The modular system includes a register (10) for managing the records of shareholders or partners, an entities module (20) holding the administrative data processors, a consolidation state module (30) with the processors required for globally based management of cloned portfolios, and a title module (40) for covering all requirements for investment operations. Data representing the liquidity deposi...

A web sterilizing device comprising a sterilizing solution tank, web guide means for guiding a web W so as to bring the web w into the tank, dip the web w in a sterilizing solution within the tank and thereafter move the web W out of the tank, a pair of endless chains extending in parallel to each other both inside and outside the tank, chain guide means for guiding the chains so as to move the ch...

A down-shift control system is provided, by which if sufficient torque cannot be obtained for an acceleration request or intention at a shift position, a down-shift operation is suitably performed so as to realize a reliable driving capability and no shift-busy phenomenon occurs. The system comprises a section (1) for calculating target driving force of a vehicle according to a degree of opening o...

A control system controls a hybrid vehicle having an engine (1) for rotating a drive axle (2), an electric motor (3) for assisting the engine (1) in rotating the drive axle (2) and converting kinetic energy of the drive axle (2) into electric energy in a regenerative mode, and an electric energy storage unit (14) connected through a drive control circuit to the electric motor (3), for storing elec...

Recognizing curve geometry, judgement accuracy on over speed is improved with minimal increase of calculation load, even when a road to an objective curve is not a straight line. The standard deceleration calculator 35 calculates a standard deceleration from road surface friction coefficient and road slope. The permissible access speed calculator 39 calculates a permissible access speed from permi...

The utility model belongs to a solar distilling device. The solar distilling device is formed by that a plurality of layers of cylindrical heat absorbing plates with polyporous back faces are overlapped; the side sectional plane of each heat absorbing plate is in undulated shape, the front face of each heat absorbing plate is provided with a water guiding trough with an apertured lower part, the w...

The utility model relates to a tank body of a water tank of a domestic vacuum tube type solar energy water heater, which is characterized in that for a tank body with a single pipe used for feeding and discharging water, a ventilating hole is arranged on one side of the tank body, and a water inlet and outlet is arranged on the other side of the tank body; the water inlet and outlet has two one-wa...

The utility model relates to a double turnup tube inserting hole of a vacuum tube for solar water heaters. The double turnup tube inserting hole of a vacuum tube for solar water heaters is characterized in that by adopting a double turnup hole structure and utilizing mould for punch forming, punching plates are ensured and does not separate from the bent plates for processing and then combined aga...

The accumulator plate is characterized by that its collecting body is positioned among all the sides of the side frame, and is connected with the side frame, and the described collecting body is coated with active material, and the above-mentioned active material is covered with insulation film, and the described side frame is made of plastics in the form of rectangle. It has the advantages of goo...

An application module (A) running on a host computer in a computer network is failure-protected with one or more backup copies that are operative on other host computers in the network. In order to effect fault protection, the application module registers itself with a ReplicaManager daemon process (112) by sending a registration message, which message, in addition to identifying the registering a...

A method for disinfecting contact lenses comprises contacting the lens with an isotonic aqueous solution comprising an effective disinfecting amoutn of tromethamine (preferably 0.6 to 2 percent) for a time sufficient to disinfect the lens. Other aspects include adding to the solution from 0.01 to 1 weight percent chelating agent (preferably disodium EDTA) and/or additional microbicide.

An ablation system (10) for ablating cardiac tissue within a chamber of the human heart including a guiding introducer system (11), a rail (16), one end of which is contained within the guiding introducer system (11) and an ablation catheter system (18) which is supported by the guiding introducer system (11). The guiding introducer system (11) may be a single or multiple guiding introducers. The ...

The exhaust point for the wall apparatus (10) comprises a pipe section whose exit side has a guiding pipe (20) going through a hole in the wall (12). Its entry side has an exhaust opening, and, if necessary, may be connected with a fresh air inlet opening via an intermediate pipe (18) which consists of two detachable half-shells (22-24) clamped together. The clamping surfaces of the half-shells ma...

Process for preparing MDI flexible foam in a closed mould at a pressure of 0.001 - 0.5 bar above atmospheric pressure.

A method for preparing a solid fermentation-promoting substance, the method including the steps of: subjecting a residue obtainable from the process of production of a fermented liquor to acid treatment and separating supernatant from the acid treatment to obtain a liquid fermentation-promoting substance; and subjecting the resulting liquid fermentation-promoting substance to neutralization trea...

A filled polymer composition which comprises A) from about 5 to about 90 percent of one or more thermoplastic substantially random interpolymers prepared by polymerizing one or more a-olefin monomers with one or more vinylidene aromatic monomers and/or one or more hindered aliphatic or cycloaliphatic vinylidene monomers, and optionally with other polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer(s),...

A sheet strip 12 is folded to form a flattened tube 16 open along one edge, or such a tube of packaging sheet is supplied, which is then transversely sealed 22 at least over part of the width 21 of the tube, forming pockets 23. The products 3, especially tampons, are then pushed by a conveying device 30 into the pockets, transverse to the direction A of transportation of the tube. The open edge of...

A data acquisition apparatus for use in a wellbore comprises an array of sensing devices (22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32) attached to the inner surface of casing (12) and a master unit (34) positioned towards the downhole end of a wellbore (10). The master unit (34) is connected to a receiving and processing unit (36) on surface (40) by an electrically conductive cable (42). Each sensing device comprises ...

Apparatus for combining two measurements of pressure, one measurement being obtained from a first pressure gauge 1 having good long-term stability and a second being obtained from a second gauge 2 having good dynamic response, comprises signal processing means 3 to provide a single measurement with good long-term stability and good dynamic response. In the apparatus shown, the second pressure gaug...

Metal ions and/or complexes of metal ions are removed from a solution by formation of an insoluble chelated complex of the metal ions and a polymeric precipitating agent. A two-step process of mixing the influent with the precipitating agent is used to induce rapid precipitation and obtain large, self-agglomerated precipitate without addition of flocculating agent and/or pH adjustment. In addition...