A steam cooker processes large quantities of food products such as meat, fish, poultry and produce passed therethrough in a spiral conveyor path. The continuously running conveyor is provided with loading and unloading stations outside the cooker and with a continuously operable spray detergent cleaning bath. Efficient cooking is achieved without loss of humidity, flavor or appearance by maintaini...

Automatic stacking device for stacking layers preformed by one or more groups (a, b, c) of sheets, which groups are placed side by side, comprising a motor driven roller plane (1) which brings the layer against a fixed rigid wall (2) so as to avoid that the individual groups of sheets become undone or become displaced obliquely, as well as a group of fixed and movable (4, 6) levelling devices, act...

A process and apparatus for promoting growth of biomass from a supply of suitable nutrient, for example, for the treatment of sewage or industrial effluent by the so-called activated sludge process. There is provided a tank (10) containing a filling consisting of a plurality of freely movable bodies (11) each formed as a block of reticular foamed material defining within its internal structure a s...

A process and apparatus for promoting growth of biomass from a supply of suitable nutrient, for example, for the treatment of sewage or industrial effluent by the so-called activated sludge process. There is provided a tank (10) containing a filling consisting of a plurality of freely movable bodies (11) each formed as a block of reticular foamed material defining within its internal structure a s...

CETTE MACHINE ENTIEREMENT AUTOMATIQUE COMPREND:

A.UN CADRE DE RECENTRAGE 14 AVEC QUATRE FLANCS 29 MOBILES HORIZONTALEMENT ET SYNCHRONISES DEUX A DEUX, POUR RECENTRER EXACTEMENT UNE PILE 25 DE PLAQUES DE CARTON EN ATTENTE;

B.UN PLATEAU DE PREHENSION PAR DEPRESSION 15 DEPLACABLE VERTICALEMENT ET MUNI AUSSI DE QUATRE FLANCS 48, 49 MOBILES HORIZONTALEMENT ET SYNCHRONISES DEUX A DEUX, LE...

A frame (1) for a chair (2) as shown, table or the like, which frame is adjustable and capable of providing a substantially horizontal support surface (4) above inclined ground, is provided with adjustment means (5) pivotally connected to a support (3) which carries the support surface (4). Preferably, the adjustment means (5) include at least one adjusting strut (6) and at least one supporting be...

DISPOSITIF D'ASSEMBLAGE DE LITS JUMEAUX ET SUPERPOSABLES.

DANS LES MONTANTS 1AS, 1BS, 2AS, 2BS D'UN LIT DEVANT ETRE SURELEVE ET DANS LES MONTANTS 1AI, 1BI, 2AI, 2BI DE L'AUTRE LIT SONT CREUSEES DES RAINURES DANS LESQUELLES PENETRENT LES LANGUETTES DE QUATRE BARRES DE RAIDISSEMENT 9 QUI SONT MONTEES PIVOTANTES AUTOUR D'UNE CHARNIERE SOUS LES LONGERONS 3 DU LIT SUPERIEUR ET QUI PEUVENT ETRE...

PURPOSE:To enable bags or the like to be massproduced through high speed welding of sheet material by providing an ultrasonic welding machine movably in the direction rectangular to the sheet material feeding direction. CONSTITUTION:An ultrasonic welding machine 10 is provided movably in the direction rectangular to the feeding direction of a sheet material 90 that moves intermittently in the left...

PURPOSE:To provide the titled compound free from the bitter taste of free disopyramide, having high solubility in water, and administrable not only as a capsule but also in the form of other types of preparation, by including disopyramide which is a remedy for arrhythmia, in cyclodextrin. CONSTITUTION:A disopyramide clathrate compound which is white powdery crystal having high water solubility and...

NEW MATERIAL:The 1,4-dihydropyridine derivative of formulaI(R is lower alkyl; R1 is 2- or 3-nitrophenyl; X is ethylenedioxy or oxo; n is 1 or 2) having carbonyl or cyclic ketal group in the 5-position carboxylic acid ester residue. EXAMPLE:3-Ethyl 5-(2,2-ethylenedioxypropyl-2,6-dimethyl-4-(2-nitrophenyl)-1,4-dihydrop yridine-3,5-dicarboxylate. USE:An agent for increasing blood flow in the coronary...

PURPOSE:To obtain the titled injection inexpensively, by blending raw garlic juice squeezed from raw garlic with an edible oil to prepare raw garlic extract free from smell, stimulation and sharp taste, sterilizing the extract, removing microorganisms from it, filtering and clarifying it. CONSTITUTION:The periderm of garlic is removed, root juice is squeezed from the bulb of garlic, the juice is p...

During thermal tempering of glass sheets by heating and subsequent rapid cooling by means of a liquid or gaseous coolant, heat is removed from the coolant, before it is used for the rapid cooling of the glass sheets, in a heat pump (13). The thermal energy obtained in the heat pump (13) is used for a heat-consuming operation within the tempering line. For example, the thermal energy in the form of...

PURPOSE:To manufacture a sheet contg. optical fibers arranged accurately at constant pitches, by arranging a bundle of a prescribed number of optical fibers in a plurality of grooves cut in a plate having a convexly curved surface along the longitudinal direction and applying resin to fix the fibers. CONSTITUTION:A plurality of optical fibers 1 pulled out of a reel are introduced into a comb 2 for...

In a pull-in safeguard, a conveyor (5) is equipped with two endlessly rotary-driven conveyor bands made of elastic material, the deflecting rollers (17, 18) located on the entry side being provided on the circumference with grooves (29, 30), into which the conveyor bands (10, 11) are completely countersunk. The rollers (17, 18) are loosely mounted rotatably, and the conveyor bands can slip on thes...