Abstract:
An emergency medical kit for use, particularly by a non-professional, to render emergency medical treatment to a patient, includes: a pressurized-oxygen container within a housing; a face mask within the housing for application to the face of a patient requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and a respiratory pump within the housing connected to the pressurized-oxygen container so as to be driven thereby to supply oxygen to the mask for inhalation by the patient, and to discharge the exhalations of the patient via the face mask to the atmosphere. The face mask includes an inflatable seal around its circumference engageable with the face of the patient receiving the mask for sealing the interior of the mask; a pressure sensor sensing the pressure in the inflatable seal; and an indicator for indicating whether the face mask is properly applied to the face of the patient. The kit further includes a neck rest having straps for attaching the face mask thereto in contact with the patient's face when the patient's head is placed on the head rest. According to a most essential aspect of the invention there is provided an emergency, fully automatic kit, based on non-invasive means for performing all stages of the “chain of survival” (including: external defibrillation, ventilation and automatic chest compression) by a single operator.
Abstract:
A stowage compartment to be mounted in an overhead supporting structure of an aircraft includes a lower compartment section for receiving articles to be stowed and an upper compartment section serving as an outer cover for the lower compartment section. One of the compartment sections is fixed to the supporting structure, and the other is pivotal to a closed position or to an open position with respect to the fixed compartment section. The compartment further includes an inner pivotal cover between the lower compartment section and the upper compartment section, and an inner cover locking mechanism having a handle which is manually accessible to a user, for releasing the inner cover locking mechanism to permit pivoting the inner cover with respect to the lower compartment section, only when the outer cover is in its open position.
Abstract:
A food storage and delivery system for passenger vehicles having a plurality of seats separated by at least one aisle includes a rail mounted to the top of the vehicle and extending parallel to the aisle along its length, a carriage suspended from the rail, a food container on the carriage and movable along the length of the aisle, and a horizontal platform laterally of the rail for holding a plurality of the food containers, each alignable with the carriage for transferring the food container thereto.
Abstract:
A piston-type internal combustion engine is described including a variable valve timing device controlling the timing of the intake valve, a coupling between the accelerator pedal and the variable timing device for varying the timing of the intake valve in response to the movement of the accelerator pedal, and means for maintaining a substantially constant compression ratio in the cylinder notwithstanding variations in the engine output. The latter means comprises a floating piston crown which is permitted to move further inwardly into the cylinder at the end of the compression stroke when the delay in closing the intake-valve is increased, than when the delay is decreased.
Abstract:
A piston-type internal combustion engine includes a variable valve timing device controlling the timing of the intake valve, and a coupling between the accelerator pedal and the variable timing device for varying the timing of the intake valve in response to the movement of the accelerator pedal, thereby controlling the quantity of the fuel mixture in the cylinder at the time of combustion. The engine also includes means for maintaining a substantially constant compression ratio in the cylinder notwithstanding variations in the engine output.A number of embodiments are disclosed. In one embodiment, the means for maintaining a substantially constant compression ratio in the cylinder comprises an auxiliary cylinder and an auxiliary piston movable therein, the inner end of the main and auxiliary pistons communicating with each other and defining a common chamber with their respective pistons, the auxiliary piston being displaceable within its cylinder to enlarge or decrease the volume of the common chamber.
Abstract:
A portable container for receiving a plurality of article holders of the same size and external configuration, comprising: a plurality of outer walls defining a portable enclosure of a size and configuration to receive a plurality of the article holders in a two-dimensional matrix constituted of a plurality of longitudinally extending columns and transversely extending rows; a longitudinal shifting assembly within the enclosure for shifting a column of the article holders in the longitudinal direction; and a transverse shifting assembly within the enclosure for shifting a row of the article holders in the transverse direction.
Abstract:
Transfer apparatus for transferring an article holder, particularly a cart carrier, from one location to another location in a compartment, includes a carriage movable longitudinally of a framework in the compartment, a drive for the carriage, a coupling device carried by the carriage, a locking device carried by the framework, and an actuator which actuates the coupling device and the locking device to either a locking position or to a released position with respect to the article holder. The actuator includes an actuator member movable to a plurality of positions when actuated, including: (a) a first position wherein the locking device is in its locking position and the coupling device is in its released position; (b) a second position, wherein the locking device is in its locking position and the coupling device is in its coupling position; and (c) a third position, wherein the locking device is in its released position, and the coupling device is in its coupling position.
Abstract:
An aircraft cabin construction includes a cart-storage compartment in the space between the ceiling of the passenger compartment and the upper fuselage wall for storing food-serving wheeled carts; and an elevator having a platform and a drive for lowering the carts from the cart-storage compartment to the deck of the passenger compartment, and for raising the carts from the deck to the cart-storage compartment.
Abstract:
A portable container for receiving a plurality of article holders of the same size and external configuration, comprising: a plurality of outer walls defining a portable enclosure of a size and configuration to receive a plurality of the article holders in a two-dimensional matrix constituted of a plurality of longitudinally extending columns and transversely extending rows; a longitudinal shifting assembly within the enclosure for shifting a column of the article holders in the longitudinal direction; and a transverse shifting assembly within the enclosure for shifting a row of the article holders in the transverse direction.
Abstract:
Apparatus for compactly storing and retrieving a plurality of movable devices of the same size and external configuration, particularly containers in an aircraft, includes a support for horizontally supporting the movable devices in the form of a two-dimensional matrix constituted of two columns and a plurality of rows of two devices in each row, with a vacant space for one device in each of the first and last rows of the matrix. The apparatus further includes longitudinal and transverse transfer assemblies for shifting the devices to permit them to be selectively stored or retrieved, and retainer members engageable with the outer faces of the devices for securing them against movement at all times except during an actual storing or retrieving operation.