Fiber for reinforcing rubber products, which comprises fiber coated with a coating film formed by a treating agent, wherein the treating agent comprises a rubber latex containing at least a vinylpyridine/styrene/butadiene terpolymer, a latex of an acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene terpolymer, and a water-soluble condensate of resorcinol and formaldehyde.

The present invention relates to a method of determining skin health of an area of skin and overall health of an individual by exposing the area of skin to a first exposure radiation to induce the area of skin to emit a first fluorescent emission, measuring the intensity of the first fluorescent emission, exposing the area of skin to a second exposure radiation to induce the area of skin to emit a...

A process for the manufacturing of panels having a decorative surface, whereby the decor of the panels is achieved by means of printing a plurality of different decor sections (1 a ) on a web (1). Each decor section (1 a ) is intended to constitute the decor of a panel. Each decor section (1 a ) has a beginning (1 B ) and an end (1 E ). At least the end (1 E ) of a first decor section (1 1 ) is ma...

A corner joint for a framed structure includes a socket (10) with at least one opening (11) and one transverse member (6) having at least one substantially L-shaped hook means (12). The hook means (12) is adapted to engage the opening (11) of said socket by being inserted into the opening and subsequently displaced in a first axial direction in relation to the socket (10). The free end of the subs...

A fluid supply valve includes a valve plate having cold and hot apertur es respectively aligned with the cold and hot inlets. A pressure balancer is rotatably supported adjacent to the mixing valve plate. The pressure balancer is rotatable between a closed position to prohibit fluid flow through the mixing valve plate and a range of positions to enable fluid flow through the pressure balancer and ...

Described is a document-rack structure consisting of a supporting base ( 10 ), a wall ( 12 ) integral with the supporting base and a multiplicity of divider panels ( 15 ) attached by means of tongue-and-groove joints to the supporting base ( 10 ) on one side and to the wall ( 12 ) on another side, so that between them and together with the upper surface ( 11 ) of the supporting base they come to f...

The invention relates to the use of enzymatic inhibitors of h-PRUNE and to screening method for the prevention and treatment of the metastases of tumours overexpressing h-PRUNE thereof and to the diagnostic kit for the prognosis of said metastases thereof.

Control device particularly for boats, at least a control mechanism (1) for setting the operation conditions of at least an engine and/or of other operating units, which control mechanism is movable along a predetermined path and for a predetermined travel between two end limit stop positions (201, 301); means (6) for setting the engine supply and/or the operation parameters of said other operatin...

A two-door type refrigerating appliance (1) is described, which comprises: a cooling system, a cell for fresh food (2), and a cell for frozen food (3), wherein said cooling system comprises at least two evaporators (5,14,31,32). The invention consists in the fact that at least one section (5) of the evaporator (31) cooling said cell for frozen food (3) runs within said cell for frozen food (...

A device for delivering fluid washing material into a washing machine (1) comprises a container (10) holding a given amount of fluid that extends at least partly into the loading opening (4) of the machine and holds wash material for many doses that are usable over many wash cycles.