Reduced calorie chocolate confections in which a nondigestible polyol fatty acid polyester is substituted for the natural fat, and an artificial sweetener plus a partially or wholly nondigestible carbohydrate bulking agent is substituted for sugar.

A target for vidicons and image intensifier tubes include a potential barrier less than about 1500 A from an input signal sensing surface. The targets also include various passivation means for stabilizing the energy level configuration along the input signal sensing surface by substantially fixing the valence or conduction band along that surface relative to the Fermi level.

A CT scanner having a rotating X-ray source and a stationary circular array of 600 contiguous detectors includes a sliding shutter mechanism incorporated in the precollimator system that prevents detectors at the beginning and at the end of a scan from receiving radiation while progressively increasing and decreasing, respectively, the current to the X-ray tube.

A metal oxide varistor structure having a reduced voltage overshoot is disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the varistor disk, for example, is provided with a relatively small region of reduced thickness, the amount of said thickness reduction being dependent upon the original thickness of the varistor substrate. The area of region of reduced thickness is selected to control conduction duration in the region of reduced thickness.

There is disclosed a writing unit better known as a refill for writing instruments, comprising a cap housing a cartridge composed of an ink accumulating capillary body, and a smaller diameter, greater capillary capacity ink feed member connected between the writing tip and the adjacent end of the capillary body. Air enters the case through a hole axially between the writing tip and the adjacent end of the capillary body and the forward end of a tubular cap sealingly engages the case, the tubular...

A low dextrin and low carbohydrate beer having reduced calories is produced by fermenting wort with yeast in the absence of readily fermentable carbohydrates so that the yeast act on fermentable ingredients in the wort other than readily fermentable carbohydrates. After fermenting a major portion of fermentable ingredients, there is added to the resulting alcoholic wort a quantity of one or more readily fermentable sugars and fermentation is continued until the real degree of fermentation is at ...

There is provided a propellant of reduced combustibility for aerosols comprising at least one liquified hydrocarbon of the group of propane, butane and isobutane and containing in all 2 to 20 weight % of at least one hydrocarbon of the group of dichloromethane and 1,1,1-trichloroethane. There can also be added various inert or flame retarding materials. There is further disclosed a process for preparing the propellant and an apparatus for carrying out the process.

A dye composition is disclosed together with methods for its use and detergent compositions employing the combination. The dye composition is a mixture of anthraquinone dyes suitable for use with liquid laundry detergents. The composition substantially reduces the undesirable fabric staining characteristic of a detergent in which the dye is employed, while still retaining the ability to blue the fabric. Further, the color value of the detergent product is maintained at a desirable level. The com...

For incorporation in normally oxidizable polymers, polymeric antioxidants characterized by repeating hindered bisphenolic units, the average number of said units per polymeric chain in said composition being from about 2 to 10, preferably about 2 to 7, most preferably about 2 to 4. The antioxidants are prepared by oxidative coupling of appropriate bisphenols, as by reaction with a ferricyanide coupling agent. Polymer-antioxidant combinations formed according to the invention have excellent high ...

A dye composition is disclosed together with methods for its use and detergent compositions employing the combination. The dye composition is a mixture of anthraquinone dyes suitable for use with liquid laundry detergents. The composition substantially reduces the undesirable fabric staining characteristic of a detergent in which the dye is employed, while still retaining the ability to blue the fabric. Further, the color value of the detergent product is maintained at a desirable level. The com...