Abstract: An inflatable evacuation slide for an aircraft comprising upper and lower sliding regions interconnected by an intermediate sliding region and including a flexible sliding support surface. An inflatable support structure extends outwardly from the upper sliding region and formed by at least first and second support sections spaced from each other and extending in planes transverse to a plane of the sliding support surface. Each support section comprises an engaging member interposed between a connecting member and a supporting member. The connecting and supporting members are connected to the upper sliding region, so that the engaging members are substantially parallel to each other and spaced from the upper sliding region.

Abstract: A replaceable liner for installation in a material handling system where materials normally accumulate on an interior of a material handling apparatus, the liner characterized by being sufficiently large so that the liner is externally supported in a first normal direction when the liner is in a working condition, the liner characterized by being sufficiently strong so as to withstand without tearing a frictional sliding force produced by a material sliding along the liner even though the liner may be sufficiently weak so as not to be capable of supporting and confining the material therein; the liner having a first peripheral region for removably securing the liner in a working condition in a conveying apparatus with the liner further characterized by being sufficiently flexible so that the application of a force in a direction opposite to the normal direction liner causes the liner to flex and bend thereby dislodging any materials accumulated thereon.

Abstract: An eductor liner article comprising: a flexible and substantially cylindrically shaped sleeve member with upstream and downstream ends; and a flange collar member adjacent and perpendicularly attached at an internal edge or surface to the up stream end of the sleeve member, wherein the flange collar member anchors the liner in an eductor joint, and wherein the liner eliminates or substantially reduces the deposition and accumulation of particulate material contained in a process stream educing through an eductor member in the vicinity of the eductor joint.

Abstract: An adjustable spout for a grain elevator is made of a hollow tube connected to the spout of the elevator and a series of movable buckets hanging from the hollow tube. A frame extends in opposite directions from the tube and includes a number of pulleys at each end. A prime mover is connected to the movable spout for moving a set of cables which are connected to the bottom end of the movable buckets. The prime mover can be remotely controlled to move the adjustable spout back and forth.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tubular section which may be constructed from a sheet having a pair of opposed edges. The opposed edges are releasably connectable such that the section may be stored in a relatively flat configuration. The screw fasteners used to connect the edges together may be restrained from rotation using for example a stringer element appropriately stabilised relative to the fasteners.

Abstract: An improved apparatus for cleaning, distributing and aereating grain is mounted in a storage structure and includes a frustro-conical screen device secured symetrically to an imperforate funnel-shaped member. A fan assembly is secured to the funnel-shaped body and is provided with a conduit which extends to the exterior. An adjustable control spout permits uniform distribution of grain upon the screen device where the fine material passes through the apertures in the screen while the grain is discharged into the storage structure. After the cleaning and distribution of steps are completed, the apparatus will then be inverted to position the screen device in the concave crater of the grain pile while positioning the funnel shaped body and fan assembly uppermost. The fan assembly will be energized to aereate the grain and present damage due to mold or fungus.

Abstract: A raceway for guiding containers relative to a structure utilizing a yoke which is anchored to the structure. Elongated rods are each fastened in spaced relationship to the yoke structure by a clamp. The clamp includes a body portion with a slot for holding each of the rods while extending a portion of each of the rods beyond the body of the clamp.

Abstract: An improved apparatus for cleaning, distributing and aereating grain is mounted in a storage structure and includes a frustro-conical screen device secured symetrically to an imperforate funnel-shaped member. A fan assembly is secured to the funnel-shaped body and is provided with a conduit which extends to the exterior. An adjustable control spout permits uniform distribution of grain upon the screen device where the fine material passes through the apertures in the screen while the grain is discharged into the storage structure. After the cleaning and distribution of steps are completed, the apparatus will then be inverted to position the screen device in the concave crater of the grain pile while positioning the funnel shaped body and fan assembly uppermost. The fan assembly will be energized to aereate the grain and present damage due to mold or fungus.

