A fuel pumping apparatus includes a plunger which passes centrally through an annular member and is movable axially relative to the member. The plunger is connected to the member so that angular movement of the member will impart angular movement to the plunger by means of a dog which passes within a slot formed in the member. The plunger is loaded outwardly by means of a strong spring and during assembly of the device it is necessary to compress the spring and align the dog with the slot contin...

An attachment for securing to a conventional ski boot to facilitate safe walking by a wearer. The device comprises a generally elastic member adapted to receive the bottom of the ski boot, the member including a first portion for receiving the toe of the boot and a second portion for receiving the heel of the boot, together with an intermediate portion extending between the toe and heel-receiving portions. The toe and heel portions each include a platform projecting below the intermediate portio...

A vertical burial system characterized by a plurality of vertically oriented burial bores and a plurality of cylindrical corpse containers disposed vertically in the respective bores. Preferably, each bore contains a casing therewithin that has a plurality of individual supports at different levels for receiving a plurality of the respective vertically disposed corpse containers therewithin. The casings have anchors for preventing being lifted from the bores by bouyancy effects in saturated soil...

An instrument for facilitating the calculation of equivalent values includes a plate bearing symbols representing units and dimensions, the plate having a window in which a movable pointer is located. The pointer is movable from a first position representing a first set of units and dimensions to a second position representing an equivalent set of units and dimensions.

A gravity assisted feeder is disclosed for feeding flowable solids by means of a rotating blade disposed below a stationary cone. Rotation of the blade causes the solids to move inwardly along the blade to a discharge port adjacent the axis of rotation of the blade. An annular disc is removably supported between the stationary cone and a housing of the feeder. Communication into the feeder is thereby blocked to allow the feeder to be repaired.

Apparatus facilitating care of a bedfast patient characterized by a bed adapted to support bedding and a patient, the bedding including an upper layer to protrude through apertures in a flat net and support a patient's body without irritating the patient's skin. The bed has a vertical support means adjacent each corner to which a patient support carrying the patient can be affixed, enabling a distance to be placed between the patient and the bedding when the vertical support means adjacent each ...

An elongated, generally rectangular thermally and electrically insulative body is provided at the top with a handle. At least one elongated sheathed electric heating element is fixed against the flat bottom surface of the body. The heating element includes a plurality of parallel looped portions having flat, coplanar, bottom extremities in spaced relation across the width of the bottom. The heating element is coextensive with at least three edges of the bottom of the body. The heating element is...

In a tomato field in which the tomato plants are grown in a plurality of substantially parallel rows an apparatus is advanced along a predetermined one of the rows. The apparatus cuts the tomato plants in the row, carries the cut plants rearwardly and discharges them onto a transverse conveyor. The transverse conveyor transfers and deposits the cut plants laterally onto a parallel row of uncut plants in a row located at a predetermined distance from the row being cut, thereby uniting two rows of...

Method and apparatus for alignment of a collimator in a scintillation camera system. First coarse alignment apparatus includes an alignment plunger coordinated with a first mating member. A recess coordinated with a second mating member is positioned and configured to loosely receive the alignment plunger for coarse alignment. Coarse alignment of the first apparatus establishes a vertical axis for horizontal angular rotation about which angular displacement of the members effects coarse alignmen...

In a television receiver of the type having an electronic chasis mounted on a movable drawer for movement from an operating position located within the television cabinet to a servicing position by pulling the chassis forward through an opening to the front of the cabinet, an opening in the back of the cabinet is provided adjacent the powerline cord interlock to permit a serviceman to reach through the opening to connect a powerline cord to the chassis with the chassis in the forward position af...