A disposable absorbent article is provided having a loop fastening material as female component of a hook and loop fastener system. The loop material comprises a web having a top surface and at least one row of filamentary yarn spanning the length of said top surface and adapted to be entangled by complementary male fastener.

A part of an outer wall composing a clean box 2 becomes a component of a particle processing apparatus, a processing chamber 31 and the clean box 2 are integrated, the entire apparatus can be made compact, and in accordance with such compactness, even when a shaft sealing means 6 and an oil sealing means 323 are disposed in proximity to each other, reliable shaft sealing performance is secured, wh...

Apparatus for depositing a substance on threads (2, 3, 4; 25; 50, 51, 52) in a textile machine is designed in a way such that the substance is deposited in pulses the frequency and/or amplitudes of which are controlled as a function of the speed and/or tension of moving threads (2, 3, 4).

Particulate, expandable styrene polymers capable of being processed into hard foamed plastic materials of a small density and containing, therefore, at least one foaming agent comprise at least aluminum in a particulate form for improving their thermal insulation properties. The styrene polymer particles comprise, after their expansion, a fine cell structure and contain the aluminum particles inco...

The luminaire has a molded reflector body (1) comprising a reflective coating (3) with light reflective particles (10) and a binder (11) and having a substrate side (12) and an outer surface (13). The coating (3) has a smooth optical waveguiding surface due to the absence of particles (10) at its outer surface (13) and to the light-transmission properties of the binder (11). Owing to these propert...

The luminaire has a molded reflector body (1) comprising a reflective coating (3) with light reflective particles (10) and a binder (11) and having a substrate side (12) and an outer surface (13). The coating (3) has a smooth optical waveguiding surface due to the absence of particles (10) at its outer surface (13) and to the light-transmission properties of the binder (11). Owing to these propert...

A system for playing a selected one of multiple subtitle tracks recorded in a synchronized fashion with a motion picture on an optical disk (23). Individual subtitle tracks in numerous languages may be provided for the same motion picture, with or without multiple soundtracks. The user may select a soundtrack in his/her language if it is available. If not, subtitles can be displayed in a selected ...

A standing umbrella includes an upright pole, a top affixed to the upper end of the upright pole, a slide member displaceably mounted on the upright pole, at least four tensioning struts having free outer ends and inner ends linked to the slide member at respective pivots, a flexible cover affixed to the tensioning struts, and flexible carrier elements extending between the top and the tensioning ...

The present invention relates to an inspection system for inspection of an object, comprising at least an image recording means (30, 30') carried by an inspector (20, 20'), a display unit, a storage unit and a contact free positioning unit (40). The storage unit is arranged to store at least an image taken by said imaged recording unit (30, 30') in relation to a position given by said positioning ...

A rotatable drum useful in the manufacture of vehicle tires. A plurality of segments collectively define the outer circumferential surface of the drum. These segments are divided into two sets, one set being disposed on each of the opposite sides of a transverse center plane of the drum, the center plane being oriented normal to the rotational axis of the drum. The two sets of segments are mounted...

Surgical devices and methods for their use in manipulating internal body objects are provided. The subject devices have proximal and distal ends separated by an elongate member. Located at the distal end is at least one articulated member, and usually two or more articulated members. A manual means for actuating the one or more distal articulated members is located at the proximal end of the devic...

K popolčeku obsahujúcemu ťažké kovy a kovový hliník sa pridá reakčné činidlo zvolené zo súboru zahŕňajúceho kyselinu fosforečnú a fosforečnany alkalických kovov, takto získaná fosforečná zmes sa zmieša s vodou a hydraulickým väzobným činidlom, čím sa vytvorí hydraulická malta a malta sa podrobí procesu tuhnutia a tvrdnutia.ŕ; PCT No. PCT/EP97/00778 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 16, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr....

A computer-implemented method delivers goods purchased from a vendor web site without revealing the customer's identity or physical shipping address to the vendor computer (140). The method includes associating the identity and physical location of each customer with computer (100) linking information which is stored at a secure computer such as a secure provider computer (110) or banking computer...

A method, a software robot and a system for measuring advertising on a computer network, such as the Internet. The variety of advertisements is examined at certain addresses and advertisements are then automatically looked for and their frequency is registered. Combined with manual classification of advertisements and statistics as regards the visits and prices for advertising, it is possible to a...

PCT No. PCT/GB95/02540 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 22, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 22, 1997 PCT Filed Oct. 31, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/13648 PCT Pub. Date May 9, 1996A 2-stage underreamer for use in a subterranean wellbore includes a unitary body having upper and lower blades mounted in slots formed perpendicular to each other in the body. Separate upper and lower piston assemblies are provided for driving t...

A coupling assembly for agricultural implements has a friction coupling (1), an electromagnet (6) and control mechanism (7). The friction coupling (1) includes a friction assembly (4) which is loaded by a pressure plate (14). The pressure plate (14) is loaded by pressure springs (15, 16). The pressure plate (14) is adjustable by an actuating device (5) which includes an electromagnet (6) and an an...

A hydrophilic coating having a covalently cross-linked hydrophilic polymer suitable for coating medical devices or instruments for introduction into human cavities, the coating further having a water soluble compound, the water soluble compound being glucose, sorbitol, a halide, nitrate, acetate, citrate or benzoate of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal or silver; acetic acid, glycine or urea...

The demand of an item the process of which can be divided into steps and distributedly conducted is made to match with the supply existing separately from the demand and thereby the process is efficiently carried out. An owner Web (30) in an auction system is characterized by comprising recording means (32) for recording a rank and/or grade which is given to each bidder who wants to participate...

The present invention is a method for a network billing, especially on the Internet, and a billing system that uses this method. The present billing system can bill for services and communication activity done within the premises among local devices and application without going through any exchange or outside switching devices. The main object of the present invention is that the billing is based...