Abstract: An aggregate particle shield for use as a wearliner or the like, in aggregate material transport devices such as line vibrating feeders, discharge chutes, or the like having a multiplicity of ceramic plugs upstanding in a polyurethane bed and arranged in a predetermined pattern. The ceramic plugs are interconnected, with every plug in each row of the predetermined pattern linked by a connecting wire, and present their upper surfaces for impact with the aggregate particles. The impact plugs may be formed in various shapes to resist becoming dislodged from the polyurethane bed.

Abstract: A chute is disclosed for passing articles such as laundry between floors or walls in a building. The chute has a tubular frame to be securely inserted in an opening in a planar partition, and a flexible tube attached to and hanging from the frame. The tubular frame has a peripheral wall defining an inlet in communication with one side of the planar partition and an outlet extending beyond the other side of the planar partition. A peripheral flange is outwardly directed from the peripheral wall adjacent to the inlet and is adapted to rest against one side of the planar partition. A gripping projection extends transversely from the peripheral wall and is spaced from the other side of the planar partition. The flexible tube is releasably attached to the gripping projection. A lid is movably connected to the frame to open and close the inlet.

Abstract: An emergency device is provided to enable a number of people to be transferred between two areas far apart from each other. The device includes a flat relatively stiff plate capable of being rolled up upon itself and susceptible of longitudinal and transverse deformations according to curvilinear profiles, and plate-deforming elements to change the plate from a flat configuration to an operational one including successive transversely oriented hollow portions. The deformation elements can be a waterproof fabric layer joined to the plate sides and provided with tubular ducts extending over the entire length of the plate. Under operating conditions, the plate is unrolled and the tubular ducts are inflated with pressurized fluid to deform the plate according to the successive hollow portions. The upper layer of the fabric can form an emergency slipway for a plurality of people and the lower hollow-shaped plate can provide a slipway for moving articles.

Abstract: An inexpensive home basketball shooting game apparatus comprising a basketball hoop for being releasably mounted atop a door, an elongated return net for extending from around and below the hoop area outwardly and downwardly to where its opposite end is constructed and arranged to be releasably mounted on the top of a chair back. The return net catches the basketball after it is shot and returns it to the shooter. A score-sensing unit is mounted beneath the hoop to sense when a basket is made and an electrical timer and score-keeping unti is releasably mountable at the chair to record, store and display information about the basketball shooting performance of a player or players. The apparatus cooperates with the door and chair to minimize the structure required and thus the cost.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for receiving of carbon black pellets for weighing prior to injection into an internal mixer which inhibits the accumulation of carbon black fines on the internal surfaces including a receiving and weighing hopper having walls formed of smooth flexible material which flexes upon loading and unloading from an equilibrium position to expel carbon black fines that tend to adhere on the wall surfaces of the hopper.

Abstract: The escape device of the present invention comprises an escape chute having an outer and an inner tube, the outer tube consisting of heat resistant material which surrounds the inner tube, the inner tube having a panel extending over a major portion such that an object in the chute contacting the panel will have its rate of descent retarded. A mounting bracket is associated with the upper end of the chute, the inner tube being attached to the mounting bracket such that a tapered entry from the upper end of the chute to a point below the upper end of the chute is formed. The outer tube is attached to the mounting bracket independent of the inner tube, so that the outer tube does not have to absorb load-carrying stress associated with objects descending in the chute. An air gap for insulation and ventilation is formed between the inner and outer tube.

Abstract: A guide skirt for guiding parts ejected from an injection mold to a receptacle includes side panels which are adapted to be attached at the top to respective mold-platen assemblies and are hingedly connected together so that as the mold-platen assemblies move between open and closed positions the bottom edges of the side panels move between open and closed positions causing the freshly molded parts to be retained in the skirt when the mold-platen assemblies are open and the molded parts are ejected from the mold and after a predetermined time thereafter to be released from the skirt when the mold-platen assemblies again close.

Abstract: The discharge spout of a grain elevator is provided with an abrasion resistant liner formed of polyurethane. The liner is formed into cylindrical configuration from a rectangular blade of material and may be readily inserted into the discharge spout and rotated relative thereto to permit even wearing of the liner. The abrasion resistant liner may be readily removed from the discharge spout and replaced with another liner to thereby eliminate any wear to the inner surface of the discharge spout.

