The invention relates to a method and apparatus for coating an article using a spray-coating method. Coating can be produced by atomizing a fluid coating precursor material into droplets with an average diameter of 0.5 to 5 micrometres. The droplets are introduced onto the article to be coated at a velocity that exceeds the critical impaction velocity. The evaporation of the droplets can be contro...

The present invention relates to a crosslinking composition to be used for crosslinking heterogeneous polysaccharides, the composition comprising a crosslinking agent selected from a group of crosslinking polysaccharides containing at least two carboxylic acid functionalities in its backbone and/or side chains, wherein the crosslinking polysaccharides are different from the heterogeneous polysacch...

A semiconductor device includes a conduct structure to which are arranged contacts for a source and a drain, a resonance region including at least two barrier regions, at least one resonator between the barrier regions and a control electrode and which resonance region is arranged between the contacts. The conduct structure between the contacts is homogeneous and the barrier regions are formed of ...

The invention provides a conditional access system, wherein a conditional access client in a terminal has minimal functionality while a smartcard for use in the terminal incorporates user interaction and content authorisation functionality. The interface for user interaction between the smartcard and the conditional access client is generic. The invention enables addition or modification of condit...

A method for preventing a manual transmission vehicle equipped with a remot e start device from starting when the vehicle is in-gear, including: receiving a start signal; beginning a vehicle start sequence; monitoring a sensor while starting the vehicle; and stopping the vehicle from starting when motion is detected by the sensor.

Dairy compositions are provided having a high pH, of about 4.8 to about 6.2 , comprising desirable probiotic cultures as well as an anti-microbial system for inhibiting undesirable pathogenic and/or spoilage microbial growth without significantl y reducing the beneficial effect of the probiotic cultures.

Coated components and methods of forming a coating on a component are provided. In an embodiment, by way of example only, a coated component includes a substrate and a coating overlying the substrate, where the coating comprises a plurality of agglomerates, each agglomerate including one or more particles of a first constituent and one or more particles of a second constituent that is different fr...

The invention relates to a compact reactor consisting of a plurality of plat es arranged in a stack and spaced apart from each other, wherein a) the plates are spaced apart by spacing means and sealed relative to each other in a gas--tight manner, b) the plates have a corrugated profile, so that the corrugation troughs for m flow channels separated from each other by the corrugation crests (fins),...

The present invention relates to a crosslinking composition to be used for crosslinking heterogeneous polysaccharides, the composition comprising a crosslinking agent selected from a group of crosslinking polysaccharides containing at least two carboxylic acid functionalities in its backbone and/or side chains, wherein the crosslinking polysaccharides are different from the heterogeneous polysacch...

An ultrasonic needle driver is provided. The driver includes a housing, an ultrasonic transducer mounted within the housing, a coupling mechanism operably connect ed to and extending distally from the ultrasonic transducer, and a tool assembly operably connected to the coupling mechanism. The tool assembly may be configured for selectively retaining a suture needle. The housing may include a handl...

This invention concerns a torque transferring arrangement ("A") having a first shaft (1) driven to a rotational movement around a first axis of rotation (Ia) and a second shaft (2) driven over a force transferring means (3) to a rotational motion around a second axis of rotation (2a), wherein said force transferring means (3) is eccentrically coordinated on the one hand with said first axis of rot...

The invention relates to a method and device for measuring gaseous substances, in which the method comprises the stages: ionization of the sample gas in a gas flow, leading of the ionized gas flow through an elongated ion-mobility measuring chamber in the cross-section defined by it, filtering out of ions from the ionized gas flow at a distance from the measuring electrodes, permitting the passage...

A liquid management system comprising a first chamber that has a first boundary wall, and a second chamber that has a second boundary wall. The second chamber has a base surrounded by the second boundary wall and the second boundary wall is within the first boundary wall. The second boundary wall height is lower than the first boundary wall height. The liquid management system also comprises a liq...

Embodiments of the present invention provide pulley apparatuses that can be easily incorporated into block-and-tackle configurations. In some embodiments, a ro pe can be easily dropped into place and removed, rather than having to be threaded in. For example, the pulley housing can include a rope channeling structure near the end opposite the aperture, and the rope channeling structure can facilit...

The present invention finds application in the field of automatic industrial plants for continuous food production. Particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus for controlled processing of dough (P), which comprises a sheeting device (2) susceptible of interacting with a portion of dough (P) to form it into a substantially disk-shaped element (D) of predetermined thickness and diam...