Abstract: Air-hardenable steels of duplex bainite/martensite microstructure consisting essentially of 0.10 to 0.7% C, 0.1 to 2% Si, 2.1 to 3.5% Mn, 0.0005 to 0.005% B, up to 3.5% Cr and preferably containing Cr in amount of at least 0.1%, balance Fe except for incidental impurities. Optional elements are up to 1.5% W, 1.0% Mo, 0.15% V, 0.2% S, 0.1% Ca, 0.1% Pb, 0.1% Ti and 0.2% total rare earths. At least 1.0% Cr is especially preferred and if below such amount, total Mn and Si is at least 3% and in such case, if C is under 0.47%, at least 0.6% Si is present. The steels are hardenable to R.sub.c 2o to R.sub.c 58 and have a hardenable diameter in the range between 35 mm and 80 to 100 mm by air-cooling only, together with good strength, toughness and fatigue- and wear-resistance.

Abstract: A device for attaching a shoe to a bicycle pedal, comprising a pedal body and a counter-member fixed to the sole of the shoe and adapted to be fitted to the body of the pedal. Attachement is achieved by means of a tooth which is carried by the counter-member and engages a recess formed in the body of the pedal so as to prevent the backwards displacement of the counter-member relative to the body of the pedal. A step carried by the counter-member cooperates in the body of the pedal and prevents the upward detachment of the counter-member.

Abstract: Steel rails having reduced camber and improved wear resistance provided by enhanced rail head strength and hardness level decreasing uniformly from the rail head surface to a depth of 15 to 25 mm. are produced by a method and apparatus in which the rail is preheated below the A.sub.c3 temperature, heated above the A.sub.c3, cooled in air, cooled three dimensionally with compressed air directed on the top and at an angle of 1-10 degrees onto the sides of the rail head, and further cooled with liquid coolant.

Abstract: In the method disclosed for filtering a contaminated gas laden with liquid vesicles (or aerosols) through a filter medium arranged around a center hollow through which the aerosol enters, the filter medium is heated to a temperature above the aerosol's dew point by a radiant heat source arranged in said center hollow. The inventive filter enables the said method to be practiced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bag made of sheets of heat weldable plastics assembled by welding lines along their edges, and comprising a base also made of a sheet of heat weldable plastics allowing the bag to be placed in an upright position. The bag further comprises an armature extending substantially from its base to its opposite upper edge, which armature comprises a vertical rod of length approximately equal to the height of the bag and two crosspieces, an upper crosspiece along the upper edge of the bag, and a lower crosspiece along the base of the bag.

Abstract: Air-hardenable steels of duplex bainite/martensite microstructure consisting essentially of 0.10 to 0.7% C, 0.1 to 2% Si, 2.1 to 3.5% Mn, 0.0005 to 0.005% B, up to 3.5% Cr and preferably containing Cr in amount of at least 0.1%, balance Fe except for incidental impurities. Optional elements are up to 1.5% W, 1.0% Mo, 0.15% V, 0.2% S, 0.1% Ca, 0.1% Pb, 0.1% Ti and 0.2% total rare earths. At least 1.0% Cr is especially preferred and if below such amount, total Mn and Si is at least 3% and in such case, if C is under 0.47%, at least 0.6% Si is present. The steels are hardenable to R.sub.c 20 to R.sub.c 58 and have a hardenable diameter in the range between 35 mm and 80 to 100 mm by air-cooling only, together with good strength, toughness and fatigue- and wear-resistance.

Abstract: Steel articles have a granular bainite microstructure on continuous air cooling, from hot working temperature, of a low cost, tough, high strength, low alloy (HSLA) steel having a composition which, in broadest scope, scope, consists essentially, by weight percent, of 0.08 to 0.25% carbon, 0.30 to 1.5% silicon, 2.0 to 3.2% manganese and 0.005 to 0.005% boron. The steel composition preferably contains, in one aspect of the invention: 0.08 to 0.18% carbon, 0.3 to 1.2% silicon, 2.1% to 2.5% manganese and 0.005 to 0.004% boron; and in another aspect: 0.08 to 0.18% carbon 0.7 to 1.2% silicon, 2.7 to 3.1% manganese, and 0.0005 to 0.004% boron. The steel optionally may contain, by weight percent: up to 0.10 calcium and up to.0.20%, preferably less than 0.01%, sulfur, or up to 0.10% lead; up to 0.10%, especially 0.04 to 0.10%, vanadium, and up to 1.5% chromium. The steel is substantially free of molybdenum, tungsten and other alloying elements, except for residual amounts.