The invention concerns a method for treating bivalves such as oysters (4), clams and the like, consisting in cracking the bivalve open during or at the end of the culture cycle, by soaking them in an appropriate solution, then in inserting between the two valves means for sectioning the adductor, said means capable of being actuated outside the bivalve. The invention is characterised in that it co...

The exerciser for shoulder and arm muscles comprises a fastening system enabling its fixing to the user's body. It comprises a set of variable springs enabling the correct proportioning of the force. The different components are detachable and adjustable as a function of the user's morphology. Exercising of shoulder and arm muscles.;

Les exerciseurs musculaires utilisés en salle et permettant ...

The fastening, especially for a ski boot, consists of a feeler (2) which provides at least local support for the sole of the boot. A jaw (7) can be pivoted between locking and releasing positions. A housing (6) holds the jaw and is connected to a base (3), and a primary return mechanism. The return mechanism is located at least partially inside the housing and incorporates a spring (8) and a locki...

A ski boot and a combination of a ski boot and a releasable ski binding which attaches the boot to a ski. The boot includes a forward cuff and a hinged rear cuff, the rear cuff being secured to the forward cuff such that upon predetermined rearwardly-directed load, the rear cuff separates from the forward cuff to permit free movement of the rear cuff. A closure is provided for engaging the rear cu...

The fastening consists of a clamp with two jaws (3, 4) in the form of first order levers which open outwards and close to engage with the edge of the boot sole. The jaws have lateral stops which press against the upper of the boot toe, and the clamp has additional front stops (12) to engage with the end of the boot sole, made in the form of rollers with vertical axes of rotation. The lateral stops...

This invention relates to a device for packaging and dispensing a sterile liquid product, of the type comprising a reservoir on which is mounted a nozzle provided with an inner conduit communicating at its upstream end with said reservoir and opening to the outside by its downstream end via an evacuation orifice, wherein the inner conduit is at least partially obturated by an insert of selective p...

A brake system for a wheeled walker frame having two walker frame legs with two telescopically adjustable frame tubes, of which one frame tube supports in its upper region a handle and a brake lever and the other is provided in its lower region with a brake device for braking a wheel. A telescopically adjustable brake rod is disposed within the frame tubes, between the brake lever and the brake de...

A brake system for a wheeled walker frame having two walker frame legs with two telescopically adjustable frame tubes, of which one frame tube supports in its upper region a handle and a brake lever and the other is provided in its lower region with a brake device for braking a wheel. A telescopically adjustable brake rod is disposed within the frame tubes, between the brake lever and the brake de...

An environmentally friendly building material containing silicon is provided, the material possessing good properties with respect to both mechanical and chemical durability, ease of use and cost of production. The main components of the material consist of ballast, a cement component, a silicate component, suitable hardening substance and possibly additives, whereby the hardening substance is cho...

This invention relates to a reaction injection molding process for preparing a molded product comprising reacting, at an isocyanate index of about 70 to about 130, (a) an organic polyisocyanate; (b) one or more isocyanate-reactive compounds containing at least two isocyanate-reactive groups; (c) about 0.5 to about 40% by weight, based on the weight of the molded product, of rigid microspheres, whe...

The present invention relates to a method of producing improved bioactive composite materials based on apatite, mainly for supporting functions in dental and orthopaedic applications, by adapting closure temperature and applying of pressure in closed systems using the production methods, according to reaction tendencies of the materials at their production, and by possibly further counteracting su...

PCT No. PCT/FI96/00643 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 22, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 22, 1997 PCT Filed Dec. 22, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO97/23363 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 3, 1997A drive system for a drive wheel of a vehicle having a hub. The drive system includes a frame, a sun gear including toothing on an outer surface, a motor arranged to rotate the sun gear via an output shaft, a revolving circular, a peripheral ge...

A tool for providing a high speed sheet of water wherein a generally circular pressurized stream of water is accelerated through a reduced area and reformed into a high-speed water sheet.

The present invention relates to a pallet comprising first and second base parts (A1 and B1), each folded from pieces of corrugated, waterproof fiber material, for instance paper. Rectangular pieces (A, B) are cut from rolls of fiber material and the two base parts are made by notching and folding the pieces according to separate sequences. The first base part (A1) is put into the second base part...

The present invention relates to a pallet comprising first and second base parts (A1 and B1), each folded from pieces of corrugated, waterproof fiber material, for instance paper. Rectangular pieces (A, B) are cut from rolls of fiber material and the two base parts are made by notching and folding the pieces according to separate sequences. The first base part (A1) is put into the second base part...

The invention relates to a packaging (1) for two or more grouped items (2), in particular bottles, of the type comprising an adhesive band wrapped around the products in order to group them together, wherein said adhesive band is made of two adhesive strips (4,5) applied to the items at opposite sides thereof, characterised by the fact that the length of said strips is more than the length of the ...

Dispositif de freinage comportant des premiers (54) et des deuxièmes (32) moyens de freinage, respectivement solidaires en rotation du carter de frein (2D) et d'un arbre de frein (26A) . Le dispositif comporte un piston de freinage (62) , des moyens élastiques (68) pour déplacer axialement ce piston vers une position de freinage (F1) , des moyens hydrauliques (74, 76) pour déplacer axialement l...

The invention concerns contactless smart cards. In order to facilitate the fixing of an integrated circuit chip in a contactless smart card, and in particular the chip connection with the antenna incorporated in the card, the method consists in soldering on the chip contact pads (12a, 12b) a gold wire (30) with at least one end projecting above the chip. The wire (30) is preferably soldered while ...

The invention concerns a method for producing ring-shaped fibrous structures which consists in the following steps: using a texture in the form of a strip (50) formed of two stacked unidirectional webs with their direction forming opposite angles relative to the longitudinal direction of the strip, the two webs being mutually linked so as to form deformable elementary meshes; winding the texture i...

The invention concerns a laser comprising a stack of laser diodes inserted between two mirrors so as to produce a laser cavity, the stacking of diodes being produced by epitaxial growth of an assembly of semiconductor layers. The ohmic contact between two adjacent laser diodes is provided by an Esaki-type diode junction and the optical field of the mode generated in the laser cavity is periodicall...