A slurry obtained from a hydraulic excavating or dredging process is passed through classifiers which grade its solid phase according to particle size. The area to be filled is subdivided into a plurality of basins and secondary slurries carrying the fractions are deposited successively in these basins. Simultaneous with the deposition of the coarse-fraction slurry in a second basin and after the settling of the coarse fraction in the first basin, a medium-fraction slurry is deposited in the fir...

A fill assembly for a cooling tower which includes a plurality of parallel, spaced-apart, superimposed support members on which are mounted a plurality of trays. The support members are at an angle but each of the trays are mounted so that they are generally horizontal. The trays are provided with holes therethrough to permit water to gravitate through the fill assembly. Air flows through the fill assembly between the trays to cool the water.

A fill pipe cover having a pair of diametrically opposite pivotal cam levers and an overcenter linkage for manual operation of the levers.

A five-stage compacting press having independently adjustable stages is disclosed for making multilayered laminated objects from powdered materials.

A funnel having a fill-indicator as an integral part thereof. The funnel has a tapered body portion with a spout projecting downwardly from the narrow or small end thereof. A tubular member is aligned within the spout and extends into the body portion. The lowermost termination of the tubular member is at a location within the lower half of the length of the spout but is preferably spaced in recess fashion from the lowermost end of the spout. The uppermost termination of the tubular member is at...

A safety automatic trip fluid dispensing nozzle for cooperatively sealing a tank fill pipe to prevent fluid splashage and vapor emission in which a valve mechanism with an operating linkage is preconditioned for valve mechanism operation upon fill pipe sealing and for valve mechanism de-actuation upon unseating intentionally or inadvertently.

To make flashlamps in which the filler material has sharply bent foil shr, which are buckled, the shreds are sucked through a supply tube by an air flow, preferably of about 3 at and accelerated in the first conduit, which terminates in a chamber, or end wall against which the threads are flung so that they will buckle by the impact; the buckled foil shreds are then removed by an air flow of, for example from 2 to 3 at, in a direction essentially perpendicular to the original direction of flow, ...

The invention concerns down-hole apparatus for use especially in casing cementing operations wherein a so-called string of casing is lowered into a well bore and cemented in place. The apparatus comprises an insert, disposed across the interior of the casing, containing a spring loaded flapper valve assembly which is held open by a movable valve seating member until a ball is seated in the seating member and pressure applied through the casing to the sealed valve seating member forces the seatin...

An apparatus is provided for filling food product drafts into packages. A supply of open top containers are arranged in rows and carried by an elongated web of film and are movable by the web into a fill station. A shuttle conveyor has a retractable and extendable conveying surface, the conveying surface arranged above the fill station and having an end region extendable to a position arranged to deposit food product drafts into the containers of the first row by circulation of the conveying sur...

A method and implementation for improved performance and sealing of an energy storage device are disclosed.