The invention refers to a process of forming shaped articles from starch, which process comprises: (a) heating a composition comprising a pre-processed and essentially destructurized starch/water material, at a water content in the range of from 10 to 20 % by weight based on the weight of the composition to a temperature sufficient to essentially destructure the starch. (b) transferring the me...

Cellulose sponge using non-woody pulp as raw material and a method of producing the same. According to the present invention, cellulose sponge can be produced without using wood pulp, with using vegetable cellulose of low plants, shrub, or the like to contribute to the prevention of the forest destruction and provide the way to use the waste material.

Disclosed is a transition metal compound represented by the following formula: wherein M is a transition metal, X is halogen or the like, R<1> is a hydrocarbon group or the like, R<2> is an aryl group substituted with a halogenated hydrocarbon group, and Y is a divalent silicon-containing group or the like. Also disclosed are an olefin polymerization catalyst component comprising the transi...

A method of cementing a wellbore which penetrates a subsurface gas-containing formation is provided whereby gas migration is reduced. The method features the use of an additive consisting of a tannin backbone having grafted thereto at least two different vinylamide derivatives. The additive causes the cement slurry employed in the method to exhibit a Zero Gel Time of greater than about one hour, a...

A method for inhibiting a corrosion of a metal embedded in concrete which contains a chloride, comprises: (a) applying water to the concrete; (b) imposing a negative voltage to the metal to cause electric current to flow through the metal and repel chloride ions away from the metal and into the water; (c) removing the water contg. chloride ions; and (d) applying a compsn. contg. (NH4)2CO3 as corro...

: There are disclosed a D-glucosamine derivative represented by the formula (I): (I) wherein (1) X is a group of formula: and R1 and R2 are both hydrogen atoms; or (2) X is OH or a group of the formula: and one of R1 and R2 is a group of the formula: -Y-R11 or alkyl and the other is H, or one of R1 and R2 is a group of the formula: -Y-R11 and the other is alkyl; Y is a group of t...

of the disclosure: Stabilized oligonucleotides and their use The invention relates to novel stabilized oligonucleotides in which at least one non-terminal pyrimidine nucleoside is modified, and to their use as a diagnostic or pharmaceutical for the treatment of viral infections, cancer or diseases in which integrins or cell-cell adhesion receptors are active.

18 A method for performing intrastromal photorefractive keratectomy in the cornea of an eye, using a pulsed laser beam, includes the initial step of focusing the beam to a spot size at a start point in the stroma. The start point is located in the stroma and at a predetermined distance behind the epithelium of the cornea. Beginning with the start point, a volume of stromal tissue which is substant...

11 A blind rivet 1 comprises a hollow rivet body 4 including a shank 2 and a flange 3 and a mandrel 5 which is to be inserted into the hollow hole of the body and is longer than the body. The mandrel 5 is inserted so that a diametrically enlarged head 7 is positioned on the opposite end of the shank 2 to the flange 3. By pulling the mandrel strongly, the shank of the rivet body is buckled to expan...

A dry, removable analytical element can be used to detect chemiluminescent signals produced from the reaction of peroxidase and a chemiluminescent detection system. The analytical element contains at least two layers, the outer layer being non-tacky and water-soluble or water-permeable, and used to contact a gel plate or transblotting membrane in which multiple analytes are located. The resulting ...

Process for preparing perylene-3,4-dicarboxylic acid derivatives. the derivatives thus prepared and their use of the disclosure: Reacting the industrially readily available perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride (3) with specific primary amines in the presence of water gives perylene-3,4-dicarboxylic bisimides (2). Their hydrolysis affords the perylene-3,4-dicarboxylic anhydride on a prepar...

ABRÉGÉ DESCRIPTIF L'installation combinée comprend au moins une unité de production de métal comprenant au moins un, typiquement une série de dispositifs de production ou de traitement de métal, et au moins une unité de séparation de gaz de l'air comprenant au moins une sortie d'au moins un gaz de l'air, les unités étant alimentées en air comprimé à faible teneur en vapeur d'eau par une unité comm...

In an apparatus for making plastic bags or the like from a continuous film of material comprising a sealing drum having at least one seal bar for imparting transverse seals to the film at regularly spaced intervals and a perforator having a rotatable perforator blade for imparting transverse perforations to the film at regularly spaced intervals, the film comprising print marks appearing thereon a...

A pedal and pedal-length controller for an automobile includes an auxiliary pedal member connected to a pedal plate so that the radius of gyration of the auxiliary pedal member is controlled in accordance with the length of a driver's leg.

Titre : MOULE POUR PNEUMATIQUE, ET PROCEDE DE MOULAGE DU PNEUMATIQUE Société dite : SEDEPRO Le moule à secteurs (11) est conçu pour que, pendant la phase de moulage, les éléments moulants (10, 10a, 10b, 10c) soient tous équidistants grâce à des organes (13) assurant une répulsion élastique entre eux. Certains des éléments glissent circonférentiellment par rapport à leur secteur (11) en phase final...

Rotary motor consisting of a fixed external part or stator of special shape, inside which there is a rotor having eight arms which are coupled and connected to the central part, which acts as a fulcrum. Between each pair of rotating arms there are arranged a certain number of sliding vanes which adhere, during the rotation, to the walls of the stator and ensure tightness so that during the rotatio...

Switch for controlling the paying in and out of the cable of an electric winch, in which a pushbutton is installed in the top cover of the switch. Both sides of the push- button have a retaining pin and its bottom is V-shaped. Both edges of the V surface have a conductive plate. The conductive plates for the DC voltage supply on the lower cover of the switch are laid out so as to intersect each ot...

The stator consists of a plurality of stacked laminations, each having a plurality of radiating teeth (4). The teeth have opposite peripheral end tongues (7, 8) separated so as to form slots (9, 10) wherein coils (15, 16) are alternately arranged in two rows. Each tooth (4) has opposite side walls (5, 6) with portions (13, 14) on which the coils (15, 16) are wound. Said portions (13, 14) are radia...

System for calculating mixture strength in which an electronic panel (7) is capable of comparing the voltage generated by exhaust gas sensors, in particular from a lambda probe (19) located in the exhaust manifold (21) of a petrol engine (4), with a threshold value (Str) such as to distinguish between a first and a second state (rich state/lean state), corresponding to an air/petrol mixture suppli...

The heat exchanger for use around a pipe 10 through which a process fluid flows comprises at least two assemblable members 12a, 12b capable of permitting the flow of a heat exchange fluid, each of which is substantially shaped in the form of a tubular sector and includes: an inlet manifold 14a, 14b and an exit manifold 16a, 16b which are hollow internally and positioned at the ends of member 12a, ...