Abstract: A process for improving the sun protection factor (SPF) of cellulosic fibre materials and blends thereof, which comprises contacting said materials with at least one compound of the formula (1) in which M is hydrogen, an alkali metal atom, ammonium or a cation formed from an amine; R1 and R1? independently of each other are hydrogen, hydroxy, optionally substituted alkyl, 4-morpholinyl, —NH—R3, —N(R3)2 or —O—R3, wherein R3is optionally substituted alkyl or optionally substituted aryl, R2 is a group of formula (2) wherein X is —O— or —NH— and R4 is C1-C4-alkyl which carries at least one hydrophilic substituent and R2? has the meaning of R1 or R2.

Abstract: The invention relates to a die table (10), for a rotary tablet press, comprising a rotating rotor (1) formed from the die table (10), a punch guide (5) for the upper punch (7) and a punch guide (3) for the lower punch (4). The die table (10) comprises several exchangeable dies (11) arranged concentrically around the rotational axis of the rotor (1) and aligned with the upper and lower punches (7, 4). According to the invention, the short set-up times for changing the press to other die shapes may be achieved, whereby the die table (10) comprise at least two recesses (12) and an insert piece (20) is exchangeably inserted in each of the recesses (12) which comprises several dies (11).

Abstract: An enhanced method and device are provided to treat atrial fibrillation or inhibit or reduce restenosis following angioplasty or stent placement. A balloon-tipped catheter is disposed in the area treated or opened through balloon angioplasty immediately following angioplasty. The balloon, which can have a dual balloon structure, may be delivered through a guiding catheter and over a guidewire already in place. A fluid such as a perfluorocarbon flows into the balloon to freeze the tissue adjacent the balloon, this cooling being associated with reduction of restenosis. A similar catheter may be used to reduce atrial fibrillation by inserting and inflating the balloon such that an exterior surface of the balloon contacts at least a partial circumference of the portion of the pulmonary vein adjacent the left atrium. In another embodiment, blood perfusion is performed simultaneously.

Abstract: The present invention provides an enhanced method and device to inhibit or reduce the rate of restenosis following angioplasty or stent placement. The invention involves placing a balloon tipped catheter in the area treated or opened through balloon angioplasty immediately following angioplasty. The balloon, which can have a dual balloon structure, may be delivered through a guiding catheter and over a guidewire already in place from a balloon angioplasty. A fluid such as a perfluorocarbon may be flowed into the balloon to freeze the tissue adjacent the balloon, this cooling being associated with reduction of restenosis. The catheter may also be used to reduce atrial fibrillation by inserting and inflating the balloon such that an exterior surface of the balloon is in contact with at least a partial circumference of the portion of the pulmonary vein adjacent the left atrium.

Abstract: A tablet press machine (100) comprises: a hopper (1) for feeding a powder or granular product (2) to a first disc (3a) that rotates about an axis (X) and is equipped with evenly distributed holes or dies (3); a second and third disc (4, 6) that are positioned above and below the first disc (3a), respectively, rotate about the axis (X) and support respective pluralities of upper and lower reciprocating punches (5,7). The punches (5, 7) are driven towards and away from each other when they are aligned with the dies (3) in such a way as to compress the product (2). Each of the punches (5, 7) comprises a cylindrical shank (8), one end of which is equipped with a working head (10) and sealed protection means (11) acting on the cylindrical shank (8) itself.

Abstract: Composition for the fluorescent whitening of paper, which comprises a) a fluorescent whitening agent (FWA) derived from 4,4?-bis[(1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino]stilbene-2,2?-disulphonic acid and characterized by one or both of the triazine rings carrying an —NH2 substituent; b) water and c) optionally, further auxiliaries, the use thereof in either the pulp mass, in coating or in the metering size-press or film press and to a process thereto.

Abstract: A tablet press machine (1) includes a fixed casing (2) which houses a compression assembly (3) comprising a power-driven rotor (4) that rotates about an axis (5), the rotor including a matrix disc (6) and another two discs (7, 8) on both sides of it, mounting two sets of reciprocating punches (9, 10) opposite and aligned with each other in pairs. The matrix disc (6) has a plurality of through matrixes (11) where the reciprocating punches (9, 10) forming each pair are mounted in such a way as to delimit between them an empty space (12) of variably size designed to contain a dosed quantity of powder to be compressed. Two sets of cams (13, 14) are associated with the compression assembly (3) and, as the rotor (4) rotates, impart on the punches (9, 10) a driving motion which moves them cyclically towards and away from each other in such a way as to compress the powder contained in the matrix (11) in the matrix disc (6).

Abstract: An enhanced method and device are provided to treat atrial fibrillation or inhibit or reduce restenosis following angioplasty or stent placement. A balloon-tipped catheter is disposed in the area treated or opened through balloon angioplasty immediately following angioplasty. The balloon, which can have a dual balloon structure, may be delivered through a guiding catheter and over a guidewire already in place. A fluid such as a perfluorocarbon flows into the balloon to freeze the tissue adjacent the balloon, this cooling being associated with reduction of restenosis. A similar catheter may be used to reduce atrial fibrillation by inserting and inflating the balloon such that an exterior surface of the balloon contacts at least a partial circumference of the portion of the pulmonary vein adjacent the left atrium. In another embodiment, blood perfusion is performed simultaneously.

