2114944 9304133 PCTABS00020 Disclosed is a composition comprising: (A) a chlorinated polyolefin, (B) a cationic surfactant, (C) glacial acetic acid, (D) a salt of an oxyacid of sulfur, and (E) water.

The invention concerns a plastic coated steel tube which is coated with at least one layer of a polyolefin which has been modified with a hydrolysable silane.

Water-soluble alkylated alkanolamine salts useful as a defoaming agent with respect to aqueous organic containing solutions and as an admixture for cement-based compositions.

A data processing apparatus for decoding and executing instructions in a parallel manner in a variable word length instruction format. A plurality of decoders is used in which while the primary instruction decoder (12) is decoding an instruction, the probability of parallel decoding of the next instruction is detected, so that the primary instruction decoder and a secondary instruction decoder (13...

A track access control method and apparatus for an optical disk apparatus are disclosed. Where a locus (720) of movement of an object lens (10) through which a write beam (W) and a read beam (R) are projected onto an optical disk (1) upon track accessing is offset from a straight line(730) through the center (0) of the optical disk (1), the positional relationship of the read beam and the write be...

A backrest section of a unitary sofa, or of a unit of a modular sofa arrangement, is movable between its upright position and an operative position where it overlies the seat to provide a table and/or armrest accessible to sofa occupants on either side thereof. A linkage mechanism comprising a pair of links is mounted to either side of the movable backrest section and includes an opposed recess an...

Disclosed is a fiber amplifier system including a gain fiber having a single-mode core containing dopant ions capable of producing stimulated emission of light at wavelength .lambda.s when pumped with light of wavelength .lambda.p. Absorbing ion filtering means is operatively associated with the gain fiber to alter the gain curve. If the absorbing ions are the same as the gain ions of the gain fib...

This invention relates generally to vented loudspeakers for the reproduction of musical sounds, but particularly to the design and location of ports or vents that tune the enclosure. The loudspeaker system has an enclosure, having afront baffle and a pair of loudspeaker drivers mounted in the baffle. The enclosure has a hexagonal cross-section. A pair of vents are each located at a juncture of the...

MACHINE FOR PREPARING LITTERS FOR ANIMALS The machine for preparing litters for animals in the field of zootechny includes, on a self-propelled or towed wheeled chassis, a container which is provided with a scroll-like element for shredding and mixing fibrous products, for example straw and/or hay and/or equivalent products, and bladed rotating elements, suitable for spreading the fibrous products...

An air supply control system for an internal combustion engine comprises at least first and second turbosuperchargers (22 : 23 , 209 : 210), an exhaust cutoff valve 35A, 35B : 211) operative selectively to open and close an exhaust passage in which a turbine of the second turbosupercharger (23 : 210) is disposed, an intake air cutoff valve (26 : 221) operative selectively to open and close an inta...

The invention provides a method for decolorizing an effluent stream from a pulp mill plant comprising the step of adding an effective amount of a decolorizing composition including a ferrous sulfate and a water-soluble cationic amine polymer.

of the Invention The invention provides a method for decolorizing an effluent stream from a pulp mill plant comprising the step of adding an effective amount of a decolorizing composition including a ferrous sulfate and a water-soluble cationic amine polymer.

An improved lighter-key-holder arrangement, wherein the key-holder is independent from the lighter and comprises a detachable fitting having a cross-section similar to that of the lighter. The cross-section can be circular or rectangular. The fitting is coupled to the lighter by a threaded pin centrally formed thereon and received in a threaded bore hole centrally formed on the bottom surface of t...

Compounds of the formula wherein R1 is C1-18alkyl, substituted C1-18alkyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, C3-6alkenyl, substituted C3-6alkenyl, C3-6alkynyl or substituted C3-6alkynyl, R2 is an electron withdrawing substituent; and K is the residue of a coupling component that is free of any water solubilizing groups. The compounds are disperse dyes which can be used to dye, print or pad f...

The pump has a main stage high pressure pump and a feed stage low pressure pump (11) whose excess fluid quantity is led back to a tank via a run-off flow path through the shaft of the main pump. The regions of the main stage pump (20,27,28,70,40,84) which are subject to an elevated thermal and/or mechanical load are incorporated in the run-off flow path (52,54, S S1,S2,33,82,35) to allow the exces...