The present invention relates to blocked polyisocyanate crosslinking agents, to the production thereof and to the use thereof in single-component stoving lacquers, particularly OEM clear lacquers (original equipment material, initial lacquer coating).

The prodn. of flexible foam comprises reacting di- or poly- isocyanates with cpds. contg. at least two NCO-reactive H atoms in the presence of a blowing agent (II) and opt. other additives. (II) is a mixt. contg. 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (TFE) and at least one other cpd. selected from 1,1-difluoroethane (DFE) and readily volatile organic cpds. with a b.pt. below 105 (pref. below 80) degrees C, i....

A mould element (1), for producing a permanent pattern on a rubber tread layer, has one or more parts (2) for moulding a counter-relief pattern portion, the area of each counter-relief moulding part (2) projected on a plane perpendicular to the demoulding direction during at least part of the demoulding operation being less than the corresponding area in the moulding position so that demoulding of...

The invention relates to a shaped body substantially consisting of A) wood particles and/or material containing cellulose (constituent A) and B) a porous PU agent (component B) in a weight ratio of 0.05-1.0: 1.0 (constituent B) to constituent A)). The inventive shaped body can be produced by reacting at least one polyisocyanate with at least one polyol and/or polyamine and at least one carboxylic ...

A video test strip reader (10) uses a video imager or camera (12) for viewing a viewing field (14) containing reagent test strips (16) each having test pads (28) reacted with a specimen containing constituents of interest. The video imager produces an analog signal representing an image of the viewing field. An image handler (18) coupled to the video imager converts or digitizes the analog signal ...

The invention relates to a method for resetting a processor, and a watchdog for generating a reset pulse to a processor which can initialize itself and which sends acknowledgement pulses at predetermined intervals to the watchdog comprising transmission means (5) for generating and transmitting reset pulses to the processor. The watchdog comprises counter means (7) for counting the number of reset...

A mobile repeater for relaying radio signals between mobile stations and base station of a digital cellular radio network as the repeater moves from cell to cell. The mobile repeater includes a downlink branch for receiving from the base station and retransmitting to the mobile stations, an uplink branch for receiving from the mobile stations and retransmitting to the base stations, and an intelli...

A new chemicals supply system allows solid-containing suspensions, useful for example for polishing wafers or in the semiconductor manufacture, to be prepared directly at their utilisation site.

The apparatus includes a first communication device 20 disposed at a control point 14 and a second communication device 26 disposed on the advertising medium 16. The second communication device supplies data for the first communication device, by means of which the presence and integrity of the advertising medium on the vehicle can be checked. Other information bearing on the eligibility of the ve...

Blended non-crosslinked polyolefin compositions, which is processable into a foamed product having a fine-celled structure, including a polyolefin, optionally a copolymer of an olefin and a different ethylenic monomer, and effective amount of a fatty acid compound permeability control agent, and an effective amount of a nucleating agent. A process of preparing fine-celled foam products from the bl...

The material (for use in acoustic or RF attenuation) is made by: a) providing a mixture comprising a matrix of elastomer having mixed therewith a sublimable foaming agent which can sublime to produce at least one gaseous decomposition product which is reactive with the matrix to produce at least one solid reaction product; and b) forming the mixture into at least one sheet.

A system and method for cardiac mapping and ablation include a multi-electrode catheter introduced percutaneously into a subject's heart and deployable adjacent to various endocardial sites. The electrodes are connectable to a mapping unit, an ablation power unit, a pacing unit, all of which are under computer control. Intracardiac electrogram signals emanated from a tachycardia site of origin are...

The present invention relates to a thermoplastic composition of a vinylaromatic hydrocarbon polymer having a polymeric component and a fire-retarding component. For a total of 100 parts by weight, the composition comprises from 75 to 96 parts by weight of the polymeric component based on a (co)polymer (A) of a vinylaromatic hydrocarbon having a weight-average molecular mass from 150000 to 400000 a...

A computer-implemented method for producing a multi-layer text, including: providing a text, selecting a value of a text dimension to the text segment, wherein a text dimension refers to any desired domain and includes information on one related text layer. The method further includes: repeating the specified operations as many times as desired.

A method for processing business information generated by multiple enterprises is provided. Initially, a data warehouse is provided that has the capability of holding business information. The data warehouse is populated with business information received from a first enterprise and a second enterprise. The business information is associated with the first and second enterprise based upon a set of...

Method of controlling the temperatures of an exothermic process carried out in a suspension of solids in a reactor system formed by a wind box (2), a vertical riser (5), which is essentially not cooled, a particle separator (6), at least one set of recycling channels (9), which are not cooled, and at least one cooled set of recycling channels (12). According to the invention, the flow of solids tr...

1,4-alpha-D-Polyglucan-based thermoplastic mixture, process for the preparation and use thereofThe present invention relates to a thermoplastic mixture based on biopolymers obtainable by preparing and mixing(A) 100 parts by weight of a biocatalytically produced 1,4-alpha-D-polyglucans,(B) up to 400 parts by weight of a melt-processable polymeric material different from (A),(C) water in an amount s...

The invention provides a method of coating a substrate with first a layer of a chip resistant primer composition that has as a resinous portion a polyurethane polymer having a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or less and, optionally, a second component that has reactive functionality; and next with a layer of a thermosetting primer composition including a polyurethane polymer having a glass t...

The invention relates to a coating material containing a binding agent and a cross-linking agent, in addition to a thixotropic agent, wherein said material is a mixture of silicic acids and urea and/or urea derivatives.

The present invention relates to a method of correcting image data from the recordings of a sequence of measurements recorded in a time sequence by a medical diagnostic imaging system on an object under examination, at least a first image data set of i:he sequence relating to the object under examination before, and at least a second image data set of the sequence relating to the object under exam...