A swimming pool filter including a casing having an opening and a filter cartridge arranged in the casing having an axial hollow core. The swimming pool filter also includes a top cover having means for securing the top cover to the casing in order to cover the opening of the casing and an opening substantially corresponding to the axial hollow core of the filter cartridge. The swimming pool filte...

A delivery means for delivering liquid containing medicament to a posterior region of the nasal cavity, comprising an elongate tubular member (35; 151) and a nozzle (37; 153) at the free end thereof, which nozzle (37; 153) includes at least one opening (39; 155) through which liquid is in use delivered.

A sprayhead for example for an aerosol or pumpspray container comprises a support, a fluid outlet mounted on the support, a passageway connected to the fluid outlet at a first end and connectable to a fluid source at a second end, the passageway being movable between a first non-operative position and a second position in which, in use, it is connected to a fluid source such that fluid can pass th...

The chain conveyor for strip- or sheet material workpieces (5) in an edge processing machine or double-ended profiling machine has links which are joined by bolts (15) mounted in needle roller bearings (14). Each link has rails (16) on either side of the bolt in which prismatic or cylindrical rods (17) are mounted in grooves (18) of corresponding cross-section. An oil inlet (19) and outlet (20) on...

PURPOSE:To obtain a flow rate/pressure-variable regulation type head vessel in which a flow rate and a pressure of a sample water to be introduced to an analyzer can be regulated to a predetermined value irrespective of a variation in an original pressure of the water without restricting in an installing position (height). CONSTITUTION:A switching valve 54 having a valve seat 54a and a valve disc ...

Opísaný je spôsob výroby kryštalickej kremičitej žiaruvzdornej hmoty nastrekovaním plynného kyslíka, tuhých žiaruvzdorných častíc a tuhých spáliteľných častíc obsahujúcich častice kremíka na povrch, ktorý má teplotu najmenej 1 000 °C, takým spôsobom, aby na tomto povrchu došlo k reakcii medzi týmito spáliteľnými časticami a plynným kyslíkom za uvoľnenia reakčného tepla na tomto povrchu tak, aby bo...

The present invention relates to mixtures containing bi-functionally terminated diorganopoly siloxanes aminosilane or oxime or alkoxy crosslinking agents, and optionally, filling materials, suitable additives, pigments, colorants, anti-oxidation pigments, anti-heat pigments, and light-protection pigments in addition to solvents and plasticizers. Said mixtures contain water and a catalyst in the fo...

A method and corresponding apparatus useful for the in situ measurement of atomic hydrogen permeation into carbon steel from process streams under operating conditions of up to 3000 psi and temperatures up to 300 DEG F includes: (a) a positively-charged test specimen electrode consisting of a planar member of hydrogen damage-resistant steel alloy having an interior surface, the interior surface ...

A gas sensor has a gas sensing component which permits measurement of a change in optical absorption and, optionally also a change in electrical conductivity on exposure to an environment containing certain gases. The gas sensing component comprises a metal bis aromatic macrocycle which may be a new mixed rare earth metal bis tetrabenzoporphyrin or tetrabenzoazaporphyrin. Substances useful in the ...

Compositions of a quinolone carboxylic acids useful for oral or parenteral administration to a human or veterinary patient are disclosed which comprise quinolone carboxylic acid-metal ion-acid complexes in combination with a physiologically acceptable carrier and having a pH of about 4 to about 10, as well as a method for their production and use in treatment. Such compositions are found to cause ...

A traffic light timed advertising center includes an advertising display device, such as an electronic message center or other visual display device for displaying alpha-numeric and symbolic advertising messages, in which the advertising messages can be made selectively visible and invisible to drivers, is positioned adjacent a traffic control signal device having alternative signal phases for seq...

The object of the invention is to provide carbon-containing refractories which give off little decomposition gas having an offensive odor, exhibit excellent spalling resistance, and are equal or superior in kneading properties and molding properties to the refractories containing a phenolic resin as a binder; and a process for producing the same. To accomplished the object, the invention is charac...

Disclosed are compositions and a method for amplification of and multiplex detection of molecules of interest involving rolling circle replication. The method is useful for simultaneously detecting multiple specific nucleic acids in a sample with high specificity and sensitivity. The method also has an inherently low level of background signal. A preferred form of the method consists of an associa...

The invention relates to a hand dishwashing detergent which can be perfumed in any way, cleans especially well, does not irritate the skin, is temperature and storage stable, and is not harmful to the environment. The detergent has a specific antibacterial effectiveness when used in concentration on wet working surfaces and kitchen appliances by using wet dishcloths, sponges and brushes. The inven...

Disclosed is a composition for softening a wet laid cellulosic structure. A particularly preferred structure is an absorbent tissue. Further disclosed are tissue structures softened using the composition. The composition includes an effective amount of a softening active ingredient; a vehicle in which the softening active ingredient is dispersed; an electrolyte dissolved in the vehicle; and a bila...

A steam generator with a water lance sprayer for cleaning a surface of a heat exchangers of the steam generator, and more particularly combustion-chamber heat-transfer surfaces in steam boilers, can have an outlet opening swivel-type supported in the wall of the steam generator and its rear parts swivel-type suspended. Such a lance blower is provided with a polydirectional movability in a plane at...

Spojivá na suché spojenie vláknitých materiálov s obsahom zosieťovateľných, redispergovateľných disperzných práškov na báze vinylesterových kopolymérov alebo kopolymérov esterov kyseliny (met)akrylovej, alebo kyseliny akrylovej s alkoholmi s 1 až 10 uhlíkovými atómami obsahujú 0,1 až 10 % hmotnostných, vzťahujúc na celkovú hmotnosť kopolyméru, jedného alebo viacerých etylenicky nenasýtených, zosie...

Aprotinin analogues (I) with reduced nephrotoxicity and with a reduced position net charge, provided as follows, are claimed: (1) at least one positively charged aminoacid residue outside the protease binding site is removed or replaced with a neutral or negatively charged aminoacid residue; and/or (2) at least one negatively charged aminoacid residue is inserted or added; and/or (3) at least one ...

The invention relates to the transfer of packet data from a network server to a mobile communication station over a digital radio communication network. A network server, that wants to transfer packet data to a mobile communication station via a digital radio communication network, requests the mobile station to set up a packet data protocol connection with the server. The request is accomplished ...

The invention relates to the transfer of packet data from a network server to a mobile communication station over a digital radio communication network. A network server, that wants to transfer packet data to a mobile communication station via a digital radio communication network, requests the mobile station to set up a packet data protocol connection with the server. The request is accomplished ...