Techniques for detecting a kick in a borehole include acquiring a set of measurements with a sonic tool in the borehole; determining borehole mud slowness from the set of measurements; and comparing the mud slowness with a selected criterion, wherein the determining the mud slowness includes determining fluid mode slowness as a function of frequency for at least one fluid mode, and determining the...

The customer uses the internet to order meal components which are delivered within a given time. These components are delivered by franchise holders within a given postcode region. The franchise provider gives the franchise holders equipment for packaging and sealing the food to be delivered. Food ingredients, packaging material and stickers can be ordered by the franchise holders via the internet...

La présente invention concerne un procédé mécanique de granulation et d e fabrication à froid de particules sphériques et de transformation de copeaux et de canettes d'aluminium en produits finis destinés à l'utilisation en aluminothermie ou à la refonte. Le nouveau procédé de granulation, nécessite un premier équipement de pressage, suivi d'un équipement de déchiquetage, suivi d'un équipement de ...

An inflation verification system for an inflatable tool includes at least an information collector associated with the inflatable element of the inflatable tool connected to a controller with a predetermined set of instructions for inciting communications with the surface. Communicators contemplated include atmospheric chambers which when opened create a negative pressure pulse which propagates to...

PCT No. PCT/GB97/01357 Sec. 371 Date May 10, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date May 10, 1999 PCT Filed May 20, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/44567 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 27, 1997An injection apparatus and use thereof that comprises a plurality of spaced ejection ports from which the tracer composition can be ejected so as to be injected directly into a chosen layer of a stratified flow, and that in use can be adjusted su...

The method collects digital images of the body surface of the tested subject after having divided the latter into one or more areas exactly located by spatial coordinates in a system of coordinated axes fixed with respect to predetermined unchanged reference points of the subject. The images are stored in a suitable data base to be then compared automatically with corresponding images collected at...

An electronic system for detecting antitheft and/or identification labels, comprising a number of electronic antitheft and/or identification labels which can operatively be attached to goods to be secured or registered or can be worn by a person or animal to be registered and/or identified, transmitting and receiving means for generating an electromagnetic interrogation field in a detection zone a...

A dispensing container (1) comprising; a main bottle (2) having an outlet port (6) for the fluid product located at the bottom (21); thereof; a metering receptacle (3), having a side port (7; 70) for inletting the fluid product and a top opening (8) for outwardly dispensing the fluid product; and a duct (4), having an internal lumen (12) connecting the outlet port (6) of the main bottle (2) to the...

A comentitious composition of the setting type which can be kept in a ready-mixed state and which can be caused to set and harden upon introduction of an accelerator with reproducibility and set time predictability. The cementitious base composition contains calcium sulfate hemihydrate as a principal filler material and certain non-calciun bearing phosphate additives which prevent setting action i...

The invention relates to a testing arrangement, in which a test apparatus (1) can be used for testing, among other things, the working condition of different functional blocks of a target device (2), virus scanning, and updating of programs. The test apparatus (1) is connected to an external bus of the target device (2), wherein the test apparatus (1) may communicate with the target device (2) and...

A crystalline form of sucralose, and a method of making it. The method involves continuously crystallizing sucralose from an aqueous solution by a process providing continuous removal and recirculation of the vessel contents, and providing a long residence time for sucralose in the system. The crystals thus formed are of a relatively low length/diameter ratio, have an unsymmetrical shape, and exhi...

A memory device has at least one pair of memory cell blocks, a spare row decoder, a data exchange control signal generator and a data exchange unit. When a defective memory cell in a first memory cell block is repaired with a spare memory cell in a second memory cell block that neighbors (or is adjacent) the first memory cell block, the data topology of the memory cell of the first memory cell may...

The present invention pertains to a process to make salt compositions comprising the steps of - feeding water to a salt source to form an aqueous solution comprising said salt, - feeding said aqueous solution to a crystalliser/settler, - contacting said aqueous solution with one or more antisolvents which force the salt to crystallise, with said antisolvents exhibiting crystal growth inhibiting pr...

Fast startup for streaming media includes one or both of a technique for predictive start and a technique for switching delivery channel(s) during streaming. Predictive start allows a media content source to predict which media stream(s) are desired by the requesting client device and begin streaming those predicted media stream(s) to the client device. The delivery channel switching technique all...

Session description message extensions include information describing a multimedia presentation or a single media presentation. The session description message is typically sent from one device to another device to which the multimedia or single media presentation will be streamed. Several extensions are described that extend the information that can be included in the session description message....

This invention relates to mutual positioning of an x-ray beam and an intra-oral x-ray sensor in connection with an imaging process by utilizing at least one measurement signal, which is achieved by arranging means for producing a magnetic field resp. for measuring the magnetic field in connection with a radiation source resp. the sensor.

The transport carrier for flat insulation mineral wool panels has the panels at least partially surrounded by a film (8) which entirely covers the top panel in the stack. The cover film is multiple layered depending on the load applied to the stack during transport and with adjacent sections of the film overlapping (10). The panel stack can have a tensioned retaining strap (12). -

Silindir bir üst uç kismina (21) sahip olan ve kabin içine gaz enjekte etmek için, gaz enjeksiyon lansi uzatilacak merkez bir açikligin (24) yakininda kabin üst kapagini olusturmak üzere, silindir üst uç kismina (21) bagli bir tepe kismina (22) sahip olan metalürjik bir kaptir. Tepe kismi (22), kabin üst kismina (21) kaynaklanmis bir dis halka paneli (71) ile dis panele (71) çikarilabilecek sekild...

A waste water aeration treatment tank has a base bearing a series of air-inlet slits (19) which are protected by back-flow prevention valves (20). Each valve consists of two U-shaped lengths of flexible plastic (22, 23, 24) held secured to the perforated base (18) by an anchorage strip (25).

The item of furniture (10) has a head support (24), which is erected with increasing inclination of the back rest (14). The back rest has a pivot fixture (18), enabling it to pivot backwards and forwards, the inclination of the back rest increasing with backward pivoting. With a pivot joint (22), the head support is brought into an upper area of the back rest. The item of furniture has a pivot lev...