The invention concerns a disc brake, in particular for industrial use, comprising, combined with the disc (10) to be braked, at least a brake pad (18, 19), a control unit (14) consisting of a cylinder (16) wherein is mounted slidable a piston (17) adapted, under the action of clamping means consisting of elastic means (24), to apply the brake pad (18, 19) on the disc to brake the latter, controlle...

The present invention is directed to a cationic polymer emulsion binder that may be combined with a cationic active ingredient and used as a non-woven binder. This combination of cationic binder and cationic active ingredient may occur as a mixture of a cationic binder and at least one cationic active ingredient, which is then applied to loose fibers to form a non-woven; or the combination may occ...

Embodiments of the instant invention are directed to a method and apparatus for presenting unsolicited data to users without interrupting the user's activities, wherein the presentation of the unsolicited data is monitored and is available for review by the user at the user's convenience. Embodiments of the invention comprise a content and display manager, wherein the content and display manager i...

A cable device for actuating a control element, in particular for actuating a transmission shift shaft of a motor vehicle transmission, and preferably for actuating a parking lock of the motor vehicle transmission, is provided. The cable device has a core and a sheath substantially encasing the core. The core and the sheath are mounted such that they form a pull-push cable. A first end of the core...

It is a system in which a desired number of flexible packages can be attached on the display strip successively to be more detachable and neither the strip nor the package gets damaged when detaching. Stripping process: the package of which process is completed with the packing machine is held by two reciprocal pneumatic grippers, and carried to a second station where it is sealed to the strip by ...

A novel process and apparatus are disclosed for cleaning wastewater containing metal ions in solution, hydrogen peroxide, and high solids, e.g., greater than about 50 mg/l particulate solids. A carbon adsorption column removes hydrogen peroxide in the wastewater feed containing high solids. A chemical precipitation unit removes the metal ions from solution. The process and apparatus remove metal i...

The present invention relates to a method for encapsulating an inorganic component in a wax, wherein the method comprises the following steps: i) subjecting the inorganic component to shearing forces such that deagglomeration of the inorganic component takes place, which step is carried out in the presence of the wax, with the wax functioning as a spacer to prevent reagglomeration, ii) subsequentl...

A method for starting-gear engagement in a truck gearbox (16) with a main gear section unsynchronised on at least one of its gears, a split gear (50), and a planetary gear section (24) with low-speed and high-speed ranges. The split gear provided with synchromesh (52) is controlled by a three-position actuator (68) used for placing the split gear not only in low-split and high-split positions but ...

The unit has a pneumatic braking device with two parts designed to rotate relatively together and can be activated by compressed air via a compressed air feed line. The braking device has a brake hose embedded in a bearing shell in the first bearing part. The brake hose extends when subjected to compressed air and exerts a force on at least one brake block via an axially movable shift ring to tran...

A vending machine, meter or gaming machine crediting method and a device for implementing the method is disclosed. A creditable machine such as a vending machine, gaming machine or payment meter such as a parking meter generally requires the deposition of cash or the use of a magnetic or electronic payment card in order to be enabled. The use of cash or card readers implies security and other prob...

A centerless grinder has a stress structure including a machine bench, a template blade (5) mount for supporting the work-piece (W) and a regulating wheel (C) both mounted on a first carriage longitudinally movable by a first linear axis control device on said bench and means for advancing said regulating wheel (C) toward said template blade mount for bearingly engaging and spinning the supported ...

A package comprising a bag of flexible sheet material which, prior to being filled, is laid flat and comprises two opposing side walls ( 2 ) substantially in contact with each other, which side walls are tightly sealed along opposing side edges ( 5 ), the bag also comprising a bottom wall ( 3 ) which is folded double and has two fields ( 31 ) facing each other received between the lower parts of t...

The present invention relates in a first embodiment to a polymer film comprising a propylene random copolymer with a total comonomer content of 4.5 to 12 mol% wherein the sealing initiation temperature SIT of the film is Tm- 30 DEG C or less, preferably Tm - 33 DEG C or less, in a second embodiment to a polymer film comprising a propylene random copolymer with a total comonomer content of 4.5 to 1...

A heat radiation blocking fluororesin film comprising a fluororesin containing a hexaboride.

The invention relates to a method for the automatic production of a filter installation that consists of a plurality of structural parts or elements. The inventive method comprises the following steps: choosing a field of application of the filter installation to be produced among a plurality of predetermined or predeterminable fields of application and/or choosing a design of the filter installat...

In an electronic communication system, relevance levels of an incoming or outgoing message for presenting it to an interlocutor is measured without having to actually interact with the interlocutor, by a method comprising the steps of: extracting (202) from the message, a flow of digital signals pertaining to (204) transmission/reception context features, to (205) content of the message and/or to...

A system for delivering coupons containing barcodes to a mobile device such as a mobile phone is disclosed. A message processor means (106) generates message data comprising a coupon. A message optimizer means (116) generates an optimized message responsive to the message data and the capabilities of the mobile device (124). Preferably the capabilities of the mobile device comprise device attribut...

A method of controlling the operation of a communication system is described, where the system comprises a first entity 2 for sending a first data object 21 to a terminal device 4 and a second entity 3 for sending a second data object to the terminal device at the request 41 of the terminal device 4 . The communication system also comprises a data transfer entity 11 and a charging entity 5 . The d...

A system and method for creating a trusted network capable of facilitating secure transactions via an open network using batch credentials, such as batch PKI certificates, is presented. A certificate is bound to a group, or batch, or devices. This certificate is referenced by an activation authority upon processing a request for service by a device. Information regarding the device batch certifica...

Aqueous concentrated compositions of an alkali metal salt of rho-iso-±-acids for use as brewing additive are prepared by mixing alkali