Abstract: This invention relates to a food ingredient, comprising a heat-set protein gel and a polysaccharide hydrocolloid which is present in an amount sufficient to influence the structure and texture of the gel, and a process for the preparation of the food Ingredient.

Abstract: New antibacterial agents produced by fungal culture 07F275, of which the compound designated 07F275 alpha having the following structure: ##STR1## is representative. Methods for the fermentation, recovery and purification from crude solutions are also disclosed.

Abstract: A system and method for enabling a computer system to cascade from the suspend state to the zero volt suspend-to-disk state. The system and method uses the computer system's real time clock (RTC) to provide an alarm indicating when the computer system should enter the suspend-to-disk state. The RTC is used because this device is active even when the computer system is in an ultra low power state, such as the suspend state. The present invention also includes a method which prevents the power management or system management software from interfering with other application's use of the RTC alarm.

Abstract: An amusement machine on which a dominoes game can be played between a player and the machine comprises a domino-alotting apparatus which presents a selection of pairs of hands of dominoes (face up to the player) on a color monitor (10) and comprises selector buttons (12) enabling the player to choose from the selection offered the particular pair of hands to be played. The machine comprises an apparatus (14) enabling the player in his turn to select from his hand a domino to be played next, and whereby the machine can in its turn select from its hand a domino to be played next, the state of play being presented on the monitor. The selection of pairs of hands presented initially is chosen by the machine from a recorded register of notional pairs of hands suitable for games to be played.

Abstract: Cymbal drum (10) includes a drum (12) having a plurality of openings (22) for receiving portions of a pair of cymbals (24) of cymbal assemblies (14), which cymbals (24) are adapted to clash together in response to the beating of the drum (12). The cymbals (24) are slidably mounted on a spindle (26) and separated by a compression spring (52). The level of the force used to beat the drum which is required to cause the cymbals to clash together may be selectively altered by varying the engagement of wing nut (48) with spindle (26). The nominal relative face-to-face alignment of the cymbals (24) may be selectively changed and the nominal relative tilting orientation of the two cymbals (24) may be selectively altered to vary the tones produced by the cymbal drum (10) of the present invention.

Abstract: An electrosurgical dispersive electrode is disclosed that is useful in conjunction with an electrosurgical unit to establish capacitive-coupling with the skin of a patient receiving therapeutic signals from the electrosurgical unit. The electrode includes a metallic plate electrically connectable with the electrosurgical unit to establish a return current path thereto, an insulator engaging the inner (patient) side of the metallic plate to prevent ohmic contact by the plate with the skin of the patient, and a conductive adhesive gel at the outer (patient) side of the insulator so as to be positioned between the insulator and the skin of a patient to bring the skin uniformly in contact with the gel conductor and thereby reduce the impedance, normally associated with capacitively-coupled dispersive electrodes, while retaining uniform temperature distribution.

Abstract: Epoxide materials suitable for use in flexible adhesives are prepared by reacting a diene, such as butadiene or isoprene, with an electron donor, typically an alkali metal, in the presence of a polyepoxide normally in a molar ratio diene:polyepoxide of less than 3:1. The polyepoxide is typically a conventional epoxy resin such as DGBA. The product normally separates into two phases, the upper of which comprises epoxy-terminated diene oligomers with degrees of polymerization of about 6 to 14. This separation may be avoided by incorporating a minor proportion of acrylonitrile into the product by addition to either the original diene or the anionic living polymer immediately before hydrolysis. The products may be cured with conventional epoxide curing agents to give an internally flexibilized adhesive having useful combinations of tensile and shear strengths.

Abstract: A water activated primary battery in which each cell includes a cathode manufactured largely from an oxy-halogen material and an anode of aluminum, magnesium, zinc or alloys thereof, the electrodes being separated and insulated from one another by a porous membrane; the main feature of the invention being the sandwich construction of the cells and design of the anode which is perforated to provide access of the electrolyte to the cathode and escape of gas from the cell and dimpled to facilitate uniform compaction of the cathode material and to provide cooling water/electrolyte passageways in each cell.