Abstract: This invention relates to a process for producing a granular phosphate fertilizer by reacting and granulating simultaneously a mixture of a basic material which contains acid-soluble CaO and acid-soluble MgO, and also acid-soluble SiO.sub.2, with phosphoric acid and/or an acidic phosphate in such a mixing ratio thatA/MO=0.05-0.45[in which MO represents moles of the acid-soluble alkaline earth metals in the basic material (calculated as their oxides) and A represents moles of the phosphoric acid or the free phosphoric acid derived from the acidic phosphate (calculated as P.sub.2 O.sub.5)]. This process makes use of industrial wastes, as the starting basic material, such as slag discharged from metal refining and fly ash. The granular fertilizer obtained by the process is high in granule hardness, easy to handle, and high in phosphate fertilization effect and gives an effect on improving acidic soil.

Abstract: A suture remover comprising a shearing portion having a cutting edge, and a blade having a cutting section. The cutting edge and cutting section are adapted to shearingly contact one another by moving toward and away from each other. An element is provided on the shearing portion which has a contact area. The element is affixed to the shearing portion at the end of the element remote from the contact area and has at least one bend in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the shearing portion and adjacent the end. The contact area overlies the cutting edge or extends beyond it in the direction of the cutting section. At least a part of the cutting section is adapted to be placed between tissue and a suture therein, whereby bringing the cutting section into shearing contact with the cutting edge causes the suture remover to both cut and grip the suture for easy removal.

Abstract: An alarm light includes a lamp, an alarm, and an actuator moveable for actuating the lamp and alarm. The alarm is powered by pressurized gas for vibrating a chamber-sealing disk to emit a shrieking sound. The actuator is located adjacent to the tank and the bulb and includes a passage leading from the outlet to a disk located in the actuator. The outlet is in communication with the passage and gas is capable of flowing through the outlet, the passage, and an entrance to the chamber containing the disk when the valve is open. The disk is caused to vibrate thereby and emit a piercing sound.

Abstract: An optical system is provided which has an optical surface capable of being selected continuously between dimensionally numbered aberrations. The optical surface has a symmetry of revolution with respect to its horizontal axis defined by the length of a horizontal perpendicular from an arbitrary point on the surface to a plane tangential to the vertex of the surface, which is represented as a function of an absolute value for the height of the arbitrary point from the optical axis. The function contains aspherical terms with real number powers which are greater than 2, but not an integer.

Abstract: A foldable camera of the self-developing type having a body portion mounting an objective lens and a cover member adapted to be closed against the body portion. Both the body portion and the cover member are provided with a cavity which together form a protective enclosure for the lens in the folded condition of the camera. A strobe lamp and a viewfinder are provided at locations above the cavity on the cover member.

Abstract: This ski boot is intended for properly and automatically positioning same on the ski without any preliminary adjustment of the safety binding in the longitudinal direction, irrespective of the boot size. The boot comprises a sole truncated at either end so as to provide a ski-engaging bottom bearing surface having a constant length independent of the boot size, the middle point of the sole being adapted to register with a reference mark carried by the ski; the end faces of the truncated sole are provided with recesses, cavities, grooves or projections adapted to co-operate with corresponding elements of the toe-end and heel-end devices of the safety binding.

Abstract: The invention provides calcium carbonate particles comprising a core and projections formed thereon, and process for preparing same. The calcium carbonates of this invention are useful as fillers and pigments for rubbers, plastics, papers, etc. because of their peculiar configuration and unique properties.

Abstract: Apparatus for unscrambling, orienting and feeding elongated objects, such as parisons, having flanges thereon, in a sorting chamber which receives the objects and then passes them on to a further processing station, comprising one or more pairs of longitudinally mounted rollers for unscrambling and orienting the objects in the sorting chamber and then directing them to tracks adjacent the ends of the feeding roller pairs, for receiving the objects and forwarding them to the processing station. The flanges on the objects prevent them from passing between the feeding rollers which are spaced apart sufficiently to receive the body of the object but are close enough to prevent the passage of the flanged objects therebetween. The rollers rotate on longitudinal axes and are inclined to promote gravity feed of the objects along their length.

