A storage battery has a temporary side terminal cast integrally with the permanent side terminal.

Ethylene glycol is prepared by a process in which ethylene oxide is extracted from an aqueous solution with near-critical or super-critical carbon dioxide. Thereafter an ethylene oxide-carbon dioxide-water mixture is contacted with a catalyst to form ethylene carbonate, which is then hydrolyzed to ethylene glycol in the presence of the same catalyst. The ethylene glycol is separated as product and...

A blood sugar analyzing apparatus has a reaction cell which houses a fixed enzyme membrane sensor and a measuring electrode which receives a blood specimen which causes a chemical reaction between the blood specimen and said fixed enzyme membrane for measuring the blood sugar concentration in the specimen on the basis of a reaction current signal generated in the sensor by the chemical reaction. T...

A method and apparatus are disclosed for detecting sample fluid on an analysis slide of the type which is used to perform quantitative analyses. The apparatus comprises means for projecting radiation comprising wavelengths absorbed by water onto the slide and means for measuring the intensity of radiation received from the slide, both before fluid is metered on the slide and after fluid has been m...

A tape coated with an adsorbent and impregnated with a processing solution which includes silver nitrate, an acid, an alcohol and a glycol is a sensitive detecting means for hydride gases and is stable upon exposure to light.

A card locking device for use in a time recorder which is constructed in such a manner that while a wire type dot matrix type printer performs its printing operation such as time printing or the like on a time card inserted into a card guide passage, a locking lever is effective in clamping the inserted time card in the card guide passage for the purpose of preventing it from being removed therefr...

This invention concerns the manufacture of a layer of elastomeric material to form part of a pneumatic tire, and the manufacture of a reinforced elastomeric layer. According to the invention a layer of elastomeric material is formed as a progressive helical winding along a mandrel. The layer may be transferred in cylindrical form to a tire carcass building former to constitute an inner lining for ...

A magnetic control strip recording device for vehicle control systems. A paving machine (12) lays a strip (10) containing magnetizable material. A wheel (30) rotates in response to the movement of machine (12). Magnets (34), (36) on the wheel and reed switches (38), (40) adjacent the wheel are activated in response to the movement of the wheel. An electromagnet (21) is energized when the reed swit...

A device for the control of the traveling speed of a motor vehicle with a regulating unit actuateable by the vehicle driver, particularly a gas pedal, and means for transmission of the movement of the same to an element, particularly the throttle valve, which influences the fuel-air mixture. An electrical controller is provided, the desired value input of which is applied with the output signal of...

A process is provided for the waste treatment of metal plating solutions. One embodiment of the process comprises removal of the metal values contained in solution and inactivation or destruction of the complexing agent's ability to complex heavy metals. A second embodiment comprises inactivation or destruction of the complexing agent as a first step, formation of a sludge if not formed by inactiv...

A two-phase material comprises a higher-melting phase dispersed in a lower-melting matrix. The material made by the method is new since, although it consists of particles of a higher-melting-point phase (e.g. iron) dispersed in a lower-melting-point matrix (e.g. aluminium), the particles being of a material soluble in the matrix at the melting-point of the matrix, no perceptible dissolution of the...

A process for producing articles of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is disclosed. The process allows some of the conventional plastic fabrication techniques to be used with PTFE which until now have not been possible. The process comprises the steps of intensively mixing and thermokinetically heating PTFE resin in an enclosed container with a plurality of blades attached to arms rotating about an a...

Acrylonitrile polymer film is treated with non-volatile water-miscible glycol plasticizer to improve toughness and other film properties. In a unique, continuous, steady state process polyacrylonitrile aquagel strip is treated with plasticizer additive in concentrated aqueous solution. Aquagel strip is passed at substantially constant rate through a solution treatment bath. The aquagel strip, whic...

A water-soluble coating composition adapted for imparting appropriate printing, especially off-set printing, and processing characteristics to a thermoplastic resin film to be used as a synthetic paper and a coated film prepared with the composition are provided. The coating composition comprises (A) 100 parts by weight of a water-soluble polymer containing tertiary or quaternary nitrogen, (B) 5 t...

Compositions useful as friction particles comprised of tri- and/or tetrafunctional phenol, difunctional phenol, aldehyde, a protective colloid, and a reaction promoting compound. The friction particles are formulated into friction elements. A process for producing the friction particles in particulate form.

There is provided an apparatus such as a dry shaver comprising a housing formed by two opposing housing shells. An electric motor is mounted on at least one support extending from one housing shell. Adjacent the support a resilient hook is formed integrally with, and projects from, such one housing shell in order to secure the motor to the shell, the resilient hook engaging an edge portion of the ...

An information signal recording medium of rotary type has a flat surface with first succession of pits formed therein as respective concavities in response to a first signal and with second succession of pits formed therein as respective concavities in response to a second signal. The second succession of pits are formed at positions substantially intermediate between the centerlines of adjacent t...

1514499 Recovering polypropylene from solutions thereof STANDARD OIL CO 12 Nov 1975 [21 July 1975 14 Nov 1974] 46733/75 Heading C3L A method for the recovery of soluble polypropylene from solutions thereof comprises (a) partially steam stripping the spent organic polymerization medium to remove volatile components and to form an aqueous phase from condensed steam and a concentrated waterinsoluble ...