A wire retaining assembly for use with an electrical device such as a switch or receptacle. The assembly comprises an anchoring bore and a guide slot formed in a wall adjacent each terminal screw to retain the exposed wire on an electrical conductor. By initially locating the end of the exposed wire in the anchoring bore, then bending the wire around the screw shank and locating the other end of t...

1. Electrical plug-and-socket connection, in particular for proportional flow counters, having a plug insert (B) and a matching piece, in particular a socket insert (A), with the contacts necessary for the electrical supply, characterized by two additional lead-throughs (5) inside the inserts A and B which form two gas couplings for the supply and removal of gas through the plug-and-socket connect...

A series of 4-(2-hydroxyethylthiomethyl)pyridines and related compounds, and their pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts, having antiinflammatory and immunoregulatory activity are disclosed. Preferred compounds include 4-(2-hydroxyethylthiomethyl)pyridine itself, as well as 4-(2-hydroxyphenylthiomethyl)pyridine, 4-(2-hydroxy-1-propylthiomethyl)pyridine, 4-(3-hydroxy-2-butylthiomethyl)pyr...

2 beta -Acetoxymethyl-2 alpha -methyl-(5R)penam-3 alpha -carboxylic acid 1,1-dioxide, pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof and esters thereof readily hydrolyzable in vivo; pharmaceutical compositions containing 2 beta -acetoxymethyl-2 alpha -methyl-(5R)penam-3 alpha -carboxylic acid 1,1-dioxide or salt or ester thereof; and method of enhancing the effectiveness of a beta -lactam antibiotic u...

This invention relates to novel compounds for preventing or retarding the degradation of elastin or other proteins and therefore preventing or retarding the disease states caused by said degradation, of the formula: or its pharmacologically acceptable salts. The invention also relates to novel methods and intermediates for making the compounds.

PURPOSE:To enhance reliability of wireless bonding by a method wherein a semiconductor chip formed with aluminum electrodes and aluminum lead members are prepared, and the aluminum electrodes and the aluminum leads are connected by a bonding method according to a supersonic vibration. CONSTITUTION:A semiconductor chip formed with aluminum electrode pads 14 of the plural number on the surface there...

Panel for soundproof and fireproof inner walls, of a type comprising two parallel reinforcing metal plates mechanically interconnected to form an interspace therebetween and a filler of insulating material, constituted essentially of rock-wool like material arranged in the interspace. At least one continuous diaphragm extends parallel to the reinforcing metal plates and divides the filler into par...