Abstract: An apparatus for axial support and shock suppression of a pipe includes a walking beam having an inner portion secured to the pipe and an outer portion. The inner and outer portions of the walking beam are pivotally interconnected above an axis extending through the centerline of the pipe. A pair of support members are pivotally connected to the outer portion of the walking beam on opposite sides of the pipe so that longitudinal loads to the pipe are reacted without effecting a bending moment in the pipe. In the preferred embodiment, a rigid strut and a yieldable snubber device comprise the support members.

Abstract: Liquid-water displacement composition consisting essentially of a normally liquid chlorofluorocarbon having at least two carbon atoms, a boiling point of at least about 28.degree. C., a density of at least about 1.3 grams/cc at 20.degree. C. and a solubility parameter of less than about 8 and such an amount of surfactant dissolved therein as to impart water displacement characteristics to the composition, said surfactant being soluble in a water displacing amount in said normally liquid chlorofluorocarbon and being a tetraalkyl ammonium compound having a water extractability from the composition of not more than 30 weight %, preferably not more than 10 weight %, most preferably not more than 5 weight %, the cationic moiety of the surfactant being of the formulaR.sub.m N.sup..sym. R.sub.n 'whereinm is 2 or 3,n is 1 or 2,the sum of m and n is 4,R is C.sub.6-18 alkyl andR' is C.sub.

Abstract: A boiler including a main bank of riser tubes and at least one downcomer tube which are connected by upper and lower headers of flat construction. The main bank of tubes being arranged within a housing the bank of riser tubes being adjacent a furnace combustion chamber.

Abstract: Adhesive compositions comprising a solution of polymer dissolved in acrylic monomers containing an organic sulfonyl chloride, a polymerization catalyst and an accelerator.

Abstract: Catalytic compositions having the general formula, ABO.sub.3, and a perovskite crystal structure, wherein the A site cations consist essentially of ions of a metal having an atomic number of 11 to 51, 57 to 71 or 89 to 103. About 1% to 20% of the Type B cation sites are occupied by ions of at least one platinum group metal selected from ruthenium, osmium, rhodium, iridium, palladium and platinum, with ruthenium being present and occupying up to about 10% of the Type B cation sites. The balance of 80% to 99% of the Type B cation sites are occupied by ions of at least one metal having an atomic radius between 0.4 to 1.4 Angstroms. The compositions are useful in gaseous oxidation and reduction reactions.

Abstract: N-Fluorohaloacetyl-N-methylaminobenzophenone anti-oxime, the corresponding diazepin-N-oxides, their use as tranquilizers, muscle relaxants and sedatives, and their use as intermediates in the preparation of 3-fluorobenzodiazepines, which are also useful as tranquilizers, muscle relaxants and sedatives.

Abstract: A laminate useful for body armor is prepared by press laminating alternate layers of a fabric from poly-(p-phenylene terephthalamide) and 6,6 nylon film to cause bonding together of the fabric layers into a rigid composite with only minimal flow of the film polymer into the yarn bundles of the fabric layers.

Abstract: A processed vegetable seed fiber, particularly corn and soybean fiber, for use in food products is disclosed. Processing is accomplished by heating an aqueous slurry of the crude vegetable seed fiber to about 155.degree.-180.degree. F., and then maintaining the pH of the heated slurry in the range of about 2.5 to 5.0. The elevated temperature of the slurry is maintained for up to about 15 to 60 minutes while the slurry is agitated.The resulting acid-pasteurized slurry is then dewatered to obtain a fiber material at about 20-30% dry solids. Fresh water is then added to the dewatered fiber material to reslurry it to about 3-4% dry solids. The reslurried fiber material is agitated at a temperature up to about 140.degree. F. for about fifteen to thirty minutes, dewatered a second time, and then dried to about 10% moisture.

Abstract: To improve adhesion of a hydrophilic photographic emulsion to a hydrophobic polyester film base the latter is pretreated by electrical discharge, flame or chemical treatment, and then given a sub-coating composed of an aqueous dispersion of gelatin, a water-soluble polyester, and a polyfunctional aziridine crosslinking agent, and this coating is then thermally cured.

Abstract: A film sheet cassette accommodates optical imaging by holding the edges of a film sheet between an apertured frame and a pressure plate. A cam arrangement permits the film to be released for loading and unloading through an end slot. The frame defines guide tracks for a slide plate that covers the aperture and prevents light access to the film when not in use.

Abstract: Chlorosulfonated polyethylene stabilized with nickel dibenzyldithiocarbamate is more resistant to scorch before curing than compositions with other heat stabilizers but has equal or better stability to degradation by heat after cure.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is straight chain alkyl of 11-14 carbon atoms; andR.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are independently alkyl of 1-6 carbon atoms or alkoxy of 1-4 carbon atomsare effective in eradicating mites.

Abstract: A grooving tool has a support provided with a handle formed on its lower surface with a substantially flat sliding face and having a pair of generally parallel slots opening at this face and extending in a predetermined direction. A blade is secured in each of the two slots with portions of the blades extending beyond the face and the cutting edges of the blades forming a vertex in projection in the predetermined direction on a plane perpendicular to this direction. The parts of the support forming the lower surface can be displaceable relative to the blades to vary the spacing between the vertex and the surface for a different depth of cut. The tool can be drawn along a workpiece such as a board of insulating material so as to cut in it a very neat groove by excising a strip which may be of triangular section if the blades are planar or of semicircular section if the blades have curved lower ends.

Abstract: Positive working non-silver wash-out system based on 1,4-dihydro-4-(5'-nitro-2'-furyl)-pyridines. Such systems are useful in preparing positive working printing plates and photoresists.

Abstract: Polysiloxane resin coatings containing a dispersed phase of particulate organic modifier which is tougher than the polysiloxane and which has an adequately high coefficient of friction have improved craze resistance permitting the use of thicker coatings with greater durability.

Abstract: New selenium containing derivatives of proline and pipecolic acid which have the general formula ##STR1## are useful as hypotensive agents.

Abstract: Certain sodium aluminum phosphate glasses containing up to 11 mole percent of ZrO.sub.2, MgO or SiO.sub.2 are good ionic conductors and are resistant to corrosion by molten sodium at about 300.degree. C. Exemplary is a glass consisting of 50 mole percent Na.sub.2 O, 38 mole percent P.sub.2 O.sub.5, 12 mole percent Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 2 mole percent MgO and 4 mole percent SiO.sub.2.

Abstract: A yarn-handling device is provided which operates in accordance with the principle of aspiration and exhibits improved efficiency and less noise. The device, which is suitable for string-up, doffing and stripping operations, has a yarn inlet tube and a yarn outlet tube located in series on the same longitudinal axis. The outer surface of the outlet end of the yarn inlet tube is frusto-conical, having a taper angle of about 25.degree. with the axis and containing a plurality of flutes, each at an angle of about 30.degree. with the slant height of the frusto-conical surface. The inlet to the yarn outlet tube is preceded by another frusto-conical surface which is coaxial with the first mentioned frusto-conical surface and spaced therefrom in almost nested relationship to form an annular passage for pressurized air to flow into the yarn outlet tube, aspirate yarn into the yarn inlet tube and carry the yarn through the tubes.

Abstract: A secure document is produced by securely attaching to a support a body of including a security feature and having a shape which conveys information to the eye. For example the body is a layer of magnetizable material having apertures of letters, numbers and the like. The document can be examined by both magnetic and optical examination apparatus to cross-check that no alteration has been made. A method of making a secure document and examination apparatus is also described. The security feature may be a pattern of magnetic anisotropy fixed into the material.