A dual chamber sachet with a dispensing outlet can be made in a form/fill sequence by attaching the dispensing outlet to the film that is to form the chamber divider wall followed by attaching films that are to form the outer walls of the sachet to the dispensing outlet. The upper and side lateral edges of the sachet then are sealed together to produce a sachet with an open bottom end. The sachet ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tire vulcanizing bladder capable of preventing the generation of tire trouble caused by the non-uniform contact of the bladder and an unvulcanized tire or the undesired deformation of the unvulcanized tire to manufacture a uniform tire.

SOLUTION: The bladder body 4 is formed from a rigid rubbery elastomer, wherein the wall thickness t1of the dista...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method capable of inexpensively manufacturing a tire- vulcanizing bladder having various sizes by easily changing the wall thickness of the bladder.

SOLUTION: In manufacturing the bladder body 1, an unvulcanized rubber G is extruded into a cylindrical shape from an extruder 4 and the extrudate W is cut into a predetermined length. Further, a cap 5 for inne...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drive force distribution controlling device of a four-wheel drive car capable of assuring the stability of vehicle behavior by satisfactorily suppressing the affection by the interference of control and abrupt change of drive force distribution in a travel state in which a vehicle behavior control is performed by adding a braking force.

SOLUTION: This driv...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a packaged structure having a superior wrap-around qualification, and a packaging apparatus capable of composing such a packaged structure.

SOLUTION: According to the packaging apparatus, a paper roll 14 is transferred in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of it, and a center seal part 16S is formed along the circumferential surface of the paper...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a windbreak device capable of installing a windmill on the side of a road, operating the windmill by a side wind to obtain the windbreak effect as the wind of the road surface after it has passed through the windmill.

SOLUTION: The road 1 has the road surface 2 on an elevated structure 12, and the horizontal axis windmill 4 is set on the side of the road. Th...

A method and an apparatus for collecting plates from two rows of plates travelling side-by-side on a moving conveyor comprising inverting plates sequentially in one row of plates and merging said two rows of plates by depositing a plate from one row onto a plate in the other row to form a single row of double plates each having an inverted plate, and assembling a single row of said double plates i...

A method of preparing porous fiber reinforced polymer composite sheets has been developed to allow a more efficient pre- heating of the sheet prier to molding and includes the steps of blending reinforcing fibers with resin matrix forming fibers to form a web. This web is then heated to a temperature wherein the resin matrix forming fibers melt and envelope the reinforcing fibers, tacking them tog...

Disclosed herein is a portable sunshade comprising a mast structure extending in a generally vertically direction, means for attaching the mast structure at its lower end to a support structure, a boom extending outwardly from the mast structure, having first and second ends, the first end being movably attached to the mast structure, a hub assembly attached to the second end of the boom, a plural...

A cardiac ablation catheter includes a coil-like ablating element that is deployable from an elongate, flexible sheath. The ablating element, while in the deployed position, has a shape with at least one revolution oriented in a plane that is orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the sheath. The catheter system is well-suited to ablate a circumferential region of tissue about a pulmonary vein or th...

The invention is directed to an electrosurgical device having a shapeable elongate cutting electrode having a free distal end with an exposed length of at least about 0.25 inch and secured by its proximal end to the distal end of a handle. The electrosurgical device is designed for use with a high frequency electrosurgical generator which has an output at a frequence of between about 1 MHz and abo...

The air distillation unit (2) has a low-pressure column (11C) which operates clearly above atmospheric pressure. The waste nitrogen coming from this column serves to purge, under low pressure, the air purification adsorbers (10A, 10B) in order to desorb them of the contaminants (water and CO2), then is mixed with the impure nitrogen stream sent directly to the nitrogen compressor (14) which feeds ...

The invention describes a biaxially oriented polyester film with at least one base layer B, with at least one metal-adherent outer layer A, and preferably with another outer layer C, the metal-adherent outer layer A having a metal adhesion of at least 4 N/25 mm wherein the metal adherent layer consists essentially of an amorphous copolyester comprising ethylene terephthalate and ethylene isophthal...

The present invention relates to an at least single-layer, biaxially oriented film support for magnetic recording media which is predominantly composed of crystallizable polyester, having a thickness in the range from 1 to 40 mum. The film has, over its total roll length and roll width and after it has been made up into customer rolls, an electrostatic charge build-up which is in the range from -8...

A method and system for automatically activating a train warning device that uses a positioning system such as a global positioning system (GPS) receiver or an inertial navigation system (INS) to determine the train's position. The system further includes a database containing locations of grade crossings and other locations at which a train is required to give a warning signal and what regulation...

In a lubricating arrangement for a wheel hub (1) which is provided with hub gears (5) and which is mounted on a axle housing (2) which contains a wheel shaft (3) which drives the wheel hub, there is arranged in the wheel hub an oil reservoir (9) from which oil can be supplied to lubricate wheel bearings (6) and hub gears (5). The oil reservoir (9) communicates with the inside of the axle housing (...

The invention is an improved belt drive system and method for a power plant. The power plant is of the type having a crankshaft pulley, an accessory pulley, a motor/generator pulley, a first belt tensioner, a first belt tensioner pulley, and a power transmission belt trained about the crankshaft pulley, the accessory pulley, the motor/generator pulley, and the first belt tensioner pulley. The powe...

The present invention concerns a method of preparing PM products by high velocity compaction of iron or iron-based powers having irregular powder particles.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an antibacterial substance-producing lactobacillus capable of reaching the living bowels and to provide a food for improving intestinal environment.

SOLUTION: Bacillus, lactobacillus L-55 strain belonging to Lactobacillus acidophilus group, has the antibacterial substance productivity, tolerance to bile, gastric juice and intestinal juice. A fermented food p...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cellular phone case for the arm and the wrist making the use of cellular phones having a different size with convenience and ease by adjusting the size by one holder without releasing them from users' bodies.

SOLUTION: A hook-and-loop fastener (male) (3) and hook-and-loop fasteners (female) (4) and (5) are attached to an upper part material (1). A hook-and...