Abstract: A totalizer apparatus, used with belt scales and other flow rate measuring devices producing output signals subject to zero drift, maintains an auxiliary totalizer register during zeroing operations so that should zero flow conditions be interrupted during such an operation, a correct total can still be maintained. This enables autozeroing operations to be implemented, for which purpose a further auxiliary totalizer is used to test for an extended absence of flow before permitting initiation of an autozeroing operation. If a zeroing operation results in an apparently excessive zero correction, it is rejected and assumed that flow has restarted during the operation; the first auxiliary totalizer register is used to update a primary register.

Abstract: A low level alarm device for drop-feed injection liquid comprises a mechanical arrangement where an injection liquid containing bottle is hung on one arm of a mechanical balance to be balanced by a counter weight provided on the other arm of the balance. The consumption of the liquid in the bottle causes the loss of equilibrium of the balance thereby triggering a circuit to be closed to sound an alarm so that the liquid may be replenished in time by an attendant.

Abstract: A leakage control mechanism for aggregate (10) containing liquid and/or with liquid running through them has a receptacle (28) for liquid escaping from the aggregate (10), mounted elastically in vertical direction and equipped with a device (46, 66) for detecting the vertical position of the receptacle (28) and triggering a signal when a pre-set position of lowering is reached by the receptacle (28).

Abstract: A payload monitoring system of a work vehicle includes a software controlled method of predicting when one additional bucketload of material will properly fill the vehicle to its rated capacity. The system calculates the actual magnitude of each bucketload of material and adds that value to the present payload to predict the future payload resulting from an additional bucketload of material. When the predicted future payload encompasses the rated capacity, the system signals the operators of both the work vehicle and the loading vehicle that one additional pass will complete the loading process.

Abstract: The invention relates to a feeding system (1) for enteral feeding comprising a container (2) preferably constructed as a disposable article for receiving the food. Said container (2) is disposed in a suspension means (3) which is constructed such that the container (2) in the suspended state points with its opening (5) upwardly and assumes a position inclined to the horizontal. As a result when the tubing system (4) is introduced into the container for suppyling the nutrient solution to the patient no leaks can occur because the opening (5) points upwardly so that along the periphery of a piercing tube (17) introduced into the container (12) no solution can drip out. Nevertheless, due to the inclined position of the container (2) and the arrangement of the end of the inserted piercing tube (17) at the lowermost point (6) of the container (2) all the solution can be extracted; for this purpose for the extraction preferably a drip chamber (21) is provided in connection with a tube clamp ( 26).

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for detecting solvents, including hydrocarbons. The apparatus includes a hydrocarbon-soluble plastic rod which interconnects a mass or weight and a weighing assembly. The weighing assembly is operatively joined to an alarm indicator, which is utilized to inform the user as to whether hydrocarbons are present. In a preferred arrangement, the weighing assembly is connected to a housing, which is joined to the top of a well casing provided in the ground. The plastic rod may be of any desired length, depending upon the depth of the well casing and where it is desired to check for hydrocarbons. When hydrocarbons are detected the plastic rod dissolves or separates causing movement of the weighing assembly and the alarm indicator so that a visual indication is provided that hydrocarbons are present. The apparatus further includes a mass catch assembly for maintaining connection between the mass and the housing after the plastic rod separates due to the presence of hydrocarbons.

Abstract: Sample collecting system for gaseous or vaporous condensable radioactive substances contained in the ambient air, especially for collecting traces of tritium via the T.sub.2 O vapor content in the exhaust air of a nuclear plant. A gas stream of exhaust air is filtered and the filtered gas continues its flow through a suction branch line containing a measuring gas pump which propels the gas stream into and through a precipitate line. The precipitate line, enclosed in a measuring-gas cooler which is a cooling chamber, extends downward and then upward and then out of the cooling chamber, through a measuring-gas choke, through a flow transducer and the gas stream then returned to the exhaust gas flue or ambient air. The pump feeding the precipitate line has its pressure maintained constant by a bypass line and a pressure difference control valve from the output side of the flow transducer to the discharge side of the pump.

