Abstract: Phenolic-modified hydrocarbon polymers with a high OH-number yet with excellent compatibility with non-polar solvents are suitable for preparing adhesives and coating materials. The polymers are obtained by isothermal, catalytic copolymerization of:30-40% by weight phenolic compounds,65-30% by weight aromatic, unsaturated hydrocarbons, and5-30% by weight isobutene.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the position of the tool apex in relation to predetermined reference points in a numerically controlled lathe or the like comprises a clamp and an instrument, attached to the clamp, for establishing the position of the tool apex. The clamp is adapted, for its localization on the lathe, to cooperate with a recess provided in the spindle and concentric therewith, said clamp being provided, at least at its opposite sides, with abutments which are adapted to bear against the sides of the spindle recess. According to the invention the clamp is pivotally mounted on a holder therefor, said holder being movable, by means of a drive unit provided with an operating means, at right angles towards and away from the spindle just opposite the spindle recess, while the clamp is adapted to pivot, by means of a drive unit provided with an operating means, toward and away from the position in which it is situated just opposite the spindle recess.

Abstract: There is described a charging and distributing device for a piston engine, the device including a variable displacement rotary compressor delivering through one of its shafts to a coaxial rotating distribution tube (1,25), the tube being formed with ports (4,29) which sequentially coincide with inlets (7,27) to the respective cylinders of the engine. A control system (14) to regulate the displacement of the compressor is disclosed, and the use of eccentrically weighted rotary pistons (10,12) and/or distribution tube to balance the engine as a whole is envisaged.

Abstract: Irregularities in a coating on a substrate in which the coating includes optical scattering centers can be detected by irradiating the coating with polarized light and examining light from the coating through a filter which removes light having the same polarization as the initial beam. Light scattered by the optical scattering centers is transmitted through the filter, while specularly reflected light from the top surface of the coating, from the substrate exposed by gaps in the coating, or reflected by alien material on the coating is filtered out. As a result irregularities can be detected as intensity minima of the transmitted radiation.

Abstract: A cleansing solution is formed by injecting a pressurized gas into a liquid, subjecting the liquid to high shear forces to divide the gas into small bubbles, and pressurizing the gas to cause a significant portion of the bubbles to become dissolved in the liquid. The cleansing solution is depressurized and applied to an animal carcass, enabling the dissolved gas to come out of solution as bubbles. The bubbles lift contaminants from the surface of the carcass by migrating outwardly from the carcass surface to the air-liquid interface.

Abstract: A back-up guide for trucks or trailers is made of two elongated members attached perpendicularly to each other, with spikes on their underside to hold the device in a stationary position. The longer of the two members provides a guide for the side of a vehicle's rear wheel during backing up, and the other, shorter, member is laterally disposed and provides a wheel chock or stop member for the rear wheel, and also acts as a visual stop point for the driver. The lateral member has a rearward extension near each of its ends, which provides supports for wheels which allow easy movement of the device when the front end is raised to lift the spikes clear of the ground. Both members may be equipped with handles for ease of handling. The device may be transported by attachment to the side and back of a truck or trailer, resting on special brackets attached to the truck or trailer.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an apparatus for the safe-keeping of a sheet of film before, during and after its exposure in, for example, an X-ray camera, the apparatus being in the form of a box of great length and width and low height, the box having an openable and closable lid.The inventive concept forming the basis of the present invention is that of realizing an improvement to aid in, and more effective equipment for, the safekeeping of film sheets.Such a concept is achieved according to the present invention in that the apparatus disclosed by way of introduction is characterized in that the bottom and at least one side wall, which preferaby is a longitudinal side wall, are disposed in an integral unit, the longitudinal side wall consisting of a strip bent at a right angle to the bottom.

Abstract: A reserve parachute for deployment under low descent speeds includes a rubber ring packed with the canopy and rigging lines and attached to the canopy in the region of the canopy apex and being disposed concentric with respect to a vent hem of the canopy. Upon deployment the ring expands to increase profile drag to ensure the canopy mouth faces substantially downwardly during deployment. The peripheral hem of the canopy at the canopy mouth is stiffened with a tape loop treated with polyurethane so that the peripheral hem springs apart upon deployment. An inhibitor tie is attached to a loop of the folded rigging lines within the pack to permit only a part of the rigging to be released initially; the inhibitor tie breaks at a predetermined tension in the lines to permit the remainder of the rigging lines to be released and to permit fully canopy deployment.

Abstract: In a device for dispensing liquids from a first into a second container via a conveying conduit including a flow counter and shut-off means, flow measuring errors due to the presence of gas in the liquid are prevented by controlling the effective free cross-section of the shut-off means so that flow is permitted only if the pressure upstream of the flow counter is between two positive pressure values.

