Abstract: The present invention concerns a novel medicament based on aspirin and heptaminol (that is to say, 6-amino-2-methyl-2-heptanol).

Abstract: This invention relates to a continuous process for separating the soot from the aqueous suspensions containing soot, obtained in the preparation of a synthesis gas, by intimately contacting the aqueous suspension with at least a part of the liquid hydrocarbonaceous material feeding a synthesis gas generator and by recycling into said gas generator the suspension of soot in the liquid hydrocarbonaceous material after separation of a clarified water phase by decantation.

Abstract: Essentially nonflammable, moldable, strong laminates formed of alternating layers of cured magnesium oxycement and a fibrous web, e.g., paper formed of cellulosic, glass or synthetic resin fibers or mixtures thereof. The magnesium oxycement may contain a suitable filter, the surfaces of the laminate may be modified and composites may be formed with a wide variety of core materials. The laminates are made by coating the fibrous webs with a reactive slurry of a magnesium salt solution and magnesium oxide. The fibrous web materials used are impermeable to the extent that no appreciable amount of the magnesium salt solution is absorbed and no appreciable amount of the magnesium oxide is filtered out onto the surface or into the intertices of the web.

Abstract: This is a method of decalcomania by thermic transfer, the pattern to be printed upon the substrate (10) to be decorated being produced by means of sublimable inks upon a flexible support skin (15) and the latter being applied to the said substrate (10) in a vacuum chest (20) with which heating means (38) are associated.According to the invention, the closure of the vacuum chest (20) is effected by the flexible support skin (15).Application particularly to the decoration of a spectacle frame front. FIGS.1 to 8 attached.

Abstract: A spectacle cleaning device for domestic use comprises an open-ended container adapted to contain a liquid detergent and the spectacles to be cleaned, a movable cover for sealing the container, means for agitating the liquid detergent and means for actuating said agitating means. The latter may comprise either an air diffusor fed by a pressurized air generator, or a propeller driven by an electric motor.

Abstract: An aqueous extract of tea, containing native tea tannins and caffeine, is cooled to provide an aqueous solubles phase containing cold-water soluble components of the extract, including a minor portion of the caffeine, and an insolubles phase containing tea tannins complexed with a major portion of the caffeine. The aqueous solubles phase is separated from the insolubles phase, and the latter is subjected to decaffeination to provide decaffeinated tannins which may then be recombined with the aqueous solubles phase. The resulting treated extract from which the major portion of the caffeine has been removed can be dried or, if desired, subjected to further decaffeination and thereafter dried to provide a cold-water-soluble decaffeinated tea. Further features of the invention are set forth in the following description.

Abstract: The device comprises a magazine for a stack of sheets, a sheet-extracting head which can be connected to a vacuum source and is rotatably mounted on a turntable which carries a number of columns, and means for counting the number of revolutions performed by the turntable. A first safety device indicates whether the sheet-extracting head has taken more than one sheet and a second safety device checks whether the extracting head has in fact taken at least one sheet. A circular sector of the first safety device is pivotally mounted on the extracting head. The radius of the sector is equal to the distance between its geometrical axis and the cylindrical surface of the next column increased by a value between the thickness of a single sheet to be counted and the sum of thicknesses of two sheets.

Abstract: Pliers for positioning clips which form connecting rings between a wire netting and support wires. The pliers comprise two arms pivotally connected together, with the front ends of these two arms causing displacement of two small rods articulated on a same pin which is rigid with a mobile part guided between two plates which form a body for the pliers and carry at a rear portion the pivot axis of the arms. The plates are spaced apart at the front end by a fixed part of substantially the same thickness as that of the mobile part, and each plate comprises an upper portion with an opening which, in cooperation with a clip supply magazine mounted perpendicularly to the plates, enables introduction of a clip behind the mobile part and deformation of the clip between the mobile part and the fixed part so as to surround the support wire and a wire forming the netting. Displacement of the pin which drives the mobile part is limited by openings provided in the plates which form the pliers body.

Abstract: Apparatus for forming an array of liquid streams which break up into small uniformly sized and spaced droplets. A cover plate is sealed to a base plate having grooves sized and spaced according to a predetermined pattern to define a plurality of nozzles. Manifold means are provided to supply liquid under pressure to the nozzles thus formed. In a preferred embodiment for ink-jet applications the nozzles, or manifold branches supplying the nozzles, are of such a configuration as to electrically isolate the liquid flowing therethrough and separate electrodes are provided for each nozzle. This makes it possible to use a common charging electrode for the array while exercising separate control over the droplet-forming streams.

Abstract: A process of regulating by an extra-corporeal control unit an implanted cardiac stimulator comprising a pulse generator and a pair of electrodes, comprises controlling the stimulator so that it functions at a fixed rhythm independent of normal cardiac rhythm and detecting by the extra-corporeal unit successive pulses emitted by the stimulator. After each of selected stimulator pulses detected, and during the whole period between successive stimulator pulses, a train of successive control pulses is transmitted by the control unit and is received by the stimulator as binary information "1". On the contrary, no train of successive control pulses is transmitted during the whole period between other successive stimulator pulses and this is received as binary information "0". The binary information thus received is used to regulate the operation of the stimulator. The extra-corporeal unit displays the pulses emitted by the stimulator to verify that the regulator is effective.

