Abstract: Colloidal products are obtained by a process which comprises at least partial neutralization of an overbased colloidal bismuth sulphonate type product containing a basicity reserve in the form of micellized calcium, barium or magnesium carbonate, using at least one carboxylic acid containing sulphur and optionally containing nitrogen. These products can be used as antiwear and extreme-pressure additives in lubricating oils and greases.

Abstract: New sulfonated bismuth compounds and the preparation thereof are described. These new compounds can be represented by the following general formulae: ##STR1## where R.sub.1 represents a monovalent linear or branched aliphatic hydrocarbonaceous radical containing 8 to 36 atoms of carbon, and R.sub.2 represents an atom of hydrogen or a monovalent linear or branched aliphatic hydrocarbonaceous radical containing 8 to 36 atoms of carbon. These compounds, which possess surface-active and wear-fighting properties, are used as fuel additives. They can also serve as starting materials in the manufacture of overbased colloidal products usable as lubricant additives by carbonation of at least one calcium, barium, or magnesium oxide or hydroxide, the carbonate formed being kept as a colloidal dispersion in an organic medium by using at least one of the sulfonated bismuth compounds (I) and (II).

Abstract: A device for the axial stabilization of a cutting means, used to make at least one cut at one end of a bone with a view to the fitting of a prosthesis in bone surgery. It includes an axial centering rod that is introduced partially into the intramedullar canal of said bone and is designed to receive said one cutting means. The centering rod is provided with an anchoring thread so as to form a anchor bolt that is axially stabilized in a direction parallel to the axis of the rod. A clamping device is mounted to the rod and axially clamps the cutting means inst the bone.

Abstract: Colloidal products according to the invention are obtained by a method comprising a step (a) providing a colloidal product containing at least one alkaline earth metal carbonate in micelle form, optionally reacted with at least one compound selected from alkylsulphonic acids and alkylarylsulphonic acids and salts thereof and long chain aliphatic carboxylic acids and salts thereof such as to modify a proportion of up to 70% of the basicity reserve of the original colloidal product and a step (b) in which the residual basicity reserve is neutralized by at least one acid containing at least one element selected from boron, phosphorus and sulphur. These colloidal products can be used as wear resistance and extreme pressure additives in lubricants.

Abstract: Colloidal products are described which contain an element selected from sulphur, phosphorus and possibly boron, as well as an element chosen from metal alkalis, alkaline earth metals and zinc, micellized in at least one detergent agent. They can be obtained in micelle form by reaction of at least one mineral acid or organic acid, containing sulphur and/or phosphorus and possibly an acid containing boron, these acids being directly introduced or formed in situ with at least one basic derivative containing a alkali metal and/or an alkaline earth metal and/or zinc, in the presence of at least one surface active agent. The colloidal products can be used as wear resistance and extreme pressure additives for lubricants.

Abstract: Colloidal products containing calcium and/or magnesium plus sulfur and nitrogen are obtained by at least partial neutralization of the basicity reserve of at least one overbasic sulfonate charged with calcium carbonate and/or with magnesium carbonate dispersed within micelles. The neutralization is by means of at least one functional dicarboxylic acid of the formula: ##STR1## where each symbol a is a whole number from 1 to 8, x and z are each a number from 1 to 4, y is a whole number from 0 to 4 and n is 1 or 2. These products can be used as additives in lubricating oils.

Abstract: A kneecap cutting guide device for the fitting of a total knee replacement includes, a trial femur component having an artificial trochlea, a side hole made on at least one edge of said trial femur component, and a central hole made in the center of said trochelea. An ancillary device includes a fastening dog-point designed to cooperate with the side hole of the trial femur component. A kneecap plate is designed to be placed in a position of resting on the kneecap and a mechanism to center the plate in relation to said central hole of the artificial trochlea is provided. The guide device further incorporates means to shift the kneecap plate, enabling a crosswise motion with respect to said trochlea and an axial motion parallel to the central hole. There is also a mechanism for locking the plate in position and a surface for guiding a blade to cut the kneecap parallel to the plane of the trochlea.

Abstract: A description is given of colloidal sulphur products, their preparation and their use as additives in lubricating oils. These products result from the reaction on a superbasic detergent additive, optionally modified by reaction with a boron derivative, of a "small size" sulphur carboxylic acid complying with the general formulaX--R.sup.1 --Sx--R.sup.3 --Sy--R.sup.2 --COOHin which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent a divalent hydrocarbon radical, R.sup.3 represents a single bond or a divalent hydrocarbon radical, X represents a hydrogen atom or a carboxylic group and x and y are in each case a mean value from 1 to 4 when R.sup.3 is a hydrocarbon radical and the sum x plus y is a mean value from 1 to 4 when R.sup.3 represents a single bond. Apart from their detergent properties, these products have high extreme pressure and antiwear properties, as well as an improved thermal stability and a satisfactory corrosivity with respect to copper.

