A cermet suitable for use as a material for cutting tools which have excellent chipping resistance and with which works can be cut so as to result in cut surfaces having excellent quality; and a coated cermet tool. The cermet comprises hard phases constituted of compounds such as carbonitrides of metals belonging to Groups 4, 5, and 6 of the periodic table and a bonding phase comprising an iron-fa...

Subject: power-generation arrangement (power generation air-turbine). Constitution: an air compressor, a winch, an oil hydraulic system and a power generation engine. Related arrangements are the hydro-electric power turbines characterised by water fall of great water volume, and the wind generators demanding -for constant efficiency- constant and continuous air flow. Advantage: neither great wate...

Subject: slopping chimney grate having the form of a cone. Constitution: vertical rods 1 fixed onto two horizontal semi-circular metal rods 3 to from a cone, firewood placed under angle for improved combustion and aesthetical effect and handles 2 located at the end rods impeding logs from getting out from the grate throughout combustion process. The vertical rods are meant to retain firewood under...

Subject: impermeable protective cover presented in two types, A-type (1) and B- type (1a). Constitution: 80 -20% cotton/polyester fabric 3 or 3a or fabric of other natural or synthetic threads in different proportions; plasticizing with PVC of the one face 2 or 2a for waterproofing. Four elastics set at the four ends of the fabric for safe fitting thereof on the mattress surface (A type) or periph...

The hydrocarbon-assisted, selective catalytic reduction of NOx constituents in lean-bum engine exhaust is benefited by passage of the exhaust over a staged catalyst bed comprising a first stage of an alumina-supported silver catalyst for oxidation of NO to NO₂ and partial oxidation of added hydrocarbon to an aldehyde. Downstream of the silver catalyst is a second catalyst selected for t...

This invention relates to thickened aqueous formulations containing cross-linked cationic polymers, novel homo- and copolymers, their production and their use as thickeners for household formulations.

A composition that can be used to prepare a thermal interface material includes: A) a curable matrix having a curing temperature, B) a metal filler having a low melting point, optionally C) a spacer, and optionally D) a conductive filler. The temperature at which component B) commences softening is less than the curing temperature of component A). A thermal interface material is prepared by: 1) in...

The present invention relates to the use of polymerisable diketopyrrolopyrroles in colour filters, which can themselves be used for example in electro-optical systems such as TV screens, liquid crystal displays, charge coupled devices, plasma displays or electroluminescent displays and the like. In contrast to conventional pigments the polymerisable diketopyrrolopyrroles do not tend to aggregate a...

The invention provides to thermal management devices constructed from flexible graphite. In one embodiment, the thermal management device includes a wick structure inside a shell. In certain preferred embodiments, the wick structure is composed of a mass of expanded graphite. In a another embodiment, the shell of the device includes flexible graphite and an optional wick structure. In certain pref...

A vacuum cleaner includes an electric blower, a dust separation section for separating dust from air, a dust collecting section, a rotatably provided filtering separation section, a driving unit for driving the filtering separation section, and a dust removing unit 2100 for removing fine dust adhering to the filtering separation section. In the vacuum cleaner, there are provided a communication ai...

Disclosed are a weld joint and a stainless steel-based weld metal composition for the weld joint. The composition and weld joint made therefrom are suitable for welding a zinc-based alloy coated steel sheet. The weld is excellent in corrosion resistance and liquid-metal embrittlement crack resistance. This is accomplished by inhibiting liquid-metal embrittlement cracks of the stainless-steel-based...

In a reverse link management method in a multicarrier wireless communication system, an access terminal AT sends a Reverse Link Management Message to an access network AN. The Reverse Link Management Message carries information of the reverse link that the AT dropped. The AN sends the Traffic Channel Assignment Message to AT, and assigns a new reverse carrier link according to the received the Rev...

An objective of the present invention is to provide monodisperse colored spherical particles each having two separated color regions of two hues, that is, two-colored spherical particles, useful, for example, for displays of characters, graphics, images and the like, the two hues being for reverse display in terms of electricity and magnetism from the viewpoint of good suitability for display, and...

A fluid ejection device (103) comprises a substrate (115) having a first surface; a fluid ejector (201) formed over the first surface; and a cover layer (124) defining a firing chamber (202) formed about the gluid ejector, and defining a nozzle (105) over the firing chamger. The cover layer is formed by at least two SU8 layers.

A bus arbitration algorithm precisely controls the relative bus channel bandwidth allocated to each master device by considering the direction of, and/or the bus channel bandwidth consumed by, a bus transaction. At least one weighting register is associated with each master device; in one embodiment, one weighting register per bus channel. The register is periodically loaded with a proportionate s...

Implant for temporary or permanent introduction into a human or animal body of at least one biocompatible material with a shape that is oriented to fulfill one or more first functions. The shape has one or more areas in which, as second function, elasticity or mobility is provided, with the implant having material recesses in the area or areas which serve to locally reduce rigidity and are provide...

To prevent errors in a PC pursuant to downloading new software to a wireless communication device through a USB port, when it is time to reset the wireless communication device, the registers in its processor that are associated with the USB are not reset, and the USB transceiver is maintained on. Also, the USB-related values in RAM are maintained during the reset, and flash memory is maintained i...

Disclosed is a method of injecting an aggregate, which can restore the deteriorated thermal conductivity of the inside of a furnace wall due to the formation of a small gap in the bottom portion of the blast furnace. The method includes injecting a filler into a gap having a width of about 1mm or less formed in the bottom portion of the blast furnace. The disclosed filler is a paste made by disper...

The present invention relates to space-time coding techniques capable of providing incremental redundancy in wireless communication environments incorporating spatial and temporal diversity. In general, a transmitter sends packets, via blocks of symbols, to a receiver with high bandwidth efficiency and only in the event that the receiver does not correctly receive a data packet does the transmitte...

A blood inspection device using laser as puncture means. The blood inspection device has an electric power source control circuit for controlling electric power supply of an electric power source section including an electric power source for driving an electric circuit for measurement and also including an electric power source for driving a laser emission device. When a battery is used as the el...