Abstract: A process for increasing the critical supraconductive temperature of the organic molecular crystalline compound (TMTSF).sub.2 X in which TMTSF is di-2,2'-bi-4,5-dimethyl-1,3-diselenol and X is C1O.sub.4, PF.sub.6, TaF.sub.6, SbF.sub.6, AsF.sub.6 or ReO.sub.4 comprising cross-linking the chains of the crystalline compound with at least one metal selected from gold, silver, aluminum, lead, indium, gallium or selenium.

Abstract: A method for forming articles such as crates in which sides of the crate extend generally perpendicular to the base of the crate. The method includes forming a layer of loose binder coated wood particles, precompressing selected portions of the layer which form the sides of the crate, bending the precompressed portions upwardly, inserting the so formed layer in a mould and compressing the layer in the mould to form the desired article. The initial layer can be slightly compressed to hold the particles together and the base of the article can also be slightly precompressed but to a lesser extent than the portions which form the sides.

Abstract: Method for molding articles from agglomerated particles utilizes a press and a plurality of molds mounted to circulate in a closed path. After the pressing step a mold is aligned at one end of a row of molds, the row is placed under pressure and the articles therewithin caused to set. Simultaneously a mold is withdrawn from the other end of the row. The latter mold is then emptied, and the emptied mold returned to the press. The aligned molds are fastened together during the setting step. The invention includes apparatus for carrying out this process.

Abstract: A product which can be molded to form a food container. The product is composed of lignin fibres or fibrils which are impregnated with a polymerizable resin, in one or more steps. The fibrils or fibres are formed in a homogeneous mass to permit molding the lignin product into an article under heat and pressure to polymerize the resin.

Abstract: Method for molding articles from agglomerated particles utilizes a press and a plurality of molds mounted to circulate in a closed path. After the pressing step a mold is aligned at one end of a row of molds, the row is placed under pressure and the articles therewithin caused to set. Simultaneously a mold is withdrawn from the other end of the row. The latter mold is then emptied, and the emptied mold returned to the press. The aligned molds are fastened together during the setting step. The invention includes apparatus for carrying out this process.

Abstract: A process for producing a heat-resistant object comprises drying fibrils of a ligneous material previously immersed in a boiling aqueous salt solution, said drying being continued until the moisture content thereof is about 10 percent, impregnating said dried fibrils with a solution of a polymerizable resin and pressure molding the resulting impregnated fibrils so as to polymerize said resin thereby producing said heat-resistant object.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shredding machine, more particularly for shredding fibrous, lignin-containing or analogous materials. It comprises an endless belt carrying grinding tools such as gouges and forming an upper lap onto which the material to be defibred is delivered. The front portion of said belt rotates about a countershaft. The shredding machine, moreover, comprises a fixed end stop member located above the countershaft, while the lower profile of said stop member is adapted to the passage of the gouges. Means are also provided which cooperate with the said stop member to prevent the passage of thick fragments of the material to be defibred. The invention can in particular be applied to the grinding or defibring of pieces of wood, logs, branches, planks and similar lignin-containing materials.

Abstract: A method of moulding articles from a paste like material is disclosed in which a moulding tunnel having a composite piston movable therein is closed at one end by means of a separable mould insert. The moulding material is supplied into the tunnel between the composite piston and the mould insert by a suitable hopper and a plurality of transversely operable pistons are movable into the tunnel from the sides and bottom thereof. Upon a two-stage movement of the composite piston and the transversely movable pistons the mouldable material is forced into the mould insert to form an article. The mould insert and the article are then ejected from the mould tunnel and conveyed through a curing tunnel in contiguous relationship to a plurality of other mould inserts having moulded articles therein. At the end of the curing tunnel, the mould inserts are separated and the moulded article ejected. The mould inserts are then conveyed back to the tunnel for a new moulding operation.