Abstract: A set of tiles for covering a regular polygon having an even number of sides is composed of tiles each of which is distinct from the other tiles in the set. The tiles in the set may be combined so as to form the regular polygon in a number of ways which increases very rapidly with increasing numbers of sides. The tiles of the invention may be used as a recreational puzzle, as a game, as an educational tool, for aesthetic purposes, and for a variety of other uses.

Abstract: A tablet formed with a hollow or hollows in its surface and containing a water-soluble component is coated with a coating agent which is insoluble in water but has water permeability, thereby to obtain a constant-rate eluting medicinal tablet. A process of producing such tablet is also disclosed.

Abstract: An inspiratory force adapter designed to be connected between a tracheostomy tube and an inspiratory pressure gauge, comprising a hollow plastic body adapted to be grasped by the thumb and finger of the operator and having a finger port adapted to be closed by another finger of the operator when the inspiratory force of a patient is to be measured. The plastic body is provided with finger positioning surfaces so located as substantially to eliminate undesirable twisting motions of the adapter under the forces exerted by the operator's fingers.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or alkyl-carbonyl wherein the alkyl has 1 to 6 carbon atoms and R.sub.2 is alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms or phenyl and use thereof as fungicide.

Abstract: A triggered spark gap suitable for use with high levels of voltage and current over long periods of time generally comprising support means, a pair of insulated main electrodes disposed opposite each other on the support means so as to form a gap therebetween, first electrical means associated with the main electrodes for creating a potential difference therebetween, at least one trigger electrode defining a region having a cross-sectional thickness to width ratio greater than one, said trigger electrodes being mounted on the support means such that said region is disposed in the gap between the main electrodes, and second electrical means connecting the trigger electrode to a source of triggering and biasing potential.

Abstract: Coriolin derivatives having antitumor activity and low toxicity represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## where R: --CO(CH.sub.2).sub.6 CH.sub.3 or --COCH(OH)(CH).sub.2).sub.5 CH.sub.3,X: .dbd.CH.sub.2 or --COOR',R': H or lower alkyl group.Y: OH or .dbd.O andZ: --OH or OCH.sub.3,as well as the process for producing the above derivatives are disclosed.

Abstract: An improved procedure is disclosed for the electrostatic precipitation of particulates entrained in a stream of gas between corona electrodes and collecting electrodes. The underlying dc field which serves to charge the particulates and transport them out of the stream is relatively uniform and therefore can be relatively high, while the corona which is required to yield ions to charge the entrained particulates is provided by a high repetitively pulsed electric field between the corona electrodes and the collecting electrodes. Embodiments are presented which suggest the manner in which conventional precipitators may be adapted to the present invention.

Abstract: A scrag saw mill provided with a pair of dogging carriages each carrying a pair of dogs located at opposite sides of the log to be sawed. The dogs are operated by thrust rods from hydraulic cylinders to force the dogs into clamping positions on opposite sides of the log. Means are provided for causing either of said cylinders to exert a predominant force on the log to jog it into place and to equalize the forces to clamp it in place. The log is driven through the mill by an independently driven dog and the carriages are released from the log before they reach the saws. The carriages are returned to predetermine positions as the log proceeds through the final stages of its sawing process.

Abstract: A ratchet cable cutter is provided with a double linkage between the handle and the pawl of the ratchet mechanism, and the relation between the two linkages is such that improved mechanical advantage is obtained while keeping the linkage mechanism within the limited spatial confines of the cutter tool.

