Abstract: A process can form an arrangement for a warp knitting or circular knitting machine with (a) a single hardenable retaining material, (b) a plurality of thread processing elements having proximal ends, and (c) a carrier having a face with a groove. The process includes the step of introducing the hardenable retaining material before it is hardened into the groove of the carrier. The process also includes the step of holding the thread processing elements in a single plane. Another step is introducing the proximal ends of the thread processing elements into the non-hardened retaining material, keeping the thread processing elements in a single plane with even separation while protruding from the face of the carrier. The process also includes the step of waiting for hardening of said retaining material, wherein the proximal ends are embedded in the carrier.

Abstract: A snake trap is disclosed in which a trigger activated door (4) closes in response to a horizontal force being applied to the trigger (7) which is pushed against by the snake as it moves within the trap.

Abstract: An acrylonitrile solution of maleimide manifesting transparency, precluding coloration and opacification during the course of handling, and excelling in stability, a method for the preparation of the acrylonitrile solution, and an acrylonitrile based copolymer obtained by using the acrylonitrile solution are provided.The acrylonitrile solution of maleimide is such that, when it is subjected to a forced coloration test, the differences .DELTA.L, .DELTA.a, and .DELTA.b values (invariably as absolute values) each between L, a, and b values before and after the test are respectively not more than 5, not more than 5, and not more than 10. The acrylonitrile solution of maleimide is prepared by lowering the water content in the acrylonitrile solution to a level of not more than 0.

Abstract: A thermoplastic molded housing has a cylindrical bore with axial grooves and inclined camming surfaces extending about the bore surface. A plastic molded vial for receiving injectable fluid in a cavity receives a plunger therein for dispensing the fluid and for displacing the vial. The vial has a ratchet member with fixed ratchet teeth and tabs about its circumference which tabs and teeth form camming surfaces which cooperate with the housing camming surfaces. The tabs are aligned for reciprocating in the housing bore grooves. A ring is secured captured to the vial for rotation about the vial and for limited axial displacement along the vial longitudinal axis. A spring urges the ring and vial to the retracted position.

Abstract: A catalyst for the production of unsaturated aldehyde and unsaturated carboxylic acid by the vapor-phase catalytic oxidation of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of propylene, isobutylene, t-butanol and methyl-t-butyl ether and a method for the production of unsaturated aldehyde and unsaturated carboxylic acid by the use of this catalyst are provided. The catalyst of this invention comprises (A) a catalyst having Mo, Bi and Fe as essential components and used for the production of unsaturated aldehyde and unsaturated carboxylic acid by vapor-phase catalytic oxidation of propylene, isobutylene, t-butanol and/or methyl-t-butyl ether and (B) a solid acid having acid strength (Ho) of not more than -11.93. Since this catalyst excels in catalytic activity and service life, it allows unsaturated aldehyde and unsaturated carboxylic acid to be produced stably at a high yield for a long time.

Abstract: There is provided water insoluble cross-linked polycarboxylic acid having at least two strands in a strand skeleton of the formula: ##STR1## wherein one carbonyl group of at least one maleoyl moiety thereof in each strand is covalently linked to a--HN.[(H).sub.p (CH).sub.2.(OH).sub.m ].NH-- moietyto provide the presence therein of at least one cross linked moiety of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R is hydrogen or lower alkylene or lower alkoxy of 1-4 carbon atoms, or phenyl, x and y are integers, z is an integer of 1-6, p is 0 or an integer up to z-1, m is 0 or an integer up to z, and w is an integer from 2-12. There is disclosed a method of making such polycarboxylic acid as well as methods of utilizing same to remove proteins from aqueous media containing same to provide a matrix. Methods are disclosed for recovering proteins from said matrix without denaturing them and methods for recovering the polycarboxylic acid from said matrix.

Abstract: A segment carrying knitting elements for a warp knitting machine comprising a plurality of similar plates. Holes provided in said plates are penetrated by at least one hollow pin, which at its circumference is connected with the plates. This gives rise to low weight segments for attachment to the bars of a warp knitting machine.

