Abstract: A foliar fertiliser composition providing for an enhanced crop characteristic in a crop. The composition is made of soluble compounds of the following trace elements in the following ranges of relative proportions of the respective element by weight, 0.5 to 4.0 copper, 2.0 to 10.0 zinc, 2.5 to 12 manganese, 5 to 14.0 iron, 0.5 to 6.5 boron, 0 to 0.3 molybdenum.

Abstract: In a method for the manufacture of frankfurters, hot dogs and other skinless sausage products, a meat emulsion is extruded onto a flexible conveyor belt which is then conveyed through a tube whose internal diameter is equal to the desired diameter of the sausage product plus twice the thickness of the conveyor belt. In a camming type process, the conveyor belt is caused, upon its entry into the tube, to temporarily form a cylinder containing the meat emulsion. The temporary belt cylinder together with the surrounded meat emulsion extrudate is then conveyed through an ultrasonic waveform generator to cook an outer layer of the meat emulsion. The outer layer may be part of the meat emulsion or a thermoset gelling material deposited on the extruded meat emulsion. At the exit end of the tube, the conveyor belt naturally opens under internal stresses from its cylindrical shape to a flattened belt. The at least partially cooked sausage is then removed from the belt for further processing or packaging.

Abstract: In a method for the manufacture of frankfurters, hot dogs and other skinless sausage products, a meat emulsion is extruded onto a flexible conveyor belt which is then conveyed through an at least partially microwave-transparent tube whose internal diameter is equal to the desired diameter of the sausage product plus twice the thickness of the conveyor belt. In a camming type process, the conveyor belt is caused, upon its entry into the tube, to temporarily form a cylinder containing the meat emulsion. The temporary belt cylinder together with the surrounded meat emulsion extrudate is then conveyed through a microwave applicator to partially or thoroughly cook the meat emulsion. At the exit end of the tube, the conveyor belt naturally opens under internal stresses from its cylindrical shape to a flattened belt. The at least partially cooked sausage is then removed from the belt for further processing or packaging.

Abstract: A filtering centrifuge includes a case, a perforated filter basket disposed for rotation in the case, filter media disposed along an inner surface of the filter basket, and a cake removal mechanism at least partially disposed in the case outside of the filter basket and engageable with the filter media to distort the filter media and induce separation of deposited cake from the filter media. The cake removal mechanism specifically includes an ejector element movably mounted to the case for shifting between a use position adjacent to the filter basket and a neutral position spaced from the filter basket.

Abstract: An imaging device includes a flexible substrate, a flexible video screen disposed on the substrate, and a scanner operatively connected to the video screen for providing thereto a video signal encoding an image of objects located near the substrate. The scanner is provided with an analyzing component in the form of a specially programmed digital computer for analyzing scanner sensor signals and determining therefrom three-dimensional shapes of the objects. In medical diagnosis and treatment procedures, the substrate with the video screen is disposed on a selected body portion of a patient, for example, the abdomen or a shoulder or knee, so that the substrate and the video screen substantially conform to the selected body portion and so that the video screen is facing away from the body portion.

Abstract: Compounds of general structural formula (I) are shown to have AMPA receptor enhancing properties. The compounds are useful for such therapeutic purposes as facilitating the learning of behaviors dependent upon AMPA receptors, and in treating conditions, such as memory impairment, in which AMPA receptors, or synapses utilizing these receptors, are reduced in numbers or efficiency. They may also be used to enhance excitatory synaptic activity in order to restore an imbalance between brain subregions, as in treatment of schizophrenia or schizophreniform behavior.

Abstract: A device for feeding tablets in a blister packaging machine includes a vibrating container containing a mass of tablets. The vibrating container features a bottom wall, one portion of which includes tablet feeding channels, communicating with related slots made in the bottom wall. The slots communicate with the conveying means, which feed the tablets along a predetermined feeding path and release the tablets into respective blisters of a blister band. The blister band moves in a determined direction inside the packaging machine. The conveying means include a plate with a plurality of grooves, arranged one beside another and a covering element. The covering element is coupled with said plate, so as to move with respect thereto and includes transversal wings, each of which is situated inside a respective groove of the plate, so as to define a respective channel for conveying said tablets.

