Patents Represented by Law Firm Hammond & Littell, Weissenberger & Muserlian
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Patent number: 4428711Abstract: A wind energy device comprising a first airfoil having a leading edge, a trailing edge and a tip, means supporting the airfoil above a surface, the airfoil being adapted, when traversed by a prevailing wind, to generate a vortex at its tip, an air deflector associated with the airfoil and arranged so as to deflect prevailing wind traversing the deflector into the vortex to augment the energy of the vortex, means to vary the orientation of the airfoil relative to the prevailing wind, and a rotary device located in the path of the vortex and adapted to be driven by the wind in the vortex.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 1981Date of Patent: January 31, 1984Assignee: John David ArcherInventor: John D. Archer
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Patent number: 4427648Abstract: This invention relates to vehicles for the administration of dipyridamole. More specifically, this invention relates to a method of treating cardiovascular disorders in a host in need of such treatment which comprises administering to said host a cardiovascularly effective amount of a composition comprised of (i) dipyridamole or an acid addition salt thereof and (ii) at least one pharmacologically acceptable acid or acid substance, the total amount of acid from acid addition salt present and acid or acid substance being in a ratio of at least about 5 acid equivalents to 1 mol of dipyridamole, preferably in the form of particles having particle sizes of from about 0.1 to 2.0 mm.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 1982Date of Patent: January 24, 1984Assignee: Dr. Karl Thomae GmbHInventors: Rolf Brickl, Peter Gruber, Gottfried Schepky, Gerhard Bozler
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Patent number: 4427707Abstract: Locust Bean Pod Powder, Locust Bean Gum Powder and Guar Gum Powder originally having odor and taste characteristics making them unsuitable as food additives, can be made suitable therefor by extraction with gases at supercritical temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1982Date of Patent: January 24, 1984Assignee: Henkel KGaAInventors: Christian Heine, Reinhold Wust
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Patent number: 4426519Abstract: Novel syn isomers of 7-(2-amino-4-thiazolyl)-acetamido-cephalosporanic acid compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --S--R.sub.2, --CHF.sub.2 and --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --S--CN, R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of optionally protonated ##STR2## n is an integer from 1 to 4, R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, methoxy, alkyl and alkylthio of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3 to 5 carbon atoms, azidomethyl, acetoxymethyl, carbamoyloxymethyl, ##STR3## and --CH.sub.2 --S--R', Alk is alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R' is selected from the group consisting of an optionally substituted nitrogen containing heterocycle and an acyl of an aliphatic acid of 2 to 4 carbon atoms, A is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and an easily cleavable ester and when R is --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --SR.sub.2, the COOA group may be the anion --COO-- and when R is --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --SCN or --CHF.sub.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1982Date of Patent: January 17, 1984Assignee: Roussel UclafInventors: Michel Vignau, Rene Heymes
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Patent number: 4425352Abstract: The invention relates to substituted phenoxyacetates of cyclic amines.These compounds are of the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is chlorine, fluorine or the trifluoromethyl radicaln is 0 or 1,R is a cyclic amino group having five or six atoms possibly substituted on the nitrogen atom, the nitrogen of said amino group being in position 2 or 3 with respect to the oxygen or to the group CH.sub.2 if present.Application: treatment of obesities and hyperphagias, of cerebral and endocrinic deficiencies.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 1981Date of Patent: January 10, 1984Assignee: Agence Nationale de Valorisation de la RechercheInventors: Jean-Jacques Godfroid, Jean Thuillier
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Patent number: 4425236Abstract: A novel process for the selective removal of cadmium ions from aqueous media such as sewage by contacting the aqueous media with an effective amount of at least one water-insoluble organic polysulfide compound to selectively remove the cadmium ions and separating the polysulfide compounds.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1982Date of Patent: January 10, 1984Assignee: Rutgerswerke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Otto Neunhoeffer, Gerhard Wilhelm, Lothar Hockenberger, Franz J. Bergmann, Peter Endruscheit
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Patent number: 4425274Abstract: An improved process for the preparation of ursodesoxycholic acid or 3.alpha.,7.beta.-dihydroxy-cholanic acid in high yields by reducing 3.alpha.-hydroxy-7-keto-cholanic acid with lithium in liquid ammonia.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 1982Date of Patent: January 10, 1984Assignee: Roussel UCLAFInventors: Armand Guillemette, Abel Francois
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Patent number: 4425327Abstract: This invention is directed to a cosmetic deodorant composition comprising:(a) from about 0.1 to 5 percent by weight, based on the weight of the total composition, of aminobenzoic acid amides of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, each represent hydrogen, an alkyl of from 1 to 12 carbon atoms; a hydroxyalkyl of from 2 to 4 carbon atoms; an aryl; an aralkyl or carboxyalkyl with from 1 to 3 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety; or an alkoxyalkyl with from 1 to 8 carbon atoms in the alkoxy moiety and from 1 to 3 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the amide nitrogen form an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring; and(b) the remainder conventional cosmetic deodorant composition compounds.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1981Date of Patent: January 10, 1984Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf AktienInventors: Hinrich Moller, Rainer Osberghaus
