A combination stance limiting and muscle flexing device particularly useful in karate training. The device consists of a flexible strap which is adjustable in total length, connected at opposite ends by means of swivel connectors with cuff assemblies to be worn on the legs or arms of an individual. The flexible strap is made up of two length-adjustable portions connected by an elastic portion. The...

Alkali silicate glasses are described which, in view of their good chemical stability and their optical properties and processing properties, are particularly suitable as a coating or veneering material for ceramic dental frameworks and hence for the production of all-ceramic dental restorations such as crowns or bridges. The alkali silicate glasses each contain the following components: Component...

An apatite glass ceramic is described which is characterized by good chemical stability, a low expansion coefficient and high translucence, and is particularly suitable, by itself or together with glasses or other glass ceramic s, as a veneering material for ceramic dental restoration. The glass ceramic comprises the following components: Component Wt. % SiO2 45.0 to 70.0 Al2O3 5.0 to 22.0 P2O5 0....

An apatite glass ceramic is described which is characterized by good chemical stability, a low expansion coefficient and high translucence, and is particularly suitable, by itself or together with glasses or other glass ceramic s, as a veneering material for ceramic dental restoration. The apatite glass cerami c contains CaO, P2O5 and F in a molar ratio of CaO : P2O5 : F 1 : 0.020 to 1.5 : 0.03 to...

In a process and apparatus for the production of corrugated plastic tubes an extrusion device passes plastic material into a perpendicularly arranged injection head for injecting the plastic material into a perpendicularly arranged mold section comprising at least two pairs of movable mold jaws arranged in axially mutually superposed relationship. A drive device is associated with each pair of mol...

A cache system provides for accessing set associative caches with no increas e in critical path delay, for reducing the latency penalty for cache accesses, for reducing sno op busy time, and for responding to MRU misses and cache misses. The cache array is accessed by mu ltiplexing two most-recently-used (MRU) arrays which are addressed and accessed substantial ly in parallel with effective addres...

A drilling catheter assembly comprising: a hollow drilling needle adapted to ser ve as a catheter affixed to a first flange at its non-drilling end; a second flange ad apted at one side thereof to engage said first flange and adapted at its opposite side to engage a rotating shaft; and said first flange with affixed drilling needle and said se cond flange held together in an assembled position by ...

A positive lock rivet for joining a plurality of panels is composed of resil ient plastic material and has a pin and a body having an axial bore. The pin has a head a nd a shank, the pin shank having a locking means, a break joint adjacent to the locking means an d a break portion adjacent to the break joint and opposite the head. The body has a head and a shank. The body shank has a proximal end...

The present invention relates to communications network and particularly although not exclusively to a method of optimizing the performance of a communications network with respect to admission and control of communications data. A communications network comprising N node elements operates N decision tables (1000) for controlling admission and control of data communications to the N node elements....

The present invention relates to horizontal, vertical or angularly disposed diaphragms which resist structural forces. Specifically, the present invention relates to an improved mechanical connection between a structural panel and the framing members that support the structural panel forming a diaphragm. The connection includes: a structural panel having a distal side, a proximal side, and a plura...

A method of providing a clean respirable atmosphere in a clean room comprising supplying a liquefied breathable gas from a source thereof, filtering the liquid , vaporising the filtered liquid, filtering the gas and introducing the filtered g as into the clean room.

A device in a valve on high voltage potential level and in a high voltage converter station comprises members arranged on high voltage level and adapted to detect parameters of a voltage divider circuit consisting of resistances (24, 25) and capacitors (27, 28) connected in series and across each thyristor of said valve. The capacitors are of self-healing type, in which from the point of time for ...

A device in a valve on high voltage potential level and in a high voltage converter station comprises members arranged on high voltage level and adapted to detect parameters of a voltage divider circuit consisting of resistances (24, 25) and capacitors (27, 28) connected in series and across each thyristor of said valve. The capacitors are of self-healing type, in which from the point of time for ...

PCT No. PCT/SE98/01056 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 29, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 29, 1999 PCT Filed Jun. 4, 1998 PCT Pub. No. WO98/57406 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 17, 1998A device for supervising different positions of a valve of a high voltage converter station located on a high voltage potential level comprises members arranged on a high voltage potential level and adapted to detect function parameters of the ...

PCT No. PCT/SE98/01056 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 29, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 29, 1999 PCT Filed Jun. 4, 1998 PCT Pub. No. WO98/57406 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 17, 1998A device for supervising different positions of a valve of a high voltage converter station located on a high voltage potential level comprises members arranged on a high voltage potential level and adapted to detect function parameters of the ...

Photovoltaic element comprising a layered structure of at least a first electrically conductive layer, a layer of crystalline metal oxide semiconductor material deposited on the first electrically conductive layer, a transparent second electrically conductive layer deposited on a transparent substrate and an electrolytic liquid contained between the layer of semiconductor material and the second e...

The exercise device includes a pair of U-shaped brackets that are mounted on the toy and bottom edges of the door. Suspended between the brackets are a plurality of elas tic cords of different elasticities. By selecting different cords, different tensions or resistances ca n be obtained for exercise routines. An ankle strap may be used to exercise the leg muscles. In some versio ns, spacers may be...

Brackets are attached to wheels that can be moved up and down runners in the top of the load compartment. These brackets can be secured to a cloth, which can be made to enclose the goods. - Bulky goods in transit are enclosed and anchored down by an arrangement that also forms a platform close to the roof (2) of the compartment in which the goods are loaded. The arrangement consists of a runner (1...