Abstract: A distributorless ignition system is provided which includes an ignition coil for firing a pair of first and second spark plugs at the same time. The ignition system includes a changeover switch which, when assuming one operating position, causes the first spark plug to produce negative polarity spark and the second spark plug to produce positive polarity spark and, when assuming another operating position, causes the first spark plug to produce positive polarity spark and the second spark plug to produce negative polarity spark. The operating position of changeover switch is changed every time the number of sparks produced by each of the first and second spark plugs becomes two. By this, the number of negative polarity sparks and the number of positive polarity sparks produced by each of the first and second spark plugs on compression stroke at its corresponding cylinder over a long period of time are the same.

Abstract: A gaseous-fueled reciprocating internal combustion engine includes a carburetor having a throttle valve that is controlled by a speed governor. A proportional fuel control valve is disposed intermediate a fuel supply and the carburetor, and is controlled by an air fuel computing device. The computing device generates a control signal to adjust the fuel control valve based on a governor sensed variable indicative of engine speed, sensed engine torque, a governor output signal from the governor indicative of an opening position of the throttle valve wherein 100% corresponds to a wide open throttle position, and 0% corresponds to a closed position, and a lean combustion control map containing predetermined set point values stored in memory.

Abstract: An estimated value of the amount of fuel which is metered into a cylinder per working cycle is calculated. An estimated value of the indicated torque of the internal combustion engine is calculated as a function of the estimated value of the amount of fuel. An emergency operating mode of the internal combustion engine is actuated if the estimated value and a setpoint value of the indicated torque fulfill a predefined condition.

Abstract: A paintball gun trigger is disclosed. The trigger includes an upper finger gripping portion adapted to be gripped by an upper finger without surrounding the upper finger, and a lower finger gripping portion adapted to be gripped by a lower finger while surrounding the lower finger. Preferably, the upper finger gripping portion is an arcuate lever adapted to receive an index finger and the lower finger gripping portion is a ring adapted to receive a middle finger. In this manner, the index finger can actuate the trigger in a first horizontal direction to fire the gun and move in a second horizontal direction opposite to the first horizontal direction without engaging the trigger, and the middle finger can actuate the trigger in the first horizontal direction to fire the gun and engage the trigger when moved in the second horizontal direction.

Abstract: A barbecue (10) comprising a number of components which can be readily assembled and disassembled without the need for fixing agents, including support structures (12, 14) comprising one or more structural components (22, 24, 26, 28) which can be fitted together by interengageable elements (30, 32), the structures (12, 14) supporting holding means (42) for holding a barbecue tray (16). The structural components (22, 24, 26, 28) are also suitable for the construction of walls and the like.

Abstract: An adjustable depth grid assembly for a barbecue grid. The assembly includes a grid body which has a plurality of grid cross wires whereby the grid cross wires provide support for food, as well as optionally cooking briquettes, lava rocks, and/or other flavor enhancers, resting thereon. The grid body includes at least one bracket. The grid assembly also includes an outrigger which has a plurality of outrigger cross wires whereby the outrigger cross wire provide support for food resting thereon. The outrigger has at least one locator wire wherein the locator wire is slidably received in the bracket so that the depth of the grid assembly is adjustable.

Abstract: A portable grill easily carried as components, which may be stacked as generally flat parts, to be carried in a compact container, and may be easily assembled without tools and used in various modes. Upper and lower reflectors which are flat rectangular parts when disassembled, are flexed and held in arcuate shapes upon assembly, to form the cooker lid and body, respectively, by rods that engage the edges of the reflectors and mount in holes in the legs. After use, the cooker may be disassembled and transported again. By installing, removing and substituting various parts, the cooking unit may be used as, for example, a grill, a baker, a boiler, a smoker, a steamer, a deep fryer and the like. Provision is made for propane as well as charcoal, wood and other consumable fuels.

