Abstract: The invention is a process for preparing round, fluid filled microcapsules by the simultaneous extrusion, of core and shell material from coaxially aligned and concentric extrusion nozzles into a surrounding carrier fluid moving in the direction of the extrusion wherein a surfactant having affinity with the carrier fluid is added to the carrier fluid.When the carrier fluid is an oil based carrier, a lipophilic emulsifier such as a sorbitan monoester of a fatty acid can be used.

Abstract: The present invention is a holder for detachably mounting an article on a vertical pegboard. It comprises prong and associated depending means which allow for mounting of the holder on a pegboard. Two generally equally spaced support rails extend outwardly from the pegboard when the article is mounted in the pegboard and are adapted to support the underside of an upper portion of the article to be held (e.g. a capped bottle). The holder terminates in a vertical end portion comprising two spaced apart rail members that are closer to one another at their lower portion adjacent the point of merger with the support rails but which have an upper portion of greater space therebetween. This design for the end portion of the article holder allows for outward movement of a portion of the article between the end rails only if the article is lifted from the support rails prior to being moved between the vertical end rails.

Abstract: A product dispenser for viscous products is described comprising a tubular container, a liquid pump dispenser, and a take-up piston which advances towards the pump dispenser as product is dispensed therethrough from the container. The take-up piston has a central depression to accommodate the lower portions of the housing of the pump dispenser when the piston reaches its uppermost location when the container is nearly fully evacuated of product. Transverse slots cut downwardly in the upper surface of the piston extend radially outwardly from the central depression to the sides of the piston to provide a means to bleed or vent off unwanted air entrapped in product which lies in the central depression.

Abstract: A therapeutic composition for alleviating or preventing sun-induced desquamation comprises as active ingredients a C.sub.3 to C.sub.30 2-hydroxyalkanoic acid or an ester thereof together with a sunscreen active ingredient in a therapeutically acceptable vehicle. The active ingredients can also be used in the preparation of the composition for the treatment or prevention of this skin condition which can follow exposure to an excessive amount of sunlight.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for the controlled cooking of food solids in glass containers while overcoming the problem of thermal shattering of the glass is disclosed. By using a tunnel furnace with heated air directed into and around the glass container, the glass can be tempered and retempered according to the needs of the ingredients to be added. Foods such as meat can be cooked in the glass container without loss of beneficial by-products. By using this method and apparatus, solid foods can be added separately from liquid foods to thereby control amount of material packed. This procedure also allows for the frozen addition of the solids to thereby avoid disintegration of the solid if soft and subject to abrasion.

Abstract: A stable, water dispersible petroleum jelly formulation, which is an oil-in-water emulsion, is described which comprises water, petroleum jelly, optional humectant, and emulsifier. The composition is formed by ultrasonically emulsifying the various components which will ultimately form the emulsion.

Abstract: A composition suitable for topical application to mammalian skin or hair, comprises an amount of the cell-free supernatant from a culture of dermal papilla fibroblasts which is sufficient to increase hair growth in the rat, when applied thereto, by at least 10% more than that obtainable using a control composition from which the said cell-free supernatant has been omitted.

Abstract: A synergistic moisturizing effect can be obtained in skin treating, e.g., cosmetic, formulations utilizing a combination of glycerol and diglycerol.

Abstract: A molded plastic container having three compartments is described which has utility as a makeup case. The container comprises a central compartment (which can hold an applicator) and a side compartment on each side of the central compartment which is adapted to hold makeup. A living hinge lies between each side compartment and the central compartment to allow for movement of the two side compartments towards and away from one another in the act of closing and opening of the container, respectively. Protective plastic film can overlie at least one of the side compartments.

Abstract: A spray head is disclosed having an aligned fluid conduit leading respectively to a source of pressurized water and a spray outlet. A rotatable, vertically movable valve element lies in a suitable bore in the spray head between the conduits. The valve has a horizontal conduit therethrough which merges with a vertical conduit adapted to convey liquid from a container to which the spray head is connected. A frangible locking collar lies between the head of the valve and the upper surface of the spray head holding the valve from either rotational or vertical movement towards the container. Breaking and removal of the locking collar allows for 90.degree. rotation of the valve to unseat inwardly from flange carried by the valve body from inwardly projecting retaining flanges carried by the spray head body thereby allowing for downward movement of the valve to puncture a seal over the container holding the liquid.

