Anschluss der Chipkarteneinheit (13) z.B. eines Mobilfunktelefons (10) als Gerät über eine Steuereinheit (11) an die Anschlussschnittstelle (12) für einen Rechner (30), so dass das Mobilfunktelefon (10) bei Kopplung mit einem Rechner (30) als Kartenterminal betreibbar ist. Ist der Rechner (30) an ein Kommunikationsnetz (40) angeschlossen, dann ist auch eine Inanspruchnahme der Netzdienste von Dien...

Measurement-while-Drilling apparatus, for obtaining information about a formation, uses sensors (Fig 3C, 301) on substantially non-rotating pads 264 attached to a rotating housing 256 that is part of the drilling assembly. The pads make contact with the formation. The sensors may be density, NMR, resistivity, sonic or electromagnetic sensors. The NMR sensors may use a static magnetic field, that c...

An information distribution system provides information to a user, when the information corresponds to criteria individually selected by the user, and then charges the user only for the selected information thus provided. Encrypted information packages (IP's) are provided at the user site, via high and/or low density storage media and/or by broadcast transmission. The IP's selected by the user are...

An ethylene-propylene-diene rubber (I) comprises S dispersed therein. Also claimed are a vulcanisable elastomer compsn. contg. the rubber and a vulcanised rubber contg. the elastomer compsn.. (I) pref. comprises a high mol. wt. ethylene-propylenediene copolymer (A) in an amt. of 90-40wt.%, pref. (A) having an ethylene content of 60-82 mol.%, a limiting viscosity (eta) of 3.5-5.0 dl/g, and an iodin...

A resin composition comprises 100 parts by weight of a polypropylene and 20 to 100 parts by weight of a hydrogenated styrene/butadiene or styrene/isoprene elastomeric block copolymer having a melt index of not less than 25 g/10 min as determined at a temperature of 230 DEG C and a load of 2.16 kg/cm<2>. A method of manufacturing a coated molded article of the resin composition comprises the steps ...

A magnetooptical information recording-reproducing apparatus is adapted to function for any card-like optical recording media having different properties. A light beam is applied to a predetermined location of the recording medium and a reflected light caused upon the application of the light beam is detected so as to detect the property of the recording medium such as a reflectance. The gains of ...

A crystalline propylene polymer (100 parts by wt) which can be a random copolymer with an olefin, having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of less than 5.0 and preferably a melt flow rate of 3.0 to 50 g/10 minutes, is compounded with 0.001 to 1.0 part of a crystal nucleating agent which can be inorganic, organic or polymeric (e.g. talc, an aromatic carboxylic acid metal salt or a vinyl cyclo...

PCT No. PCT/FI94/00376 Sec. 371 Date May 31, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date May 31, 1996 PCT Filed Aug. 26, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/06004 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 2, 1995Waste water sludge which contains phosphorous, heavy metals and at least one metal originating from a waste water treatment coagulant, is treated in order to recover the phosphorous and the at least one metal, and to discharge the heavy metals. T...

Thermoplastic polymer compositions are disclosed which comprise the following components: (A) 1 to 99% by weight of an amorphous propylene polymer having the following characteristics: Ä eta Ü > 1 dl/g, % of syndiotactic dyads (r) - % of isotactic dyads (m) > 0, less than 2% of the CH2 groups contained in (CH2)n sequences wherein n >/= 2, Bernoullianity index = 1 +/- 0.2; and (B) 1 to ...

The method involves determining the current vehicle position (P) and predefining a destination (D) within the vehicle. Information is transferred to the vehicle to enable the destination to be reached. This information is displayed within the vehicle. A number of not exclusively destination-related items of destination information are permanently or periodically transmitted by information provider...

The planetary gearing assembly has pressure rings (8-11) to take up the axial forces between the intermeshed paired wheels (2,4;4,6;7). They are each keyed to one gearwheel (2,6,7) and lie against the associated gearwheels (4). Where the axes (5) of the planet wheels (4) are angled against the axis (3) of the sun wheel (2), the pressure rings (8-11) have different pitch angles at both sides of a ...

A chip card unit (13) pertaining to a mobile radio telephone, for instance, is connected to an interface (12) for a computer via a control unit (11) enabling the mobile radio telephone (10) to operate as a card terminal when coupled to a computer (30). When the computer (30) is connected to a telecommunication network (40), occupation of network services by service providers (50) is also possible....

An electronic control device including a housing with base- plate (1) and a plastics cowling (2), a circuit carrier (12) mounted on the side of the base-plate facing the cowling, at least one contact pin (21) fixed in the cowling (2) and extending through an opening (14) in the base-plate. A conductor path carrier (11) is provided and forms an electrical connection between the contact pin (21) and...

In a process to dispose of BSE-infected animal carcasses, following slaughter the carcasses are transported to an incinerator or other disposal process in a container (10) containing a charge of dye and/or a bitter flavour agent. The novelty is that: (a) the type, concentration and chemical composition of the dye and/or a bitter flavour agent are registered before introduction to the container (10...

A system (10) and method of evidencing postage payment includes a data center (3) with a database (36) having a plurality of meter records (64) stored therein. Each meter record (64) includes meter information corresponding to a metering account assigned to each of a plurality of remote user devices (20, 22) that are authorized to request evidence of postage payment. When a request for postage (10...

A method for controlling a postage metering system (1) defines a first set of postage parameters P1, P2, P3 to Pn associated with the generation of postage evidence in a postage metering system (10) and then initializes the postage metering system (10) with a subset of the first set of postage parameters F1, F2, F3 to Fn. The subset F1, F2, F3 to Fn defines a combination of the postage parameters ...

A method of remotely accessing a postage security account at a daa center (30) from a remote user device begins with a remote user assigning a password to the user's postage security account at a data center (30). A cryptographic key corresponding to the user's postage security account is provided to the remote user device and is stored at the data center (30). The password and the cryptographic k...

A system (10) and method of evidencing postage payment include a local postage printing system (20, 22) requesting to a remote data metering center (30) for the generation of postage evidencing information (220, 320). The request includes a postage amount to be printed on a mail piece. The remote data metering center (30) determines a postal origin (220, 320) corresponding to the request for posta...