Abstract: A protective garment system including a bib configured to fit around at least part of an upper portion of a torso of a wearer. The bib includes an outer material and a particulate-blocking material which is configured to be positioned between the outer material and a wearer when the bib is worn. The bib has a perimeter and is configured to be releasably attached to a pair of trousers about the perimeter.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of compounds of the formula: for treating pain, in particular neuropathic pain, bipolar disease and migraine headaches.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of compounds of the formula: for treating pain, in particular neuropathic pain, bipolar disease and migraine headaches.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of compounds of the formula: for treating pain, in particular neuropathic pain, bipolar disease and migraine headaches.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula for treating obsessive compulsive neurosis.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of compounds of the formula: for treating pain, in particular neuropathic pain, bipolar disease and migraine headaches.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of compounds of the formula: for treating pain, in particular neuropathic pain, bipolar disease and migraine headaches.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of compounds of the formula: for treating pain, in particular neuropathic pain, bipolar disease and migraine headaches.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of compounds of the formula: 1

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of compounds of the formula: 1

Abstract: A self-standing display device for displaying flowers or the like includes a base and one or more columns rising from the base. The display device also comprises a number of display units each in the form of a walled vase-like retainer. Connector members are provided to link the or each display unit removably to either the base or to another display unit as appropriate. A connector member engages corresponding bosses on either the base or the other display unit respectively so that a stack of such units can be built up as desired. The or each vase-like retainer, in use, retains its own associated flower and/or display with no inherent limitation on the vase-like retainer size or form.

Abstract: A self-standing display device for displaying flowers or the likes includes a base and one or more columns rising from the base. The display device also comprises a number of display units each in the form of a walled vase-like retainer. Connector members are provided to link the or each display unit removably to either the base or to another display unit as appropriate. A connector member engages corresponding receiving means on either the base or the other display unit respectively so that a stack of such units can be built up as desired. The or each vase, in use, retains its own associated flower and/or display with no inherent limitation on the vase size or form.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of compounds of the formula: 1

Abstract: The invention provides a therapeutic method for treating or preventing stroke and other ischemic disorders, as well as novel compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful for carrying out such methods.

Abstract: A harvester for shaking a grape vine to remove grapes therefrom. A harvesting vehicle includes a pivotally mounted picking head suspended over in straddling fashion a row of grape vines. A pair of swingably mounted and oppositely aligned contact members are reciprocated in unison back and forth against opposite sides of the grape vine. The contact members are driven by a pair of cranks in turn rotated by a motor. A pair of counterweights rotate in unison with but in an opposite direction by its associated crankshaft in turn driving the crank arm and contact member.

Abstract: A harvester for shaking a grape vine to remove grapes therefrom. A harvesting vehicle includes a pivotally mounted picking head suspended over in straddling fashion a row of grape vines. A pair of swingably mounted and oppositely aligned contact members are reciprocated in unison back and forth against opposite sides of the grape vine. The contact members are driven by a pair of cranks in turn rotated via a belt and motor combination. A pair of counterweight shafts rotatably mounted within the head have off-centered counterweights with each shaft being rotated in unison with but in an opposite direction by its associated crankshaft in turn driving the crank arm and contact member. Horizontal force from the rotating counterweights are additive to forces from additional counterweights associated with the rotating crank arms to neutralize oppositely directed forces from the reciprocating contact members.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for readily connecting a main component of a forced air heating and/or cooling system to a branch component so that the connection is airtight. An elongated tubular member has an enlarged circumferential face generally perpendicular to the direction of elongation of the tubular member formed at one end of the member, with a gasket attached to that face, glue on the exterior of the gasket, and a piece of release paper over the glue. The passageway through the tubular member is matched up with an opening in the heating system main component so that the gasket surrounds the opening in the main component, and the gasket is then pushed into the sealing relationship with the main component, the glue on the gasket face joining the tubular member and main component together. Then fasteners are passed through openings formed in the tubular member and gaskets so that the fastening members operatively engage both the tubular member and the main component and securely hold them together.

Abstract: Sintered glass pellets which generally decrease in particle size as they increase in specific gravity provide a unique filter medium which varies from larger pellets at its inlet (upstream) upper portion to smaller pellets at its outlet (downstream) lower portion. In view of the variation in specific gravity, particles forming the filter medium generally resume substantially their initial respective positions after the medium is back-flushed for cleaning. Although pellets throughout the medium differ in specific gravity, they are made of the same ingredients. The individual pellets are formed by granulating finely-ground glass with a suitable binder and sintering the resulting granules.

Abstract: An improved method of constructing a building wherein separate pipes for hot and cold water are passed through a floor or wall structure and the opposite ends of each of these pipes are subsequently connected to appropriate water supply and water discharge means. The improvement comprises positioning a loosely fitted plastic sheath over each pipe at the point where the pipe passes through the floor or wall structure so that the sheath is exposed on both sides of the structure, the sheath for the hot water pipe having one color and the sheath for the cold water pipe having a different color so that identification and connection of each pipe to the appropriate water supply and/or discharge means is facilitated.