Disclosed is a method for preventing multiplication of algae which is characterized by coating the surfaces of solid materials with a silicone emulsion composition prepared by emulsion polymerization of: (1) 0.1 to 60% by weight of a reaction product prepared by reacting (A) 50 to 99.9% by weight of a polydiorganosilozane having more than one silanol group on the average in each molecule and having a viscosity of 5 to 10,000 cSt at 25.degree. C. with (B) 0.1 to 50% by weight of a product prepare...

A sorter includes a plurality of sheet receiving units, a conveyor for converying a sheet to one of a plurality of sheet receiving units which are able to come into contact with one surface of the sheet, a guide facing the other surface of the sheet for guiding the sheet to one sheet receiving unit, and a restriction device provided at substantially the same level as the conveyor for keeping the sheet from moving to the conveying means.

The invention concerns a method for treating and preventing secondary effects of hyperinsulinemia by application of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF I), and pharmaceutical compositions comprising IGF I which are useful for this purpose.

A process for preventing the spread of vegetation from one area to another is disclosed. In the first step of this process, a vegetation-encroachment barrier is provided. The barrier preferably contains two halves which are joined at their bottoms, whose tops are normally touching each other, but whose tops may be separated from each other. The two halves of the device are so shaped that, when their tops and bottoms are contiguous, a chamber between them is defined; the chamber exists at a locat...

Process and apparatus for quickly removing contaminated tissue and blood from a localized skin wound in the body of a human being immediately after contamination has occured by removing all of the tissue from the wound by use of a biopsy punch and removing the contaminated blood from the wound by suction from a vacuum pump.

A device mounted along the bottom of a windshield of motor vehicles having a channel portion with spaced nozzle openings to direct streams of heated air onto and along the windshield glass.

A handle of the type adapted to prevent overloading of a mechanism with which it is operably associated, wherein a significant length of the handle is designed such that all points lengthwise thereof will simultaneously experience the same bending stress when a mechanism-operating load is applied to the handle, thereby resulting in a noticeably bending deformation of the length of handle before failure of the handle.

A semiconductor integrated circuit equipped with an input buffer operation error preventing circuit is disclosed. A semiconductor integrated circuit comprises a data output signal level detector circuit for detecting at least one of a variation from a low level to a high level and that from a high level to a low level of a signal outputted from a circuit of a stage preceding an output buffer and for generating a clock pulse and an input buffer threshold level control circuit for controllably var...

A training device directed to helping prevent nocturnal enuresis in males. The device inlcudes a pair of elongated members for positioning along opposite sides of a penis. The elongated members are hinged together at one end allowing the elongated members to be folded toward one another around the opposite sides of the penis. An inelastic belt attached to one of the elongated members at a point between opposite ends of the belt can be wrapped around the members and the penis to press the members...

The leakage preventing baby bottle of the invention incorporates a collar inserted over the neck of the bottle, supported by the body of the bottle and held in place by the screw-on nipple cap employed. For a cylindrically shaped bottle, the collar is selected of a greater diameter dimension than that of the bottle itself so as to prop the bottle at an upwardly directed angle to prevent the nipple from leaking or dripping even at such times as the infant, or toddler, is not sucking, and with the...