Abstract: A small-sized rotational vibration testing apparatus having a wide band of measuring frequencies and capable of directly driving a rotary table (1) to oscillate or vibrate in a rotational direction under the action of torque generated by a vibration applying mechanism. The rotary table (1) is rotatably mounted on a base (2), and a plurality of coil frames (14) each having a coil (13) attached thereto are mounted on a flange (1c) of the rotary table (1) at an equal circumferential pitch or interval about its axis of rotation. A plurality of magnetic circuits (12) are fixedly secured to the base (2) in such a manner that the center of each coil (13) is positioned at the center of an associated magnetic circuit (12).

Abstract: In a flowmeter for measuring fluid flow, fluid passes through a primary element (20) in which the pressure on respective sides of the restriction (2a) acts on respective sides of the diaphragm (11) mounted in a diaphragm housing (3). The diaphragm, in turn, acts on a measuring element (17) provided with strain gauges (27) connected to a measuring bridge (5). The signals from the measuring bridge (5) can be used to indicate the flow through the orifice plate, for example, on an indicating instrument (7), or otherwise to record changes in the flow or control the flow to a desired value by means of a control system.

Abstract: A wet-to-wet differential pressure sensing device including: a housing including first and second pressure receiving ports; a doubly stopped pressure sensor secured within the housing between the first and second ports; a first isolation diaphragm secured within the housing between the first port and the sensor; a second isolation diaphragm secured within the housing between the second port and the sensor; a first filling tube for introducing oil into a first cavity formed between the first diaphragm and the housing; and, a second filling tube for introducing oil into a second cavity formed between the second diaphragm and the housing; wherein the first and second filling tubes are accessible through a side wall of the housing being interposed between the first and second ports and the sensor and header are secured within the housing such that they are offset with respect to a center of the first diaphragm.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an air pressure sensor is disclosed. A plurality of sensor circuitry modules are formed on a first side of a silicon wafer. A plurality of cavities on a second side of the silicon wafer are formed. Each of the plurality of cavities is aligned with one of the plurality of sensor circuitry modules. A glass wafer is attached to the second side of the silicon wafer. The silicon wafer and the glass wafer are cut such that a single sensor circuitry module is separated from the other sensor circuitry modules and a portion of the glass wafer remains attached to the sensor circuitry module so that the cavity opposite the sensor circuitry module is enclosed by the portion of the glass wafer to form a reference pressure chamber therebetween. The sensor circuitry module is flexibly mounted to an interior surface of a sensor housing. The sensor circuitry module is electrically connected to external conductive connectors.

Abstract: A differential and absolute transducer are secured to a Pyrex glass header by means of a glass metal frit or other suitable interface. One of the sensors measures absolute pressure and the sensor is a sealed cavity, while the other sensor is designed to measure differential pressure and the sensor is an aperture which permits the pressure media to reach both sides of the sensor. The header itself has a through hole connected to a tube over which the differential sensor is affixed. The Pyrex glass is chosen to match the coefficient expansion of the sensors. The header in turn is attached to the tubular member provided with a fitting such that static pressure can be applied to both sensors simultaneously. At the other end of the tubular member, there is provided another fitting attached to the tube in the header through which the total pressure can be applied to the differential sensor, thus permitting the measurement of the difference between the total pressure and the static pressure.

Abstract: A pressure indicator according to the present invention monitors the pressure of the fluid in a vessel. One embodiment of the present invention comprises a closed pressurized gas volume behind a dimpled metal diaphragm. In normal operation, the force of the fluid pressure acting on the external surface of the diaphragm overcomes the force of the gas pressure acting on the internal surface of the diaphragm to hold the diaphragm in a concave geometry. In the event of a sufficient loss of fluid pressure, the force of the gas pressure acting on the internal surface of the diaphragm will overcome the force of the fluid pressure acting on the external surface of the diaphragm, thereby moving the diaphragm into a convex geometry. A viewing window disposed in the side of the vessel can be used to view the pressure indicator and determine the shape of the indicator diaphragm.