Abstract: A collapsible cooking apparatus including a collapsible generally circular shaped hollow cooking enclosure that has containers in its interior for holding fuel during the cooking process. A collapsible structure is also included for suspending articles above or within the collapsible generally circular shaped hollow cooking enclosure for cooking or warming. This collapsible structure for suspending articles has a plurality of collapsible legs whose lower end portions are adapted to rest upon the ground or the like around the collapsible generally circular shaped hollow cooking enclosure when the collapsible cooking apparatus is assembled for cooking.

Abstract: A portable outdoor cooker is provided which includes a round, sheet-like heat transfer plate adapted for easy movement between operative and inoperative positions by a single person. The heat transfer plate has an upwardly facing convex cooking surface with a downwardly directed outer rim around the periphery. The convex cooking surface is smooth and continuous and has sufficient slope to cause any juices produced by cooking food to run off the outer rim. A drip pan is disposed under the outer rim to collect the juices. The portable outdoor cooker also includes a frame assembly with a stand, a suspension device and a shell. The frame assembly is configured to support and position the heat transfer plate, drip pan and burner in relation to one another. The shell includes open top and bottom ends and a sidewall. The sidewall surrounds and deflects wind from the burner. The heat transfer plate rests upon the suspension device and is thereby positioned over the burner in the operative position.

Abstract: An adjustable gas flow regulator device primarily for use in medical care, said device comprising a two-part body (8/25) having a high pressure gas inlet connector (1) and a gas outlet connector (16) mounted thereon. Mounted within the body is a conventional regulator comprising a piston (9) axially movable in a stepped bore (46/47). Mounted between the output of the regulator and the outer connector (16) is a flow selector device comprising a flow selecting member (13) rotatable by means of a knob (31). The flow selecting member (13) is formed with a plurality of radially extending bores (54) in the outer part of each of which is fitted a setting plug which may be externally adjustable by a tool (not shown).

Abstract: A safety valve for use in closed systems wherein there is a flow generator delivering oxygen or some other type of breathing gas to a patient. The safety valve of the present invention vents to the open atmosphere in the event that the breathing gas generated by the flow generator diminishes or terminates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an endotracheal intubation device that will allow visualization of the airway of a patient during intubation simultaneous with suctioning ability to remove debris in the airway. The endotracheal intubation device includes a light source disposed to shine proximal to the distal end of an endotracheal tube and means for connection to a suction source. The light source may be built into the endotracheal tube or may consist of a lighted sleeve encasing a suction trocar. The light source may be disposed to shine axially or radially from the proximal end to the distal end of an endotracheal tube and may be fiberoptic or chemiluminescent in nature. The shape of the endotracheal tube may be adjusted either by use of a malleable suction trocar made out of a malleable material such as aluminum or by inclusion of a malleable wire within the tube.

Abstract: An in-line phonation valve system including a valve body having first and second ends through which gas passes into and out of the valve body. The first end is connectable to a breathing tube connected to a patient's airway, for passage of gas between the breathing tube and the valve body. The second end of the valve body is connectable to a gas line. A diaphragm-valve assembly is provided which includes a one-way valve having a phonation position permitting gas to pass through said valve body toward said patient when said patient inhales. The one-way valve in the phonation position substantially prevents gas from passing through the valve body when the patient exhales. The diaphragm-valve assembly is movable out of the phonation position, so as to permit substantially free flow of gas through the valve body both toward and away from the patient when the patient respectively inhales and exhales.

Abstract: The pessary 22, which will alleviate the common female problems of stress incontinence and prolapse, includes an annular hollow body 24 and an air tube 26. The hollow body is ring shaped and is made deflatable. While the body 24 is being inserted into the vagina it is evacuated which diminishes its size and thereby reduces the discomfort associated with insertion. Once in place in the vagina, air is given free access to the hollow device 24 whereby elasticity of the device causes it to expand to its normal shape. When the device 24 is to be removed from the vagina the tube 26, which is preferable coiled and stowed at the center of the ring shaped device 24, is extracted and connected to the hollow needle of a syringe. When the syringe sucks out air, the hollow body 24 diminished in size, which reduces the discomfort associated with its removal.

