This system for fixing and guiding a bearing (3) in a slot (5) in a frame (8) comprises elongate flat fixing members (14) extending straddle-fashion between the coplanar respective end faces of the respective uprights (6, 7) of the frame and of said bearing (3). Extending through each of said fixing members (14) are three cut-outs, one of which is in the form of an elongate closed opening and the ...

A head mounted umbrella and a method thereof, which reduces its manufacturing cost and time and is stably held on a user's body without shaking, and which prevents a user's face from getting wet with rain water, and is hung on a hanger, is disclosed. The head mounted umbrella includes a hood part having a front opening, a body covering part manufactured in such a way that a circular basic cloth ha...

Expansion or collapsible pockets are incorporated in a side panel of luggage for carrying items which require ease of access.

The withdrawal spike comprises a piercing thorn (10) and a housing (12) having filter chambers for air and fluid. In a connecting piece (23) for connection of an external device a self-closing valve (31) is arranged. Said valve (31) is adapted to prevent fluid from unintentionally flowing out of the withdrawal spike.

Catheter apparatus for performing diagnostic and therapeutic modalities in the biliary tree includes a catheter with multiple lumens. A first lumen is adapted to receive a guidewire and can serve as a transport lumen for contrast agent. A second lumen carries a cutting wire for performing a sphincterotomy. A third lumen can be used as an inflation lumen for a distally located balloon. Expansion of...

A case according to the present invention is used in a sintering process to produce a rare-earth magnet. The case includes: a body with an opening; a door for opening or closing the opening of the body; and supporting rods for horizontally sliding a sintering plate, on which green compacts of rare-earth magnetic alloy powder are placed. The supporting rods are secured inside the body. At least the...

A system for measuring a glucose level in a blood sample includes a test strip and a meter. The test strip includes a sample chamber, a working electrode, a counter electrode, fill-detect electrodes, and an auto-on conductor. A reagent layer is disposed in the sample chamber. The auto-on conductor causes the meter to wake up and perform a test strip sequence when the test strip is inserted in the ...

An opposed pair of inwardly facing radiant energy detecting sensors (20, 22) is positioned to sight on freshly formed glass containers (C) being conveyed on a side by side pair of conveyors (12, 14) to determine if any of the containers is misoriented from its desired orientation. Each sensor has a sharply focused fiber and lens assembly (24) that is focused to sense radiant energy in a cone of vi...

A method for controlling an electronic control using a circuit that includes a damper capacitor. The method includes substantially discharging the damper capacitor and enabling operation of the electronic control when the damper capacitor is substantially discharged.

A probe that facilitates the creation of circumferential lesions in body tissue. The probe includes a probe body and a helical or loop structure that supports electrodes or other operative elements against the body tissue.

An apparatus and method for performing surveillance prior to boot-up of an operating system is provided. The apparatus and method include an error detector that monitors a boot-up sequence of a support system for the occurrence of an error. If an error is detected, a unit check signal is output by the error detector. The unit check signal is received by either the support system or an error messag...

Method and apparatus for link physical error tracking that includes a one or more shift registers, one or more counters, and a comparator. The shift register receives one or more status bits for an input data stream denoting whether bytes of the input data stream have a link physical error. The counter increments an error count when receiving at least one status bit that denotes a link physical er...

A polymer blend foam having smooth skin and/or an open-cell content of at least 20 volume percent, a crosslinked gel content of no greater than 10 percent, a minimum cross-sectional area of at least 1000 mm<2>, and a density of no greater than 250 kg/m<3>. The blend includes (A) a substantially random interpolymer having polymerized therein (1) a vinyl or vinylidene aromatic monomer and/or a steri...

The present invention provides a method for producing a porous metal body comprising the steps of (1) holding a metal material in a hermetically closed vessel under a reduced pressure at a temperature range between ambient temperatures and temperatures below the melting point of the metal to degas the metal material, (2) melting the metal under a pressurized condition after introducing a gas into ...

The invention relates to a cold work steel alloy for the powder metallurgical manufacture of parts, in particular tools with improved functional quality. In order to simultaneously set the important property features of bend fracture strength, impact bending work and wear resistance at a high level, it is essentially provided according to the invention to use an alloy containing (in percent by wei...

A robot cleaner capable of returning to an external recharging device. The robot cleaner includes a driving portion for driving a plurality of wheels, at least one camera installed on a body of the robot cleaner, the camera for photographing external surroundings, and a controller for photographing an image through a camera for recognition of a connection position where the external recharging dev...

The cleaning robot (10) has an external charger with a power supply terminal and a terminal stand (84) for mounting the charger. The robot has a memory and a camera (30) to photograph the ceiling. The robot calculates the location of the external charger (82) and stores this during charging. When returning to the charger, the robot calculates a return path based on the camera image. Claims include...

PURPOSE: A method for preparing a thermoplastic polyurethane particle and a thermoplastic non-adhesive polyurethane particle prepared by the method are provided, to reduce the adhesion on the surface of particle without the deterioration of light stability and transparency. CONSTITUTION: The method comprises the steps of applying at least one wetting agent which is liquid at a temperature of 30 de...

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of racemic citalopram free base or an acid addition salt thereof and/or R- or S-citalopram as the free base or an acid addition salt thereof by separation of a mixture of R- and S-citalopram with more than 50% of one of the enantiomers into a fraction consisting of racemic citalopram and/or a fraction of S-citalopram or R-citalopram characteri...

Proceso para producir una banda plástica para recubrir un sustrato de metal, en el que el plástico utilizado es poliéster, caracterizado porque la banda plástica se produce extruyendo una mezcla de poliéster cristalizable y poliéster no cristalizable.; The invention relates to a process for producing a plastic web for coating a metal substrate, in which the plastic used is polyester. According to ...