Abstract: A garment for a firefighter, a rescue worker, a forestry worker, or another worker having to carry a rope of a given diameter when unstressed, the garment has an expanse of fabric and two elastic bands are fastened, which are spaced from each other. Each band is fastened to the expanse of fabric by a series of spaced rows of stitches, which define a series of sleeves. Each sleeve is defined by an associated portion of the expansive region of the garment and by an associated portion of a respective one of the elastic bands. Each sleeve is adapted elastically to stretch at the associated portion of the respective one of the elastic bands so as snugly to hold two lengths of a rope. Each sleeve is adapted readily to release the lengths held by such sleeve when the rope is pulled from such sleeve. When the garment is equipped with a rope, the rope is arranged in a zig-zag pattern defining a series of loops, each loop having two lengths of the rope and a bight joining the lengths of such loop.

Abstract: A roof structure comprises at least one ducted plastics panel having a top wall, bottom wall, and connecting walls, therebetween, said at least one panel being cut to a desired size and having an open space between the top and bottom walls and the last connecting wall, and an adaptor located in said open space, the adaptor having formations thereon for coupling to a glazing bar.

Abstract: A fitment for being sealed to a collapsible pouch has a body having at least one side wall portion, which is provided with spaced steps defining spaced shoulders, an inner end, which faces the interior of the collapsible pouch when the fitment is sealed to the collapsible pouch, and an outer end. The body of the fitment defines a reference plane and a range of peripheral dimensions, each of which is measured around one of the spaced steps or around one of the spaced shoulders, in a plane that is located at one of the inner and outer ends or between the inner and outer ends and that coincides with or is parallel to the reference plane. The peripheral dimensions increase from a smallest dimension at or toward one such end, through intermediate dimensions which between the inner and outer ends do not decrease after increasing, to a largest dimension at or toward the other end.

Abstract: A metal fastening ring which can be screwed on for attaching a distribution component, such as a pump or a valve, on a container which has a neck and which contains product to be distributed. The ring includes a metal, interior, annular wall with internal threads which cooperate with external threads on the container neck. The ring has a plastic material coating on the threaded, interior, annular wall.

Abstract: A fixing member for fixing a dispenser device to the neck of a container, said fixing member comprising a ring made of a plastics material and provided with fixing means for fixing to the neck of the container, and a metal dished washer received in the ring and provided with holding means for holding the dispenser device.

Abstract: A non-venting valve and dispensing package for fluid products and the like includes a container of the type having an interior volume which reduces as fluid product is dispensed from the package. A self-sealing dispensing valve has a marginal portion sealing about an associated discharge opening in the container, and a valve head with an orifice which shifts between open and closed positions in response to the application and release of pressure on and/or within the container. A vent resisting member retains the orifice in the closed position after each dispensing of fluid product from the container to prevent ambient air from being drawn back through the orifice into the container.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an integrant(s) of Bacillus thuringiensis. The invention further relates to such integrants, compositions comprising such integrants, as well as methods for controlling a pest(s) using these compositions.

Abstract: A package in the form of a reclosable bag includes a bag body including front and back walls, and a profile strip fastener assembly sealingly mounted on the inside surface of the front wall. The profile strip fastener assembly includes a pair of releasably interlocking profile strips, with a secondary, peelable seal provided between the profile strips apart from their mechanically interlocked portions. By this arrangement, enhanced sealing for the package is provided, while abating the stress to which the interlocked portions of the profile strips are subjected during forming and filling of the package. The bag body preferably includes a frangible joint substantially aligned with the fastener assembly for gaining access to the assembly, with the frangible joint desirably providing tamper-evidence of opening of the package. The profile strips are sealed to the front wall of the bag body with a continuous oval shaped seal around the frangible joint. The perimeter seal is located above the peelable seal.

Abstract: A closure structure for a container includes a body having a containing wall for closing the container, the containing wall having a dispensing orifice. A lid is operatively associated with the containing wall to cover the dispensing orifice in a closed position and uncover the dispensing orifice when the lid is moved away from the closed position. In one embodiment, a tamper-indicating member includes a press portion connected by a hinge to the lid, and an anchor portion connected to the body, the press portion connected at a frangible junction to the anchor portion, whereby the press portion can be moved sufficiently relative to the body to separate the press portion from the anchor portion. The anchor portion is connected to the body by an anchor member extending radially from the body. The anchor portion includes an aperture. The body includes a radially extending head which captures the aperture when the anchor portion is pressed to the body.

Abstract: The invention comprises an improvement for finger type seed meters. The improvement is a backing or wear plate of lubricious material with a seed release and an exit. The improved also has a cutout section and a plurality of variable inserts to get accurate seed spacing of a variety of size and shapes of seeds. Each insert of the meter includes a seed release area having varied shapes and depths of projections and depressions to accomplish accurate and timely release from the fingers of seeds of various sizes and shapes. Each insert also has an improved seed exit or void. The exit void being varied both in dimension and contour to substantially eliminate seed rejections and to ensure seed ejection into a seed tube and thence to the soil.

Abstract: The present invention provides an isolated and purified &agr;-tocopherol transport protein polypeptide. Human recombinant &agr;-tocopherol transport protein, polynucleotides encoding human &agr;-tocopherol transport protein and methods of using &agr;-tocopherol transport protein polypeptides and polynucleotides are also provided.

Abstract: Novel bacterial isolates of B. thuringiensis are disclosed which have enhanced toxicity with respect to previously resistant or insufficiently susceptible insect species, including, but not limited to, Plutella xylostella, Spodoptera frugiperda and Spodoptera exigua, as well as certain secondary pests such as Trichoplusia ni. Such isolates may be characterized by their possession of a particular subset of the genes coding for the various B. thuringiensis &dgr;-endotoxin proteins and by a characteristic plasmid profile, or array, known to be associated therewith.

Abstract: The invention includes a device for dispensing in atomized powder form a single dose of a fluid product. A fluid product container contains a single dose and is connected to an atomizing orifice. At least one gas container is connected to the orifice. A means is provided for simultaneously emptying the fluid product container and the gas container so as to cause a biphasic atomization of the fluid product with the gas at the atomizing orifice.

Abstract: A method for welding parts using the thermo-electrical output of the metals to be welded to control and evaluate the welding process in which a single energy pulse, such as an electric current or a laser, containing a known amount of electricity is applied to the metals to heat the metals to be welded. Then the thermo-electric output of the metals to be welded is used to determine the mass of the metals. The energy necessary to effectively weld the metals is then determined as a function of the mass.

Abstract: A conservatory roof comprises an eaves beam, glazing bars mounted at one end on the eaves beam and supporting glazing panels therebetween, and an insulator strip between the eaves beam head and the glazing bars to provide a thermal break.