Abstract: Novel N-(4-piperidinyl)-N-phenylamides and -carbamates having very potent analgesic activity, methods of preparing same and useful intermediates therefor.

Abstract: A composite part having freely movable components is manufactured by casting one component around the other to form an essentially locked unit and then freeing the components by thermal treatment.

Abstract: A harrow has an elongated frame beam supporting a row of rotatable soil-working members mounted side-by-side on upwardly extending shafts. The frame beam and row of soil-working members extend transverse to the direction of travel of the harrow. At each lateral end of the row, a screening plate is positioned and pivoted to the frame beam. Each screening plate extends in a substantially vertical plane in the general direction of travel. Also, each plate has a lower support portion that rides over the ground and side edges that are inclined upwardly. The screening plates are supported on arms that can be pivoted to relocate the plates 180 degrees so they can rest in inverted positions on top of the frame beam during transport.

Abstract: A device for removing a film sheet from a stack of such sheets present in a cassette. The device comprises a pin that can be moved into engagement with the uppermost film sheet of the stack in a marginal area thereof, and thereafter is moved in a direction substantially parallel to the plane of said sheet, whereby said sheet is bulged and thus made ready for engagement by means for removing it from the stack.

Abstract: A semi-mounted or trailed agricultural mower has vertical axis crop-cutting rotors and a rigid rectangular open frame mounted above the rotors to support the rotors. The frame has at one end a ground-engageable support wheel secured to a rear beam of the frame and at the other end a headstock secured to a front beam of the frame. At least one of the rotors is trailed from the front beam on a linkage permitting the rotor to rise and fall relative to the frame.

Abstract: Novel 5-[4-(diarylmethyl)-1-piperazinylalkyl]benzimidazole derivatives having antiallergic and antihistaminic properties.

Abstract: An apparatus for conveying a sheetlike original to be copied through the exposure section of a copying machine and back again when multiple copies are desired includes an original return means having at least two sets original sheet gripping and conveying elements which have been mounted in a common supporting element which can be displaced cyclically to a number of positions, whereby, in each position of the supporting element and with the return means activated, one set occupies a position located in the path of movement of an original leaving the exposure section, and another set occupies a second position located in the path of movement joining the entry to the exposure section.

Abstract: In order to accurately control the cutter head of a cutter head suction dredger anchored by means of ropes, the tension in at least one of the two longitudinal ropes is measured and the winch of at least one of the two longitudinal ropes is actuated in dependence upon the tension measured in the one longitudinal rope.

Abstract: A method for forming a filter of electrically charged electret fiber material, consisting of a high molecular weight, nonpolar polymeric substance, comprising drawing, charging, and fibrillating a foil of said high molecular weight substance. The fibrillated foil is wound and then crimping is effected.

Abstract: Crop gathering table for a combine has an auger to move crop laterally inwards towards the center of the table. The auger has a central shaft carrying helical flights, and discharge fingers to discharge crop through an opening in the rear of the table. A series of crop feeding plates mounted on the auger and extending lengthwise of it between portions of the helical flights, promote smooth flow of crop below the auger shaft.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of preparing an immunological agent. It also concerns the product obtained and its application.The method is characterized by:contacting a parasiticidal drug with a previously defined total extract of antigens of the corresponding parasite in such a manner that the previously defined target antigens attach themselves to the drug,thereupon, possibly, effecting a removal of the target antigens from the said drug.

Abstract: A tractor drawbar terminates in a hook. An adaptor is provided to convert the hook into a clevis. The adaptor encompasses the hook and bears against a portion of it to inhibit movement in a vertical direction.

Abstract: The inner spiral wall of each spiral feed duct of a turbine is provided with a slidable extension tongue with an end portion of spiral curvature mounted on a carrier plate for rotation about the machine axis. Movement of the tongue to extend the length of the inner duct wall reduces the exit cross-section of the duct while keeping a spiral shape at the duct end. The tongue may be mounted on a portion of the machine casing that is made integral with the discharge duct that is coaxial with the machine and is mounted axially rotatable on the machine casing. When an axial flow rotor is used, the ducts and tongues have deflecting rims and the tongues have end walls at the rim ends to define the zone of communication between the rotor and each duct. One of the applications of the invention is to exhaust gas driven superchargers for internal combustion engines. A discharge spiral for a rotary pump or compressor may be similarly equipped.

Abstract: An acceleration-sensitive device, particularly a seat belt retractor locking device responsive to vehicle acceleration, comprising a rollable, fully movable inertia member supported in a depression provided in a support member, and an actuator means disposed above the inertia member and engageable with a locking means provided in said device, the actuator means being provided with a depression facing the inertia member, the improvement comprising the depression on the support member and the depression on the actuator means being in the form of a ring facing towards the inertia member, the inertia member having an approximately spherical shape, and the support member extending laterally outside its ring in an upwards direction so as to at least partially surround the inertia member.

Abstract: Radiographic silver halide emulsions are provided comprising silver halide grains the average silver halide grain diameter of which is at least 250 nm and which consist substantially of silver bromide dispersed in a hydrophilic colloid binder e.g. gelatin wherein the silver halide grains have high primitive surface sensitivity for direct exposure to penetrating radiation and are substantially regular in shape and wherein the ratio of hydrophilic colloid to silver halide is at most about 1.0. These emulsions have high sensitivity for direct exposure to penetrating radiation and are themselves substantially insensitive to formation of pressure marks upon rapid processing.

Abstract: An improved process for the preparation in high yields of a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is an optionally substituted phenyl group, Y is selected from the group consisting of Me and a hydrocarbon, Me is a metal cation and E is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a metal cation comprising reacting a compound of the formula ##STR2## wherein Q is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a silyl protecting group, Rz is an optionally substituted phenyl with the proviso that any hydroxy group present on the phenyl are replaced by --OQz, wherein Qz is a silyl protecting group and Ez is a carboxyl protecting group, with a compound of the formula ##STR3## wherein Z is a halogen and X is selected from the group consisting of OY and Z at low temperatures under anhydrous conditions and carefully hydrolyzing the resulting product either with just enough water to remove protecting groups and hydrolyze the Z groups to hydroxy groups and, still under anhydrous conditions, reacting the c

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the generation of an ionized gas or plasma for measurement of ultra-high frequency electromagnetic radiation utilizing a casing containing an ionizable gas, an oscillating circuit comprising an inductor and a capacitor in the casing, the oscillating circuit being adapted to resonate at a predetermined resonance frequency in the ultra-high frequency range and to have a Q factor in a vacuum of greater than 1 in order to render the circuit capable of producing a firing voltage across the capacitor for ionizing the gas when the inductor receives electromagnetic radiation near the resonance frequency, the casing further including optical conducting means having one end attached to the casing near the capacitor and means attached to the other end of the optical conducting means for analyzing the light transmitted from the conductor as a function of the power of the electromagnetic radiation.

Abstract: Fuel-cell battery unit containing a number of fuel-cell blocks. The fuel-cell blocks are attached to a beam having an I-shaped cross-section, on both sides against the thin intermediate section thereof. Primary ducts for supplying air, fuel and electrolyte are provided either in the wide top and bottom parts of the beam, or separately alongside the beam. From these primary ducts secondary tubes are provided to supply or discharge air, fuel and electrolyte to or from the fuel-cell blocks.A number of such units can be stacked to form a battery or battery section.

Abstract: Novel polymers, useful as films or filaments, are prepared as by the reaction of a bispiperazide with a reactive derivative of an acid.