Abstract: A motor brake control system for use on a motor having a motor brake retarder and a throttle fuel control is designed to respond to manual selection for sequentially retarding the selected cylinders in the motor. A transducer for sensing the speed of the motor is provided for generating a series of output pulses which access a high RPM detector and a low RPM detector. In the event that the motor exceeds a predetermined high RPM value, the brake control system activates all of the retarders to fully brake the motor. In the event that the brake retarders are on, either fully or partially, and the motor drops below a predetermined low RPM value, the brake retarders are released. Provision is made to prevent retardation of the motor as long as the throttle of the motor is being activated and retardation is further provided after deactivation of the throttle until the fuel in the fuel delivery system has been consumed.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel o-carbonylbenzenesulfonyl isocyanates and their use as intermediates for the preparation of sulfonylureas which are known to be active herbicides.

Abstract: A vacuum sewage system, comprising a collection tank, in which the sewer waste arrives with the aid of vacuum through an entrance pipe and from which it departs from time to time through an exit pipe. The arrival and removal of the sewer waste has been arranged to take place with the aid of one pump. The entrance pipe terminates within the collection tank at a minor distance from the intake aperture of the pump.

Abstract: The improved eyelash curler of the present invention comprises a blade, a pad, support means holding the pad substantially horizontally below the substantially horizontal blade and means for vertically controllably opposing the pad and blade to curl eyelashes therebetween. The surface of the blade and/or pad which contacts the eyelashes during curling thereof is substantially curved and/or sloped from the horizontal to impart varying degrees of curl to various portions of the eyelashes for an improved natural appearance. The pad and/or blade can be made removable from the curler and, preferably, reversible. The curler may, if desired, be adapted for primary use for one eye, specifically the eyelashes of the upper lid of one eye, and a pair of such curlers can be used, one for each eye. The curler is simple, inexpensive and effective.

Abstract: A mouthpiece for covering or protecting the upper dentition of patients under medical or surgical treatments involving oral intervention, comprising an arched tray member to be placed on the dentition and a resilient loop member connected with opposed exterior wall portions of the tray member and in its natural position extending rearwardly from the tray member in the general plane of this member. When the loop member is bent downwardly and forwardly against its own resiliency the foremost portion thereof may be placed in the groove between the outside of the lower dentition and the inside of the underlip and lower cheek portions of the patient, whereby the upper tray member will be effectively held in its mounted position with a low degree of discomfort for the patient. The mouthpiece also causes a certain cheek distension for better skin fit of a mask.

Abstract: 3,4-Dihydro(or 1,4-dihydro)-2-[(substituted)thio]-[1]benzopyrano[3,4-d]imidazoles and their corresponding sulfoxides and sulfones, such as 7,8-dichloro-3,4-dihydro(or 1,4-dihydro)-2-[(1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl)sulfonyl]-[1]benzopyrano[3,4-d]i midazole, are useful in the treatment of inflammation.

Abstract: Stable glass whose composition is defined by the quadrilaterals I II III IV of the accompanying ternary diagrams of FIGS. 1 and 2 for the system selected from the group consisting of K.sub.2 O/P.sub.2 O.sub.5 /(TiO.sub.2).sub.2, Rb.sub.2 O/P.sub.2 O.sub.5 /(TiO.sub.2).sub.2, K.sub.2 O/As.sub.2 O.sub.5 /(TiO.sub.2).sub.2 and Rb.sub.2 O/As.sub.2 O.sub.5 /(TiO.sub.2).sub.2 ; and the use of such glass in hydrothermal processes for producing crystals of KTiOPO.sub.4 and certain crystal analogues thereof, namely, RbTiOPO.sub.4, KTiOAsO.sub.4 and RbTiOAsO.sub.4.

Abstract: The oligomeric cyclic ether content of a tetrahydrofuran-, an alkylene oxide- or a tetrahydrofuran/alkylene oxide polymerizate can be reduced by bringing the polymerizate into contact with a gas in the supercritical state.

Abstract: An apparatus for agitating the contents of an electrolytic sodium cell receiver, which apparatus comprises(a) an agitator having a blade portion and a shank portion, the blade portion being fitted within the receiver housing and having three blades extending horizontally and laterally and spaced at about 120.degree. intervals, and the shank portion extending upward out of the receiver housing, and(b) means for imparting reciprocating rotary motion to the agitator.

