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Patent AU-760477-B2 (AU)
Title: Manufacture of self-made cigarette assemblies
Inventor: CARDONE MICHAEL
IPC: A24C5/40
Filed: 1999-07-30
Granted: 2003-05-15
Abstract: Self-made cigarettes, i.e. tobacco products that are supplied in unsmokable condition in the form of a tobacco-bearing component (12) comprising a tobacco rod (14) attached to a porous filter (16) at least part of the surface of which is highly permeable, and an impervious tubular band (10) carried on the component and slidable along it to cover the permeable region. The tubular band can be applied by compressing the tobacco-bearing component to enable the preformed tubular band to be slid onto it. Tubular bands (10) are automatically assembled onto tobacco bearing components by an apparatus that includes a rotary drum (30) around the periphery of which are distributed sets of assembly tools (62) each of which sets comprises a pair of opposed rods (90, 106) which are employed to Introduce the tubular band and the tobacco bearing component into opposite ends of an assembly cylinder (44) wherein the band is slid onto the tobacco component, the assembled product subsequently being ejected. The components are fed into the successive assembly tool sets as the latter are rotated on the drum past a feed point, actuation of the rods being effected by means of stationary cams (100, 118) past which the rods are moved by rotation of the drum.
Patent AU-733124-B2 (AU)
Title: Process for improving the pour point of paraffinic feeds using a catalyst based on NU-86 zeolite
Inventor: BENAZZI ERIC
IPC: C10G47/18
Filed: 1997-11-21
Granted: 2001-05-10
Abstract: The invention concerns a process for improving the pour point of a feed comprising paraffins containing more than 10 carbon atoms, in which process the feed to be treated is brought into contact with a catalyst comprising NU-86 zeolite, preferably dealuminated, and at least one hydro-dehydrogenating element, at a temperature which is in the range 170 DEG  C. to 500 DEG  C., a pressure in the range 1 to 250 bar and an hourly space velocity in the range 0.05 to 100 h-1, in the presence of hydrogen in a proportion of 50 to 2000 l/l of feed. The product from heavy feeds is fractionated to produce at least one cut including at least one middle distillate with a reduced pour point, and a residue including oil bases with a reduced pour point and a high viscosity index.
Patent AU-727431-B2 (AU)
Title: Disc brake system
Inventor: BUNKER KENNETH JAMES
IPC: F16D65/14
Filed: 1997-12-08
Granted: 2000-12-14
Abstract: A disc brake system comprises a hub and a disc. The hub is mounted for rotation about a central rotational axis and the disc is mounted on the hub to rotate therewith. The disc is slidable on the hub in a direction which is parallel to said central rotational axis. The system also comprises a plurality of leaf springs which are mounted between the hub and the disc, the leaf springs acting to apply radially-directed forces to the disc. The leaf springs are arranged so that they extend tangentially of the hub when the disc is not mounted on the hub but are deformed by the presence of the disc.
Patent AU-666241-B2 (AU)
Title: Hinged orthopaedic brace having compliant support components
Inventor: NEBOLON JOSEPH F
IPC: A61F5/01
Filed: 1994-02-02
Granted: 1996-02-01
Abstract: An orthopaedic brace (10) for supporting a joint has a plurality of compliant support components, including a hinged shell (12) of stiffened elastic material and at least one supple support strap (14,16) engaging the brace at two points on opposite sides of the hinge to stabilise the weakened joint throughout its range of motion. The shell has a pair of cuffs (22,28) adapted to engage the body adjacent to the joint and connected to one another across a rotatable hinge (34,36) by arms (24,30,26,32) integrally extending from the cuffs. The support strap is adjustable in length enabling the user to modify the support strap tension, and consequently the degree of support the brace provides to the joint. <IMAGE>
Patent AU-700019-B2 (AU)
Title: Compositions of oak bark extract, related synthetic compositions, and method of using same
Inventor: HON DAVID N S
IPC: A61P35/00
Filed: 1993-11-04
Granted: 1998-12-17
Abstract: Higher concentrations of oak bark ash extract, i.e., greater than 20% by weight, are useful for the treatment of skin cancers. Lower concentrations of oak bark extract possess additional therapeutic properties not heretofore recognized. For example, preparations containing 40-80% oak bark extract are useful in the treatment of acute cancerous skin ulcers. In addition, synthetic mixtures containing potassium ions, zinc ions, calcium ions provide many of the same advantageous properties of oak bark extract. The inclusion of rubidium ions and sulfur is also advantageous for some applications.
