Organo phosphonium salts of the formula: A [R.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3 PCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 Q] .sym. X .crclbar. are prepared by reacting compounds of the formulas R.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3 PCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OY.sup.. X (I) or R.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3 PCH.dbd.CH.sub.2.sup.. X (II) with H-Q wherein: X is halogen, Y is the residue of an acylating agent, and Q is the residue of a reactant having an electronegative group and providing a replaceable hydrogen atom (H) which is replaced by the R.sup.1 R.sup.2 ...

A prosthetic heart valve consisting of a cylindrical housing having a substantially rectangular opening therein and a plurality of triangular flaps pivotally secured to the housing within the opening. The flaps are adapted to pivot open in response to the flow of blood from the heart and pivot to a sealing position, in abutment to a sealing ball which controls the position of the flaps, in response to the back flow of the blood, thereby providing uni-directional flow.

Apparatus comprising an improved mount for a break away switch and a battery box to the chassis or hitch frame of a trailer type vehicle. The mounting bracket protectively retains the switch for selective angular disposition relative the trailer vehicle and has a functional relation to the battery box.

A device for intimately intermixing a liquid fuel, air, and preferably also a metered proportion of water, for delivery to an internal combustion engine or other fuel burning mechanism, the device including a rotor to which the fuel and water are delivered for centrifugal discharge radially outwardly in finely divided mist form, with the rotor preferably carrying a large number of minute fibers projecting radially outwardly and along which the liquids flow in a manner subdividing the liquids int...

A device for sterilizing water or another fluid, including a flexible bag through which the fluid is pumped and formed of a material transparent to ultraviolet radiation, with the bag extending first along one side of an ultraviolet lamp or lamps and then being doubled back along their opposite sides; and with the bag being pressed against the lamps by the pressure of the fluid being treated in a manner causing an inner wall of the bag to conform approximately to the shape of the lamp or lamps a...

A bag hanger is provided for packaging products such as ice, charcoal, onions and like items in bags. The machine is a free standing unit and comprises a magazine for holding a quantity of bags which bags are dispensed one at a time, positioned and opened under a filling spout. Such hanger is installed adjacent to a filling machine (either volumetric or auger type) which drops a premeasured charge of product into the bag, after which the bag is removed for closing in a conventional manner.

A joint removably secures adjacent flat structural elements at an angle to each other with a connecting assembly that has a base member and a sliding catch. The base member has surfaces that are placed against mating surfaces on the flat elements and the sliding catch holds the same together by sliding a wedge underneath a headed stud that extends from each of the flat elements through the base member surfaces. The joint is suitable for a corner of a piece of furniture.

A sealed-off X-ray tube having a convex target surface facing an electron beam source and carried by a rigid support mounted for rotary pivotal motion about a fixed pivot point. A bellows is sealed vacuum tight to the target and to the wall of the tube around the pivot point so that the target, the bellows, and the envelope of the tube form a closed surface. Conduits extend through the pivotal bearing to direct the flow of cooling fluid against the back surface of the target and carry the fluid ...

An air operated terminal feed device, for use with an insertion machine, to transport prefabricated terminals into position for insertion in a workpiece, which includes a supply of terminals separately encapsulated in a continuous supply tape. The tape may be perforated to cooperate with sprockets on a cylindrical drive wheel actuated by a pawl and ratchet mechanism, to move the tape incrementally toward a reciprocating die or punch which separates the encapsulated terminals from the tape. A pne...

Safety apparatus in the form of an ignition interlock for a powered work unit, particularly one using a magneto ignition engine. An electrical control circuit has a switch which when closed shorts the magneto to ground. An element in the transmission and associated with a gear selector maintains the switch open when the transmission is not in gear and provides for/its closing concomitantly with shifting into any gear. An energizable relay in the electrical circuit provides that once the engine i...