A polymer film is laminated to a metal sheet or strip. In one and the same line and in sequence, an adhesive is applied as a dry electrostatic powder, the powder is heated so that it melts and the film is calendered to the metal. The metal sheet or strip has a conversion coating that contains an organic component. The conversion coating is applied as a water solution that is dried to leave a conve...

A polymer film is laminated to a metal sheet or strip. In one and the same line and in sequence, an adhesive is applied as a dry electrostatic powder, the powder is heated so that it melts and the film is calendered to the metal. The metal sheet or strip has a conversion coating that contains an organic component. The conversion coating is applied as a water solution that is dried to leave a conve...

A distributed computer system is disclosed which includes a central location (10) and a plurality of remote locations. A central location computer system generates a module (14) which includes a data section (144) containing a plurality of data units. Each of the data units is either a minimum addressable data unit or a longer data unit. Each longer data unit contains a plurality of minimum addres...

A fusion basket (10) having an external, substantially continuous helical V-thread (12) by which it can be screwed into a bore after first forming in the bore mating female threads that bite into the cancellous regions.. Mating of the threads ensures that the fusion basket remains securely in place without compressing or splitting the recipient bone. Eventually, the ingrowth of bone through perfor...

The thermoplastic resin waste containers are crushed into coarsely crushed pieces, an impact-grinding force and a centrifugal force are applied on the coarsely crushed pieces so that oily foreign objects be separated; i.e., the oily foreign objects are separated by the impact force and the grinding force. The difference in the centrifugal force separates the resin from the foreign object, the cent...

A propiophenone derivative the formula Ä @ Ü: wherein R' is a lower alkanoyl group and R'' is a hydrogen atom, or R' is a hydrogen atom and R'' is a lower alkoxycarbonyl group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Said compounds have excellent hypoglycemic activity so that they are useful in the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes.

Pharmaceutical compositions comprising as an active ingredient a ring-contracted macrolide. The macrolides, some of which are novel compounds, enhance gastrointestinal motility. Methods for treating gastrointestinal motility disorders with these macrolides and processes for their preparation are also provided.

Catalysts, particularly for combating air pollution from the exhaust gases of internal combustion engines, consist essentially of an intimate mixture of copper oxide and ceria, the weight of the copper oxide being less than the weight of the ceria.

The invention relates to a catheter. This catheter comprises a tube-like basic body with a proximal end and a distal end, a connecting member arranged at the proximal end and an electrode array carried at the distal end. The electrode array is plate-like and arranged on a pliable carrier which can be moved between a folded state and an unfolded state transversely to the catheter. Folding means hav...

An elastic strand construction comprising a plurality of spaced ribs separated by thin zones is provided. The elastic strand construction is preferred for applications in disposable garments or the like. A method of manufacturing the preferred elastic strand comprises extrusion of polymeric material through a profiled die or the like. In the alternative, a method of formation comprising extrusion ...

To provide a direct card pushing type of a connector which enables a high dense on-board mounting to be effected, and makes it easy to assemble the parts thereof, while the number of the parts is minimized. The connector comprises a connector body of a heat insulating material (100, 200) and an ejector which can be assembled therewith by only an action taken to descend the ejector in a vertical di...

A three-dimensional non-woven fabric with a thermally activated adhesive surface well suited for use as a facing fabric for covering a fibrous mat. The fabric comprises two adjoining fiber layers, namely an adhesive layer including bond-forming fibers fusible at a predetermined temperature and a facing layer of fibers having a considerably higher melting temperature than the bond-forming fibers. T...

This invention describes a link-by-link flow control method for packet-switched uniprocessor and multiprocessor computer systems that maximizes system resource utilization and throughput, and minimizes system latency. The computer system comprises one or more master interfaces, one or more slave interfaces, and an interconnect system controller which provides dedicated transaction request queues f...

A process for metal deposition on selected areas of an electrically insulating surface eg. in producing PBC comprises covering the selected areas with carbon based inks prior to the metal deposition process using any process known in the existing art of printing eg. impact, non-impact, xerographic, electrostatic printing. The metallization process consists of the steps of cleaning the surface afte...

A photocarrier indicated as AcMpOn(A is alkali metal selected among K2CO3, Na2CO3, CaCO3, or alkali metal or alkaline earth metal originate from alkaline earth metal carbonate, M is the metal selected among Nb, Zr, V, c & p are within 1.0~10.0, n is within 3.0~20.0), the photocatalyst indicated as Ns/AcMpOn(A is alkali metal selected among K2CO3, Na2CO3, CaCO3, or alkali metal or alkaline earth ...

A novel process for producing amino carboxylic acid salts useful as the starting material of agricultural chemicals and medicines, chelating agents, food additives, etc., which comprises oxidatively dehydrogenating amino alcohol in the presence of alkali metal hydroxide and/or alkaline earth metal hydroxide, copper catalyst and water, wherein the reaction is conducted while maintaining the nickel ...

PCT No. PCT/EP88/00597 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 7, 1990 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 7, 1990 PCT Filed Jul. 5, 1988 PCT Pub. No. WO89/00085 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 12, 1989.In a manually operable discharging apparatus (1) in the extension of the medium pump (2) provided for conveying the medium and in directly equiaxial manner at the outer end thereof is provided a compressed air pump (50) located in a cap-like, co...

A system and method which delivers data at very high data transmission speeds to many locations simultaneously. A SCANS system is supplied with a satellite uplink communication module which transmits data to an earth orbiting satellite. The satellite then retransmits the data over a wide geographical area. Each receiving location is equipped with a small satellite dish to receive data from the sat...

Material that is to be used in wrapping medical items or in making gowns, drapes, and the like is treated with silicone to make it liquid repellent. The material, after being sterilized by an oxidizing plasma process, still retains its repellency.