Abstract: A medical system incorporates a perforated flexible web conformable to a patient, at least one electroacoustic transducer attached to the web, an a-c current source being operatively connected to the transducer for energizing the transducer with an electrical signal of a pre-established ultrasonic frequency to produce a first pressure wave. At least one acoustoelectric transducer is attached to the web, while an analyzing component is operatively connected to the acoustoelectric transducer for determining three-dimensional shapes of internal organs of the patient by analyzing signals generated by the acoustoelectric transducer in response to second pressure waves produced at internal organs of the patient in response to the first pressure wave. An image of internal organic structures derived through the ultrasonic signal analysis is displayed on a video monitor for enabling direct observation of invasive diagnostic and therapeutic operations.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a vaccine from substantially viable spirochetal bacteria of Borrelia, preferably Borrelia burgdorferi having immunogenic or therapeutic properties and capable of inducing an immune or therapeutic response against Lyme Disease when administered to a patient is described. The product for use against Lyme Disease is produced by ultrasound treatment of substantially viable spirochetal bacteria of Borrelia burgdorferi. The invention produces a product and a method of treatment that can be used for the immunization and/or therapy of a patient against Lyme Disease to minimize or prevent the contraction of the disease or to treat the disease.

Abstract: A stagnant-water intercepting device for disposition in earthworks is formed by an intercepting member and two auxiliary intercepting plates. The intercepting member has a semi-cylindrical center portion and two side wing portions. The semi-cylindrical center portion and the side wing portions are integrated into a single body. The two auxiliary intercepting plates are respectively provided with a plurality of spaced holes at their exposed portions and fixedly fitted into respective ones of the side wing portions of the intercepting member. The portions of the intercepting plates fitted into the side wing portions of the intercepting member are each provided with a plurality of holes.

Abstract: A bag comprises a bottom panel and a sidewall connected to the bottom panel about a periphery thereof, the sidewall defining a mouth located on a side of the sidewall opposite the bottom panel. The sidewall is folded back on itself at least twice to form a sidewall region with at least three coextensive and adjacent sections of the sidewall. The sidewall has a pair of folds defining a circumferentially or perimetrically extending first edge on an outer side of the sidewall and a circumferentially or perimetrically extending second edge on an inner side of the sidewall. The folds define a pair of circumferentially extending pockets, one on the outer side of the bag sidewall and another on the inner side of the sidewall. A reinforcement board is inserted in one of the pockets. Decorative graphics overlay the pockets.

Abstract: A fuel feed device in a motorcycle fuel injection device has excellent normal travel operation and hot restart property after high speed travel. A fuel case A has a fuel introduction chamber 4 to which a fuel introduction passage 6 is opened, a pump receiving chamber 5 for receiving a fuel pump P and a filter 9 on a longitudinal axis X—X and further has a fuel discharge passage 11 and a fuel discharge chamber 8 to which the fuel introduction passage 17 is opened. The longitudinal axis X—X is arranged substantially in a vertical direction. The fuel introduction chamber 4 of the fuel case A is disposed below a bottom surface Ta of a fuel reservoir T.

Abstract: A printing assembly comprises a first printer for printing documents encoded in computer generated signals and a second printer for printing documents encoded in computer generated signals, the documents including alphanumeric characters, charts and graphics. The printers are disposed one above the other and are connected in tandem to one another via a multiple-page continuous web of paper extending along a U- or C-shaped path from a paper output port of the first printer to a paper feed port of the second printer. A computer for generating a signal encoding a multiple page document is coupled via connection componentry to the printers for transmitting odd pages in encoded form to one of the printers and even pages to the other printer.

Abstract: In a device for projecting flat articles profiles in a machine for cutting these flat articles, a stationary support extends over a working plane of this machine and a pair of adjustable first and second mirrors are connected to the stationary support over the working plane. A projector is mounted on a support rotated alternatively between a first position, in which an image generated by the projector is reflected by the first mirror and projected in a first area of the working plane, and a second position, in which an image generated by the projector is reflected by the second adjustable mirror and projected in a second area of the working plane. The device includes a pneumatic cylinder for driving the support into rotation.

Abstract: A method for printing packaging parts which constitute a part of a continuous web of foil 1, in that the individual packaging parts 2 lie at a distance from each other and are in connection with each other via the foil, whereby the continuous web of foil with the packaging parts is fed forward to a printing section B, where the printing of the packaging parts 2 is effected with print-pads 10, and each printing cycle comprises a packaging part or several packaging parts lying parallel and at the side of each other with a distance between them, and the position of the parts being sensed at an entrance to the printing station, a controller receiving a signal from the position sensor and calculating an amount of movement for precisely positioning the packaging parts for printing, and controlling a drive for the foil web to assure that the packaging parts are moved to the calculated position for printing.