Abstract: A method for the fluorescent whitening of cotton in a discontinuous process comprising contacting the cotton, I an aqueous bath having a pH value of 6 or less, with one or more compounds of the Formula (I) wherein R1 represents an —SO2R3, —SOR3, CO2M, —CO2R3, —CONR3R4, —CN or —NO2 substituent, R2 is —NH2, —NH(C1-C4alkyl), —N(C1-C4alkyl)2, —NH(C2-C4hydroxyalkyl), —N(C2-C4hydroxyalkyl)2, —NH(C1-C4alkoxy)(C1-C4alkyl), —N[(C1-C4alkoxy)(C1-C4alkyl)]2, NHC2—C4alkylsulphonic acid, morpholineo, piperidino pyrrolidino, an amino acid or amino acid amide residue from which a hydrogen atom on the amino group has been removed, —OC1-C4alkyl or —OC1-C4hydroxyalkyl, R3 and R4 each, independently, represent hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl, C2-C4hydroxyalkyl or C1-C4alkoxyC1-C4alkyl and M is H, Na, Li, K, Ca, Mg, ammonium, or ammonium that is mono-, di-, tri- or tetrasubsituted by C1-C4alkyl, C2-C4hydroxyalkyl or a mixture thereof, some of which are new

Abstract: A process for improving the sun protection factor (SPF) of cellulosic fibre materials and blends thereof, which comprises contacting said materials with at least one compound of the formula (1) according to claim 1.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary tablet press with rotating die table and with stamp guide discs 4 that, coaxial to the dies, have stamp guides for the shafts of upper and lower stamps. The invention also relates to the elastic stamp sealing elements used with the tablet presses, that can be attached to form a seal between the pressing area on the die table and the stamp guides. In order to allow the use of upper and lower stamps with rotary tablet presses other than those fitted with special attachment apparatus for bellows, and to re-use existing upper and lower stamps, wherein at the same time the stamp guides are protected from the incursion of press dust and the pressing area is protected from contamination by lubricating oil, the base section of the stamp sealing element has an undercut via which it can be releasably attached to a holding collar of a holding ring disposed concentrically about the stamp guide.

Abstract: A method to conduct fingerprint verification provides a sector distribution based on the position and angle of every minutiae vector, wherein the number of further minutiae vectors of the template in any sector of the sector distribution is determined and a feature vector is generated for every minutiae vector of both templates. The two feature arrays are matched by calculating the scalar product for every combination of said vectors generating a matrix. Mated pairs of minutiae from the first second template are found by searching the maximum element in every column of the matrix finally issuing a value representing identification information of the fingerprint. Additionally a false finger identification method and a fingerprint verification system are disclosed.

Abstract: A tablet press machine (100) comprises: a hopper (1) for feeding a powder or granular product (2) to a first disc (3a) that rotates about an axis (X) and is equipped with evenly distributed holes or dies (3); a second and third disc (4, 6) that are positioned above and below the first disc (3a), respectively, rotate about the axis (X) and support respective pluralities of upper and lower reciprocating punches (5, 7). The punches (5, 7) are driven towards and away from each other when they are aligned with the dies (3) in such a way as to compress the product (2). Each of the punches (5, 7) comprises a cylindrical shank (8), one end of which is equipped with a working head (10) and sealed protection means (11) acting on the cylindrical shank (8) itself.

Abstract: A tablet press machine (100) comprises: a hopper (1) for feeding a powder or granular product (2) to a first disc (3a) that rotates about an axis (X) and is equipped with evenly distributed holes or dies (3); a second and third disc (4, 6) that are positioned above and below the first disc (3a), respectively, rotate about the axis (X) and support respective pluralities of upper and lower reciprocating punches (5,7). The punches (5, 7) are driven towards and away from each other when they are aligned with the dies (3) in such a way as to compress the product (2). Each of the punches (5, 7) comprises a cylindrical shank (8), one end of which is equipped with a working head (10) and sealed protection means (11) acting on the cylindrical shank (8) itself.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture of fluorescent whitening agents comprising 20 to 70% by weight of a compound of formula (1), 30 to 80% of a compound of formula (2) and 0.1 to 10% of a compound of formula (3), compositions containing the mixture and the user of the compositions for whitening synthetic fibers, in particular, polyester.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture of fluorescent whitening agents comprising 20 to 70% by weight of a compound of formula (1), 30 to 80% of a compound of formula (2) and 0.5 to 5% of a compound of formula (3), compositions containing the mixture and the use of the compositions for whitening synthetic fibers, in particular polyester.

Abstract: A tablet press machine (1) includes a fixed casing (2) which houses a compression assembly (3) comprising a power-driven rotor (4) that rotates about an axis (5), the rotor including a matrix disc (6) and another two discs (7, 8) on both sides of it, mounting two sets of reciprocating punches (9, 10) opposite and aligned with each other in pairs. The matrix disc (6) has a plurality of through matrixes (11) where the reciprocating punches (9, 10) forming each pair are mounted in such a way as to delimit between them an empty space (12) of variably size designed to contain a dosed quantity of powder to be compressed. Two sets of cams (13, 14) are associated with the compression assembly (3) and, as the rotor (4) rotates, impart on the punches (9, 10) a driving motion which moves them cyclically towards and away from each other in such a way as to compress the powder contained in the matrix (11) in the matrix disc (6).

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Rainbow’, characterized by its upright and broadly outwardly spreading plant habit; basal branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; purple violet, purple and light purple tri-colored flowers with dark purple-colored venation; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Crystal Lake’, characterized by its upright and broadly outwardly spreading plant habit; freely basal branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; light violet blue-colored flowers with purple-colored venation; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Rosetta’, characterized by its upright and broadly outwardly spreading plant habit; freely basal branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; pink-colored flowers with light pink-colored centers; and good garden performance.