Abstract: A pulse waveform is provided to at least one surface of an implantable device to protect it from corrosion from a corrosive fluid. The pulse waveform can be delivered through ether anodic or cathodic monophasic or asymetrical biphasic pulses using one electrode and an indiferent or sacrificial electrode. The electrode and the indiferent or sacrificial electrode are oriented such that a closed circuit between the two electrodes is completed through the corrosive fluid and the surface to be protected is within the completed circuit path.

Abstract: The invention produces osteoinductive bone using a controlled-flow apparatus. The apparatus allows for the controlled extraction of undesirable constituents from a body tissue. The invention provides for the demineralization of ground bone particles or pieces of cancellous or cortical bone which permits the controlled and reproducible demineralization of bone to produce bone which is maximally osteoinductive. It has been demonstrated that ground cadaveric bone which is demineralized to a residual calcium level approximating 2% by dry weight of bone is optimally osteoinductive as assayed using in vivo and in vitro assays of osteoinductivity. The controlled-flow apparatus includes one or more solution containers which supply solutions to be pumped into one or more vessels filled with tissue samples to be extracted. Solvent outflowing from the vessels can be monitored for pH, calcium ion concentration or conductivity as a basis for determining when extraction is complete.

Abstract: A non-pneumatic tourniquet for use in treating deep vein thrombosis including: a band, the band having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end and said second end have structure for adjustably connecting to one another; and an adjustable disc, the disc made of substantially hard, non-compressable material and wherein said disc is adjustably connected to said band. A method of treating deep vein thrombosis is also disclosed in which the thrombus can not be easily treated using a catheter, i.e., actively lysed by flow-directed therapy.

Abstract: An elongated stick supports an interior end and an exterior end and is formed of a some what resilient but largely rigid material such as wood or plastic or the like. The interior end of the sticks supports a quantity of absorbent material formed in a shaped pad. A moisture-retaining package encloses the interior end of the stick and the absorbent pad to form a moisture-retaining pocket there about. A quantity of nail polish removing solvent such as acetone is absorbed and retained within the absorbent pad. A small quantity of excess solvent may also be enclosed within the moisture-retaining pocket.

Abstract: A hair styling comb includes a molded plastic or metal core member including a body part having first and second sets of integrally formed spaced apart comb teeth extending in directions substantially normal to each other. The first set of teeth extends from an elongated spine part of the body and a layer of a resilient friction material is molded over the body part to cover opposed planar surfaces of the body part and to extend within spaces between adjacent teeth of both sets. The overmolded layer provides surfaces between each tooth which are adherent to human hair to facilitate teasing, back combing or ratting hair during a styling procedure. The comb is conveniently mass produceable by molding the core member and then overmolding the resilient high friction coating or material layer.

Abstract: A hand operated self-contained machine made out of molded plastic for applying an image on a nail of a person's digit or a golf ball includes a base frame including side rails. An element is provided to establish a reference point. An image creating holder is integrally molded to the side rails. A wheel having projections holding a plate containing a plurality of images is supported on the holder and can be indexed to any one of a plurality of positions by the interaction of the projections and the holder. An image composed of an image defining coating material is created at one image position on the plate. A positioning member receives and adjustably positions a person's digit or object in an appropriate orientation relative to the reference point. A transfer member is mounted on the side rails and a manually operable drive member drives the transfer member in a continuous smooth movement. A method is provided wherein the support of the image plate is indexed to present a new image.

Abstract: An improved hair clip employs a pair of cooperating main members that are pivotally connected and biased into a hair engaging orientation. Each of the main members is contoured and includes a first end spaced apart from a second end by a middle portion. The first end of each main member acts as an articulation tab that allows an individual to apply leverage necessary to place the clip in a hair engaging orientation. A mirror is removably attached to the first end of the first main member, and a cosmetics case is removably attached to the first end of the second main member. Attachment sleeves are removably attached to the main member middle portions. Each storage sleeve may be capped for storage of loose items or may accept one of several interchangeable accessory tubes. An included alarm assembly advantageously indicates unwanted attempts to remove the device.

