A hose reel includes a reel member rotatably mounted on a horizontal portion of an upstanding tube. The upstanding tube extends vertically from the horizontal portion and thence diagonally, to a lower vertical portion aligned generally under the center of the reel member. The lower end of the upstanding tube is rotatably mounted to one end of a support arm so that the reel and upstanding tube memb...

SILICONE PRIMER The bonding of a sealant or coating to a substrate can be improved by applying to the substrate a composition containing a specified polydiorganosiloxane and a specified reactive compound, then applying the sealant or coating to the cleaned and treated substrate. The polydiorganosiloxane is a linear polydiorganosiloxane having a viscosity of from 10 to 50 centistokes at 25.degree.C...

2103813 9214555 PCTABS00015 A method for increasing the resistance of a coating such as a color/clear composite coating to water spotting and acid etching is disclosed. The method involves exposing the coated substrate to ultraviolet radiation after heat curing of the coating.

The invention relates to an aqueous polymer dispersion which may optionally contain mineral additives and/or pigments and which essentially consists of a mixture of A) a 20% to 65% w/w aqueous dispersion of a copolymer of (a) an olefinically unsaturated compound containing one or more carboxyl groups and/or amide groups, and (b) at least two monomers selected from the group consisting of acrylates...

BASF AKTIENQESELLSCHAFT O.Z.0050/42229 Aqueous polymer dispersions containing organic compounds having carbonate groups and carbonyl groups and paints and coating systems produced therewith of the disclosure: The invention relates to an aqueous polymer dispersion which may optionally contain mineral additives and/or pigments and which essentially consists of a mixture of A) a 20% to 65% w/w aqueou...

High-strength, high-modulus, polymeric implants are produced from highly oriented monofilaments and/or films by solvent welding technique. This avoids loss of orientation, as well as thermal and oxidative degradation, which is the common case with the state of art techniques, namely melt extrusion, injection molding and heat compression molding. The invention leads to uniform bonding of the separa...

A method and apparatus for measuring a physical quantity, property or condition and for transmitting a code representing the measured physical quantity, property or condition. The method includes the steps of developing a first signal in response to a physical quantity, property or condition, sampling the first signal to produce an instantaneous first signal value, assigning a first code to the in...

A method of making organopolysiloxanes comprises contacting organosilicon compounds having at least one unit wherein R.degree. is hydrogen, hydroxyl, a C1-18 hydrocarbon, substituted hydrocarbon or hydrocarbonoxy group and a has a value of from 0 to 4 with a phosphonitrile halide AB, wherein A is a phosphonitrile halide cation ¢X(PX2=N)nPX3!+, wherein X is halide and n is from 1 to 8 and B is an a...

A balloon dilatation catheter adapted for use in angioplasty techniques has two balloons (20, 22) at the distal end (10) of the catheter, one inside the other with a separate inflation lumen (14, 16) for each balloon. The catheter enables dilatation of stenoses of different sizes and the dilatation of arteries of different sizes without requiring catheter exchanges.

A gasket of an electrically insulating material, suitable for use in an electrolytic cell, which gasket comprises a plurality of projections and/or recesses on and/or in a surface thereof which are adapted to cooperate with corresponding recesses and/or projections in and/or on a surface of an anode or of a cathode or of a gasket adjacent thereto, in which the projections and/or recesses are prese...

A method of dealing with unprocessed petroleum gas from an oil or gas production field, comprises separating (3) liquids and solids from the unprocessed gas of the well stream (1), drying (5) the unprocessed gas, cooling (6) the unprocessed gas under pressure to produce liquefied petroleum gas at a temperature of not lower than -120 DEG C, and placing the liquefied gas in storage tanks (7) at a te...

The invention is a catalytic unit for combustion engine exhaust gases, the precoated thin metal foils of which are wound into a honeycomb in which the frequency of openings ranges from 600 to 1200 openings per square inch.

A method of dealing with unprocessed petroleum gas from an oil or gas production field, comprises separating liquids and solids from the unprocessed gas of the well stream, drying the unprocessed gas, cooling the unprocessed gas under pressure to produce liquefied petroleum gas at a temperature of not lower than -120.degree.C, and placing the liquefied gas in storage tanks at a temperature between...

For use with master reproducing apparatus which reproduces a visual signal and a corresponding first audio signal, apparatus for substituting a second higher quality audio signal reproduced by slave reproducing apparatus for the first audio signal during reproduction of the visual signal and the first audio signal, includes a synchronizer detector for detecting the amount of synchronization betwee...

N-Phenylbenzyl imidazole derivs. of formula (I) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters are new. In (I), R1 = 1-6C alkyl or 3-6C alkenyl; R2 and R3 = H, 1-6C alkyl, 3-6C alkenyl, 3-10C cycloalkyl (opt. polycyclic), aryl(1-6C)alkyl, aryl or aryl fused to 3-10C cycloalkyl; R4 = H, 1-6C alkyl, 1-6C alkanoyl (opt. substd. by one or more halo or 1-6C alkoxy if other than formyl), 3-6C al...

N-Phenylbenzyl imidazole derivs. of formula (I) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters are new. In (I), R1 = 1-6C alkyl or 3-6C alkenyl; R2 and R3 = H, 1-6C alkyl, 3-6C alkenyl, 3-10C cycloalkyl (opt. polycyclic), aryl(1-6C)alkyl, aryl or aryl fused to 3-10C cycloalkyl; R4 = H, 1-6C alkyl, 1-6C alkanoyl (opt. substd. by one or more halo or 1-6C alkoxy if other than formyl), 3-6C al...

Compounds of formula (I): wherein, preferably, R1 represents an ethyl, propyl or butyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R3 represents a hydrogen atom; R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R5 represents a group of formula -COOR5a, in which R5a represents a hydrogen atom, a pivaloyloxymethyl group, an ethoxycarbonyloxymethyl group, a 1-(ethoxy-carbonyloxy)ethyl gr...

Non-intermeshing four-wing and three-wing rotors for use in high intensity mixing machines of the batch type provide new sequences and new characteristics of dynamic interactions for achieving advantageously increased mixing effectiveness and strength of the rotors. These new rotors 21 and 22 are adapted for driving at unequal speed (unsynchronized rotation) or at equal speed (synchronized rotatio...

The titanium dioxide is essentially transparent to visible light and essentially absorbent for UV radiation. In its preparation, finely divided tin dioxide with a particle size of from 1 to 10 nm, preferably from 1 to 4 nm, is employed in an amount from 0.5 to 10 per cent by weight, based on TiO2. The addition of tin dioxide establishes the particle size of the titanium dioxide at the desired valu...

A process produces fine particle titanium dioxide essentially transparent to visible light and essentially UV radiation absorbing. During preparation of the titanium dioxide product, tin dioxide with a particle size of 1 to 10 nm, and preferably 1 to 4 nm, is added, in an amount of 0.5 to 10 weight percent with respect to TiO2. The particle size of the titanium dioxide is specifically adjusted by ...