Abstract: A lifting hook with a safety gate journaled about the shank thereof, which safety gate is locked against rotation about the shank by a cam member mounted for pivotal movement on the safety gate and spring loaded to abut a flat formed on the shaft when the safety gate is in its closed position. The cam member is adapted to be manually pivoted out of abutment with the flat on the shaft to enable the safety gate to be opened and a preferred embodiment is described in detail in which the cam member is pivoted in the opposite direction to release the safety gate from the direction in which the safety gate is rotated to open the hook, the cam member being protected by the structure of the safety gate from accidental pivoting to release the safety gate.

Abstract: A novel composition is disclosed for determining the activity of the alkaline phosphatase, which comprises a salt of p-nitrophenylphosphoric acid, a magnesium salt, sodium borate and 2-amino-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol. The composition affords advantages over the known composition especially as regards sensitivity.

Abstract: Substituted and unsubstituted 1,4-dihydroxybenzenes are reacted in the presence of a cation exchange resin catalyst and an inert solvent to form the corresponding 4,4'-dihydroxydiphenyl ethers.

Abstract: An improved photosensitive element comprises a cover sheet, a photoadherent layer, and a tonable contiguous layer receptive to colorant or particulate material for applications such as color proofing. Such elements are capable of producing duplicate images.

Abstract: A fiberfill blend for making into a batt for heat-bonding of said batt to make it especially suitable for use in garments, consisting essentially of three ingredients: (a) two of the ingredients are crimped polyester staple fiber of lower denier than has commonly been used heretofore in polyester fiberfill, namely less than about 3 denier; (1) one of these polyester fiberfill ingredients is slickened with a durable coating; (2) the other of these polyester fiberfill ingredients is unslickened; each of ingredients (1) and (2) constitutes 25 to 75% of the polyester fiberfill (a); (b) the third ingredient is crimped binder fiber of a polymer having a melting point lower than that of the (a) ingredients; the binder fiber is present in amount 10 to 30% of the blend; the remaining 70 to 90% of the blend is the low denier polyester fiberfill.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the permeability of solids at any given condition of pressure and temperature and flow rate, the control of pressure being achieved without a valve by using capillary tubing containing an oil. The apparatus is capable of operating at constant pressure automatically for long periods of time and a method for using the apparatus to measure permeability of a solid at constant flow rate and constant pressure.

Abstract: In a process for polymerizing a 1-olefin with a catalyst system comprising a reaction product of a porous alumina and an organometallic compound of the formula (RCH.sub.2).sub.4 M wherein M is Ti, Zr, or Hf and R is a group which is such that there is no hydrogen atom attached to an atom which is in the .beta.-position to M, and more specifically, R is aryl, aralkyl, tertiary alkyl, for example, trialkylmethyl, or trialkylsilyl, the improvement characterized in that the alumina has an average pore diameter of at least about 150 A and/or at least about 10% of the total pore volume of the alumina is provided by pores having diameters greater than about 200 A.

Abstract: Toner particles of an intimate mixture of 25 to 75% by weight of substantially colorless, inert, nonelectroscopic spheroidal-shape polymer particles of size distribution in the range of greater than 5 to less than 60 .mu.m, not more than 15% of the polymer particles being less than 10 .mu.m or greater than 50 .mu.m equivalent spherical diameter, and 75 to 25% by weight of colorant particles having a size distribution within the range of 0.2 to 30 .mu.m and not more than 50% of the colorant particles being less than 1 .mu.m particle size. Ionic copolymer spheroidal particles are preferred. The toner particles are useful for color development of tacky areas by depositing and distributing the toner particles by means of a pad, including an applicator apparatus comprising a housing for toner, a free moving weight in the housing for agitating the toner, means to release toner from the housing, and at least two hinged pads mounted on the housing.

Abstract: Improved mill release properties and green strength of elastomeric copolymers derived from ethylene, alkyl acrylates or vinyl esters of carboxylic acids, and .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acids, and optionally containing segments derived from carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide or acrylonitrile, is achieved by including in such copolymers a small quantity of certain chromium (III) compounds.

Abstract: A stack memory device which comprises a memory stack of n-bit registers with gating circuiting controlled by code inverters to allow first in - first out, first in - last out, last in - first out and other selective transfers of data within the stack.

Abstract: New bendroflumethiazide formulations in solid form are provided which are characterized by excellent disintegration and dissolution capabilities even after long periods of storage. The new bendroflumethiazide formulations, for example, in the form of tablets, contain in addition to bendroflumethiazide, a combination of microcrystalline cellulose which serves as a diluent and aids in disintegration of the tablets, lactose which serves as a diluent, optionally starch (in the gelatinized form) which serves as a disintegrant, and one or more auxilliary disintegrants, such as sodium carboxymethyl starch, a tablet lubricant, such as magnesium stearate, and a colorant, if desired.A method for preparing the above formulations is also provided.