Abstract: An anti-entrapment, anti-vortex swimming pool and/or wading pool drain cover having a discus or wheel-like configuration with a relatively large radius, substantially larger than the radius of a pool drain which the drain cover is intended to cover, so that the disk extends out over the pool floor or other surface having the drain, radially beyond the drain, the disk carrying beneath it a plurality of evenly spaced radial ribs which define between them channels opening at the periphery; the ribs support the cover on the surface in which the drain is located so that the disk periphery stands off that surface for water flow intake beneath through the side inlets; the ribs and channels control water flow beneath the disk so that water flows relatively evenly in the channels from the periphery and then into the drain without potential for pool user entrapment and substantially without vortex creation.

Abstract: A process of removing off-flavors and off-odors, such as caused by TCA, from food or beverage products by contacting the food or beverage with one or more aliphatic synthetic polymers so as to sufficiently lower the concentration of the off-flavors and off-odors that they are undetectable by taste or smell.

Abstract: The present invention is an oral drug delivery system for delivering unpalatable pharmaceuticals, wherein the pharmaceutical delivery system comprises a lipid, dry particles including at least one pharmaceutical and at least one filler, and a surfactant, wherein the dry particles are continuously coated by the lipid and form a suspension with the lipid, making the pharmaceutical more palatable.

Abstract: A mower attachment for a tractor having a base plate that can be attached to the tractor; an inner arm rotatably attached to the base plate, wherein the inner arm has an end plate; an outer plate attached to the end plate of the inner arm; a mower yoke attached to the outer plate; and an oscillating sickle with a sickle head and a cutterbar, wherein the sickle head rotatably nests in the mower yoke, and the cutterbar can rotate more than about 140° while the sickle is operating.

Abstract: A method for producing a delivery system for transporting pharmaceuticals and other ingredients in a chewable and palatable form is provided. The delivery system comprises a lipid source in which drug actives are homogeneously suspended to form a high solids suspension which can be solidified and molded into an oral dosage form. The lipid source provides an external phase comprising the carrier for the suspension and also provides a hydrophobic film which continuously coats the hydrophilic drug actives and other ingredients. The suspension exhibits pseudoplastic and thixotropic properties which enable it to suspend a large volume of particles relative to the lipid source. The drug particles may be pre-encapsulated before mixing in with the suspension, which provides taste-masking and controlled release qualities to the products formed from the delivery system.

Abstract: A therapeutic system for supplying active substances to the skin consists of a backing layer remote from the skin, with at least one active substance depot. The depot may consist of a fluid active substance or a fluid composition comprising an active substance delivery control matrix. There is also included an adhesive fixing device for fixing the therapeutic system on the skin. The therapeutic system is characterized in that the active substance depots (14) consist of at least one adjuvant having a supporting and distributing function by being provided with a planar textile material completely surrounded by matrix (12).

Abstract: A method of preparing an .alpha.-d-phenylalkylbenzyl carbinol by the reaction of a phenylbenzyl ketone with an alkali metal enolate of an amide to form an aldol adduct, which is reduced and purified to form an .alpha.-d-phenylalkylbenzyl carbinol, wherein the carbinol so produced possesses analgesic activity. In an embodiment of the invention, a phenylbenzyl ketone is reacted with an alkali metal enolate of an amide to form an aldol adduct, which is reacted with an alkali metal salt of a secondary amine to form a dianion; the dianion is alkylated with an alkyl halide to form an .alpha.-isomer of an aldol adduct, which is reduced and purified to form an .alpha.-d-phenylalkylbenzyl carbinol possessing analgesic activity.

Abstract: The polyglycidamides are epoxy derivatives of cyclic ureas such as glycouril and aminotriazines such as melamine and guanamines. They are prepared from cyclic ureas and aminotriazines by methylolating with formaldehyde, etherifying with an alcohol, transetheramidizing with acrylamide and epoxidizing with hydrogen peroxide. They are used with polyamines and other epoxy reactive oligomers to provide crosslinkable coating systems which posses solvent, chemical and water resistance and UV stability.

Abstract: A process for producing N-phosphonomethylglycine by the oxidation of N-phosphonomethyliminodiacetic acid using a molecular oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a transition metal catalyst.

Abstract: A method for oxidizing organic compounds by contacting organic compounds with molecular oxygen in the presence of a noble metal pyrochlore having the formula:A.sub.2+x B.sub.2-x O.sub.7-ywherein A is a pyrochlore structure metal cation, and B is one or more of Ru, Rh, Ir, Os, and Pt; x and y are greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1.0, at a temperature up to about 200.degree. C.

Abstract: A method of forming amidophosphates comprising reacting a pyrophosphate ion, such as generated from pyrophosphate salts, and sulfamides, in an aqueous solution or suspension. An example of such a reaction is the reaction of tetrasodium pyrophosphate and sulfamide in water to form sodium amidodiphosphate.

Abstract: A method of forming condensed phosphates comprising reacting phosphate ions, such as generated from polyphosphate salts, and sulfamides, in an aqueous solution or suspension. An example of such a reaction is the reaction of tetrasodium tripolyphosphate and sulfamide in water to form sodium trimetaphosphate.

Abstract: A solid state reference electrode comprising a metal/metal salt electrode, an immobilized electrolyte in contact with the metal salt, and a perfluorocarbon copolymer coating on the immobilized electrolyte to prevent migration of the electrolyte away from the electrode.

Abstract: A resin and method for using the resin for solid phase peptide synthesis. The resin has a sulfoxide linkage, which is stalbe to strong acid conditions. The sulfoxide linkage can be reduced to a sulfide linkage, which allows cleavage of the peptide from the resin under mild acid conditions.

Abstract: The polyglycidamides are epoxy derivatives of cyclic ureas such as glycouril and aminotriazines such as melamine and guanamines. They are prepared from cyclic ureas and aminotriazines by methylolating with formaldehyde, etherifying with an alcohol, transetheramidizing with acrylamide and epoxidizing with hydrogen peroxide. They are used with polyamines and other epoxy reactive oligomers to provide crosslinkable coating systems which possess solvent, chemical and water resistance and UV stability.

Abstract: A solid state reference electrode stable in the presence of oxygen having an electrically conductive material in contact with substituted ferrocene/ferrocenium ions.

Abstract: A process for producing N-phosphonomethylglycine by the oxidation of N-phosphonomethyliminodiacetic acid using a molecular oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a transition metal catalyst.

Abstract: Waste streams from N-phosphonomethylglycine facilities are treated to remove by-products and unreacted raw materials by heating the waste stream in the presence of a transition metal catalyst and contacting the waste stream with an oxygen-containing gas.

Abstract: A junction-type metal/metal oxide solid state indicator electrode wherein the sensing portion of the electrode is coated with a perfluorocarbon copolymer, and a pH sensor made of the indicator electrode and a reference electrode.

Abstract: A resin for solid phase peptide synthesis and a method for synthesizing the resin wherein the resin has a sulfoxide linkage which is stable to strong acid deprotecting conditions. The linkage can be reduced to a sulfide linkage which allows cleavage of the peptide from the resin under mild acid conditions.