A fabric for the forming, press and dryer sections of a paper machine, for use as a reinforcing base for a polymeric-resin-coated paper-processing belt or as a corrugator belt, or in other industrial settings where a material is being dewatered, is formed from a monofilament yarn, which is spirally wound in the form of a closed helix, adjacent turns thereof being abutted against and joined securel...

The invention provides a wound dressing comprising: a liquid-permeable top sheet having a wound facing surface and a back surface, said top sheet being adapted to block or restrict passage of liquid from the back surface to the wound facing surface; and an insoluble hydrogel layer on the wound facing surface of the top sheet.

A sheet delivery mechanism for a sheet-fed printing machine which is adapted to reduce changes in the position of sheet material in a stack during a stack changeover operation and which facilitates the formation of a stack with properly aligned edges. The sheet-delivery mechanism includes at least one length adjustable edge guide 16 supported between a stack support plate 14 and a cross element 15...

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for monitoring characteristics of a pharmaceutical composition during preparation thereof by in the process vessel (1) of a fluidized bed apparatus, wherein a measuring device (11, 11') performs a spectometric measurement on the pharmaceutical composition in a wetting zone (B) into which a processing fluid is injected. The method also compris...

A rack (2) holds three machines, one above the other, with guide channels (4,5) between them. The lower units are mounted on runners (6,7) for varying the degree of shredding.; Die Erfindung betrifft einen Aktenvernichter, welcher wenigstens ein Schneidwerk (100,200,300) sowie Mittel zum Antrieb (110,111) und zur Steuerung des Schneidwerkes aufweist und bei dem das Schneidwerk wenigstens zwei Arbe...

An approach for providing an on-line directory assistance services is disclosed. An on-line directory assistance system includes a server that receives a request message for information over a packet switched network from an access device. The server forwards the information to the access device in response to the request message, wherein the information includes basic content data and optional en...

An approach for providing an on-line directory assistance services is disclosed. An on-line directory assistance system includes a server that receives a request message for information over a packet switched network from an access device. The server forwards the information to the access device in response to the request message, wherein the information includes basic content data and optional en...

Un aparato de cajero automático y método y medios susceptibles de ser leídos por computadora para el uso con dicho aparato. El cajero automático (ATM) incluye un dispositivo de entrada (16), un lector de tarjeta (20), un cajero de dinero (24), y un dispositivo de salida (18). El cajero automático funciona leyendo la informacion de una cuenta desde una tarjeta a través del lector de tarjeta y valid...

Se proporciona un sistema de creacion de documentos para proporcionar un servicio de Internet en el usuario con navegadores en ubicaciones remotas pueden buscar un documento y un formato apropiado. Tal usuario llena espacios en blanco y se le devuelve un documento electronico hecho a pedido que puede ser impreso o enviado a otro receptor. Un servidor de web de creacion de documentos atiende a nave...

A multi-leaf collimator is disclosed which alleviates the problems of inter-leaf leakage and pixellation. The collimator comprises a first multi-leaf collimator set, a second multi-leaf collimator set at an acute angle to the first, and a third multi-leaf collimator set at an acute angle to the second. Each multi-leaf collimator set will usually include a pair of leaf banks mutually opposed to eac...

An integrated circuit capacitor includes a metal plug in a dielectric layer adjacent a substrate. The metal plug has at least one topographical defect in an uppermost surface portion thereof. A lower metal electrode overlies the dielectric layer and the metal plug. The lower metal electrode includes, in stacked relation, a metal layer, a lower metal nitride layer, an aluminum layer, and an upper m...

A process for multi-coat lacquering by applying a coat of filler and/or other coating compounds on to a substrate and then a top coat consisting of a base coat/clear lacquer construction or of a pigmented one-coat finish, at least one of the coats in the multi-coat construction being prepared from a coating compound which is at least partially curable by high-energy radiation, and irradiating this...

The invention relates to a layer that has been deposited on a substrate by means of a plasma-supported method and whose surface is selectively functionalised by grafting-on monomers. The invention also relates to a method for producing a layer of this type and to its use.

A process for producing a multicoat system on a substrate, in which a) an electrodeposition coating film is deposited on the substrate, b) the electrodeposition coating film is predried by heating to a predrying temperature for a predetermined period, c) a coat of a surfacer is applied to the electrodeposition coating film, and d) the electrodeposition coating film and the coat of the surfacer are...

A resin-coated metal sheet which comprises a metal sheet, a thin chemical conversion coating film formed on the surface of the metal sheet, a thin film of a silane coupling agent formed on the surface of the coating film, and a coating film of a thermoplastic resin formed on the surface of the thin film. The resin-coated metal sheet is excellent in adhesiveness (adhesive property or adhesion stren...

An enhanced-surface-area conductive layer compatible with high-dielectric constant materials is created by forming a film or layer having at least two phases, at least one of which is electrically conductive. The film may be formed in any convenient manner, such as by chemical vapor deposition techniques, which may be followed by an anneal to better define and/or crystallize the at least two phase...

Capacitors having increased capacitance include an enhanced-surface-area (rough-surfaced) electrically conductive layer or other layers that are compatible with the high-dielectric constant materials. In one approach, an enhanced-surface-area electrically conductive layer for such capacitors is formed by processing a ruthenium oxide layer at high temperature at or above 500° C. and low pressure 75...

In a method of detecting and segmenting characteristic regions in an image, such as a colour image having characteristic regions, where the image is represented by a plurality of pixel values expressed in grey tones, a circle of radius r is defined for a plurality of pixel positions, which radius approximated is regarded as the radius of a characteristic region. The optimum value of radius r is de...

The present invention provides an image-based measurement system or method wherein there is provided (101) an active image of a subject of measurement, showing the subject when active or in use, and there is provided (104, 105) a reference image of the subject of measurement, the reference image being of an image type different from the active image, and wherein the reference image and the active ...

A method of automatically selecting regions of interest within an image in response to a selection signal, and panning across an image so as to keep the selected region in view is disclosed, together with an image processing system employing the method.