A method for manufacturing machining tools out of composite powdered metal which is first formed to approximate the desired shape of the machining tool; then bonded metallurgically; and machined to the desired finished shape. Desirably, the forming step employs at least two distinct powdered metals, the first formed to the outer shape over the portion of the tool that interfaces with the work piec...

There is provided a processing method for effectively and promptly removing insoluble components contained in a solution of a styrene resin waste material to enable regeneration of high-quality regenerated styrene. To this end, a solution of the styrene resin waste material in an organic solvent is processed with, for example, a dehydrating agent, to remove insoluble components. The resulting clar...

A mapping catheter comprises a catheter body, a handle and a tip section. The catheter body has an outer wall, proximal and distal ends and at least one lumen extending therethrough. The handle is at the proximal end of the catheter body. The tip section comprises a flexible tubing having proximal and distal ends and at least one lumen extending therethrough. The proximal end of the flexible tubin...

An acoustic ink print head includes an array of individual emitters. Each of the emitters have a corresponding transducer with a lower electrode, a separate layer of a piezo-electric material located on the lower electrode, and a separate upper electrode provided on the upper surface of the piezo-electric layer. The upper and lower electrodes are connected to a source of conventionally modulated R...

A lighting fixture assembly includes a lighting fixture having a mounting member, a pair of end plates, an elongated lamp and an elongated lens, and a pair of dust covers fittable over opposite ends of the lighting fixture. Each end plate is mounted to one of the opposite end of the mounting member and is substantially comprised of a first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion. ...

A multi-phase detergent tablet for use in a washing machine, the tablet comprising: a) a first phase in the form of a shaped body having at least one mould therein; and b) a second phase in the form of a particulate solid compressed within said mould. The multi-phase tablets provide improved dissolution and cleaning characteristics together with excellent tablet integrity and strength.

A multi-phase detergent tablet comprising: a) a first phase in the form of a shaped body having at least one mould therein; and b) a second phase in the form of a compressed body adhesively contained within said mould, and wherein the second phase comprises an enzyme. The multi-phase tablets provide improved dissolution and cleaning characteristics together with excellent tablet integrity and st...

A communications network comprising at least two nodes is disclosed. The network has two communication paths that carry traffic in opposite directions and work as a bi-directional bus. The network has a first inactive segment that carries no traffic and is arranged to allow the first inactive segment to be made active and another segment to be made inactive, especially in the case of fault in the ...

A communications network comprising at least two nodes is disclosed. The network has two communication paths that carry traffic in opposite directions and work as a bi-directional bus. The network has a first inactive segment that carries no traffic and is arranged to allow the first inactive segment to be made active and another segment to be made inactive, especially in the case of fault in the ...

An electrospray and/or APCI mass spectrometer has an evacuated chamber 8, a sampling region 7 where the pressure is greater than in said evacuated chamber 8, a sampling orifice 5 communicating between said sampling region 7 and said evacuated chamber 8, and a mass analyzer which. receives at least some charged particles along a first axis 37 through said sampling orifice 5 from said sampling regio...

L'invention concerne un dispositif (1) de détermination de phases respiratoires du sommeil d'un utilisateur (3), comprenant des moyens (5) de mesure d'au moins deux variables physiques dont au moins une première variable physique est représentative du flux nasal de l'utilisateur (3) et dont au moins une seconde variable physique est représentative du flux buccal de celui-ci. Le dispositif comprend...

A zirconium based alloy for use in nuclear fuel components for light-water reactors, the alloy containing, apart from zirconium and normal contents of impurities in zirconium of reactor quality, the alloy elements Sn, Fe, Cr, and Ni, the content of Sn being in the range of 0.5-2.5 weight-% and the content of Ni being in the range of 0.01-0.2 weight-%. The content of Cr is in the range of 0.16-0.6 ...

A zirconium based alloy for use in nuclear fuel components for light-water reactors, the alloy containing, apart from zirconium and normal contents of impurities in zirconium of reactor quality, the alloy elements Sn, Fe, Cr, and Ni, the content of Sn being in the range of 0.5-2.5 weight-% and the content of Ni being in the range of 0.01-0.2 weight-%. The content of Cr is in the range of 0.16-0.6 ...

A hydrophilic adhesive mass contains 0.05 to 10 wt.% of a copolymer of an aminoalkyl (meth)acrylate and an alkyl (meth)acrylate. This hydrophilic adhesive mass is excellent in adhesiveness, and especially when combined with a pharmacologically active ingredient, is suitable for use in providing hydrophilic plasters.

Sand or other material used to form the surface layer bed for the drain cover is prevented from draining away beneath the cover if cracks appear in the ground around the cover. Water flowing down the drain is also collected and guided into the drain pipe.

The filter insert comprises a holder (16) used to hang it inside the drain (10) and provided with a central rod (26) supporting one or more filter elements arranged one above the other. The filter element dimensions are chosen so that a gap is left between the outside of the elements and drain wall, through which water overflowing from the top filter element (42) can travel to the bottom of the dr...