Abstract: A size preferential electrostatic agglomerator is provided for agglomerating small particles with larger “carrier” particles. The agglomerator includes an inlet for receiving a gas flow, a separator for separating the gas flow into flow streams based on the size of the particles therein, an ionization region for imparting an opposite electrical charge to each of the flow streams, an agglomeration region receiving the flow streams to facilitate the agglomeration of the oppositely charged particles, and an outlet for exhausting the gas flow containing agglomerated particles to facilitate collection, processing or other activity on the agglomerated particles. The present invention provides an efficient system for gathering large amounts of small particles in a gas flow.

Abstract: A process for treating a first oil containing antioxidant compounds selected from tocopherols, tocotrienols, sterols, or mixtures thereof comprising contacting the first oil with an effective amount of at least one compound under suitable reaction conditions to esterify at least about 50% of the antioxidant compounds to produce a second oil containing esters of the antioxidant compounds, the second oil and oil-based coatings or inks produced therefrom having reduced yellowing and improved drying property.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solvent for use in extracting oil from an oil bearing material, such as soybeans, with the solvent resulting in the selective extraction of a triglyceride rich oil, which contains 95% or greater triglycerides and non-polar constituents, with the solvent comprised of a hydrocarbon, preferably hexane, and a fluorocarbon, so that the solvent has a viscosity less than 2.6 centipoise and a polarity of less than 0.1. The present invention also relates to a method of using the solvent to extract the triglyceride rich oil, with the method including preferably extracting the oil at a temperature ranging between 35° C. and 55° C., and then preferably cooling resulting miscella to a temperature ranging between 15° C. and 25° C.

Abstract: The invention detects loft time and/or speed of a vehicle and/or person during activities of moving and jumping. A loft sensor detects leaving the ground and returning to the ground. A microprocessor subsystem converts the sensed information to determine a loft time. A display shows the recorded loft time to a user of the system. A speed sensor can detect speed for selective display to the user, and height may also be determined during airtime.

Abstract: A method for forming a securing label including affixing a security activating material to a substrate to form a sub-assembly label, attaching the sub-assembly label to a top label material, and cutting the top label material to form a top label where the sub-assembly label and the top label form the securing label. Attaching of sub-assembly layer includes inserting the sub-assembly layer between a paper layer and a carrier layer of the top label material which have been separated from each other and then remarried after insertion.

Abstract: The invention detects loft time and/or speed during activities of moving and jumping. A loft sensor utilizes a spectrum of information to detect leaving the ground and returning to the ground. A microprocessor subsystem converts the sensed information to determine a loft time. A display shows the recorded loft time to a user of the system. In addition, a speed sensor can detect the vehicle's speed for selective display to the user, and height may also be determined during airtime.

Abstract: Signs including electroluminescent lamps are described. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, electroluminescent lamps are coupled to a sign by first forming a rear electrode on a front surface of the sign. After forming the rear electrode on the sign, a dielectric layer is screen printed over the rear electrode, and a phosphor layer is screen printed over the dielectric layer. A layer of indium tin oxide ink is then screen printed to the phosphor layer to form an EL lamp.

Abstract: An apparatus for holding and displaying cards including a plurality of vertical panels having at least one pair of opposed slits defining a pocket for holding the cards. Each slit has an upper end, a lower end and an aperture at either the upper end or lower end. The aperture is operatively configured to allow the pocket to expand to thereby accept a greater number of cards. The apparatus further comprises at least one support having a nodule for each vertical panel. Each nodule is configured to be coupled with the aperture of each vertical panel such that the plurality of vertical panels are interconnected by the support.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a treated animal feed having a comparatively higher metabolizable energy value and fewer oligosaccharides than in untreated feed, with the present method including the steps of adding an enzyme at ambient conditions to the animal feed and allowing the enzyme to hydrolyze the oligosaccharides. The present invention also relates to the resultant animal feed.

Abstract: An improved hydrolysis process comprising a process for the preparation of 2-carboxyalkyl(aryl)phosphinic acid using a controlled addition of water to an acrylation reaction mixture, and control of the temperature. Preparation of 2-carboxyalkyl(aryl)phosphinic acid cyclic anhydride is disclosed using a controlled addition of water, wherein up to about one mole of water per mole of dichloro(aryl)-phosphine charged to the acrylation reaction is added, and temperature is controlled.

Abstract: Eyewear directed to relieving eye-related problems caused by glare and reflections from light sources interfering with images on a computer screen generally characterized as CVS. The eyewear including a housing surrounding a person's face having a forehead portion, an opaque interior surface and an exterior surface. The housing formed to exhibit a spaced relation to the person's face defining an interior space to accommodate a pair of prescription lenses and a prescription lens frame. The housing further including a horizontal slot and a centrally disposed nose bridge portion, and integral left and right temple arm respectively extending from the housing formed to exhibit a spaced relation to the person's head and defining an interior space to accommodate a right and left temple arm of a pair of prescription glasses.

Abstract: An environmentally clean multi-fuel composition for use in an internal combustion engine, comprising acetylene as a primary fuel and a combustible fuel, such as one or more fluids selected from an alcohol such as ethanol, methanol or any other alcohol or alcohols from the group comprising C1-C20 carbon chains, ethers such as from the group comprising dimethyl ether, diethyl ether, methyl t-butyl ether, ethyl t-butyl ether, t-amyl methyl ether, di-isopropyl ether and the like, low-molecular-weight esters such as from the group comprising methyl formate, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, methyl propionate, ethyl propionate, ethyl malate, butyl malate, and the like, or diesel in the case where the engine is a diesel engine, or other suitable combustible fluid such as mineral spirits and the like, as a secondary fuel for operatively preventing early ignition and knock arising from the primary fuel.

Abstract: A process for production of L-aspartic acid comprising (1) contacting (A) an enzyme-containing material having maleate isomerase activity and aspartase activity, or (B) an enzyme-containing material having maleate isomerase activity and an enzyme-containing material having aspartase activity, with an aqueous substrate solution containing maleic acid and ammonia, and/or mono or di-ammonium maleate, to form L-ammonium aspartate, in a reaction solution, (2) adding the reaction solution to an aqueous solution of maleic acid or maleic anhydride at a controlled rate to crystallize L-aspartic acid in a mother liquor, and (3) recovering the L-aspartic acid from the mother liquor, and (4) optionally recycling said mother liquor as a substrate solution for further reaction with said enzyme containing material of Step 1 and (5) optionally adding alkali such as ammonia to said mother liquor before, during, or after recycle.