Abstract: The valve-lash adjustment system 10 includes a load-carrying spacer means 82 adjacent the hydraulic valve-lash assembly which is interposed between said hydraulic valve-lash assembly and said free end 12 of the valve stem, the thickness of said load-carrying spacer means 82 being such as to compensate substantially for said mechanical tolerances between said valve and said associated engine components, so that, during engine operation, said hydraulic valve-lash adjuster assembly adjusts the overall length thereof within a limited range of distances required to compensate for said thermal expansion/contraction between the valve and said associated engine components, and, in the event of a failure in supply of hydraulic fluid to said hydraulic valve-lash adjuster assembly, said hydraulic valve-lash adjuster assembly will only decrease in overall length by an amount falling within said limited range of distances.

Abstract: A fabric conditioner comprising 18 to 50% by weight of a mixture of at least two quaternary ammonium salt components (A) and (B) with the remainder of the conditioner being water and auxiliary agents.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of trialkanolamine di(fatty acid) esters in which a trialkanolamine is reacted with a fatty acid in the presence of small amounts of a fatty acid ester.The trialkanolamine fatty acid diesters obtained can be converted into the quaternary ammonium salt by means of standard quaternizing agents, and the resulting products can be employed as fabric conditioners.