Abstract: The present invention is generally related to high pressure cells used for high pressure and spectroscopic studies. More particularly, the present invention is directed to the use of moissanite in a high pressure cell or a high pressure press as the anvil and/or gasket material. Additionally, the invention relates to the methods of applying pressure to a sample in a high pressure cell and the method for applying pressure to multiple samples in a high pressure cell.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring and measuring the load in a sailboat's rigging components. A rigging component such as a turnbuckle is modified to incorporate a sensing element, such as a strain gage. Strain gages are bonded and wired into a measuring circuit. The strain gage measures the strain under a load and generates an electrical signal that is directly proportional to the tension load. The load is then monitored and/or displayed using standard data acquisition equipment. The strain gage also identifies loose rigging such as may happen with shrouds which are subject to sudden high loading with movement of the boat and allows the operator to tighten that shroud or other piece of rigging.

Abstract: A differential flow plate insertable into a flow path including a flow interrupter extending about an outer periphery of the flow path forming a constricted flow opening and a temperature sensor channel disposed proximate to the flow interrupter.

Abstract: A method of generating, for an aircraft, a total air temperature compensated for recovery or deicing heater error includes measuring a total air temperature with a total air temperature probe. A local angle of attack for the total air temperature probe is determined. Then, a corrected total air temperature, compensated for recovery or deicing heater error, is generated as a function of the measured total air temperature and the determined local angle of attack for the total air temperature probe.

Abstract: A transducer sensor array for measuring forces or pressures exerted on a surface includes a lattice of individual force or pressure sensor transducer elements comprising intersecting regions of pairs of elongated, flexible threads, each consisting of a central electrically conductive wire core covered by a layer of piezoresistive material having an electrical resistivity which varies inversely with pressure exerted on the material. The threads are arranged into two parallel planar sets, one set forming parallel spaced apart rows and the other set forming parallel spaced apart columns angled with respect to the rows. Row and column piezoresistive threads are retained in physical contact with one another at cross-over intersection points forming a lattice of piezoresistive junctions comprising individual force sensing elements, either by being bonded between a pair of thin, flexible, upper and lower laminating sheets, or by being interwoven to form a fabric mesh.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for measuring a load of a hoisting apparatus, where electricity is used as the driving force and a squirrel cage motor as the hoisting motor for moving a load attached to a hoisting member of the hoisting apparatus substantially in the vertical direction. The method and arrangement are employed to determine air gap torque of the hoisting motor, which describes the load of the hoisting apparatus, utilizing magnetization flux of the hoisting motor determined on the basis of the current, supply voltage and stator winding resistance of the hoisting motor. The value of the air gap torque is compared with an air gap torque curve determined for the hoisting apparatus at known reference loads to determine the load that corresponds to the air gap torque in question.

Abstract: A orifice plate used in an impactor that has a large number of very small openings therein is made of a thin material, and has a plurality of projections that extend outwardly from one surface thereof. The orifice plate is mounted adjacent a plate surface, and the projections serve to support the orifice plate spaced from the surface when the orifice plate deflects under differential pressures.

Abstract: A bailer having multiple check valves to minimize leakage of sample fluid from the bailer. A primary check valve assembly including a ball and a seat are disposed at a lower end of the bailer. At least one auxiliary check valve assembly is positioned above the primary check valve assembly. When a first auxiliary check valve closes, the hydrostatic pressure applied to the primary check valve is reduced significantly and leakage through the primary check valve is reduced. When a second auxiliary check valve closes, the hydrostatic pressure applied to the first auxiliary check valve is reduced and the same benefits are obtained for the first auxiliary check valve. Particulate matter is collected in an annular trough formed in the primary check valve assembly and in pockets that form a part of each auxiliary check valve assembly.

Abstract: A pressure-retaining disk receives a plurality of sensors, the disk of the pressure-retaining disk having a plurality of sensor-receiving bores for receiving the sensors. These bores are connected by a passage. The disk is part of an apparatus that sealingly closes an entry or opening to a pressure vessel. The apparatus or sensor assembly allows for passing a plurality of sensors at least partially into the vessel through the opening in the vessel. The apparatus includes means for mounting the disk to the vessel, such means can include a tubular body through which the sensors pass. The pressure-retaining disk is connected to one end of the mounting means such that pressure of the vessel is retained. The sensors pass through the bores in the pressure-retaining disk and the bores or opening in the mounting means.

Abstract: A sensor probe assembly. The sensor probe assembly includes a sensor probe body having a probe head and an elongated cylindrical probe shaft for housing a sensing element. An adapter attaches the probe body to a sensor location while allowing the sensor probe body to rotate with respect to the adapter. In the preferred embodiment, at least one resilient seal is located between the probe head and the adapter to prevent entry of dirt, oil and grease.

