A reagent delivery system comprises an axial hub passing through the center of two equal-diameter, spaced apart discs, wherein the hub and discs are positioned in a sleeve such that an annular reagent chamber is provided. When the sleeve is moved in either an up or down axial direction the so-formed chamber is opened and the reagent is released. Such a regent delivery system is particularly useful...

A centrifuge (500) for separating feed material into solid and fluid parts, which centrifuge comprises a conveyor (540) rotatably mounted in a rotatable housing (520), the conveyor having at least one impeller (572) and the rotatable housing having a separating region comprising a pool area and a drying area between the conveyor and a rotatable housing, the arrangement being such that, in use, on ...

Methods and systems are provided for establishing a hierarchical relationship between a parent or master project schedule and sub-project schedules including tasks and phases required for completion of the parent or master project. When changes are made to data contained in a given parent or master project schedule or to a hierarchically related sub-project schedule, an automatic notification is p...

A wood chipping assembly has a frame with two parallel contra-rotating helical cutting-profile shafts. The shafts are at least partly enclosed by a chip grading basket. The cutting interface gap between the two shafts is fed from above by an elongated funnel. Chips falling from the cutting interface fall through the basket into a trap. The slide-removable basket forms a single unit with the chip t...

A method of checking for restrictions in a string of tubing formed of a plurality of tubing sections comprises providing a profile in the tubing string, providing a drift member adapted to engage with the profile, and passing the drift member through the tubing string. The method may permit a determination that the drift member has engaged with the profile prior to separating the tubing sections, ...

The drive shafts (10,11), across at least respectively an intermediate part (15), drives an impeller assigned to the drive shaft on each side, and with a multiple brake disc (20) allocated to each intermediate part (15), which is operated by means of a pressure piece (25) movable across a brake lever (30). The brake lever (30) is designed as a single arm unit, diametrically gripping over the lamin...

A device for retaining a graft on an artery, comprising a first part for contacting the graft and a second part for contacting the artery when the device is pierced radially through the graft and the artery wall, the first and second parts being connected by a resilient member, wherein the resilient member biases the first and second parts towards each other into a retaining configuration such tha...

A method is described for making a net structure (1) comprising net meshes provided by ropes (2, 3) which are joined together in the mesh corners, where the joining together is effected in such manner that the respective corners of each net mesh are provided in that each net mesh is formed of respective perpendicular ropes (2, 3), of which the one rope (2, 3) has threaded therethrough the second r...

A flexible EL device comprises a substrate, which is made of highly polymerized synthetic rubber, polyurethane, or silicon rubber, a conductive layer, a dielectric layer, a fluorescent layer, a transparent conductive layer, and a polymer protection film layer. Due to the high flexibility of the substrate, the flexibility of the flexible EL device according to the present invention is higher than t...

Improved methods of cementing in a subterranean zone penetrated by a well bore are provided. The methods are basically comprised of the steps of preparing a foamed cement composition comprised of hydraulic cement, a non-dispersing set retarder, sufficient water to form a slurry, sufficient gas to foam the slurry and a foaming and foam stabilizing surfactant mixture present in an amount sufficient ...

An arrangement for administering an injectable product comprises a base (4,7), a container (1) for a product, which can be ejected via a needle using a piston (2), and a drive unit with a drive element (40). Damping members (42,50) exert a damping force when the piston is pushed forwards.

The kitchen sink of stone or similar has a hole for an inserted plate and has a lower surface with a recess on the area facing the hole. The upper side of this latter area is parallel with the sink upper surface and in which recess the sink plate is arranged, and is tensioned between a fixture in a trank in the sink and the upper side of the recess. The tension fixture comprises a relatively flat ...

The kitchen sink of stone or similar ahs a hole for an inserted plate and a lower surface with a recess in the area facing the hole. The upper side of the recess is parallel with the sink upper surface and in the recess the sink plate is arranged, being clamped between a fixture in the sink lower surface and the upper side of the recess.

A method and apparatus for implementing a communication network for well monitoring and control applications where a twisted pair cable bus is used to connect well-related locations. The twisted pair cable bus will exhibit high parallel impedance when used in differential mode and low series impedance in common mode. A bus supervisor and devices connected at nodes can exchange signal transmission....

An apparatus for erecting folded carton blanks has a picking assembly for grasping a carton blank from a magazine. The picking assembly is disposed for rotational movement from a first position proximate the magazine to a second position proximate an abutment that engages a corner of the carton blank. A gate disposed for rotational movement is driven in a timed relation with the picking assembly. ...

An apparatus for cutting sheet materials consisting mainly of mineral substances, particularly glass such as laminated safety glass. The apparatus is flexible to handle and to use. In a broader sense, these materials include materials such as ceramic tiles and/or natural stone plates, of which the characteristics do not adversely influence the cutting process and of which the cross-sectional struc...

A system for visually detailing the layout of a wireless network and for providing performance statistics regarding the network. Graphical diagrams are generated in accordance with a request wherein the diagrams illustrate nodes and data collectors in the wireless network. The nodes record data related to a commodity usage and transmit the data to the collectors, which in turn transmit aggregated ...

The present invention relates to a computer system connectable to a network, comprising a wireless communication part having an interface supporting a hot-swappable function and allowing the computer system to be wirelessly connected to the network; a wired communication part having an interface supporting the hot-swappable function and allowing the computer system to be connected to the network b...

The present invention relates to combining point-to-multipoint service data in a mobile terminal of a wireless communication system. A mobile terminal receiving MBMS service data of a current cell in a MAC entity while concurrently receiving the same MBMS service data from a neighboring cell in a MAC entity discards any received data not related to MBMS. Accordingly, any unnecessary operation of t...

An outer cannula has a first port for orienting outside the neck of a wearer, a second port for orienting within the trachea of the wearer, a first passageway coupling the first port to the second port to permit the flow of gases from the first port to the second during inhalation by the wearer and from the second port during exhalation by the wearer, and a third port between the first and second ...