A lubricating pack specifically designed for paper shredders, including a piece of oiled paper saturated with lubricant placed between two jackets that are each provided at an inner layer thereof with an oil-seepage-proof film. The two jackets are then formed with a first seal sealed around their peripheries to form a lubricating pack having a laminating construction. The lubricating pack is fed i...

Device (10) and method for joining textile yarns (16a, 16b). The device (10) includes a joining chamber (13) inside which the ends of the two yarns (16a, 16b) to be joined are introduced. The joining chamber (13) can be closed and defines, in its closed position, a joining compartment which is hit by a fluid. The device (10) comprises, for each of the yarns (16a, 16b), first clamping members (21a,...

A sensor system for viewing the light energy of a scene has an imaging detector which converts incident light energy into an electrical signal. Two colors are separately imaged by the detector in two imaging regions. The imaging system for each color includes a color filter positioned between the scene and the respective region of the detector, an optical train that focuses filtered color scene en...

The present invention provides a food waste disposer having an upper food conveying section, a motor section, a central grinding section and a controller. The upper food conveying section includes a housing forming an inlet to receive food waste. The motor section includes a switched reluctance machine having a rotor and a stator. The rotor imparts rotational movement to a rotatable shaft. The cen...

The method for operating a non-stop sheet feed (1) for a printing machine (2, 3) comprises marking the top sheet (26) of a new stack (10) of paper before it is combined with the residual stack (15). This is carried out by applying a coloured mark, perforating or bending the edge of the sheet using a device mounted on the underside of the support (16) for the residual stack, before it is removed to...

A device for separating a sheet pile during the running operation of a pile-forming sheet-processing machine includes a separator which, when an auxiliary pile carrier is pushed into a sheet pile to be separated, is movable between a rear upper edge of the sheet pile to be separated and a following sheet for a new sheet pile, for the purpose of lifting a rear lower edge of the new sheet pile at le...

The present invention relates to the treatment of disorders using heme oxygenase-1 and heme degradation products.

A dispenser (1) for a pack of wet wipes, has a stiff plastics material body (2) with a peripheral mounting flange (3) for attachment to a sidewall of a pack of wipes. A tear-open closure (4) is integrally formed with the body (2). A portion of a periphery of the closure (4) is tearable away from the body (2) to leave the closure (4) attached to the body (2) by a hinge (5). The closure (4) is mount...

Bacteriophages in genera! and lambda phage in particular are powerful, flexible reagents who have yet to be exploited to their full potential. As discussed herein, the lambda phage head and/or genome comprises an easy to use and highly efficient delivery vehicle for delivering the expression products of a gene of interest systemically or to a particular tissue.

An emergency vision apparatus provides a pilot with visual access to information during a vision-obscuring emergency. The apparatus comprises an expandable first enclosure, having front and rear transparent panels, filled with clear air, so the pilot can see through the first enclosure to a first source of information in front of the front panel, an expandable second enclosure filled with clear ai...

A latch mechanism (10) comprises a male coupling member ( 12), and a female coupling member (14). The latch mechanism ( 10) is coupled/de-coupled by inserting/withdrawing male coupling member from female coupling member, by movement in a first direction A-A. A latch (20), here comprising a plate (44) and two prongs (42), is slidably mounted on the male coupling member (12), for movement in a secon...

A solar power system is mounted to a solar power componentry support structure (104) suspended above a pre-existing surface (101 ) by a collective of solar collector suspension base supports (103) Suspended solar power system row support structure members (105) and suspended solar power system column support structure members (106) may for a solar component position lattice (107) to which a matpx ...

A self-contained grenade capable of dispersing a non-toxic obscurant composition, or various types of aerosol compositions such as pesticides or antimicrobial/sanitizing agents, is provided. The obscurant or other type of aerosol composition is released via an exothermic reaction. Release of the obscurant or other type of aerosol composition is effected in a controlled manner by creating heat via ...

An organic pest control product comprising nutmeg oil and D-limonene is disclosed. In some embodiments the organic pest control product further comprises a miscibility enhancer to enhance the effectiveness of the product. In some embodiments the miscibility enhancer can comprise a liquid soap or detergent. Additional formulations that comprise cassia oil and/or eucalyptus oil are also disclosed. A...

Verfahren zum Herstellen einer Implantatbeschichtung mit definierter Toxizität, gekennzeichnet durch die Schritte: i. Herstellen eines SoIs aus einer biotoxisch wirkenden Edelmetall-Ionen enthaltenden Lösung und einer Precursor-Lösung für ein Titanoxid, ii. Beschichten eines Implantats durch Aufbringen des SoIs mit einem Sol-Gel- Verfahren, iii. Pyrolysieren und Sintern der Beschichtung unter Auss...

The embodiments set forth herein provide biocompatible self-setting compositions suitable for use in tissue augmentation applications. The biocompatible self-setting compositions described herein exhibit advantageous rheological properties and may be applied to a site in the body of a patient by injecting the composition through a 20-30 gauge needle. Once applied to a site in the body, the composi...

A resonance frequency vibration power harvester (20) comprises an elongate body (36), a first vibration energy harvester device (42) and a weight (46). The elongate body (36) includes a first end (54), a second end (56) and an interior channel (65) extending through at least a portion of the elongate body (36) between the first end (54) and the second end (56). The second end (56) of the elongate ...

The volume change dynamics of photosynthetically active samples, like for example higher or lower plants, algae, photosynthetic bacteria, have been examined by means of the photoacoustic method so far, which does not enable dynamically accurate measurement of transversal changes of these samples in real time in vivo. According to the invention the transversal change (?h) of the position of a measu...

A bead wire has a composition of Mn: 5-35 at % and Al: 5-20 at % and the reminder being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a steel structure is an austenite single-phase structure, and achieves weight reduction and high ductility without reducing strength.

A method of forming a plurality of electrodes on a test sensor includes providing a substrate. The test sensor assists in determining an analyte concentration. At least one aperture is formed through the substrate. Catalytic ink or catalytic polymeric solution is applied in a pattern on two sides of the substrate. The catalytic ink or catalytic polymeric solution assists in defining the plurality ...