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Assignee: CSIR


Location: ZA
No. of patents: 11

NumberTitleIssue Date
8158165Preventative treatment and remission of allergic diseases
The invention provides the use of at least one plant selected from plants of the family Zingiberaceae in the preparation of a medicament for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of allergic diseases. The plant is optionally selected from the genera Siphonochilus, ...
04/17/2012
7637198Indirect fire weapon aiming device
An indirect fire weapon aiming device (10) is provided for providing aiming information to an indirect fire weapon comprising a launcher mounted to a base. The device (10) includes an angular displacement sensor (12) mountable to the base to pro...
12/29/2009
7459087Water treatment
A method of treating water to remove fluoride ions from the water, thereby to reduce the dissolved fluoride content of the water, is provided. The method includes, in a contacting step, contacting water containing dissolved fluoride ions with alumina, to cause the f...
12/02/2008
7238942Spectrometric using broadband filters with overlapping spectral ranges
The invention provides a spectrometer (10) which includes a filter arrangement (16,18), in addition to any option filters (20) for limiting an operational wavelength range of the spectrometer, the filter arrangement (16,18) comprising a p...
07/03/2007
6820495Strain/electrical potential transducer
A strain/electrical potential transducer (10) includes a rigid base (12), a rigid beam (18) hinged to the base (12) at (20), an elongate stack (14) of dielectric substance, e.g. piezoelectric material, generally parallel wit...
11/23/2004
5938824Supersaturated solutions and a method of preparing supersaturated solutions
The invention provides a method of preparing a supersaturated solution of an inorganic solute in an aqueous solvent, to such solutions and to a method of treating wood by impregnating it with such solutions. The method of preparing the solution involves m...
08/17/1999
5376757Electrical harness system
An electrical harness element comprises a multi conductor cable with power supply conductors and a signal conductor. At intervals along the cable, connectors in the form of sockets are fixed. The power supply conductors are continuous along the length of ...
12/27/1994
5357100Ionizing radiation converter with catadioptric electron focusing
An ionizing radiation converter 10 comprises a vacuum tight enclosure 12; a cathode 16; an anode 18 defining a pinhole 20 and comprising an output phosphor layer facing away from the cathode; and focusing electrodes 26 and 30. The focusing electrodes, ano...
10/18/1994
5282421Timing apparatus
The invention relates to a blasting apparatus for activating a plurality of electrical detonators after predetermined time delays. The blasting apparatus includes a plurality of remote electrical delay devices. Each device is linked to a detonator, and is...
02/01/1994
5153081Lithium manganese oxide compound
The invention provides a novel lithium manganese oxide compound in which oxygen anions, lithium cations and manganese cations are arranged in layers, each layer of lithium cations being sandwiched between two layers of oxygen anions, each layer of mangane...
10/06/1992
5017532Sintered ceramic product
The invention provides a sintered ceria/zirconia ceramic and a method of making it. The product comprises a substantially homogeneous mixture of 76-92 mole % zirconia, 8-20 mole % ceria and 0.1-1.2 mole % lanthana and/or praseodymia. The method involves h...
05/21/1991
 
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