Abstract: A credit card processing system involving the use of a machine for reading the data encoded in the magnetic stripe of such a card and for printing such data in MICR characters, at the point of sale, along the bottom of the merchant's bank sales slip copy of each transaction under the credit card. The machine also has means for selecting any one of four punches for making a punch out in said bank copy in any one of four predetermined optional ABA standards positions to designate the transaction as a credit or charge transaction and whether it is to be processed by EDP or EFT procedures. The system also includes all of the various instrumentalities necessary to process each transaction, guided by the punch out information, through the merchant's bank, the clearing house, and the issuer institution for final posting and billing.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved modeling composition of a soft pliable, working consistency for being molded into any desired shape and form and is relatively rapid-drying so as to provide preferable handicraft articles having any desired shape or form and colors. A small amount of dibutyl hydroxy-toluene or butyl hydroxy-anisole, or both, is included in a modeling composition which is predominantly starch-bearing material, bread and synthetic latex.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process and catalyst for producing methacrylic acid by the oxidation of methacrolein. More specifically, it relates to a process for producing methacrylic acid from methacrolein by oxidizing the same with molecular oxygen or molecular oxygen-containing gas, which is characterized by the use of a composition, as a catalyst, having a heteropolyacid structure and the general formula:Mo.sub.a V.sub.b P.sub.c Al.sub.d Y.sub.e O.sub.fwherein Mo, V, P, Al and O represent respectively molybdenum, vanadium, phosphorus, aluminum and oxygen, Y represents one or more elements selected from the groups consisting of copper, tine, cobalt, iron, zirconium, thorium, lead and cerium, and suffixes a, b, c, d, e and f represent the atomic ratio of the elements where, a is 10, b is a number of 3 or less than 3 excluding 0 and, preferably, 0.5 to 2, c is a number of 0.5 to 10 and, preferably, 0.5 to 3, d is a number of 3 or less than 3 excluding 0, preferably, 0.01 to 1.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for rolling and cooling medium to high carbon steel rod is provided wherein the rod is rolled at high speed and laid in rings directly onto a conveyor at high temperature. Thereafter high velocity hot water is sprayed onto the rings to cool them to a temperature near to but above A.sub.3. Transformation is then started while applying air to the rod, and while substantial parts of the rod are transforming, further accelerated cooling is again applied to the rod.

Abstract: Granules of polyacrylic alkali metal salts are coated with a water-insoluble but water-permeable coating agent.

Abstract: A machine comprising a stack of cards, a stripping feeder for stripping the bottom card from the stack and moving a series of such cards with an intermittent motion to a series of feed rollers which convert such intermittent motion into a constant velocity and for spacing the cards one from another. A tape coated with magnetic material is laid on the surface of each card by a guiding device after the card has passed through the feed rollers and the combination is fed between a heated roller and a reaction roller which are driven synchronously with the cards. The heated roller is pressed against the cards at a constant pressure exerted by an air cylinder to seal a portion of the magnetic coating to each card.

Abstract: Methacrolein or acrolein is oxidized with molecular oxygen in the presence of water vapor, a catalyst containing palladium, phosphorus, antimony(optionally) and oxygen and a phosphoric acid or a compound capable of forming phosphoric acid during the reaction.

Abstract: A class B push-pull transistor power amplifier is disclosed having two amplification branches each of which is internally compensated in the signal processing/voltage amplifying section thereof for the effects of temperature on the transistors contained therein by allowing the outputs of the respective branches to drift apart slightly with temperature and using a portion of the quiesent current thus produced to alter the bias on the inputs of the respective branches.

Abstract: A catalyst comprising (1) palladium, (2) phosphorus, (3) antimony, (4) X and (5) oxygen wherein X denotes at least one element selected from the group consisting of potassium, sodium, rubidium, lithium, cerium, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, vanadium, strontium, zinc, thorium and rhenium.There is also provided a process for the manufacture of methacrylic or acrylic acid by oxidizing methacrolein or acrolein with molecular oxygen in the vapor phase in the presence of the catalyst defined above.

Abstract: Anthraquinone compounds represented by the following formula are useful as dyes: ##STR1## wherein Y stands for a hydrogen atom or a nitro group, Z stands for an oxygen or sulfur atom when Y stands for a hydrogen atom, but Z stands for an oxygen atom when Y stands for a nitro group, R.sub.1 stands for a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, R.sub.3 stands for a halogen atom or a group R.sub.2 wherein R.sub.2 stands for an amino, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkylamino, substituted or unsubstituted arylamino, substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy, substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio, substituted or unsubstituted arylthio group, or a group ##STR2## Q stands for a nitrogen atom or carbon atom bearing a halogen atom when R.sub.3 stands for a halogen atom, but Q stands for a nitrogen atom when R.sub.3 stands for a group R.sub.

Abstract: An improved procedure is disclosed for supplying the power to an electrostatic precipitation system of the type wherein an underlying dc field serves to charge the particulates and transport them out of the stream of gas, while the corona which is required to yield ions to charge the entrained particulates is provided by a high, repetitively pulsed, electric field between the corona electrodes and collecting electrodes. The present disclosure reduces overall power input by connecting the corona electrodes in series and applying very narrow, frequent and high-amplitude pulses to one end of the series-connected cathode wire structure so that the pulses are propagated along the structure, thereby pulse-charging only a small portion of the precipitator at any given instant of time.