A reclining seat mechanism including a seat bracket carrying a seat cushion and a seat back plate mounted on the seat bracket for swinging movement about a shaft and carrying a seat back. A tilting angle adjusting mechanism is provided for adjusting the tilting angle of the seat back. The adjusting mechanism is provided with a tilting angle memorizing mechanism for mechanically memorizing the tilt...

A process for treating wastewater containing biologically oxidisable material comprises the steps of contacting and mixing the wastewater with bacterial active sludge in a well-mixed, unoxygenated contact zone. Then allowing the resultant mixture to separate in a settling zone (13) downstream of the contact zone into a sludge containing biologically oxidisable material adsorbed and absorbed by bac...

A method of disposing of wastes, especially wastes containing radioactive or toxic substances, such as the wastes generated in the water associated with nuclear power production is described. A feature of the invention is to incorporate the waste into a hardenable setting mass when mixed with water, comprising calcium sulfate hemihydrate, water soluble melamine formaldehyde resin which when cured ...

Apparatus for back-lighting a liquid crystal display comprises a light-distributing plate (11) arranged to receive light through a side edge (40) and to distribute this light out through a front face (9) of the plate (11). The side edge (40) is shaped to collimate the light which is then scattered through the front face (9) of the plate (11) by surface roughness provided on the rear face (7) of th...

The microorganisms are facultative methylotrophs and are used in a process for the microbiological purification of aqueous solutions, e.g. waste waters, which contain as contaminants, in particular, trimethyl phosphate, dimethyl or methyl phosphate salts, dimethyl methanephosphonate or methyl methanephosphonate salts to give a protein-containing biomass. The particular microorganism is cultured in...

An inexpensive, disposable, ovenproof container is produced by molding a contoured base 10 in a die 12 with suction ports 14 from an aqueous slurry of non-browning, substantially 100% bleached kraft wood pulp, and drying under pressure using heated mating dies. A liner is formed by bonding to the base 10 a 0.5-2.0 mil thick film 16 of thermoformable, substantially amorphous, substantially unorient...

This invention provides an easily openable tightly sealed plastic bag which is formed of a film containing at least a substrate layer and a heat seal layer and is possessed of a sealed part whose substrate layer contains a multiplicity of through cuts, these cuts being formed substantially on the edge lines and partly or wholly closed with the heat seal layer. This tightly sealed bag safely retain...

In an imaging apparatus using nuclear magnetic resonance which includes apparatus for generating a static magnetic field, a linear gradient magnetic field and a radio frequency magnetic field, respectively, signal detection device for detecting the nuclear magnetic resonant signal from an object to be inspected, a computer for calculating from the detection signal an image and output device for di...

PURPOSE:To cool a semiconductor integrated circuit device directly by a refrigerant by mounting a plurality of semiconductor integrated circuit chips onto a substrate under the state in which the chips can be shielded from the refrigerant and fitting a cap for cooling with an inflow port and an outflow port for the refrigerant onto the substrate in an arrangement in which a mounting surface is cov...

A composition which forms a firm, bound aggregate-water support for floral arrangements with 60%-80% by weight water. The composition comprises a water-insoluble, water-retaining binder, such as a particulate, water-insoluble, water-swellable, cross-linked polymer, and inert non-packing, highly porous water-trapping, aggregate particles dispersed throughout, the particles being present in an amoun...

A metal container and system for arc-free use and minimal electromagnetic reflection in a microwave oven. The container has smooth wrinkle-free side and bottom walls and edges, with the side wall in elevation having a curved configuration provided with a generous radius. The configuration of the container in plan view is either round (circular) or has rounded corners formed with generous radii. Th...

There are provided peptides of the formula X - A - B - C - Trp - D - Y wherein X is H, a terminal N atom protecting group of acyl, aromatic urethane, alkyl or aralkyl or aliphatic urethane type. A and D are independently a valence bond or a L- alpha -amino acid residue; B is a L- alpha -imino acid residue or a L- alpha -amino acid residue. C is a L- alpha -imino acid residue or a neutral L- alph...

A method and an apparatus for the automatic semicontinuous peritoneal dialysis, wherein the dialysing solution is pumped from the supply bag to the peritoneal cavity of the patient in a predetermined amount sensed by control means, by which the pumping means are actuated to change over the pumping direction the same dialysing solution being pumped to and from the peritoneal cavity for a predetermi...

This invention relates to solutions of silanols prepared by hydrolysis of alkyltrialkoxysilanes whose alkoxy groups are partially or completely hydrolyzed. Preferred hydrolyzed alkyltrialkoxysilanes are of the formula CH3-CH2-CH2-Si(OH)n(OH')3-n.

PCT No. PCT/GB84/00446 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 20, 1985 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 20, 1985 PCT Filed Dec. 20, 1984 PCT Pub. No. WO85/02922 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 4, 1985.The disclosure relates to a computer system having a central processing unit and a main memory for storage of information in binary form. A master control unit is provided for performing individual and selected range checking and range convers...

The anthracycline glycosides I (X = H or OH, R1 = H or CH3, R2 = H or OCH3, R3 = H or OCH3, R2 = R3) and their pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts have antitumour properties. They are prepared from 4-demothoxy-daunomycinone or 2,3-dimethyl-4-methoxy-daunomycinone by condensation with an appropriate N-protected hexopyranosyl chloride and removal of the protecting group and, in t...

The invention relates to parasiticidally and insecticidally highly active compounds of formula I (I) wherein R1 is hydrogen or a protecting group; R2 is methyl, ethyl, isopropyl or sec-butyl; and R is a radical R3 which is bound through oxygen or sulfur and is selected from the group consisting of C1-C10alkyl, C1-C10haloalkyl, C1-C10hydroxyalkyl, C1-C10mercaptoalkyl, C2-C10alkoxyalkyl...

An investment material for dental casting comprises 100 parts by weight of a mixture of hemihydrate gypsum, quartz and/or cristobalite and 2 to 5 parts by weight of natural starch optionally with 0.1 to 1.0 part by weight of soluble starch.

From the fermentation carried, out with mutants blocked in the synthesis respectively of erythromycin and of oleandomycin, namely Streptomyces erythreus ATCC 31772 and Streptomyces antibioticus ATCC 31771, using as the substrate a derivative of erythronolide A, namely (8S)-8-fluoroerythronolide A, a derivative of erythronolide B, namely (8S)-8-fluoroerythronolide B, or a derivative of 3-O-mycarosy...