Abstract: Raw meat is sliced into wafer-thin slices having coarse and irregular surfaces and fibrils protruding therefrom. The slices are intertangled with each other through the fibrils to form a cohesive mass which is then formed into a restructured meat product. A restructured meat product which is a cohesive mass of meat slices is also disclosed.

Abstract: A coating composition for providing a part with improved salt spray resistance, which includes undissolved solid hexavalent chromate in an aqueous acid solution which is the reaction product of phosphate ions with ions of the group consisting of chromate or molybdate ions, and their coatings and coated parts.

Abstract: Device for manufacturing a sachet of flexible synthetic material intended for packaging liquids, the sachet initially being in the form of a cushion-like bag already full of liquid, this device enabling a means for gripping, stiffening and mounting information to be attached to the said cushion-like bag and enabling the sachet to be given its final shape for marketing and use.The device includes means for enclosing the cushion-like bag in a sleeve of synthetic material which can be stretched and is cold-worked around clamping jaws (19,20) which are capable of a translation motion and a motion away from one another, between which the cushion-like bag is located.

Abstract: A mold for manufacturing a skin covered foamed plastic article incorporating a hole, with which it is possible to place the skin cover at a desired position despite of the presence of the hole, without spoiling or damaging the skin cover, such that the skin covered foamed plastic article of a desired shape without any deficiencies such as wrinkles and dents can easily be manufactured.

Abstract: Stabilized collagen-based matrices are prepared by non-enzymatic glycosylation of native collagen to irreversibly cross-link collagen polypeptide chains. The sugar cross-linking agents, preferably is D-ribose, provide non-immunogenic, non-toxic cross-linked collagen matrices especially useful in clinical and veterinary applications.

Abstract: This invention relates to a biodegradable collagen matrix having a pore size and morphology which enhances the healing of a wound. It further relates to a process for preparing the matrix. One embodiment of the invention comprises a biodegradable matrix which comprises collagen, hyaluronic acid and fibronectin. Other embodiments include a process which comprises freeze drying a dispersion containing collagen, crosslinking the collagen via two crosslinking steps and freeze drying the crosslinked matrix.

Abstract: A mold for manufacturing a skin covered foamed plastic seat capable of effectively dealing with the variations in shape and position of the trim ends. The mold includes stopper means for fastening the trim ends attached to the edges of the skin cover, located between the upper mold and lower mold separately from a space into which a liquid foam resin is to be poured, each of the stopper means having a slit through which one trim end is inserted, and a top face portion to which both ends of the trim end are to be hooked.

Abstract: An insulation sleeve for the can-shaped soluble anode of a round galvanic primary cell, which immobilizes emerging electrolyte and shields retained moisture from the exterior, and which electrically insulates the electrode conductor, includes a helically wound paper web having a plastic lining on one side and a lengthwise paper edge which is endlessly folded over, and which is wound onto a winding spindle so that the folded-over edge helically overlaps the opposite edge of the paper web to allow the superimposed plastic layers to be welded to one another in the overlapping zone. By successively winding a conventional paper strip with the plastic-lined paper web, an even stronger sleeve tube is obtained, which can then be cut into individual sleeves.

Abstract: A fiber optic video viewfinder for a motion picture camera. The conventional ground glass focusing screen of the camera is replaced by a fiber optic element that comprises a fused coherent bundle of optical filaments. A front face of the fiber optic element is located at the focal plane of the camera. A video imaging device such as a photodetector array is secured to the opposite face of the fiber optic element. An image presented at the front face of the fiber optic element is transmitted through the element to the video imaging device whose electrical outputs are converted into a video image. The fiber optic element may be tapered to provide image magnification or demagnification.

Abstract: A plastic sealing element for dry cells includes a radially symmetrical, centrally perforated base element, the upper side of which is provided with an elastomeric sealing material which is extruded in the form of a circumferential annular bead, and a process for its manufacture. After the sealing element is pre-assembled with the cell's metal housing cover and the cell is assembled, the annular bead is pressed flat during final crimping so that a sealing zone having a small cross section and defining a long leakage path is developed between the cover and the base element, effectively preventing the leakage of electrolyte or water vapor, which is especially diffuse from the cell's porous carbon rod conductor, into the cell's sealing zone.

Abstract: A device for removing (i.e., suction, capture and trapping) vapors and products carried by the vapors, for placement above a system for cooking food products in water or oil, circulates the exhaust gases in a cyclone having cooled walls to cause cold-wall condensation of the exhaust gases over the flow path through the cyclone.

