PCT No. PCT/EP84/00394 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 6, 1985 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 6, 1985 PCT Filed Dec. 8, 1984 PCT Pub. No. WO85/02557 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 20, 1985.A carrier for abrasion-resistant catalysts having a surface coated with high-fusion oxides, nitrides and/or carbides of at least one transition metal, or boron, of aluminum and/or of silicon or of combination of these compounds. The coating is c...

PCT No. PCT/EP84/00392 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 2, 1985 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 2, 1985 PCT Filed Dec. 7, 1984 PCT Pub. No. WO85/02568 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 20, 1985.In an apparatus for compressing foundry moulding material by pressure gas comprising a pressure vessel for the pressure gas forming an inlet pressure chamber, a moulding chamber positioned below it formed from moulding boxes with sand frames and...

A dot matrix print head has a unitary member in the manner of a ring with a plurality of integral projections formed to position the armatures of print wire actuators, and ring portions to space the forward and rearward assembly of parts of the print head. An annular resilient member provides means for retaining the print wire actuators in one position.

A vacuum system (10) for evacuating the space between individual laminae (13) of a laminated glass assembly (14). A sealing ring (16) surrounds the peripheral edges of a stacked arrangement of individual laminae (13) adapted to form the laminated glass assembly (14) and communicates with a source of vacuum (20) by a suitable conduit (18a, 18b, 18c). A sensing device (30) is coupled to monitor the ...

A prime mover having a central body with a plurality of elongated legs pivotally connected to said central body for movement both up and down and sideways and individual steerable drive means on each elongated leg to enable the prime mover to move over a wide variety of terrains. The drive means include ground supporting wheels or tracks. Carried on the prime mover are electro hydraulic control me...

A ring propeller has a frusto-conical shroud disposed co-axially about a boss, and a plurality of blades extending between the boss and the shroud thereby dividing the shroud into equal sectors. The blades have parallel edges and are of constant corss section between the boss and the shroud. The reversing characteristics of the propeller are substantially improved by having a plurality of aperture...

A vehicle comprising sprung and unsprung parts is provided with a brake pressure reducing valve (10) controlled by a position sensing spring which applies to the control piston (12) a force (S) determined by the relative position of the sprung and unsprung parts. The sensing spring force (S) tends to move the control piston (12) in the direction to open the valve, and is opposed by an internal bia...

PCT No. PCT/EP84/00377 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 1, 1985 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 1, 1985 PCT Filed Nov. 30, 1984 PCT Pub. No. WO85/02598 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 20, 1985.With a metering dispenser (1) for compactates with a compactate store (3) and a metering disk (4) arranged pivotably around an axis (A) with respect to the store, containing several chambers (27) for accommodating individual compactates, in ord...

A forehearth for the conveyance of molten glass has a cooling zone (10, 12) with a roof (17) having two spaced downward projections (28, 30) which define a central channel (36) and two side channels (38, 40). The roof (17) has an area of reduced thickness (44) over the central channel and an enclosed upper cooling channel (54) extends longitudinally of the forehearth over the area of reduced thick...

A method is provided for elevating blood pressure in mammals comprising the step of administering a polypeptide containing the C-terminal residue L-Arg-L-Phe or C-terminal esters or amides thereof.

In the treatment of oestrogen-dependent tumours, it is desirable to improve the therapy obtainable from the compound aminoglutethimide. It has now been found that 3-ethyl-3-(4-pyridyl)glutarimide and derivatives thereof of formula wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms offers advantages over aminoglutethimide. 3-Ethyl-3-(4-pyridyl)glutarimide can b...

A means for decomposing undesirable by-products formed during the nitration by nitric acid only of N-C1 to C8 alkyl phthalimides which comprises elevating the temperature of the reaction mix during or following nitration and an improved nitration process incorporating said means.

Large scale process for the preparation of 3-phenyl alanine derivatives of general formula (I), wherein R stands for hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl, R<2> stands for hydrogen or CO-R<4> - wherein R<4> stands for hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl, aralkyl, or aryl, R<5> stands for hydrogen or -CO-R<4> - wherein R<4> is as given above.

A process for preparing N-alkyl substituted nitrophthalimide by the nitration of N-alkyl substituted phthalimide using only nitric acid, said nitric acid having a concentration of at least about 95%, and then recovering N-alkyl nitrophthalimide from the nitric acid solution.

A process for the preparation of nitrophthalic acid by the nitration of phthalic acid and/or phthalic anhydride using only nitric acid, said nitric acid having a concentration of at least about 95% by weight, and then recovering the nitrophthalic acid formed from the nitric acid solution.

An ionically conductive, ion-containing polymeric material prepared from an amorphous polymer and a source of ions and having a bulk ionic conductivity at 20 DEG C. and 10 kHz greater than 10-6 OMEGA -1 cm-1, wherein the copolymer comprises a backbone from which depends at least one residue of the formula: wherein: n represent a number greater than 1; and R represents a hydrogen atom o...

Heat resistant thermosetting prepolymers are prepared by reacting one or more methylated pyridines or pyrazines with one or more aromatic dialdehydes, and isopropenyl phenols. The prepolymers can be further reacted with bismaleimides to make prepolymers with lower cure temperatures and faster cure rates. The total number of methyl groups on the pyridine or pyrazine can vary from 2 to 4. The prepol...