A reagent delivery system comprises an axial hub passing through the center of two equal-diameter, spaced apart discs, wherein the hub and discs are positioned in a sleeve such that an annular reagent chamber is provided. When the sleeve is moved in either an up or down axial direction the so-formed chamber is opened and the reagent is released. Such a regent delivery system is particularly useful...

A method and apparatus for acquiring data representing formation parameters while drilling a wellbore is disclosed. A well is drilled with a drill string having a drill collar that is located above a drill bit. The drill collar includes a sonde section having transmitter/receiver electronics for transmitting a controlling signal having a frequency F and receiving data signals at a frequency 2F. Th...

A food product slicing machine (10) comprising: a housing (12); a circular slicing blade (14) having a peripheral cutting edge (24), the blade (14) being rotatably mounted on the housing (12); a bracket extending from the housing; a plurality of fasteners (62-66) mounted on the bracket; a ring guard (80) surrounding the peripheral cutting edge (24) of the blade (14), the ring guard (80) having at...

The device consists of a bobbin (2) with two flanges (21) each having a support rim (22) formed on the inside of the flange and being generally a spiral of several turns that increases in axial distance from the bobbin centre on each turn. An inter-leafed divider support (3) in the form of a long band of variable width so that it will bridge the support rims on both flanges acts as support to the ...

In a yarning machine including a drum (7) having transverse grooves (8) to move a yarn thread (5) transversely therealong so as to supply the yarn thread to a wind-up package (9) by rotating the wind-up package (9), a wheel (11) has a V-shaped groove (12) around its centre and a flange (15a,15b) whose inner wall is continuous from an inner wall of the groove (12) by way of stepped portion (14a, 14...

The mill has a cylindrical milling casing containing a rotor mounted on a drive shaft. The rotor carries milling heads on its periphery defining a milling path. The mill (1) has a reducing milling effect in its axial direction and is divided into an inlet section in which there is direct milling action for a high particle size reduction rate and a second section. In the latter, comminution is main...

The device for straightening an elastic ribbon has a connecting lever (1) with one end at a connecting section (11) and the other end fitted to a second connecting section (12). A neck section (13) extends from the first section (11). A roller (101) has an eccentric end (101a) which swings in the first connecting section (11). A tilting lever (2) has a swing section (21) linked to the second con...

The appliance has a cylindrical container (11) with a pivoted lid (12), and a carrier frame (13) for a suction hose reel (16) with hose (17), and a high pressure hose reel (14) with hose (15). The suction hose is flexibly connected to the container. The frame is fastened pivoted to the pivoted lid via hinge connections (24,25), so that it can be pivoted to either side. A unit has adjusting lever a...

PCT No. PCT/AT96/00049 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 18, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 18, 1997 PCT Filed Mar. 15, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/30086 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 3, 1996A suspended trimming device in which two lengths of cable are suspended from a yoke and have loops at their ends, in which the yoke is suspended to pivot at least about a horizontal axis. According to the invention, the yoke is suspended on an ...

A consolidated complex shaped article having a density of at least 95 percent of theoretical density is prepared by placing a plurality of separate bodies in an arrangement, such that each separate body is in contact with at least one other separate body to form an aggregate body and wherein at least one of the separate bodies is essentially dense. The material of each separate body is comprised o...

A catheter having expandable electrodes for applying energy to a hollow anatomical structure such as a vein. When used on a vein, the catheter is useful for a minimally invasive treatment of venous insufficiency. The catheter includes conductive end rings to which the electrodes are attached, for mechanically connecting and electrically tying electrodes together to provide for single wire electric...

The present invention relates to polyester-platelet particle composite comprising at least one polyester having dispersed therein a platelet particle dispersion comprising about 0.01 to about 25 weight percent platelet particles and at least one water dissipatible polymer in a concentration which is at least about 1 part water dissipatible polymer to 1 part said polyester, wherein said platelet pa...

The invention concerns composite polyester films with good barrier properties relative to gases. More precisely, it concerns a biaxially drawn film, based on polyester and having improved barrier properties relative to gases, characterised in that it comprises a base polyester film of 5 to 50 mu m, coated on one of its two surfaces with a deposit containing polyvinyl alcohol and a water dispersib...

Beschrieben wird ein Verfahren zur Herstellung von Polyurethan- und/oder Polyisocyanuratgruppen aufweisenden Isolierbeschichtungen für Hohlkörper durch Umsetzung von a) einer Polyisocyanatkomponente mit b) mindestens zwei gegenüber Isocyanaten aktive Wasserstoffatome aufweisenden Verbindungen und c) Katalysatoren gegebenenfalls in Gegenwart von d) weiteren Hilfs- und Zusatzstoffen, dadurch gekennz...

The adhesive polyester film of the present invention is a film having an adhesive coating layer on at least one surface of an aromatic polyester film having a center line average height of the surface of from 1 to 50 nm and a maximum surface protrusion height of from 10 to 500 nm, wherein said adhesive coating layer is produced by applying a coating liquid containing a composition composed of (1) ...

A találmány tárgya őrális adagőlásra alkalmas, őldat főrmájúgyógyszerkészítmény, mely a) a (IIIa) általánős képletű piperidinő-alkanől-vegyület vagy egyesőptikai izőmerjei terápiásan hatásős mennyiségét tartalmazza, ahől azáltalánős képletben X jelentése körülbelül 0-5 közötti egész szám, és b) őlyan alkalmas őldószerrendszert is tartalmaz, amelyőldószerrendszer körülbelül 98,5 tömeg% prőpilén-gli...

Provide is a method for detecting defects in a film structure of a thin film formed on a substrate, comprising projecting a light flux in a direction precisely parallel or nearly parallel to the face of the substrate; separating a reflected light from the thin film and the substrate from a scattered light toward the direction precisely perpendicular or nearly perpendicular to the face of the subst...

An increase in the molecular weight of polyester and recycled polyester can be achieved by blending said polyester with a difunctional epoxy resin and a sterically hindered hydroxyphenylalkylphosphonic acid ester or half-ester and heating the blend to above the melting point (glass transition temperature) of the polyester.

A method for determining the presence of an analyte in a fluid is described along with an apparatus specifically designed to carry out the method. The method involves taking a reflectance reading from one surface (15) of an inert porous matrix (11) impregnated with a reagent that will interact with the analyte to produce a light-absorbing reaction product when the fluid being analysed is applied t...