Abstract: A dosing container comprising a floor; a sidewall extending from said floor; indicia disposed on said container, whereby said indicia indicates a desired volume of an additive fluid by which said container must be filled, as a function of a characteristic of a targeted item, at least one dimension of the container, and a desired effect at said target item when the additive fluid is applied to the target item.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided that are useful in a process for treating organic wastewater for the removal of phosphorus and nitrogen compounds. The apparatus includes an anoxic zone, an oxic zone, and an anaerobic treatment zone, each having therein microorganisms that are operable to affect biological denitrification, BOD oxidation, luxury-uptake of phosphorus and formation of nitrates.

Abstract: An advanced data capture architecture is disclosed which enables the free-definition and re-definition of the format of document forms without requiring any reprogramming of the data processors which capture and use the data on the completed forms. The architecture encompasses the interactive operation of a host processor and one or more workstations in a data processing system. It includes the interaction between a host processor and a workstation in providing a list of common operand names which are meaningful to an application program running on the host. It includes the operation of the workstation creating a new document form using the list of common operand names. It includes the workstation performing character recognition of the filled-out form, transforming its information into coded data. It includes the workstation assembling a field data segment for each field, containing the common operand, the coded data and the popular name for the field.

Abstract: An exposure suit 10 has an attached lifejacket (14) which includes a part-annular rear portion (17) within a sheath (26) secured across the back of the shoulders of the suit 10 and a front portion 16 which is secured at (19) to the chest center of the suit. In a stowed deflated condition (FIG. 1) the portion (16) is folded or rolled to form a package restrained by a restraint such as a flap 31 on one side of a suit fastener (12), inflation of the lifejacket causing it to release its restraint and automatically to adopt a position overlying the chest of the suit (10) and wearer in a body supporting position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel graft copolymers and to a novel process for the preparation thereof. The polymeric compositions provided by the present invention comprise the reaction product of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer and a carboxylated cellulose ester having an acid number of at least about 5, an inherent viscosity of from about 0.01 to about 1.00 and wherein the anhydroglucose units thereof have ring substituents comprising by weight based on total polymer weight, of from about 0.05 to about 20% hydroxyl groups, from about 0.5 to about 44% acetyl groups, from 0 to about 54% butyryl groups, from 0 to about 47% propionyl groups, from about 0.4 to about 4.0% total carboxyl groups wherein from about 20% to about 100% of these carboxyl groups are non-saponifiable backbone, and wherein the material has a lactone level of from about 4.52.times.10.sup.-15 to about 6.13.times.10.sup.-4.

Abstract: Disclosed is a spreadable solid adhesive composition comprising(A) from about 10 to about 30% by weight of a copolymer of(a) an acrylamide or substituted acrylamide and(b) an unsaturated mono or dicarboxylic acid having 2 to 6 carbon atoms or an alkali metal salt thereof,said copolymer having an I.V. of about 0.1-3.0,(B) from about 1 to about 10% by weight of a gelling agent selected from the group consisting of (1) dibenzal sorbitol, (2) alkali metal salts of saturated or unsaturated aliphatic acids having from 12 to 20 carbon atoms, and (3) calcium or magnesium salts of saturated or unsaturated aliphatic acids having from 12 to 20 carbon atoms complexed with the tetrasodium salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, and(C) from about 67 to about 89% by weight of water or a mixture of alcohol and water.

Abstract: Sizing compositions comprising a terpolymer derived from(a) about 50 to about 70% by weight of at least one lower alkyl acrylate,(b) about 20 to about 40% by weight of at least one lower alkyl methacrylate, and(c) about 10% by weight acrylic acid or salt thereof.Such sizing compositions are especially useful when applied as a hot melt to a variety of filaments, yarns, fabrics, etc.