A method of chemical - mechanical treatment of waste waters from operation o tanneries which includes the mutual coagulation of pollutants by the way of joint treatment of waste exhausted process baths in concentrated state.

The invention relates to material processing, in particular to a method and a device for processing agricultural waste. The inventive method involves supplying original raw material, inert filler parts and a gas agent to a sectional drum-type apparatus provided with passage openings in the partitions between sections thereof. The apparatus is put in action and the gas agent through flow is formed ...

In one embodiment the present invention includes a method of improving audibility of speech in a multi-channel audio signal. The method includes comparing a first characteristic and a second characteristic of the multi-channel audio signal to generate an attenuation factor. The first characteristic corresponds to a first channel of the multi-channel audio signal that contains speech and non-speech...

An elevator load bearing assembly (20) includes a plurality of cords (22) within a jacket (24). The jacket has a plurality of grooves (32, 34, 36, 38 40) spaced along the length of the belt assembly. Each groove has a plurality of portions (50, 52, 54, 56) aligned at an oblique angle (A, B) relative to a longitudinal axis (48) of the belt (20). In one example, the grooves are separated such that t...

A flexible substrate 13 having conductor patterns 132 and 133, and a non-flexible substrate 111 with rigidity are disposed adjacent to each other in the horizontal direction. The flexible substrate 13 and the non-flexible substrate 111 are covered with insulating layers 111 and 113 so that at least a portion of the flexible substrate is exposed. Vias 116 and 141 are formed in the insulating layers...

The present invention relates to a receiver device and method of detecting a block length of a data block in a data network, wherein a respective theoretical maxi-mum value for a metric of a decoding operation is calculated for each of a plurality of candidate block lengths, and the calculated respective theoretical maximum value is compared to a respective actual value of the metric obtained for ...

Controlling the supply voltage with high precision irrespective of variations in threshold. A bypass transistor (M1) is connected between power supply terminals (a) and (b) and provides a bypass path of an excessive current flowing when the supply voltage (V) increases. A resistor (R1) is connected between the source of the bypass transistor (M1) and the power supply terminal (a). A bypass contro...

A reference voltage generator circuit is provided which is capable of stable generation of a reference voltage. A differential amplifier circuit (1) has a non-inverting input terminal input with the voltage (Vbe1) generated by a PNP transistor (Q1) and an inverting input terminal input with an output signal thereof. A differential amplifier circuit (2) has a non-inverting input terminal input wit...

A radiographic apparatus according to this invention stores, before an imaging event, offset images and gain correcting images corresponding to a plurality of storage times, and acquires a lag image and a radiographic image based on these stored images. Then, lag correction is carried out to remove lags, using the lag image, from the radiographic image. In this way, from the radiographic image tak...

Heterocyclic derivatives based on N⁶-substituted adenine of, e.g.,a formula: wherein R2 is hydrogen, R6 is R6'-X, X is -NH-, and R6' is substituted phenyl or substituted benzyl. The derivatives possess anticancer, mitotic, imunosuppressive and antisenescent properties for plant, animal and human cells, and methods of their preparation are disclosed. Included are also pharmaceutical comp...

The invention relates to a protective device ( 8 ) comprising a panel ( 9 ) forming the vertical limit between a protected zone ( 10 ) of the rear boot ( 2 ) used to receive the objects ( 7 ) and accessible when the rear boot ( 2 ) is open from the rear forward, and a second zone ( 11 ) of the rear boot ( 2 ) used to receive the roof ( 1 ) in a folded, stored position and located above the protect...

The invention relates to a pulse generating system for generating high voltage pulses to energize an electrostatic precipitator (10), said system comprising: a first power supply (1) and a second power supply (2), where said second power supply (2) is arranged to pre-charge said electrostatic precipitator (10) to a DC voltage; a storage capacitor (7) and a series inductance; a switching device (5)...

The invention includes a system and method 300 for changing a playback speed of a selected video segment having repeat fields. To achieve fast motion play a selected video segment can be modified to delete repeat fields 340. Further pictures can be deleted as required 360 to achieve a desired playback speed. To achieve slow motion play, a selected video segment can be modified by encoding repeat f...

The present invention relates to an eyedropper including a container unit (A) made of a thermoplastic material and a cap (B) which can be screwed onto the container unit, wherein a tubular fluid instilling portion (6), which is provided at a tip of the container unit, is depressed into a bottomed conical concave portion (6b) whose internal diameter expands towards its tip side, and a instilling ho...

[Object] To provide a liquid delivery method and apparatus which can suppress generation of turbulent flows and air bubbles, can prevent the liquid from flowing unintentionally from a suction port to a discharge port, can avoid generation of chips, are hard to damage, and can satisfactorily deliver the liquid. [Solving Means] In the liquid delivery method and apparatus for delivering a liquid by ...

The invention relates to an additive for reducing Cr(VI) ions to Cr(III) ions, comprising a complex of tin(II) and a carboxylic acid or a salt thereof, and to the process for the preparation thereof. It also relates to a process for preparing a material having a low chromium(VI) content. Finally, it relates to the use of said additive for reducing chromium(VI) ions to chromium(III) ions.

The separation of methane from an admixture ( 110 ) with ethane and higher hydrocarbons, especially natural gas, using a scrub column ( 114 ), in which the admixture is separated into a methane-rich overhead ( 116 ) that is partially condensed ( 122 ) to provide reflux to the column ( 114 ) and liquid methane-depleted bottoms liquid ( 126 ), is improved by providing additional reflux ( 136 ) deriv...

Voltage coupling/decoupling devices are provided within DRAM devices for improving the bias sensing of sense amplifiers and thus the refresh performance. The voltage coupling/decoupling device couples or decouples bias voltage from corresponding digit lines coupled to the sense amplifiers. By coupling and decoupling voltage from the digit lines, the time interval between refresh operations can be ...

A method and system wherein handover information is broadcast in a wireless local area network. Handover information is broadcast in a beacon frame thereby allowing WTRUs operating in a wireless area network to handover to available alternative systems as desired. WTRUs may read the beacon frame and obtain appropriate information for handing over to alternative systems having coverage areas that o...

A method and system wherein handover information is broadcast in a wireless local area network. Handover information is broadcast in a beacon frame thereby allowing WTRUs operating in a wireless area network to handover to available alternative systems as desired. WTRUs may read the beacon frame and obtain appropriate information for handing over to alternative systems having coverage areas that o...