Abstract: A device for styling hair includes a flexible. relatively long body portion having a separating opening therein through which to receive a user's hair. This body portion has clasp portions extending from either end which can be closed into a corresponding clasp by the insertion of one portion in the other so as to prevent rotation of one with respect to the other, and to engage a detente arrangement therebetween. A suitable surface finish on a synthetic polymer material for the side members provides a desired coefficient of friction on that surface with respect to hair thereagainst. A styling enhancement may be provided as part of the hair styling device.

Abstract: A hair grip has two elongate one-piece jaws connected by a spring-loaded hinge and delimited by two respective first longitudinal edges, two respective other longitudinal edges. The respective other longitudinal edges each carry spaced curved penetrating teeth extending the jaw on the side opposite the first edges and concave sides of which face toward the teeth of the other jaw to penetrate the hair. These pluralities of penetrating teeth conjointly form a longitudinal succession of pairs of teeth of each respective plurality of teeth. The longitudinal succession of pairs of teeth includes at least one pair of bearing teeth whose end areas are disposed and oriented to rest on or slightly below the surface of the hair, and at least one pair of penetrating teeth offset from each other along said other longitudinal edges of the jaws and which can cross over to penetrate in the hair.

Abstract: A dental floss dispenser having the external appearance of an apple. In one embodiment, the dispenser consists of two simulated apple halves, hingedly connected to one another. In another embodiment, the dispenser consists of a simulated apple half hingedly connected to a vertical backing member such as a board or wall.

Abstract: A multi-step polishing process for producing dopant-striation-free semiconductor wafers. The process includes polishing a surface of the wafer using a sodium stabilized colloidal silica slurry, an amine accelerant, and an alkaline etchant, polishing the surface of the wafer using a sodium stabilized colloidal silica slurry and an alkaline etchant which is substantially free of amine accelerants, and polishing the surface of the wafer using an ammonia stabilized colloidal silica slurry and an alkaline etchant which is substantially free of amine accelerants.

Abstract: A sensor chamber is formed a side portion of a liquid supply inlet of a housing, a sound pressure sensor is mounted in the sensor chamber, ultrasonic waves from an ultrasonic vibrator provided in the housing are detected by the sound pressure sensor, and a defect of the ultrasonic vibrator is detected when the output of the sound pressure sensor becomes less than a predetermined value.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for washing and drying a piston and thereafter coating the piston skirt with a dry film lubricant coating and oven-curing said coating. In the washing and drying operation the piston is carried through the apparatus on a conveyor, is spun while wash solution is sprayed on it, is spun while rinse water is sprayed on it, is spun to throw off rinse water, and has air blown against it to remove moisture from its surface. A flash chamber is used in the curing step.

Abstract: A compact, self-contained skimming system for removing waste material from aqueous cleaning solutions used in parts washers. A single tank contains a sloped floor, two compartments separated by a baffle, and an opening between a bottom edge of the baffle and the floor. Waste liquid collects in the first stage compartment, where gravity initially separates water and coarse debris from the waste material containing oil and grease, some water, and fine debris. A partially immersed rotating skimmer further adsorbs the waste material. A waste collection system transfers the waste material to the second stage compartment, where gravity further separates the fine debris and additional water from the oil and grease. The oil and grease flow through a waste drainage system out of the second stage compartment. The fine debris and water flow along the downwardly sloping floor, through the opening at the bottom of the baffle back into the first stage compartment.

Abstract: The pump-connector has an elastic member that seals a connecting socket against a connecting piece that partly projects into the connecting socket. The elastic member is folded in between the connecting socket and the nozzle.

