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Sims Deltec, Inc.

Mark D Anderson

Theodore Arthur Johnson

William Lloyd Beling

Jerald Glantz

Cai Qingsheng

William D Saville

Nancy L Thompson

Daniel J Durdin

A leaf pick-up and transport bin assembly comprises a truck with a truck box and a trailer with a trailer box pulled behind, a swivel mounting platform between the truck and trailer, a blower operated leaf pick-up machine mounted on the swivel platform whereby its vacuum intake port opening to one side can be rotated so its vacuum intake port faces and opens to the opposite side, a flexible elongated conduit extends from the vacuum intake port to suck in and pick up leaves throughout the area reachable by such flexible elongated conduit, and a rotatable airflow discharge port with a flexible discharge conduit connected thereto which can be rotated to face the truck and truck box in one position and to face the trailer and trailer box when rotated to a second position. The rear wall of the truck box includes an intake aperture to receive the discharge end of the flexible discharge conduit for blowing leaves into the truck box. The front wall of the trailer box includes an intake aperture to receive the discharge end of the flexible discharge conduit for blowing leaves into the trailer box. The truck and trailer boxes include vertically extending sideboards. Each box has an open top wall covered by a mesh cover to keep the leaves in the boxes while at the same time allowing blown in air to escape. Stowing brackets are provided on the right hand side wall of the truck box in the form of spaced apart J-shaped brackets to receive and hold the flexible elongated conduit connected to the vacuum intake port of the leaf pick-up machine when not in use and during transport to unload the picked up leaves.

Leaf pick-up and transport bin assembly

An apparatus for safely handling a needle while removing the needle from a substrate such as an implanted access device having a resealable septum. The apparatus has a distal end and a proximal end and comprises a body, a cap member, and a basin-shaped member. The body defines interior boundaries and the cap member has an opening therein. The cap member is connected to and is distal to the body. The basin-shaped member defines a self-closing passageway and has a rim connected to the body. The rim of the basin-shaped member is disposed within the interior of the body intermediate the cap member and the proximal end of the apparatus. The basin-shaped member has an apical end facing the distal end of the apparatus. The cap member includes two resilient flaps, offset from one another. In one arrangement, the cap member and the body snap together to trap the basin-shaped member. In another arrangement, the apparatus is made of two identical halves joined together. An adapter is provided to facilitate use of the apparatus with small ports.

Needle handling apparatus and methods

The present invention provides an subcutaneously implantable access device including a metallic reservoir and a two piece plastic jacket. The metallic reservoir includes a sealed septum, and a chamber. The chamber is accessible through the septum. A two piece plastic jacket surrounds the metallic reservoir. The two piece jacket includes a cowl and a base connected to one another around the reservoir. A dual port construction is also provided.

Hybrid portal and method

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Stacy, MN, United States of America

Mark D Anderson