An agricultural implement for conditioning a crop comprising a plurality of beaters mounted for rotation about a common axis, a cutter for cutting a crop, and mounting means for mounting the beaters and cutter, during a cutting operation, in cooperating relationship such that the beaters engage crop cut by said cutter before said cut crop falls to the ground, and condition said crop. The cutter may be a horizontal reciprocatory cutter mounted across the line of travel of the implement or may be ...

A method of cooling air in a space and air conditioning apparatus for carrying out this method. Primary air at a temperature much below the temperatures used in conventional systems, is mixed with secondary drawn from the space, the mixture then being introduced into the space in order to cool it. Mixing takes place in a venturi diffuser or mixing device which enables a high induction ratio to be achieved. The system is more efficient and less costly to install and operate than the conventional ...

A conditioning composition comprised of a mixture of anionic, amphoteric, and nonionic surfactants, branched quaternary polymers, and silicone which imparts cleansing, wet detangling, dry detangling and manageability to hair and which is relatively non-irritating and thus suitable for use by young children and adults having sensitive skin and eyes. The conditioning composition is able to provide such benefits in an aesthetically pleasing formulation without the need for suspending agents, opacif...

A tool for conditioning a wafer polishing pad includes a body having a recess in the upper surface thereof. A holder has a portion extending into the recess in the body. An elastomeric member between the holder and the body acts as a gimble permitting planar contact of the tool with the pad.

A conditioning valve for simultaneously reducing the pressure and temperature of steam. The invention comprises a valve body divided into first and second chambers, the first chamber having an inlet port for the introduction of superheated steam under high pressure into said conditioning valve and the second chamber having an outlet port for expelling desuperheated and depressurized steam out of said conditioning valve; an annular seat affixed to the interior of said valve between said first and...

A method of imparting improved conditioning properties to hair comprising treating the hair with a conditioning composition comprising a silicone compound having at least one quaternary ammonium moiety and ethoxylated monoalkyl quat.

The soil aggregate stability of a soil, particularly a crusting or compacting soil, is improved by the addition of a coal-derived product which is a humic acid gel, a humic acid salt gel, a humic acid salt which is capable of forming a gel in water or mixtures thereof.

There is disclosed in the present application a method and apparatus for treating variable batches of moist dielectric materials by the application of radio frequency energy which reduces the moisture content. According to the present method and by the use of the present apparatus, full power or another pre-determined power level from a radio frequency power source is maintained on the load by an electro-mechanical adjusting device which incrementally reduces the coupling between the source and ...

The present invention generally provides an apparatus and a method for conditioning a polishing pad in a polishing system. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a conditioning disk having conditioning elements disposed on the bottom surface and away from the center portion of the disk. In another embodiment, the apparatus includes a base plate and a ring-shaped plate in which the conditioning elements are disposed on the ring-shaped plate. In still another embodiment, the apparatus includes ...

A method for enhancing the water retention capacity of soils and providing plant nutrients thereto over an extended period of time uses chryso-zeolites type A and/or X admixed with a soil at 2 to 30% by weight of the soil. The chryso-zeolites comprise a magnesium-leached asbestos matrix with a zeolite crystalline structure thereon. The composition of the chryso-zeolites includes silica--35 to 60% by weight, MgO--0.1 to 10% by weight, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 --10 to 45% by weight and from 10 to 25% by w...