An aminoplast-curable film-forming composition is disclosed. The film-forming composition is a crosslinkable composition comprising (1) a material containing a plurality of carbamate and/or urea functional groups and (2) an aminoplast crosslinking agent. The composition provides a coating with improved acid etch resistance, making the coating particularly useful as an automotive clear coat.

A control system for a vehicular automatic transmission, comprising: running status detecting means for detecting the running status of a vehicle; and shift control means (19) for controlling the gear stage of the automatic transmission in accordance with the running status of the vehicle. The control system further comprises: memory means (15) for storing beforehand the information of a road to b...

A mammography unit has scattered radiation screens (8, 9) positioned in front of the patient (3). Preferred Features: The mammography unit has vertical leaded glass screens (8, 9) positioned at the detector (5) side and the X-ray tube (1) side.; Die Erfindung betrifft ein Mammographie-Gerät zur Untersuchung der Mamma einer Patientin (3) mit einer Röntgenröhre (1) und einem Detektor (5), bei der se...

Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf ein Verfahren und eine Vorrichtung zum Anlegen eines Fadens 1 an eine angetriebene Spulhülse 2, insbesondere an eine Streckspulmaschine, mit einem den von insbesondere einer Liefergalette ablaufenden Faden erfassenden und führenden Absaugelement 3, durch welches der erfaßte Faden 1 einem Fadenfangschlitz der Spulhülse 2 zugeführt und der vom Fadenfangschlitz 8 erfaßt...

Flotation bubbles (2) are produced by dissolving gas (G1) (air) in fluid (F) (aqueous), followed by expansion (5) forming microbubbles. Separation (6) of adherent bubbles (3) from the fibers follows Preferred features: The fluid (F) is formed by the suspension (S) to be treated. A weak mixture of fibers and water is used, and is only introduced into the suspension following expansion. The water is...

In a process and assembly to process fish, especially salmon, the skin is first removed and the fish is then orientated in a predetermined direction on a conveyer, which then transports the fish to a given point at which it halts. The image of the salmon filet (16) is then captured by an image processing system (1) and evaluated (2). The triangular muscle zone (13) is then liberated (16) from the ...

A paper handling machine used especially in a printing process receives a quasi-continual supply of sheets of paper which are accumulated by an arrester gear at a given point and are collected into a vertical pile. When the pile is complete, the arrester gear releases the assembled pile and commences accumulation of the next pile without interruption of the flow of oncoming sheets of paper. The ar...

After each separation process, the changes in the heights (x1,x2,x3) of the surface (10) of the sheets on a stacking table opposite a parallel reference plane (9), of the surface of the upper sheet and of a separating apparatus are determined. The changes in heights are added, while maintaining their sign, as a signal is produced if the sum exceeds a threshold.; Es ist die Aufgabe der Erfindung, e...

To prepare the end of a broken yarn, for splicing, a stream of air is directed at it from a jet, where the jet outlet is cut at an angle to the jet axis to form an elliptical opening (34). The jet is in a rotating mounting for an adjustable swing movement round the jet axis to be directed round the periphery of the opening into the tube (30) used to splice the yarn. The jet outlet opening is prefe...

A yarn draw-back device comprising: a guide tube (152) having an inner space (150) through which a yarn (22) is threaded;  an air blow-in space (160) defined at a distal end portion of said guide tube (152); and an air introduction means having an air introduction port (164) communicating with said air blow-in space (160) and for blowing off air into said inner space (150) through said blow-in sp...

In anti-skid control system for motor vehicles of the type that the drive system of the motor vehicle is switchable to direct-coupled 4WD system, brake pressure reduction starting points in the anti-skid control are set up to come earlier when the drive system of the motor vehicle is switched to the direct-coupled 4WD system than when said drive system is other than the direct-coupled 4WD system.

A system for controlling running of a vehicle comprises a switch for setting a slow-run mode, a sensor for detecting that the brake is being applied, a driving force control device mechanically separated from the accelerator for controlling a driving force of the vehicle, a sensor for detecting the running speed of the vehicle, a switch for setting a slow-run speed command signal. A target speed i...

The present invention provides systems and methods for selectively applying electrical energy to a target location within a patient's heart to remove calcified deposits, and fibroid material from valve leaflets. The method of the present invention comprises positioning an electrosurgical probe or catheter (10) adjacent the target site so that one or more electrode terminals (58) are brought into a...

The invention features an electrophysiology catheter which includes: a catheter tube having a band of electrically conductive material extending around substantially the entire circumference of the catheter tube, the conductive material being non-adhesive; a flexible electrical conductor within the catheter tube, the electrical conductor having a free end extending through an opening in the cathet...

PET with low gas permeability and good mechanical properties is produced utilizing strain-induced crystallization. This strain-induced crystallization process is utilized to produce PET films and sheets, among other products.; On produit, dans le cadre de cette invention, des films de polyéthylène téréphtalate (PET), à faible perméabilité aux gaz et à bonnes propriétés mécaniques, par cristallisat...

An orientated polyester film coated on at least one surface with a coating that improves its antiblocking properties is disclosed. The coating contains an organic polymer and about 0.002 % to 1.5 % by weight, based on the weight of the coating, of porous particles that have a pore volume of at least 0.03 mL/g and a particle size of about 0.5 mu m to 4.5 mu m.; Cette invention a trait à un film p...

A single piece soft foldable IOL having open loop haptics of specific thickness and geometry. The unique geometry provides an IOL with improved fixation and centration.

An electronic security system includes a controller for controlling access to a location through activation of a lock mechanism in response to coded data and command instructions read from a key or card containing an electronic memory. The key memory data includes information specific to the keyholder which is decoded and acted upon by the controller. The controller memory can be reduced in size w...

The present invention is a class of organosilicone terpolymers which may be used to abate the foaming of diesel fuel at silicon levels below 1.2 ppm. Said silicone terpolymers are modified alkyl phenol derivatives and polyethers grafted on a polysiloxane copolymer. Said polysiloxane terpolymer has a structure of MDxD*yD**zM, where M is O.5Si(CH3)3, D is a OSi(CH3)2, D* is OSi(CH3)R, R is a polyeth...