Abstract: A web winding and severing apparatus using a linear carriage arrangement wherein the cores are positioned relative to feed to a winding drum in a bilateral manner such that a core is always adjacent to the drum ready to receive the leading edge of the web. A pair of reciprocating carriages are mounted on a frame which supports a winding drum for rotation. The carriages movement relative to the drum is independent, yet coordinated such that as one carriage carries a filling winding core, the other stands ready on the opposite side of the winding drum with an empty core. As the web is severed the second carriage positions its core to become the winding core and the first carriage moves away to off-load the full core, then, returns to a ready position with a fresh core.

Abstract: A ground engaging segment providing a running surface for wheels, endless tracks and the like, which is not pneumatic in nature, thereby not susceptible to puncture, and which is resiliently flexible to offer some resistance to shock. The ground engaging segment comprises a base and a number of removable, hollow, tubular ground engaging elements which extend transversely of the direction of travel of the running surface. Said ground engaging elements include an inner face for engagement to the base and an outer face for contact with the ground surface, and angular shaped side faces between the inner and outer faces allowing for resilient flexibility under normal load conditions. It is preferable that the ground engaging elements are open at their ends to allow for dissipation of heat and are arranged in circumferential rows, defining a chevron pattern, to prevent resultant side thrust imposed upon the running surface.

Abstract: A work-study cubicle which can accommodate multiple students affords easy teacher supervision and interaction. The cubicle area is separated by at least one slide panel into individual work areas. The panels may be removed to afford larger work spaces. The front area of the cubicle is open to allow eye contact of the study with a teacher. Face-to-face conferences may also be afforded by this cubicle.

Abstract: A seal for preventing extremely hot gases from passing between a movable engine ramp and an engine splitter wall in a hypersonic aircraft. The seal moves with the engine ramp, in a direction parallel to the surface of the splitter wall. The seal includes a first flange which makes sliding contact with the outer engine ramp surface and is attached to a flexible sealing portion that fills the gap between the ramp and wall. The sealing portion maintains sliding contact with the wall as the gap changes dimension due to variations in the ramp's temperature. The attachment region can be a concave surface to radiate the seal's heat. In a second embodiment, the seal includes a second flange through which the seal is attached to the cooler side of the engine ramp.

Abstract: A cosmetic device. The device includes a hand held carrying case which is shaped and dimensioned to be concealed on the person and to conceal a hair brush, hair spray reservoir and mirror within the carrying case. The hair spray reservoir and hair brush can be extended from the carrying case such that an individual can readily hold and manipulate the carrying case with one hand to brush his hair, to operate the spray reservoir, and to view his head and hair in the mirror.

Abstract: A low friction, low wear coating paint for rubber comprises polyurethane enamel filled with between about 20-40 wt. % amorphous flake graphite.

Abstract: A novel sorptive clay product is formed by treating attapulgite clay with sodium silicate and heating to expel moisture such that the product contains about 7-20% total volatile matter. Acid may also be added such that the pH of aqueous slurry is in the range 5 to 10. This sorptive clay product exhibits water and oil absorption and resistance to wet breakdown equivalent to higher-temperature activated attapulgite products.

Abstract: The invention relates to 6-amino-2-penem-3-carboxylic acid compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1.sup.a denotes hydrogen or an amino protective group R.sub.1.sup.A and R.sub.1.sup.b represents hydrogen or an acyl radical Ac, or in which R.sub.1.sup.a and R.sub.1.sup.b conjointly form a bivalent amino protective group, R.sub.2 denotes hydroxyl or a radical R.sub.2.sup.A which, together with the carbonyl grouping --C(.dbd.0)--, forms a protected carboxyl group, and R.sub.3 represents hydrogen or an organic radical which is linked via a carbon atom to the ring carbon atom, and 1-oxides thereof, as well as salts of such compounds having salt-forming groups, which compounds possess antibiotic properties, processes for the manufacture of such compounds, and also pharmaceutical formulations containing compounds of the formula I with pharmacological properties, and the use thereof, either as antibiotics, preferably in the form of pharmaceutical formulations, or as intermediate products.

Abstract: Bauxite fines, preferably uncalcined, are mixed with an acid anion-containing alumina hydrosol having an aluminum/acid anion ratio in the range of from about 0.5:1 to about 2:1. The mixture is formed into particles by extrusion and then dried and calcined.

