A high power lamp (2) that may be either an electrodeless or arc lamp is disclosed. The lamp contains a fill of either selenium or sulfur and a small amount of rare gas (e.g. argon or xenon).

PURPOSE: An electrolyte composite of lead storage battery is provided to improve the cost and performance of the storage battery, change the battery in short time, remove the corrosion of the electrode, improve life by the removing effect of lead sulfate. CONSTITUTION: The electrolyte composite of lead storage battery comprises: a distilled water of 100 wt%; a sulfuric cobalt of 0.5-1.7 wt%; a sul...

A process for application of a protective coating to a steel, concrete, or wooden structure so as to provide protection against corrosion, weathering, or other environmental damage in which the surface to be protected is heated to a temperature in a range of about 75.degree.F to about 150.degree.F after which a liquid thermoset primer is applied to the heated material in two stages. The first port...

The present invention relates to a coating formulation for use in multicoat paint systems, whicha) comprises as binder a water-dilutable polyurethane resin which has an acid number of from 10 to 60 and a number-average molecular weight of from 4000 to 25,000 and can be prepared by reacting with one anotheraa) a polyester-and/or polyether-polyol having a number-average molecular weight of from 400 ...

A microprocessor arrangement includes a microprocessor (10) that executes a program which includes a plurality of watchdog instructions (WDI1 to WDI4) which are located in respective different portions of the program and all of which should be executed during execution of the program. An address bus (14) receives addresses generated during execution of the program. An address decoder (16) is respo...

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of chlorofluorocarbon-free (CFC-free), elastomeric, semi-rigid or rigid mouldings containing urethane groups or urethane and urea groups and having a cellular core and a compacted peripheral zone with an essentially pore-free, smooth surface, by reacting   a) organic and/or modified organic polyisocyanates with   b) at least one relatively...

A road curvature estimating apparatus for a vehicle includes a vehicle attitude detector which detects an attitude of the vehicle with respect to a road, a front-and-rear wheel steer-angle detector, a vehicle speed detector and a road curvature calculator. The road curvature calculator calculates a curvature of a road ahead of the vehicle on the basis of the measured vehicle attitude, the measured...

A laminated polyester film for use as a film to be laminated on a metal plate, which comprises (A) a first layer formed of (al) a first aromatic copolyester prepared in the presence of a germanium compound as a polymerization catalyst, which contains terephthalic acid as the main dicarboxylic acid component and ethylene glycol as the main glycol component and which has a melting point in the ran...

Pharmaceutical formulations comprise a mono- or di-aminopyridine active agent for administration on a once- or twice-daily basis for use in the treatment of neurological diseases, in particular multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease. The formulations, which are suitable for oral or percutaneous administration of the active agent, include the active agent in a carrier effective to permit releas...

A method for forming parts from inorganic particulate materials is disdosed. The method utilizes a two-component binder composition which is removable at a faster rate than conventional binder compositions, thereby reducing the formation of voids and cracks that occur during binder removal. No toxic materials are required and the method does not rely on solvents. The method may be used with cerami...

The tyre has several carcass inlays around the circumference of the tyre, reaching from bead-to-bead in the axial direction. These consist of solid reinforcements embedded in rubber. The ends (9', 9'') of ≥ 1 carcass inlay (9), which are directed around the circumference, overlap each other, at least near the side walls. There is ≥ 1 further rubber layer (7) around the circumference, radially outs...

The invention relates to an intrusion alarm system with a central intrusion alarm station and an operating unit which can be connected to the central intrusion alarm station. Such operating units must be designed to be very rugged for protection against sabotage attacks and environmental influences, and thus be very costly. The invention is based on the object of creating an intrusion alarm system...

The present invention provides a polyvinyl alcohol powder having an average pore diameter of 0.1 to 10 mu m and a pore volume in the range of 0.05 to 0.4 cm<3>/g Since the PVA powder of the present invention has an excellent solubility in water, an aqueous solution thereof can easily be prepared industrially. Since the PVA powder of the present invention has a low content of an organic volatile c...

Thin-walled articles, particularly sheets of film including at least one first layer of polymeric material including starch and at least one second layer of hydrophobic material, are characterised in that the second layer includes a natural or synthetic wax or a mixture of waxes.

A polymeric fabric having enhanced wettability, a method for producing such wettable polymeric fabric, and a composition for use in the method. The polymeric fabric is preferably a nonwoven. In one embodiment, the fabric includes a sorbitol succinate surfactant substantially uniformly distributed on the surface of the fabric. The sorbitol succinate surfactant is applied with a co-wetting aid which...