The combination consists of a host computer for offering goods and/or services and a corresponding payment system, together with a data base accessible via the Internet. A payment system calculates the values of delivered goods and/or services. It comprises at least one prepaid payment card. The host computer incorporates a second data base with the current balances of all issued payment cards. T...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reclining device equipped with a movable striker which allows a compact and lightweight structure of a hinge part under a seatback. SOLUTION: A seat 10 is equipped with a seat part 11 and the seatback which can rotate to the back and front of the seat part 11. The reclining device 15 to be provided on the seat 10 is equipped with a guide shaft 25 extending forwar...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a disposable dripper storing the contents with extracted ingredients such as regular coffee powders, red tea leaves or green tea leaves. SOLUTION: The dripper consists of a nearly rectangular cylindrical paper body having folded side edges with infolded parts on both sides, bonded to each other in overlapping margins and a bag body with the filtering function. The ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable heat-accumulating device wherein a salt hydrate is used as a heat-accumulating material, and the start of an unintended crystallization is suppressed, and also, a solidification can be surely started at a desired timing. SOLUTION: For this portable type heat accumulating device, a protruding section comprising a container is connected with a main body se...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller of an electric wheelchair capable of preventing a slip or the like of driving wheels and exhibiting a good braking property. SOLUTION: The controller 20 eliminates a component of the direction of turning of an electric wheelchair 1 by executing a duty ratio computation routine during turn baking and executing feedback control based on a yaw rate Yaw, w...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for disposing a waste liquid containing a plurality of metals in which metal hydroxides sedimented by neutralization of the waste liquid are separated on a type-by-type basis, and large particles of metal hydroxides are formed to improve the efficiency of dehydration processing to obtain a low moisture sludge which can be put to effective use. SOLUTION: Th...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tube-bundled body the service life of which is remarkably prolonged without increasing the manufacturing cost. SOLUTION: This multi-lumen tube-bundled body is used in a centrifugal separator in which a sliding seal is not used and consists of at least two independent tubes. Each of the tubes is spiraled on the vertical axis and/or the parallel axis as a center. B...

13 A throttle controller is provided so as to reduce a load imposed on the driv e and transmission system in the stall state in which both the accelerator and brake are depressed. The controller comprises a throttle control section for calculati ng adegree of opening of the throttle for generating a d riving force in accordance with the actual degree of depression of the accelerator used as a tar...

"ESPECTROFOTÈMETRO DE ANáLISE SIMULTâNEA DE VáRIAS CORES". Um espectrofotómetro de cor de baixo custo ainda que de alta velocidade, especialmente adequado para sistemas de controle de cor de impressora colorida on-line pode ser simultaneamente iluminado e substancialmente simultaneamente ter as cores analisadas de forma separada. Números reduzidos de folhas de impressão, com vários conjuntos de vá...

A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion in which an annular anti-adhesive sheet is embedded along the inside of the tire, the annular anti-adhesive sheet made of a material which does not firmly adhere to the adjacent rubber so as to form a bag-like portion as an unbonded part extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction, the bag-like portion filled with a self-sealing material ...

An improved convertible luggage which conveniently converts from a wheeled suitcase to a backpack having a first and second compartment, wherein the second compartment encloses a pair of shoulder straps having two ends wherein both ends of the shoulder straps are affixed within the second compartment. The straps can be deployed by opening the cover of the second compartment, and when the second co...

A small, body mounted, non-obstructive, lidded, pad and pencil carrying case. The case is economical to manufacture, will not snag on clothing or other material, and provides covered support for a small pad of paper (such as those sold under the name Post-It(TM)) and a writing instrument. The case is carefully sized to be just large enough to easily contain such a pad and, possibly, a small pen or...

This invention relates to a hand truck with an electrically operated lifting platform. The hand truck includes a frame on both sides of which two guide rails are formed. The frame is provided with a screw shaft vertically supported on the frame to be vertically moved, one or more stabilizing bars forwardly extended from the frame, and two wheels rotatably attached to the rear portion of the frame....

Disclosed is an electrochemical sensor for detecting the concentration of an analyte such as glucose in a fluid test sample. The sensor involves a base as flow path for the fluid test sample having a working and counter electrode on its surface. The base is mated with a cover to form a capillary space to capture the fluid and the counter electrode has a sub-element located upstream in the flow pat...

Disclosed are physical blends of poly(1,3-propylene 2,6-naphthalate) polymer compositions with other polymers in which the concentration of poly(1,3-propylene 2,6-naphthalate) is from 1 to 99 mole %.

An invention is presented that expedites cause, fault and liability litigation of rail-highway crossing mishaps by providing a digital audio and video record of the events at the crossing as the locomotive or rail vehicle approaches and passes through the intersection. The electrical system components are located on and within the locomotive and can be powered exclusively by resources available fr...

An apparatus and method of detecting defects or abnormalities in a wet polymeric surface coating of an object to limit or eliminate costs associated with retouching or reapplying the coatings on the object. The apparatus and method is accomplished by capturing an image of the wet coating surface of the object and comparing the image to known defect images to determine the type and location of the ...

System of guidance and positioning relative to a fixed station (1) for an autonomous mobile robot (7) utilizing at least a directional infra-red beam (2') emitted by the fixed station, the mobile robot being provided with a directional system of detection (10a, 10b) of infra-red emission connected to a microcomputer incorporated in the said robot, the robot moving on a work surface in an essential...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable easier isolation of antibodies for several hours by covering the matter having interconnected fine cavities with the antibody for the saving of polymer binders with an inexpensive method. SOLUTION: A solution of gentamicin-pentaxy-dodecylsulphate or gentamicin- pentaxy-dodecylsulfonate in an organic solvent is applied especially into the fine cavities of the matter ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacturing method for a dense Si-SiC composite material without using a complicated mechanism or an expensive device and by a simple and easy method, and a manufacturing method capable of easily controlling a supply speed for Si. SOLUTION: On the upper part of a burnt body Si containing SiC as a main component, a crucible filled with Si is set, the crucible is...