Abstract: Method for disinfecting a liquid medium or hard surface containing undesired halogen-sensitive micro-organisms by treatment with substituted N-halo derivatives of imidazolidin-4-ones having substituents at the 2 and 5 positions of the imidazolidin-4-one ring, including N-chloro, N-bromo, N,N'-dichloro, N,N'-dibromo, and N,N'-bromochloro derivatives of imidazolidin-4-ones having substituents selected from hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, phenyl, substituted phenyl, or spiro-substitution at the 2 and 5 positions on the ring. These N-halo compounds are stable, noncorrosive biocides which are resistant to direct sunlight, and are useful as disinfectants, sanitizers, and algae inhibitors.

Abstract: Substituted N-halo derivatives of imidazolidin-4-ones having substituents at the 2 and 5 positions of the imidazolidin-4-one ring are described. More particularly, there are described N-chloro, N-bromo, N,N'-dichloro, N,N'-dibromo, and N,N'-bromochloro derivatives of imidazolidin-4-ones having substituents selected from hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, phenyl, substituted phenyl, or spiro-substitution at the 2 and 5 positions on the ring. These N-halo compounds are stable, noncorrosive biocides which are resistant to direct sunlight, and are useful as disinfectants, sanitizers, and algae inhibitors.

Abstract: An automatic basketball return device designed to allow a basketball to be returned to the player in one or two bounces. The device is portable and may be easily put in place and removed without the need for ladders or tools. The return device is designed to be supported by the rim support bracket, between the backboard and the rim, so that virtually no additional weight is carried by the rim itself. Thus, the natural springiness of the rim is retained and its normal playing characteristics are not altered. A substantially vertical kickplate at the upper end of the device serves to forwardly deflect a basketball passing through the rim in an arched trajectory. The rebound characteristics of the ball off the kickplate depend on the arched trajectory of the ball entering the rim, thereby providing feedback to the player about the type of shot he has made.

Abstract: This disclosure embodies an apparatus and process for the rapid removal of outer coverings and other unedible portions from food products with minimal loss of or damage to edible portions. The process has proven to be effective in the peeling of fruit and vegetable crops, coring peppers, shelling of legume seed pods, shucking and silking corn, popping corn, skinning onions, shelling of nut crops, scaling and skinning of fish, and removal of shells from shellfish. These processes are accomplished with an apparatus which heats the surface of the product very rapidly in an atmosphere of superheated steam under elevated pressure, supplemented with radiant heat from a vessel wall, and then flashes to atmospheric pressure by instantaneous opening of the vessel cover. The result is an explosion which blows the product from the vessel and simultaneously blasts the covering from the product by violent action of highly energized moisture beneath the product covering.

Abstract: This disclosure embodies an apparatus and process for the rapid removal of outer coverings and other unedible portions from food products with minimal loss of or damage to edible portions. The process has proven to be effective in the peeling of fruit and vegetable crops, coring peppers, shelling of legume seed pods, shucking and silking corn, popping corn, skinning onions, shelling of nut crops, scaling and skinning of fish, and removal of shells from shellfish. These processes are accomplished with an apparatus which heats the surface of the product very rapidly in an atmosphere of superheated steam under elevated pressure, supplemented with radiant heat from a vessel wall, and then flashes to atmospheric pressure by instantaneous opening of the vessel cover. The result is an explosion which blows the product from the vessel and simultaneously blasts the covering from the product by violent action of highly energized moisture beneath the product covering.

Abstract: A process for restructuring meat wherein chunked and wafer sliced meats are blended to promote release of natural binding proteins. The blended meats are formed into log shapes for freezing and tempering, and then pressed into shape and sliced into steaks or chops. The process produces a roast if the final slicing step is eliminated.

Abstract: A process for restructuring meat wherein chunked and wafer sliced meats are blended to promote release of natural binding proteins. The blended meats are formed into log shapes for freezing and tempering, and then pressed into shape and sliced into steaks or chops. The process produces a roast if the final slicing step is eliminated.

Abstract: A poultry beak remover for debeaking fowl includes a housing having a pair of spaced apart electrodes supported therein and a beak receiving aperture therein for insertion of the beak of the fowl into the housing into proximity with the electrodes, and electrical circuitry connected with the electrodes for discharging a spark to burn the beak of the fowl and thus effect removal of a desired portion thereof.

Abstract: A method for producing pharmaceutical tablets, confectionary tablets or lozenges using gluconolactone in its delta or gamma lactone form as the direct compression diluent. The ingredients are mixed with gluconolactone, and then compressed directly on a tablet press without any modification in the particle size after mixing.

Abstract: A poultry beak remover for debeaking fowl includes a housing having a pair of spaced apart electrodes supported therein and a beak receiving aperture therein for insertion of the beak of the fowl into the housing into proximity with the electrodes, and electrical circuitry connected with the electrodes for discharging a spark to burn the beak of the fowl and thus effect removal of a desired portion thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus which determines concentrations of each of three components that are intermixed in a homogeneous solution. Each component is detectable by at least one characteristic and more than one characteristic is associated with more than one component. First, characteristics that are quantitatively detectable in relation to the concentrations of the components are identified. A mathematical relationship is then developed between the components and the detectable characteristics using the detectable characteristics as independent variables. A sample of the solution is then analyzed to obtain quantitative data of each of the characteristics. The obtained quantitative data is then employed in the mathematical relationship to obtain the concentration of each of the components.