Abstract: A fishing hook and lure protector includes a hollow body that defines an enclosure. The body has a resilient sidewall with a first circumferential peripheral edge, a second circumferential peripheral edge and a slit that extends for the height of the resilient sidewall from the first circumferential peripheral edge to the second circumferential peripheral edge and defines a first engagement edge and a second engagement edge. A first engagement profile is positioned along the first engagement edge. A second engagement profile is positioned along the second engagement edge. The first engagement profile and the second engagement profile cooperate to attached the body to one of the line guides of the fishing rod.

Abstract: A fishing apparatus includes a housing, a spring fitted into a space of the housing, a cylinder fitted into the space, where the spring is configured to act against the housing and the cylinder, and a hooked-wire fitted into a length of the cylinder, where the hooked-wire comprising a hook end, where the cylinder is configured to compress the spring at an application of a pressure and to expose the hook end of the hooked-wire, and where a fishing line is configured to be hooked onto the hook end. An interior side of the housing includes a fitting configured to fit the housing on a bottle. The fishing apparatus further includes one or more components at an end of the housing, wherein the components are inside the bottle when the housing is fitted on the bottle.

Abstract: An aquatic material application system is configured to disperse material on vegetation beneath water. The aquatic material application system includes a vessel that is configured to float upon the water. A propulsion system is attached to the vessel and configured to propel the vessel through the water. A cooling system is attached to the vessel and configured to pump the material, cool the material creating a cooled material and then dispense the cooled material from the vessel. The cooled material is configured to sink through the water to contact the vegetation.

Abstract: An animal exclusion system comprising first and second conductive elements electrically isolated from each other and each having a different electrical potential applied thereto, the first and second conductive elements each comprising carbonaceous particles in a polymeric binder forming a conductive load bearing surface, the load bearing conductive surface of the first conductive element being close enough to the load bearing conductive surface of the second conductive element for both surfaces to simultaneously be in electrical contact with an animal of predetermined size.

Abstract: A barrier for deterring slugs, snails, and other gastropod mollusks from entering an area, and a method for using the same are provided. The barrier includes an elongate tubular support having a plastically deformable core member and an outer sheath. A plurality of outwardly extending projections are attached to the tubular support. Means for fixing the position of the barrier may also be provided. A planter having an integrated mollusk barrier is also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for deterring birds from landing in a defined area, for example on maritime vessels, without causing physical damage, said device comprising a vertically positionable rotary actuating shaft whereon a retractably connected pair of rods (3) is arranged at the top by means of a hinged joint, such that said two rods (3) are able to extend horizontally and perpendicularly in relation to the actuating shaft and opposite each other, said actuating shaft (2) being mounted on a support (4) provided with hinge means in the lower part, that can angularly fold down said support (4) in relation to a base body (5). The lower part of said actuating shaft (2) is in contact with a spherical region arranged inside said support (4).

Abstract: The anti-soiling covering is made from a plastic that once placed over a dead game bird head and neck prevents blood and body fluids from that dead game bird from leaking out and damaging the hunter's clothing or carpeting in the hunter's vehicle while the game is being transported. The user simply places the device over the beak portion and rolls it over the head and neck region. The device also protects the head and neck portion from feather damage as well as the remainder of the fowl to ensure a quality specimen for mounting.

Abstract: An elevated drive-in hunting blind for use by a hunter while seated on an all-terrain vehicle (“ATV”) includes a primary enclosure having a floor, a roof, and opposed side walls, the primary enclosure having a end wall extending between distal edges of the side walls and defining an open end opposite the end wall. A door is pivotally coupled to a proximal edge of a respective side wall and selectively movable between an open and closed configurations allowing or preventing the ATV to enter the primary enclosure, respectively. A shooting window adjacent the roof is defined by one of the door, end wall, or side walls. The primary enclosure is mounted atop and supported by a framework having a plurality of legs. A ramp extends at an angle between the floor adjacent the open end and the ground, the ramp facilitating entry or exit of the ATV.

Abstract: A waterfowl decoy having a keel for the production of automatic motion is provided. The waterfowl decoy comprises a body, a chest or forward facing region, a tail or rearward facing region, a ventral surface or downward facing region, and a keel affixed to the ventral surface of the waterfowl decoy. When submerged in water, Bernoulli forces act on the keel translating to the ventral surface and generating automatic motion in the waterfowl decoy.

