A close-fitting wrapper for a product is obtained from two sheets, the first of which is formed into a hollow shape so as to wrap around part of the product and the other of which is applied over the remaining part of the product so as to take on a shape complementary to that of the product itself and the two sheets are joined peripherally to seal the wrapper at a frusto-conical surface so as to f...

The invention relates to a method of operating a high-temperature reactor for treating heterogeneous waste materials, in which the waste materials are introduced via an intake point into the reactor and form beneath the intake point a loose-piled gasification bed, in which the inorganic or organic components are subjected to fusion or gasification and homogenisation by oxygen and above the intake ...

A new cutting tip and a very simple method for making the tip are given. The tip has no flutes but has a built-in chip clearance. It is self-drilling, self-tapping, and self-locating and can be positioned on a threaded or unthreaded member. When it is the tip on a suture anchor, it maximizes holding strength of the anchor.

Embodiments of the invention include a method and an architecture for specif ying network resources based on applications requirements. Applications resources are def ined with the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Quality of Service (QoS) parameter and the network resources are allocated based on Resource reSerVation Protocol (RSVP) flow s pecifications. An end user or automated application can de...

An amusement ball comprising an outer ball member made of a light elastic resilient material and an inner member positioned in free-moving relationship within the outer ball. In one embodiment the device comprises an irregular surface defining a plurality of points for making contact with and inner surface of the outer ball and producing sound when moved relative thereto. In another embodiment the...

A method shares resources associated with various classes among calls in the various classes according to a state dependent reservation parameter. Nominal amounts of one or more resources are allocated to each call class. When a call of a class of service operating in a network requires resources in excess of those allocated to the class, resources allocated to other classes of service are advanta...

A symmetric, dispersion-managed fiber optic cable in accordance with the present invention includes a first and a second optical fiber. The first optical fiber is a conventional single mode fiber (SMF) type fiber and has a first effective area and a positive dispersion characteristic at a predetermined operating wavelength range. The first optical fiber is split into two segments each having subst...

System includes radio base stations (BS1-BS3), communications links (104), mobile services switching centre (105), service node (107), trunk connections (108,109), processor (107a), receiving (107b), sending (107d), and calculating units (107e,107f). Calculation unit (107e) calculates transmission time offsets of the timing signals downlink sent by the radio base stations, while unit (107f) calcul...

System includes radio base stations (BS1-BS3), communications links (104), mobile services switching centre (105), service node (107), trunk connections (108,109), processor (107a), receiving (107b), sending (107d), and calculating units (107e,107f). Calculation unit (107e) calculates transmission time offsets of the timing signals downlink sent by the radio base stations, while unit (107f) calcul...