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Patent number: 4425291Abstract: A method for the production of a more water-resistant foamed element from waterglass consisting essentially of the steps of mixing together a major amount of an alkali metal silicate solution, with inorganic fillers, at least one alkali-resistant wetting agent in an amount sufficient to form a stable foam, at least one compound capable of hardening a waterglass foam in an amount sufficient to cause said alkali metal silicate to harden, and sufficient natural latex dispersion to cause the foamed element to have a greater water resistance, mechanically foaming said mixture by the incorporation of an inert gas thereon, filling the resultant foam into an element form capable of disassembly, curing said foam in said form, and recovering a more water-resistant foamed and cured element. Preferably the natural latex dispersion is employed in a 50% dispersion in an amount of from 0.2% to 30% by weight, preferably from 0.2% to 10% by weight, based on the total mixture.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 1981Date of Patent: January 10, 1984Assignees: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien, Hansawerke Lurmann, Schutte & Co.Inventors: Gunter Beer, Wolfgang Pesch, Wolfgang Friedemann, Manfred Kupfer
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Patent number: 4425053Abstract: An oil fence arrangement for effectively preventing oil spills from spreading or diffusing over the surface of the sea. The arrangement is of a double wall construction and can fold into a small space.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 1981Date of Patent: January 10, 1984Assignee: Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ikuo Muto, Masamitsu Tatsuguchi
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Patent number: 4425214Abstract: A bipolar diaphragm or membrane electrolyzer comprising a housing containing an end anode element, an end cathode element and a plurality of bipolar elements with their major dimensions lying in a substantially vertical plane and comprised of a bipolar wall separating the anode compartment and the cathode compartment and vertical foraminous electrodes parallel positioned a certain distance from the bipolar wall, diaphragms or membranes separating the anodes and cathodes, a series of baffles distributed along the entire width of the electrode compartment and extending from the bipolar wall to the foraminous electrode to form a series of vertical flow channels extending over a large portion of the height of the wall, the said baffles being alternately inclined one way and the other way with respect to the vertical plane normal to the bipolar wall plane and spaced from one another whereby the ratio of the electrode surface intercepted by the edges of two baffles laterally defining a vertical flow channel to theType: GrantFiled: September 24, 1982Date of Patent: January 10, 1984Assignee: Oronzio deNora Impianti Elettrochimici S.p.A.Inventor: Alberto Pellegri
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Patent number: 4424347Abstract: A method for preparing modified hydroxyalkyl celluloses, particularly hydroxyethyl cellulose which involves adding to the reaction mixture by which hydroxyalkyl celluloses are prepared, a minor amount, in the range of 0.005 to 0.8 mols of methyl chloride or monochloroacetic acid which are additional etherification agents per mol of anydroglucose units.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 1982Date of Patent: January 3, 1984Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf AktienInventors: Wilfried Ra/ hse, Norbert Ku/ hne, Willi Wu/ st
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Patent number: 4424226Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is (1-methyl-4-piperidinyl)methyl, (1-methyl-1,2,5,6-tetrahydro-4-pyridinyl)methyl, 1-methyl-1,2,5,6-tetrahydro-4-pyridinyl, (1-methyl-4-piperidinylidene)methyl, 2,3-dehydro-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo?3.2.1!oct-3-yl methyl, endo-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo?3.2.1!oct-3-yl-methyl, or exo-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo?3.2.1!oct-3-yl-methyl, each of which may optionally have one or two methyl substituents on the six-membered heterocyclic ring, and non-toxic, pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts thereof. The compounds as well as their salts are useful as anti-ulcerogenics.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 1983Date of Patent: January 3, 1984Assignee: Dr. Karl Thomae GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Eberlein, Gu/ nter Trummlitz, Gu/ nther Schmidt, Wolfhard Engel, Rudolf Hammer, Piero Del Soldato
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Patent number: 4424222Abstract: New pyridobenzodiazepinones of the formula ##STR1## are described wherein X represents oxygen, --NH-- or --NCH.sub.3 -- and R represents 1-methyl-4-piperidinyl or 4-methyl-1-piperazinyl group optionally substituted by a methyl group, or a 3.alpha.- or 3.beta.-tropanyl group, and the nontoxic pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof. The specification also describes processes for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and new intermediate products used in preparing them.The compounds of formula I have antiulcerative effects and an inhibitory effect on gastric acid secretion, without the side effects such as dryness of the mouth and mydriasis which occur with other substances having an anticholinergic activity.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 1983Date of Patent: January 3, 1984Assignee: Karl Thomae GmbHInventors: Wolfhard Engel, Gu/ nther Schmidt, Gu/ nther Trummlitz, Wolfgang Eberlein, Rudolf Hammer, Piero D. Soldato