Patent AU-731674-B2 (AU)
Title: Use of NK-1 receptor antagonists for treating substance use disorders
Inventor: BAKER RAYMOND
IPC: C07D413/06
Filed: 1997-11-25
Granted: 2001-04-05
Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the treatment or prevention of substance use disorders using an orally active, long acting, CNS-penetrant NK-1 receptor antagonist and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a NK-1 receptor antagonist.
Patent AU-758933-B2 (AU)
Title: Partial reflector
Inventor: NIEBAUER DANIEL A
IPC: G02B1/10
Filed: 1999-09-02
Granted: 2003-04-03
Abstract: An improved partial reflector is disclosed in which the reflector is configured to provide selected levels of reflectance, transmittance and efficiency that are substantially uniform over the visible wavelength range of 400 to 700 nanometers. This result is achieved using a special three-layer coating that includes a metal layer sandwiched between two metal oxide dielectric layers having relatively high refractive indices >2.0. Advantageously, the three layers all incorporate the same metal, preferably niobium.
Patent AU-671714-B2 (AU)
Title: Process for the Compression of Powdered Substances
Inventor: SEXTL GERHARD
IPC: B30B11/00
Filed: 1994-03-25
Granted: 1996-09-05
Abstract: Powdered materials are compacted by enclosing the powdered material in a flexible container, enclosing the container in an autoclave and subjecting the space between the container wall and the wall of the autoclave to compressed gas. <IMAGE>
Patent AU-776705-B2 (AU)
Title: Structured surfactant systems
Inventor: HAWKINS JOHN
IPC: C11D17/00
Filed: 2000-07-14
Granted: 2004-09-16
Abstract: Carbohydrates are used to confer structure on a structured surfactant system comprising surfactant and water and capable of suspending particles of solid, liquid and/or gas.
Patent AU-676538-B2 (AU)
Title: Remotely controlled, especially remotely programmable hearing aid system
Inventor: TOPHOLM JAN
IPC: H04R25/00
Filed: 1994-01-29
Granted: 1997-03-13
Abstract: PCT No. PCT/EP94/00261 Sec. 371 Date May 10, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date May 10, 1995 PCT Filed Jan. 29, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/22276 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 29, 1994In a remotely controllable, especially remote-control-programmable heating aid with an external control device (1) with a keyboard (2), display device (3) and a data processing device (4) and also a hearing aid (9) controllable by the control device (1), in the control device there is a signal generator (11) actuatable and controllable via the keyboard (2) and the data processing device (4). This generator is releasably connected by a cable (12, 13, 14) to the heating aid so that the control device (1) can be used together with a heating aid to determine the hearing curve or, in general, the audiometric values of the wearer of the hearing aid in real conditions.
Patent AU-680869-B2 (AU)
Title: Liquid crystal apparatus
Inventor: TSUBOYAMA AKIRA
IPC: G09G3/36
Filed: 1994-04-18
Granted: 1997-08-14
Abstract: A liquid crystal device is constituted by a pair of substrates respectively having thereon a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines intersecting the scanning lines, and a liquid crystal disposed between the substrates so as to form a matrix of pixels each at an intersection of the scanning lines and the data lines. The liquid crystal device is driven under conditions that (1) the scanning lines are sequentially selected so that every N-th scanning line is selected in a field, (2) N is an odd number, (3) a period for selecting each scanning line is changed depending on an environmental temperature at which the device is placed, and (4) N is changed depending on the environmental temperature. As a result, a uniformly good image is displayed regardless of a temperature change and with minimum flicker liable to occur depending on a repetitive display pattern. <IMAGE>
Patent AU-765078-B2 (AU)
Title: Expression and secretion of icIL-1 receptor antagonist type II
Inventor: AMITAI HAGIT
IPC: C12P21/02
Filed: 1999-10-14
Granted: 2003-09-11
Abstract: Novel glycosylated intracellular IL-1 receptor antagonist type II (icIL-1ra-II) is expressed and secreted in mammalian cells transformed with an expression vector where icIL-1ra-II is secreted by expressing icIL-1ra-II fused to the human growth hormone signal peptide. Also disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition containing glycosylated icIL-1ra-Il as an active ingredient and a method for reducing IL-1 levels in patients having a condition involving overexpressed IL-1.
