An increasing temperature warning device for protecting an item from high temperature or fire damage comprising a thyristor connected in parallel with a reference voltage source. An audible or visual warning means is connected in series with the thyristor. When the temperature of the thyristor exceeds a specified temperature, the thyristor switches on and the warning means is activated. A series combination of a diode and a resistor can be connected in parallel with the gate of the thyristor to ...

Traction increasing apparatus for a surface vehicle supported on front and rear rotatable road wheels having no traction, which are connected to a source of driving power for propelling the vehicle. The rotational velocity of the front road wheels is alternately increased and decreased while the rotational velocity of the rear road wheels is simultaneously respectively decreased and increased to alternately decrease and increase the traction of the front road wheels while respectively increasing...

Blood pressure is increased in a patient having a condition which effects rapid fixing of neurons in the sympathetic nervous system and low blood pressure by administering a mixture of (a) (1) phenylalanine or (2) a mixture of phenylalanine and tyrosine and (b) a drug which increases noradrenergic neurotransmission in the sympathetic nervous system.

The sucrose content of growing sugarcane is increased by application to the plant foliage of an effective amount of poly[oxyethylene(dimethyliminio)-ethylene(dimethyliminio)ethylene chloride].

Process for increasing the density of an article. A coating containing boron nitride and carbon is applied to the article to form a coated article. The coated article is encapsulated. The encapsulated article is subjected to hot isostatic pressing. The coating reduces interaction between the article and the encapsulant during the hot isostatic pressing. The carbon is present in the coating in an amount up to about 30% by weight of the total boron nitride and carbon in said coating.

The disclosure is directed to an exhaust efficiency increasing apparatus incorporating crossover ducts between dual exhaust conduits extending from an engine having two cylinder banks. The ducts are disposed to communicate with upstream entry and downstream exit apertures on the exhaust conduits and cross in an "X". Since where the ducts are positioned affects engine torque, torque curves can be adjusted or changed by placing the crossover ducts near one end of a housing which is placed in the e...

A system for selectively increasing the horsepower of an internal combustion engine having a carburetor for receiving fuel and air for mixing, including an oxygen tank, a conduit arrangement including a valve for selectively supplying oxygen to the engine, a fuel pump, a metering valve in communication with the fuel pump for supplying supplemental fuel to the engine in proportion to the oxygen supplied to the engine, a mixer for mixing the supplemental fuel and oxygen and injecting this mixture ...

The stiffness of paper is enhanced by the addition thereto of a composition consisting essentially of an acrylamide polymer and glyoxal with or without starch.

The yield of crops (such as rice, wheat, corn, potato, soybean and other like major crops) can be increased according to a method wherein plants capable of yielding such crops are treated at a specific stage in their growing period with brassinolide, i.e. (2.alpha.,3.alpha.,22R,23R)-tetrahydroxy-24S-methyl-B-homo-7-oxa-5.alpha.- cholestan-6-one of the formula: ##STR1##

Methods of increasing the concentration of essential metals in biological tissue by making an exogenically synthesized metal proteinate (chelate) available for assimilation into the tissue. Analysis of selected portions of the tissue for deficiency of such metals may first be conducted.