Abstract: A portable auxiliary discharge chute assembly for use with a mobile concrete mixer to deliver premixed concrete to an area normally beyond the delivery area of the mobile concrete mixer comprising an inner and outer chute section operatively affixed to a frame, a roller structure attached to the mid-portion of the frame to operatively position the portable auxiliary discharge chute assembly relative to the mobile concrete mixer to receive premixed concrete therefrom and an inner and outer support attached to the frame to support the portable auxiliary discharge chute assembly when operatively positioned relative to the mobile concrete mixer such that the portable auxiliary discharge chute assembly receives premixed concrete from the mobile concrete mixer for delivery to an area remote from the mobile concrete mixer.

Abstract: An improved vertical elongated chute usable for allowing a person who has to leave a ship to descend on the sea surface in the event of an occurrence of an emergency. The vertically extending main body is made of a base cloth of which both longitudinally extending side edges are jointed to one another to build a tubular zigzag slip down passage. A zigzag slip down passage cloth having a plurality of bent parts in fixedly secured to the base cloth. An inclined slip way is jointed to the lower end of the main body so that the person who has descended through the zigzag slip down passage lands on the platform by way of the inclined slip away. An expansible cloth of which expansibility is determined in the range of 200 to 250% as seen in the longitudinal direction as well as in the peripheral direction of the main body is fixedly secured to each of the bent parts on the zigzag slip down passage cloth.

Abstract: An escape arrangement for use on board a rig (10), platform or similar sea-based construction includes in combination a gangway construction (15, 16) and an inflatable slide (23). The gangway construction (15, 16) is in normal use adapted to form a self-supporting gangway connection between two sea-based constructions (for example between a working rig and an accommodation rig). Further it is adapted to be axially displaced and to be readjusted about a vertical and/or a horizontal axis from the one construction relative to the other construction. The slide (23) is adapted to be able to be stowed away in an inactive condition in a manner requiring little space and in an active use condition to be able to be stretched out to a relatively large length and in an easily adjustable manner relative to a moveable base, to form a regulatable component in the escape arrangement.

Abstract: A fire escape means is provided comprising a moveable cart for storing and, when needed, moving a fire escape into position for deployment out of a building, the fire escape having an upper, supporting entry ring member and a mesh tube attached to this upper support member, the mesh tube being substantially longer than the building height from which escape is necessary, and a lower, exit-opening support ring member attached to the lower end of the mesh tube. During storage, the fire escape is folded into the cart. The building is provided with at least one opening through which the fire escape is to be deployed. To the building near this opening is permanently attached a guide wire which extends from the opening at a desired angle to the ground where it is permanently affixed to a rigid support on the ground. To the lower ring support member, one end of a leash means is attached, the leash means having a snap-on mechanism removeably engageable to the guide wire attached to the other end.

Abstract: A combination fire escape tube and rescue vehicle is provided. The fire escape comprises an upper, supporting entry ring member and a mesh tube attached to this upper support member, the mesh tube being substantially longer than the building height from which escape is necessary, and a lower, exit-opening support ring member attached to the lower end of the mesh tube. The rescue vehicle has boom-like, height-adjustable apparatus, to the upper end of which is affixed a universal joint to which the supporting entry ring member is attached, thereby providing for flush alignment of the entry ring member against the wall of the building at a window or other opening at a desired height, regardless of the angle of approach of the boom to the building. The lower exit-opening support ring member can be adjustably attached to the mesh tube near the ground by ground support personnel.

Abstract: A conveying tool comprises a funnel-shaped hopper and a tubular conveying part connected to the bottom of and hanging downward from the hopper, the conveying part comprising one unit section or a plurality of unit sections detachably connected end-to-end, each unit section comprising a pair of opposed and spaced-apart, rectangular main sheets and a pair of opposed rectangular side sheets with vertical edges secured to respective vertical edges of the main sheets thereby to form a tubular structure. The main sheets possess elasticity and flexibility and have, on the inner surfaces thereof, a large number of elastic projecting members, and the side sheets possess flexibility and are more pliable than the main sheets. Picked fruit dropped into the hopper are braked in their descent by the elastic projecting members and the inner wall surface of the conveying part and are thereby slowly lowered without damage to a container on the ground or on a vehicle.

