Abstract: A preheater for cullet is disclosed, in which hot gas coming from a hot supply duct can be passed through the cullet while yielding heat to the latter and can be carried away through a hot gas exhaust duct. The cullet is guided between guiding walls forming a cullet shaft and permitting gas entry as well as gas exit. Means are provided for repeatedly moving at least one of the guiding walls (23, 24,25,26) laterally relative to another guiding wall (23-26) so as to change the spacing between them.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved efficiency glass melting furnace and a method of operation in which a mixture, or batch, is fed at a narrow side of a rectangular glass melting tank onto the molten glass mass (or bath) across the full width thereof. The furnace includes burners positioned adjacent to the opposite narrow side for supplying energy, and heat exchangers for energy exchange between the combustion exhaust gases and the combustion air supplied to the burners. The exhaust gas openings are disposed adjacent to the mixture feeding area. The furnace is provided with at least one thermal radiation shield between the burner and feed sections which extends to a small distance above the molten glass.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein A, B, R.sub.1, X and Q are substituents of various types, and acid addition salts thereof. The compounds are useful as fungicides.

Abstract: A glass melting furnace including a melting tank heated from above by burners and comprising a melting section as well as a refining and homogenizing section provided with electrodes for the supply of electrical energy; a dam which separates the melting section from the refining and homogenizing section and the upper edge of which is disposed below the surface of the (glass) melt bath; and an outlet for the glass disposed in the bottom portion of the refining and homogenizing section; wherein the bottom of the refining and homogenizing section is in a position deeper than the bottom of the melting section, and the electrodes are arranged in one or more planes (levels) of the refining section, the glass melting furnace being configured such that on the side of the refining section there is provided adjacent to the dam a bottom portion which is disposed at a level substantially above the bottom of the homogenizing section.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --, --CH.dbd.CH--, --NH--CO--, --CH.sub.2 --CO-- or ##STR2## where R.sub.7 is alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, andB is methylene, carbonyl or thiocarbonyl, orA is --CO--CO--, --N.dbd.CH--, ##STR3## where R.sub.8 is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms substituted by a phenyl, methoxyphenyl or dimethoxyphenyl, andB is methylene;E is n-alkylene of 2 to 4 carbon atoms optionally substituted by an alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, 2-hydroxy-n-propylene, 2-hydroxy-n-butylene or 3-hydroxy-n-butylene;G is n-alkylene of 1 to 5 carbon atoms optionally substituted by an alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, wherein one methylene group of an n-alkylene of 2 to 5 carbon atoms can be replaced by a carbonyl group, with the proviso that B represents a methylene or carbonyl group, or methylene-n-hydroxy-alkylene of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, where the methylene group is attached to the nitrogen atom; andR.sub.1 to R.sub.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein each X, which may be identical or different from the other X, is oxygen or imino;R.sub.1 is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine or bromine;R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, which may be identical or different from each other, are each hydrogen; unsubstituted or mono-substituted alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, where the substituent is phenyl or dialkylamino with 1 to 3 carbon atoms in each alkyl moiety; pyridyl; or cycloalkyl of 5 to 7 carbon atoms;R.sub.2 and R.sub.

Abstract: A glass melting furnace, especially fully electrically heated glass melting furnace, comprising a wall of refractory material, said wall being circular or having the configuration of a regular polygon, and wherein a supporting frame is provided at the exterior side thereof, comprising a cover or roof of refractory material being supported by overlying tierods or beams including wheels travelling on an annular or circular track rail and permitting said roof to be rotated in a horizontal plane; bin means and conveyor means for feeding the batch material into at least one hopper positioned on said roof; and bin means and conveyor means for the controlled supply of the batch material from said hopper or hoppers into a slot or into openings formed in the refractory material of said roof with different radial spacings from the axis of rotation.

