Patents Represented by Law Firm Sprung, Felfe, Horn, Lynch & Kramer
  • Apparatus for scanning the markings on bottle necks
    Patent number: 4289961
    Abstract: In an apparatus for scanning the markings on foils on the necks of the bottles in a bottle labeling machine having a photoelectric scanner including a light source and a lens for illuminating the foil on the bottle neck, a one-way mirror in the path of the light, a photosensitive receiver and a first amplifier connected thereto, the improvement wherein the photosensitive receiver comprises a pair of photoelectric elements respectively provided on the upper and lower edges of the lens, and an integrating amplifier operatively connected to each output of the pair of photoelectric receivers. The photoelectric elements are preferably photocells located either within or outside the lens in a line parallel to the bottle axis and diametrically to the lens. A selector switch may be provided to switch from the integrated output-scanning to auto-collimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1981
    Assignee: Jagenberg-Werke
    Inventor: Wilfried Kurth
  • Sizing glass fibers for thermoplastic resin reinforcement
    Patent number: 4289672
    Abstract: Glass fibers for reinforcing thermoplastic resins are sized with an aqueous dispersion comprising a polyurethane-ionomer as a film-forming agent and a bonding agent comprising an epoxy-containing alkoxysilane. Advantageously the polyurethane is a very small particle ionomer and the bonding agent is selected from the group consisting of(a) an epoxyalkyl alkoxysilane+an aminoalkyl alkoxysilane,(b) an epoxyalkyl alkoxysilane+a low-molecular weight aliphatic primary or secondary mono-amine,(c) an aminoalkyl alkoxysilane+a low-molecular weight monoepoxide, and(d) an epoxyalkyl alkoxysilane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1981
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Friederich, Gerhard Heinze, Helmut Reiff, Dietrich Michael, Manfred Schon, Peter Markusch, Ulrich Haberland, Dieter Dieterich, Josef Merten
  • 3-Sulphonyl-benzo-1,2,4-triazine and 3-sulphonyl-benzo-1,2,4-triazine 1-oxide compounds, their production and their medicinal use
    Patent number: 4289771
    Abstract: The invention relates to 3-sulphonyl-benzo-1,2,4-triazines and their 1-oxides, useful as antibacterial and antifungal agents. Also included in the invention are methods for the preparation of said benzo-1,2,4-triazine compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing said benzo-1,2,4-triazines and methods for the use of said compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1981
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Sasse, Ingo Haller, Manfred Plempel, Hans-Joachim Zeiler, Karl G. Metzger
  • Process for the preparation of 1,4-diazabicyclo-(2,2,2)-octane
    Patent number: 4289881
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of 1,4-diazobicyclo-(2,2,2)-octane by contacting piperazine with a catalyst at an elevated temperature, the catalyst containing silicon dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1981
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Laszlo Imre, Walter Horstmann, Hans-Gerhard Leopold
  • Process for preparing 3-(4)-formyltricyclo-[5,2,1,0.sup.2,6 ]-decene-8
    Patent number: 4289913
    Abstract: A process for preparing 3- or 4-formyltricyclo-[5,2,1,0.sup.2,6 ]-decene-8 which comprises contacting dicyclopentadiene with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a rhodium catalyst at 110.degree. to 150.degree. C. and 50 to 400 atmospheres, said catalyst being present in an amount of 1 to 30 ppm of rhodium, based upon the amount of dicyclopentadiene employed, said rhodium being present in the form of an organic phosphine-carbon monoxide containing complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1981
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helmut Bahrmann, Jurgen Weber, Boy Cornils
  • Method of cooling stuffer crimped yarn
    Patent number: 4288893
    Abstract: A liquid jet, which is not decomposed to droplets, is guided onto a hot yarn wad in a cooling section with rod guide means, and this leads to rapid, very uniform cooling. Smooth thread travel is produced during take-off at thread speeds of 2000 m/min and more. One deflection of the thread is usually sufficient for drying purposes since the liquid is thereby centrifuged off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1981
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heiko Herold, Richard Herold, Rudolf J. Klee, Edgar Muschelknautz
  • Combating arthropods with ferrocene-containing synergistic compositions
    Patent number: 4288451
    Abstract: An arthropodicidal composition containing, as active ingredients, an arthropodicidally effective amount of (1) at least one ferrocene derivative of the formula ##STR1## in which R and R.sup.1 each independently is hydrogen, an alkyl or alkenyl radical optionally substituted by alkoxycarbonyl, aralkyl, cyanoalkyl, nitrile, or ##STR2## R.sup.2 is hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted phenyl or alkoxy,R.sup.3 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkanoyl or a polyalkylene polyether group,R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 each independently is alkyl or together are an alkylene radical,X is oxygen, hydroxyimino or alkoxyimino and,Y is oxygen or sulphur,and (2) at least one compound selected from (A) carbamates, (B) carboxylic acid esters, including the natural and synthetic pyrethroids, (C) phosphoric acid esters, (D) cycloalkanes, (E) halogenoalkanes and (F) tin compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1981
