Abstract: New compounds and a method for inhibiting the growth of fungus is disclosed which comprises contacting said fungus with a fungicidal amount of a phenyl glycine compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently hydrogen, lower alkyl, substituted lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, alkenyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, halogen, amino or hydroxy groups; R.sub.3 is a hydrogen, lower alkyl, substituted lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, benzoyl, halo or nitro substituted benzoyl, substituted cycloalkyl, methylcarbamoyl, cyclohexylcarbamoyl, phenylcarbamoyl, halophenylcarbamoyl, methylphenylcarbamoyl, methylthiocarbamoyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, napthyl group or --SO.sub.2 R.sub.7 where R.sub.7 is a hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl or amino group; R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are independently hydrogen, lower alkyl or substituted lower alkyl groups and R.sub.6 is a hydrogen, lower alkyl or substituted lower alkyl, alkenyl or substituted alkenyl group.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a vertical planar panel having a water source such as a tap, positioned thereon. The panel has a hose receiving receptacle positioned in the panel below the water source. The hose receiving receptacle is in the form of a conduit adapted to receive and pass a hose attached to the water source through the panel to a space behind the panel. The panel has a hose dispensing receptacle adapted to receive a hose from the space behind the panel and pass the hose through the front of the panel. Hose dispensing receptacle has an enlarged receiving portion to receive the hose from behind the panel. The enlarged receiving portion is positioned at a downward angle of between about 30.degree. and about 45.degree..

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved wood-type golf club. More particularly, it relates to a golf club which is designed to give the golfer maximum margin of error in making contact with the club head and the ball to obtain a straight trajectory on the ball. The shaft and the club head are so aligned that if the center line of the shaft is extended it will intercept a plane positioned perpendicular to the base of the club head and pass through the center of gravity of the club head. The striking face of the club head has a number of horizontal corrugations, ranging from 1/64 to 1/8 inch in depth, which act as knuckle to strike the ball. The striking face of the club tapers inward from the bottom to top at an angle between about 10.degree. to 15.degree.. The area of the face nearest the toe of the club head is tapered inward toward the rear of the club head to compensate for side spin that would otherwise be imparted to a ball hit in the toe area.

Abstract: Sintered ceramic products comprised of from about 55 to about 99.5 percent by weight of silicon carbide co-sintered with from about 0.5 to about 45 percent by weight aluminum nitride containing a dispersion of free carbon in amounts between about 0.5 and about 4.0 percent by weight of the product are described. The sintered products have a bulk density of at least 75 percent of the theoretical density of silicon carbide. The products are produced by sintering, under substantially pressureless conditions, mixtures of silicon carbide, carbon, or a carbon source material, and aluminum nitride. The aluminum nitride component, in ranges of from about 3.0 to about 45 percent, may be initially mixed with the silicon carbide and carbon or carbon source material. In ranges of from about 0.5 to about 3.0 percent, the aluminum nitride component may be added to the mixture in vapor form during sintering.

Abstract: Sintered articles made from binary compositions of silicon carbide and titanium diboride are described. The articles may be prepared by initially mixing finely-divided silicon carbide, carbon or a carbon source material, a densification or sintering aid, and finely-divided titanium diboride, forming the mixture into a desired shape and subsequently heating at temperatures sufficiently high to form a sintered ceramic article of silicon carbide and titanium diboride. When the present sintered ceramic articles contain high amounts of titanium diboride, generally between about 65 and about 95 percent, and more preferably, between about 80 and about 95 percent, by weight, they are quite electrically conductive, generally having less than 0.2 ohm-cm electrical resistivity, and are useful as electrical ignitors. Such articles are also extremely resistant to corrosion by molten aluminum and aluminum alloys; thus, they are aptly suited to use as electrodes in aluminum refining processes.

Abstract: A particulate deodorizing poultry litter is described. The litter is a mixture comprised of from about 80 to about 95 percent by weight ferrous sulfate heptahydrate; from about 0.1 to about 3.5 percent by weight iron oxide and may contain from about 0.2 to about 1.5 percent calcium carbonate. The particles have from about 0.1 to about 0.5 percent by weight free sulfuric acid distributed on their surfaces. The particles range in size from about 0.02 to about 0.2 inches in diameter. The ammonia produced by zymosis of bird drippings is effectively reduced and maintained at levels less than 50 parts per million and usually less than 30 parts per million.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process and apparatus for the production of refractory oxide materials having high fusion points. By high fusion points is meant melting points greater than 2400.degree. C.

Abstract: An improved throw-away, or single use, adaptor particularly useful with depressed center grinding wheels is described. The adaptor comprises a hollow mandrel having an internal threaded portion for attaching the adaptor to the shaft of a grinding machine. The hollow mandrel has a saucer-shaped disc portion extending axially from the outer portion of the mandrel. The saucer-shaped disc portion has a concave surface and a convex surface. The concave portion is equipped with a plurality of internal rib members and has a flange around the periphery thereof to contact the side of a grinding wheel. The flange portion has a plurality of protrusions, or bosses, thereon adapted to be received in corresponding orifices in the grinding wheel. In operation, as the grinding wheel contacts a work piece, the torque, or stress, is directly imparted to the adaptor, as the adaptor is threadably attached to the shaft of the grinding wheel.