Abstract: .alpha.-Hydroxy-2-oxo-1-azetidinemethane-carboxylic acid compounds of formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or the organic residue of an alcohol, R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom or an acyl residue, R.sub.3 represents an organic residue and R.sub.4 represents a hydrogen atom, when R.sub.2 stands for an acyl residue, or the two groups R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 together represent a disubstituted carbon atom, when R.sub.2 stands for a hydrogen atom or an acyl group, are useful as intermediates for the manufacture of pharmacologically active compounds.

Abstract: An electrolytic cell comprises two vertically extending, adjacent electrodes. The space between the electrodes is an electrolysis zone. The electrolysis zone has upper, middle and lower portions. The cell further comprises upper and lower plenum chambers above and below the upper and lower portions of the electrolysis zone, respectively. The cell has a channel which at least partially defines a passageway. The channel may be in an electrode, a cell wall, or in both. The passageway extends between the upper and lower plenum chambers but is inaccessible from the middle portion of the electrolysis zone. The cell may have a plurality of passageways. The improved design is particularly applicable to electrolytic processes in which gases are evolved at either or both of the electrodes, and in which the electrolytes and gaseous products are separated by a diaphragm or ion exchange membrane.

Abstract: An improved speed warning indicator for a speedometer comprises a transparent plate such as a transparent decal, having means such as an attached transparent plastic sheet bearing adhesive for attaching it to the transparent face cover of a speedometer casing containing a speedometer dial. The plate bears indicia, such as color and/or a plurality of spaced lines, etc. demarking the plate and the speedometer dial viewed through the plate, thereby indicating a speed warning on the dial while still permitting unobstructed viewing of all of the dial. Preferably, the plate is configured and dimensioned to overlie only a portion of the cover and dial so as to more clearly provide the speed warning. The plate can be affixed, in accordance with the present method, to the face cover of a fully assembled speedometer so as to provide very easily, simply and effectively, the improved speedometer of the invention.

Abstract: This invention is concerned with coating Glass Fibers with size and is also concerned with the provision of an improved size composition for use in carrying out the coating step. We provide an aqueous size composition including a polymer dispersion of cationic character, at least 90% of the polymer being formed from units derived from vinyl acetate. The cationic character of the polymer dispersion is formed during preparation of the polymer dispersion by emulsion polymerization.

Abstract: An insolubilized mineral-supported enzyme composite having outstanding catalytic activity and mechanical stability comprises an enzyme covalently attached to silanized porous, attrition-resistant granules of heat-activated attapulgite clay.

Abstract: A laminated transparent assembly suitable for use as a windscreen for a high speed vehicle, e.g. an aircraft or railway locomotive, comprises a load bearing sheet of toughened glass having a second sheet of glass laminated thereto by means of an impact resistant interlayer of plastics material, e.g. polyvinylbutyral, and an insert of high tensile strength flexible material which extends around the periphery of the interlayer and which has an inner part embedded in the outer marginal portion of the interlayer in a plane parallel to the surfaces of the interlayer, and an outer part extending outwardly beyond the edges of the interlayer to provide for attachment of the assembly to the structure of the vehicle. The insert is preferably a sheet of fabric material, e.g. a fabric woven from rubber-impregnated glass fibre cords and nylon, with the glass fibre cords substantially perpendicular to the adjacent edges of the assembly, embedded between layers of soft polyvinylbutyral.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##SPC1##Wherein Z.sub.4 and Z.sub.5 each independently represent free, etherified or esterified hydroxy groups, are produced by diazotisation of 2-exo-amino-3,4-endo-dihydroxy-8-Z.sub.4 -7-oxabicyclo [4,3,0]nonane followed by ring contraction, they are intermediates in the synthesis of prostaglandins.

Abstract: A rotary engine comprising a substantially cylindrical outer casing, a central drive shaft, a substantially triangular shaped first rotor mounted to said drive shaft substantially "clover" shaped secondary rotors one rotatably mounted to each of the three lobes of said first rotor, rotation of the drive shaft and first rotor being in the reverse direction from the secondary rotors, lobes of said secondary rotors engaging the base pistons which are provided in chambers formed within the outer casing.

Abstract: A compound of formula ##SPC1##Is produced by reacting 4.alpha.,5.alpha.-epoxy-9,10-dioxatricyclo[4,3,1,0.sup.3,8 ]decane with ammonia or a reaction functional derivative thereof; it is an intermediate for the synthesis of prostaglandins.