Patent AU-668305-B2 (AU)
Title: Process for softening a sugar-containing aqueous solution, such as sugar juice or molasses
Inventor: SASKA MICHAEL
IPC: C13B35/06
Filed: 1994-06-10
Granted: 1996-04-26
Abstract: The invention relates to a process for softening an aqueous sugar (sugar cane) juice containing sugars and Ca<2+> and/or Mg<2+> ions, such as a sugar refinery molasses, by means of a cation-exchange resin, in the Na<+> and/or K<+> form, and for regenerating the said resin, which comprises:   (a) a softening stage consisting in bringing the said sugar juice into contact with the said cation-exchange resin, in the Na<+> and/or K<+> form, in order to obtain, on the one hand, a softened sugar juice depleted in Ca<2+> and/or Mg<2+> ions and loaded with Na<+> and/or K<+> ions and, on the other hand, a cation-exchange resin loaded with Ca<2+> and/or Mg<2+> ions, and   (b) a stage for regeneration of the latter resin, characterised in that the regeneration stage (b) consists in bringing the said resin into contact with a liquid effluent produced during the separation by chromatography of the sugars of a softened aqueous sugar juice containing sugars and Na<+> and/or K<+> ions, this liquid effluent containing the greater part of the Na<+> and/or K<+> ions initially present in the softened sugar juice.
Patent AU-701083-B2 (AU)
Title: Radiolabeled somatostatin-derived peptides for imaging and therapeutic uses
Inventor: DEAN RICHARD T
IPC: C07K14/655
Filed: 1994-06-03
Granted: 1999-01-21
Abstract: This invention relates to therapeutic reagents and peptides, including radiotherapeutic reagents and peptides, radiodiagnostic reagents and peptides, and methods for producing labeled radiodiagnostic agents. Specifically, the invention relates to cyclic peptide derivatives and analogs of somatostatin, and embodiments of such peptides radiolabeled with a radioisotope, as well as methods and kits for making, radiolabeling and using such peptides for radiodiagnostic and radiotherapeutic purposes. The invention specifically relates to cyclic peptide derivatives and analogues of somatostatin radiolabeled with technetium-99m and uses thereof as scintigraphic imaging agents. The invention also specifically relates to cyclic peptide derivatives and analogues of somatostatin radiolabeled with cytotoxic radioisotopes such as rhenium-186 (<sup>186</sup>Re) and rhenium-188 (<sup>188</sup>Re) for use as radiotherapeutic agents. Methods and kits for making, radiolabeling and using such peptides diagnostically and therapeutically in a mammalian body are also provided.
Patent AU-682703-B2 (AU)
Title: Dosage form for administering drug in liquid formulation
Inventor: LARSEN STEVEN D
IPC: A61K9/00
Filed: 1994-06-13
Granted: 1997-10-16
Abstract: A dosage form (10) is disclosed for delivering drug (22) in a non-aqueous carrier to a biological environment of use.
Patent AU-643266-B2 (AU)
Title: Foldable, multi-level staging and seating support
Inventor: ROGERS ORLEY DAVID
IPC: E04H3/28
Filed: 1991-04-18
Granted: 1993-11-11
Abstract: A staging and seating understructure which provides a base frame for a multiplicity of support panels (P). The base frame consists of a series of vertical cross frames, usually having different levels, each cross frame being connected to another cross frame by collapsible gates (30, 32) at each end which fold inwardly to allow movement of the cross frames close toward each other wherein the entire base frame assembly may be stored compactly. <IMAGE>
Patent AU-772055-B2 (AU)
Title: Electrical device for evaporating a volatile liquid
Inventor: RYMER SHAUN
IPC: A01M1/20
Filed: 2000-09-25
Granted: 2004-04-08
Abstract: An electrical device for evaporating a volatile liquid (for example an air freshener) into a room employs a wick (14) which extends upwardly from a container of the volatile liquid. A ring heater (16) is in the vicinity of the end of the wick and assists the evaporation. Vapor escapes from the device through an aperture (10) in a casing above the wick. The vapor emission rate is controlled by a user, who operates a control member in the casing, to alter the vertical position of a tubular body (18). Vapor may flow from the wick to the exterior through the tubular body (18) and then through the aperture (10). However, in all positions of the tubular body vapor may also flow to the aperture, and thence to the exterior, by an auxiliary route, not through the tubular body. It is found that the provision of this auxiliary route for vapor significantly improves the performance of the device. The tubular body (18) may have an upper surface (31) comprising a wall (32) and apertures (33). The wall (32) together with the apertures (33) ensures that any non-evaporated volatile liquid is directed back towards the heater.
