Abstract: Liquid mixtures containing natural rubber latex and aqueous dispersions of hydrophillic fumed silica useful in the manufacture of dipped latex goods characterized by improved tensile strength, wet strength, break force, puncture and tear properties are disclosed.

Abstract: Condoms and other sheaths are tested for holes by drawing the sheath over a hollow porous mandrel having smaller openings at its head end than in the rest of its body, providing a difference between the pressure within the mandrel and the pressure outside the condom, and comparing the rate of change of pressure within the mandrel with the rate of change of a reference pressure. The mandrel is shaped such that powder particles in the inner surface of the condom are moved toward the head of the mandrel where the smaller openings are when a condom is drawn onto it, for substantially preventing the powder from clogging the larger pores below the head region of the mandrel.

Abstract: A pour cup for shaping one end of a product stick in a process for bottom filling a container with the product, comprising a concave surface, a sealing ledge around the periphery of the surface, a wall along the outside of the ledge, channels in the wall that terminate a given distance from the ledge, and an elongated shell surrounding said wall.

Abstract: A package for sleep therapy including a box having cards with doses in the form of tablets or capsules thereon, some of which are sleep inducing medicine and some of which are placebos, and an audiogenic recording for inducing sleep.

Abstract: A package for dispensing items for use in sleep therapy comprising a box having two compartments and a lid, packs of doses of sleep inducing medicine in one compartment, each pack containing at least one placebo, and envelopes in the other compartments, each of the envelopes containing an audiogenic recording for inducing sleep, statements required by law relating to the medicine and instructions for using the medicine and the recording.

Abstract: A sample collection container having inner and outer chambers. The container may be fitted with upper and lower stoppers to provide a vacuum within the container. The device is adapted for the collection of a fluid, such as blood, in the inner chamber. The blood then passes from the inner chamber to the outer chamber upon releasing the vacuum. A concentrate of fluid components of blood, cellular debris, and contaminating microorganisms, if present, may be left in the inner chamber, and be removed subsequently from the inner chamber for testing for the presence of contaminating microorganisms.

Abstract: A novel method for the prevention and control of epileptic seizures, particularly intractable seizures associated with the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, employing pharmaceutical compositions containing 2-phenyl-1,3-propanediol dicarbamate.

Abstract: Novel methods and compositions for the suppression of the desire for food consumption in warm-blooded animals consisting essentially of the administration of 2-phenyl-1,3-propanediol dicarbamate are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for treating and controlling the symptoms of neuropsychopharmacological disorders and neurodegenerative diseases associated with or resulting from excessive activation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor complex which comprises administering to warm-blooded animals in need of such treatment, 2-phenyl-1,3-propanediol dicarbamate, the neuroprotective effects of which are at least partially mediated through a strychnine-insensitive glycine receptor mechanism is disclosed.

Abstract: A dispenser for liquids includes a dispenser head having an upper section captively mounted upon a lower section over a container of liquid to be dispensed. Removal of a cap from the dispenser head causes the upper section to move upward upon the lower section, for moving a plug out of a fluid flow channel or orifice. When the container is inverted in this open condition, liquid flows out of the container, through the orifice, and wets a rigid porous applicator mounted on top of the dispenser head upper section, for dispensing the liquid. When the cap is replaced on the dispenser head, its upper section is moved downward upon the lower section, causing the plug to enter and seal off the orifice, thereby closing the dispenser.

Abstract: A dispenser for a product in stick form comprised of inner and outer concentric sleeves of biodegradable material, a base for holding the stick in one end of the inner sleeve, an insert for closing off the other end of the outer sleeve, parallel circumferential tear lines in the outer sleeve defining a central section thereof, and a plurality of parallel circumferential tear lines in the inner sleeve defining circumferential segments that can be removed one by one as the stick is used for exposing a new portion of the stick for use.

Abstract: Aqueous emulsion or suspensoid antiperspirant preparations are disclosed which offer a cost advantage in addition to providing for the reduction or elimination of whitening of the skin, reduced tack and added emolliency.

Abstract: A male contraceptive hood which is adhesively secured to the penis, the hood being initially rolled up and the interior of the hood being free of adhesive until it is unrolled. The hood has a thin sheath which serves as the contraceptive device and an outer cylindrical member which is initially rolled together with the thin sheath. The outer cylindrical member has an adhesive on a portion of its outer surface, separated from the outer surface by a release agent, the adhesive being transferred to the inner surface of the sheath as the hood is unrolled onto a penis. The outer member can then be removed leaving only the thin inner sheath on the penis. A projecting portion is provided on the outer member for grasping the outer member to remove it.In a preferred form, a lubricant is disposed between the sheath and the inner surface of the outer cylindrical member. This lubricant remains on the outer surface of the sheath to facilitate removal of the outer member and also to aid in intercourse.

Abstract: A novel method for the prevention and control of epileptic seizures particulary in patients with uncontrolled complex partial seizures employing pharmaceutical compositions containing 2-phenyl-1,3-propanediol dicarbamate.

Abstract: A novel method of preparing 2-phenyl substituted-1, 3-propanediols, useful intermediates in the synthesis of pharmaceutical preparations is disclosed.

Abstract: A method for the prevention and control of hypoxic damage resulting from stroke or other cerebral ischemic event which comprises administering pharmaceutical compositions containing 2-phenyl-1, 3-propanediol dicarbamate as an active ingredient.

Abstract: Synthesis of 2-phenyl-1,3-propanediol by the selective reduction of diethyl phenylmalonate with metal hydrides in solution with heterocyclic ethers are disclosed.