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Volker Mues, Wolfgang Behrenz
  • Halogenovinyl-substituted tetra-hydrofuran-2-ones
    Patent number: 4288370
    Abstract: Halogenovinyl-substituted tetrahydrofuran-2-ones of the formula ##STR1## are prepared by reacting a peracid such as peracetic, perpropionic or m-chloroperbenzoic acid with a halogenvinyl-substituted cyclobutanene of the formula ##STR2## in which R.sup.1 to R.sup.8 can be hydrogen, halogen, cyano or various organic radicals, or in pairs can make up a ring. Products wherein R.sup.3 is not hydrogen or R.sup.1 is not halogen are new. The products are useful as intermediates in making insecticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1981
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Heine, Armin Hubner, Willy Hartmann
  • Gang mower assembly
    Patent number: 4287706
    Abstract: A gang mower assembly for the pulling of push-type reel mowers includes a leading mower mount connectable to a pulling vehicle for movement both laterally and perpendicularly with respect to the pulling direction and two trailing mower mounts each connectable to the leading mower mount for both lateral and perpendicular movement with respect to the pulling direction. Each mower mount is connectable to a push-type reel mower between the reel axis and the ground roller axis and below the wheel axis thereof for exerting a downwardly slanted force in the pulling direction in response to the application of the pulling force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1981
    Inventor: Leo W. Tobin, Jr.
  • Pyridine-2,3,6-triones
    Patent number: 4288598
    Abstract: New silver dye-bleach catalysts and the process for their manufacture are provided. These compounds have the general formula ##STR1## wherein A is an electron-withdrawing group and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl or optionally substituted aryl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1981
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AG
    Inventor: William E. Long
  • Process for the production of 4-acylamido-2-nitro-1-alkoxybenzenes
    Patent number: 4288620
    Abstract: A process for the production of 4-acylamido-2-nitro-1-alkoxybenzenes by acylating p-alkoxyaniline with an acylating agent to 4-acylamido-alkoxybenzenes and subsequently nitrating these latter to 4-acylamido-2-nitro-1-alkoxybenzenes, which process comprises carrying out the reaction in an inert solvent, without isolation of the intermediates, using 88 to 95% sulfuric acid in the weight ratio of 6:1 to 10:1, based on the p-alkoxyaniline employed, during the nitration step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1981
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AG
    Inventor: Manfred Rosner
  • Method for heated tool butt welding of tube and pipe of thermoplastic materials
    Patent number: 4288266
    Abstract: In a method for heated tool butt welding of pipe consisting of a thermoplastic material by placing or pressing the surfaces to be joined of the pipes to be welded into contact with a heated tool to form an inner weld bead at each end to be joined, subsequently heating the surfaces at a reduced contact pressure to the welding temperature and fitting the surfaces together under pressure after having removed the heated tool, the improvement for minimizing the formation of a protrusion within the resultant pipes which comprises pressing an elastic insert against the inner weld bead while joining said surfaces of said pipe together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1981
    Assignee: Ruhrchemie Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus-Dieter Konrad, Rudolf Kellersohn, Hans Steck, Josef Schaub
  • Method of producing uniform synthetic resin coatings on working casts for dental applications
    Patent number: 4288472
    Abstract: A method of producing a uniform synthetic coating on a working cast for dental applications which comprises:(A) applying to or introducing in said working cast a first catalyst component which, when initiated by a second catalyst component, effects polymerization of a polymerizable composition;(B) thereafter applying to said working cast said second catalyst component and a polymerizable composition which, when polymerized, forms a resin; and(C) thereafter effecting polymerization of said polymerizable composition to form a film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1981
    Assignee: Etablissement Dentaire Ivoclar
    Inventor: Knud D. Jorgensen
  • Inhibiting adrenergic .beta.-receptors with piperidinopropyl derivatives
    Patent number: 4288442
