Abstract: A bearing device for sliding panels particularly for furniture is described which comprises: two sections (4) fixed at one end thereof at the upper cross-bar and at the other end thereof at the lower cross-bar of the piece of furniture respectively, by hinge means; a telescopic sliding guide (5) fixed to each of the sections (4) on the side where the panel (2) is located, the panel being slidably fixed to the telescopic guide (5). Means (11,13) for stopping the rotations of the sections (4) are placed substantially at the end of the sections which is opposite to the hinge means. The device also comprises elastic return means (22) connected at one end to a fixed portion (20) of the piece of furniture and, at the other end, to a pin (24) set in the sections (4). The elastic means are adapted to place and retain the panels (2) in their closed and open positions respectively.

Abstract: A coating composition, in the form of an aqueous dispersion, which includes a water-insoluble wax, a nonionic surfactant and a water-insoluble resin, and optionally an antistat, is improved by the inclusion of finely divided particles of polytetrafluoroethylene in the dispersion to provide fibrous polyolefin sheets on which the coating is applied and dried with desirable blood-barrier characteristics. Such coated sheets are suitable for gowns and drapes in operating rooms.

Abstract: Polyvinyl alcohol based sizing solution containing a small amount of quaternary (e.g., dialkyldimethyl) ammonium salt or quaternary imidazolinium salt additives provide good operability during application and weaving and results in fabric having improved finishing performance.

Abstract: An encapsulant material suitable for use in space applications a polyurethane having according to the ESTEC specification a total mass loss of not greater than 1% and condensible volatiles content of not greater than 0.1% combined with a vibration performance characterised by a Q of from 4 to 15 and a peak frequency of 200 to 400 Hz when vibrated at 1g.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting and diverting a freshly cast, polymeric web. The apparatus includes a pair of traversing knives that cut a tongue from the middle of a web and an air jet that diverts the continuously advancing tongue and web to waste.

Abstract: N-(heterocyclicaminocarbonyl)arylsulfonamides in which the aryl radical is substituted in the 2-position by a carboxy radical, ester, thioester, or amide thereof; e.g. N-[(4,6-dimethylpyrimidin-2-yl)aminocarbonyl]-2-methoxycarbonylbenzenesulf onamide or N-[(4,6-dimethoxy-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)aminocarbonyl]-2-methoxycarbonylbenze nesulfonamide; are useful for the regulation of plant growth and as pre-emergence and post-emergence herbicides.

Abstract: Oligomeric formal diols are prepared by coupling segments of copolyether glycols with formaldehyde. The formal diols are useful in preparing polyurethanes.

Abstract: A gelatino-silver halide film is exposed and then developed with a tanning developer bearing a positively or negatively charged substituent, e.g., a quaternary amine-substituted hydroquinone, to produce a charged matrix in the gelatin. To enhance the image the film is then processed to mordant an oppositely charged species, e.g., an anionic dye, to the charged matrix.

Abstract: A syrup of a magnesium compound is provided, which is screen printable onto a surface and pyrolyzable to form a MgO film thereon. The syrup contains solvent, organic magnesium compound dissolved in the solvent, and organic polymer thickener dissolved in the solvent.

Abstract: High modulus filaments are melt-spun from polyimide-esters derived from I 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, a diphenol and 4-carboxy-N-(p-carboxyphenyl)-phthalimide; II 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid 4-hydroxy-N-(p-hydroxyphenyl)phthalimide; or III 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and 4-carboxy-N-(p-hydroxyphenyl)phthalimide. The polyimide esters are optically anisotropic in the melt. As-spun filaments from these polymers can be heat treated while free from tension to increase their tenacity.

Abstract: Thick film conductor metallization comprising an admixture of finely divided particles of noble metal or alloy, low-melting, low viscosity glass, a spinel-forming metal oxide and an organo titanate.

Abstract: Mammalian collagenase is inhibited by compounds of the formula ##STR1## or salts thereof, wherein R is hydrogen, alkanoyl of 2 to 10 carbon atoms or arylcarbonyl;R.sub.1 is of 3 to 8 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3 to 7 carbon atoms, aryl or arylalkyl; ##STR2## R.sub.4 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, or ##STR3## R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are each independently selected as --OCH.sub.3 or --OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.3 or are combined as --OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O-- or --O--(CH.sub.2)--O--;R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 are each independently selected as hydrogen, methyl or ethyl or are combined as --(CH.sub.2).sub.4 --, --(CH.sub.2).sub.5 -- or --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --O--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --;R.sub.9 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl ##STR4## m is an integer from 0 to 7; p is an integer from 1 to 3; AA.sub.n is an amino acid chain of from one to three amino acids; n is 1 or 1, 2 or 1, 2, 3;when p is 1, AA.sub.n is AA.sub.1 ;when p is 2, AA.sub.n is AA.sub.1 --AA.sub.2 ;when p is 3, AA.sub.n is AA.sub.1 --AA.sub.2 --AA.sub.3 ;AA.sub.

Abstract: Unreacted hydrogen cyanide in the product from a hydrocyanation reactor is reduced while maintaining maximum yield to dinitriles.

Abstract: Easy opening article storing and dispensing containers and method in which puzzle-like locking means secure against access to the container contents by very young children by obscuring the mode of opening it. The cannular container shell has closable dispensing aperture means opening through the shell side wall. Locking means at one or more ends of the shell optionally prevents or permits opening and closing of the container by alignment or offset of release means with respect to a sliding means. Pills or other units may be segregated in separate amounts or dosages within the container and dispensed in predetermined sequence from a plurality of rings of radially openable compartments forming a stack in which rows of compartments around the container axis can be rotated to sequentially register with the aperture means and compartments of each row sequentially opened.

Abstract: 4,5-Diaryl-.alpha.-(polyhalomethyl)-2-thiophenemethanols such as 4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5-(4-methylthiophenyl)-.alpha.,.alpha.-bis(trifluorome thyl)-2-thiophenemethanol useful for treating arthritis and/or alleviating pain.

Abstract: Bags of explosive are loaded rapidly into deep wellbores by suspending a rigid positioning tube partway into the wellbore, and loading the bags into the tube, the bags being prevented from dropping through the open bottom end of the tube by a cord attached to the lowermost bag and secured at the upper end of the tube when the tube-suspending cable is in tension by a cord-securing/releasing means, e.g., a pivotable bar having a hook on one end. When the bag-laden tube is lowered to the bottom of the wellbore, or to a column of bags previously placed therein, the tension on the cable is relaxed and the cord is released, allowing the positioning tube thereafter to be raised to the surface for re-use, leaving the cord and bags in the wellbore. Freedom of the bag-supporting cord to move with respect to the positioning tube when the latter is raised to the surface is assured by threading the cord through plastic tubing mounted to the wall of the positioning tube and releasable therefrom for re-use.

Abstract: Copolyesters useful for fibers having high elongation and modulus contain minor amounts of ##STR1## units where Y is oxygen or carbonyl.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is an imino acid or ester are disclosed as useful hypotensive agents due to their angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition activity.