Abstract: The invention relates to the treatment of blood, blood products and organs for the removal and/or detoxification of amyloid-beta oligomers.

Abstract: The invention relates to one or several copolymers A), wherein the copolymers contain one or several structural units, derived from a) 19.9 to 75.9 weight percent glycerin; b) 0.1 to 30 weight percent of at least one dicarboxylic acid, and c) 24 to 80 weight percent of at least one monocarboxylic acid of formula (I) R1—COOH??(I), wherein R1 is (C5-C29)-alkyl; (C7-C29)-alkenyl; phenyl, or naphthyl, and compositions containing one or several copolymers A) and B) a water-immiscible fluid medium, containing one or several members of the group consisting of esters of monocarboxylic and dicarboxylic acids, the acid and/or alcohol component of which has at least 4 C-atoms, plant-based oils, mineral oils, and aromatic hydrocarbons are suitable for reducing the drift during the application of pesticide preparations.

Abstract: A method of treating dicot seedlings comprises contacting dicot seedlings with a composition comprising at least one cyclopropene one or more times prior to transplanting the dicot seedlings. A method of treating crop plants comprises contacting crop plants one or more times with a composition comprising at least one cyclopropene while the crop plants are at a specific development stage, such as reproductive stage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a disinfecting composition which requires a shorter contact time to be effective than similar compositions. Also, provided is a method of disinfecting a surface with the disinfecting composition where a shorter contact time is needed to disinfect the surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof for combating animal pests, where the symbols and indices are defined in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for promoting plant growth, which comprises treating a plant with a compound represented by the following Formula (1): provided that a method for promoting plant growth which comprises treating plants with a compound corresponding to any one of the following (1) to (8) is excluded: (1) Methyl 4-(trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylate, (2) Methyl 5-(trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylate, (3) Methyl 6-(trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylate, (4) Methyl 7-(trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylate, (5) Ethyl 4-(trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylate, (6) Ethyl 5-(trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylate, (7) Ethyl 6-(trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylate, and (8) Ethyl 7-(trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel mixtures, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising these mixtures, and to the use thereof as biologically active compounds, especially for control of harmful microorganisms or pests in crop protection and in the protection of materials and as plant growth regulators.

Abstract: Insecticide compositions which comprise one or not less than two kinds of compounds being selected from a compound represented by the formula [I]: or a salt thereof, and a neonicotinoid compound represented by the formula [II]: The insecticide compositions can produce higher insecticidal effects than would be expected when each of the active ingredients is used singly, namely a synergistic effect, thus enabling reductions in the rate or number of application of agrochemicals and pesticides to be realized.

Abstract: This invention provides granulated methylene dithiocyanate for safe and environmentally friendly industrial antimicrobial use, and a process for manufacturing it.

Abstract: A rice seed treatment composition can comprise ZnEDTA. Methods of improving rice growing characteristics can involve treating rice seeds with ZnEDTA.

Abstract: The present invention provides a complex which is coordinated by a protease and a nano sliver, wherein the complex having the absorption spectrum shown in FIG. 1 that absorbance at wavelengths 250-300 nm and wavelength 450 nm decreases after 17 hours of coordination. The present invention also provides an antibacterial method comprising applying the complex onto an object. The present invention still provides a method of removing odor produced by microorganisms comprising applying the complex onto an object.

Abstract: An entity having anti-nematodal activity derived from Bacillus firmus bacteria selected from the group consisting of isolated biosurfactant, isolated protease enzyme, isolated amylase, isolated lipase, and isolated cellulase, is disclosed. The disclosure also provides for compositions comprising the same, methods of making the same, methods of controlling plant-parasite nematode, and methods of protecting plants.