Abstract: A gear train apparatus including a gear and a cone disposed in contact with the gear. The cone includes a plurality of conic teeth, between which are a first plurality of spaces, and a plurality of scaling teeth, between which are a second plurality of spaces. The conic teeth are arranged about the cone to form a plurality of conic rings, which disposed about a plurality of nascention circles. The rings are dimensioned to mate with the teeth of the gear such that the conic teeth neutralize a change in surface speed of the cone along the conic teeth. The scaling teeth form at least one acceleration channel and at least one deceleration channel extending from each of the conic rings and intercepting an adjacent conic ring, with each acceleration channel and the deceleration channel being disposed along a nascention offset line between nascention circles of adjacent conic rings.

Abstract: A conveying device in which a conveying arm assembly can be quickly set in a conveying position and can be rapidly stabilized in the conveying position includes a conveying arm assembly, a fixed shaft, at least one set of hollow operating shafts which are necessary for controlling an operation of the conveying arm assembly, and a motor provided between the fixed shaft and each of the operating shafts. The one set of operating shafts are attached to the fixed shaft such that they can be rotated coaxially with respect to the fixed shaft outside fixed shaft and are arranged in an axial direction of the fixed shaft. The conveying arm assembly is attached to an end portion of the operating shaft close to the ended of the fixed shaft. The motor comprises a stator provided on the fixed shaft and a rotor provided on each of the operating shafts such that it is opposed to the stator on an outer peripheral side of the stator.

Abstract: A robot having a plurality of interconnected sections is disclosed. Each of the sections includes components which are moveable relative to components of an adjacent section. A plurality of electric motors are operably connected to at least two of said relatively moveable components to effect relative movement. A fitted, removable protective covering surrounds the sections to protect the robot.

Abstract: A quick change chain ring arrangement for use on a bicycle crank assembly includes a chain ring adapter that is connected to and rotates with the crank assembly about the crank assembly rotational axis. A removable chain ring support removably engages with the chain ring adapter. The chain ring support has a minimum inside opening formed into the chain ring support that is larger than the maximum cross sectional area perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the crank arms thereby allowing the chain ring support to be installed onto and removed from the crank assembly without requiring the removal of the crank arms or pedals from the crank assembly and without requiring the removal of the crank assembly from the bicycle frame.

Abstract: A clipless pedal system for bicycles is disclosed. A preferred structure includes a pedal platform and two cleat retainers. The cleat retainers have hooked ends and are held against opposite sides of the pedal platform. A resilient loop encircles the pedal platform, holding the cleat retainers against the pedal platform. The ends of the cleat retainers may pivot away from the pedal platform by elastic deformation of the loop, allowing insertion of a cleat attached to a cycling shoe.

Abstract: A quick connect and disconnect mechanism for releasably engaging a cyclist's shoe with a bike pedal having a slotted retainer secured to the pedal and an insert secured to the sole of the cyclist's shoe. The insert or key is insertably introduced through an open end of the slot to engage the retainer. A wedge and dove-tail arrangement prevents separation of the insert or key from the retainer in a direction normal to the pedal. A resilient detent construction yieldably or releasably holds the insert or key in the slot of the retainer and permits only lateral separation. A guide or alignment arrangement is employed to conduct the insert or key into the slot via the open end thereof.

Abstract: A driving system for an industrial truck, comprising: a combustion engine; a two-branch gear transmission the input of which is coupled to the shaft of the combustion engine and the outputs of which are coupled to a primary shaft and a secondary shaft which are at a fixed speed ratio to each other; an adjustable transmission in the course of the secondary shaft; a gear assembly the inputs of which are coupled to the primary and secondary shafts; a change-over transmission the input of which is coupled to the output of the gear assembly and the output of which is coupled to the driven shaft of the driving system.

Abstract: A drill bit for use in drilling operations in a wellbore, the drill bit having a bit body including a plurality of bit legs, each supporting a rolling cone cutter; a coupling member formed at an upper portion of the bit body; at least one temperature sensor for monitoring at least one temperature condition of the improved drill bit during drilling operations; and at least one temperature sensor cavity formed in the bit body and adapted for receiving, carrying, and locating the at least one temperature sensor in a particular position relative to the bit body which is empirically determined to optimize temperature sensor discrimination.

