Abstract: A multi-layer label for displaying information is disclosed which includes at least two layers which may be repeatedly partially separated and re-adhered to one another, such that a portion of the outer surface of a lower layer is exposed upon separation of a portion of an upper layer from it. The inner surface of the upper layer of the label is coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive. To form a lift tab for the upper layer at least one corner of the inner surface is either coated with varnish to deaden the adhesive, or alternatively, a corner is not coated with adhesive. The outer surface of the lower layer is selectively coated with an adhesive release material such that the coated portion releasably bonds to the inner surface of the upper layer, and, the portion of the outer surface of the lower layer not coated with the adhesive release layer permanently bonds to the upper layer thus forming a hinge between the two layers. A method and apparatus for manufacturing a multi-layer label is also disclosed.

Abstract: An aseptically packaged, liquid, non-dairy coffee whitener which is shelf-stable for several months, and a process for preparing it, are provided. The coffee whitener comprises water, vegetable fat, an edible emulsifier system, a milk protein, salt, and other optional ingredients. The process comprises performing an ultra-high temperature sterilization treatment on a mixture comprising water, heated vegetable fat, an edible emulsifier system, and milk protein; cooling; homogenizing; and further cooling and packaging the resulting emulsion in an aseptic container under aseptic conditions. The product is shelf-stable for several months before opening and is stable against browning under refrigeration conditions for up to four weeks after opening. Browning is avoided by the absence or substantial absence of any reducing sugar in the product.

Abstract: A two-stage process for producing a cheese-flavored substance is claimed. A flavor development medium is fermented with a source of lipase/protease; the source of lipase/protease is inactivated and the flavor development medium is fermented by at least one lactic acid-producing microorganism which is thereafter inactivated. The source of lipase/protease is preferably a microorganism, especially Candida lypolitica ATCC 20234. The cheese-flavored substance produced by the process and foods containing the cheese-flavored substance produced by the process are also claimed.

Abstract: A battery mover for use in horizontally moving batteries into and out of battery compartments in battery powered vehicles and battery powered machinery.

Abstract: A homogeneous predispersed fiber composition useful for dispersing a fibrous material in a rubber or plastic compound stock, said composition comprising a fibrous material and a rubber or plastic polymer binder, wherein said composition is prepared by mixing a latex of the rubber or plastic polymer with the fibrous material to form a wetted fiber mixture, mixing a coagulant with the wetted fiber mixture thereby forming the predispersed fiber composition, wherein the total amount of water present in the wetted fiber mixture prior to coagulation is substantially equal to that required to completely wet the fibrous material by either capillary action, surface adsorption or a combination thereof.

Abstract: Pyrogens can be effectively removed from an aqueous solution by passing a stream of the solution through a device comprising at least two anisotropic ultrafiltration membranes positioned in series, said membranes having nominal molecular weight limits less than the molecular weight of the pyrogens, including aggregates or micelles thereof, to be removed, wherein at least one membrane is juxtaposed with at least one other membrane so that substantially all of the skin surface of one membrane is in intimate contact with substantially all of the skin surface of the other membrane and wherein the edges of one membrane are sealed to the corresponding edges of the other membrane.

Abstract: A method for the regeneration of spent pickling acids. Said acid is mixed with such a minor quantity of a stronger acid that the losses of said stronger acid are compensated. The mixture obtained is stripped, whereby the weaker acids are vaporized. The vapor phase containing the weaker acids is passed to a condenser. The condensate obtained forms the regenerated pickling acid. The spent pickling acid can also be passed directly to an evaporator in which a solution containing a stronger acid is circulated. The vapor from the evaporator is passed to an absorption column and thereafter to a condenser, the regenerated acid being formed of the condensate from said condenser.