Abstract: The invention relates to synergistic fungicidal composition containing: a) a polyene fungicide (preferably natamycin) and b) a lactoperoxidase system. The invention further relates to a kit and to products containing said composition and to a method for protecting food products, feed products, pharmaceutical products, cosmetic products and agricultural products with said composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one biological control agent selected from the group consisting of Paecilomyces lilacinus strain 251 (AGAL No. 89/030550) and Coniothyrium minitans CON/M/91-08 (DSM 9660) and/or a mutant of these strains having all the identifying characteristics of the respective strain, and/or at least one metabolite produced by the respective strain that exhibits activity against nematodes, insects and/or phytopathogens, and at least one fungicide (I) selected from the group consisting of inhibitors of the ergosterol biosynthesis in a synergistically effective amount. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a kit of parts comprising said composition and the use of said composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a package (200) comprising at least one first component in the form a well (220), the first component comprising particulate matter comprising at least one natural oil; at least one second component, in the form of a plurality of second wells (230) comprising antagonist(s) of a microbial pathogen; wherein the at least one first component and the at least one second component are contained in separate compartments of said package. Also provided by the present invention is a method for providing an anti- bacterial agent, the method comprising mixing the first component comprising particulate matter carrying at least one natural oil; and at least one second component comprising at least one antagonist of a microbial pathogen, and allowing said mixture to form into an emulsion with anti-bacterial activity.

Abstract: A nesting bakery oven rack has first and second vertical side panels extending between the front and the rear of the rack. The rack has a generally x-shaped base comprising a first diagonal brace extending from a point adjacent the front of the first side panel to a point adjacent the rear of the second side panel. A first slot in the first side panel extends from the rear of the first side panel toward the front to accommodate the first brace of another nesting bakery oven rack nested with the nesting bakery oven rack at the rear. A second slot in the second side panel extends from the front of the second side panel toward the rear of the second side panel to accommodate the first diagonal brace of another nesting bakery oven rack nested with the nesting bakery oven rack at the front.

Abstract: Provided is a kneaded dough dividing apparatus including a divider having a single dough inlet receiving kneaded dough and two dough outlets for discharging the received kneaded dough as two streams of kneaded dough. The apparatus includes a dough supply pipe continuously supplying kneaded dough to the dough inlet of the divider, and a pressure distribution changing plate provided in the dough supply pipe. The pressure distribution changing plate having a width in a direction traversing a cross-section of the dough supply pipe as seen in the cross-section and a length extending from an upstream end to downstream end of the pressure distribution changing plate. The pressure distribution changing plate is twisted so that a direction of the width at the downstream end is generally at a right angle to a direction of the width at the upstream end.

Abstract: A method and device for forming dough in a U or annular shape includes a gripper carrier, at least one retaining jaw attached to the gripper carrier and first and second pivot carriers. The pivot carriers are each supported about a respective pivot axis in the gripper carrier and perform an opposite pivot motion. The second pivot carrier is supported by a shaft that extends into and engages the gripper carrier, such that a pivotal motion of the second pivot carrier engages the shaft with the gripper carrier to simultaneously pivot and lift the second pivot carrier so to lift one end of the dough piece in relation to another end of the dough piece. Shaping jaws are attached to the first and second pivot carriers and can be brought into contact with the respective dough piece on an opposite second side.

Abstract: In order to produce shish kebab skewers (100) in a substantially automated manner, the individual ingredients (98) are individually provided in cups (6) of a cup arrangement (7) including sequential cup rows (8a, b) and cup lines (12a, b) so that a skewer holder (3) in which plural skewers (99) are received in a row adjacent to one another respectively prongs the same ingredient (98) onto all its skewers (99) simultaneously in that it lowers relative to the cups in whose bases (17) pass through openings (32) are arranged so that the ingredients (98) in the cups (6) are pronged onto the skewers (99).

Abstract: The invention pertains to a device for separating at least one leg part (1) from a carcass part of slaughtered poultry, wherein the device comprises: a main conveyor, which main conveyor comprises a plurality of carriers (10), each carrier being adapted to engage a carcass parts by or in the vicinity of the free ends of the leg parts, the main conveyor being provided with a drive for moving the carriers along a path, a hip dislocator assembly, which is adapted to dislocate the hip joints in such a way that after said dislocation, a tissue connection remains between each leg part and the saddle, and adapted to disengage the leg parts from the carrier of the main conveyor, a saddle support guide (32), which is adapted for supporting the saddle of the carcass part after the carcass part has become disengaged from the carrier of the main conveyor, a leg separator (40) comprising two leg grippers (41), each leg gripper comprising a leg gripping slot that is adapted for engaging a leg part, wherein the leg grippers

Abstract: A system and method for efficiently manufacturing, distributing, and serving individual portions of butter and the like while minimizing/eliminating state change. An individual portion sized glass jar has softened, but unmelted, fresh butter installed and then vacuum-sealed. Further distribution, storage, and serving may be done without freezing with a principle effort at preventing melting, such as maintaining the product in a chilled, but not frozen state.