Abstract: A dishwasher having a cabinet and wash chambers in the form of drawers which slide in and out of the cabinet. Rigid and flexible closures are disclosed for sealing off the wash chambers when retracted into the cabinet. A detergent dispenser for the dishwasher is provided in one wall of a wash chamber in the wash water discharge path into the wash chamber so that detergent powder is flushed out of the dispenser and mixed with the wash water prior to the latter being discharged into the wash chamber. A wash programme for a dual wash chamber dishwasher is also disclosed which minimises total water consumption by transferring water from one chamber to the other.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing substrates is provided. The apparatus includes a receptacle for containing processing fluid, and at least one substrate support. Components of the receptacle and/or substrate support that come into contact with processing fluid have a protective layer. Guide or support members for the substrates are fused to the protective layer.

Abstract: A tent-like structure for a pop-up type camp trailer is disclosed. The tent-like structure includes an A-type frame which is attached to the top surface of the trailer and a cover which is received thereon. The side panels and the adjacent top panels of the cover are provided with a plastic window arrangement permitting light to enter the tent-like structure. The front panel of the tent-like structure is provided with flaps formed from screening material and joined together by a zipper permitting individuals to enter and leave the tent-like structure and also permitting air to circulate within same while preventing insects from entering same.

Abstract: Apparatus for delaying initiation of a successive flush cycle in a plumbing system utilizing a diaphragm flush valve having a relief valve assembly provided with a buoyant relief valve sleeve member that can rise in water trapped in the relief valve assembly to a position that prevents operative contact by the flush valve plunger pin.

Abstract: A valve arrangement is provided for connecting first and second conduits. The valve arrangement comprises a valve member mounted in a socket for movement between a first condition and a second condition. In the first condition, the valve member communicatively connects the first and second conduits. In the second condition, the valve member communicatively connects the first conduit to the interior of the socket. When the valve member is in the second condition, cleaning fluid can be passed along the first conduit to clean inside the socket.

Abstract: A distribution valve for a swimming pool cleaning system includes a housing with a high pressure fluid inlet disposed on a side of the housing, a plurality of outlet ports for connection to a plurality of return lines, respectively, a plurality of valves opening or closing the outlet ports from the interior, and an impeller-driven gear assembly to sequentially open and close each valve in response to rotation of the impeller. A cover unit is connected to the housing, and includes an impeller chamber connected to an underside portion of the cover unit, with the impeller disposed concentrically in the impeller chamber. The impeller includes a circular disk base that forms a bottom of the impeller chamber. A guide passage extends from an inlet window of the impeller chamber to guide a stream of water from the inlet into the inlet chamber against blades of the impeller causing it to rotate.

Abstract: A fuel gas supply for providing fuel gas to a gas burner, including a fuel gas cylinder having a top guard, a connector assembly installed in the fuel gas cylinder and surrounded by the top guard, the connector assembly having a gas inlet for guiding air into the fuel gas cylinder to mix with fuel oil in producing fuel gas, a gas outlet connected to the gas burner for guiding fuel gas out of the fuel gas cylinder to the gas burner, a first control valve for closing/opening the gas inlet, and a second control valve for closing/opening the gas outlet, and a pump mounted on the top guard and connected to the gas inlet through a transparent tube and controlled to pump air into the fuel gas cylinder, a plurality of check valves installed in the transparent tube to prevent reverse flow of fuel gas.

Abstract: A vacuum breaker having inlet port arrangements for accepting either a single input flow or multiple input flows, and adapted to vent multiple input flow substantially independently of one another, and further adapted for mounting within the open upper ends of waste standpipes of different diameters.

Abstract: A portable trough for water heaters for reducing the amount of time and effort taken to replace heating elements in water heaters. The portable trough for water heaters includes a container having side walls, a bottom wall which has a depressed back portion for retaining lime from the water heater, a front end wall, a back end, and an open top; and also includes a rubber seal member disposed at and covering the back end of the container; and further includes a hose attachment member disposed through the front end wall of the container and extending outwardly of the container and having a bore extending therethrough into the container and being adapted to connect to a water vacuum hose; and also includes a handle member securely attached to an exterior of the bottom wall of the container.

