Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for generating net energy by converting the natural pressure of atmospheric air into kinetic energy, which is then converted to mechanical energy by a turbine, which can then be converted to electric energy through a generator. The method relies on natural physical phenomena such as Entrainment, Inducement and the Venturi Effect to increase the mass and velocity of air flowing through an enclosed chamber without increasing the amount of energy consumed to increase the air flow mass and velocity. A turbine-generator apparatus connected to the chamber is driven by the air flow to generate electric power which is greater than the power consumed to generate the initial air flow. Power is generated through extraction of kinetic energy from natural atmospheric air pressure energy.

Abstract: A resuscitation system for the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation of asthma patients, and for teaching the cardiopulmonary resuscitation of asthma patients. The invention includes a deflatable bag and a gas flow channel connected with said bag, for connection with an indwelling endotracheal tube so that gas can flow from the bag into the patient and from said patient through said flow channel, an exhalation port in flow connection with said flow channel and an indicator mounted adjacent said system for detecting expiration flow and/or pressure within at least one of said flow channel and exhalation port to detect inadequacy in the expiratory component of ventilation during CPR and to train healthcare workers in the emergency ventilation of severe asthmatic patients in the field and emergency room.

Abstract: In a flow meter, a rotor support body carries a paddlewheel rotor in an operational position exposed to a through-flow bore of a flow meter housing. A sensor unit is operable to detect rotation of the rotor and provide output responsive to same for use by a monitoring system in determining a flow rate of fluid passing through the housing. The support body and the sensor unit are removable from the housing, for inspection, service, repair or replacement independently of the housing, with the sensor unit being removable independently of the support body for improved serviceability. The rotor is carried on a support shaft with a reduced diameter portion for contact-free rotation of the rotor around this reduced diameter portion, reducing an area of the shaft over which tight machining tolerances are required to prevent ingress of particulate matter that can lead to inaccurate flow measurements and increased wear rates.

Abstract: A watering nozzle includes a water volume detection unit received in the barrel of the watering nozzle and the water volume detection unit has two stationary members and a rotatable member which is rotatably connected between the two stationary members. The rotatable member has a magnet connected thereto which is rotated with the rotatable member when water passes through the rotatable member. A display unit is connected to the barrel and has a circuit board and a display member which is electrically connected to the circuit board. The times of revolution are detected by a magnetic spring switch on the circuit board and transferred into digits on the display member to show the volume of water that flows through the rotatable member and the nozzle unit connected to the barrel.

Abstract: A device is described for measuring a fluid, to be used advantageously in mixing devices for ingredients of liquid drinks. The device comprises an impeller, a diffuser upstream from the impeller and detecting means for the impeller (46). The diffuser (41) has a core (42), a ring-shaped peripheral portion (43) and one or more separators (45A, 45B) extending between the core (42) and the peripheral portion (43) and developing so as to define helical channels for fluid passage (44A, 44B). The invention also describes an advantageous method for carrying out said diffuser (41).

Abstract: A liquid meter with a single jet of the type including a motor member transmitting its movement to a totalizer via a transmission mechanism constituted by an axle whose one end is secured in rotation to the motor member (1) and whose other end is engaged in a chamber, provided in a housing (2) enclosing a gear train and a drive axle of the totalizer, through an opening provided in the partition (6) of the housing (2), the end including a pinion coacting with a pinion mounted on the drive axle of the totalizer, and protective elements (10) for the axle (4). The protective elements are arranged to prevent the passage of solid particles contained in the liquid through the opening (5) toward the chamber (3) by defining a protected zone of least turbulence surrounding the axle (4) adjacent the opening (5) and promoting the fall by gravity of the particles which lose their initial kinetic energy during their movement toward the opening (5).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cyclone turbine flowmeter for extracting information about a flow rate or measuring the quantity of flow flowing in production facilities. The cyclone turbine flowmeter includes a cyclone turbine formed with flow channels for allowing liquids flowing in from the outside to receive rotary power, a rotor rotated by the liquids passed through the flow channels of the cyclone turbine, a turbine bearing manufactured so as to minimize frictional forces and at the same time, to have durability and resistance to chemicals, and a vibration isolation bearing constructed in such a manner of enclosing the turbine bearing and its turbine axle to prevent vibration.