An apparatus adapted to engrave a label and a related method for engraving a label are disclosed. The apparatus includes a laser diode adapted to emit a laser beam and heat-exchanging member adapted to adjust the temperature of the laser diode. The method includes measuring a present energy level of the laser beam emitted from a laser diode, calculating a temperature compensation value, adjusting ...

"MéTODO E MEIO PARA MONTAR UMA TURBINA EóLICA EM UMA TORRE". é revelado um aparelho para montar uma turbina eólica na extremidade superior de uma torre de turbina eólica bem como o método de erguer a mesma. A torre é provida com um par de trilhos de guia separados posicionados em um seu lado os quais se estendem a partir da extremidade inferior até a extremidade superior da torre. Um carrinho é mo...

A shaving aid delivery system for a shaving system includes a razor head having a reservoir for holding a shaving aid and a heating apparatus disposed adjacent the reservoir. The delivery system also includes a shaving strip disposed within the razor head, an actuator and an ejection port. The shaving strip is oriented to engage the skin of a user during a shaving stroke and the actuator electrica...

A method for manufacturing a display device of the present invention includes the steps of forming insulating barriers which surround electrode and project upward from the surface of the electrode, and bringing the whole substrate into contact with water after applying the solution including an acceptor in wet process. According to the present invention, an organic conductive layer can be uniforml...

A shellfish cracking device for cracking shellfish such as lobster and crabs is provided. The shellfish cracking device includes a first cracking member having a first handle portion, middle portion, and blade portion; and a second cracking member having a second handle portion, middle portion, and blade portion. The first blade portion has a substantially concaved surface, and the second blade po...

A radio-frequency heating balloon catheter is capable of cauterizing a target lesion in an atrial vestibule. The radio-frequency heating balloon catheter has a catheter tube including an outer tube and an inner tube slidably extended through the outer tube. An inflatable balloon is connected to an extremity of the outer tube and a part near an extremity of the inner tube, and is capable of coming ...

An improved disposable glucose test strip for use in a test meter of the type which receives a disposable test strip and a sample of blood from a patient and performs an electrochemical analysis using a non-conductive integrated reagent/blood separation layer ( 17 ) containing a filler, an enzyme effective to oxidize glucose, e.g., glucose oxidase, and a mediator effective to transfer electrons fr...

Forming a hollow structure having an internal coating includes the steps of placing a core shaped to form the internal surface of the structure in a mould, filling the mould with a material powder, hot isostatically pressing the powder about the mould to consolidate the powder, and removing the core from the hollow structure formed, wherein a coating is applied to the core prior to placement in th...

The invention relates to a transparent, biaxially oriented polyester film which comprises at least 80% by weight of thermoplastic polyester and also comprises an amount in the range from 0.05 to 0.5% by weight of a specific pigment system. The invention further relates to a process for producing the film. The film can be used as a packaging film, or for metalizing or ceramic coating, and in applic...

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of racemic citalopram free base or an acid addition salt thereof and/or R- or S-citalopram as the free base or an acid addition salt thereof by separation of a mixture of R- and S-citalopram with more than 50% of one of the enantiomers into a fraction consisting of racemic citalopram and/or a fraction of S-citalopram or R-citalopram characteri...

The present invention provides a personal security network where an individual's system or systems of security devices may be connected to a central security network. The central security network of the present invention may monitor a system's status and alert the individual when an alert situation occurs. The present invention provides a security network where a user may set up personalized alarm...

System and method of aerosolized agent detection. Multi-part collection tape is employed for capturing particles of interest for immediate analysis and optional forensic preservation and recording information related to capture and subsequent real-time analysis. Laser induced breakdown spectroscopic processing is employed and spectra attributable to known collection tape materials is subtracted to...

Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a color dye in a water sample are described. Light is generated and passed through a water sample. A color sensor is utilized to measure the light that passes through the water sample. Based on the measured light, it is determined whether a dye color is present in the water sample.

"PROCESSO DE EXECUçãO DE LEILõES ATRAVéS DE SALA VIRTUAL". Refere-se a Patente de Invenção de processo realizado por software destinado à execução de Leilões ou Pregões, praticamente idêntico aos tradicionais, feitos à viva voz, sob o comando de um profissional devidamente habilitado na forma da Lei, acrescido de alguns diferenciais que tornam o leilão eletrónico via internet, efetivamente competi...

A crosslinked fluorocarbon such as perfluorocarbon, polymeric composition is provided having hydrophilic functional groups, which is crosslinked with fluorinated such as perfluorinated crosslinking groups. Also provided is a branched fluorocarbon such as perfluorocarbon, polymeric composition having hydrophilic functional groups.

Disclosed are nucleic acids encoding BAFF-R polypeptides, as well as antibodies to BAFF-R polypeptides and pharmaceutical compositions including same. Methods of treating tumorigenic and autoimmune conditions using the nucleic acids, polypeptides, antibodies and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are also provided.

A method is provided for obtaining crosslinked polymers, particularly fluorinated polymers having pendent sulfonic acid groups, by crosslinking through pendent groups which include a sulfonyl chloride group (-SO₂Cl). The sulfonyl chloride group may be removed by application of electromagnetic radiation, typically in the ultraviolet band, or a radical initiator, leaving behind a radical ...

An aqueous resin dispersion useful as a primer capable of providing plastics products, in particular polyolefin plastics products, with good coatability characteristics. A thermocrosslinkable resin dispersion having a continuous phase having an aqueous medium and a dispersed phase distributed therein, the dispersed phase having particles (I) of a resin component and particles (II) of a crosslinkin...

A polyimide film according to the present invention satisfies Condition (1) in which a tear propagation resistance variation C_H is not more than 1.0 g, and/or Condition (2) in which a swelling coefficient C_R after being dipped in an alkaline solution is not more than 20.0. By satisfying these conditions, workability of the polyimide film can be improved and working defects ca...

This invention relates to solvents which may be used to extract polymers that are made of hydrophilic and hydrophobic monomers.