A bobbin tube support in the form of a framework fitting inside the tube and a resilient clamping element engaging the external surface of the tube.

The mixture for manufacture of shaped elements of fiber-cement, in addition to minimum 5% by weight of pozzuolanic silicic acid contains also an amount of limestone powder. With this mixture it is possible to obtain a product of high strength properties without tendency to embrittlement respectively to formation of cracks on the surface. In utilizing the mixture for manufacture of shaped elements ...

A method of imubing polymer films as of polyethylene and polypropylene with gas, aroma, fragrance, flavor, grease and oil impermeable surface characteristics involving coating the film with appropriate silane compounds and cross-linking the same while providing physical adsorption adherence to the film, and in sufficient coating micron thickness to produce gas and related barrier characteristics; ...

A multifunctional device for use in an endoscopically performed operative procedure of the type where a narrow portal is established through the skin to provide access to an operative site and the multifunctional device is introduced to the operative site through the narrow portal. The multifunctional device is formed of an absorbent material, preferably expandable, having a substantially rigid dr...

Dyestuff salts of formula (I) are new, where n=1,2,3 or 4; and (i) F=radical of an amionic dyestuff; and A=Radical contg. at least one ammonium, cycloammonium or immonium gp. and at least one aliphatic or cycloaliphatic gp. or an aromatic gp. substd. by at least one -CO- gp., or one heteraromatic gp. from the triazine, pyrimidine, quinazdine, quinoxaline, phthalazine or phthalimidine series, and w...

2087982 9201812 PCTABS00010 The invention provides a method of determining the amount of target DNA in a sample which comprises the steps of (a) dividing the sample into a plurality of aliquots; (b) adding to each aliquot a known amount of competitor DNA which is the same as the target DNA except that it comprises a recognition site capable of being detected directly or indirectly by a labelled sp...

A method for bonding together adjoining hollow glass spheres to form an acoustic matching member for a transducer comprises subjecting a mixture of adjoining spheres and a solution of a heat curable resin and a volatile organic solvent to a first temperature to drive off the solvent and then to a second temperature to cure the resin. This causes the spheres to bond together at their points of con...

N-acyl-N,N min -dilysogangliosides, wherein the acyl groups are derived from unsubstituted aliphatic acids having from 1 to 11 carbon atoms, and N min -acyl-N,N min -dilysogangliosides and N,N min -di-acyl-N,N min -dilysogangliosides, in which the acyl groups are derived from unsubstituted aliphatic acids having from 1 to 24 carbon atoms (with the exception of certain acetyl and diacetyl derivativ...

N-acyl-N,N min -di-lysogangliosides, N min -acyl-N,N min -di-lysogangliosides and N,N min -diacyl-N,N min -di-lysogangliosides, wherein the acyl groups are derived from an aliphatic acid having from 1 to 24 carbon atoms, substituted by one or more polar groups. The acyl-di-lysogangliosides of the invention exhibit an inhibiting action on protein kinase C activation and, thus, can be utilized in th...

PCT No. PCT/AU88/00058 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 15, 1988 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 15, 1988 PCT Filed Mar. 2, 1988 PCT Pub. No. WO88/07409 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 6, 1988.A process for producing a diamond compact comprised of diamond crystals bonded mainly by silicon carbide. The diamond crystals are intimately mixed with silicon in the proportions 97 to 65 percent by weight of diamond to 3 to 35 percent by weig...

An aspheric lens for providing improved vision and a method for generating such a lens is described. The lens provides a sharp image focus while minimizing image aberrations. The method utilizes ray tracing techniques in conjunction with Modulation Transfer functions to accurately account for the total corrective lens-eye system. The lens may be in the form of a contact lens, an intraocular lens, ...

An aspheric lens for providing improved vision and a method for generating such a lens is described. The lens provides a sharp image focus while minimizing image aberrations. The method utilizes ray tracing techniques in conjunction with Modulation Transfer functions to accurately account for the total corrective lens-eye system. The lens may be in the form of a contact lens, an intraocular lens, ...

2087166 9201481 PCTABS00010 Methods are provided for selectively reducing the levels of hydrogen sulfide and organic sulfides in sewage gas to reduce or remove the odor, toxicity and corrosivity associated therewith, comprising contacting said sewage gas with a composition comprising a trisubstituted hexahydro-s-triazine.

A reproducing method for the V-shape groove optical disk is disclosed in which three laser beams are irradiated on a disk (1), and the reflected laser beams are focused on three light receiving units (Ua, Ub, Uc) through object lens (8). The laser beams irradiated on two light receiving units (Ub, Uc) are used for reproducing signal. Each of the two light receiving units (Ub, Uc) has a light recei...

2066198 9201557 PCTABS00010 A protective glazing (5) comprising a glass substrate (10) and a resin coating (12) on at least one surface of the substrate. The coating includes an ultraviolet absorbing material and a dye for correcting the transmission color of the substrate (10).

A food freezer having a thermally insulated enclosure wherein an endless conveyor having a lower loading section, a main helical section and an uppermost unloading section is primarily driven by engagement between its inner edge and the sidewall of a rotatable center cage, which includes a plurality of uniformly spaced apart vertical bars. The lower end of the center cage can be blocked, and a cen...

Container of sheet material, such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, comprising square or rectangular lateral faces connected in pairs by a folding line, the said folding lines being mutually parallel. According to the invention, such a container comprises at least five lateral faces. It may be obtained by rolling up a blank of sheet material around a core interacting with a pressure plate...

Container of sheet material, such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, comprising square or rectangular lateral faces connected in pairs by a folding line, the said folding lines being mutually parallel. According to the invention, such a container comprises at least five lateral faces. It may be obtained by rolling up a blank of sheet material around a core interacting with a pressure plate...

2087605 9202115 PCTABS00010 This is a printed circuit comprising multiple layers and rigid and flexible portions (12, 14) and including a sheet of flexible substrate material (22) extending over the entirety of the rigid and flexible portions and paths of conductive material (24) carried by at least one side of the sheet of flexible substrate material with a sheet of flexible over-layer material (...