Abstract: A motor vehicle interdiction device with an elastic bladder inserted by hand or fired as an infrared seeking missile into an automobile exhaust pipe and inflated with a compressed gas cartridge.

Abstract: A small, lightweight, portable cooking stove that utilizes alcohol as fuel and is suitable for backpacking, hunting, camping and similar activities. The cooking stove includes a combustion chamber which encloses, contains and regulates the entire combustion process. The stove also includes an efficient fuel vaporizer, which is adapted to perform in unison with the combustion chamber, to effect the metered and efficient mixing of the air and fuel vapor. An integral, simple and convenient means is provided to vary the intensity and pattern of the heat output, thereby controlling the cooking performance of the stove. The stove achieves high heat output and efficiency, low fuel consumption, and superior cooking performance in a small, lightweight, portable, convenient, simple and integrated assembly.

Abstract: A nozzle assembly for use in atomizing and generating sprays from a fluid. The nozzle assembly includes two members, each with generally planar surfaces, that are joined together. A first set of channels is formed in the generally planar surface of a first one of the members to form, in cooperation with the generally planar surface of the second of the members, a plurality of filter passageways. A plenum chamber is formed in the first member. The plenum chamber is in fluid communication with and downstream of the plurality of filter passageways. A second set of channels is formed in the generally planar surface of the first member to form, in cooperation with the generally planar surface of the second member, a plurality of nozzle outlet passageways. These nozzle outlet passageways are in fluid communication with the plenum chamber.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling and guiding gas flow in atomizers, in breathing and rebreathing regions of a respiratory appliance. A first embodiment comprises a bypass device; and a said second embodiment comprises a valve which is timed by the respiratory appliance, such that the dead space is not filled with aerosol. Both embodiments provide for an application of aerosol only in the inspiration phase, reduction of the applied medication quantity by reducing the atomization of the dead space, reduction of the side effects of the medications, and sufficient moisturizing of the airways.

Abstract: An inhaler comprises a pump 17, a drug dosing device 15 and a cyclone 1 which delivers an aerosol of powdered medicament from the drug dosing device 15 into a chamber 11 when the pump 17 is activated. The aerosol is inhaled by the user through a mouthpiece 13.

Abstract: The invention provides an improved ventilation method and method for controlling a ventilator apparatus in accordance with same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of controlling a ventilator apparatus comprising the steps of placing a ventilator in a mode capable of adjusting airway pressure (P) and time (T), monitoring expiratory gas flow, analyzing the expiratory gas flow over time (T) to establish an expiratory gas flow pattern, and setting and/or adjusting a low time (T2) based on the expiratory gas flow pattern. Alternatively, the present invention relates to a method of controlling a ventilator apparatus comprising the steps of placing a ventilator in a mode capable of adjusting airway pressure (P) and time (T), and setting a low airway pressure (P2) of substantially zero cmH2O.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for detecting disordered breathing in a patient and, in particular, to a method and apparatus for detecting patient snoring and/or for dynamically determining a snore detection threshold, and to a pressure support system and method of providing pressure support that uses this unique snore detection and/or snore detection dynamic adjustment technique to control the pressure provided to at patient.

Abstract: A noninvasive system for monitoring the oxygen saturation level of a person subjected to reduced atmospheric pressure for avoiding hypoxemia. The system monitors a person's oxygen saturation level, comparing the saturation level to a predetermined level. When the measured saturation level is less than the predetermined level, the person is then supplied with an oxygen mixture for increasing the subject's oxygen saturation level to a safe level. The person's exposed reduced atmospheric pressure is also compared with a predetermined range of pressure levels. If this predetermined range of pressure levels is exceeded or maintained for a predetermined time duration, the person is then supplied with an oxygen mixture. Additionally, a device is provided for performing oxygen flight planning calculations for estimating oxygen usage for a predetermined flight plan that is based on the above system.

Abstract: A method and system for the application of molecular sieves to the removal of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide from the patient expired gases during anesthesia. The system is especially useful in anesthesia using any of the halogenated ether inhalation anesthetic agents. The expired gases are dried using a non-reactive desiccant to remove water, passed through a filter capable of removing particles larger than 0.3 microns, passed through a bed containing either natural or synthetic molecular sieves capable of removing carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and then returned to the breathing circuit for recirculation to the patient.