Abstract: A daily mileage recording unit, of the type comprising a plurality of drums mounted side by side on the same shaft and supported in rotation by a frame, a swinging member mounted to pivot with respect to the frame, a series of gears carried by the swinging member, each disposed between two drums to displace one drum by one graduation when the preceding drum has effected a complete revolution, a sliding member guided in translation in the frame and provided with a push button, a mechanism connecting the sliding member to the swinging member to pivot the latter when the push button is displaced, a cam rigidly locked with each drum and an actuator associated with each cam and carried by the swinging member for returning to zero the corresponding drum when the push button is actuated, a square rigidly locked with each gear and ramps carried by the frame which are engaged by respective squares during the pivoting of the gears, the contact surface of the ramp being a circular sector centered on the pivoting axis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a machine for rolling pieces of soft material in leaf form, more particularly food products, such as pancakes. According to the invention, the pieces of material are delivered on a substantially horizontal conveyor belt (1) and are brought into contact with at least one other conveyor belt (8) which crosses the first conveyor belt and has an oblique upward movement relative to the direction of movement of the first conveyor belt. The two belts (3, 9) of the two conveyors are formed by several cords or strings (4, 10) which are parallel to one another and spaced apart from one another, the belt (9) of the second conveyor crossing the horizontal belt (3) of the first conveyor by passage of its cords or strings through the spaces between the cords and strings of the first conveyor.

Abstract: A grain cake breaker device is provided for placement within a storage bin to facilitate the removal of grain therefrom. The device includes a support structure having a number of legs which are connected to the storage bin floor at their lower ends. The legs converge together at their upper ends where they are joined with a hydraulic cylinder. The hydraulic cylinder is connected to a shaft which extends downwardly toward the bottom of the storage bin. A plurality of nonrotatable, rigid cutting arms extend outwardly and upwardly from the shaft. When the hydraulic cylinder is powered, the shaft moves in a substantially vertical reciprocal direction so that the cutting arms loosen caked grain when contacted by the cutting arms. The grain then flows to the bottom of the storage bin where it is carried from the storage bin by a conveyor.

Abstract: A device is disclosed which, when used in conjunction with a conventional carburetor metering device of an internal combustion engine, allows formation of a mixture of fuel vapor and air which burns more efficiently and yields less harmful combustion by-products than conventional carburetor systems. Incoming air to the engine is substantially completely saturated with fuel vapors by passing the air through a controlled volume of liquid fuel heated to a predetermined temperature, thereby allowing the air stream to become substantially saturated with fuel vapors. The air-fuel vapor mixture is further leaned downstream by the addition of fresh air, and the leaner, but more uniformly and controllably saturated air-fuel mixture then is introduced into the engine.

Abstract: A flow rate meter correction device for fluid supply systems, wherein actual meter conditions and/or end use point conditions vary substantially from meter calibration conditions, having a variable length scale for indicating actual (corrected) flow in appropriate units means for calculating a correction factor reflecting the deviation of actual meter indication (pointer movement, etc) from meter indication under meter calibration conditions, and means responsive to the correction factor for interrelating the meter indicator with the variable length scale. The variable length scale indication is positionable relative to the meter indication by positioning means associated with the calculating means.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds and a method for the prophylaxis and treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) via the administration of an effective amount in a suitable pharmaceutical dosage form of an azobenzene compound of formula I or a pharmacologically acceptable salt, which is reductively cleaved to 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) by bacteria in the large intestine.

Abstract: .alpha. Diene 16-hydroxy prostanoic acid derivatives displaying valuable pharmacological properties, e.g., gastric antisecretory, are described herein.

Abstract: This invention involves a vending machine having helix discharge units in which the rearmost convolution of the helix is retained by a clip and held off the floor of the unit to reduce friction and prevent excessive side-to-side movement of the rear of the helix. The units are used to store and dispense packaged objects such as chip products, candy, mints, chewing gum, candy bars, cigarettes, cigars, etc. The unit preferably utilizes a rotatable helix dispensing spindle having a central divider within the convolutions of the helix which can be adjusted by rotation from horizontal to vertical and which divides the helix into separate side-by-side compartments which can be varied in any size to accommodate different size packages. The size of the compartments is determined by the position of the center divider, the two compartments being largest when the divider is vertical and smallest when it is horizontal.

Abstract: A method and mould for moulding material requiring heat treatment for setting or curing, e.g., for making ophthalmic lenses. The mould comprises an annular gasket and two opposed die members which together define a moulding cavity. One of the die members is made in part of a fusible material, e.g. paraffin wax, which defines its moulding surface. After filling the mould the moulding material is subjected to heat treatment. The drop point or softening point of the fusible material falls within the range of temperatures of heat treatment so that in the course of such heat treatment of fusible material effectively releases the moulded material. This relieves stresses which would otherwise develop due to shrinking of the moulded material.

Abstract: An almond tree which is of medium size, dense, vigorous, upright with strong branches, abundantly foliated with medium size, lanceolate leaves having a finely serrate margin, and alternate, medium size, globose glands, blooms white and very heavily substantially with the Nonpareil, and is a regular and very heavy bearer of small, well-distributed nuts borne essentially in clusters on short spurs and in harvest after the Nonpareil but before the Mission, and the nuts having small kernels.