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California Institute of Technology

Rcs, LLC

Paul W Hebert

Ted J Floyd

Kevin J O'Neill

Jeremy C Ma

Brett A Kennedy

Wilmar Valverde

Charles F Bergh

James W Borders

Dorothy L Howe

Larry C Rogers

Nicolas H Hudson

Fire alarm emergency led flasher

Robotics platforms in accordance with various embodiments of the invention can be utilized to implement highly dexterous robots capable of whole body motion. Robotics platforms in accordance with one embodiment of the invention include: a memory containing a whole body motion application; a spine, where the spine has seven degrees of freedom and comprises a spine actuator and three spine elbow joints that each include two spine joint actuators; at least one limb, where the at least one limb comprises a limb actuator and three limb elbow joints that each include two limb joint actuators; a tracked base; a connecting structure that connects the at least one limb to the spine; a second connecting structure that connects the spine to the tracked base; wherein the processor is configured by the whole body motion application to move the at least one limb and the spine to perform whole body motion.

Surrogate: a body-dexterous mobile manipulation robot with a tracked base

A closed-loop system for cleaning vessels containing drilling fluid residue. High pressure jets of water-based cleaning fluid are used to clean the interior of a vessel. The resulting slurry is sent to one or more solids/liquid separation stages to remove drill cuttings and other drilling fluid solids. The substantially solids-free cleaning fluid discharge is recycled.

Closed-loop system for cleaning vessels containing drilling fluid residue

Methods and apparatus for attaching a pressure washing device to a storage tank that allows adjustment of the location of the pressure washing device. One embodiment includes a mounting plate adapted to be connected to a tank opening, a second plate hingably attached to the mounting plate, and a pressure washer attachment plate hingably connected to the second plate. The hinged connections may be arranged such as to allow rotation about two axes that are substantially perpendicular to each other. Linear connection apparatus may also be provided to control the relative location between the plates. A roof mounted system includes a vertical extension arm that is suspended from a roof-mounted manway. The vertical extension arm supports a primary pivot point about which a first extension arm deploys. The first extension arm carries a telescoping extension arm that has a secondary pivot point about which pivots a wash head arm having a wash head mounted on the end.

Relocatable pressure washer adapter

A hammer having a handle connected to the bottom end of the hammer head assembly. The hammer head assembly has a claw portion, a central portion, a head portion and a relieved connecting portion between the head portion and the central portion. The head portion has a flat top wall surface. The front surface of the head portion has a plurality of recesses formed therein with no protrusions extending outwardly from the front surface. The recesses cover at least 30 percent of the surface. The recesses may be aligned in rows and columns and they provide a better gripping surface when they strike the head of a nail.

Hammer

Dolly

A cutting tool designed for hand cutting/harvesting of grapes and trimming shrubs and flowers. It has two elongated members pivotally secured together at a locus axis passing perpendicularly through their respective head portions. The surfaces of the respective head portions that mate against each other have annular grooves that removably receive a coiled spring between them. The coiled spring functions to keep the cutting edges of the tool separated when there isn't any hand pressure squeezing the respective hand portions toward each other to perform a cutting operation. A brass washer under the head of the bolt holding the respective head portions together assures smooth pivotal movement of the head portions when the respective hand portions are squeezed toward each other.

Cutting tool

Hammer having a gripping surface with recesses

Wire cutter

Cable cutter

A hammer having a plastic molded handle. The rear end of the handle has a longitudinally extending bore hole that is filled with a gelatinous material that dissipates shock vibrations. An end cap is secured to the rear end of the handle by sonic welding. The front end of the handle has both a vertical and a horizontal longitudinally extending slot and these slots intersect each other at a substantially 90 degree angle. A plastic wedge unit formed from intersecting wedge sections is driven into the slots in the top end of the handle to secure the hammer head and the wedge unit is sonic welded to the handle.

A security cover plate assembly for a barrel hinge and the assembly has an inner cover plate and an outer cover plate. The inner cover plate has a flat wall portion and a curved wall portion. The outer cover plate has a flat wall portion and a curved wall portion and a top wall and a bottom wall extend from the respective top and bottom edges of its curved wall portion to cover its respective top and bottom ends. These top and bottom walls prevent access to the hinge pin of a conventional barrel hinge for a door, a window, a boat hatch, or any other installation when the security cover plate assembly plate has been installed in combination therewith. At least one pin extends transversely from the flat wall portion of one of the flat wall portions and the other of the flat wall portions has a pin receiving aperture. The transversely extending pins prevent removal of a door from its hinge assembly even if the hinge pin has been removed.

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Paul W Hebert