FIELD: drum that may be used for winding long cables, possibly for vacuum cleaners. ^ SUBSTANCE: cable drum includes supporting plate relative to which mounted in bearing units drum housing rotates and braking rocker arm movable relative to supporting plate in radial direction. Elastic members are used for suspending cable drum in housing. Due to use of elastic members braking pulse is transmitted...

FIELD: production of colorfast jointing materials. ^ SUBSTANCE: the invention is pertaining to the colorfast jointing materials, in particular, to a hydraulic binding substance and to a paste, from which it is possible to make such materials, and to the method of production of such materials. The colorfast jointing material is formed from the sources of calcium aluminate, calcium silicate, calcium...

An intraocular lens (IOL) implant for implantation in an eye having a capsular bag, a posterior chamber and an anterior chamber, the implant including a first carrying member adapted to be attached to the capsular bag, and a telescope attached to and extending from the first carrying member, characterized by the telescope being further attached to at least one second carrying member, wherein the a...

A piezo-electric printhead is formed from a first piezo-electric actuator (18) disposed parallel to a second piezo-electric actuator (20). The first and second piezo-electric actuators have a shared inner electrode (28) disposed between them, a first control electrode (30) disposed on an outside surface of the first piezo-electric actuator and a second control electrode (31) disposed on an outside...

A process for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition, the process comprising synthesizing an elastomeric copolymer by polymerizing ethylene, an α-olefin, and optionally a diene monomer within the gas phase to thereby produce a gas-phase elastomeric copolymer, blending the gas-phase elastomeric copolymer with a thermoplastic polymer to form a mix of the elastomeric copolymer and thermoplas...

Improved approaches for providing secure access to resources maintained on private networks are disclosed. In one embodiment, the resources being accessed can be email resources. The secure access can be provided through a public network using a standard network browser. Multiple remote users are able to gain restricted and controlled access to at least portions of a private network through a comm...

A device for the manual metering of a medical fluid, such as a hardening resin of the bone cement type, comprises a chamber for the fluid to be metered ( 2, 102 ) with an end opening ( 6 ), a gripping handle ( 7, 107 ), a piston ( 10, 110 ) which is housed in the chamber ( 2, 102 ) and provided with an operating member ( 12 ) for a user, and screw-type actuating means ( 13 ) arranged in between th...

Feedback timing control equipment and process for an injection seeded modular gas discharge laser (11). A preferred embodiment is a system capable of producing high quality pulsed laser beams at pulse rates of about 4,000 Hz or greater and at pulse energies of about 5 to 10 mJ or greater for integrated outputs of about 20 to 40 Watts or greater. The feedback timing control is programmed to permit ...

A damper mechanism for isolating vibrations from a vacuum pump (1A) constructed and adapted for coupling to a vacuum chamber, the damper mechanism including an elastomeric material, preferably an elastomer diaphragm (3), coupled between the pump (1A) and the vacuum chamber (5) so as to permit the pump (1A) to move in six degrees of freedom, while transferring minimum force to the chamber (5).

A file system shell is provides virtual folders (651-655) which expose regular files and folders to users in different views based on their metadata instead of the actual physical underlying file system structure. Users are able to work with the virtual folders (651-655) through direct manipulation. Filters (620-626) are provided for narrowing down sets of items. Quick links (610-613) generate use...

Device for conditioning water produced by environmental conditioning or dehumidification apparatuses or plants, comprising a device ( 2 ) for measuring the quantity of water produced by a condenser ( 1 ) which transforms atmospheric humidity into water, a feeder ( 4 ) of a corrective composition of salts and mineral substances, preferably in the form of tablets (P), for dispensing at least one of ...

A computed tomography (CT) system comprises an X-ray radiation source to project a plurality of X-ray beams through an object and a detector array comprising a plurality of detector assemblies. Each of the detector assembly further comprises a detector subassembly adapted to detect the X-ray beams and further adapted to convert the X-ray beams to a plurality of electrical signals and at least one ...

FIELD: pulp-and-paper industry, in particular, papermaking machine equipment for stretching of clothing to be sewn. ^ SUBSTANCE: stretching guiding apparatus 100 has central part 124 of predetermined width, rear part 128 joined to central part 124, first zone 118 having separated fibers and disposed between central part 124 and rear part 128 so as to arrange around rear part 128 of rope or cable 1...

Gel compositions are provided that can be utilized as carriers for beneficial agents when injected into a subject and which can provide sustained release of the beneficial agent over time. In particular, gel compositions containing an agent that renders the composition thixotropic to facilitate injection of the gel into a subject with minimal discomfort to the subject are described.

The invention identifies the CTLA4 receptor as a ligand for the B7 antigen. The complete amino acid sequence encoding human CTLA4 receptor gene is provided. Methods are provided for expressing CTLA4 as an immunoglobulin fusion protein, for preparing hybrid CTLA4 fusion proteins, and for using the soluble fusion proteins, fragments and derivatives thereof, including monoclonal antibodies reactive w...

A method and apparatus for reducing soft errors is disclosed. In some embodiments the method comprises: assigning a plurality of nodes within a storage circuit (2) to a predetermined state; evaluating a plurality of signals coupled to the storage circuit, where evaluating the plurality of signals enables a first node (Node-A) to change from its predetermined state and enables a second node (Node-B...

Use of an adsorbent in preventing the formation of an adduct in a pharmaceutical product due to a chemical reaction between a medicament and a gaseous substances in the product.

In each of a plurality of submarine observation apparatus (1 to n), a branching unit (63) branches fixed-wavelength light (.lambda.1) from an incoming wavelength-multiplexed light signal. An observation signal modulating unit (64) modulates the intensity of the branched fixed-wavelength light (.lambda.1) with observation information multiplexed by an observation signal multiplex unit (61). A combi...

Bile-salt stimulated lipase (BSSL) may comprise amino acids 1-722, 1-535, 1-278, 1-341, 1-409, 1-474, 279-341, 279-409, 279-474, 342-409, 342-474 or 536-722 of the sequence given at the end. Also claimed are (1) a functionally equivalent variant or mutant of BSSL; (2) a DNA sequence (I) encloding BSSL, comprising nucleotides 151-2316, 151-1755, 151-985, 151-1172, 151-1376, 151-1574, 986-1172, 986-...

The present invention relates to compounds of the formula Q is selected from the group consisting of G is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, substituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, heterocyclo, W is O or NR15; X is O or H,H; Y is selected from the group consisting of O; H,OR16; OR17,OR17; NOR18; H,NOR19; H,NR20R21; H,H; or CHR22; OR17 OR17 can be a cyc...