Abstract: The present invention relates to a basket for a ski pole at the tip of the pole, in which the basket comprises a disk of flexible rods, bristles or filaments extending from a hub and in which the hub contains a center opening for a ski pole shaft to be inserted. The rods, bristles or filaments extend from perpendicular to the shaft down to 45 degrees towards the tip of the pole.

Abstract: An assay device allowing for the testing for multiple analytes in a liquid sample simultaneously by employing a multiplicity of analyte testing strips which protrude from a housing containing slots for each assay test strip and wherein the flow of sample of the test strip is controlled by a cover over the sample contact pad which is inserted into the sample.

Abstract: A sprayable granite-like coating composition useful for forming simulated stone surfaces, such as polished granite, which have improved fire resistance. The coating composition comprises gel resin matrix based on unsaturated crosslinkable polyester or acrylic resins, a free radical initiator for such resin, a hydrated inorganic salt, granules comprising thermoset resins or mixtures of thermoplastic and thermoset resins containing an inorganic filler and as a binding agent comprising the acrylate phosphate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to dehydrated Type II collagen containing cartilage which has retained the collagen in its original crosslinked structure and which contains at least 40% by weight of the Type II collagen of an ionizable edible salt and which has a water content of less than 10%.

Abstract: A method for the control of insects breeding on water surfaces and particularly mosquitoes, comprising blending in a high shear mixer water, the ester of a fatty acid of 10 to 25 carbon atoms and a low molecular weight alcohol, such as methanol or ethanol, an emulsifying agent and a thickener until an emulsion containing the ester with droplet sizes ranging from 1 to 20 microns in diameter is obtained and applying such to the surface of insect infested water in sufficiently diluted form, to break the emulsion and form a thin continuous film.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an engineered stone composite produced from a mineral aggregate, a synthetic resin and a binder using compression and vibration to obtain a high strength mineral composite with a high mineral content and a method for its preparation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel diepoxides having the formulas I. and II. R*N(A)SO2RSO2N(A)R*??I R*SO2N(A)RN(A)SO2R*??II where A=2,3-epoxypropyl, R* is a monovalent hydrocarbon alkyl aryl, aryl-alkyl, alkyl-aryl radical of 1-20 carbon atoms or a monovalent inertly substituted hydrocarbon aryl, alkyl, alkyl-aryl or aryl-alkyl radical of 1-20 carbons atoms and R is a divalent hydrocarbon arylene, alkylene, alkylene-aryl, arylene-alkyl radical or combinations thereof of 2-20 carbon atoms or an inertly substituted divalent hydrocarbon alkylene, arylene, arylene-alkyl, or alkylene-aryl radical or combinations thereof of 2-20 carbon atoms. The epoxides are useful in preparing novel epoxide resins.

Abstract: A test device and associated method of use composed of a housing (100) defined by base (101) and cover (110). The base (101) has a closed end (104) and an open end (106). Slots (102a, 102b, etc.) are formed within the base (101) and are separated by rails (103a, 103b, etc.) where test strips (105a, 105b, etc.) are inserted.

Abstract: A concentrated cherry nutraceutical is prepared by extracting cherry juice from cherries and repeatedly freezing the cherry juice and separating cherry juice of increased concentration while maintaining the juice at freezing conditions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the preparation of ethers and esters of diallylphenols and the epoxidation of the diallyl moiety to provide bis-epoxide ether and ester intermediates useful in the preparation of epoxy resins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for dehydrating naturally occurring organic materials which contain a biologically active component, and in particular proteins, which does not change the original structure of the active component, by drying such material in particulate form in the presence of an antimicrobial agent and preferably an ionizable salt at temperatures at or below which denaturization occurs until the water content of the material is reduced to less than 15%.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a method for anaerobic remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater comprising (a) preparing an aqueous mixture of a sparingly soluble digestible fat or oil, (b) heating and homogenizing such mixture until a stable emulsion having a particle size below 1 micron is obtained, and (c) injecting such under anaerobic conditions into the contaminated soil. The heating is preferably conducted at pasteurization temperatures and the homogenization is preferably conducted in a food homogenizer. This invention also relates to the fine emulsions formed in the homogenization and pasteurization process and to the soil that has been treated by the inventive remediation method. The emulsion is preferably combined with a water soluble, rapidly biodegradable microbial food compound and can also be combined with microbes useful in the remediation process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel epoxides having the formulas where Y is a CO, CO2 or SO2, AR is the same or different divalent unsubstituted or substituted aromatic, halogen-substituted aromatic or cyano-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon radical having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, Z is a divalent hydrocarbon or ether radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, including Y-Z-Y being CO, and R* is an alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy or arylalkoxy radical having from 0-20 carbon atoms. The epoxides of the present invention are useful in the formation of epoxy resins.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method of bioremediation by mixing a gas and in particular a high oxygen content low pressure gaseous stream with water at a higher pressure, dissolving the gas in the water at elevated pressures by subdividing the water into fine droplets and thereafter injecting such water into soil containing contaminated groundwater.

Abstract: A grinding composition is disclosed for the grinding particulate metal containing minerals containing as a grinding aid at least one hydroxy-carboxylic acid of five to six carbon atoms, containing at least three hydroxyl groups and from one to two carboxyl groups, or its soluble salts.

Abstract: The efficiency of grinding materials is improved by the addition of hydroxy-carboxylic acids of five to six carbon atoms contasining at least three hydroxyl groups and from one to two carboxyl grpous or their soluble salts as grinding aids. The grinding aids can be added as such or formed in situ by the oxidation of saccharides.