Abstract: A fire escape is provided having an upper, supporting entry member and a mesh tube attached to this upper support member, the mesh tube being substantially longer than the building height from which escape is necessary, and a lower, exit-opening support member attached to the lower end of the mesh tube. The mesh openings have a maximum dimension of about two inches. In use, the maximum dimension of the upper entry member is larger than the window or other opening through which escape is necessary. In use, the lower support member and attached mesh tube are lowered to the ground through the window through which escape is to be made. The fire escape is held in place by the upper support member which cannot pass through the window. A person escapes the building by entering the upper entry support member and lowering himself to the ground safely by means of his hands engaging the mesh.

Abstract: An emergency escape apparatus for speedily evacuating workers or others from a high level platform or the like comprising a longitudinally folded tubular escape chute slidably connected to an angularly disposed cable, the chute being held in folded condition by a cover that may be speedily opened to release the chute for unfolding deployment down and along the cable, and the chute being of multisleeve construction with the outer layer of fire resistant material. The apparatus may be used for other purposes than emergency escape, for example as a slide chute in an amusement park.

Abstract: An apparatus for sorting workpieces belonging to different classification classes from a loading device, to a plurality of outputs for the different classification classes, comprising a quide chute to direct the workpieces towards the relevant outputs and control apparatus adapted to receive signals responsive to the class of each workpiece in order to actuate the guide chute, the guide chute including a support adapted to let the workpiece to be sorted while in transit from the loading device to the relevant output, the support including a first end communicating with the loading device and a second end mobile in order to be selectively placed in communication with one of the outputs, the control apparatus being adapted to position the second end in correspondence to the output related to the workpiece to be sorted.

Abstract: A fire escaping tunnel for use on high use buildings, including an extendable accordian pleated tubing made of nylon or canvas fabric padded on its inner side, a ring at its upper end attachable to an escape opening of a building, a lower end of the tubing having a soft landing pad, and an exit doorway so a person sliding or lowered down the tunnel can step out upon a ground or street level.

Abstract: An escape chute made up of a framework which can be horizontally projected outward from a building; a double tubular body having an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder made of cloth, and a spiral slide cloth forming a slide surface which is fixed between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder; an upper entrance at the top and an exit at the bottom; one or more intermediate access apertures and intermediate entrance passages made of cloth to permit entrance into the space between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder wherein the height of the lower edge of the intermediate access aperture is higher than the spiral slide surface at the position so as to prevent a part of a person from becoming hung up upon the aperture.The intermediate entrance passages are held by ropes connected to the framework.One or more intermediate exits are formed on the side surface of the bottom outer cylinder at higher than the exit.

Abstract: A conveying chute for freshly mixed concrete is made from a metal frame having a replaceable polyurethane liner. The liner is formed flat about a porous metal reinforcement and is held in a curved trough defining shape by the frame.

Abstract: A novel slip down way embarking device used in an emergency of a ship or other constructions to transfer the passengers to a life raft or other life saving apparatus in safe and rapid manner, said device comprising a tubular slip down chute made of vertical elongated cloth, a zigzag passage formed within said chute, a slip way attached to the lowermost end of said zigzag passage, a floating platform positioned under said chute and slip way to receiver the slipped down persons thereon, and a container to store the above embarking members and throw them down in an emergency without trouble and difficulty.

Abstract: Foldable chute is arranged below the mold members of a molding machine to receive the molded product dropped from the machine when the mold members separate. Means are provided for deflecting the dropped molded product to control the position in which it drops on the chute.

Abstract: This invention relates to a rescue apparatus for enabling persons to escape safely from burning buildings, for instance, comprises a flexible tubular device which is elastic only in the transverse and circumferential direction to slow the rate of descent of a body falling through the tubular device, various means being provided for fixing the open upper end of the tubular device to the elevated point when the body or person is to be rescued through the lower open end of the device at a point therebelow.