Abstract: Carbon dioxide indicator for receiving gas containing carbon dioxide and for providing a visible indication of the presence of carbon dioxide in the gas, the indicator includes a connector for removably connecting the indicator to a source of gas containing carbon dioxide and which connector is for communicating at least a portion of such gas to the indicator. The carbon dioxide indicator may be a disk indicator and the connector may be a male luer or a locking male luer. The carbon dioxide indicator may include removable ultraviolet radiation shielding permitting the carbon dioxide indicator to be preassembled to a patient's respiratory or breathing circuits or to a resuscitator.

Abstract: A system for applying hair extensions to natural hair growing on the scalp of an individual comprises flared cylindrical tubes, a threading hook and a crimping tool. The threading tool is used to feed scalp hair through the flared tube. The hair extension is then inserted into the flared end or the tube and the tube is crushed flat trapping the threaded scalp hair and hair extension within the crushed structure. The removal of the hair extension is facilitated by use of a removal tool designed to open the crimped flared tube.

Abstract: An improved pot and pan washing machine is provided including a low suction intake manifold and a partition for capturing a substantial portion of the wash action of the washing machine within a segregated area. The intake manifold of the instant invention includes a plurality of voids having a void concentration that increases as the distance from the source of suction (such as a pump or intake inlet) increases. The partition (or divider) of the instant invention can be removed and repositioned within the wash tank through the use of channels along the walls of the wash tank that receive the partition.

Abstract: The invention related a dishwasher provided in a substantially horizontal section of a wash fluid conduit with a section of continuously increasing flow cross section to form a measuring zone of quieted wash fluid flow to separate foam and air bubbles from the fluid whose suspended contaminant particles are to be measured by a turbidimeter.

Abstract: A sanitation system for a refrigerated fixture having an air curtain. This sanitation includes a spray manifold positioned in a case tank of the refrigerated fixture. A reservoir is provided which is adapted to contain disinfectant. A pump is provided to pump disinfectant from the reservoir through the spray manifold, whereby disinfectant is sprayed into the case tank. A controller is connected to the pump and adapted to control the frequency and duration of the spray through the spray manifold.

Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring a cleaning process for a medical device includes a cleaning chamber for receiving and cleaning the instrument with a cleaning liquid, a receiving well within the cleaning chamber, a removable soil standard receivable within the receiving well whereby to be exposed to the cleaning process within the cleaning chamber; and a soil detector coupled to the cleaning chamber and adapted to provide an indication of the amount of the soil on the soil standard while the soil standard is received within the receiving well.

Abstract: A method for controlling Listeria in floor drains wherein an aqueous solution composed of a chlorinated caustic material which is soft metal compatible is introduced into a drain where Listeria is present. In a preferred manner, the aqueous solution is introduced into the drain employing a hose end dispensing device having a foam producing nozzle. The resulting aqueous solution has a sufficient viscosity to remain in the drain for about 30 seconds to 10 minutes.

Abstract: One embodiment of a beach umbrella comprises a telescopic shank and a folding radial frame including ribs each including a first segment, a second segment, and a hinge pivotably interconnecting the segments, and spreaders each having one end pivotably connected to the first segment and the other end pivotably connected to a ring on the shank. The segments are substantially parallel in response to folding the hinges. The shank includes an upper support tube, a lower sliding tube adapted to slide in the support tube, and a rotatable locking device fixedly provided on a top of the sliding tube. The sliding tube is adapted to manually raise or lower to a plurality of vertical positions relative to the support tube, and the sliding tube is adapted to be locked in a selected one of the vertical positions.

Abstract: A preassembled, collapsible tree stand hunting blind which folds into a compact package, utilizing coilable steel frame members which may be collapsed. The enclosure is adapted to be attached to the trunk of the tree and to an associated platform, such as a hunter's tree stand. The enclosure is provided with camouflage elements to render the user relatively invisible to game in the surrounding environment.