Abstract: A method of regenerating a spent metal etchant solution and the metal which has been etched therewith, comprising circulating the spent etchant solution between an etching vessel and the anode compartment of an electrolytic cell provided with a cell divider, for example an anion or cation exchange membrane defining the said anode compartment and a cathode compartment, and electrolytically re-oxidizing the reduced etchant in the cell to regenerate the etchant in the anode compartment and the etched metal in the cathode compartment while introducing a portion of the circulating etchant solution into the cathode compartment, for example by pumping solution from the etching vessel, or by gravity, the said portion being sufficiently small as not to raise the level of etchant in the cathode compartment to a level which will prevent the said electrolytic reduction of ions of the etched metal.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of enhancing oil recovery from an underground reservoir containing oil. A gas which is miscible with oil at the temperature and pressure of injection is injected into the reservoir to displace oil. Injection is carried out in such a way as to make sure that a mixing zone is formed in the reservoir such that each fluid introduced is miscible with the fluid immediately preceding it and the fluid immediately following it. This is done by injecting small slugs of fluid miscible with, but different in composition from, the fluid adjacent to the perforated zone of the well. The injection of each slug is followed by a shut-in period to permit a mixing zone to establish itself.

Abstract: A method of controlling the incidence and growth of the bacterium Legionella pneumophila in water systems of the recirculating type comprises adding to water in the water system a bactericidally effective amount of 2,2'-dihydroxy-5,5'-dichlorodiphenyl sulphide. At least one treatment agent selected from the group consisting of agents for dispersing organic matter, scale-formation inhibitors, corrosion inhibitors and anti-foaming agents can also be employed.

Abstract: In such batchwise production of a paving mix of mineral particles and bituminous binder, in which a coarse-grained portion of the mineral aggregate batch is first introduced in measured quantity into a container and then discharged through a discharge opening in the container, controlled by a discharge door into an asphalt mixer where the coarse-grained portion of the mineral aggregate batch is mixed with a batch of binder, whereupon the remaining, fine-grained portion of the mineral aggregate batch is introduced in measured quantity into the container and then discharged through the discharge opening into the mixer the time needed to discharge the fine-grained portion of the mineral material batch is controlled.

Abstract: An integrally formed bag closure is described in which a band passed round the neck of a bag is drawn tight by a lever arrangement, the lever and band being secured by a resilient latch. Embodiments of the closure are described in which the latch is inaccessible after closing, in order that the closure should function as an inviolable security seal. Re-usable closures having their latches disengageable are also described.

Abstract: A sealing device with flexible seals, for chromium-plating of bars and the like, in which each seal has a central aperture for the passage of the bars, defined by flexible fins delimited by slits directed substantially in a radial direction, starting from the inner edge of the central aperture; each seal moreover is composed of two sheets of soft plastic material welded together and enclosing steel springs to stiffen the fins. The sealing device preferably comprises a combination of at least two coupled seals, in which the sealing fins of one of the seals overlap corresponding slits between adjacent fins in the other seal.

Abstract: A pressurized carrier mixture for aerosol preparations of a self-propelling spray system, for use as a universal spray based on the active ingredients to be applied, organic solvents, water and propellants in a spray container. The carrier mixture is present as a homogeneous solution containing: 70.0-50.1 percent by weight of water; 38.5-28.7 percent by weight of dimethyl ether; 0.5-10.0 percent by weight of isopropanol and/or ethanol and/or n-propanol; and 1.4-0.8 percent by weight of carbon dioxide.

Abstract: An electrostatic copying apparatus having a document holding device and a semi-automatic document feeding and discharging device provided on the top of a housing. The semi-automatic document feeding and discharging device includes a main frame structure mounted for free turning between an operating position and a non-operating position. When the main frame structure is held at the operating position, a document conveying passage having an introducing section, a main section and a curved discharging section is defined.

Abstract: The invention relates to an oil pump for hand rail chain saw machines in which a pump plunger has an annular groove at its end remote from the drive and which is connected via a duct to the pump oil pressure channel, so that the sucking in of secondary air, high wear and an undefined lubrication are avoided.

Abstract: A chuck comprising a body, an aperture formed in a front portion of the body, jaws which are housed in the aperture and which are retractable to enable insertion of a bit, a jaw clamp for applying pressure on the jaws such that in use they clamp against a bit and retain the bit in the chuck, a track positioned in the body, and a drive fitting which is located at a rear portion of the body and which is for enabling the chuck to be connected to and rotatably driven by a drive tool, the jaw clamp comprising an axially movable cylindrical member, a clamping device for moving the axially movable cylindrical member in a forward direction towards the jaws and for causing a pressure to be applied to the jaws when the jaws are in their bit clamping position, and a spring positioned for biasing the axially movable cylindrical member in a rearward direction towards the drive fitting, and the track extending in a longitudinal direction but also inclined to the longitudinal axis of the chuck.

Abstract: Game of combinations of cards numbered 1 to 90 and characterized by images of oneiric or traditional import, derived from the popular Italian games of lottery and tombola combined.