A padlock presents a straight shackle axially slidable in seats provided in two wings obtained in the padlock body, so as to be capable of closing a U-shaped recess defined by the said wings. The shackle is locked in its closure position by a latch pin the movement of which is controlled by the rotation of a cylinder of a cylinder lock of known type, housed in the padlock body. An armour jacket made of steel is vested onto the side surface of the padlock body, thus conferring to the padlock a pr...

Disclosed is a protected document such as a negotiable instrument, a title instrument, identification document or other documents which should be kept secure from illegal copying by color copiers. The method of making the document comprising preprinting a "VOID" or other warning or cancellation phrase pattern in half tone or multitone on the document and camouflaging this pattern is also disclosed.

A synthesis of vitamin E in racemic or optically active forms from methacryolein or beta-hydroxyisobutyric acid including intermediates in this synthesis.

A positioning servomechanism, which is liable to damage, or positions other equipment which is liable to damage if extremeties in its positioning locus are encountered at speed, is protected against uncontrolled and catastrophic acceleration towards these extremeties by the provision of apparatus which shuts off power to the servomechanism in the event of its drive output exceeding a predetermined limit, indicative of saturation, for more than a predetermined time period, power being restored by...

A protected cosmetic container includes a base and a lid removably associated with the base to obtain closed and open positions. The lid and/or base include an interior face and an exterior face connected to the interior face to define a cavity supplied with a shock absorbing body of material and/or a thermally resistant insulant. The lid and/or base may alternatively be made entirely or substantially entirely as a body of non-cellular shock absorbing material and/or a body of thermally resistan...

A protected cabinet for cash or other valuables, designed to protect the cash or valuables from being robbed, the protected cabinet comprising: a housing, for receiving and housing two drawers, having a front opening through which one or both drawers simultaneously may be withdrawn; a first drawer, adapted to be moved into and out of the housing through the front opening, coupled to a front panel, the front panel adapted to substantially cover the front opening of the housing; a second drawer, p...

A protected configuration space is implemented as at least one range of memory addresses that are mapped to logic external to system memory. The memory addresses access logic that performs control and status operations pertaining to a protected operating environment. Some of the addresses may access protected configuration registers. Commands having destination addresses within the protected configuration space may not be completed if the commands are not issued by a processor, or if the command...

A method for protecting lumber from soiling and warping, during transportation and outdoor storage, is disclosed. Stacks of lumber are covered with a wrapping material comprising a woven oriented polyolefin tape structure coated with a polyolefin containing an aluminum, brass or bronze metallic filler. The metallic filler is present in an amount sufficient to provide a light transmittance through the wrapping material of less than about 30% in the 450 to 700 nm range e.g. in amounts of 0.75 to 4...

In a first embodiment, a first fabric layer has gelatinous strips, thereby separating the first fabric layer into sections. A second fabric layer is positioned upon the first fabric layer, and an underwire is positioned on the second fabric layer opposite the first fabric layer. The first fabric layer is then folded onto itself to enclose the second fabric layer and the underwire. In a second embodiment, a third, or intermediate, fabric layer is positioned between the first and second fabric lay...

The invention provides amine-protecting groups for use in solution phase or solid-phase oligosaccharide synthesis, in which a 2-substituted 1,3-dioxo compound is used to protect one or more primary amine groups of an aminosugar or gylycosylamine. The invention provides reagents, reagent kits, and methods for solution phase, solid-phase oligosaccharide synthesis.