Abstract: A novel process for the amidation or esterification which comprises reacting a compound having a carboxy group with a compound having an amino or imino group which can be acylated or with a compound having a hydroxy group in the presence of a sulfonic acid ester of the formula:R.sub.1 --SO.sub.2 --OR.sub.2wherein R.sub.1 is an organic group and R.sub.2 O-- is a residue of a strongly acidic N-hydroxy compound as a condensation agent, and a novel sulfonic acid ester useful as such a condensation agent and a process for the preparation thereof.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a silver halide photographic material is disclosed which provides for the formation of a photographic layer by the use of a coating solution containing a compound represented by formula I or II.C.sub.3n F.sub.(6n)-1 --Y--A--B (I)C.sub.3n F.sub.(6n)-1 --Y--A--X--A--Y--C.sub.3n F.sub.(6n)-1 (II)wherein A represents a simple bond or a divalent group; Y represents oxygen or sulfur, or ##STR1## B represents a monovalent hydrophilic group; X represents a divalent hydrophilic group; n represents an integer of 1 to 4; R.sub.1 represents hydrogen, a lower alkyl group; and A' represents a simple bond or an alkylene group.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a coupler represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 individually represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, cycloalkyl group, or,-A-X).sub.n ].sub.m Cp in which Cp represents a cyan coupler, magenta coupler or yellow coupler, A represents a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aliphatic group, X represents a divalent group, and m and n individually represent a value of 0 or 1, provided that at least one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 is -A-X).sub.n ].sub.m Cp.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is lower alkoxy, lower alkoxy-methoxy or 2-hydroxy-ethoxy, R.sup.2 is aldo-pentofuranosyl, aldo-pentopyranosyl, aldohexopyranosyl or O-aldo-hexopyranosyl-(1.fwdarw.4)-aldo-hexopyranosyl, and A is straight or branched alkylene of one to four carbon atoms, said alkylene being substituted with from 0 to at least one lower alkoxy group, is disclosed. A new intermediate used in the preparation of this compound is also disclosed. The end products are useful for inhibiting the growth of malignant tumor cells in warm-blooded animals; especially Leukemia and Ejrlich ascites carcinoma. Effectiveness on human beings has not yet been demonstrated.

Abstract: A nitrosourea compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is an alicyclic group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, phenyl, phenyl substituted with one to substituents selected from halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, hydroxy and nitro, or a heteromonocyclic group selected from oxiranyl, tetrahydrofuryl, 1,3-dioxolanyl, 1,4-dioxanyl, morpholino, tetrahydro-S,S-dioxo-thienyl, furyl, thienyl and pyridyl; R.sup.2 is aldopentofuranosyl, aldo-pentopyranosyl, aldo-hexopyranosyl or O-aldo-hexopyranosyl-(1.fwdarw.4)-aldo-hexopyranosyl; and A is a single bond or straight or branched alkylene having one to 3 carbon atoms, is prepared by nitrosation of a compound of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and A are the same as above. Said nitrosourea compound is useful as an anti-tumor or anti-leukemic agent however, effectiveness in human beings has not yet been demonstrated.

Abstract: The filled paper is filled with at least one of (i) a calcium carbonate in the form of particles comprising a core about 0.5 to about 6.5 .mu.m in average diameter and about 100 to about 4000 projections formed on the surface of the core and having a length (L) of about 0.25 to about 2.00 .mu.m, a diameter (D) of about 0.08 to about 0.20 .mu.m and an aspect ratio (L/D) of about 3 to about 10, the calcium carbonate having a void volume of about 1.0 to about 1.8 ml/g and an oil absorption of about 45 to about 60 ml/100 g, and (ii) a calcium carbonate in the form of particles comprising a core about 0.2 to about 2.0 .mu.m in average diameter and about 100 to about 4000 projections formed on the surface of the core and having a length (L) of about 0.15 to about 4.00 .mu.m, a diameter (D) of about 0.05 to about 0.20 .mu.m and an aspect ratio (L/D) of about 3 to about 20, the calcium carbonate having a void volume of about 1.8 to about 3.3 ml/g and an oil absorption of about 50 to about 100 ml/100 g.

Abstract: In a transfer type electrophotographic copying machine, the amount of supplied toner is controlled in accordancw with the voltage developed by the reflection of light from an indexing image developed on the photosensitive member before or behind the transferred developed image; the same reflected light also detects the presence of an unseparated transfer sheet to stop the machine.

Abstract: A connector is provided to align two optical fiber cables with one another so that a light signal may be transmitted from one to the other with minimum loss. One section of the connector has a tapered elastic member in the form of a compressible cone in which the opposed ends of the two optical fiber cables are positioned. After the two sections of the connector are physically united, a cone lock supported from the other section of the connector is moved over the compressible cone, collapsing the latter about the adjacent optical fiber ends and sealing the resultant aligned connection from external influences.

Abstract: A variable speed walkway system capable of receiving passengers, accelerating them to above walking speed conveying them over a selected distance at a constant speed, and decelerating them for comfortable exiting is provided. In the preferred form, the system comprises a plurality of rollers driven by a prime mover through individual polyurethane belts to obtain acceleration and deceleration. In a second preferred form, the system comprises a variable speed drive employing one or more belts each of which drives a plurality of rollers. All rollers driven by a single belt accelerate or decelerate in unison. Acceleration and deceleration in this second embodiment is preferably computer controlled. A handrail which accelerates and decelerates with the walkway is provided for both embodiments.

Abstract: Polyamides are described which are useful for injection molding and which are produced by the polycondensation of (a) a diaminodicyclohexane or a diaminodicyclohexylalkane, (b) a polyamide-forming aromatic dicarboxylic acid of more than 9 carbon atoms, and (c) an .omega.-amino-acid, a lactam of more than 9 carbon atoms, or an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid-diamine mixture or salt thereof.

Abstract: A photographic material having a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a mixture of monomethinecyanine dyes is disclosed. The mixture is particularly suitable for minimizing fog in the finished product.

Abstract: A group of enclosures for nursing and replanting plants is disclosed comprising several parallel rows of enclosures wherein each two adjoining rows of enclosures have a common wall construction. This wall permits the flow of nutrients and water through the wall and thus makes it possible to control and guide the growth of the roots.