A flange for a medical collecting bag having an aperture allowing bodily fluids or exudates to enter the bag. The flange has an inner rim delimiting the aperture therein, and a central area encircling the aperture, which area has a predetermined weakening line pattern. The force needed for removing the bag flange from the skin or a body side member is smaller than the force needed for breaking the weakening lines which enables a simple gradual enlargement of the aperture of an ostomy device for ...

A refuse collection apparatus and method including a container lifting and emptying apparatus connected to a collection receptacle which is dumped into a refuse hauling vehicle. The container lifting and emptying apparatus includes a container manipulator attached to a support arm which is connected to an extensible boom which is, in turn, connected to the collection receptacle. The container manipulator engages a container of interest and the support arm pivots the engaged container between a l...

Disclosed is a collecting device used to collect refuse as animal droppings or any matter thrown on the ground in a sanitary and convenient manner that allows the collector to keep hands clean. The collecting device comprises an elongated handle, a paddle mount for mounting a slidable paddle, a featured bag holding mechanism for holding a bag used to contain collected refuse or objects, a paddle controlling mechanism for controlling the paddle to scoop refuse or objects on the ground. The collec...

It is known to use `bag-in-box` arrangements both for supplying photographic processing solutions to a photographic process and for collecting effluent therefrom. However, a supply `bag-in-box` arrangement may not be completely emptied and when it is transferred to collect effluent, and it may become full before the new supply `bag-in-box` arrangement has been emptied. This is a problem if there are no empty `bag-in-box` arrangement to replace the full one collecting effluent. Described herein i...

A collecting pit for receiving molten metal and draining cooling water. The collecting pit (1) is equipped with a drainage layer (5, 6) formed of slag granulate, the grains of the slag granulate being interconnected by means of a binder while maintaining small channels present between these grains. The drainage layer mass also may contain thermally expanding silicic acid. The binder of the drainage layer mass may be a water-activatable heat-resistant binder containing cement, e.g. high-alumina c...

A collecting device for the collection of excretions from various body openings, both natural and surgical in nature, is disclosed. The collecting device includes an inflatable collar which may be inserted into a body opening prior to inflation, and then be inflated in order to firmly anchor itself within that opening and prevent its inadvertent removal therefrom, or attached to a body opening or appendage. A solid elongated tubular member is heat-sealed to either the inner diameter or outer dia...

A collecting bag for the collection of excretions from various body openings, both natural and surgical in nature, is disclosed. The collecting bag includes an inflatable collar which is inserted into a body opening prior to inflation, and which is then inflated in order to firmly anchor itself within that opening and prevent its inadvertent removal therefrom. Means are provided for inflating the collar from a point external the body. The inflating means comprises a channel located within the in...

The invention relates to a collecting vessel for medical purposes, i.e. medical fluids, which, in one-piece construction, forms a fluid collecting and measuring system and two pouch parts that can be joined together and with which inflow of the fluid, e.g. urine, can simultaneously be checked from the outside.

A collecting rope which is intended especially for collecting oil from the surface of water, the rope comprising a drive chain which is situated inside a cylindrical part, which is surrounded by a lightweight float layer, which is surrounded by another cylindrical part, oil-collecting bristles being attached to the outer surface of the outer cylinder. The cylindrical parts can rotate in relation to the drive chain, since the joint between them consists of resilient protrusions on the inner surfa...

An improved collecting apparatus for small aquatic or airborne organisms such as plankton, larval fish, insects, etc. The improvement constitutes an apertured removal container within which is retained a collecting bag, and which is secured at the apex of a conical collecting net. Such collectors are towed behind a vessel or vehicle with the open end of the conical net facing forward for trapping the aquatic or airborne organisms within the collecting bag, while allowing the water or air to pass...