A drill bit insert has a cylindrical barrel, a bevel on one end, an interface therebetween, and a cutting tip opposite the bevel. The bevel and interface contact the entrance to a hole in the drill bit and facilitate the transition of the barrel into the hole. A high quality surface finish on the bevel and interface enhance the durability and retention of the insert in the drill bit. The surface f...

A noise attenuation panel (33) used to attenuate noise in aircraft engines includes a cellular core (35) and a facing sheet (36) formed with an array of holes (31). The holes (31) are laser drilled to provide: (i) inclined holes (31) passing through the facing sheet (36) in a direction inclined to the normal to the facing sheet (36) hole size variation over the facing sheet (36); (ii) non-circular...

The method involves selecting a language and outputting the location name in the selected language. The selected language is compared with a stored speech attribute of a location name and the name is output in the form allocated to the attribute associated with the selected language. AN Independent claim is also included for the following: a navigation device for a vehicle and an information bear...

A high strength and creep resistant soft magnetic Fe-Co alloy includes, in weight %, Fe and Co such that the difference between the Fe and Co is at least 2%, at least 35% Co, and 2.5%<=(V+Mo+Nb), wherein 0.4%<=Mo and/or 0.4%<=Nb. This alloy can further include B, C, W, Ni, Ti, Cr, Mn and/or Al. A vanadium-free high strength soft magnetic Fe-Co alloy includes, in weight %, Fe and Co such that the d...

The present invention relates to A beam collimator arrangemnt for scanned-slot x-ray imaging (22, 32) consisting of one or serveral collimators in an x-ray apparatus (20, 30), comprising: an x-ray source (21, 31); an x-ray image receiver (25, 35) positioned to receive x-rays from the x-ray source (21, 31); means (23, 24; 33; 34) for compressing a female breast (36) to be examined, said means being...

An IVT controller (14) determines whether the operation mode of an infinitely variable transmission (IVT) 10 is a power recirculation mode or a CVT direct mode, and selects an inertia torque computing equation corresponding to the operation mode. The inertia torque accompanying a speed change of the IVT 10 is computed using the computing equation. An engine controller (15) adjusts the opening of a...

By using carbon fibers having a fineness of 25,000 deniers or more, the present invention provides a carbon fiber package including a cheese winding package or a coreless package in which an outside diameter of the package, a diameter of a bobbin or an inside diameter of the package, and a winding width are regulated in the specific ranges, a square-end type package in which a yarn width per finen...

The present invention relates to an aqueous preservative/acidifier for grass and other agricultural crops, fish and fish products and meat products, having reduced corrosiveness and irritation to the skin, comprising at least 50 weight % formic acid and formate salts, ammonium tetraformate and 2-6 weight % potassium or 2-10 weight % sodium in the form of suitable K- or Na-compounds that will incre...

A radiation tomographic imaging apparatus and method are provided in which the slice thickness can be dynamically switched during scanning, and the emission center of radiation can be arbitrarily moved in a direction of carrying a subject. There are provided an X-ray tube moving section (21) capable of moving the emission center of an X-ray tube (20) in a z-direction; a collimator (22) having an a...

A packaging unit (1) for continuously producing aseptic sealed packages (2), containing a pourable food product, from a tube (14) of packaging material filled with the food product; the unit (1) has a first and second chain conveyor (10,11) respectively having a number of first and second jaws (12,13) which interact with and grip the tube (14) at respective equally spaced cross sections (88) to pe...

An easily openable sealed package bag (P) is disclosed which hermetically seals a material to be packed (W), such as liquid, powder and viscous material, by longitudinally and laterally sealing three or four sides of a package film (F). A seal opening notch (N) comprising a cut is formed in a sealed portion (S) of the package bag (P) in such a way as to extend in a direction of depth of the sealed...

The system comprises the solar power geneation plate electrode, the dedicated solar power charger, the full airtight lead-acid accumulator dedicated for solar power and the heat sink. The system realizes high efficiency by use of solar power applicable for warm in apartment houses, offices and military installations.

Comparing with prior art, the invented accumulator is only 1/2 volume and 48% weight of current utilized accumulators. The startability is enhanced greatly. The invented accumulator can start 8 combat helicopters much more than the request the stndard desires. The invention gets favorable comments from airmen and local aviation use units.

An apparatus for converting unconsolidated medical waste into a non-hazardous medical waste residue, which apparatus has an improved cutter assembly provided by a rotating cutter assembly that has revolving teeth disposed at an oblique angle relative to the path of travel of the revolving teeth and to the stationary cutter assembly to force the waste material between the revolving and fixed teeth....

The time lapse of transferred messages is subdivided into time windows of preset length. A reference message and the following time windows up to the next reference message are combined to a first cycle. The transmission of message from the first subscriber to a second subscriber is stopped at the end of the first cycle. A first subscriber transfers a reference message in a preset time lapse via a...

A signal apparatus which comprises a housing 4 including a light source (Fig. 3, 16) and a transparent cover 10, the housing being attachable to a support element 6 which can carry further housings, via attachment means on the housing which thermally connects the housing and the support element, where the apparatus has a wound wire resistance heater (Fig.4, 30) wound around a portion of the housin...

An apparatus for tracking changes in composition or concentration of a fluid or of one or more component parts of the fluid comprises a plurality of tuned radio frequency transformers (A, B) with a field pattern proximal the fluid sample such that changes in the sample result in changes in the frequency bandwidth or power-bandwidth spectrum of the transformers. This may be measured directly or ind...

A holder for multiple electronic device remote controls comprises a rubber or plastic ring and a plurality of pockets adapted to receive various electronic device remote controls, the pockets being attached to the ring by lengths of fine chain or the like. The pockets may of different sizes to accommodate different types/makes of remote controls.

A system for mobile robots to detect obstructions. Obstructions include objects which may impair the or impede the mobility of the robot, as well as transitions from carpeted surfaces to hard surfaces, transitions from hard surfaces to carpet, or transitions between other types of flooring. The system includes a plow which may move underneath the obstruction, The obstruction may the be brushed asi...