Abstract: There is provided a process for the work-up of this material having the formula ##STR1## because of its poor crystallizability has heretofore been available only with large yield losses. The yield losses are due to the fact that the crystals of this compound are associated with large amounts of residual solvent material which gives rise to complex and expensive drying procedures. In accordance with the present invention the crude LPE is dried by means of fluid or supercritical carbon dioxide which maces it possible to reduce drying times from the previous range of about 124 hours to about 10 hours for the same amount of product and thus produce a dry LPE which has smaller amounts of residual solvent, as well as smaller by-products than that obtained by conventional drying.

Abstract: A vanadium-phosphorus oxide having an X-ray diffraction spectrum (Cu--K.alpha.) showing main peaks of the diffraction angle 2.theta.(.+-.0.2.degree.) at 18.5.degree., 23.0.degree., 28.4.degree., 29.9.degree., and 43.1.degree. and having the intensity ratio of the peaks of the diffraction angle 2.theta.(.+-.0.2.degree.) at 23.0.degree. and 28.4.degree. in the following range0.3.ltoreq.I (23.0)/I (28.4).ltoreq.0.7wherein I (23.0) and I (28.4) respectively represent the intensities of the peaks of the diffraction angle 2.theta.(.+-.0.2.degree.) at 23.0.degree. and 28.4.degree., a method for the production of the oxide, a catalyst for use in a vapor phase oxidation formed of the oxide, and a method for the partial vapor phase oxidation of a hydrocarbon.

Abstract: This invention concerns a novel organic sulfide compound obtained by the reaction of a mercapto alkanol such as 2-mercapto ethanol with an unsaturated amide such as (meth)acrylamide, maleic acid diamide, or fumaric acid diamide and a method for the production of the organic sulfide compound. The invention enables novel organic sulfide compounds of great commercial utility to be obtained with a high yield on a commercial scale.

Abstract: A buccal aerosol spray or capsule using a non-polar solvent has now been developed which provides biologically active compounds for rapid absorption through the oral mucosa, resulting in fast onset of effect. The buccal aerosol spray of the invention comprises formulation I: propellant 50-95%, non-polar solvent 5-50%, active compound 0.001-15%, flavoring agent 00.05-5%. The soft bite gelatin capsule of the invention comprises formulation II: non-polar solvent 55-99.8%, emulsifier 0-20%, active compound 0.001-25%, and flavoring agent 0.05-5.0%.

Abstract: There is provided a method for the detection of leaks of an electrophilic gas from a system, such as chlorodifluoromethane or carbon dioxide, which comprises applying to an exterior surface of the system a gel consisting essentially of a Lewis base capable of removing a proton from the gas or reacting therewith in a similar electrophilic manner; a dye capable of visibly indicating a color change on protonation or deprotonation; a solvent for the dye, the base and the gas; and a rheology modifier capable of producing a non-newtonian gel of all of these components which is sufficiently translucent to permit visual detection of change of color of the dye and of sufficient pseudoplasticity/thixotropy to provide adhesion to vertical and horizontal surfaces.

Abstract: A peptide selected from the group having the formulae:.alpha.) X-R.sup.1 -R.sup.2 -R.sup.3 -R.sup.4 -R.sup.5 -R.sup.6 -Thr-R.sup.8 -R.sup.9 -R.sup.10 -R.sup.11 -R.sup.12 -Val-Leu-R.sup.15 -Gln-Leu-Ser-R.sup.19 -R.sup.20 -R.sup.21 -Leu-Leu-Gln-Asp-Ile-R.sup.27 -R.sup.28 -R.sup.29, wherein X is H, Ac, Aqc, IAc, BrProp, For, Ibu, Nac, 2-Nac, 1- or 2-Npt, 1- or 2-Npr, PhAc, Fpr, or any other aromatic or nonpolar acyl group, R.sup.1 is Tyr, His or Phe(Y), in which Y=H, F, Cl, Br, NO.sub.2, CH.sub.3 or OCH.sub.3, R.sup.2 is D-Arg, D-Cit, D-Har, D-Lys, D-Tic or D-Orn, R.sup.3 is Asp, D-Asp, Ala, D-Ala or Gly, R.sup.4 is Ala, Abu or Gly, R.sup.5 is Ile, Ala or Gly, R.sup.6 is Phe, Tic, Ala, Pro, Tpi, Nal or Phe(Y), in which Y=H, F, Cl, Br, NO.sub.2, NH.sub.2, CH.sub.3 or OCH.sub.3, R.sup.8 is Asn, Gln, Ser, Thr, Val, Leu, Ile, Ala, D-Ala, D-Asn, D-Gln, D-Thr, D-Leu, Abu, D-Abu, Nle, or Alb, R.sup.9 is Ser, R.sup.10 is Tyr or Phe(Y), in which Y=H, F, Cl, Br, NO.sub.2, CH.sub.3 or OCH.sub.3, R.sup.

