A safety device is provided for a high-pressure flow line that is formed from sections of pipe that are coupled together. The safety device is formed from a pipe clamp having two halves that are coupled together about one of the pipe sections so that the pipe section is securely held between the two halves of the clamp. A cable is positioned generally along the length of the flow line. A cable eng...

The tape squeezing device has a grooved portion including a bottom wall portion and a pair of side wall portions, a pair of tilted surface portions arranged both end portions in longitudinal direction of a recessed portion and tilted in respect to the longitudinal direction of the recessed portion, a main body formed with the tilted surface portions and the recessed portion, an expandable elastic ...

A solenoid assembly has a sealing device 30 disposed in a recess 28 of its over-molded casing 36 to seal electrical leads 24, 26 extending from the coil of the solenoid through the recess. The device sealing device is an elastomeric member having holes 32, 34 through which the electrical leads to pass and a larger portion that is disposed in the recess. With the larger portion pressed into the rec...

A device for non-stop pile changing in a delivery of a sheet printing press has sheet separating devices (4, 5) arranged on side guides (10, 11) above insertable sheet supporting surfaces on auxillary pile carriers. For improving the transfer of printed sheets for forming an auxiliary pile to be generated on the sheet supporting surfaces sheet supporters (6A, 6B, 7A, 7B) may be provided on sheet s...

Methods for making, methods for using and articles comprising ferromagnetic cermets, preferably cemented carbides and more preferably tungsten carbide, having at least two regions exhibiting at least one property that differs are discussed. The multiple-region cermets are particularly useful in wear applications. The cermets are manufactured by juxtaposing and densifying at least two powder blends...

A sealing apparatus applied to a vertical type flexible package forming, filling and closing machine includes a heater block (66) arranged near a filling tube (2) and having a heating ridge (112), and a web guide (118) attached to the outer surface of the filling tube (2) and having a pair of guide rails (126), and the heating ridge (112) cooperates with the pair of guide rails (126) to hold the j...

Improvements are provided to improve an apparatus and method for processing a substantially constant velocity flow of a web (24) of material, including a cutting mechanism (19) and a web accumulator (19) upstream of the cutter. The improvements include stopping the web by a side surface (38) of the movable blade (164) and configuring the accumulator dimensions and cutting speed to cause an appropr...

A titanium-based carbonitride cutting tool insert with superior thermal shock resistance is disclosed. This is accomplished by sintering the material under conditions where the melting process is reversed. The melt forms in the center of the material first and the melting front propagates outwards towards the surface. This leads to minimal porosity and a macroscopic cobalt depletion towards the su...

An image forming machine includes an image forming section for receiving a sheet (9) supplied in a supplying direction, printing an image on the sheet, and discharging the printed sheet in a discharging direction opposite to the supplying direction while changing the sheet upside-down; a sheet supplying table (20) situated adjacent to the image forming section, the sheet supplying table (20) stack...

Verfahren zum Aufführen einer Materialbahn (4) auf einen Tambour (5, 7), insbesondere in einer Papierherstellungsmaschine, bei welchem der Anfang der aufzuführenden Materialbahn (4) um eine dem Tambour (5, 7) vorgeschaltete Trommel (3) herumgeführt und vor dem Aufführen auf den Tambour (5, 7) einer Vorbereitungsstation wie beispielsweise einem Ausschußauflöser zugeführt wird, wobei zur Verhinderun...

Cutting a continuous moving material sheet involves using a cutting unit which is movable relative to the material sheet in a plane substantially parallel to the material sheet. The moving material sheet (10) is cut through completely by means of at least one cutter unit which moves relative to the material sheet in a plane substantially parallel to the material sheet. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also...

The invention offers an aluminum alloy that not only has high hardness accompanied by balanced ductility but also has high toughness and superior processability. The invention also offers a method for manufacturing an aluminum-alloy member that not only has high hardness accompanied by balanced ductility but also has high toughness and superior processability. The aluminum alloy comprises (1) not ...

A clutch control arrangement (1) designed to prevent unintentional starting of a vehicle while a clutch-stroke-position learning is being performed. The clutch control arrangement (1) includes a mechanism (2,7,35,62,64,68,70,72,73,78,79,80,a) for automatically disengaging and engaging a clutch (8). The vehicle has a manual transmission (76) of which gear position (shift position) is changed as a d...

The utility model discloses a solar energy water-heater, the heat collection and the energy storage is arranged in split, and the forcing heating cycle is controlled by a photoelectric control switch circuit. After photosensitive devices are irradiated by the light, the utility model generates electrical signals and controls the power supply of an electric pump through a signal amplifier. The elec...

The utility model discloses a solar energy automatic controller for a water supply pipeline, which is especially suitable for solar water heaters. The utility model is characterized in that a photovoltaic cell module supplies electric to an electromagnetic valve, opening and closing of the electromagnetic valve can be controlled by that the solar energy is converted into the electric energy, and t...

A method of charging a nonwoven web of thermoplastic microfibers to provide electret filter media is provided. The method includes impinging on a nonwoven web of thermoplastic nonconductive microfibers capable of having a high quantity of trapped charge jets of water or a stream of water droplets at a pressure sufficient to provide the web with filtration enhancing electret charge and drying said ...

A CT scanner comprising a spatially encoded detector arrangement for providing data values representing variable thickness slices, and a method of efficiently detecting X-rays for variable thickness slices of a CT scanner are disclosed. The spatially encoded detector arrangement includes a plurality of columns of detector elements, with the detector elements of each column being distributed and ar...

An environment-protecting and gas-purifying solid accumulator is composed of compound positive and negative electrodes, composite solid electrolyte of carbon particles and superstrong polybasic acid,and gas purifying membrane. Said solid electrolyte can inhibit the eduing-out of hydrogen to improve the compound power of oxygen, increase the porosity and electric conductivity of positive plate elec...

A method of determining the proper medication dosage for a patient, including the steps or correlating a plurality of dosages of a plurality of medications to respective weight-related values indicative of the proper dosage of each of the medications for a given patient weight range, assigning a color to each of the respective weight-related values within a predetermined, fixed sequence of colors ...

A catheter having expandable electrodes for applying energy to a hollow anatomical structure such as a vein. When used on a vein, the catheter is useful for a minimally invasive treatment of venous insufficiency. The catheter includes conductive end rings to which the electrodes are attached, for mechanically connecting and electrically tying electrodes together to provide for single wire electric...