A tube connector (1) includes a housing (2) with a through-going opening provided with a circular-shaped insert (6) provided on its outer circumference with one or more securing elements (8) with correspondingly shaped holding elements (7) on the housing's (2) inner circumference so that the insert (6) is secured in the housing's (2) opening. The insert (6) is further provided with a plurality of ...

Apparatus for determining the path of a well bore during drilling, comprises an inertial measurement unit (12) for providing data from which position, velocity and attitude can be derived, the measurement unit comprising a plurality of inertial sensors mounted on a platform assembly which is, in use, disposed within a drill string (6), and a drive unit (5) for rotating the platform assembly so as ...

Surface modified solid polyethylene and high density polyethylene products, together with compositions and methods for producing these products, are provided. Polymer coatings comprising vinyl, urethane, and/or epoxy are covalently grafted to polyethylene substrates. The grafted coatings optionally colorants, flame retardants, and the like, that impart desired improved properties to polyethylene s...

Foamable compositions which are preferably isocyanate-free and which exhibit good foaming properties including short application times and freedom from cracks in the cured foam, are obtained from alkoxysilane-terminated prepolymers preferably containing polyurethane moieties, a blowing agent component, and a solvent having a boiling point in excess of 30° C.

Provided is a complex comprising cisplatin encapsulated therein in a form in which a chlorine ion thereof is ligand-exchanged with a carboxyl anion of a block copolymer comprising poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(glutamic acid). This complex can be a medicinal preparation to which a novel dosage form decreased in toxicity can be applied.

A thermoplastic product with a high creep strain resistance, obtained through the process of moulding an outer shell (1) of a solid thermoplastic material, the moulding method of the outer shell (1) being selected from the group consisting of; vacuum forming, blow moulding, injection moulding or combinations thereof. Said outer shell (1) is so composed so as to form an inner void or space (2). Sai...

A releasably-securable gastric band (12) having a tail end (10a) and a head end (10b) for receiving the tail end (10a) is disclosed. The gastric band (12) also includes a releasable locking means (20) that releasably secures the head (10b) and tail ends (10a) together. The tail end (10a) may include a tooth (14) and the head end (10b) may include a notch (22) for engaging the tooth (14). Upon inse...

An AI (artificial intelligence) control system for controlling automatically variable factors, such as DO (dissolved oxygen), SRT (solids retention time) and the like depending upon properties of the inflow water, the internal condition of the reaction tank and the target treated water quality, particularly the AI control system wherein a retention time is applied in consideration of each volume o...

Peritoneal dialysis systems, methods, and catheters are provided for performing peritoneal dialysis therapies. Multiple fluid pathways are provided to a patient's peritoneal cavity for conveying dialysis fluid to and from the patient.

Ocular implants composed of homopolymers containing stable elasticity inducing crosslinkers which contain rigid chemical groups disposed between at least two polymerizable ethyleneically unsaturated chemical groups are disclosed. These ocular implants are stable, elastic, soft, optically clear, have high refractive index and low-tack surfaces.

A wear assembly for attaching to a digging edge (12) of an excavator (14) includes a boss (24), a wear member (10) and a lock (26). The boss is fixed to the excavator and defines a T-shaped coupling structure. The wear member includes a rearwardly extending mounting leg (54) and a forwardly extending working end (56). The leg includes a T-shaped slot (62) adapted to be received over the T-shaped s...

Device for dispersing and/or homogenizing comprises a pump (7) arranged in the feed direction of the material at a distance from a dispersing and/or homogenizing tool (2) and in front of the opening (6) of a feed line (5). The pumping pressure of the pump is lower in the region of the opening of the feed line than the suction pressure of the dispersing and/or homogenizing tool.

In methods for storing data in a non-volatile ferroelectric random access memory wherein destructive readout operations are followed by rewrite operations, identical copies of the data are stored in different memory locations that do not have any common word lines or alternative neither common word lines nor common bit lines. A first word line or a segment of a first word line is read in its entir...

A projection apparatus (10) forms a tiled image (12) on a display surface (14), the tiled image (14) having at least two adjacent image tile segments. The projection apparatus (10) includes an illumination system (16) for providing a first illumination beam having a first polarization state and a second illumination beam having a second polarization state, these illumination beams being substantia...

A pocket lamp consisting of a base body (10) and a lamp head (12) with at least two luminous diodes (32a, 32b), each of which having an optical device (44a) associated with one of said luminous diodes (32a, 32b) (44a), said optical device being used to focus the light radiated by the respective luminous diode, and respectively one tube body (56a, 56b, 56c) disposed between one of the luminous diod...

The invention is directed to polynucleotide constructs having at least one transcriptional enhancer operably liked to a rice EPSPS promoter and to a sequence encoding the rice EPSPS chloroplast transit peptide and rice EPSPS enzyme, the encoded enzyme having a modified region that confers herbicide resistance.

The amplifier has sections (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), each provided with different maximum indices and radii. The indices and radii are determined such that an optic fiber presents a multi-mode core extending from the center, at a pumping wavelength signal. The section (2) presents a pattern in decreasing gradient so as to re-center the light energy, from multimode, guided at a pumping wavelength.

Compositions (I) containing (a) polyethylene and/or polypropylene, (b) a polyorganosiloxane and (c) an ester of a copolymer derived from a 10-24C olefin and an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid. - Independent claims are also included for - (1) yarns, fibres or filaments treated with (I) - (2) a method for the production of such fibres etc. by spinning the fibre-forming material, treating the fibre wit...

A positive displacement sorter apparatus and method includes providing a plurality of slats being interconnected in an endless web, an upper run of the web defining a conveying surface, and a plurality of pusher shoes gliding along at least some of the slats to laterally displace articles on the conveying surface. A linear motor system is provided to propel the web and includes a plurality of line...

A programmable toy with a receiver for receiving instructions for programming of the toy, and elements for executing received instructions. The toy has a transmitter for transmission of instructions to a second toy.