An evaporation closure is disclosed. One embodiment of the closure (3) includes a cap (5), made of pliable material, which in turn includes a top wall (7) having an opening (8), a skirt (9) downwardly depending from the top wall (7) and having a threadless internal wall (12) adapted to slip on and sealingly engage a container (1), and biasing means (10) integral with the skirt (9); and an elongate...

Linear copolyesters containing a plurality of repeat units derived from difunctional compounds containing oxysulphonyl groups and a plurality of repeat units of the general formula: in which: - R1, R2, R3 and R4, which are identical or different, denote alkyl, cycloalkyl or arylalkyl radicals, - A is a divalent hydrocarbon radical bonded to the vicinal silicon atom by a carbon-silicon b...

The invention describes a closing device (10) for a flexible holder (34) and a holder (34) with at least one such closing device (10), the holder having at least two compartments (38, 40) for different liquids and the at least one closing device (10) being provided sealingly in the sealing strip (58') between said compartments (38, 40) for the production of a fluid connection between said compartm...

There is now provided a closed cell rigid polyisocyanate based foam blown with a C1 - C4 hydrofluorocarbon and formic acid as blowing agents, which possesses a uniform density gradient varying by not more than 10 percent. There is also now provided a polyol composition and a froth foaming mixture having good flow by employing a polyol and formic acid in the presence of a C1 - C4 hydrofluorocarbon ...

PCT No. PCT/AT94/00055 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 6, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 6, 1994 PCT Filed Apr. 29, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/25492 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 10, 1994.A stable moulding material and spinning material containing cellulose, a tertiary amine-oxide, particularly N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide and optionally water, as well as a stabiliser, characterized in that as said stabiliser a mixture of glucosid...

An uncured cementitious dough or paste, which is substantially free of particulate components having a diameter greater than 100 microns, said paste comprising in admixture; a) At least one hydraulic cement; b) at least one polymer latex, the polymer being present in an amount of 1 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts of the cement; c) total water in an amount from 8 to 20 parts by weight of wa...

An apparatus for magnetically treating fluids such as water and hydrocarbon fuels; in the case of water to increase the solubility of salts and reduce scale or soften any deposits which are formed, and in the case of hydrocarbons to increase fuel combustion efficiency. The apparatus improves on existing techniques by including first and second magnetisation means mounted on a fluid-carrying non-me...

Use of sepiolite in manufacturing processes of products reinforced with mica-containing fiber These processes comprise the following steps: (a) preparation of an aqueous slurry of inorganic binder, reinforcing fibers, retention fibers, mica, inorganic additives to improve the filtration, flocculants or dispersing agents and, optionally other conventional additives; (b) wet shaping of the artic...

The pallet proposed consists of a top deck (1), at least four feet (2) bonded to the underside of the top deck (1) and at least two connecting strips (3), each bonded to at least two feet (2). The top deck (1) has a core made of corrugated cardboard, the longitudinal axis of the corrugations running preferably at right angles to the plane of the top deck, and a sheath made preferably of paperboard...

Casket hardware which may be quickly connected and disconnected without the use of tools and without necessitating access to the inside of the casket. The casket hardware essentially includes a mounting plate having an upper leg including a casket handle mount and a lower leg including a slot opening to one end of the plate. The slot is shaped to receive a wooden pin or dowel extending across a gr...

2.1. In the case of the prior processes and apparatus for the melting of silicate raw materials, the requisite outlay for effectively reducing the emission values with respect to dust, fluorides and chlorides in the tank exhaust gases, and for recycling the additives back to the molten bath is relatively high. 2.2. According to the invention, provision is made for preheating the raw material mixtu...

A porous ceramic material comprising mineral fibres and clay in a weight ratio of 9:1 to 3:7, having open porosity from 75 to 90 %, the coefficient of thermal conductivity at room temperature less than 0.2 W/mK, bulk density between 350 and 800 kg/m<3>, the length of mineral fibres less than 6 mm, compressive strength from 2.0 to 10 MPa, bending strength from 0.1 to 3 MPa. Said material can be use...

The invention regards a selflocking syringe. The syringe rod is equipped with an extractor which, when the syringe plunger is pushed to the end of the stroke, hooks the needle and withdraws it by means of a preloaded spring to the inside of the rod, into a protected and inaccessible position, thus making the syringe unserviceable already after its first use.

PCT No. PCT/SE93/00336 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 24, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 24, 1993 PCT Filed Apr. 16, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO93/20869 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 28, 1993.A device for an injection apparatus, including a dual-chamber injection cartridge. The cartridge includes a front end, a rear end, a front opening in the vicinity of a front end of the cartridge, a front chamber located in the vicinity of the...

A self-expanding stent assembly (10) consisting of one or more z-stents (11,12) connected to one another and covered by a flexible sleeve (13), which can be made from either nylon, plastic or another suitable material. The stents are formed of stainless steel wire arranged in a closed zig-zag configuration which includes an endless series of struts (14) that are joined by an equal number of joints...

PCT No. PCT/GB92/00539 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 15, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 15, 1993 PCT Filed Mar. 24, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO92/17322 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 1992.A tandem blade razor with two continually sharpened blades and a third skin engaging member of planar form having a skin engaging edge with a tip radius of at least 0.5 microns. The rounded edge is positioned between the sharpened blade edges...

The composition and methods of synthesis of several prodrugs are described. These methods may be used to convert negatively charged phosphorous bearing drugs into neutrally charged; lipid soluble prodrugs which are able to passively diffuse into cells and through biological membranes. Prodrugs for a variety of antiviral and anti-leukemic agents are described. A class of prodrugs which undergo degr...

It is possible with the aid of a Bacillus species or the appropriate enzymes obtained therefrom to degrade phosphoglycolipid antibiotics. The degradation products of the moenomycins have antibiotic activity or can be used as building block in the synthetic preparation of transglycosylase inhibitors.

Certain 3 min -fluoro pyrimidine and purine nucleosides have been found to have potent antiviral activity particularly against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

A compound selected from the group consisting of a compound of the formula I wherein R is m and n are individually integers from 0 to 6, A and B are individually a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen and alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, the double bond geometry being E or Z or E+Z or A and B form a third bond between the carbon atoms to which they a...