Unique abrasive materials that are in situ generated compositions of precipitated silicas and silica gels are provided. Such compositions exhibit different beneficial, particularly simultaneously high pellicle film cleaning properties and moderate dentin abrasion levels. Such a result thus accords the user a dentifrice that effectively cleans tooth surfaces without detrimentally abrading such surf...

A saddle ride type four-wheel vehicle includes an electronic control type fuel injection system in a fuel supply system for an engine mounted thereon, wherein a fuel pump is disposed on the rear side relative to the rotational center axis of front wheels and on the front side relative to the engine.

ADITIVO PARA CURA DE PASTA. A invenção revelada se refere a aditivos para uso em, tais como, pastas de bateria e em polímeros. O aditivo é o produto da reação de ácido sulfúrico, água e óxido de chumbo. O aditivo pode ser usado em uma mistura de ácido sulfúrico, água e óxido de chumbo para produzir uma pasta de bateria modificada que, quando empastada sobre placas de baterias, produz placas de des...

An improved hunting umbrella is disclosed. The improved hunting umbrella of the present invention includes a main body. The main body includes a plurality of ribs, an upper retaining element, a lower retaining element, a piece of fabric and a central pole. A zipper is disposed on the piece of fabric. When the zipper is unzipped, a gap is formed on the piece of fabric. A bendable portion is provide...

A method for producing a vehicle tire belt structure includes forming at least one belt strip including at least one circumferential edge with a profile extending along a broken line. A vehicle tire includes a carcass structure, tread band, and belt structure. At least one carcass ply of the carcass structure includes reinforcing cords oriented substantially along radial planes of the tire. The be...

A robotic cart pulling vehicle includes a positioning error reducing system for reducing accumulated error in the ded-reckoning navigational system. The positioning error reducing system including at least one of a low load transfer point of the cart attaching mechanism, a floor variation compliance structure whereby the drive wheels maintain a substantially even distribution of load over minor su...

A sunshade base includes a base, a swivel seat to which a support tube of a sunshade is mounted, a retaining member fixed to the swivel seat, and a braking device. The swivel seat includes a flange rotatably received in a recessed portion of a top face of the base. The braking device is mounted in the base and includes a rod movable in the base and a braking arm having a first end fixed to the rod...

An object of the present invention is to provide a die and a method for manufacturing a core, wherein the core includes a ring-shaped supporting member 16 that is formed by a plate-like member, that is disposed inside a pneumatic tire, and that supports a pneumatic tire by allowing an inner side of a tread portion of the pneumatic tire to be brought into contact with an outer peripheral surface of...

In an apparatus for affixing a tire component member, a capacity of a driving means for a traveling head is decreased, and start end positions of affixing the tire component member are aligned in a peripheral direction of a drum and a widthwise overlap amount between the tire component members is made constant as is expected, and also a cycle time is shortened, in which the apparatus comprises a t...

A biosensor for use in determining a concentration of a component in an aqueous liquid sample is provided including: an electrochemical cell having a first electrically resistive substrate having a thin layer of electrically conductive material, a second electrically resistive substrate having a thin layer of electrically conductive material, the substrates being disposed with the electrically con...

The present invention relates to electrochemical cells including a first working electrode 32 , a first counter electrode 34 , a second working electrode 36 , and a second counter electrode 38 , wherein the electrodes are spaced such that reaction products from the first counter electrode 34 arrive at the first working electrode 32 , and reaction products from the first and second counter electrod...

Ammonia synthesis gas production having a shift reaction stage employing a copper-based catalyst wherein the air supplied to the process is passed through an absorber that removes sulfur and/or halide contaminants, is described. The absorber has a support carrying an absorbent for sulfur compounds and/or absorbent for halide compounds. The removal of the contaminants improves the lifetime e.g. cop...

This application describes methods and compositions for detecting and treating HLTF-associated neoplasia. Differential methylation of the HLTF nucleotide sequences has been observed in HLTF-associated neoplasia such as colon neoplasia.

A substrate comprises at least one semiconductor layer applied to a substrate material, whereby the semiconductor layer comprises an inert matrix material, in which an inorganic semiconductor material is embedded in particle form.

Processes for generating aqueous dispersions for use in the emulsion/aggregation technique, by combining crystalline polyester resin, amorphous polyester resin and water, heating and agitating the mixture and generating an aqueous dispersion containing both crystalline polyester resin particles and amorphous polyester resin particles.

Illumination utilizing a plurality of light sources is disclosed. In one embodiment, an illumination level is set to result in a desired contrast level. Calculations are made to derive electrical current values for each of the plurality of light sources which will illuminate a plurality of selected locations at the set illumination level.

A metrology device produces broadband illumination, e.g., an illumination line, that is incident on a substrate at an oblique angle of incidence and which is scanned across the substrate. A first detector collects a darkfield image, while a second detector collects the spectrally reflected light. The angle of incidence of the illumination is variable so that the darkfield image is received by the ...

An illumination arrangement for a color measurement device includes a linear arrangement of light emitting diode chips ( 11 ) packed tightly along a narrowly defined path. A plurality of light emitting diode chips within at least one region of the path emit light of substantially the same color and are directly covered together with a resin in which a converter material is included for the convers...

Storage destination controller devices wherein N number of data strips and M number of parity strips comprised in each stripe are determined so that the parity strips are not continuously stored to the same memory device between two consecutive stripes when a plurality of stripes, each comprising the N number of data strips and the M number of parity strips of different types, are distributed and ...

A processor is disclosed including an instruction unit and an execution unit. The instruction unit fetches and decodes instructions, including a conditional execution instruction. The conditional execution instruction specifies one or more instructions to be conditionally executed (i.e., "target instructions"), a register of the processor, and a condition within the register. When the instruction ...