Abstract: An alarm system for an electric range which detects when a burner is energized without a utensil in place on the burner wherein the sensing means comprises an electrical switch mounted below the stovetop having a first switch position and a second switch position, a pin slidably passing through an opening in the stovetop beneath the rim of the dish under the heating element in contact with the underside of the rim and biased against the rim with a pressure sufficient to lift the rim from the stovetop when no utensil is present on the heating element, but insufficient to lift the rim when a utensil is in place on the heating element; and means connecting said pin with the switch to operate the switch between first and second positions corresponding to the position of the pin when a utensil is present or absent from the heating element.

Abstract: The present invention provides an economical quick and accurate method and apparatus for transferring and monitoring a preselected amount of fluid from a fluid source container to a receiving container. The method and apparatus monitors the flow rate of the fluid to be transferred by measuring the weight change of the receiving container per unit time.A weight sensor monitors the weight of the receiving container at various time intervals. The weight information received by the control module at the various time intervals is compared to each other and to predetermined values for the detection of no flow, low flow or high flow conditions.

Abstract: In order to provide an indication of the extent to which creosote has built up in a chimney, an accumulator on which creosote will also build up is held suspended in a chimney in a zone where a major creosote buildup is anticipated. The accumulator is so connected to a normally open switch in a signal circuit that its weight and that of a predetermined creosote deposit thereon will close the switch, a signal is then energized to warn that the chimney should be cleaned or at least inspected.

Abstract: An intravenous alarm device provides an alarm signal to indicate that a predetermined amount of liquid remains in a liquid dispensing container of the type such as an I.V. bottle or bag adapted to be suspended from an arm. The device includes an attitude-sensitive transducer such as a mercury switch defining a reference axis, and the alarm signal is given when the reference axis extends along a line in predetermined angular relationship with the horizontal. The device further includes a structure supporting the transducer, with the structure including, at a first point thereof, a hanger portion to suspend the device from such an arm; at a second point thereof, a holding portion to suspend the container from the device; and, at a third point thereof, a device center of gravity. The first, second, and third points are spaced to define vertices of a triangle.

Abstract: An automatic washing machine which automatically carries out the steps of washing, rinsing and dehydrating in accordance with a preselected program, comprises an indication means for indicating the occurrence of abnormal operation if it occurs in the steps of washing, rinsing and dehydrating, in such a manner that the indication mode differs from cause to cause of the occurrence of the abnormal operation.

Abstract: A monitoring device which monitors the extent of infusion of intravenous solutions and provides an alarm signal when such infusion has progressed to a predetermined degree. The device comprises a cylindrical container to which is coupled, at its upper end, an attaching member for suspending the device from an intravenous solution supporting stand. Peripherally disposed about the cylindrical container are electrical sockets adapted such that each socket may accept an associated electrical plug. Extending through and below the lower end of the cylindrical container is a suspension member having a hook section for suspending an intravenous solution container. A helical spring is disposed within the cylindrical container, coaxially surrounding that portion of the suspension member which extends into the cylindrical container. The vertical position of the spring is defined by the lower internal end of the cylindrical container and by the upper extremity of the suspension member disposed within the container.

Abstract: The flow control hereof is applied to a known system of feeding a patient intravenously and contemplates the use of a clamp applied externally to the delivery tube extending from the intravenous bag, bottle or other appropriate container to the patient, said clamp being selectively successively opened and then closed to correspondingly meter the feeding flow of the intravenous fluid on a selected volume per time basis, e.g. 1 cc/minute, so that intravenous feeding of the patient is achieved according to a desired time schedule. The external application of the clamp does not detract from conventional sterile conditions of the system. Also, and most important, the operation of the clamp is related to the weight of the intravenous fluid, which weight, if the feeding is proceeding as it should, should progressively diminish in a predictable way. The flow control hereof thus allows uninterrupted flow if the weight is not diminishing at the rate that it should; or it terminates flow, if the rate is too rapid.