The clamp consists of a base (11) with enlarged section (43) which increases its thickness (7). The enlarged section has, seen in plan view, a part circular shape or is V-shaped with rounded tip of 'V'. A ring (3) on a rod bent into a V-shape can hinge about a pivot point (26) in the enlarged section. One side of the enlarged section (43) has a groove (36) of part circular cross-section which matc...

PURPOSE: To prevent the wrong use by providing a host computer provided with a user's use application holding part, an application processing part, a central processing part, a security control part, and a transmission/reception control part and a HUB provided with a transmission/reception processing part. CONSTITUTION: When receiving a start message from a central processing part 106, a security ...

Fusion proteins comprise a first amino acid sequence and a second amino acid sequence. The first amino acid sequence is derived from a retrotransposon or an RNA retrovirus and confers on the fusion protein the ability to assemble into particles; an example is the product of the TYA gene of the yeast retrotransposon Ty. The second amino acid sequence is biologically active; for example it may be an...

PURPOSE:To provide a thin-form EL lamp equipped with an electrode insulating means and to offer a manufacturing method for it. CONSTITUTION:On a transparent electrode 2 formed on a transparent film 1, a light emitting layer 4, reflective insulation layer 5, and back electrode 6 are formed in an area smaller than the transparent electrode 2, and this laminate 7 is covered with a back electrode insu...

PURPOSE:To prevent deterioration of the front end part, in particular, of a probe and to obtain an ultrasonic processing device having an excellent durability with no risk of breakage by providing such an arrangement that the cross-sectional area of the front end part of an ultrasonic wave transmitting member is smaller than that of the base end part thereof, and no difference in the cross-section...

A system (20) adapted for coupling to an optical conduit (22) provides an input or output port for the transmission of radiant energy to or from the conduit over a spherical angle greater than a hemisphere. The system includes a base support element (21) for holding an end portion of the conduit, typically an optical fiber, and includes a cavity (26) which surrounds the end portion of the conduit....

Apparatus for processing one or more optical signals to produce a desired polarisation transformation on a Poincaré sphere has particular application in a receiver for a coherent communication system. One or more birefringent elements 11 receive a polarised optical signal from a local oscillator 12, and vary the state of polarisation of the local optical signal in order to match it to a received o...

A phase loss detection circuit for a three phase electrical system providing three phase power as to a motor, the three phase electrical being subject to a phase loss condition and a transient condition is disclosed. The transient condition includes starting transients, stopping transients or severe load transients. The phase loss detection circuit distinguishes between a phase loss condition and ...

Synthetic yeast leader peptides are disclosed which aid in extracellular secretion of heterologous proteins made recombinantly in yeast.

A quick disconnect coupling (22) having integral fluid conduits (16a and 16b) is disclosed for use with master part transfer booms having changeable part handling spider booms (12). The coupling uses rotary locking member (52), having an eccentric cam (66) disposed thereon, which rigidly clamps the part handling spider (12) to the master boom (24) by engaging rods (60) configured in a male/female ...

In a process for producing non-infectious blood plasma, the plasma is treated with non-ionic tensides, the lipid phase is separated and the non-ionic tenside is removed by solid-phase extraction on hydrophobic materials.

An automotive vehicle includes a lock mechanism for locking a seat slide unit on which a vehicle seat is mounted or a seat reclining unit mounted on the vehicle seat. A screw rotatably mounted on an upper rail is in mesh with a nut secured to a lower rail or mounted on a seat back frame. Each of the screw and the nut has a lead angle greater than an angle of friction thereof so that the screw can ...

PCT No. PCT/GB87/00266 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 26, 1988 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 26, 1988 PCT Filed Apr. 23, 1987 PCT Pub. No. WO87/06786 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 1987.In a method for converting n data input bits to n data output bits, groups of m data input bits from an input data buffer (10) are used as address input for a plurality of identical substitution look-up tables (20 to 27). Each look-up table (2...

The present invention relates to a stable hemoglobin based composition having sufficiently low levels of methemoglobin to effectively function as an oxygen carrying solution upon administration to a patient made by the process comprising: a) adding an oxygenated or deoxygenated form of said blood substitute to an oxygen impermeable package, and b) storing said container at from between 5 DEG C to...

An active sound attenuation system for combustion engine exhaust systems and the like is disclosed. The system includes counter-noise acoustic wave generators (19) that are protected from the environment of a medium propagating undesireable noise by an acoustically tuned anti-noise chamber (5, 11) interposed between the wave generators (19) and the medium with the undesirable noise. To provide for...

PCT No. PCT/EP86/00293 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 23, 1987 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 23, 1987 PCT Filed May 16, 1986 PCT Pub. No. WO86/07055 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 4, 1986.Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic esters of the formula I, R1-A1-Z1-A2-[Z2-A3]m-R2 I in which R1, R2, A1, A2, A3, Z1, Z2 and m have the meaning specified in patent claim 1, are suitable as components of smectic liquid-crystalline phases.

PCT No. PCT/GB87/00801 Sec. 371 Date May 7, 1990 Sec. 102(e) Date May 7, 1990 PCT Filed Nov. 10, 1987 PCT Pub. No. WO89/04452 PCT Pub. Date May 18, 1989.An armor material for use in protecting personnel and instrumentation from ball round, armor piercing bullets and shrapnel, comprises a glass-ceramic bonded to an energy absorptive backing comprising high tensile fibers embedded in a natural or sy...

A method and apparatus for coating a fastener with head and shank portions is disclosed. The invention includes the steps of and apparatus for transferring the fasteners from a feed mechanism such that the fasteners are positioned for coating. The fasteners are then conveyed through a plurality of operating stations, beginning with a heating station where the shank portions of the fasteners are he...

PCT No. PCT/FR91/00449 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 3, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 3, 1992 PCT Filed Jun. 6, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO91/18617 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 12, 1991.A pharmaceutical composition having as the active ingredient an at least partially purified extraction fraction of polar glycopeptidolipids of Mycobacterium chelonae having formula (1). The composition can be used in particular for stimulating n...

An apparatus for adjusting head gap depending upon the thickness of printing paper in an ink jet printer. The apparatus may be constructed with a unit for moving a printer head into a vertical direction of the printing paper so as to adjust the head gap corresponding to a distance between a nozzle of the printer head and the printing paper.