An improved method of multiple-stage hydraulic fracturing of coal seams to improve the rate and total recovery of gas therefrom. In one aspect, the improvement comprises completing the well with 7-inch or larger casing and 3-1/2 inch or larger tubing. In another aspect, the stagewise fracturing is continued until the following quantity of 60-140 mesh proppants has been deposited in the formation: ...

THERMOSETTING ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION One-part organosiloxane composition curable by a platinum-catalyzed hydrosilation reaction contain the catalyst encapsulated within finely divided particles of a cured silicone rubber. The compositions are storage-stable for up to several days at room temperature, yet cure relatively rapidly when heated.

Disposable diapers can be manufactured at high production speeds by using for the waistband a heat-shrinkable plastic film that is dimensionally stable at ordinary room temperatures and shrinks in one direction at least 25% within 5 seconds at 54.degree.C. Such a heat-shrinkable plastic film can be made by uniaxially cold-stretching a thin extrudate of a blend of an EVA copolymer and an (A-B) bloc...

There is provided an apparatus for clarifying fluid in a fluid container, e.g., a tank, basin or lagoon. The apparatus comprises a first means for defining a quiescent zone in the container. The first means includes a pair of end walls, a pair of side walls, and a bottom wall comprising at least one surface having open and closed areas to permit settled solids to pass out of the quiescent zone. Me...

A pivoting safety razor assembly for holding a blade device (18) has a handle (12) and a flexible member (14) which interconnects the handle (12) with the blade device (18). The blade device (18) defines a cutting edge (66) and the flexible member (14) bends in response to shaving forces to move the handle (12) in a rotational motion about the cutting edge (66).

The present invention provides a process for the preparation of a ganglioside mixture, which is free from contaminates which are associated with nonconventional, life-threatening viruses, without altering the biological and pharmacological characteristics of the mixture on the central and peripheral nervous systems. The process includes the carrying out of twelve interrelated steps.

An improved ultrasonic pulse-echo method and apparatus that has particular application in making precision measurements of compressibility in any backscattering material, in particular organic tissue, is disclosed. The method employs a standard transducer or transducer containing device which is translated transaxially, thereby compressing or displacing a proximal region of a target body in small ...

The invention relates to a male incontinence guard intended for one-time use only and including an inner, liquid permeable casing layer (2), which is intended to lie closest to the body of the wearer in use, an outer liquid impermeable casing layer (3) and an absorbent pad (4) enclosed between the layers. According to the invention, a first part of the absorbent pad (4) intended to surround the us...

The invention relates to a male incontinence guard intended for one-time use only and including an inner, liquid permeable casing layer (2), which is intended to lie closest to the body of the wearer in use, an outer liquid impermeable casing layer (3) and an absorbent pad (4) enclosed between the layers. According to the invention, a first part of the absorbent pad (4) intended to surround the us...

PCT No. PCT/SE90/00743 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 22, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 22, 1992 PCT Filed Nov. 16, 1990 PCT Pub. No. WO91/07156 PCT Pub. Date May 30, 1991.An absorbent article intended for use as a urine-collecting insert in a diaper or an incontinence guard includes an inner casing layer (2) of liquid permeable material, which when the article is worn lies nearest the body of the wearer, an out...

PCT No. PCT/SE90/00743 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 22, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 22, 1992 PCT Filed Nov. 16, 1990 PCT Pub. No. WO91/07156 PCT Pub. Date May 30, 1991.An absorbent article intended for use as a urine-collecting insert in a diaper or an incontinence guard includes an inner casing layer (2) of liquid permeable material, which when the article is worn lies nearest the body of the wearer, an out...

2068323 9107156 PCTABS00005 The present invention relates to an absorbent article intended for use as a urine-collecting insert in a diaper or an incontinence guard. The article includes an inner casing layer (2) of liquid permeable material, which when the article is worn lies nearest the body of the wearer, an outer liquid permeable casing layer (3) and an absorbent pad (4) located between the c...

The invention relates to a male incontinence guard intended for one-time use only and including an inner, liquid perme- able casing layer (2), which is intended to lie closest to the body of the wearer in use, an outer liquid impermeable casing layer (3) and an absorbent pad (4) enclosed between the layers. According to the invention, a first part of the absorbent pad (4) intended to surround the...

2068891 9107486 PCTABS00005 A system is provided for the automated detection of target nucleic acid sequences in which multiple biological samples are individually incorporated into matrices within carriers in a two-dimensional format. The matrix carrier is an inexpensive, disposable unit that represents a closed system separating the specimens. The system integrates sample preparation within the ...

-15- EL-0285 A method for fabricating multilayer circuits comprising patterned conductive layers separated by dielectric layers and connected by vias in the dielectric, wherein the unfired dielectric layers are laminated as gapes or sheets over either a fired or unfired conductor layer while under a vacuum.

A slight tube assembly, in combination with a sensing instrument, such as an optical pyrometer, for use in continuously monitoring the temperature of the first row of rotating blades in large gas turbines, particularly the type used in industry. Temperature data received by the pyrometer unit is fed to a control circuit, which regulates fuel input to the tubine to control the firing temperature. T...

A vacuum interrupter characterized by an all-ceramic envelope forming an evacuated chamber in which a pair of separable contacts are disposed. The envelope is comprised of two substantially half portions having abutting end surfaces that are secured together in a vacuum-tight manner.

The new complexes of bismuth or antimony halides with amines having formula: R.(MeX3)y, where R is dicyandiamide, guanamine, 2-guanidinobenzoimidazole, isophorondiamine, melamine, piperazine or a compound containing from 2 to 9 triazino-rings condensed or linked to each other through at least a -NH- group; Me is Bi or Sb X is chlorine or bromine y is a number from 0.3 to 4, are suitable as fla...

A controlled deflection roll of the self-loading type has a shaft about which a tubular shell is disposed. The roll shell is rotatably mounted on bearings at each end which, in turn, are mounted about corresponding bearing rings. The bearing rings are spaced about the shaft and are pivotally linked with the shaft at each end with a pair of pivot arms. Each of the pivot arms at either end of the ro...

2066670 9107500 PCTABS00005 A reshaped human antibody or reshaped human antibody fragment having specificity for human placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) is produced by transferring the complementarity determining regions (CDRs) from a murine anti-PLAP hybridoma cell line H17E2 into a human antibody variable region framework. The reshaped molecule can be used in the treatment or diagnosis of ca...