Method of laying a tire belt ply on a form, using one or two transporters each having gripping assemblies, for gripping and moving the gripping sectors situated at the two longitudinal ends of a belt ply. The front and rear edges are aligned, after having determined the angular geometry of the ply edges by means of a suitable device, by independently moving at least one gripping sector of each of ...

An electrochemical biosensor formed by screen printing and method of fabricating such biosensor is disclosed in the present invention. The biosensor can quickly absorb a sample to be measured therein, effectively control volume of the sample fed and "fill-and-position" the sample therein. The biosensor includes an electrode layer (electrode area) comprising two or three electrodes, which are a wor...

The present invention relates to a transparent, low-flammability, UV-resistant, oriented film made from a crystallizable thermoplastic and having a thickness of from 5 to 300 mum. The film comprises at least one UV stabilizer and at least one flame retardant, and at least the flame retardant, and preferably also the UV stabilizer, is fed directly as a masterbatch to the crystallizable thermoplasti...

A semiconductor device with excellent heat dissipation characteristics that can achieve a high reliability when mounted in electronic equipment such as a cellular phone or the like and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a plurality of semiconductor chips mounted on the substrate by stacking one on top of another, and an encapsulation re...

A system detects for the presence of an identification (ID) code associated with an object. The detected ID code is communicated to a computer and power is provided to an energy consumption device. In response to detecting that the ID code has been absent for less than a first duration, an indication of the absence of the ID code is communicated to the computer and energy is withheld from the ener...

Methods and systems for monitoring semiconductor fabrication processes are provided. A system may include a stage configured to support a specimen and coupled to a measurement device. The measurement device may include an illumination system and a detection system. The illumination system and the detection system may be configured such that the system may be configured to determine multiple proper...

Manufacturing tools having a base and a working surface, such as trim steels, flange steels and die inserts, are formed by fabricating or casting a substrate out of a relatively ductile, low wear-resistant metal and forming the working surfaces such as cutting edges, flanging surfaces, die surfaces and die inserts by depositing layers of relatively hard, wear-resistant materials to the substrate b...

A train control system includes positioning systems at the end of the train and at the front of the train, allowing the conductor or engineer to unambiguously determine that no cars of the train have become detached. The positioning system at the end of the train is also used to verify that the entire train has cleared a block. This information can be relayed to a dispatcher, thereby eliminating t...

Bu bulus, olgunlastirilmamis bir taban kullanmak suretiyle vulkanize edilmis bir l stik karkasinin kaplanmasina yönelik bir düzenek olup, sözü geçen karkasin monte edilmesine yönelik bir jant (6), çembersel dis sathi el stik bir manson (16) ile örtülü halka sekilli bir el stik kalip (7) ihtiva eder, burada kalip olgunlastirilmamis tabanin (3) kaliplanmasina yöneliktir, ve düzenek disk sekilli, el ...

"GERAçãO DE IMAGEM DE REFERêNCIA ADAPTATIVA". São providos um codificador de vídeo (300) e um método correspondente (700) para codificar uma imagem ou bloco de imagens de entrada usando uma previsão de uma imagem apenas de referência, onde o codificador (300) inclui um armazenamento temporário de imagens (374) para armazenar uma imagem previamente codificada, e uma unidade de processamento de refe...

"MéTODO E SISTEMA PARA ASSEGURAR QUE O MAQUINISTA DE TREM PERMANEçA ALERTA DURANTE A OPERAçãO DO TREM". Um sistema e um método de controle de trem exigem que o maquinista do trem introduza informações sobre o aspecto do sinal a cada posição do dispositivo de sinalização de via em uma ferrovia, e pare o trem se o operador falhar em introduzir as informações sobre o aspecto, Sem comunicação com o di...

"PROJETO DE EXPANSãO EMPRESARIAL DE FRANQUIAS DE CLìNICA ODONTOLóGICA ESPECIALIZADA". Refere-se a um projeto de criação, implantação e gestão de franquias de clínica odontológica especializada, cujo objetivo é criar, implantar e gerir uma rede de clínicas odontológicas especializadas, com um padrão de atendimento, qualidade e administração inspirados em uma clínica modelo, com rotinas, procediment...

A cementitious composition for cementing an oil or gas well and which exhibits, when cured, increased flexural strength and a flexural strength to compressive strength ratio between from about 0.29 to about 0.80, contains a hydraulically-active cementitious material, such as Portland cement, and substantially spherical zeolite. Representative zeolites include natrolite, heulandite, analcime, chaba...

An actuator, preferably a linear actuator for furniture, comprises a brake spring ( 20 ) in the form of a helical spring having a plurality of windings wound around a cylindrical element ( 10 ) of plastics rotatable at least during braking, said spring being tightened around the cylindrical element for braking. The frictional heat generated hereby can cause the plastics to be deformed, which adver...

A metal atomizing device includes a casing with an inlet tube for providing liquid metal into the casing and an outlet is defined through the casing. The inlet tube and the outlet share a common axis. A polygonal impact member is located at an outlet of the inlet tube and a plurality of gas inlets are connected to the casing so as to provide noble gas into the casing and mixed with the liquid meta...

An apparatus for forming a lesion in cardiac tissue includes an optical fiber for guiding a coherent waveform of a selected wavelength to a fiber tip. The wavelength is selected to have a low absorption in water. The fiber tip is contained within a guide member having a discharge bore for a direction of energy discharge to define an unobstructed light pathway from the fiber tip through a discharge...

There is provided a honeycomb structure in which the structure is not segmented, or a smaller number of segments are integrated to suppress a local temperature rise and to reduce breakage by thermal stress at the time of use, and a method of manufacturing the structure. There is disclosed a honeycomb structure 1 comprising: a large number of cells 3 partitioned by cell walls 2 and extending throug...

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing a high-quality foam that can be produced stably on an industrial scale and that affords excellent thermal insulation as a foam with thin cell membranes, which method ensures uniform molten mixture fluidity, which is an essential condition for achieving consistent foam quality, in the manufacture of a foam by mixing star...

Modifications to the surface of polyvinyl alcohol-based films are disclosed that result in improved adhesion to optical materials. Specifically, the surface chemistry of the polyvinyl alcohol-based film is altered to include fluorine bonds, which surprisingly improve direct adhesion of the film to materials such as optical thermoset resins, without the use of additional coatings or multilayer sand...