Disposable absorbent article such as a feminine hygiene pad, and adult incontinence article or a baby diaper having a minimised tendency for creating negative skin occlusion which might create over-hydration of the skin by exhibiting a low Breathability Value as impacted by the vapour permeability of backsheet materials and the respective areas as covered by such materials.

"SISTEMA DE ENERGIA SUBMARINO, CAMPO SUBMARINO, MéTODO PARA REMOçãO DE áGUA GERADA POR UMA CéLULA DE COMBUSTìVEL SUBMARINA, MéTODO PARA REMOçãO DE IMPUREZAS INTRODUZIDAS NUMA PILHA DE CéLULAS DE COMBUSTìVEL E CéLULA DE COMBUSTìVEL SUBMARINA DE LONGA DURAçãO". Trata-se de uma célula de combustível submarina e um sistema adaptados para utilização de longa duração. A célula de combustível submarina c...

The quilted-top featherbed includes a conventional featherbed, which is adapted and arranged to lie on top of a conventional bed mattress and is filled with feathers. A quilted-top member is secured around the periphery thereof to the featherbed, wherein the top member comprises successive layers of woven fabric, polyester batting and nonwoven fabric, the three layers being secured together by a q...

Providing a narrow strip of electrically conductive rubber extending from a lower undertread layer to the surface of the tread by positioning a slotted chimney block in an outer tread rubber passage of a tire tread die and having the chimney block passage in communication with a lower undertread passage of the tire tread die.

A urological resectoscope having an axially extending shaft tube, the proximal end thereof being fixed to a main body. A sliding body is proximally positioned in relation to the main body, and can slide in a parallel manner in relation to the axis thereof. The sliding body includes a receiver, a fixing device and a contacting device. An electrode which can be subjected to a high frequency, includi...

A method for mounting beads on a tire carcass which is being laid up on tire building drum, particularly applicable to cases wherein the drum has a free end and an opposite end which is supported by a drum support (or comparable impediment to installing a bead from the opposite end of the drum). The method comprises disposing a first of two beads on the drum in an area which is between a carcass l...

A robot cleaner system capable of accurately docking with an external charging apparatus and a method for docking with an external charging apparatus comprising a power supply terminal connected to a supply of utility power, an external charging apparatus including a terminal stand for supporting the power supply terminal and fixing the external charging apparatus at a predetermined location, a dr...

A lane tracking control system for a vehicle includes a controller which is coupled to a road image detector for taking a view ahead of the vehicle, a vehicle behavior detector for detecting a behavior of the vehicle and a steering control mechanism for executing a steering control in response to a steering control signal. The controller is arrange to calculate a road shape on the basis of the vie...

A method of analyzing train operational data recorded during each run of a train and transferred to a processing station. Operational and informational parameters are derived from the recorded operational data for each run. The operational and identification parameters and the corresponding operational data are stored as a standard database record for each run. The operational parameters are compa...

The present invention relates, inter alia, to a sedimentation unit (1) for separating solid particles or the like from a flowing fluid containing such particles, wherein the unit (1) includes at least one lamellate pack (2) and at least one outlet channel (3), and wherein the lamellate pack (2) shows at least one inlet (15) for said particle­ containing fluid, at least one first outlet (16) for fl...

"SISTEMA DE ACIONAMENTO DE CORREIA DE ACESSóRIOS E MOTOR / GERADOR". A invenção refere-se de um sistema e um método aperfeiçoados de acionamento de correia para uma instalação de energia. A instalação de energia é do tipo que possui uma polia em manivela (24), uma polia acessória (18, 20, 22), uma polia de motor / gerador (14), um primeiro tensionador de correia (26), uma primeira polia de tension...

"CLOROMETILAçãO DE TIOFENO". o processo de acordo com a in se refere à preparação de 2-clorometil-tiofeno de fórmula (I) . Durante esse processo o tiofeno é clorometilado em presença de um ou mais compostos contendo grupo-ceto e opcionalmente ele é transformado na forma do composto de fórmula (II) . Os compostos de fórmula (I) e (II) são intermediários de diversos ingredientes farmaceuticamente at...

Process for producing formed cellulosic articles, such as fibers, filaments, sheetings, membranes or tubes, comprising a) extruding a solution of cellulose in an aqueous amine oxide, particularly N-methylmorpholine N-oxide, through an extrusion die via an air gap and coagulating the formed article in an aqueous precipitation bath containing amine oxide, and b) passing the formed article through at...

An acrylic foam pressure sensitive adhesive, having a low density and having cells finely and uniformly dispersed therein, and its production method. An acrylic foam pressure sensitive adhesive having a cell average diameter of no more than 300 mum and its standard deviation of no more than 115 mum. A production method of an acrylic foam pressure sensitive adhesive comprising: introducing an acryl...

Disclosed is a triacetyl cellulose film comprising (a) an unsubstituted triphenyl phosphate compound and (b) a lower alkyl-substituted triphenyl phosphate ester compound. Such a film exhibits a reduced rate of water vapor transmission.

A resin mixture for forming a stable closed cell foam contains a phenolic resole, a chain extending agent, and as curing agents, a base, and an ester and/or an aliphatic carbonate. The chain extending agent is especially an epoxy resin and/or a phenolic novalak resin.

A film selectively permeable to carbon dioxide gas which includes chitosan having a degree of deacetylation of 70 mol % or higher and in which the ratio of the carbon dioxide gas transmission (CO2TR) to the oxygen gas transmission (O2TR), (CO2TR/O2TR), is 15 or higher and a food packaging film made from such a film. The films are insoluble in water, are highly safe from the standpoint of food hygi...

A method, of logging a borehole, for use in a cased oil well for detecting the gas/oil or water/oil contact in a hydrocarbon reservoir, using a neutron capture technique to detect one or more properties of fluid includes comparing the count rates from two or more radiation detectors spaced at respective first and second distances from an isotopic source of continuous neutron radiation. The contact...

A cooling fan motor drive apparatus for use in vehicle is equipped with first to fourth semiconductor switches for driving first and second cooling fan motors upon receipt of a power supply voltage through power supply lines. A control unit implements control on openings and closures of the first to fourth switches to establish first and second power supply systems between first and second power s...

In a coordinated control of a drive train during a gear shift. The core of the control lies in establishing to an optimal system trajectory is established for the states of the internal combustion engine and the clutch for the shift operation under a plurality operating conditions; this trajectory is supplied to a subordinate control and regulation. The determination of the optimal system trajecto...