Abstract: A composition of a thiophosphoretted additive obtained by reacting a sodium or a calcium sulfonate surbasified by sodium or calcium carbonate, showing 0.9 to 10 basic equivalents per kilogram, with a phosphorus sulfide used in such proportion that he ratio of molar phosphorus to the basic equivalent of the surbasified sulfonate ranges from 0.002 to 0.15; and contacting resultant reaction product of the surbasified sulfonate and the phosphorus sulfide with at least one active hydrogen compound which is water, an alcohol, a phenol, a carboxylic acid, an ester-acid, a mineral acid, a mineral base, an amine, an amide or a mercaptan.

Abstract: Described are polysulfurized olefin compositions defined as being prepared by reaction of sulfur monochloride and/or dichloride with at least one monoolefin with 6 to 12 carbon atoms to form an addition product (or "adduct"), then by reaction of said adduct with a mercaptate or mercaptate-polysulfide of an alkaline metal or ammonium, itself obtained, for example, by reaction of a mercaptan with an alkaline hydroxide or with ammonia then, if need be, with sulfur, preferably in an alcoholic medium. These polysulfurized olefin compositions can be used as extreme-pressure additives in gearing oils or in oils for use in metal-working.

Abstract: A new class of antiwear and extreme-pressure additives consisting of thiophosphoretted compounds obtained by reactin gphosphorus sulfieds, especially phosphorus decasulfide P.sub.4 S.sub.10, with surbasic detergent additives, is described. The reaction product can be optionally treated by at least one active hydrogen compound: water, alcohol, phenol, acid, ammonia, amine, amide and/or mercaptan.

Abstract: Polysulphurized olefin compositions used as additives for gear oils, cutting oils, and as sulphurizing agents in organic media are obtained by a process comprising:a stage (1) in which at least one compound chosen from among sulphur dichloride and monochloride is reacted with at least one aliphatic monpolefin with 2 to 12 carbon atoms, thus forming an adduct;a stage (2) in which sulphurized hydrogen and at least one mercaptan is reacted with ammonium or alkali metal hydroxide dissolved in at least one aliphatic monoalcohol with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, which is substantially anhydrous, so as to give an alcoholic solution;a stage (3) in which contacting takes place between the adduct obtained in stage (1) and the alcoholic solution obtained in stage (2);a stage (4), in which the resulting mixture is heated and then the aliphatic monoalcohol is eliminated by distillation, while adding water in a quantity adequate for maintaining in solution the reagents and the mineral products formed during the reaction; anda stag

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the metal dihydrocarbyl-dithiophosphyl-dithiophosphate type, their manufacture and use. These compounds can be represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a monovalent substantially hydrocarbon-containing radical of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, X and Y are each a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substantially hydrocarbon-containing radical of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, M is a metal selected from zinc, cadmium, lead and antimony or an oxygen--and/or sulfur--containing molybdenum complex, and n is the valence of said metal M. The compounds according to the invention can be used as additives for lubricants wherein they act as a very efficient wear preventive.

Abstract: Compositions of olefin polysulfides having an increased solubility in mineral oils and in synthetic oils, particularly of the hydrogenated polyalphaolefin (P.A.O.) type, are disclosed.They are prepared more particularly by reacting a sulfur monochloride with a monoolefin (e.g. isobutene) so as to form an addition product, called an adduct, which is then reacted with an alkali metal or ammonium polysulfide, obtained, for example, by reacting a mercaptan with an alkali hydroxide or ammonia in the presence of elemental sulfur. These compositions of olefin polysulfides can be used as extreme-pressure additives in gear-oils or in metal-working oils.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the metal dihydrocarbyl-dithiophosphyl-dithiophosphate type, their manufacture and use. These compounds can be represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a monovalent substantially hydrocarbon-containing radical of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, X and Y are each a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substantially hydrocarbon-containing radical of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, M is a metal selected from zinc, cadmium, lead and antimony or an oxygen- and/or sulfur-containing molybdenum complex, and n is the valence of said metal M. The compounds according to the invention can be used as additives for lubricants wherein they act as a very efficient wear preventive.

Abstract: New superbasic detergent additives are manufactured in two steps. The first step comprises the reaction of a sulfonic acid with an excess of oxide or hydroxide of lithium or group II A metal. The second step consists of carbonating the oxide or hydroxide in excess. The manufacture is conducted in the presence of a polyalkenylsuccinimide-amine salt.