A modular light arrangement is described which is useful for an individual engaged in a sport activity. It easily can be converted from a single to a dual light bulb housing arrangement while maintaining stability and rigidity. It includes a clamp positioned to grip one or more light housings between a pair of opposed jaws. A pair of spaced indexing pins is provided on one of the jaws and a corres...

A grinding machine has a swivel head (1) with at least one plunge-grinding wheel (2), a cup wheel (3) and a measuring gauge (7) for measuring the diameter and the length of the workpiece.

A pressure relief check valve for a hydraulically actuated clutch pack or limited slip device in a limited slip differential or torque coupling device. A ball seat is formed on the external surface of the differential case and is connected to a passageway leading to a limited slip device within the differential case to establish fluid communication there between. A ball rests on the valve seat and...

A limited slip differential assembly comprising a differential case and two side gears rotatably supported within the differential case. Each of the side gears provided with a pre-loaded clutch pack mounted on a hub portion of the side gear. A lock ring is permanently pressed on the hub portion of the side gear adjacent the clutch pack for retaining the clutch pack in a predetermined pre-loaded co...

A system for producing preferential damage to hair exiting mammalian skin. A agent having an average diameter for enabling the agent to penetrate the hair duct is selected. The agent is designed to attach to, or become physically incorporated into, the hair shaft, the hair follicle, the hair bulb or the hair duct. The agent has an electromagnetic radiation absorption characteristic which enables t...

This invention relates to a method of producing a bioadhesive composition comprising the steps of preparing a solution of a solvent and a polymer mixture wherein the polymer mixture comprises at least one natural or synthetic polycarboxylated polymer and at least one polysaccharide; drying the solution to form a solid; and heat treating the solid to effect cross-linking and to form the bioadhesive...

The present invention relates to compounds that are two-part molecules, and compositions containing such compounds, in which one part is designed to become covalently bonded to the skin (bonding agent) and the other part (a characteristic use agent) is designed to impart some characteristic use, such as emolliency, moisturizing effect, anti-acne, anti-wrinkle, anti-pain, antimicrobial, antifungal,...

There are provided:a film(F) obtained by heat-aging a film containing a specific propylene resin;a laminated film(LF-1) having (i)a layer containing a specific propylene resin, and (ii)a layer containing a specific propylene block copolymer;a laminated film(LF-2) obtained by heat-aging the laminated film(LF-1);a laminated structure(LS-1) having (a)a substrate containing an olefinic resin, and (b)t...

A biodegradable, water dispersible shaped core product useful in winding or rolling and storage of paper goods is provided by extruding starch which has a particle size of 800 to 1200 microns into an expanded, closed cell starch product.

A diamond grit surface is formed on a substrate (1) having a metal surface (2), such as nickel, by applying a paste (4) of low-grade diamond grit in a binder to the surface. After driving off the binder, the diamond coated surface is placed in a reactor chamber (10) having a microwave plasma reactor (11) and connected to a hydrogen gas pump (12). The substrate (1) is heated in the hydrogen atmosph...

A process for preparing a PET flake mixture for use in connection with the fabrication of high-performance plastic strapping comprises the steps of initially collecting post-consumer and non-post-consumer PET materials having an initially wide range of relatively low intrinsic viscosity (IV) values with a relatively low average intrinsic viscosity (IV) value, and processing the same through solid ...

A syntactic foam composition is formed from a resin binder containing microspheres and minispheres and having a thermal conductivity less than 0.120 watts/meter° K.

Disclosed is a film or sheet of a polypropylene resin composition comprising the following components (A), (B) and (C):(A) 100 parts by weight of a polypropylene resin,(B) from 0.001 to 1 part by weight of a phenolic antioxidant such as 1,3,5-tris(4-t-butyl-3-hydroxy-2,6-dimethylbenzyl)isocyanurate or the like, and(C) from 0.05 to 5 parts by weight of a hindered amine-based light stabilizer.Provid...

Solutions of aminotriazine resins at least 30 mol % of whose alkylol groups are etherified with a C1-C16 alkanol in a mono-C1-C4 alkyl glycol of the formulawhere R1 is C1-C4 alkyl, R2 is CH2-CH2 and R3 isand w, x, y and z are an integer from 0 to 10 and at least one of them is other than 0or in a solvent mixture which consists to the extent of at least 20% by weight a of mono-C1-C4 alkyl glycol of...

Disclosed is a fiber reinforcement-containing polyolefin composition comprising a polyolefin resin component containing a graft modified polyolefin and/or an ionomer; a long fiber reinforcement having an average fiber diameter of 3 to 21 mum, of which fibers are arranged and dispersed in a pellet having a length of 3 to 30 mm prepared by molding the polyolfin resin component, in nearly parallel wi...

Rubber articles are coated with a powder-free copolymer coating to provide improved mold release characteristics, improved donning characteristics, and improved tactile feel. The copolymer is formed by the polymerization of a low surface energy monomer, an alkyl acrylate, a hard monomer and a urethane oligomer. The copolymers are preferably formed by a sequential polymerization process.

An overmolded electronic assembly (10) and method for forming the assembly (1) that entails enclosing a circuit board (12) having one or more circuit devices (16) mounted to its surface. The assembly (10) includes a heat-conductive member (18) in thermal contact with one or more of the circuit devices (16) mounted to the circuit board (12). An overmolded body (22) encloses the circuit board (12) a...

A power train control (1) for a vehicle (8) or an automotive machine with a prime mover (5) with a governor (2) and a continuously variable transmission (7) with a ratio control (3). The power train control (1) coordinates the ratio control and the governor issuing a theoretical speed n_mot_nom to the governor (2) for the prime mover (5) and a nominal transmission ratio i_nom to the ratio control ...

When a cold start condition exists, an electronic gear control (4) calculates for an automatic transmission (3) driven by an internal combustion engine (1) the energy throughput of the internal combustion engine (1). The energy throughput is added up and compared with a limit value. The shift points of the automatic transmission (3) are pushed up to higher values as long as the calculated value re...

Wrinkles are cosmetically removed from a superficial area of mammalian skin tissue having an epidermal layer, a basal layer, and a dermal layer, by irradiating the dermal layer through the basal layer, the irradiation having an energy density in the range 5J/cm² or less, and being selected to be absorbed by a chromophore in the dermal layer such that collagen present in the dermal layer...