This invention is directed to a plastic composite comprising color images printed onto a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate using thermal transfer (TT) printing technology. The PET layer is then bonded to a second PET layer using a thermally activated adhesive, preferably ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA). The bonded PET layers are then disposed between two layers of plasticized PVB, ...

An automatic umbrella having a dome, a staff and a opening and closing mechanism off center or offset from the center of the dome is described. The opening and closing mechanism includes a plurality of ribs of varying lengths, a plurality of links of varying lengths and a plurality of braces of varying lengths. The combination of ribs, links and braces enable easy and automatic opening of the umbr...

The front binding (1) for a snowboard has two jaws (5a,b) to retain a boot vertically and laterally. The jaws are mounted on a carriage (4) movable between end positions in which the boot can be released by tilting of one or other of the jaws. The carriage is returned to an intermediate position by a spring. The tilting axes of the jaws are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the binding.

The method involves evaluating intensity of infrared radiation emitted by objects (2) formed in different cavities (4). Exposure of sensors (6) for inspecting the objects is adjusted according to the evaluated intensity of the infrared radiation. The adjustment of the sensor standardizes the response of the sensor during the inspection of the object irrespective of the origin of the objects. An I...

Procédé de transmission d'informations entre une cavité saline et la surface, la cavité (2) étant reliée à la surface par un puits d'accès (4) cuvelé par des tubes métalliques (16), le procédé consistant à : suspendre un train d'outils à un système d'accrochage (20) en contact électrique avec les tubes, le train d'outils comportant au moins un appareil de mesure (22) relié au système d'accrocha...

A digital television signal includes successive frames of two fields each comprising 313 data segments with the first data segment in each field functioning as a field sync. The field sync segment comprises a 511 PN sequence and three 63 pseudo-random number (PN) sequences, with the middle one of the 63 PN sequences alternating polarity in successive fields. A reference data segment is compared wi...

The electrical connection method connects to a conducting zone or terminal inside an enclosure. To facilitate mounting the enclosures for electrical receptacles and switches, there is a built in enclosure mounting by sliding the sleeve inside a housing (2). The female terminals are directly in connection with the enclosure (1) electrical wires contacting the sleeve male terminals. Disassembly is s...

Porous articles (A) having an antibiotic coating, where a coating of a salt (I) of fusidic acid (FA) with antibiotic (AB) is applied to the pore system of a non-metallic and/or metallic article, (I) being sparingly soluble in water or aqueous media and AB being gentamicin, sisomycin, netilmycin, streptomycin, tobramycin, spectinomycin, vancomycin, ciprofloxacin, moxifloxacin, clindamycin, lincomyc...

PURPOSE: A bone anchoring element is provided to permit the element to be rapidly and easily inserted into a bone with less force, and prevent damages to the bone. CONSTITUTION: A bone anchoring element(1) comprises a head(2) to be connected to an external device; and a shaft(3) having a bone thread(5) formed at a predetermined portion thereof. The shaft has at least one bone thread-free surface(6...

PURPOSE: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is provided to prevent ion migration and reduce a short-circuit phenomenon of interconnections by preventing moisture from penetrating an inner connection electrode and the interconnection. CONSTITUTION: A plurality of inner connection electrodes(4) are connected to a plurality of protrusion electrodes(7) formed on the device surface of a se...

PURPOSE: A circuit board and a manufacturing method thereof, and a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided to obtain a protrusion electrode capable of enduring sufficiently the force applied from a lateral direction by enhancing the structure of the protrusion electrode. CONSTITUTION: A circuit board includes an insulating substrate(1), a plurality of conductive lines(...

A semiconductor device (1) has a sub-chip-scale package structure, wherein the substrate (50) has at least one of an X dimension and a Y dimension smaller than a corresponding dimension of the semiconductor die (10). The semiconductor device (1) has a plurality of electrical connections between the semiconductor die and the substrate, the electrical connections (15, 20) being provided within the o...

A new type of wall covering composition comprising hydraulic binders, such as an impermeable single-layer plaster suitable for any support for single-layer coatings, includes cellular concrete sand produced by grinding waste cellular concrete, e.g. cellular concrete building materials. Independent claims are given for: (a) an internal plastering composition including cellular concrete sand; (b) a...

Wastewater treatment in which excess sludge from a membrane bioreactor (1) is treated with a polyelectrolyte in a dewatering unit (4) comprises contacting the sludge with water from the dewatering unit to transfer polyelectrolyte from the water to the sludge and then recycling the water to the bioreactor and passing the sludge to the dewatering unit.

The method involves placing a grid (1) in a cavity of an injection mold. The cavity has two opposed walls supported on opposed faces of the grid. A filling material (17) is injected to fill spaces separating spaced parts of the grid to obtain a plate (18). An integrated circuit chip (19) is fixed on the grid and electrically connected to electric connection legs. An Independent claim is also incl...

A process for making a low volume fraction preform for a metal matrix composite including the steps of:mixing a reinforcement with a binder and sacrificial fillers to provide a castable slurry;placing the slurry in a mold to provide a green cast preform;drying the green casting to remove any water and/or solvent;firing the green preform at a relatively low temperature to burn off the sacrificial f...

The invention relates to polymers that can be obtained by: A) reacting an epoxidized ester, which is selected from one or more unsaturated fatty acids having 8 to 26 C atoms and a polyol having 2 to 6 OH groups, with a monoamine, diamine or polyamine; B) alkoxylating the polyamine obtained hereby with a C₂ to C₄ alkylene oxide in molar excess so that the average degree of alk...

Process for treatment and storage of water using components made of recycled rubber (A). Process for treatment and storage of water using components made of recycled rubber (A), particularly for purification of polluted water or sludges by removing pollutants, especially heavy metals, nitrates and hydrocarbons present in effluent from agricultural, industrial and urban installations such as refin...

PURPOSE: An information recording medium, an information recording/reproducing method and an information recording/reproducing device are provided to consist of a management area and a data area, while data of a digital stream signal are recorded in the data area as plural objects, and to include specific information in management information to be recorded in the management area. CONSTITUTION: An...

A wireless digital music playing and transmitting device installed on the portable DVD/CD player wherein a transmitter having a functional interface consists of a central processing and audio frequency AD converting circuit, a radio-frequency module, an indicating lamp and a power control circuit; output terminals of the central processing and audio frequency AD converting circuit are connected to...