A packaging unit (1) for continuously producing aseptic sealed packages (2), containing a pourable food product, from a tube (14) of packaging material filled with the food product and fed along a vertical supply path (A); the unit (1) has a first and second chain conveyor (10, 11) respectively having a number of jaws (12) and a number of counter-jaws (13), which interact with the tube (14) to gri...

A manufacturing method of expanded grid of the invention includes: (a) a step of supplying a thin plate of band form from the longitudinal direction, (b) a step of forming a plurality of intermittent cuts parallel to the edge in a first region, excluding the central portion, of the thin plate of band form, (c) a step of bending the central portion at a desired angle, and (d) a step of expand...

A packaging unit (1) for continuously producing aseptic sealed packages (2), containing a pourable food product, from a tube (14) of packaging material filled with the food product; the unit (1) has a first and second chain conveyor (10,11) respectively having a number of first and second jaws (12,13) which interact with and grip the tube (14) at respective equally spaced cross sections (88) to pe...

Nucleic acid (I) that directs expression of a protein of interest (II) specifically in the cells of the posterior silk-producing glands (A) of Bombyx mori, is new. Nucleic acid (I) that directs expression of a protein of interest (II) specifically in cells of the posterior silk-producing glands (A) of Bombyx mori. (I) comprises, in the 5' to 3' direction: a regulatory region (RR) comprising signa...

The source has a rhodotron (20) generating an electron beam, and a thin plate (28) receiving the beam at preset angle of incidence to generate positrons. The generated electron beam is continuous or quasi-continuous and the energy of the electrons is of the order of 10 mega electron volt. The thickness of the plate is less than 500 micrometer, and the preset angle of incidence is less than 10 degr...

The method involves evaluating an execution time of every instruction performed a microprocessor to execute (23) a program containing a number of instructions. During execution of every instruction, a progress (26) is measured by accumulating meaningful value of the time of execution of this instruction. An Independent claim is included for: (a) a device for performing claimed method

Control of the integrity and/or the degradation of a coating involves providing a coating having detectable luminescence under electromagnetic excitation; providing a luminescence detector and obtaining a signal; and comparing the signal with a reference value corresponding to a signal recorded for the integrated coating. The difference or differences of the signal observed are directly correlated...

The connector has a slider (250) constituting a card case cart. The cart comprises a retractable bar (526) at its longitudinal end. The bar (526) is extended normally in longitudinal retaining position of a card towards which the bar is retracted elastically in an active position in the cart. The bar is extended in the active position with respect to transversal back edge of the card.;

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The present invention relates to a system for obtaining an identification card (14) comprising a plastic base and an adhesive label (5) printed with identification elements and symbols using computerised means. It is essentially characterised in that it uses a heet (1) consisting of a paper base and a transparent film applied thereto on which spaces (15) are defined where self-adhesive labels (5) ...

The present invention relates generally to the field of computers and in particular to methods and systems for processing tax refunds. Existing VAT refund systems are either expensive or overly cumbersome with paperwork. The present invention provides a solution to these problems by providing a tax claim system comprising a payment card system 1 suitable for accepting payment card transactions at ...

A wireless information devices can access betting related services by: (a) receiving and displaying the best odds on an event as automatically selected from odds offered by two or more bookmakers; (b) displaying an option to initiate placing a bet at the best odds; and (c) sending instructions to place the bet. This approach integrates an automated search function, that can identify the best avail...

Recovery of a vinyl alcohol polymer from a solution in a solvent comprises converting the solution to a gel, adding water to the gel, and mechanically breaking the gel to form a suspension of polymer particles in a liquid comprising the solvent and water. An Independent claim is also included for vinyl alcohol polymer particles produced as above whose greatest dimension is 100 micrometers or less...

Production of alloys based on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and a plastic material comprises dissolving the PVC and plastic material in a solvent, coprecipitating the PVC and plastic material in the form of alloy particles by injecting a nonsolvent into the solution, and recovering the alloy particles. An Independent claim is also included for an alloy produced as above in the form of spherical partic...

Granules comprising fibers in a polyamide matrix produced by copolymerizing an at least trifunctional amine or carboxylic acid (I) and an amino carboxylic acid (IIa) or lactam (IIb) and optionally a diamine or dicarboxylic acid (III) comprise fibers whose average length is 80-100% of the granule length. Granules comprising fibers in a polyamide matrix produced by copolymerizing a compound (I) hav...

The mechanical device (202) is fitted to the mechanism, which controls the transmission of the locking force, which is the threaded spindle (32). The release mechanism itself consists of a ratchet wheel (300), which is linked to the spindle, and which is also linked to a ratchet finger (220), which is activated to clamp or release the ratchet wheel as required.

A panel displaying method of an order receiving POS terminal is used to receive an order for an article by a customer in, for example, a fast-food restaurant. The panel displaying method, wherein the POS terminal includes a display section that displays a touch panel formed of plural keys operated when a customer orders an article comprises the step of pop-up displaying on the display unit the tou...

The portable device has a memory and also a means of acquisition and analysis of data using models stored in the memory. The portable device is a smart card (5) operating in conjunction with a portable telephone, and has a means of communicating (4) the results of the analysis and/or predictions to a remote server (1). A display (7) on the card shows the user the results of the analysis.

The pipe connector has a hollow holder (2) with rear end part (4) to hold the pipe and a front end part (3) to hold a connecting spring (7). A ring-shaped locking element (16) made with an open shape and of deformable elastic material is movably connected to the holder. The locking element has a first shaped tab (21) and a second tab (22) parallel to the first with the two tabs defining a hollow ...

A method and apparatus for extracting a cerebral ventricular system from images of one or more cerebral ventricular regions comprises defining multiple regions of interest (ROI) in the images, defining seed points within each ROI, growing images of ventricular regions while correcting for leakages into extraventricular space and connecting the ventricular regions grown.