Abstract: A system for measuring a mixture ratio associated with a two-part fluid, at least one of the two parts including conductive particles. The system includes a pair of electrodes, a circuit, and an output. The electrodes are disposed on opposite sides of the two-part fluid and sense the dielectric strength of the fluid. The circuit communicates with the electrodes to sense the dielectric strength and outputs a signal representing the dielectric strength. Preferably, the circuit includes a capacitive bridge, an input for a set-point, and an output for an error signal. Also, the system can include a housing for the electrodes. A timer may also be provided to measure the time elapsed from the beginning of the mixing of the two-part fluid. Preferably, the two-part fluid is an adhesive with aluminum particles that is made from a resin and a hardener. Methods of producing two-part fluids are also provided.

Abstract: A normally-closed electromagnetic valve has a body member having a receiving space, a fixed core, a valve seat, a moving core, a resilient member urging the moving core toward the valve seat, a valve element and a coil exciting the fixed core to produce an attracting force between the fixed core and the moving core, wherein the moving core has a through hole, the valve element is inserted into the through hole from the valve seat-side, at least a part of the resilient member is inserted into the through hole from the fixed core-side and the resilient member is compressed between a moving core-side end of the fixed core and a fixed core-side end of the valve seat.

Abstract: A shock switch main has a main member, a resting device and a return device. The main member has a chamber therein, a first passageway communicated to the chamber, a resting portion at a bottom of the chamber, an aperture on the resting portion, a vertical chamber communicated with the aperture and a second passageway communicated with the vertical chamber. The closing device is rested on the resting portion adapted to drop into the aperture. A return assembly is provided in the vertical chamber, which is moved to move the closing device back to the resting portion from the aperture.

Abstract: A fitting for connection to a pipe includes a sleeve, in which a body is axially displaced along a sleeve axis, whereby the body has a drill for drilling into the pipe and/or a valve body of a valve. The fitting also includes a branch sleeve, located in particular on the sleeve and to which a branch line can be connected. The fitting is easily constructed in such a way that safety requirements are reliably met and such that a connection to a branch line can be easily established if necessary. According to another aspect of the fitting, a locking device which includes an actuating element is located in the branch sleeve, in such a way that the locking device is actuated by means of the axially displaceable body in the sleeve.

Abstract: An automatic flow rate control valve, includes a tubular body, defining a flow path between inlet apertures having a gradually variable cross-sectional area and a fluid outlet at one end; a flow control piston is axially movable within the tubular body, under opposite actions of the fluid pressure and a biasing spring, to choke the fluid inlet apertures, while maintaining a constant flow rate. The control piston is in the form of a first cup-shaped element sliding on a second cup-shaped element to define a hydraulic damping chamber, communicating with the flow path.

Abstract: A hydraulic fluid reservoir and hydraulic pump combination has at least one hydraulic fluid port and includes a container with a hollow body having a top and a conduit having a bottom within the container and a top above the bottom. The conduit has an opening adjacent to the bottom of the conduit. The opening is spaced apart below the top of the container. A closure member is releasably, sealingly connected to the top of the conduit. Hydraulic fluid can be added to the container via the conduit up to the level of the opening of the conduit. Addition of further hydraulic fluid fills the conduit to the top thereof and the conduit overflows if additional hydraulic fluid is added after the top of the conduit is reached by the fluid. Preferably the container has a main interior chamber and a smaller chamber which is adjacent to one of the side walls of the container. The smaller chamber is has a bottom opening near the bottom of the smaller chamber which communicates with the main interior chamber.

Abstract: A balanced valve for controlling the flow of fluids in conduits, the valve comprising: (a) a casing formed of sidewalls and a casing top and bottom, defining an interior; (b) a fluid inlet in a sidewall of the casing and a fluid outlet in an opposite sidewall of said casing; (c) four similar inner walls positioned in square configuration within the interior and configured to define together with a chamber top and bottom, an enclosed central chamber, each wall having a fluid port of similar size; (d) a fluid channel within the interior of the casing, commencing at the fluid inlet and branching to provide equal flows of fluid to fluid ports in opposite inner walls and a fluid channel extending from the fluid outlet and extending within the interior, branching to provide equal flows of fluid to the fluid ports of a different pair of opposite inner walls; (e) a frame linearly movable within said central chamber between an open and a closed position; and (f) four gates supported in square configuration on said fra