Abstract: A powered wrench includes a chain that is driven by a fluid motor. The chain engages a workpiece and rotates that workpiece in response to operation of the fluid motor. The fluid motor can be located spaced from the handle of the wrench or in the handle of the wrench. An extension can also be included to extend the reach of the wrench.

Abstract: A torque wrench assembly system comprising a housing, a transfer shaft positioned in the housing, a first drive gear arrangement coupled to the transfer shaft; at least a second drive gear arrangement slidably coupled to the transfer shaft; a first drive shaft coupled to the first drive gear arrangement and having an end extending from the housing; a second drive shaft coupled to the second drive gear arrangement and having an end extending from the housing; a torque generating device that is coupleable to the transfer shaft, to the first drive gear arrangement and/or the first drive shaft; wherein the distance between the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft is slidably adjustable by the slidability of the at least second drive gear arrangement along the transfer shaft; and wherein the coupling of the first drive gear arrangement and the at least second drive gear arrangement via the transfer shaft provides that the first and second drive shafts can provide an at least essentially equal torque.

Abstract: A ratchet structure of a screwdriver includes a seat body disposed on a handle, a ratchet mechanism and an outer collar. The seat body has a stop wall projecting therefrom. The stop wall defines a central receiving space and an opening. The seat body has a projecting post at the opening to divide the opening into a left split and a right split. A stem is fitted in the receiving space. The ratchet mechanism includes a left dog and a right dog respectively disposed at the left and right splits. The post is formed with a left and a right projecting section. The middle sections of the left and right dogs are formed with left and right notches in which the left and right projecting sections are respectively cooperatively inlaid. The left and right dogs swing about the projecting sections to disengage from the toothed section of the stem.

Abstract: A ratchet wrench includes a wrench body and a switch member that is operatively coupled to a gear engaging member so as to be accessible from an exterior of the wrench body. A spring applies a biasing force to the gear engaging member such that the gear engaging member having one or more engaging teeth engages with gear teeth of a torque receiving gear in intermeshed relation. A mounting element mounts the gear engaging member to the switch element. The gear engaging member is pivotally mounted to the mounting element. The pivotal mounting of the gear engaging member enables the gear engaging member to pivot relative to the mounting element as the gear engaging member moves between a first ratcheting position and a second ratcheting position thereof. Also provided is switch securing structure for securing the switch during operation of the ratchet wrench and a method of making the ratchet wrench.

Abstract: A screw holder and torquing tool having a one-piece body with a cavity for receiving a screw in a sturdy and stable condition. The screw can be applied in stabilizing bone, and the tool can apply sufficient torque though it is of a relatively small overall size. Tangs or fingers are flexible on the tool and they flex toward and away from the cavity and they hold the screw in the tool until the screw is embedded into bone or other host object.

Abstract: A locking assembly for a toolholder to releasably secure the toolholder with a tool support member.

Abstract: A tool for machining workpieces by removing material, the tool can be coupled to a tool holder. A storage chamber provided in the tool and/or in the tool holder accommodates a lubricant and/or coolant. A slide is displaceably introduced into the chamber. An actuator provided with the switching unit and can be coupled to the slide to move the slide to expel lubricant and/or coolant from the chamber.

Abstract: A peeling machine through which a rod workpiece is moved along a main axis has an upstream guide and a downstream guide centering the workpiece on the axis and axially flanking a rotary scraper engaging the workpiece. The upstream guide has a plurality of supports angularly spaced about the axis and respective holders displaceable in the supports along respective holder axes extending radially of the axis and having respective centering elements engaging the workpiece radially of the main axis. Respective biasing units braced between the holders and the supports elastically press the elements against the workpiece radially of the main axis Respective brake elements in the supports engage radially of the holder axes against the holders and are pressed radially of the holder axes against the holders so as to rub on the holders and damp vibration in the workpiece.