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Stable, anaerobically-hardening adhesives containing mixed amine oxide/HN-acidic compound initiators
Patent number: 4424331Abstract: A stable, anaerobically-hardening adhesive system based on polymerizable methacrylates and acrylates which are free of peroxides and hydroperoxides and harden at an accelerated rate under anaerobic conditions having, for 100 parts by weight of said polymerizable methacrylates and acrylates, from 0.2 to 5 parts by weight of at least one organic amine oxide and from 0.2 to 10 parts by weight of at least one NH-acidic compound, as an initiator. Preferred among the amine oxides are those that contain two alkyl radicals with 1 to 12 carbon atoms in addition to one aromatic radical, which can also be substituted.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1982Date of Patent: January 3, 1984Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf AktienInventor: Werner Gruber -
Patent number: 4424218Abstract: A 3-amino-steroid of the formula ##STR1## wherein W is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and --OH and taken together with X is ethylidene, X is selected from the group consisting of ethyl, ##STR2## the wavy line indicates the substituent has the .alpha.- and .beta.-position, R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and --CH.sub.3, R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms and hydroxyalkyl of 2 to 5 carbon atoms, R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, hydroxyalkyl of 2 to 5 carbon atoms, acyl of organic acid of 2 to 8 carbon atoms, alkoxycarbonyl of 2 to 8 carbon atoms, acyl of an .alpha.-amino-carboxylic acid and a peptide of 2 to 3 .alpha.-amino-carboxylic acids and their non-toxic, pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition acids with the proviso that R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are not both hydrogen and (i) when R.sub.1 is methyl, W and R.sub.2 are hydrogen and X is ##STR3## in the case R.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 1981Date of Patent: January 3, 1984Assignee: Roussel UclafInventors: Roger Deraedt, Vesperto Torelli, Jean Vacher, Josette Benzoni
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Patent number: 4422537Abstract: A one-piece sheet metal cage for an overrunning roller clutch wherein the cam rollers roll between a smooth inner races and an outer race provided with camming surfaces comprising a U-shaped sheet metal element provided in its longitudinal section with radial ends of different height, the higher end engaging the camming surfaces in a locking manner with a corresponding outer profile and the cage is provided with folding springs on radially directed segments on the cross-bars forming the cage pockets which cause the cam rollers to bear against an inner and outer retaining element of an adjacent cross-bar, each said cross-bar comprising a short segment extending in the circumferential direction at the bottom of the U-profile which forms the inner retaining elements at its axial ends adjoining the end flanges connecting the cross-bars and a flap between the inner retaining elements bent radially outward to which is secured a folding spring engaging an opening of the flap with an elastic projection, said flap beiType: GrantFiled: June 19, 1981Date of Patent: December 27, 1983Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler KGInventors: Joachim Ritter, Ernst Neuwirth
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Patent number: 4422971Abstract: A novel process for the preparation of 6-aminopenicilanic acid-1,1-dioxide and its non-toxic, pharmaceutically acceptable salts by deacylation of a penicillin-1,1-dioxide or its salts of which the 3-carboxylic acid is protected by such an easily removable group that a "one-pot process" is possible.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 1981Date of Patent: December 27, 1983Assignee: Gist-Brocades N.V.Inventors: Piet J. Akkerboom, Christophorus Oldenhof
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Patent number: 4422697Abstract: A rotary roller bearing connection with a free center comprising two concentric races, one race having a circular slot open towards the other race, the other race having a circular protrusion engaging the said slot with spacing on all sides, cylindrical rollers between the outer surface of the protrusion and the corresponding slot surface to absorb radial forces, a row of rolling elements between the face of the protrusion and the corresponding slot surfaces to absorb axial forces, of which at least the bearing row transmitting the main axial load is cylindrical rollers, and sections of circular arc form whose radii correspond at least to the radius of rolling elements disposed in the retaining row being provided in the area of the retaining row facing the bearing row and absorbing the lifting, tilting movement both at the transition of the protrusion to its associated race and at transition of the track area of the corresponding slot to the slot bottom.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1981Date of Patent: December 27, 1983Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler KGInventors: Georg Gugel, Theodor Kaiser
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Patent number: 4421886Abstract: A stabilizer-lubricant composition for molding materials based on polyvinyl chloride and/or mixed polymers containing mainly vinyl chloride comprising(a) a partial ester of pentaerythritol and/or trimethylolpropane with a fatty acid of 8 to 22 carbon atoms, and(b) a polybasic lead compound.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 1981Date of Patent: December 20, 1983Assignee: Neynaber Chemie GmbHInventors: Kurt Worschech, Peter Wedl