Abstract: A filling device for a writing instrument has a reservoir positioned in a housing (for a refillable liquid. A wick-like section of a writing tip exposed on one end of the housing projects into this reservoir. A filling spout for the liquid is able to be attached to the other end of the housing. A movable dosing cap is provided on the filling spout in order to expose at least one filling opening for supplying the liquid before reaching an end position of the dosing cap.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and apparatus for containing aircraft fuel. According to some embodiments the apparatus includes a structural connector comprising an open shape, a first surface and a second surface, a seal defining a suction area disposed in the first surface, and a boot extending from the structural connector. The boot may comprise a lateral opening. The boot includes first and second ends, such that the first end of the boot may be attached to the structural connector and the second end may be spaced from the structural member. According to some embodiments the second end comprises a center offset laterally from the center of the structural connector.

Abstract: A fuel-discharge protection system is provided herein to prevent electrostatic hazard when a tank truck is discharging fuel into a reservoir. This invention mainly contains an oil-valve switch device, a driving device, and an electrostatic detection and control device. The fuel is discharged from the tank truck into the reservoir through the oil-valve switch device. The electrostatic detection and control device monitors the ground resistance and the electrostatic voltage of the tank truck during the entire process of fuel discharge. The electrostatic detection and control device, by controlling the driving device, opens the valve of the oil-valve switch device to allow fuel discharged into the reservoir only when the ground resistance and the electrostatic voltage of the tank truck are within respective safety ranges.

Abstract: A resilient foodstuff bag opener is disclosed, wherein the resilient bag opener is forcibly bent or bowed for easily entering a pliable food stuff bag, and upon relaxation of the bending forces, the bag opener resiliently deforms from its bent configuration to thereby open the food stuff bag in a manner that allows a food stuff residing on a food support surface of the bag opener to flow into the food stuff bag. The food support surface of the bag opener may be also used for processing foods such as cutting, dicing, washing, straining, etc. depending on the embodiment used. An inclined support may be optionally provided for maintaining the bag opener in a “hands-free” inclined position so that a food stuff provided on the food support surface can flow into the food stuff bag without a user having to hold the bag opener.

Abstract: A filler neck closure unit includes a frangible portion that is configured to break along a fracture line when an outer portion of the closure unit is hit by a strong blow. The closure unit includes an inner portion that remains coupled to a filler neck to block discharge of liquid fuel and fuel vapor from the filler neck and an outer portion that takes the blow and separates from the inner portion at the fracture line.

Abstract: A transformable purse system that includes a base, multiple purse covers, multiple handle options, and alternatively multiple decorative clip options. The covers wrap around the purse base such that the ends of the base are left exposed and the end of the cover forms a lid. The decorative clips may be attached at the point where the lid fastens to the purse. The covers may be attached with hook-and-loop fasteners such that they are easily interchangeable without removing the contents of the purse. The straps may similarly be attached using hook-and-loop fasteners and rest in grooves in the base ends, and may be further secured in place using rods at the top of the base ends.

Abstract: Winter tire for vehicle wheels, provided with a tread comprising three circumferential grooves and a plurality of transverse grooves which jointly delimit four circumferential rows of blocks, namely two axially outer shoulder rows and two center rows at the sides of the equatorial plane. The transverse grooves converge on the equatorial plane in the direction of rolling specified for the tire. In the tread, each transverse groove of the center rows is made to comprise a widening of the cross section with an essentially circular profile, formed at a distance from the ends, for trapping snow. To obtain quieter running on dry roads, the front transverse edge profiles of the adjacent blocks of the center rows are made to comprise at least two successive curvilinear portions. These curvilinear portions are shaped in different ways and with opposite curvatures to each other, to form means of attenuating the noise arising from the impact of the tread pattern on dry roads when the tire is rolling.

Abstract: A tire chain assembly includes a chain body having a first side provided with a first snapping member and a second snapping member detachably engaged with the first snapping member and a second side provided with a snapping hole and a rotation locking mechanism detachably locked on the snapping hole. The rotation locking mechanism includes a connecting plate, a snapping member, and a locking hook. Thus, the chain body is directly enclosed around the tire of a car without needing aid of a jack and without having to move the car, so that the tire chain assembly is mounted on the tire easily, thereby facilitating a user operating the tire chain assembly.

