A web of gray cotton fibers (12) is entangled by passing it under a series of low pressure liquid nozzles or jets (18) which are oscillated in a direction transverse to the direction of travel of the web. The entangled web (24) is then subjected to a cotton scouring step, and then dried, to produce a strong coherent nonwoven fabric that requires no resin binder and has a high absorption capacity f...

Gasoline composition comprising a major amount of a gasoline suitable for use in spark-ignition engines, and a minor amount of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt of a succinic acid having as substituent on at least one of its alpha -carbon atoms an unsubstituted or substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group having from 20 to 200 carbon atoms, or of a succinic acid derivative having as subs...

An additive for liquid fuel, such as fuel oil, gas oil and Diesel oil comprising manganese salts of aliphatic acids, high-boiling tar oil and naphthalene as compulsory ingredients and if necessary furthermore one or several of the ingredients, iron naphthenate, ferric chloride and calcium salts of aliphatic acids. The additive improves the combustion and consequently the efficiency, reduces accumu...

The invention relates to compositions for the parenteral administration of an essentially uniform and continuous amount of a peptide composition over an extended period of time. The invention also relates to the preparation and administration of said peptide compositions.

PCT No. PCT/DK82/00101 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 15, 1983 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 15, 1983 PCT Filed Nov. 12, 1982 PCT Pub. No. WO83/01727 PCT Pub. Date May 26, 1983.In the shucking and eviscerating of scallops, the yield is increased by treating the scallops, prior to the heat treatment, with a sodium or potassium hydroxide solution, as this results in a more effective loosening of the contents of the sca...

New saccharides having the formula (I), wherein R'1, R'2, R'3 and R'4 are different or identical and independently represent hydrogen or an optionally substituted acyl group and W, X, Y and Z are identical or different and independently represent oxygen or an imino group with the proviso that a) at least one of the substituents R'1, R'2, R'3 and R'4 represents an acyl group and b) when Z and X are...

New saccharides having the formula (I), wherein R'1, R'2, R'3 and R'4 are different or identical and independently represent hydrogen or an optionally substituted acyl group and W, X, Y and Z are identical or different and independently represent oxygen or an imino group with the proviso that a) at least one of the substituents R'1, R'2, R'3 and R'4 represents an acyl group and b) when Z and X are...

1. Fluorescent diagnostic reagent, containing a compound consisting of a) a hydrophobic hapten, b) a hydrophilic compound and c) a hydrophobic fluorescent compound based on fluoresceine, umbelliferone or fluorescamine, whilst both the hydrophobic hapten and also the hydrophobic fluorescent compound are bonded to the hydrophilic compound separately from each other, characterised in that the hydroph...

New saccharides having the formula (I), wherein R'1, R'2, R'3 and R'4 are different or identical and independently represent hydrogen or an optionally substituted acyl group and W, X, Y and Z are identical or different and independently represent oxygen or an imino group with the proviso that a) at least one of the substituents R'1, R'2, R'3 and R'4 represents an acyl group and b) when Z and X are...

New saccharides having the formula (I), wherein R'1, R'2, R'3 and R'4 are different or identical and independently represent hydrogen or an optionally substituted acyl group and W, X, Y and Z are identical or different and independently represent oxygen or an imino group with the proviso that a) at least one of the substituents R'1, R'2, R'3 and R'4 represents an acyl group and b) when Z and X are...

Composés de formule I et II et leur préparation. Ces composés peuvent etre utilisés comme médicaments en particulier comme modulateurs de la résistance anti-microbienne.; New saccharides having the formula (I), wherein R'1, R'2, R'3 and R'4 are different or identical and independently represent hydrogen or an optionally substituted acyl group and W, X, Y and Z are identical or different and indepe...

PCT No. PCT/FR86/00208 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 24, 1987 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 24, 1987 PCT Filed Jun. 18, 1986 PCT Pub. No. WO87/00057 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 15, 1987.The procedure consists in compressing locally the fiber padding by means of a specifically profile tool, and in placing the powdery product in the impression left by the tool. According to an additional characteristic of the procedure, a comp...

In a semiconductor device a field effect transistor of either the lateral or vertical type has an island-shaped first region (1) which is bounded at the bottom by a first p-n junction (5) having a high breakdown voltage and laterally by a second p-n junction (6) having a low breakdown voltage. The first junction (5) is formed with an underlying second region (2) of opposite conductivity type to th...

A patient lifting device shows a lifting platform (26) connected to an upper column part (16), which is raiseable and lowerable by a jack (18) operated by an electric motor (20). A gas spring (34) is arranged between the upper column part (16) and a lower part (24) of the jack (18) to unload it. The lower part (24) rests on a seat (27), from which it can move in upwards direction. If the lifting p...

A system for determining a truth comprises a main unit which is employed together with an external memory, for example, ROM cartridge, floppy disk or the like. The main unit is operated following a program contained in the external memory. In the external memory and the main unit, the same semiconductor devices, for example, microprocessors are incorporated respectively, and the former device acts...

Device for coupling two wind-surfing boards to obtain a land or sea machine. It is composed of a coupling frame (1) which is fastened to the wind-surfing boards (9) by at least two fastening points (7, 8). The fastening points are arranged at the mounting location (5) of each mast and at each centreboard well (6). The coupling frame (1) is composed of two tubes which serve as cross-members (2-3) s...

In the process, the cooking liquor is burnt, the magnesium oxide and sulphur dioxide contained in the resulting combustion gases are extracted for the manufacture of magnesium monosulphite (MgSO3) and magnesium bisulphite (Mg(HSO3)2), a part of the MgSO3 is thermally cleaved and the resulting products are recovered. In order to free the hot process gas practically completely from fine MgO dust wit...

The invention relates to a particularly economic cleaning of flat filter elements, such as cloth filters, by introducing the clean gas by means of lances into the filter element to be cleaned and shutting off the same from the clean gas space by a barrier apparatus which is actuated in particular by the clean gas itself. This principle allows cleaning of the individual filter elements in accordanc...

a. Plate lid. b. Characterised by an edge A on the lower part, which passes over and grips the edge of the respective plate, and, on the upper part, by a hollow B into which the underside of the plate placed above can be nested, which permits the stacking of plates having meals ready for consumption, by virtue of the respective lids which ensure the stability of the stacks. c. The invention relate...