A method for making a sintered article (14) comprising providing a plurality of individual blocks (19) of sinterable matrix material, arranging said bloc ks in abutting relationship to form an assembly of said blocks in a sinter mold wherein said assembly comprises a plurality of said blocks extending in at least one direction thereof and sintering said assembly under pressure in th e mold to fo...

A curtain wall system includes a first support member (20), a second support member (20) and a number of panel members (8). Each panel member (8) is adapted to engage with the first support member (20) at one edge (9) and to engage with the second support member (20) at an opposite edge (27) to mount the panel member (8) on the first and second support members (20). The panel members (8) are adapt...

The present invention is a surgical tool, and method for surgically treating tissue in a patient. The surgical tool (12) comprises a radio frequency generator (44) having an impedance matching circuit (52) connected thereto. A loading, and tuning coil (30) is connected to a watt/ampere meter (54) which is connected to the impedance matching circuit. The loading and tuning coil is connected to a su...

Method for providing precured innerliners (50) having a predetermined cross sectional profile for use as part of a pneumatic tire assembly used in a bladder-less shaping and vulcanizing mold. The innerliner (50) is formed from a continuous strip of elastomeric material (12) hot formed using a calender assembly (10) with a profiled calender roller (16). The formed strip is cured "in-line" in a pres...

A buoyantly moveable, self-elevating (jack-up) artificial work island or platform self-assembled while floating upon a work body of water by reversibly coupling together a plurality of independently buoyant modular hull components (20, 30), each of which is relatively narrow beam and capable of navigation through relatively narrow waterways. After self-assembly, the work platform is self-elevating...

The present invention relates to a holder (1) for holding a support (21), such as a tube or a post, which holder is provided with attachment means (5) for releasably attaching the holder (1) to a support (20, 41, 42, 43, 44), characterized in that the attachment means (5) comprise a flexible member (8), such as a cord or a belt, and a clamping element (7) provided with at least one hole or passage...

A laminated film containing a heat resisting resin layer which is soluble in a dipolar aprotic solvent, is laminated on a biaxially oriented thermoplastic film, wherein the biaxially oriented thermoplastic film and the heat resisting resin layer are directly adhered to each other, and the heat resisting resin is stretched at least in one direction after coating; there is no intervening adhesive la...

Method for providing precured innerliners (50) having a predetermined cross sectional profile for use as part of a pneumatic tire assembly used in a bladder-less shaping and vulcanizing mold. The innerliner (50) is formed fro m a continuous strip of elastomeric material (12) hot formed using a calender assembly (10) with a profiled calender roller (16). The formed strip is cure d "in-line" in a pr...

A user preregisters with a bank or financial institution by providing the user's photograph (402) and signature (402). Thereafter, the user can request and print PortraitCheques<(TM)> using a computer and printer. PortraitCheques<(TM)> are a cash-like financial instrument that provides positive visual identification of the owner in that the owner's preregistered picture (402) is printed on the fac...

To arrange an electronic instant lottery, a plurality of electronic instant lots (510) is generated (401, 605) and stored (402, 406, 606), each of which comprises prize data which is encrypted and can be decrypted with a lot-related key. The keys (511) with which the encrypted prize data of the stored electronic instant lots can be decrypted are stored (403, 405) separately from the stored electro...

Die Erfindung geht aus von einer Diebstahlschutzeinrichtung für ein Kraftfahrzeug. Sie enthält ein Systemsteuergerät (10), dem verschiedene Fahrzeugsignale (n, v, alpha , G, beta ) zugeführt sind. Es weist einen zur Durchführung von Steuerungsfunktionen geeigneten Mikroprozessor (11) auf und wertet die Fahrzeugsignale (n, v, alpha , G, beta ) aus, um Merkmale zu erzeugen, die zusammen ein Benut...

Use of a packaging material formed from a linear polyketone polymer having an alternating structure of (a) units derived from carbon monoxide, and (b) units derived from (i) ethylene and (ii) a further alpha olefin selected from the group consisting of propene, butene, pentene and hexene to package a product which releases carbon dioxide on storage, wherein the total amount of units derived from t...

A dyed molding obtained by dyeing a molded polycarbonate having repeating structural units represented by formula (1-a). The molded polycarbonate has excellent dyeability. A lens made of the dyed polycarbonate can hence be provided.; Article moulé teint, obtenu par teinture d'un polycarbonate moulé présentant des motifs répétitifs correspondant à la formule (1-a). Le polycarbonate moulé présente u...

A microcellular rigid vinyl halide foam and a process for producing the foam are provided. The rigid vinyl halide foam exhibits toughness without containing large amounts, if any, impact modifier as part its composition. The microcellular foam can be produced, for example, in a continuous extrusion process. A variety of microcellular rigid vinyl halide foam articles, such as rigid pipe, can be for...

A suitable cross-linkable matrix precursor and a poragen can be treated to form a porous cross-linked matrix having a Tg of greater than 300 DEG C. The porous matrix material has a lower dielectric constant than the corresponding non-porous matrix material, making the porous matrix material particularly attractive for a variety of electronic applications including integrated circuits, multichip m...

A pressure and temperature sensitive transducer suitable for use in borehole applications comprises a central resonator section that is generally cylindrical in shape and has a resonator element located in a radial plane and end caps secured to the ends of the resonator section, the end caps having a base section with an outer wall extending around the periphery of the base section to define a cav...

A method and system are provided for conducting electronic commerce over a computer network such as the Internet. People desiring to buy one or more products or services access the system and enter the product(s) they desire to purchase, along with desired purchase price and other suitable information. The system then groups together similar buyers based on one or more factors, such as the product...

A system is disclosed that facilitates a web-based user interface that is created by obtaining user profile information to discern user intentions regarding a plurality of applications based on the profile information for displaying the plurality of applications formatted in accordance with the user profile information on a display and customizing the information on the display to a user's intenti...

A multisite shopping cart and cooperative sales system allows online shoppers to shop at a number of unrelated merchant websites without having to enter their personal information at each site. The shoppers access the system through a lead web site associated with a Parsing Proxy Server (PPS) and an Application Server (APS) that manage the shopper's interactions with the various merchant web sites...

A computer network based system and method for collecting and reporting data, preferably market research data in real-time. Real-time feedback enables timely response to emerging issues, enhances training/feedback for support staff and gives the ability to promptly see problem areas through the users' eyes. The present invention collects and reports market research data. A software implemented dat...