Abstract: A process for production and apparatus for production of an adhesive wafer which produce a wafer with an adhesive coated well over the entire back surface using a die attach film, wherein the wafer is placed on a table having substantially the same planar shape as the planar shape of the wafer and the entire back surface is heated, the die attach film is pressed against the back surface, and the separation film is peeled off from the wafer in the state with the adhesive heated through the wafer.

Abstract: A system for raising and lowering a sectional overhead door between an open position and a closed position including, a counterbalance system adapted to be connected to the door, an operator motor assembly mounted proximate to the sectional overhead door in the closed position of the sectional overhead door, at least a portion of the operator motor assembly movable between a door operating position and a door locking position, and a locking assembly (370) having an engaged position to hold the motor assembly in the operating position and a disengaged position to release the motor assembly allowing it to move to the door locking position. The system may be provided with a remote light assembly having a switchable light source in sensing communication with the operator motor such that operation of the motor activates the light source.

Abstract: A friction device for rolling up curtains and the like includes a tubular roller (1), on which a curtain (1a) is wound. The roller (1) is rotatably carried by a support (10) and a threaded stem (2) is situated axially inside the roller (1) and carries, mounted thereon by a screw coupling, an operative body (3), likewise situated inside the roller (1). The operative body (3) translates axially with respect to the threaded stem (2) during motion of the curtain (1a) from a rolled up configuration (A) to a unrolled configuration (B). Elastic blocks (41, 51) push on the operating body (3) to produce a friction effect on the operating body and transmitted to roller (1) during curtain (1a) transition between the unrolled and rolled up configurations, thus allowing operation of the curtain in a substantially balanced way during rolling up and/or unrolling. Stop nuts (40, 50) are fastened to the threaded stem (2) for compressing the elastic blocks against surfaces of the operating body (3).

Abstract: A diecast machine comprises: a sleeve extending in the vertical direction; a plunger moving upward in the vertical direction inside the sleeve; a mold disposed above an upper side of the sleeve; a case member constituted of a nonconductive member, which covers at least a lower end of the sleeve and forms a closed space including the lower end of the sleeve; a communicating pipe connecting the inside of the closed space to the outside of the closed space; and high-frequency induction coil configured to heat metal material disposed on the plunger from the outside of the case member and melt the metal material.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for enhanced gravity casting wherein a portion of the mold is maintained in pressure contact with molten metal as it solidifies to allow the mold surface to follow the contraction of the solidifying metal. A further feature of the invention is the use of an air clearance between mold parts that is sufficient to allow air to escape but insufficient to allow molten metal to flow therepast.

Abstract: A twin roll casting machine that can reduce an amount of inert gas to be fed for prevention of oxidization. The machine includes an enclosure enclosing a strip in a range from chilled rolls to pinch rolls, a first swing wall within the enclosure and having a tip end movable toward and away from a surface of the strip, a sealing roll rotatably supported by the tip end of the first swing wall, a second swing wall within the enclosure and having a tip end movable toward and away from the other surface of the strip, a sealing roll rotatably supported by the tip end of the second swing wall, sealing members between peripheral edges of the swing walls and an inner surface of the enclosure, and conduits for supplying inert gas into the enclosure. The respective swing walls are swung to bring the sealing rolls close to the strip to thereby suppress flow of the inert gas from a first space to a second space.

Abstract: A method to recover wax from wax patterns used in investment casting using a lost wax technique without damaging incorporated ceramic cores is disclosed that includes subjecting the wax pattern to specific conditions. These conditions include chilling a casting tool including the wax pattern and ceramic cores such that a brittle transition temperature for the wax material is approached. Once chilled the wax pattern is subjected to brittle fracture release of the wax from the underlying ceramic cores without damage to those cores.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a blade of a turbomachine using the lost-wax moulding technique, where the blade includes a first central longitudinal cavity and at least one second longitudinal cavity together forming a cooling circuit and communicating with each other at one longitudinal end via a transverse channel. The process includes manufacturing first and second cores corresponding to the cavities, where the two cores each have an end portion, by which they are connected together by an assembly of the mortise and tenon type. The assembly of the two cores is then positioned in a shell mould and the metal poured into the mould.

