Steel object produced by decomposing a liquid metal stream of an alloy with nitrogen to form a metal powder and compacting the powder with optional deformation comprises a chemical composition containing (in weight %) 1.51-2.5 carbon, up to 0.8 silicon, up to 1.5 manganese, 3.5-4.5 chromium, 13.3-15.3 tungsten, 2.0-3.0 molybdenum, 4.5-6.9 vanadium, 10.05-12.0 cobalt, up to 0.52 sulfur, up to 0.2 n...

A cabled communication link for a drill string includes spaced apart adapter subs within the drill string and a cable connecting the adapter subs for communication o f a signal therebetween. The cabled communication link may be drill pipe joints are interconnected within the drill string between adapter subs to form a piped communication link, whereby the cabled communication link establishes a pa...

A device for dispensing a unit dose of substance comprises a nozzle assembly (2) including a container (24) housing a unit dose of the substance, and an outer body (4) to which the nozzle assembly (2) is releasably attached. The body (4) includes a system actuable to effect discharge of the substance from the nozzle assembly (2) and actuating means operably by a user to effect discharge. Preferabl...

An electrochemical assay includes a method for determining with great accuracy the time at which an applied sample bridges a gap between the electrodes of an electrochemical cell. The method involves applying a constant small current across the gap, while monitoring the potential difference between the electrodes. The time at which the sample bridges the gap is marked by a sharp drop in the potent...

The holder is made from wire and consists of a clip with two branches (3, 4) to grip the edge (6) of a pocket such as the breast pocket on a shirt, and a loop (2) that projects outwards at right angles to the clip to receive one side-piece (9) of a pair of spectacles (10). The loop (2) has horizontal (16, 17) and vertical (18, 19) branches, the latter being joined to the ends (14, 15) of the outer...

The case has a base (2) defining a compartment to receive a cosmetic product, and a cover (3) covering the base in a reversible manner. A hinge is arranged at an exterior of a legend strip which has a friction unit. The friction unit opposes the pull-back force generated by an elastic pull-back unit (26) of a hinge, to slow opening of the case. The strip is retrieved from housings (11, 12) formed ...

An orifice (44) in the center of a rotor (43) communicates with an orifice (41) in the center of a stator (40) to allow debris to pass through without damaging the rotor blades. The communicating section (48) varies between a maximum and a minimum section as a function of the position of the rotor and part at least of the section is in the center of the rotor-stator assembly The communicating sec...

Production of polyvinylidene fluoride homo- or copolymers by persulfate-initiated radical polymerization in an aqueous dispersion comprises washing the product dispersion (optionally after coagulating it) to remove surfactant, adding sodium acetate and optionally a potassium alkylsulfonate, and drying the dispersion to obtain a powder containing less than 300 ppm surfactant. Production of polyvin...

The device has a binary comparator unit (112-2-1) analyzing accelerator signal and ascertaining if an accelerator is activated by a driver of a motor vehicle. A logical AND gate generates a logical zero if either no power transmission is present in a power train or if the accelerator is activated. A switching device outputs a decimal zero in the form of a driver input signal when the logical zero ...

The assembly has a steering rack (3) constituted of a base body (7) that extends on entire length of the steering rack. A housing (8) extends on a fraction of the length of the rack. The rack has a tooth (5) in the form of a separate part and placed in the housing. The tooth is engaged with teeth of a steering pinion (4). A flexible damping unit (9) is inserted between base of the housing and the ...

The procedure consists of applying an inner spacing strip (14) of a structured thermoplastic resin film 10-15 mm wide between the panes of glass (10, 12) round the whole of their periphery. An overlapping seal (20) with a valve for connecting to a suction unit is then fitted round the edge of assembly and the air is extracted from between the panes of glass. - The procedure consists of applying an...

The caliper has a main body (23) with an end (24) having a bore to receive a hydraulic piston applying a brake plate against one side of a disc, and an end (26) receiving a caliper edge (30) applying another brake plate against another side of the disc. Two pin guides (20, 22) are arranged on both sides of the bore in a disc rotation direction. The guide (20) is molded simultaneously with the body...

Using a central database common to a group of centers that take live tissue for transplants or blood for transfusion. The database is fed with all the data concerning the donors, the tissues, blood and derivatives, and all or part of the stored information is recorded in chips that accompany the different substances, allowing full traceability back to the original donor.;

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Stabilizer ( 1 ) designed to be slid onto a rod ( 2 ), particularly a string of drilling rods. It comprises at least one elastic part ( 4 ) that can deform when the stabilizer ( 1 ) is held in an initial position in compression against a shoulder ( 5 ) of the rod ( 2 ), this elastic part ( 4 ) compensating for play that may appear later between the stabilizer ( 1 ) and the rod ( 2 ). Application p...

A dispenser for dispensing a medicament that includes a canister for housing the medicament and a fluid propellant therefor and a drug-dispensing valve wherein one or more of the internal surfaces of the canister and/or valve includes a fluorinated coating prepared from plasma polymerisation of one or more fluorinated monomers selected from the group consisting of CH₂FCF₃ and...

A method (400) for identifying a feature in an image includes the steps of defining (410) a plurality of saliency values of an image or set of images over multiple parameters and calculating (414) an entropy value for each of the saliency values over substantially each of the multiple parameters. One or more peak entropy values are determined (430, 432) for the image or set of images based on the ...

The workpiece holder consists of a frame (200) supporting two guide bearings (210, 220) with a transverse axis of rotation relative to the machine tool. The bearings hold a rotary workpiece carrying plate (100) with an integral drive motor (300), the plate being made in two sections: a receiving plate (110) and a stiffening beam (120). The frame contains a circuit for a coolant liquid which is the...

The vehicle has sensors receiving physical parameters of rolling conditions. A driver compartment and a display unit adopt, in response to events, active steering and display configurations, selected from a set of steering and display configurations stored in a data storing unit respectively. The events causing activation of the display and steering configurations are the same.;

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The video surveillance communications network has two distinct modes of movement detection with alarm signal generation. There is a video camera (11) and two distinct modes of detection and producing the alarm signal.;

L'invention concerne un procédé de vidéosurveillance dans un réseau de communication comprenant au moins une caméra vidéo (14), le procédé comprenant une réception d'au moins un ...

The support legs are individually height adjustable, either in a continuous or stepwise manner. - The support comprises a plate (1) with legs for resting on the base of the coffin. The plate contains a space for the head to rest in.