Patent AU-609047-B2 (AU)
Title: Improvements relating to thermal control units
Inventor: BLACKBURN ARTHUR MALCOLM
IPC: H01H37/54
Filed: 1987-07-28
Granted: 1991-04-26
Abstract: An element protector control for protecting the electrically powered heating element of a kettle against overheating has primary and secondary (or back-up) modes of operation. The primary protection mode utilizes a dished, snap-acting bimetal (22) which is oriented so that the side of the bimetal which is convex when the blade is cold faces the heating element head (24), and the bimetal is held in close thermal contact with a rear surface of the element head. The bimetal determines the condition of a pair of switching contacts (32, 33) provided in the control. The bimetal is mounted in a carrier (21) which is spring biassed towards the element head and, for providing the secondary protection mode, the carrier is formed of a thermoplastics material so that in the event of failure of the primary protection in an overtemperature situation so that the element temperature continues to rise, the carrier will collapse towards the element head, and the collapse of the carrier is arranged to disconnect the control from its power supply terminals.
Patent AU-644169-B2 (AU)
Title: Thermal control for laser diode used in outside plant communications terminal
Inventor: GELLER WILLIAM L
IPC: H04B10/155
Filed: 1991-04-03
Granted: 1993-12-02
Abstract: PCT No. PCT/US91/02304 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 23, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 23, 1992 PCT Filed Apr. 3, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO91/15886 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 17, 1991.A method and apparatus implementing the method are provided for controlling optical power output level of a laser diode modulated during a burst mode interval by digital data transitions within a shared logical bus optical communications network and over a predetermined thermal gradient. The method comprises the steps of: optically monitoring a component of the optical output power of the laser diode during each burst mode interval and converting the component into a control signal, establishing a reference signal and comparing the control signal with the established reference signal and for providing a logical condition from said comparison, generating a strobe signal from information related in time to the burst mode interval, storing the logical condition upon receipt of the strobe signal, integrating the stored logical condition over a time period to provide an integrated control signal, and regulating current flow through the laser diode in accordance with the integrated control signal.
Patent AU-739894-B2 (AU)
Title: Charging method in a mobile telecommunication system
Inventor: LINKOLA JANNE
IPC: H04M15/00
Filed: 1998-06-15
Granted: 2001-10-25
Abstract: Rate charging rules and principles concerning mobile calls in a cellular communication system can be improved by providing the mobile station with a locator object which, at certain intervals, determines the cell in which the mobile station is currently located. Stored in the mobile station is a list of cells or areas in which a special rate is to be applied in charging for calls originating from the mobile station. The locator object monitors calls made from the mobile station and, when it detects that a call is being made, it determines whether the mobile station was in a denoted special rate area at the time that its location was most recently determined. If so, then the object informs the network that the call is entitled to the special rate. Since the last location function was executed just before call setup commenced, a special rate call is possible even if the mobile station has thereafter moved some distance into a cell applying a normal rate. Disposed in a billing center is a billing object, to which the locator object sends data indicating whether the call was initiated from a cell or area in which a special rate is applicable, as well as data identifying the particular call. The second object receives the billing records generated by the mobile switching center, which also contain call identifying data, and compares the call-specific data in those records with the data sent by the first object. In this way, the second object can identify from the billing records those calls that are entitled to a special rate, regardless of whether the mobile station has moved during call setup from the original cell into a cell where another rate, e.g. a higher rate, is applicable.