Abstract: A cutting frame for holding an object to be sliced into two pieces. The object, such as a bagel, has a bottom surface, a peripheral edge, and a top surface. The cutting frame has a base which holds a support stem, which in turn holds a ring shaped guide member. The guide member has a knife blade guide slot extending through it to guide a knife downwardly through the guide member and through a bagel or other object held in the guide member. The process of using the cutting frame includes holding a bagel against a closed side of the compartment formed within the guide member so that the user's fingers press the bagel against the closed surface of the compartment. A knife is then placed in the knife blade guide slot and drawn back and forth downwardly through the bagel to form an accurate slice parallel to the bottom of the bagel. The guide blade knife slot extends completely through the guide member so that the bagel is always cut into two separate pieces.

Abstract: The vice device includes a vice holder 24 composed of two side parts connected together at a given angle and, in these two side parts of the vice holder 24, there are respectively formed two holes 24a, 24b which extend at right angles to their associated side parts. By selectively switching these holes 24a, 24b over to each other, the pressing direction of a vice plate 26 can be changed.

Abstract: A throat plate insert for a table saw is provided having a scale on the upper side thereof adjacent the region of the elongated slot for the circular saw blade. The scale provides an indication of the height of a specified diameter saw blade corresponding to the chordal length of a segment of saw blade protruding through the elongate slot.

Abstract: A drive system for driving the workpiece-retaining carriage of a food slicing machine, including a drive pulley rotatably driven by a servomotor in alternating, opposite directions. Opposite ends of a drive belt extend around the drive pulley through a gap between two idle pulleys. The drive belt seats against the idle pulleys and the opposite ends extend in opposite directions on the opposite side of the gap. The upper drive belt end extends over the curved surface of a support panel to gripping engagement of a tensioning pulley and clamp. The lower drive belt end extends over the curved surface of the support panel to gripping engagement of a second tensioning pulley and clamp. The support panel is mounted on a drive member that is, at its opposite end, rotatably mounted to a pivot, and rigidly mounted to the workpiece-retaining carriage.

Abstract: A protrusion on the side of the saw tooth rubs against the newly cut kerf surface as the tooth cuts. Pressure, friction and friction-generated heat are produced through this rubbing action. The confluence of this pressure, friction, and heat, performs a polishing action against the newly cut kerf surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for recycling energetic materials. Energetic materials are intruded into a reaction chamber through a plurality of nozzles positioned at angles on an end plate of a reaction chamber to introduce the energetic materials into the reaction chamber in a cyclonic manner. The energetic materials are combusted in the reaction chamber, and the heat associated with the reaction/combustion is transferred for creating usable power, such as electricity.

Abstract: A convertible multipurpose missile launcher includes a launch rail structure on the launcher body with a first-missile launch rail on the bottom side of the launcher body extending in a longitudinal direction. The first-missile launch rail is dimensioned for a first missile. A second-missile launch rail is positioned on the bottom side of the launcher body and extends in the longitudinal direction. The second-missile launch rail is dimensioned for a second missile different from the first missile. The second-missile launch rail includes a stationary second-missile forward launch rail segment, and a movable second-missile aft launch rail segment. The movable second-missile aft launch rail segment is slidable on the launcher body, and preferably on the first-missile launch rail, between a forward position and an aft position and may be locked in these positions.

Abstract: A countermass assembly is axially and radially restrained while within a vessel and is dispersible into its component parts upon being ejected from the vessel into an open environment. A plurality of groups arranged axially adjacent one another to form a stack. Each group is formed from a plurality of rings arranged in a nested interengagement. Each ring is an individual ring that is in a non-binding relationship with adjacent rings. The non-binding relationship allows each ring to be separable as such from its associated group when the stack is ejected from the vessel into the open environment.

Abstract: A gun having a wedge-type breech block and a barrel seated in a cradle for firing electrically-ignitable cartridges containing electronic components, and an ignition contact (4) for connection to an external current source, and a signal contact (5) for connecting the electronic components to an external electronic control device are disposed on the cartridge base (3). To ensure reliable ignition of the cartridge, and transmission of data from the cartridge, an axially displaceable ignition and signal-transmission unit (8) is provided in the breech block, and includes a housing (11) having two parallel, axial guides (12, 13), and two spring-loaded, needle-shaped contact devices (16, 17) arranged to be displaced inside the respective guides such that, in the extended position of the unit (8), the first contact device (16) is pressed against the cartridge ignition contact (4) and the second contact device (17) is pressed against the cartridge signal contact (5).