Abstract: The subject matter comprises anti-infective materials such as antimicrobial materials based upon poly(hexamethylene)biguanide having a weight proportion of said polymer containing 5 or less units per chain is less than 2% based on entire polymer weight, which are suitably in the form of a wound antiseptic and/or a wound treating material or a material for anti-microbial, antiviral, and/or antiparasitic treatment which may suitably be administered by the intravenous mode. The utilization concentration of the poly(hexamethylene)biguanide as a wound antiseptic and/or a wound treatment material suitably lies in the range of 0.001 through 0.05 wt. %, in particular 0.005 through 0.012 wt. %.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing .beta.-amino-.alpha.-hydroxycarboxylic acid derivatives of general formula (2R,3S)- or (2S,3E)-N-(X,Y)-3-amino-2-hydroxy-3-phenyl propionic acid-Z of Formula I, ##STR1## e.g. of (2E,3S)-3-amino-2-hydroxy-3-phenyl propionic acid or (2R,3S)-N-benzoyl-3-amino-2-hydroxy-3-phenyl propionic acid methylester. Compounds of type I are valuable intermediates in the total synthesis of Taxols which can be used in the treatment of various forms of cancer.

Abstract: A method for the recovery of microfine suspended particles from a suspension medium, characterized by subjecting a polymeric monomer suspended in a suspension medium to suspension polymerization thereby forming microfine globular particles in the suspension solution, adding microfine water-insoluble particles to said suspension solution of microfine globular particles thereby inducing cohesion of said microfine globular particles, and separating said microfine globular particles in the form of an aggregate from said suspension solution filtration.

Abstract: There is provided a warp knitting machine with a fall plate bar having a guide bar assembly carrying guide bars 2 and 3, a supplemental shaft 8 which rotates in dependence upon the main shaft 9 and carries steering device 11. These are part of a fall plate drive which moves the fall plate bar 25 to and fro via a lever arrangement 27. This construction has a comparatively low mass and permits higher drive speeds.

Abstract: A warp knitting machine comprises a jacquard guide bar (102) whose guides (7) are movable to and fro between two end stops (113 and 114). This motion is effected by setting members of a guide control. The end positions of the guides have a separation equal to two needle spaces. Additional strikers (115) and (116) are, at choice, made operative by the setting members (transducer 108) of a stop control. When one of the additional strikers is in an operative position, that striker holds the guide (7) in a central position. In particular, needle control and stop controls may operate with piezoelectric transducers. In this manner, it is possible to obtain an extremely large number of patterning possibilities.

Abstract: A catalyst for the purification of diesel engine exhaust gas is disclosed which excels in the ability to remove by combustion unburnt hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide as well as minute carbon particles in a wide temperature range from a low temperature zone upward.

Abstract: The epoxidation is carried out in a reaction system made of metal under conditions such that the inner surface area (S) of the reaction system exposed to the gaseous-phase part thereof and the amount of the reaction solution (V) in the reaction system satisfy the formula: 0<S/V.ltoreq.2 (m.sup.2 /m.sup.3). The epoxidation, otherwise, is carried out in a reaction vessel such that at least the inner surface thereof exposed to the gaseous-phase part thereof has been inactivated or in a reaction vessel such that at least the inner surface thereof exposed to the gaseous-phase part thereof has been inactivated. A hydroxy iminodisuccinic acid is produced by causing the epoxysuccinic acid which has been obtained as described above to react with L-aspartic acid. By this reaction, an epoxy compound can be produced with a high yield without inducing coloration by epoxidizing a corresponding ethylenic compound with hydrogen peroxide.