Abstract: The method of using compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine or cyano,R.sub.2 is fluorine, cyano, trifluoromethyl, nitro or alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms,R.sub.3 is cycloalkyl or alkyl, each of 3 to 5 carbon atoms, andR.sub.4 is hydrogen or --CO--R.sub.5, whereR.sub.5 is alkoxy of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, alkenyloxy of 2 to 5 carbon atoms, aryloxy of 6 to 10 carbon atoms, aralkoxy of 7 to 11 carbon atoms, or amino which may be mono- or di-substituted by alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, alkenyl of 2 to 5 carbon atoms, aryl of 6 to 10 carbon atoms and/or aralkyl of 7 to 11 carbon atoms,and non-toxic, pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts thereof as antirheumatics and antiphlogistics.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, halogen or cyano;R.sub.2 is fluorine, cyano, trifluoromethyl, nitro or alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms;R.sub.3 is alkoxy of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, alkenyloxy of 2 to 5 carbon atoms, aryloxy of 6 to 10 carbon atoms, aralkoxy of 7 to 11 carbon atoms, or --NR.sub.5 R.sub.6, where R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are each hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, alkenyl of 2 to 5 carbon atoms, aryl of 6 to 10 carbon atoms or aralkyl of 7 to 11 carbon atoms; andR.sub.4 is cycloalkyl of 3 to 5 carbon atoms or alkyl of 3 to 5 carbon atoms;and non-toxic, pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof. The compounds as well as the salts are useful as analgesics, uterospasmolytics and antiasthmatics.

Abstract: An electrically heated melting furnace for the Melting of mineral materials, such as frits, (Vitreous) enamels and the like, wherein a bath of molten material (contained in a tank) is heated by means of electrodes contacting the molten material and having a current flowing therethrough which heats the molten material by Joule's heat, wherein a batch is fed onto the melt or molten bath, and the molten product is withdrawn from the bottom of the tank, wherein the furnace space or tank has the cross-section of a regular polygon; and wherein a plurality of heating elements are arranged above the batch material and said heating electrodes are positioned in the lower portion of the molten bath above the tank bottom, and comprising a bottom outlet including a cylindrical portion or element and a further underlying, concentrically disposed, circular disc-shaped or annular portion or element of a refractory material being conductive at high temperature and acting as an electrical conductor, and at least one counter or

Abstract: A method for the melting of glass, wherein a layer or blanket of batch material is fed onto a bath of molten glass, the liquid glass is withdrawn from the bath in a lower position through an opening, and the batch material is subjected to thermal energy from above to melt said batch material providing passing the glass after the melting thereof in a vertically downwardly directed, non-turbulent stream, and additionally heating the glass in said stream by passing electric current therethrough until the final gas removal (refining) is obtained, whereupon the glass is further conducted in vertically downward direction, homogenized in the next lower zone without the supply of energy, and withdrawn from a lower point of said zone and a glass melting furnace for carrying out said method providing a depth of said refining section exceeding the depth of said melting section by about three times.

Abstract: An electrically heated melting furnace for the melting of mineral materials, such as frits, (vitreous) enamels and the like, wherein a bath of molten material contained in a tank is heated by means of electrodes contacting the molten material and having a current flowing therethrough which heats the molten material by Joule's heat, wherein a batch is fed onto the melt or molten bath, and the molten product is withdrawn from the bottom of the tank wherein the furnace space or tank having the molten bath has a square or almost square cross-section or the cross-section of a regular polygon; that the depth of the furnace space or tank having the molten material therein corresponds almost to the diameter of the tank; and that a plurality of radiator heating rods are arranged above the batch material and said heating electrodes are positioned in the lower portion of the molten bath above the tank bottom and comprising a bottom outlet including a cylindrical portion or element and a further underlying, concentricall

Abstract: Racemic and optically active compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine or cyano,R.sub.2 is fluorine, trifluoromethyl, nitro or cyano, andR.sub.3 is alkyl of 3 to 5 carbon atoms, hydroxy(alkyl of 3 to 5 carbon atoms), cycloalkyl of 3 to 5 carbon atoms, 1-(3,4-methylenedioxy-phenyl)-2-propyl or 1-(p-hydroxy-phenyl)-2-propyl,And non-toxic, pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts thereof; the compounds as well as their salts are useful as analgesics, uterospasmolytics, bronchospasmolytics and antispastics for the skeletal musculature, and especially as .beta..sub.2 -receptor mimetics and .beta..sub.1 -receptor blockers.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X and R.sub.1 are each chlorine or bromine;R.sub.2 is isopropyl; tert.butyl; tert.pentyl; mono-, di- or tri-hydroxy-substituted branched alkyl of 3 to 5 carbon atoms; cyclohexyl; or hydroxycyclohexyl; andR.sub.3 is alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or, when R.sub.2 is other than cyclohexyl, also hydrogen;And non-toxic, pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts thereof; the compounds as well as their salts are useful as secretolytics, antitussives, anti-ulcerogenics and stimulants for the production of the surfactant or antiatelectasis factor of the alveoli.