Abstract: A hydraulic lifting device provides a lifting of the massive objects, having a complex geometric form and includes a support plate rigidly connected to the plungers coupled with the body carrying a main plunger, comprising a main rod and a main hydraulic fluid cavity, a main, auxiliary and central hydraulic fluid channels, a main valve and valve, and wherein each plunger comprises a road and hydraulic cavity.

Abstract: In this invention, an idea is adopted in which the pressure at a forward portion and a backward portion of valve device is steppingly dropped twice. The valve device of the present invention includes, on the axis of a spool 600, a first valve 710 located nearer an inlet port and a second valve 720 located nearer an outlet port. A throttling area made by the second valve 720 is larger than a throttling area made by the first valve 710. For example, of all the pressure difference equal to 120 kg/cm2 or more reauired at the forward and backward portions of the valve device, a portion in the range where the problem of an occurrence of a foreign noise is not encountered (for example, a portion ranging from 100 to 120 kg/cm2) is undertaken by the first valve 710, and the remaining portion ranging from 20 to 30 kg/cm2 is undertaken by the second valve 720.

Abstract: A swashplate type compressor having a swashplate coated with a tin-cobalt alloy is provided. The alloy comprises between about 12 and 28 weight % cobalt, with the balance substantially comprising tin. The swashplate may further include an intermediate layer of about 100 weight % tin underneath the tin-cobalt alloy layer. Methods of coating a swashplate with the coatings according to the present invention are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cylinder block which can reduce the vibrations and noises produced from the engine at high temperatures and has a light weight, as well as a method of making such a cylinder block. Specifically, the cylinder block of the present invention comprises a main body (5, 21) of the cylinder block, a bearing (11, 17) attached to the underside of the main body (5, 21), and a crankshaft supported rotatably in a bearing section (13, 25) formed by the underside of the main body (5, 21) and the bearing (11, 17). In this cylinder block, an aluminum alloy layer (33) is formed in the sliding portion of the bearing section (13, 25), the region adjacent to the aluminum alloy layer (33) consists of a composite material (35), and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the composite material (35) is lower than that of the aluminum alloy layer (33) formed in the sliding portion.

Abstract: A twin brewer system (30) with a pair of brewers (30A, 30B) each with a controller (158) for controlling the application of electrical power to a hot water heater, disables the application of electrical power to the heater (154) of one brewer (30A, 30B) in response to actuation of a start brew switch of the one brewer (30A, 30B) while electrical power is being applied to the heater (154) of the other brewer (30A, 30B). The controllers also respond to a hot water quantity sensor (164, 168) and a responsive delay circuit for disabling dispensing of hot water in response to actuation of the brew start switch (50) until a sufficient quantity of hot water is in a hot water dispenser tank (152) needed for the brew cycle. Indication lamps indicate when the brew cycle is being delayed and when brewing is not being performed. Actuation of a single emergency stop switch (138) stops hot water dispensing of both brewers (30A, 30B).

Abstract: A device for brewing beverages, in particular hot beverages, such as coffee and tea, comprises a filter unit, a brewing housing which interacts with the filter unit, can move up and down with respect to the filter unit and has an at least partially open base, a collection chamber which is in communication with the filter unit and has a closable outlet for discharging the prepared beverage, feeder for feeding starting materials for the beverage which is to be prepared and water to the brewing housing, and a control device for controlling the various components and functions of the device in a coordinated manner. According to the invention, the control device is designed in such a manner that the brewing housing can make a stroke downwards in order to clear the residue from the brewing housing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to toasting devices for toasting food which automatically control the degree browning of food toasted within them. The present invention particularly relates to such toasters that use a sensor to sense some quality of the food being toasted.

Abstract: A toaster oven includes a modular storage compartment. The sidewalls of the storage compartment are vertically aligned with the sidewalls of the toaster oven. The respective sidewalls of the toaster oven and the storage compartment are connected to each other for securing the modular storage compartment to the toaster oven. The front wall of the storage compartment is movable relative to the sidewalls to provide access to the interior of the compartment.

Abstract: A protein-containing composition is provided which is produced by the steps of: coagulating a protein-containing material; emulsifying the protein-containing material; continuously heating the protein-containing material to a predetermined temperature and maintaining that temperature for a period of time sufficient to sterilize the protein-containing material; continuously cooling the protein-containing material; and aseptically packaging the protein containing material. The resulting product is a high quality, highly palatable, and highly digestible protein source which can be shipped without special accommodations regardless of temperature.