Disclosed is a new drum holder adapted to receive upon its peripheral cylindrical surface a snug wrapping of a removable sheet material and adapted to substantially continually take up slack as generated in the wrapping during rotation of the holder in use applications. The holder comprises a drum rotatable about its axis, with axially-parallel elements as part of the drum. Those elements include a tightening key chamber, tightening key, and a passage from the key chamber to a slit in the periph...

An apparatus for feeding a ball throwing machine of a type having an elevated ball inlet comprising a rotating plate disposed below ground surface for guiding balls collected therein one-by-one to a vertical upright and a piston reciprocally received in the upright for lifting a column of said balls to said ball inlet.

Solvents employed as dye vehicles are recovered from spent dye baths by admixing the bath with diatomaceous earth, evaporating a major portion of the volatile solvents employed as dye vehicles from the mixture to obtain a filterable high-solid concentrate; filtering the concentrate to produce a cake and a filtrate of dye vehicles; heating the cake to dryness and condensing the solvent vapors; and recovering the liquid solvent from each step for reuse. The filtrate solvent from Step 2, the filtra...

A computer assisted transit car door operating system for augmented automation of transit car door panel operation while providing safety provisions to restrain rail movement unless all passage doorways are closed. A programmable logic controller generates a sequence initiating (opening or closing) signal for a door panel; or, a manual input signal can be introduced for such purpose. The controller receives signals from a panel position sensor and a panel movement sensor to evaluate door panel s...

A process for preparing a low calorie beverage syrup generally comprising the steps of mixing water and an artificial sweetener until completely dissolved. Microcrystalline cellulose is added to the mixer and vigorously agitated for proper dispersion and hydration of the cellulose. Xanthan gum, which has been wetted by propylene glycol, is added to the mixture and properly mixed. While the mixture is being stirred, a natural sweetener solution, a foaming agent and flavoring are added to the mixt...

There is disclosed a system and method for allowing user to add circuit boards to a closed housing electrical system. The system relies upon a circuit board carrier which plugs into a connector permanently mounted within the housing. The carrier is fully removable from the system housing and has a support bracket for suspending a vertical partition, the bottom edge of which mates mechanically and electrically with the permanently mounted connector. Both sides of the partition support a plurality...

A vibratory compactor is connected to a loading boom for exerting compaction forces upon trash and the like. The vibratory compactor includes a generally circular base plate having outboard bearing members located near the periphery thereof, inboard bearing members extending across the central portion thereof stiffening the base plate, gussets connected thereto and extending toward the periphery of the base plate for stiffening the base and supporting inboard bearing members, and vibration isola...

A diverging template (18) for radioactive therapy of cancer within an internal tumor volume by interstitial implants through the skin (78) comprises a proximal surface (34) for positioning adjacent the skin and a distal surface (36) opposite the proximal surface (34). An axis (32) of the template (18) is substantially perpendicular to the proximal surface (34). A plurality of holes (24'-30') are formed in the template (18) from the distal surface (36) to the proximal surface (34) for guiding res...

This invention relates to an improved cryoprotectant solution for viable cells, such as sperm, ova and blood cells which contains an effective amount of betaine.

A method of filling an annular space between inner and outer coaxially arranged pipes while providing the option of maintaining fluid flow through the inner pipe includes optionally establishing fluid flow through the inner pipe; installing first and second seals in the annular space between the two spaced apart pipes at first and second ends of the pipes and inserting one end of a vacuum tube into the annular space through the first seal at the high point in the first seal. A grout tube is inse...