A process and apparatus for elemental sulphur recovery from acid gases. By this process, acid gas, a by-product of sour natural gas from crude oil processing plants, is mixed with air and introduced to a partial oxidization furnace, and hot products of oxidization are then passed to a catalyst regenerator where elemental sulphur is vaporized. The sulphur is then recovered in a sulphur condenser, and regenerated catalyst is recycled to a catalyst contactor in a continuous flow arrangement. Also d...

A recreational water bottle system which includes a primary vessel for holding liquids, a watertight cap having a bottle tube extending therethrough into the primary vessel, a drinking tube for delivering liquids to a user, and an oversleeve adapter disposed between the bottle tube and the drinking tube for passing liquids and for selectively holding the bottle tube and the drinking tube in structural alignment. The system is adapted to be selectively mounted onto the frame of a bicycle or onto ...

A disconnect/connect mooring system for a turret moored drillship is disclosed including an anchor, a first mooring line connected at one end to the anchor, including a length of wire rope and a mooring line chain, a submersible buoy connected to the mooring line chain and a second mooring line connected to the buoy chain and extending to the turret moored drillship.

Separation and recovery of dibenzofuran of high purity is accomplished by distilling a coal tar fraction having boiling point range of 220.degree. to 300.degree. C. thereby producing a dibenzofuran fraction having a dibenzofuran content of not less than 30% by weight, a dibenzofuran/acenaphthene molar ratio of not less than 1.3, and a fluorene/dibenzofuran molar ratio of not more than 0.05, then introducing the dibenzofuran fraction obtained as described above into a continuous crystallization p...

Anti-oxytocin receptor antibodies, which specifically bind to the extracellular or intracellular region of an oxytocin receptor, hybridomas which produce said antibodies, and methods for the production of anti-oxytocin receptor antibodies are taught. These antibodies are useful for the immunodetection and immunopurification of oxytocin receptor polypeptides.

A disposable elastomeric glove having a distinct protuberance in proximal position with respect to an abductor pollicis longus muscle of a wearer and between a proximal edge of a cuff and a wrist region of the glove.

The present invention relates to a method of producing an E. coli vaccine and to the vaccine produced thereby. The method involves purifying lipopolysaccharide from E. coli expressing complete O-polysaccharide sidechains;isolating the O-polysaccharide region of the lipopolysaccharide molecule by hydrolysis in dilute acetic acid and purifying it essentially free of lipid A; and covalently coupling lipid A-free O-polysaccharide via at least one hydroxyl or carboxyl group of the polysaccharide to a...

A waist sporting equipment has a circular ring member sized to encircle around the waist portion of a user and having a predetermined cross-section, an inertia member of a predetermined weight for applying the centrifugal force and inertia force gradually to the ring member upon rotation of the ring member, the inertia member including a weight body and connecting means for connecting the ring member and the inertia member for not separating the members upon the rotation of the members. The weig...

An automatic flow control valve according to the instant invention maintains a constant flow rate despite varying fluid pressure, and employs a dual outer and inner cup construction through which a range of flow rates can be accommodated via a change in the orientation between the outer and the inner cup. Two modes of implementation are disclosed. In one mode, the adjustment of the orientation between the cups to correspond to a desired flow rate is made prior to assembly and installation. In th...

A hazardous waste removal assembly includes a generally rectangular flexible bag having a front panel and a back panel joined at a lower portion of the bag to form a collection chamber. The bag is sealed such that it is impermeable to dust and other particulate matter. The assembly also includes at least one glove sleeve fashioned through the front panel of the bag to permit an operator to remove abestos from a segment of the enclosed conduit, while maintaining subatmospheric air pressure within...