Abstract: A boring attachment has a boring head with a transversely adjustable slide for setting the boring cutter. The slide has a bore for receiving (clamping) a holding device, at a length which is adjustable in the axial direction, so that the holding device is longitudinally displaceable by an amount equaling at least twice the diameter of the recess. Loading at the cutter holder is essentially completely eliminated when the holding device is located in a transversely displaced position which is within the principle operating range of the boring head by providing appropriate bores in the body of the boring head. A relatively small overall height for the boring head contributes to optimal stability of the boring attachment.

Abstract: A three-stage rapid charging process for maintenance-free lead storage batteries with a fixed electrolyte, which produces consistently recurring full charging of both electrode polarities even under cyclic loading, includes a first charging stage which proceeds at a constant current of the magnitude of a four-hour to eight-hour current until a temperature-dependent charging voltage is reached, a second charging stage which then continues at this temperature-dependent charging voltage for a limited time, and which is continuously adjusted to the battery's temperature, and a third charging stage which is again time-limited and which constitutes a secondary charging which proceeds according to an I/V characteristic curve with an initial charging current limited to between 0.05 and 0.5 times a ten-hour current and a battery voltage which is limited to between 2% and 8% above the temperature-dependent charging voltage.

Abstract: A device for perforating a pack made of flexible synthetic material and having a closing-off and pouring assembly including a cylindrical shank and a plug for interacting with the shank and for cutting and perforating the pack in order to access a liquid contained in the pack, is improved by providing the shank with a reinforcement attached to and extending from the base of the shank, partially inwardly toward the center of the shank. Also the method of manufacturing the device.

Abstract: A deckle-edge-simulating apparatus generally comprising a conveyor system for transporting a web of paper through the apparatus, and a novel deckle-edge-simulating assembly operatively associated with the conveyor system. The deckle-edge-simulating assembly generally includes a configured transport roller or anvil in association with a deckling fixture. The anvil is disposed beneath the web of paper, and includes one or more circumferential grooves in its surface. The deckling fixture includes a blunt-edged blade extending from and between a pair of nip forming rollers disposed on either side of the blade, and into one of the grooves of an anvil. As the web of paper passes across the anvil, the blunt-edged blade operates to burst the fibers of the paper to create a simulated deckled edge. The nip forming rollers serve to firmly hold the web of paper in position during this deckling procedure.

Abstract: A stabilized support which is both small and light-weight in construction, and which receives the equipment with which it is used upon an expanded support network which deploys (positions) the supported equipment in a manner which alters the position of its center of gravity so that the resulting unit can be effectively supported at its center of gravity by an interrupted handle which includes a major portion which can be engaged for overall support and transport of the unit, and a minor portion which includes a control surface which is accessible by the operator's hand to achieve controlled orientation of the equipment support, separated by an appropriated device for providing mutual angular isolation between the two portions of the compound handle. The handle for the equipment support therefore provides all of the functions which are necessary for appropriate operation of the equipment which it supports, such as a portable video camera or the like.

Abstract: Hemorrhoidal compositions containing disaccharide polysulfate-aluminum compounds such as sucralfate, alone or in combination with other hemorrhoidal products, as an agent effective for alleviating the symptoms of anorectal disease when topically applied to the human skin. Method for alleviating the symptoms of hemorrhoids in humans. Compositiions containing disaccharide polysulfate-aluminum compounds such as sucralfate, alone or in combination with antibiotics, antifungal agents, anti-acne agents, or local anesthetics as an active agent effective in promoting the healing of wounds which are not anorectal when topically applied to the surface of a wound. Method for promoting healing at the surface of a wound in humans.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for separating and purifying proteases and antiproteases. This process is characterized in that there are placed in contact an insoluble cross-linked polymer including in its chain the group --SO.sub.3 R.sub.1 -- and/or the group --SO.sub.2 R.sub.2 -- in which R.sub.1 denotes a hydrogen atom or metal and R.sub.2 denotes the remainder of an amino acid linked to the --SO.sub.2 -- bridge through its amine --NH--, function, with the solution containing proteases and antiproteases or their complex; separating the polymer which has absorbed the desired protein, washing it carefully with the buffer, desorbing the absorbed protein by a solution of a polycationic compound in the case of T or by an albumin solution in the case of AT or of the complex T-AT, and isolating the protein, if desired, by known means, such as, especially, freeze drying. The invention is useful for studying the mechanism of blood coagulation.

Abstract: Device for manufacturing a sachet of flexible synthetic material intended for packaging liquids, the said sachet initially being in the form of a cushion-like bag already full of liquid, this device enabling a means for gripping, stiffening and mounting information to be attached to the said cushion-like bag and enabling the sachet to be given its final shape for marketing and use.It comprises means for enclosing the cushion-like bag in a sleeve of synthetic material which can be stretched and is cold-worked around clamping jaws (19, 20) which are capable of a translation of motion and a motion away from one another, between which the cushion-like bag is located.