Abstract: A powder containing particles, which particles include gum arabic and at least one polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) ester, where the ratio by weight of the quantity of gum arabic present in the particles to the quantity of the polyunsaturated fatty acid ester present in the particles is from about 1:1.4 to about 1:0.25, is provided. A process for the production of the particles is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a novel jelly confection, and more particularly a chewy sweet or a chewing gum comprising a gelatinising agent providing said sweets with the chewiness of same. More particularly, the present invention concerns a novel jelly confection containing little or no gelatin. The present invention also concerns a method for preparing such a confection.

Abstract: Process for producing multi-layer frozen confections, comprising the steps of a. filling a first mold, having a mold bottom, mold walls and an open mould top, at least partly with at least one first substance to be frozen; b. freezing said at least one substance into a frozen part; c. releasing said frozen part from the first mold; d. positioning said frozen part in the first mold or in a further mold having a mold bottom, mold walls and an open mold top, leaving room between the frozen part and the mold bottom and mold walls; e. feeding at least one further substance to be frozen into the first mold during or after step d) or into the further mold before, during or after step d); f. freezing the frozen part and the further substance into a unitary frozen confection; and g.

Abstract: A topping dispenser has a housing with a supporting base forming its floor. The supporting base has a base evacuation hole formed in it. There is a sliding gate installed within the base. The sliding gate is biased away from a first end of the base by a spring. The sliding gate also has an evacuation hole formed in it. There is also an agitating finger fixed on the sliding gate which moves through the toppings held in the housing. When the spring is resisted, the sliding gate evacuation hole and base evacuation hole move into alignment as the agitating finger moves through the topping particles separating any adhered or caked particles which are thereby separated and more easily pass through the aligned base evacuation hole and gate evacuation hole.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a frozen confection product comprising one or more proteins and a whey protein phospholipid concentrate. Preferably the frozen confection product is prepared by using a standard freezing step followed by low temperature extrusion and by acidifying the ingredient mix for preparing the frozen confection product. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing such product.

Abstract: Facilities, methods, and systems to produce therapeutic protein(s) can include collecting eggs from transgenic avian in a production unit in a building; transferring the eggs to a harvesting unit in the building; and harvesting egg white or egg yolk from the eggs in the harvesting unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are pet chews which include a chewable substrate with a palatable coating and methods for making them. The methods include contacting a chewable substrate with a palatable coating composition and drying the coated pet chew or pet food. The coating provides strong binding power, good adhesiveness, and improved palatability and imparts a unique aesthetic to the pet chew product.

Abstract: The present invention is the use of sweet potatoes, skin or pulp, dehydrated or hydrated, as a feed or feed supplement for horses.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of one or more nucleotides, one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of proline, hydroxyproline, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, arginine, cystine, glutamine, isoleucine, lysine, threonine, valine and ornithine and one or more furanones for increasing the palatability of a foodstuff to a companion animal. The invention also relates to a pet foodstuff or supplement comprising one or more nucleotides, one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of proline, hydroxyproline, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, arginine, cystine, glutamine, isoleucine, lysine, threonine, valine and ornithine and one or more furanones, and also to a method of increasing the palatability of a foodstuff to a companion animal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an edible foodstuff from food industry waste stream byproducts. This process involves the steps of: (i) combining, in an extruder, an extrusion formulation comprising a first food byproduct and at least one additional ingredient; (ii) introducing supercritical carbon dioxide (SC—CO2) into the extruder to mix with the first food byproduct and the at least one additional ingredient; and (iii) producing an edible foodstuff containing the first food byproduct and the at least one additional ingredient, where the edible foodstuff comprises an extrudate prepared under supercritical fluid extrusion (SCFX) conditions. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing an edible foodstuff from a protein concentrate. The present invention further relates to edible foodstuffs produced by the various processes disclosed herein.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel emulsifier, comprising hydrolysed gelatin and low bloom gelatin, to a method of preparing the same wherein the hydrolysed gelatin and the low bloom gelatin are dissolved and subsequently dried, to food products comprising the said novel emulsifier and to the use of the said emulsifier.