Abstract: A secondary valve unit is provided to interconnect a front/finish assembly and an existing wall outlet for supplying medical gases. The secondary valve unit includes a cylindrical body containing a secondary valve assembly to prevent gas leakage when the front unit that contains a primary valve is removed for services. The secondary valve unit is pre-assembled and threadedly connected to the wall outlet. The threaded connection is locked by an indexing plate which is attached to the wall and provides indexing connection with the front unit to avoid mistakenly connecting a wrong front unit for different gases. The secondary valve unit is especially used in renovations of medical gas systems in hospitals, and able to be installed to an existing wall outlet without breaking the wall so that the cost for renovations is significantly reduced. The connector assembly for gases using the secondary valve unit provides a great gas flow and achieves a more secure connection over a long period of time.

Abstract: Valve cartridge (10) includes a housing (32) having inlet member (54), outlet member (52) and screw thread (34). Cavity (36) extends axially through housing (32) within which is a piston (38) which moves axially against piston seal (44) to open and close tap (10). A flow chamber (40) is provided at the end of housing (32) and includes a first seal (42) for sealing against a valve seat (18) in the tap (10). Piston (38) can be moved axially by either a rotatable spindle (46) or, a solenoid (48) and push rod (50). Piston (38) is moved axially without any rotation. Coupling member (84) couples spindle (46) to piston (38) and rotates relative to the piston (38) and the spindle. When spindle (46) is turned a predetermined number of revolutions the coupling (84) causes piston (38) to abut piston seal (44), any further rotation of spindle (46) causes rotation of the coupling member (84) without effecting the axial position of piston (38).

Abstract: For operating pumps above the respective system resistance for all volume flows, for a spring-loaded, directly acting overflow valve for limiting the pressure in a system in which a liquid is lifted by a positive-displacement pump and flows through the system with varying rates of flow, the valve chamber (1) and the valve body (22) with the valve head (14) placed therein are constituted in such a way that the valve head, after lifting off from the valve seat (3), has a second active diameter which is bigger than the first active diameter, whereby the valve head (11) simultaneously releases, with increasing stroke of the valve body (22), an enlarging flowing-through cross section, whereby the valve body (22) is constituted in one part as a valve piston (11) sliding in the valve chamber (1) with a third active diameter which is bigger than the second active diameter so that the liquid flowing through the valve chamber (1), the valve being opened, produces a pressure difference which acts onto the valve piston (

Abstract: A pilot operated pressure relief valve is formed by a valve body having an inlet and outlet port forming a passageway therebetween. A centrally bored valve is slideably supported by the body for movement toward and away from the valve inlet. The valve body is provided with an axial extension projecting opposite the inlet port forming a pressure chamber receiving upstream fluid pressure through the valve which is sensed by a sensor and normally transfers fluid pressure through a pilot operated, normally closed three-way two-position valve, to the end of the valve opposite the seat to maintain pressure differential across the valve equalized. Excess pressure above a predetermined value in the pressure chamber shifts the manifold valve to unseat the valve and discharge fluid downstream through the outlet port and apertures and passageway in the valve head.

Abstract: The present invention provides adjustable flow control valves 10 for controlling flow of a fluid from a fluid supply. The valves of the present invention can accurately regulate a wide range of flow rates and require a relatively small amount of torque to adjust the flow rate of the valve during operation. The valves of the present invention include a flow control component 12 and a pressure control component 14. The adjustable flow control valves of the present invention are capable of accurately regulating a wide range of fluid flow rates. The valves of the present invention possess a very high turndown ratio, preferably up to about 200:1.