Abstract: The temperature or temperature profile of an electrically conductive molten mass heated by electrodes immersed therein is measured during continuous operation by momentarily cutting off the electrical energy supplied to the heating electrodes, passing measuring currents through the molten mass via the heating electrodes during the momentary cut off, measuring the electrical resistance between pairs of heating electrodes in measuring paths defined by such electrodes and then calculating the temperature existing within the individual measuring paths on the basis of the measure resistance values.

Abstract: An electrical glass melting furnace having a refractory tank, wherein the batch glass is fed onto the surface of a bath of molten glass therein and refined glass is withdrawn from a lower portion thereof. Electric heating power is supplied, in the form of three-phase AC, through two levels of peripherally spaced electrodes. The secondary coils of the transformers employed each feed an electrode or electrode pair and the output of each secondary coil is additionally connected to the input of one of the other secondary coils in the system.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or aliphatic or aromatic carboxylic acyl,R.sub.2 is hydrogen, chlorine or bromine,R.sub.3 is fluorine, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, trifluoromethyl, cyano, carbamoyl, carboxyl, carbalkoxy, alkoxy, acetyl, 1-hydroxyethyl or ##STR2## where R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are each alkyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxy-cycloalkyl or, together with each other and the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, pyrrolidino, piperidino or morpholino, andR.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are each hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, mono- or di-hydroxy (alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms), alkenyl of 2 to 4 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 5 to 7 carbon atoms, mono- or di-hydroxy (cycloalkyl of 5 to 7 carbon atoms), benzyl, morpholinocarbonylmethyl or, together with each other and the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, pyrrolidino, piperidino, hexamethyleneimino, morpholino, N-methyl-piperazino or camphidino,Provided, however, that when R.sub.3 is carboxyl or carbalkoxy, R.sub.4 and R.sub.

Abstract: Glass is melted in a furnace having a melting zone and one or more processing tanks adjacent to the melting zone. Molten glass flows from the melting zone to the processing tank through a passage. A portion of the molten glass is withdrawn from the top of the processing tank and is recirculated to the processing tank or to a separate refining zone. The furnace includes a melting section and at least one adjacent processing tank communicating with the melting section through a passage. A recirculating passage connects the top of the processing tank and the passage connecting the melting section and the processing tank. Additional means are provided to establish a recirculating flow of molten glass via the recirculating passage.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein (A) WHEN THE AMINO-SUBSTITUENT IS IN THE P-POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE CARBONYL GROUP,R.sub.1 is chlorine in the o-position with respect to the carbonyl group,R.sub.2 is hydrogen, andR.sub.3 is ethylamino, cyclopentylamino, cyclohexylamino, cycloheptylamino, N-methyl-cyclohexylamino, benzylamino or 1-ethyl-pyrrolidyl-(2)-aminomethyl, or(b) when the amino-substituent is in the o--, m-- or p-position with respect to the carbonyl group,R.sub.1 is hydrogen, chlorine or bromine,R.sub.2 is trifluoromethyl, nitro or, when R.sub.4 is 1-(alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms)-pyrrolidyl or 1-(alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms)-piperidyl, also fluorine, chlorine, bromine or methyl,R.sub.3 is (alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms)-amino, (cycloalkyl of 3 to 7 carbon atoms)-amino, benzylamino, quinuclidinyl-amino or --NH--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --R.sub.4where R.sub.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or aliphatic or aromatic carboxylic acyl,R.sub.2 is hydrogen, chlorine or bromine,R.sub.3 is fluorine, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, trifluoromethyl, cyano, carbamoyl, carboxyl, carbalkoxy, alkoxy, acetyl, 1-hydroxyethyl or ##STR2## where R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are each alkyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxy-cycloalkyl or, together with each other and the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, pyrrolidino, piperidino or morpholino, andR.sub.4 and R.sub.