    Abstract: A piperidinopropyl derivative of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each independently is hydrogen or a lower alkyl radical, or together are an alkylene radical,R.sub.3 is hydrogen, hydroxy, or acyloxy,R.sub.4 is hydrogen or formyl,A together with the adjacent benzene ring and N-R.sub.4 forms a benzimidazolin-2-one, benzimidazoline-2-thione, oxindole, indazole carbazole, benztriazole, benzimidazole, indoline or indole moiety, andB is a heterocyclic radical or, under certain circumstances, a phenyl radical, either of which is optionally substituted by halogen, hydroxy, lower alkyl, hydroxy-lower alkyl, carboxamido-lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, amino, carboxamido, lower alkyl-carbonylamino, acyl or lower alkylsulphonylamino,or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds inhibit adrenergic .beta.-receptors and lower blood pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1981
    Assignee: Boehringer Mannheim GmbH
    Inventors: Walter-Gunar Friebe, Helmut Michel, Carl H. Ross, Fritz Wiedemann, Gisbert Sponer, Wolfgang Schaumann
  • Monoazo pigments containing a quinazo linonylacetoacetanilide coupling component
    Patent number: 4288362
    Abstract: Heterocyclic compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 denotes a substituent,R.sub.2 denotes an optionally substituted carbocyclic-aromatic or heterocyclic-aromatic radical andn denotes 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, and azo colorants of the formula ##STR2## wherein D denotes the radical of an aromatic or hetero-aromatic amine which is free from sulphonic acid groups,p denotes an integer, preferably 1 or 2, andR.sub.1, R.sub.2 and n have the meaning mentioned in claim 1, processes for the preparation of the heterocyclic compounds and of the azo colorants, and the use of the azo colorants as pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1981
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Meinhard Rolf, Rutger Neeff, Walter Muller
  • Bis-carbalkoxy compounds and their preparation
    Patent number: 4288607
    Abstract: The invention relates to halogenous polyesters with the recurrent general formula ##STR1## in which at least part of the R's, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1981
    Assignee: Dynamit Nobel Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerhard Bier, Dagmar Kottek, Egon N. Petersen, Hermann Richtzenhain, Norbert Vollkommer
  • Method for regulating the evaporation rate of oxidizable substances in reactive vacuum deposition
    Patent number: 4287224
    Abstract: A process for regulating the evaporation rate of oxidizable substances in reactive vacuum deposition by the metered addition of oxygen to a vacuum deposition chamber during deposition, wherein the addition of oxygen to a predetermined value, the pressure "p" in the vacuum chamber is measured, and the evaporation rate "r" for any pressure changes is regulated such that the ratio of pressure to evaporation rate p:r is maintained substantially constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Assignee: Leybold-Heraeus GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus-Jurgen Heimbach, Walter Zultzke
  • Combating arthropods with stereoisomers of 2,2-dimethyl-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid .alpha.- c
    Patent number: 4287208
    Abstract: An arthropodicidally active substantially pure stereoisomer of 2,2-dimethyl-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid .alpha.-cyano-3-phenoxy-4-fluoro-benzyl ester of the formula ##STR1## selected from the group consisting of ester in which the asymmetric C atoms , , and .alpha. have the following configuration:______________________________________ Absolute configuration at the center Isomer 1 3 .alpha. ______________________________________ a R R R b R R S c R S R d R S S e S S S f S S R g S R S h S R R, ______________________________________and diastereomeric mixtures of (1R)-cis- and (1R)-trans-2,2-dimethyl-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (R,S)-.alpha.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Fuchs, Ingeborg Hammann, Bernhard Homeyer, Wolfgang Behrenz, Wilhelm Stendel
  • Benzimidazolylcarbamic acid esters substituted on the benzenoid nucleus by an oxy or thio substituent
    Patent number: 4287199
    Abstract: The invention relates to 2-benzimidazolylcarbamic acid esters, substituted on the benzenoid nucleus by an aminoalkoxy, aminoalkylthio, an aminoalkylsulphinyl or an aminoalkylsulphonyl grouping. The invention also includes methods for making the compounds of the invention, compositions containing said compounds and the use of said compounds and compositions as anthelminitic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hartmund Wollweber, Heinrich Kolling, Herbert Thomas, Peter Andrews
  • Reduction of aromatic nitro compounds with Raney nickel catalyst
    Patent number: 4287365
    Abstract: A particularly active Raney nickel catalyst is provided with a high-iron content, containing about 10 to 30% by weight of iron relative to the sum of the active metals nickel and iron. The catalyst can be prepared by treating aluminum/nickel/iron alloys which contain (1) 21 to 49.5% by weight of nickel, (2) 3 to 16.5% by weight of iron and (3) aluminum to make up to 100%, with an inorganic or organic base and separating the catalyst from the reaction mixture. According to the invention, said particularly active Raney nickel catalysts are used for the hydrogenation of organic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Becker, Walter Schmidt