An abrasive segment (2) is fixed to a disk support (1) by laser soldering. The laser beam (5) being applied perpendicular to the rear face of the metallic disk support so as to melt strips of solder (3). The abrasive segment has an intermediate layer which does not contain abrasive grains

A torque distribution control device includes two rotational speed differential responsive type control couplings each having various transfer torque characteristics which differ in the ratio of a transfer torque to a rotational speed differential. The control device selects one of the torque transfer characteristics in response to a signal supplied thereto. When turning the outer wheel side contr...

Pressing device comprises a conical sleeve (6) arranged on a welding lens (2) of a welding beam (9) and freely rotating about an axis (7) which is inclined about an angle to the axis (8) of the welding beam. The axis of the welding beam exits close to the inner casing surface of the sleeve. The free front side of the cone of the casing lies on one point close to the welding beam on the flange of t...

Fusion welding process comprises removing or partially removing a corrosion protection layer in the region of the welding seam or welding points using thermally, chemically and/or abrasive techniques. Preferred Features: The thermally, chemically and/or abrasive techniques are carried out using a nozzle connected to a welding device, in which the material for the techniques is blown onto the weldi...

Matrix powder contains a hard material in powdered form. Part of the hard material is present in the form of spheroidal particles having a grain size of less than 500 mu m. Preferred Features: The spheroidal particles have a grain size of 20-250 mu m. 30-60 wt.% of the hard material particles lie in the region of 106-250 mu m and the remaining particles lie in the region of less than 106 mu m....

Element comprises a shaft joined to a holding element for connecting a rod. The holding element has a U-shaped recess for receiving the rod. The recess has two free arms (5) at one end with an internal thread and a sealing element (9) having an external thread (8) interacting with the internal thread. The two flanks (7a, 7b) of the internal thread lie at right angles to the central axis (M) of the...

A method of cutting material for use in an implantable medical device employ s a plotted laser cutting system. The laser cutting system is computer controlle d and includes a laser combined with a motion system. The laser precisely cuts segments out of source material according to a predetermined pattern as designated by the computer. The segments are used in constructing implantable medical devic...

A method of cutting material for use in an implantable medical device employ s a plotted laser cutting system. The laser cutting system is computer controlled and includes a laser combined with a motion system. The laser precisely cuts segments out of source material according to a predetermined pattern as designated by the computer. The segments are used in constructing implantable medical device...

A network system of personal, portable hand cleaning agent dispensers and a method to record and report their specific usage. In one form, each dispenser (1) has an identifier unique to it and shared with no other dispenser. Each dispenser (1) contains hand cleaning fluid agent in an amount sufficient to provide multiple shots of predetermined amount. In another form, dispensers (1) are refillable...

Neue Pyrazolylcarboxanilide der Formel (I), in welcher R<1>, R<2>, G, R<3> und n die in der Beschreibung angegebenen Bedeutungen haben, mehrere Verfahren zum Herstellen dieser Stoffe und deren Verwendung zum Bekämpfen von unerwünschten Mikroorganismen, sowie neue Zwischenprodukte und deren Herstellung.; Novel pyrazolylcarboxanilides of formula (I), where R<1>, R<2>, G, R<3> and n have the meanings...

An applications manager, executed with application resources in a streaming media retrieval system, which monitors selected or registered applications and initiates recovery procedures in the event of an error. An application manager thread is instantiated for each application process to be monitored. The application process is monitored for a state message that is periodically transmitted by the ...

A method for treating a sphincter provides a polymer material having a liquid state. The method also provides a catheter having a distal end, a tissue piercing device carried by the distal end, and an energy delivery device coupled to the tissue piercing device. The tissue piercing device has a lumen. The method introduces the catheter into an esophagus and pierces an exterior sphincter tissue sur...

Sensors formed from a substrate, an electrode layer and at least a first reagent layer are manufactured by transporting a continuous web of the substrate past at least two print stations, and printing the electrode layer and the first reagent layer on the substrate. One of the print stations prints the electrode layer on the continuous web of substrate, and the other of the print stations prints t...

A portable container in the form of a knapsack having a soft-sided wall structure, a bottom portion and an upwardly extending wall adjoining the bottom portion. The bottom portion and the upwardly extending wall co-operate to define a chamber therewithin. Strapping is mounted to the front portion to permit the knapsack to be carried on a person's back. A receptacle is mounted to the upwardly exten...

An improved folding chair comprises two side frames each having a front leg, a rear leg, and a linkage bar bridged the front leg and the rear leg, and a first loading bracket and a second loading bracket. The linkage bars are coupled respectively with a tubular rod which is turnable on the linkage bar. The tubular rods respectively attach to a first and a second toggle bar which are pivotally enga...

A control system for a mobile robot (10) is provided to Effectively cover a given area by operating in a Plurality of modes, including an obstacle following mode (51) and a random bounce mode (49). In other embodiments, spot coverage, such as spiraling (45), or other modes are also used to increase effectiveness. In addition, a behavior based architecture is used to implement the control system, a...

A master authenticator (10) is worn by a user and wirelessly transmits information associated with the user to a remotely located electronic device. The master authenticator contains a sensor (12) to determine or sense whether or not the user is wearing the authenticator, along with a means to allow the user to log (22) in to the master authenticator by performing predefined physical action on the...

A test strip platform for a testing apparatus of the type using test strips, wherein the platform has a shroud defining a strip track for positioning an inserted strip over an optical aperture for making analytical determinations. The platform has a hood permanently mounted to the shroud for overlying the optical window and protecting the testing apparatus optics. The strip track has stabilizing m...

A hydraulic pressure control apparatus has an actuator for controlling an automatic transmission. A case for receiving the actuator is constituted by an upper case, a lower case and a plate interposed between them. The plate is provided with a filter. The filter protects the actuator from foreign matters. The actuator is inserted into the case along the axial direction. The actuator is locked by a...

A method and apparatus for applying a tread band onto a tire carcass of a tire which is to be fabricated or a tire which is to be retreaded are provided and include feeding a tread band onto the tire carcass via a tread band feed device while the tire carcass is rotated and in conjunction with the pressing of the tread band against the tire carcass by a pressing device. The tread band has a shorte...