A powdery composition for nasal administration, where (1) the composition contains (i) a drug, (ii) a water-absorbing and gel-forming base material such as hydroxyprophyl cellulose or hydroxpropylmethyl cellulose and (iii) a water-absorbing and water-insoluble base material such as crystalline cellulose or .alpha.-cellulose, (2) wherein the amount of water-absorbing and gel-forming base material is about 5-40 wt. % based on the total of the water-absorbing and gel-forming base material and the w...

A reservoir for powdery media, in particular powder coating, comprises a housing having at least one inlet and at least one outlet for the powdery medium. A fluidising floor of porous, air-permeable material is located in the interior of the housing at a distance from its base. A pressure chamber which is chargeable with compressed air is located between the fluidising floor and the base of the housing. The outlet has the shape of an upwardly open funnel which is located in the lower partial zon...

According to the present invention, a powdery preparation for nasal administration comprising a physiologically active substance, a non-water-absorbing and hardly water-soluble powder(s) and one or two selected from the group consisting of a mucolytic agent and a nonionic surfactant is provided.

A device for administering a powdery medicine satisfying the requirements of portability, easy and quick operation, fabrication through simple steps, rigid structure, and economy using decreased number of parts of low cost. The device for administering a powdery medicine comprises a medicine-holding portion having at least partly flexible wall portion for defining therein a powdery medicine-container space which also serves as an air reservoir, and a medicine guide portion through which the spac...

A powdery flame retardant which is obtained by mixing a flame retardant which is liquid or a viscous solid at ordinary temperature with an inorganic fibrous substance to adhere or adsorb the retardant to the fibrous substance, and which comprises 5 to 70 wt. % the flame retardant and 95 to 30 wt. % the fibrous substance. The powdery flame retardant can be easily handled because it is a powder, and is obtained by a simple and industrially advantageous method. It produces a remarkable effect that ...

A powdery fuel combustion apparatus disposed on furnace side plane (7) of vertical square body type furnace in which a vertical plane passing through a fuel jetting directional axis (8) does not cross the furnace side plane orthogonally, and thus the workability of furnace wall tubes and burner panel, and the maintainability of burner nozzle are improved. The apparatus includes a burner nozzle (1) that is formed such that the nozzle has right and left non-symmetrical shapes, with respect to a ve...

The subject invention provides plants with excellent resistance to powdery mildew. In a specific embodiment, the subject invention provides dogwood (Cornus florida) cultivars that are resistant to infestation with powdery mildew. Specifically exemplified herein are culitvars identified as `Jean's Appalachian Snow`, `Kay's Appalachian Mist`, and `Karen's Appalachian Blush`. The present invention also provides materials and methods for identifying, characterizing, and/or producing powdery mildew r...

A granular or powdery detergent composition containing as a detergent active component a surfactant having a tendency to cake, wherein the composition contains as a caking-preventing agent the combination of (a) at least 0.2% by weight of a polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of at least 2000 and (b) at least 0.2% by weight of at least one anhydrous organic acid, or anhydride, or salt thereof, selected from the group consisting of sulfosuccinic acid and its salts, maleic anhydride, mal...

Compositions useful for preparing coating slips for inkjet recording materials include a pulverulent silane-modified fully or partially hydrolyzed polyvinylalcohol and a redispersible polymer powder.

A reservoir for powdery media, in particular powder coating, comprises a housing having at least one inlet and an outlet. A fluidising floor of porous, air-permeable material is located in the interior of the housing at a distance from its base. In this way a pressure chamber which is chargeable with compressed air is formed between the fluidising floor and the base of the housing. In order to reduce the quantity of compressed air required for fluidising and to keep low the mechanical stress imp...