Abstract: A method of pressureless sintering silicon carbide mixtures to obtain a sintered, dense product when the silicon carbide starting materials do not include a densification aid, such as boron, beryllium or aluminum, is described. The starting materials are mixtures containing predominantly particulate silicon carbide and include usually less than about 10 and, preferably, less than about 6 percent by weight of carbon in the form of elemental carbon or in the form of a carbon source material. The mixtures may also contain minor amounts of other additives, such as lubricants, surfactants or agglutinants, to aid in forming a compact, or green body, from the mixtures, or minor amounts of other ceramic materials depending upon the nature of the desired final product. The mixtures are formed into compacts, or green bodies, by known techniques.

Abstract: Ceramic compositions that may be injection molded and subsequently sintered are described. A particulate ceramic material, such as silicon carbide, is coated with a mixture of thermoplastic resin and oils or waxes, and utilized as a feed material in an injection molding process. The molded product may subsequently be sintered at 2000.degree. C. to 2200.degree. C. to produce a hard, dense article.

Abstract: Ceramic compositions that may be injection molded and subsequently sintered are described. The compositions include minor amounts of organo-titanates which materially reduce the viscosity of the compositions. The reduction in viscosity is particularly effective in compositions containing high loadings of silicon carbide as the ceramic material. The organo-titanates found useful are represented by the formula:(R.sub.1 --O).sub.m --Ti--(O--X.sub.z --R.sub.2).sub.nwherein:(a) m is an integer from 1 to 8 andn is an integer from 0 to 4,(b) m+n=4,(c) z is an integer from 0 to 1,(d) R.sub.1 is aliphatic containing 1 and 4 carbon atoms,(e) X is independently selected from the group of phosphite, phosphate, and pyrophosphate.(f) R.sub.2 is aliphatic containing from 8 to 25 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A method of removing nitrogen oxides (NO.sub.x) from exhaust gas mixtures is described. The removal of NO.sub.x from exhaust gas mixtures is accomplished by exposing the exhaust gas mixture, in a manner that does not substantially impede the gas flow, to a ceramic material containing from about 75% to about 95% by weight silicon carbide and from about 0.3% to about 10.0% silica. A reduction of at least 85% of NO.sub.x from the mixture is to be expected and reductions up to 95 to 100% are attainable. Ceramic mixtures containing silicon nitride in amounts between about 10% and about 30% are found to reduce the amount of NO.sub.x in exhaust gases at temperatures as low as 200.degree. C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fiber reinforced carbon and graphite articles that are characterized by a matrix of fibrous carbon material bonded together by a deposited pyrolytic material and having the residue of a carbonized filler material dispersed within the article in contact with the pyrolytic material.Fiber reinforced carbon and graphite articles are produced by(1) Forming reinforcing fibers into a shape without any binder material,(2) Infiltrating the fibers with a pyrolytic material in a manner to deposit pyrolytic material on the fibers and bond together the fibers, to form a bonded body,(3) Subsequently impregnating the bonded body with a carbonizable filler material, and,(4) Curing and carbonizing the filler material.The articles are substantially free of internal cracks and voids and are of high strength even at relatively low densities. As such, the articles are particularly useful in the aerospace industry where strong, lightweight materials are required.

Abstract: A sinterable silicon carbide mixture is described which is prepared by mixing finely-divided silicon carbide containing between about 0.5 and about 5.0 percent by weight of excess carbon with a finely-divided beryllium-containing additive wherein the amount of beryllium in the mixture is equal to between about 0.03 and about 1.5 percent by weight of the powder. A dense silicon carbide ceramic product is prepared from the powder mixture by pressureless sintering wherein the article is initially shaped and subsequently sintered in a beryllium-containing atmosphere at a temperature from about 1950.degree. to about 2300.degree. C.

Abstract: A powder containing substantial amounts of alpha phase silicon carbide suitable for use in subsequent sintering operations to obtain a high-density, high-strength ceramic product is described. The powder may consist substantially entirely of alpha silicon carbide or may consist of mixtures of alpha and beta phase silicon carbide. The silicon carbide powder of the present invention has an average particle size of from about 0.10 to about 2.50 microns and may contain maximum amounts of the following materials by weight based upon 100 parts of powder.______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 2.00 Free Silicon 0.25 Iron 0.50 Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metals 0.50 Total Metal Oxides 3.75 ______________________________________Sinterable powders and methods of producing sintered products from the powders are also described.

Abstract: Disclosure is made of a high-density, high-strength silicon carbide ceramic material that is produced using a silicon carbide powder containing boron or boron-containing compound as a densification additive by the utilization of boron in the sintering atmosphere.

Abstract: Disclosure is made of a high-density, high-strength silicon carbide ceramic material that is produced using a silicon carbide powder containing boron or boron-containing compound as a densification additive by the utilization of boron in the sintering atmosphere.