Abstract: A heat dissipating device includes multiple self-aligning, interconnecting fins linked together. Each self-aligning, interconnecting fin has a first side edge, a second side edge, an inside surface, an outside surface, multiple alignment arms, and multiple outer connecting tabs. The alignment arms perpendicularly extend respectively from the first side edge and the second side edge and have distal ends and multiple inclined edges. The inclined edges press respectively against inclined edges of corresponding alignment arms on an adjacent fin. Then the outer connecting tabs are bent inward against the inside surface of the adjacent fin to hold the fins together securely.

Abstract: A heat transfer device including a sealed container, a base layer, formed on the bottom face of the container, and a wick is provided. The wick has a plurality of projections protruding upward from the base layer. A fluid is encapsulated in the container. The heat transfer device further includes a guide unit arranged on an inner face of the container, which guides the liquid to the wick.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner has an IR sensor that detects a temperature of air inside a vehicle compartment. The IR sensor is disposed on an instrument panel so that the sensor is disposed above switches and a face blowout port on the instrument panel. Accordingly, a detecting range of the IR sensor is prevented from interfering by hands of a driver or an occupant even when the switches are operated by the driver. Thus, the air conditioner is capable of stable air conditioning.

Abstract: In an air conditioner for a vehicle having first and second air conditioning zones positioned at right and left sides of a front seat in a vehicle compartment and third and fourth air conditioning zones positioned at right and left sides of a rear seat in the vehicle compartment, the air conditioner includes calculating means for calculating each of target blowing-out temperatures of air blown out to the first to fourth air conditioning zones in accordance with environmental conditions and desirable temperatures of the first to fourth air conditioning zones. In the air conditioner, the calculating means corrects an influence from the other air conditioning zones by using a selected desirable temperature in the desirable temperatures of the first to fourth air conditioning zones, while calculating the individual target blowing-out temperatures of the first to fourth air conditioning zones.

Abstract: A heat exchanger extracts heat from a two-phase fluid coolant so that the coolant changes from a vapor state to a liquid state. Two valves have respective inlets which communicate with the coolant in the heat exchanger, and which are physically spaced from each other. Valve control structure responds to the presence of liquid at the inlet to either valve by opening that valve, so that the liquid coolant flows through the valve to a discharge section. A different feature involves a housing with a heat exchanger therein, the heat exchanger having a plurality of coolant conduits that are axially spaced. A flow of air travels axially within the housing, then flows transversely past the conduits to the other side thereof, and then resumes flowing axially on the other side of the conduits.

Abstract: A system and method of damping fluid pressure waves in a subterranean well. In a described embodiment, pressure waves are damped by positioning a dampener in the well during a perforating operation. The dampener may attenuate the pressure waves by absorbing the pressure waves, flowing the pressure waves through viscously damping material, generating complementary pressure waves, changing a material phase, or by a combination of these methods.

Abstract: An enhanced electrical power generating system. In a described embodiment, an electrical power generating system for use in a subterranean well includes a flow passage formed through a tubular string in the well, a flow region in communication with, and laterally offset relative to, the flow passage, an electrical power generator operative in response to flow of fluid through the flow region and multiple flow restrictors in the flow passage. The flow restrictors are operative to influence at least a portion of the fluid to flow from the flow passage through the flow region.

Abstract: A device for determining a location of an interface between a first fluid and second fluid includes a non-mechanical sensor that measures a selected parameter of interest relating to the fluid surrounding the sensor (“the surrounding fluid”) and a processor for processing the sensor measurements. The non-mechanical sensor measures a parameter relating to the surround fluid without physically co-acting with the surrounding fluid. Exemplary parameters such as thermal properties, electrical properties, fluid properties, and magnetic properties can be measured. The processor is programmed to process the sensor measurements to identify one or more characteristics in the measurements that can indicate the nature of the fluid being measured and thereby determine the location of the interface. The determined location can be used to operate a downhole device such as a pump, to provide real-time monitoring of well conditions, to record data for long-term reservoir characterization, or to actuate an alarm.

Abstract: A device and method for retrieving a tool string from downhole locations through the use of one or more engagement sensors. The one or more engagement sensors are activated by the tool string engaging an overshot device. The one or more engagement sensor may be mechanical, electric, or magnetic and may be located at various locations on the overshot device, the tool string, or both. Additionally, any number of engagement sensors may be used at the same time.