Dispositivo para el enrollamiento de un material en forma de banda, en particular eje de acero, sobre respectivamente uno de dos mandriles de devanadera (29), extensibles y dispuestos en voladizo horizontal y paralelamente entre sí, los cuales están apoyados, con accionamiento rotatorio independiente uno de otro, en un armazón de soporte, que puede girar en torno a un eje central horizontal común,...

Apparatus for carrying out patch clamp technique utilized in studying the effect of certain materials on ion transfer channels in biological tissue, and more particularly patch clamp apparatus utilizing an autosampler, such as those utilized with HPLC apparatus, to provide high throughput, is disclosed. The invention additionally includes novel microperfusion chamber assemblies capable of utilizin...

A method and apparatus is disclosed for transferring flexible filamentary (FM) material from one rotating winding mandrel (44,46) to another, automatically or semi-automatically in a high speed, dual head, on-line winding apparatus (HSDHWA). A simplified transfer mechanism is provided which uses only a single transfer arm (110) and a collector arm (114) for each mandrel (44;46) which results in th...

A decanter centrifuge comprises a bowl (12) and a worm or screw type conveyor (14). The bowl is rotatable about a longitudinal axis and has a cake discharge opening (18) at one end and a liquid phase discharge opening (20). The conveyor includes a conveyor hub (22) having at least a portion disposed inside the bowl for rotation about the longitudinal axis at an angular speed different from an angu...

A vent for a mould comprising a valve closure member (1) and integrally formed spring opening means (3) for opening the valve closure member (1) such that when mounted in an air release vent the valve closure member may open or close said vent.

The training apparatus comprises an elastic training frame base body (10, 40) that has a key-like lower section (12) that contacts the floor and a dome-shaped upper section (11) that exerts an elastic counter-pressure on the body of the user. The lower section has a surrounding upper edge section (122) that has lower extending rounded wall (123). The lowest point (124) is achieved when the trainin...

At least one of the two materials (2,3) has a coating. A gap is provided between the materials, through which welding emissions released by the heating can escape. The gap is created by depositing a structure (4). This may be achieved by depositing a flexible layer with multiple recesses. The structure may be applied as a film or using printing techniques.; Die Erfindung betrifft ein Laserschweißv...

Die vorliegende Erfindung stellt eine Leitungsdruck-Steuervorrichtung für ein kontinuierliches Getriebe in einem Kraftfahrzeug bereit, wobei eine Lebensdauer eines Riemens durch Vermeiden eines Durchrutschens des Riemens unter irgendwelchen Laufbedingungen verlängert wird. Die Leitungsdruck-Steuervorrichtung umfasst ein Drucksteuerventil zum Erzeugen eines Leitungsöldrucks einer Öldruckleitung dur...

A scintillation camera for scintimamography is disclosed. The camera include s breast containment means for positioning the breasts against the camera's two field s of view. The patient support is pivoted to allow stereotactic imaging and immediate surge ry thereafter.

An apparatus for mammography is disclosed. The apparatus comprises (a) a bed structure having a patient platform on which a patient lies face down, the patient platform having at least one opening through which the breast of the patient hangs down, (b) a mechanism for holding the breast hanging down through the opening, and (c) a camera for taking a mammographic image of the breast held by the me...

A sensor system for viewing the light energy of a scene has an imaging detector which converts incident light energy into an electrical signal. Two colors are separately imaged by the detector in two imaging regions. The imaging system for each color includes a color filter positioned between the scene and the respective region of the detector, an optical train that forcuses filtered color scene...

An improved apparatus for hemodialysis treatment includes an ultrasonic module with an ultrasonic transducer coupled to a membrane or hollow fiber dialyzer. An ultrasonic waveform generator is switchable between various modes, including a narrowband sine wave, a variable or sweeping frequency sine wave and a broadband square or sawtooth waveform. A low power setting is used to increase the diffusi...

A tread provided with a plurality of cutouts of essentially transverse orientation and characterized in that when new, some of the transverse cutouts form on the running surface hollowed zones of average width Lt greater than or equal to 2 mm and of maximum depth Pt at most equal to 80% of the thickness Pb of tread to become worn, the other transverse cutouts forming on the same running surface in...

A clip for holding two ends of a flat surgical cable includes an outer porti on with female threads and an inner male portion having mating male threads.

A system and method for the collection of marketing data simultaneously captures at a point-of-sale all financial and non-financial data pertaining to a specific consumer transaction. An electronic invoice is constructed from the captured data and transmitted to a credit authorization location via a communication link necessarily established to transmit a credit authorization request for the trans...

A test strip platform for a testing apparatus of the type using test strips, wherein the platform has a shroud defining a strip track for positioning an inserted strip over an optical aperture for making analytical determinations. The platform has a hood permanently mounted to the shroud for overlying the optical window and protecting the testing apparatus optics. The strip track has stabilizing m...

The present invention concerns a method of preparing PM products by high velocity compaction of iron or iron-based powers having irregular powder particles.; L'invention concerne un procédé de préparation de poudres métallurgiques par compactage extrêmement rapide de fer ou de poudres à base de fer possédant des particules irrégulières.

A layer (6) provided with polymer such as amorphous polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is deposited on the surface (4) of a substrate (1) provided with polymer such as PET. The amorphous layer (6) improves the surface characters of the substrate (1) by, for example, prompting the deposit of an additional layer. The layer (6) is deposited by using, e.g., a method by which a PET solution is deposited ...

The invention relates to the driving of transport means .For perception purposes, a value of at least one parameter is represented in such a way that it is accessible and can be reached at a current value thereof taking into account the dynamic and character of changes during the time prior to the present. The accessible values of the parameter are modified in order to reach the desired parameters...

The invention concerns a device for packaging a liquid to be drip-dispensed, comprising a container (1), with a wall elastically deformable manually, and which is terminated by a rigid neck (3) wherein is mounted a liquid dispensing head (4). A membrane (31) both hydrophilic and hydrophobic, advantageously anti-bacterial, is arranged in the dispensing head (4) across the passage of the liquid to t...