A shutter for use in coverings for architectural openings having non- conventional geometries provides closure in both the room side up and room side down directions.

The disclosure relates to a tube coupling comprising a coupling body (10) having an open ended throughway (11) to receive a tube (16). A collet (20) is located in the open end of the throughway having a ring (21) and a plurality of flexible arms (22) extending generally axially of the ring into the throughway. The throughway has a tapered cam surface (25) convergent towards said open end and the c...

The device has a brake disk provided with a carrier body (1) and friction layers (4, 4'), which are made of fiber-reinforced ceramic material. An actuator device is provided with a brake lining (3), and the carrier body is provided with a ring-shaped surface area. The brake lining and the ring-shaped surface area contact each other during application of brake. A radial extension (bb) of the brake ...

A dental product is made from a thermoplastic material, which is selected from trans-1,4-polyisoprene, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and poly (epsilon -caprolactone) (PCL), ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and ethylene-acrylic acetate copolymer or ethylene-acrylic acetate copolymer and poly (epsilon -caprolacton). An independent claim is included for a kit for producing dental product, which co...

A rodent trap comprises a pail having an upright side wall extending upwardly from a bottom wall to an open top end of the pail. A rotating body is supported for rotation at the open top end of the pail. Typically a ramp provides rodent access to bait on the rotating body. In a preferred embodiment, a pai r of integrally moulded mounting grooves on an inner surface of the side wall retain opposing...

A system and method for evaluating the productivity of a working machine and its driver in a real or virtual operating environment is controlled by means of a control system to perform work, and in which the work cycles relating to the work performed by the working machine are determined by means of continuous measurements directed to the working machine when it is controlled by the driver. Charac...

The advertising display stand includes a planar base with two opposed mounting brackets secured on an upper surface of the base. A collapsible support post of a rectangular configuration is secured atop the base due to engagement with the brackets. The collapsible support post in a non-collapsed state includes opposed slots that receive and engage upwardly extending portions of the mounting bracke...

The advertising display stand includes a planar base with two opposed mounting brackets secured on an upper surface of the base. A collapsible support post of a rectangular configuration is secured atop the base due to engagement with the brackets. The collapsible support post in a non-collapsed state includes opposed slots that receive and engage upwardly extending portions of the mounting bracke...

A combined cycle power plant for a railway locomotive is disclosed. In one embodiment, the power plant comprises two prime movers operating independently of one anothe r. The waste energy of one prime mover is used as the energy source of the other prime mover. The shaft work of each prime mover is connected to a common load. The shaft work of th e first prime mover is directly connected to the lo...

A method for packaging flat objects (5) comprises the following steps: ~ completely wrapping successive flat objects (5) with a film wrapping (6) b y means of a film wrapping unit (1); ~ gripping the completely wrapped flat objects (5) each with a gripper (4) o f a first conveying device (2); ~ transporting the wrapped flat objects (5) by means of the first conveying device (2) to a shrinking unit...

Disclosed is a process for the preparation of microspheres of semisynthetic polymers which comprises subjecting a polymer solution in an aprotic solvent to an electrospraying procedure through capillary tubes with a diameter of between 1 and 0.1 mm, applying a potential of between 10 and 20 kV.

The bottle for containing injectable fluids, particularly medical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic products or the like, comprises a containment container (2) of an injectable fluid (3) having an access mouth (7), a closing element (8) that is at least partially inserted in the access mouth (7) and which has an area in penetrable material suitable for being crossed by an extracting element for the inject...