally formed to the push rod and is positioned in a second chamber, which is defined by the inlet nozzle and an outlet nozzle mounted on the third port of the modulator block, to close one of the inlet and outlet nozzles. A method for fabricating the valve is also disclosed.

Abstract: A spool valve includes a shaft having plural small diameter portions formed at intervals along the shaft on a circumferential surface of the shaft. The small diameter portions have linear outer surfaces extending substantially parallel to an axis of the shaft. A collar to be mounted to the shaft has a substantially central hole defining an inner diameter of the collar and through which the shaft is passable for mounting the collar to the shaft. The collar has a length shorter than a length of the small diameter portions of the shaft, and a linear inner surface extending substantially parallel to the axis of the shaft and the linear outer surfaces of the small diameter portions. A pair of circular convex portions are integrally formed on outer circumferential faces of a corresponding one of the small diameter portions.

Abstract: A check valve normally blocks fluid flow from a bore to a passage and includes a spring normally holding a ball in sealing engagement with a valve seat to form a primary metal-to-metal hard seal. Another spring normally holds a poppet in engagement with another valve seat causing an annular protuberance formed on the poppet to sealingly engage a resilient seal to provide a more positive secondary soft seat seal. The poppet is unseated from the valve seat by a stem of a piston prior to the ball being unseated from the valve seat by a guide stem of the poppet so that the soft seal is opened at essentially zero flow conditions.

Abstract: A cable termination system for heavy duty cables having a threaded metallic or plastic shield includes only two members; a termination body and a termination nut, the former having internal threads mating with an internal thread shield of the cable and the latter having rounded internal threads mating with rounded external threads of the termination to clamp at least the outer braids of the cable between the external threads of the termination and the internal threads of the termination nut. The termination body is screwed onto the shield and provides an annular pocket to receive the end of the shield to protect the wires of the cable from burrs and sharp edges at the end of the shield. The internal threads of the termination have a different pitch from those of its external threads whereby the threads bind the termination nut and prevent it from becoming unscrewed from the cable.

Abstract: A multi-section reed for a pneumatic loom includes at least two partial reeds or reed sections that are arranged spaced apart from one another, and a respective reed filler member arranged in the gap between the two reed sections. A substantially continuous or through-going weft insertion air channel is formed by individual air channel sections that are respectively provided in the individual reed sections and reed filler member and that are substantially aligned with each other. In a transition region between a first air channel section and a second consecutive or following air channel section, an inlet end of the second air channel section is enlarged or widened in a funnel-shaped or tapering configuration relative to the cross-sectional dimension of the remainder of the weft insertion air channel, and particularly the outlet end of the first air channel section.

Abstract: A shed forming device for selecting a shed forming apparatus with the assistance of piezoelectric bending elements in a weaving and/or knitting machine of the jacquard type intended for weaving and knitting patterns. The shed forming device includes complementary ascending and descending hooks and complementary ascending and descending blades adapted to cooperate and mutually hook and unhook. Each of the piezoelectric bending elements has a U-shaped clip at a free extremity thereof having one arm (17) that is adapted to slide over a corresponding one of the hooks. Each of the complementary hooks is attached to an elastic bending spring part which can slide up and down along a groove under the action of one of the ascending blades in order to raise a tackle and also a harness cord.

Abstract: A coil spring assembly machine for lacing coil springs together to form a coil spring assembly, which machine includes clamping jaws for clamping together portions of adjacent rows of coil springs in at least one of a top and bottom plane of the coil spring assembly, which clamping jaws include dies which cooperate with the end portions of the rows of coil springs to define a helical travel path for helical lacing wires as those lacing wires are moved through the helical travel path. The machine further includes a lacing wire forming and application mechanism for alternatively and selectively supplying lacing wires having two different physical characteristics to that helical travel path.

Abstract: A cleaning box for a liquid food product filling apparatus includes a mounting member from which the plurality of filling tubes depend, and a hollow, shroud-like elliptical cylindrical body extending from the mounting member. The cleaning box is configured to, in part, shroud the filling tubes. The elliptical cylindrical body has a longitudinal axis, and is mounted to the mounting member so as to define an elliptical juncture therebetween. The elliptical cylindrical body terminates at about a free end of the filling tubes so as to define an opening. The opening is formed at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis so as to define a circular end profile. The opening is further formed such that the filling tubes are visually perceptible from a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a vehicle having a vapor recovery system having a fuel dispenser configured to deliver fuel to a fuel tank of a vehicle, a vapor recovery system operatively associated with the fuel dispenser having a vapor path for removing fuel vapor expelled from the fuel tank of the vehicle during a fueling operation, and a hydrocarbon vapor sensor associated with the vapor path for sensing the fuel vapors in the vapor path, wherein when the vapor sensor does not sense fuel vapor during the fueling operation, the fuel dispenser determines the vehicle contains an onboard vapor recovery system. Once a vehicle having an onboard vapor recovery system is detected, the vapor recovery system is either shut off or adjusted during the fueling operation to minimize fugitive emissions.

Abstract: A horizontal oil filter discharge control tool is a vessel with an open end, configured to suspend wedged between a loosened oil filter and filter mounting fixture, while a filter drains. The vessel may have two open ends, creating a funnel, or it may have an open end and a closed end. The rim of an open end may be concave in at least one plane. A concavity of one plane is designed to recieve filter diameters within a given set of parameters, while additional concavities may be provided to recieve filter diameters within a different given set of parameters. Blades extending along the interior surface on one surface in each plane and beyond the rim of the vessel, provide a structure from which the vessel is suspended. In operation, the vessel is held beneath a filter prior to rotating and loosening the filter. On rotating the filter, the blades of the vessel are slid between the filter and its' fixture. The filter is then hand tightened, wedging the vessel, by the blades. The filter is left to drain.

Abstract: A contamination-free freight and storing system for containerized bulk goods adapted to the freight and storage of granular or powdered goods, comprises an improved container satisfying ISO standard, an unloading tank with a top opening, a lifting device within the unloading tank, a suction filter device and a container freight device. The bottom board of the container comprises two separate bottom panels, which are placed above the top opening of the unloading tank while unloading, and are activated by the lifting device and elevated inwardly to expose the two sides of the base of the container so that the granular goods inside the container can slide into the unloading tank. The powder formed from the material seepage can be drawn and filtered by the suction filter device and then released into the atmosphere.