Abstract: Keratinous material, such as human hair, in which disulfide linkages have been reptured to form sulfhydryl groups can be set using glutathione disulfide.

Abstract: A viscous product dispenser is described which comprises a tubular container body adapted to hold product, a take-up piston at the lower end of the body which decreases the internal volume of the container as product is dispensed from the container, and a bulk liquid pump dispenser at the upper portion of the container body having a dip tube extending into the container body and a finger depressible, spring-biased piston/cylinder pumping mechanism. The pumping mechanism of the bulk liquid pump dispenser has a product outlet conduit which is parallel and coaxial to the outlet axis of the dip tube and the center of the piston. The piston/cylinder pumping mechanism is of substantially less cross-sectional area than the internal diameter of the container body.

Abstract: An article for removing nail polish from a nail is described which comprises a sealed envelope having rupturable means along and adjacent to at least one edge thereof to allow for entry of a nail containing nail polish into the interior of the envelope, and an absorbent material, bonded to the inner surfaces of the envelope, which is impregnated with a nail polish remover.

Abstract: A container and finger-depressible pump combination having improved non-leaking characteristics when the container holds a fluid (e.g., a volatile fluid such as nail polish remover) is described. The container which holds the fluid has a finger-depressible pump joined to its opened upper neck with the portion of the pump normally extending into the fluid in the container being encased in a closed but removable shroud which encases and isolates that portion of the pump and the adjacent portions of the pump from contact with the fluid. The shroud is a generally tubular structure being closed at its lower end and having circumferential flange means at its opposed open upper end which are adapted to be seated upon the upper land surface of the container neck underneath a portion of the cap holding the pump.

Abstract: A continuous thread closure assembly is described which achieves a required degree of full thread engagement between cap and container with a lessened amount of turning of the cap needed to achieve such engagement. The assembly comprises a container having a sloping, continuous thread finish thereon having a progressively increasing thread diameter in a direction away from the outlet of the container at a conical angle of at least about 40.degree.. A screw cap is provided having a compressible liner, if desired, on the inside of its top and a counterpart thread configuration to that of the container on the inside skirt portion thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is a mouth swab which comprises a support stick having a swab mounted on at least one end thereof. The swab is impregnated with an oral treatment composition (e.g., a mouth freshening composition) and is encapsulated with a dry, saliva-soluble polymeric coating. Placement of the swab in the mouth results in dissolution of the polymeric coating by the saliva in the mouth and allows for release of the oral treatment composition into the mouth cavity. In certain preferred embodiments the product can contain either a dental floss or toothpick implement within the support stick.

Abstract: Keratinous material, such as human hair, in which disulfide linkages have been ruptured to form sulfhydryl groups can be set using cystamine.

Abstract: A feeding station for vermin which allows for ingress of the vermin to feed on a poisoned bait held at a central portion therein and for their subsequent egress is described. It comprises a base having at least one inclined ramp which, preferably, has a substantially flat floor, the ramp leading inwardly from the more peripheral sections of the base member to a more raised position adjacent a single central well holding a poisoned bait for the vermin. Peripheral wall means bounding and closing off a substantial portion of the interior of the feeding station from the exterior and having at least one opening to the outer and lower portion of the inclined ramp leading to the central well adapted to hold the bait are also provided. A cover is also provided which is joined to the top of the base member to cover the central well holding the poisoned bait and to also cover a substantial portion of the ramp and wall means.

Abstract: Keratinous material, such as human hair, in which disulfide linkages have been ruptured to form disulfide linkages can be set using diimidates, and disuccinimidyl compounds as disclosed herein.

Abstract: A washing apparatus for the bung area of a drum is described which comprises a cover having a peripheral skirt portion comprising a circumferential water conduit containing at least one inwardly directed nozzle to spray water at the area of the bung of the drum for the cleaning of that area of the drum. Water inlet means allow for the infusion of water into the conduit and then through the nozzle or nozzles for the cleaning of the bung area of the drum. A vacuum source is connected to a pipe in an opening in the central portion of the cover to remove washing water supplied to the area of the bung of the drum by the nozzle means within the cover.