Abstract: A valve arrangement includes a variable aperture through which fluid may flow, a closure element adjustable to vary the size of the aperture, and a sensor unit which generates an output signal dependent on the aperture size. The sensor unit has a light detector disposed downstream of the aperture to detect light passed through the aperture and to generate the output signal dependent on the detection of the light. This signal is supplied to a visual display unit having indicators that are respectively activated to show if the valve is open or closed.

Abstract: A liquid distributor for column packings is provided for the supplying of a liquid medium which includes a material or a material mixture and which tends to the development of inhomogeneities, for example, as a result of a segregation or of a polymerization. The distributor comprises at least one submember with a row of output points for the liquid medium, with at least one of the output points assuming a last output position in the submember with respect to the flow direction of the medium. In the last output point or output points, a flow director is arranged in or at the submember through which a through-flow of the medium can be effected in regions at which a stagnation of the flow would be present without the flow director.

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a vent valve assembly in an aperture of a fuel tank comprising a valve assembly including a housing having a body portion and a flange coupled to the body portion and with a retainer block extending from the body portion spaced-apart from the flange and with a valve positioned to lie in the housing. A retainer is adapted to be coupled to an exterior surface of the fuel tank including a body portion defining a passageway being sized to receive the body portion of the housing therein and a seat formed integrally with the body portion of the retainer and extending into the passageway, so that the flange and the retainer block can cooperate with the seat to couple the valve assembly and retainer together.

Abstract: A gas flow control valve configured to facilitate back-to-back mounting with a second, similarly constructed valve. The gas valve includes a valve body defining an inlet port and an outlet port, the inlet and outlet ports being surrounded by seal forming O-rings of different diameters. Flanges surrounding the inlet and outlet ports are configured with distinct attachment features for accommodating bolts for securing one valve in series with another or with a pipe flange or other auxiliary device, the inlet flange having either a slot dimensioned to hold and prevent rotation of a bolt head or nut, or a clearance slot permitting use of a wrench, and the outlet flange having the other slot configuration.

Abstract: The faucet housing assembly comprises an escutcheon and an undercover plate. The undercover plate fits into the undersurface of the escutcheon forming a snap-fit engagement, there being no need for any fasteners between the undercover plate and the escutcheon. The escutcheon is secured onto a faucet with fasteners and the undercover plate is assembled into the undersurface of the escutcheon. The base section of the undercover plate includes an opening disposed on each side. A strut abuts the outside edge of each opening. Each strut engages one of a pair of mounting posts extending downward from the undersurface of the escutcheon. An arcuate lip extends from the center arched section of the undercover plate, the arcuate lip being positioned about a spout outlet. The arcuate lip forms an abutting engagement against a pair of rib members positioned about the aerator on the undersurface of the escutcheon, the rib members compressing the arcuate lip.

Abstract: A gas panel for use with a tool for manufacturing a semiconductor includes a one-piece manifold body having an inlet for receiving a process gas. The manifold body has at least one lateral wall extending in the general direction of gas flow. The lateral wall includes at least one active device site having an active device thereon. The active device is in gas communication with a gas carrying path formed within the one-piece manifold. The active device may be a manual valve, a pneumatic valve, a pressure regulator, a pressure transducer, a purifier, a filter or a flow controller. The gas is received from the active device at a continuation of the gas flow path in the manifold body and is conveyed to a manifold outlet for ultimate to the tool.

Abstract: A valve manifold device for mounting pressure fluid valves (2) on a surface comprising a valve interface (A—A) and including channels (7-7′,8) for supply and possibly return fluid, wherein channels are arranged for leading fluid to and from the valve interface and thereby the different valves, is distinguished in: that the manifold device (4) comprises a manifold interface (B—B) on a side separate from the valve interface (A—A), that each connecting channel for supply fluid includes a first portion (10,10′) between a channel (7) and the manifold interface and a second portion between the manifold interface (B—B) and the valve interface (A—A), and that a selectable modular body (5,5′,5″,30) is provided for connecting (12,32) said portions or to block (14,14′) the first portion and lead on the second portion, or to block both portions.