A pair of coated components are laser welded to one another by initially forming protuberances on one of the components. The protuberances maintain juxtaposed su rfaces separated and the components are then laser welded to one another. The separatio n of the surfaces vents vapor generated by the coating.

A feed accelerator system for use in a centrifuge, the system comprising a conveyor hub rotatably mounted substantially concentrically within a rotating bowl, and an accelerator including a cone-shaped inside surface disposed between an accelerator base and an accelerator small diameter section. The accelerator is secured proximately to its base within the conveyor hub so that the accelerator rota...

The mounting for the reel (4) at the same time acts as a water-connection. An outer hose-connection (10) is connected to an axle body (9) possessing an axial through hole (27). The axle body has a hose connection on its inner end which leads through the reel hub (25). The hose connecting piece is inserted into the frame-wall (3) and has a sleeve extension (13) rotatably holding the axle body. The ...

PCT No. PCT/GB93/01259 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 23, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 23, 1995 PCT Filed Jun. 17, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/00278 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 6, 1994An apparatus for shaping perforations of sheet material which comprises a first mold structure at one side of the sheet material and a complementary mold structure at the other side of the sheet material to cooperate with the first mold structu...

During refining/beating of beating material there exists a need to measure more parameters than the gap, directly in the beating zone. The present invention makes this possible and it relates to a system for continuous measuring of pressure and temperature in the beating zone and the system is characterized in that a number of separate/combined pressure sensors or temperature sensors provided with...

PCT No. PCT/EP97/01198 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 18, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 18, 1998 PCT Filed Mar. 10, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/35899 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 2, 1997A process for preparing rigid expanded materials containing urethane and optionally urea and isocyanurate groups, characterised in that a polyurethane rigid foam is prepared by reacting a) an aromatic polyisocyanate with b) a polyol component w...

Apparatus for automatic transverse vehicle guidance is provided for the automatic transverse guidance of a vehicle along a traffic lane. The apparatus can be activated in such a way using an activating actuation of an operating element that the actual transverse-position value present at the activation instant serves as a desired transverse-position value for subsequent automatic transverse guidan...

A pipe-insulating process comprises extruding onto the pipe an insulating layer of rigid polyurethane (PU) foam and opt. an outer covering layer by using the rotational casting method. The PU foam is obtd. by reacting (a) an aromatic polyisocyanate with (b) a cpd. of mol.wt. 92-1000 contg. at least 3 NCO-reactive H atoms and (c) an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic polyamine and/or polyimine c...

PCT No. PCT/DE94/00872 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 23, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 23, 1996 PCT Filed Jul. 27, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/03858 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 9, 1995An automotive golf caddy has a high frequency position finder and an ultrasonic position finder. When the caddy is placed in readiness by means of a manual transmitter, it first determines whether it receives ultrasonic signals from the manual ...

A computer system is provided including a processor and a parallel port configured to transfer data to or from a peripheral device. The parallel port includes a data buffer for receiving data transferred on a system bus when the processor executes a write cycle to the parallel port. A control unit associated with the parallel port decodes the address signals of the system bus to selectively latch ...

PCT No. PCT/GB96/13202 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 1, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 1, 1997 PCT Filed May 30, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/38094 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 5, 1996The apparatus and method of the current invention relate to electrosurgical work involving the forming of cuts in and coagulation of body tissue of a patient. The apparatus and method of the invention overcome disadvantages common with conventiona...

PCT No. PCT/EP97/00778 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 16, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 16, 1999 PCT Filed Feb. 18, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/31874 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 4, 1997Process for rendering ash inert, according to which a reactant selected from phosphoric acid and alkali metal phosphates is added to the ash, the phosphate-containing mixture thus obtained is subjected to puddling with water and a hydraulic bin...

The subject invention is directed to a rheology-modified ethylene polymer having less than 0.5 weight percent gel, a composition distribution breadth index (CDBI) greater than 50 percent, and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of less than 4.0, which is characterized as having improved rheological performance and/or melt strength attributes relative to the unmodified polymer. The subject inve...

A heat-insulating constructional material based on an alkalized and flooded siliceous raw material fabricated by comminuting solid ingredients and mixing all the raw ingredients, steaming a raw mixture and thermally bloating intermediate products obtained from the steamed raw mixture is designed for utilisation as warmth-keeping fills and light-weight concrete aggregates (in a particulate form) an...

Compositions capable of being converted into films, comprising, on the one hand, from 50 to 93 % by weight of at least one copolymer (E) of ethylene and of at least one alpha olefin, which has a density of between 0.880 and 0.940 and, on the other hand, from 7 to 50 % by weight of at least one crystalline copolymer (P) of propylene and ethylene which has a content of propylene-derived units of at ...

A system for maintaining a downhole instrumentation package in a roll stabilised orientation with respect to a drill string comprises an instrument carrier (812) which is mounted within a drill collar (810) for rotation about the longitudinal axis of the collar. An impeller (815) is mounted on the instrument carrier so as to rotate the carrier relatively to the drill collar as a result of the flow...

A method is disclosed for correcting the distorting effect of cross-axial magnetic interference on the readings of a well survey tool using a reduced number of measurements and measuring locations. A well survey tool connected to a drill string assembly measures the gravitional and distorted terrestrial magnetic fields at two or more axially displaced locations in an axially extending well bore. T...

A process for preparing a permeable sheet of glass fibre reinforced thermoplastic material for moulding into a shaped product which includes binding thereto a surface layer of particulate material which is compatible with or inert to the thermoplastic content of said sheet and which acts to improve the surface finish thereof when the sheet is subsequently heated and chill moulded under pressure.

A process for preparing a permeable sheet of glass fibre reinforced thermoplastic material for moulding into a shaped product which includes binding thereto a surface layer of particulate material which is compatible with or inert to the thermoplastic content of said sheet and which acts to improve the surface finish thereof when the sheet is subsequently heated and chill moulded under pressure.

Alkenyl aromatic thermoplastic synthetic resinous elongate foam bodies having a machine direction, a traverse direction and closed noninterconnecting gas-containing cells are prepared using at least 70 percent by weight of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane and or 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane as a blowing agent or part of a blowing agent mixture. These foam bodies have an average cell size of 0.01 to 0.3 millimet...