Circular tool (10) for cutting rolls of paper and similar, the tool (10) including a central axial hole (11), two lateral surfaces (10a) and an outer cutting edge (12) defined by two chamfers or bevels (13a, 13b) inclined at respective angles "alpha,beta" with respect to the lateral surfaces (10a), one chamfer (13a) defining a cutting side of the tool (10) and the other chamfer (13b) defining a si...

Liquid impervious, biodegradable films are disclosed. In particular, the films comprise a blend of an interpenetrated network of destructurized starch with ethylene/acrylic acid copolymers or ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymers, and an aliphatic polyester such as polycaprolactone. Diapers, sanitary napkins, pantiliners, and the like, containing backsheets prepared from the foregoing materials are al...

PCT No. PCT/FR94/00755 Sec. 371 Date May 15, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date May 15, 1996 PCT Filed Jun. 22, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/00182 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 5, 1995This composition for deodorizing animal faeces such as liquid manure, in particular liquid pig manure, is characterized in that it comprises: (a) at least one normal superphosphate; (b) at least one compound chosen from undecylenic acid, its este...

The invention relates to a logging method and apparatus for investigating the geometrical characteristics of a borehole. The apparatus comprises an array of circumferentially spaced apart azimuthal current electrodes (Aazi) disposed on a sonde (21), and an annular current electrode (A) longitudinally spaced apart from the array of azimuthal electrodes. Currents (Ici) are emitted between the azimut...

An absorbent article such as an absorbent garment or the like, contg. an absorbent unit comprising the following layers: (A) a layer (10) of a hydrophilic absorbent material; (B) a layer (15) adjacent to (A) of wadding material layer in the form of a mesh with distinct holes (16); and (C) a porous material layer (20) which is contact with parts (13) of (A) via the holes in (B) and with parts (17) ...

PCT No. PCT/EP97/00009 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 6, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 6, 1998 PCT Filed Jan. 3, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/25367 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 17, 1997A process for the preparation of water-soluble, amino-containing condensates and adducts having a greater drainage and retention effect in papermaking, in which from 5 to 95% by weight of the condensates or adducts are separated off as permeate f...

Benzoxazine dione derivatives of formula (I) and their corresponding esters (containing an R3 group bound to the CO2H moiety) are new: R1 = H, CO-alkyl or CO2-alkyl; R2 = H, alkyl or halo; R3 = -ZCHR4COR5, CHR4COR5, various (hetero)cyclic group (containing R9-R15) (i)-(iii), -N=C(R16)COR9 or an antibiotic residue bound via an OH or NH group: Z = an aminocarbonyl phenyl (substituted on the ring by ...

Compounds of the formula wherein R1 is a fucose or mannose residue, have therapeutic utility via inhibition of selectins, and thus of cell adhesion.

PCT No. PCT/NO95/00142 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 27, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 27, 1997 PCT Filed Aug. 29, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/06899 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 7, 1996A process for removing essentially naphthenic acids from a crude oil which has not previously been fractionated by distillation, or from which only a naphtha fraction has been distilled. The crude oil is hydrogenated at 1-50 bars and 100-300 DE...

N-Acetylneuraminic and derivatives of formula (I) (wherein R, R<1>, R<2>, R<3> and R4 are defined in the specification) pharmaceutical formulations thereof, their use in medicine, in particular as antiviral agents and methods for their preparation are described.

The invention relates to a sensor-based electronic nose, and the general idea is to measure the noise fluctuations of the predetermined physical property, such as the resistance, of a sensor (120; 203; 213), and to determine a power-density spectrum of the noise fluctuations. The power-density spectrum of the fluctuations has turned out to be a sensitive tool for determining the composition of the...

In a method of video image motion compensation a plurality of motion vectors are derived by techniques such as phase correlation between pairs of images. In order to a produce a set of motion vectors which can be used to define substantially all the motions in an input image sets of vectors are derived from comparisons with preceding and succeeding images and are then combined to produce a set of ...

The invention provides compounds of the formula (I)or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof,wherein R is a 5-membered ring heteroaryl group containing 3 or 4 nitrogen heteroatoms which is linked to the quinoxalinedione ring by a ring carbon or nitrogen atom said group being optionally benzo-fused and optionally substituted, including in the benzo-fused portion, by 1 or 2 substituents each ind...

The invention provides a continuous flow apparatus and method for purifying charged substances from solutions or suspensions by isoelectric focusing on an industrial scale.The apparatus comprises a separating chamber, a pair of vertical electrodes (9) located at the extremes of the apparatus, an anion- or a cation-selective membrane (10) located near each of the electrodes (9) for separating elect...

A sanitary napkin, a pantyliner or a protector for light incontinent people, intended to be worn in the crotch part inside a pair of underpants, having two long sides 2 and 3 and two short sides 4 and 5, comprising an elongated absorption body 6 and flexible flaps 9 and 10 on the long sides formed of a separate piece of material 11 applied on the side of the elongated absorption body which is inte...

A frame profile (1) and a bar profile (2) are connected to one another via two T-connectors (4 and 7) which are fixed on the frame profile (1). Resulting in the joint region is a gap which, according to the invention, is sealed by a sealing cushion (13) fixed on the frame profile (1). The sealing cushion (13) consists of an elastic material, preferably of closed-cell foam. The thickness of the sea...

A process is described for filtration of fluids, particularly of beverages like beer, utilizing microfiltration membrane modules operated in alternating filtering cycles and cleansing cycles, in which the cleansing cycles are always carried out when the transmembrane pressure exceeds a pre-set pressure which has been set to equal to the optimum trans-membrane pressure for the particular fluid bein...

A method and device for wrapping packets of cigarettes, whereby a conveyor (3) for conveying the packets (2) and an actuating device (19) for activating a number of heat-seal elements (11) cooperate so that each heat-seal element (11) is brought into contact with a respective packet (2) at a given heat-seal station (10); the actuating device (19) operates in time with the conveyor (3) to keep the ...

The bicycle has a folding frame (4) and standard front (2) and rear (3) wheels. The rider stands on the pedals (5, 6). The pedals are pivoted on the frame at their front ends. The rear ends of the pedals are coupled by a chain or cable to a drive shaft. Other drive cogs on the shaft are coupled by a chain to the chainwheel on the hub of the rear wheel.

A method of washing clothes in an automatic washer having an imperforate wash tub (34), a perforate wash basket (36) disposed within the tub and rotatable about a vertical axis and a bottom plate (80) disposed within the lower portion of the wash basket and mounted for wobbling motion. A motor is selectively interconnected with the basket and bottom plate for rotating the basket and the bottom pla...