Abstract: A food composition and a soft capsule including the same are disclosed. The disclosed food composition includes 100 parts by weight of a poorly water-soluble natural product, 400 to 8,000 parts by weight of an edible surfactant, 40 to 2,500 parts by weight of an edible cosurfactant, and 40 to 1,500 parts by weight of an edible oil, and has water dispersibility or water solubility.

Abstract: A dried composition with various shapes that has heat resistance by which the dried composition is less likely to melt even being boiled and restorability (imbibition), and food product containing the dried composition. The dried composition including: agar and alginate at a weight ratio of 1:1 to 1:20, the alginate contains a salt of a monovalent cation and a salt of a divalent cation, the divalent cation is 0.04 to 0.30 mol per mol and further the monovalent cation is 0.10 to 0.70 mol per mol with respect to a monomeric unit of the alginate, a mol ratio of the divalent cation to the monovalent cation is 1.0:0.35 to 1.0:8.70, and the dried composition absorbs water and swells in distilled water at 20° C. and distilled water at 90° C., and in both the cases dried composition becomes a gel having a weight of 15 to 100 times of the dried composition.

Abstract: The objects of the present invention are to provide a novel nystose crystal-containing powder which has fluidity suitable for handling and shows a suppressed powder-blown-up phenomenon, and to provide a method for producing the same. According to the present invention, a nystose crystal-containing powder is provided, wherein: (a) the powder has a nystose content of 71 to 90 wt %; (b) the powder contains 0.2 to 18.6 wt % gluconic acid relative to a total weight of nystose crystals contained in the powder; and (c) the powder has a water content of 7-14 wt %.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for reducing EC precursor, citrulline, in soy sauce by inoculating T. halophilus BBE R23 during soy sauce fermentation. Compared to the control, citrulline and EC in soy sauce prepared with T. halophilus BBE R23 is decreased by 86% and 50%, respectively. Addition of 106 CFU/mL T. halophilus BBE R23 also increases volatile flavoring compounds and free fatty acids concentration in the soy sauce product. The present invention provides a method of making soy sauce that not only reduces accumulation of EC precursor citrulline but also improves soy sauce flavor.

Abstract: A sweetener syrup containing glucose, a stabilizer selected from the group consisting of DP2 to DP10 saccharides, sugar alcohols, monosaccharides other than glucose and mixtures thereof, and flavor enhancer is resistant to crystallization and has viscosity and sweetness comparable to that of high fructose corn syrups and may be used as a substitute for high fructose corn syrups in foods and beverages.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a powder for coloring a food product or a food product surface when heated, the powder comprising a plant extract, a chemical base, and a carrier; wherein the plant extract comprises a compound with at least one aromatic ring having at least two hydroxyl groups borne by two adjacent carbon atoms of that aromatic ring. Further aspects of the invention are the use of said powder for coloring a food product when heated for example in a microwave oven and to food products comprising said powder.

Abstract: Provided are methods of manufacturing a cooked egg product having irregular shaped egg curds similar in shape, size, and mouthfeel to that of freshly cooked scrambled eggs. Liquid egg product is optionally first preheated then transferred to a belt oven and cooked to form a layer of cooked egg product. The layer of cooked egg product is then transported through an agitator, which initially breaks down the layer of cooked egg product, and subsequently is passed through a forming plate to shape the cooked egg product into irregular shaped egg curds similar in appearance to that of freshly cooked scrambled eggs. This process allows for a simplified ingredient deck and reduces the number of fines present in the final product.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for increasing food safety by means of a high-pressure treatment of raw materials or semi-finished products. A high-pressure treatment of the product is carried out during the production of the product while monitoring a product-specific dwell time in order to reduce the microbial count in a controlled manner without using heating processes. The products are then packed, stored, and transported to the consumer, where the product is thermally heated so as to be safe for human consumption, in particular with respect to the desired cut resistance.

Abstract: A utensil that retains a food item or other object in a liquid bath includes a core portion and at least one aim extending from the core portion at the upper end thereof to hover over the object to keep it fully submerged. An anchor, such as a suction cup, secures the core portion in the bath container.