A horizontal bar includes two side supports, a top bar, and a swing member. The side supports are provided at upper ends with two symmetrical locating holes, through which two outer ends of the top bar are extended to thereby connect the top bar to the side supports. The swing member includes horizontally paralleled upper and lower bars connected to each other via a plurality of connecting plates vertically extended between the upper and lower bars. The upper bar is a hollow tubular member put a...

Horizontal basket extractors with a continuous conveyor with spaced baskets or cells are arranged with traveling splitters movable along the top and/or bottom runs of the conveyor synchronously with the baskets arranged to divert a continuous flow of solids and/or liquids from a preceding basket to a following one, thereby eliminating the intermittent feeding of the material being charged in succession but avoiding passage of the material through the spaces between the baskets.

An oil-water mixture is introduced into a horizontal trough which is in a container and has baffles directing flow upwardly toward an opening in the container to a trap on the top of the container. Oil separates from the water as it flows along the baffles and moves by gravity separation up into the trap. An interface sensor in the trap opens an oil outlet from the trap whenever a sufficient quantity of oil accumulates. The water flows down from the upper part of the container through a coalesci...

In apparatus for applying application liquid to a web of material moving therebelow, the apparatus including a pan, an application roll supported for rotation in said pan and a doctor blade which can be brought into contact with the edge of said roll to scrape liquid therefrom, the doctor blade being directed so that the liquid will flow in a film onto the web of material therebelow, the apparatus is made self supporting to permit it to be disposed directly above and closely adjacent to the web ...

In one embodiment, the refrigerator-freezer unit includes a rectangular, countertop height structure having an insulated freezer compartment and an insulated refrigeration compartment. The freezer compartment is accessed via a first countertop height cover that is hinged to the back wall of the structure. Access to the refrigeration compartment is provided via three separate countertop height covers each hinged to the back wall of the structure. These four covers constitute the entire top of the...

Grapple apparatus is provided for supporting and maintaining an unbalanced load in a substantially horizontal position, comprising a grapple beam fitted with movable arms, adapted for moving opposedly to engage or disengage a load and for moving concertedly along the beam to effect a balancing of the load, responsive to remote activation and control.

Disclosed is a horizontal extensometer for measuring strain on specimens in cryogenic to elevated temperatures with zero frictional and activation forces. The extensometer has first and second elongate hollow arms which are adapted to pivot in relation to one another in response to the increase in length of a test specimen when a strain is applied thereto. An increase between the points of attachment on the specimen produces a corresponding decrease in length at the opposite ends of the two arms...

A food preparation table including a cabinet having a refrigerated base for cooling stored foods, and a refrigerated upper compartment wherein food pans are supported on a pan rail recessed vertically below the top surface of the unit whereby the refrigerator simultaneously maintains a blanket of cool air across the top of the food pan, which is lower than ambient temperature, and the food in the pan is maintained at its desired cooled temperature. An automatic hot gas defrost system prevents ic...

A horizontally-mounted retractor having a horizontally elongated frame with a horizontal reel rotatably mounted therein adjacent one end. The reel includes a pair of ratchet wheels thereon and carries a rolled safety belt. A locking bar pivotally mounted in the frame is movable along a horizontal path into engagement with the ratchet wheels on the reel to stop protraction of the belt from the reel. A subassembly to actuate the locking bar includes an inertia member, which has a portion displaced...

This invention relates to a power-driven conveyor system for transporting and accumulating a plurality of items along a path of movement from a source to a destination. The system includes a horizontally oriented section for accumulating the items along the path and an apparatus for transporting the items therealong. The apparatus may be either a plurality of parallel, spaced-apart endless belts or a plurality of conveying sections interconnected together to form an endless carrier. Each section...