Patent AU-677454-B2 (AU)
Title: Aspartame and tablets thereof
Inventor: SLANGEN HUBERTUS JOZEF MARIA
IPC: A23L27/30
Filed: 1994-12-09
Granted: 1997-04-24
Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the treatment of dried aspartame characterised in that, in a first separation step, particles smaller than 50  mu m are removed, with the aid of a stream of air, from aspartame having a particle size distribution with which more than 5 wt.% of the aspartame has a particle size of less than 20 mu m and more than 10 wt.% of the aspartame has a particle size of more than 400  mu m, and that in a second separation step the product resulting from the first step is subjected to a screening step using a screen that separates at a value between 150 and 250  mu m, after which the fraction of the smaller particles thus obtained is recovered as a first product and the fraction of the larger particles is recovered as a second product or is optionally subjected to a further separation step using a screen that separates at a value between 400 and 1000  mu m, the fraction of smaller particles thus obtained being recovered as the second product. Aspartame having a particle size distribution with which 97% of the particles is larger than 20  mu m and 97% of the particles is smaller than 250  mu m appears to present exceptionally good properties as regards processability and dissolution rate.
Patent AU-601785-B2 (AU)
Title: Apparatus for loading and verifying a control store memory of a central subsystem
Inventor: NIBBY CHESTER M JR
IPC: G06F9/24
Filed: 1987-12-07
Granted: 1990-09-20
Abstract: A central subsystem of a data processing system includes a writable control store which is loaded with firmware to control the central subsystem operations. The central subsystem logic is responsive to a sequence of commands from a system management facility to load the control store and verify that the control store firmware is loaded correctly.
Patent AU-596478-B2 (AU)
Title: Process for manufacturing glass objects
Inventor: VIREY FRANCK
IPC: C03B11/12
Filed: 1987-12-18
Granted: 1990-05-03
Abstract: According to the invention, ventilating air blown around and/or in the walls of a mould is cooled so as to maintain substantially constant, at least during predetermined periods of time, the temperature of the air around and/or in the walls of the mould, irrespective of the ambient temperature.
Patent AU-741425-B2 (AU)
Title: Screen printing stencil production
Inventor: JONES JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: B41C1/14
Filed: 1998-09-24
Granted: 2001-11-29
Abstract: A screen printing stencil is produced chemically by application of a chemical agent 5 to a screen mesh 3 having a stencil-forming layer. The chemical agent 5 is applied dropwise using computer-controlled apparatus. The chemical agent reacts with the stencil-forming agent to harden the stencil in areas which remain upon subsequent wash-out. The stencil so produced can be used for screen printing in the usual way. The method avoids the use of safe lights and actinic radiation. The apparatus used can be a commercially-available apparatus designed for direct application of liquids dropwise to screens mounted in their frames. The stencil-forming layer can be provided using a commercially-available emulsion-coated film or a commercially-available emulsion applied directly to the screen mesh. <IMAGE>
Patent AU-748826-B2 (AU)
Title: Substituted benzene compounds as antiproliferative and cholesterol lowering agents
Inventor: MEDINA JULIO CESAR
IPC: C07C311/21
Filed: 1998-08-13
Granted: 2002-06-13
Abstract: The invention provides compounds, compositions and methods relating to novel electrophilic aromatic derivatives and their use as pharmacologically active agents. The compositions find particular use as pharmacological agents in the treatment of disease states, particularly cancer, psoriasis, vascular restenosis, infections, atherosclerosis and hypercholesterolemia, or as lead compounds for the development of such agents. The compositions include compounds of the general Formula I:
Patent AU-752827-B2 (AU)
Title: A method of securing a line to a patient, fasteners and their use to secure a line to a patient
Inventor: SPINOZA MARC HOWARD
IPC: A61M16/04
Filed: 1998-08-20
Granted: 2002-10-03
Abstract: A Method of securing a line (25) to a patient or of adjusting the position of a line (25) thus secured comprises elongating and narrowing a sleeve (20) applied to the line to grip the line and resist movement of the line along its longitudinal axis with respect to the sleeve. Also disclosed is a fastener (19) for securing a line (25) to a patient, the fastener comprising a sleeve (20) of variable length capable when lengthened of gripping the line.
Patent AU-737086-B2 (AU)
Title: Butyrate derivatives in the treatment of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome
Inventor: SCHARF MARTIN B
IPC: A61P25/02
Filed: 1998-08-27
Granted: 2001-08-09
Abstract: A method is provided to treat a human afflicted with chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia syndrome by the administration of certain butyrate derivatives.