Abstract: A process for microencapsulating water-immiscible chemicals is disclosed which comprises mixing a colloidal solution of gelatin Type A and gum acacia with an emulsion or slurry of the water-immiscible chemical, both of which are prepared and mixed at a temperature above about 50.degree. C., and allowing the mixture to cool so that the droplets or particles of water-immiscible chemical are encapsulated with a macromolecular membrane of a complex coacervate of gelatin and gum acacia. Anti-fouling marine paints capable of sustained release of anti-fouling agent are prepared by adding microcapsules of anti-fouling agents to a marine paint vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tab top can having a self contained drinking straw. The straw includes a resilient bellows structure on its bottom which serves to bias the top end of the straw against the underside of the tab top. A straw guide secured on the interior of the can aligns the top end of the straw with the underside of the tab top. The bellows structure forces the top end of the straw through the drinking slot formed when the tab top is removed from the can.

Abstract: A process for producing substantially clean water and consolidated slugs of fuel from coal slurry having less than about 30 percent by volume of ash and other impurities on a dry basis is disclosed which comprises (a) placing a quantity of the coal slurry in an enclosed chamber in which means have been provided for drainage of the water from the slurry, and (b) subjecting the slurry to one-dimensional consolidation by the application of compressive stress, thereby producing (i) substantially clean water and (ii) a consolidated, uniformly-shaped slug of fuel having a water content of less than about 10 percent.

Abstract: Products of a coprecipitation process comprising (i) substantially clear serum and (ii) homogeneous, essentially non-tacky, dustless, friable particles of predispersed rubber or plastic compounding chemical which comprise from about 80 to about 99.5 percent by weight of said chemical and from about 0.5 to about 20 percent by weight of a film-forming binder comprising a rubber or plastic polymer, wherein substantially all of the particles of the compounding chemical are at least 0.05 micron in size and no compounding chemical used is a reinforcing agent or diluent for rubber or plastic stock, are formed associatively.

Abstract: A composition of matter useful for dispersing a critical chemical in a rubber or plastic compound, said composition comprising from about 60 to about 95 percent by weight of a critical chemical and from about 5 to about 40 percent by weight of a binder, said binder comprising at least one component selected from (i) liquids compatible with said rubber or plastic compound and with the other binder components and (ii) waxes having a sharp melting point in the range of 55.degree.-80.degree. C, and a polymer having a molecular weight of at least about 50,000 which when combined with the other binder components produces a binder which is a non-tacky gel below about 53.degree. C. The composition can additionally comprise a fine powder reinforcing agent, which can also serve as a stabilizer for the binder.

Abstract: A rubber composition comprising a highly unsaturated rubber, a magnesium compound capable of donating electrons and a carboxylated cobalt oxy metal complex comprising at least one metal atom selected from Groups IIIA, IIIB, IVA, IVB, VA and VB of the Periodic Table, at least one cobalt atom, said metal and cobalt atoms being linked through oxygen atoms, at least one acyloxy radical attached to a cobalt atom, and any residual valences of said complex being satisfied by acyloxy, aryloxy or alkoxy radicals.

Abstract: A foundry moulding composition comprising (a) a granular refractory material, and (b) from 0.5% to 8% based on the weight of the refractory material of a binder comprising (i) an aqueous solution of a potassium alkali phenol-formaldehyde resin, said aqueous solution having a solids content of from 50% to 75% and said resin having a weight average molecular weight (M.sub.w) of from 600 to 1500, a formaldehyde:phenol molar ratio of from 1.2:1 to 2.6:1 and a potassium hydroxide:phenol molar ratio of from 0.2:1 to 1.2:1 and (ii) at least one silane in an amount of from 0.05% to 3% based on the weight of said aqueous solution, said binder being curable by contact therewith of from 5% to 60% based on the weight of said aqueous solution of a C.sub.1-3 alkyl formate.

Abstract: A foundry moulding composition comprising(a) a granular refractory material,(b) from 0.25 to 2.5% based on the weight of the refractory material of an aqueous solution of a potassium alkali phenol-formaldehyde resin, said aqueous solution having a solids content of from 50 to 75% and said resin having a weight average molecular weight (M.sub.wr) of from 700 to 2000, a formaldehyde:phenol molar ratio of from 1.2:1 to 2.6:1 and a potassium hydroxide:phenol molar ratio of from 0.5:1 to 1.2:1;(c) from 0.05 to 3% based on the weight of said aqueous solution, of at least one silane, and(d) from 20 to 110% based on the weight of said aqueous solution of at least one ester active to catalyze curing of said resin.