Discrete sheets (16) are shingled to acquire lower speeds of material passage through a process application zone (20) of the system while maintaining overall system throughput rates when compared to conventional web systems.

PCT No. PCT/PT95/00005 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 30, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 30, 1996 PCT Filed May 4, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/30487 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 16, 1995A centrifuge for a fluid uses a series of centrifugal modules to separate the fluid from particles suspended in the fluid. The fluid enters through the bottom of the centrifuge and is subjected to the centrifugal force by a set of rotors. The fl...

A bag maker bends an elongate bag-forming film (f) into a tubular shape, moves it longitudinally along a path, seals its mutually overlapping side edges into a tubular shape, fills it with articles to be packaged and simultaneously seals it transversely with a transverse sealer (110) to make individual filled bags. The transverse sealer (110) has a pair of seal jaws (21) opposite each other across...

the waste water is conveyed into the centrifugal separator (3). Under centrifugal force it moves axially along the separator in one or both directions. It cascades through annular chambers formed by rings (16) projecting from the inner wall. Biological contaminants sediment into the chambers (13). An Independent claim is included for the corresponding centrifugal separator. Preferred features: Cen...

A water injection quantity control system for an engine with water and fuel injection has: a running state detector device (40) for the engine; an EGR system to feed back a part of the engine exhaust into a combustion chamber of the engine; an operating state detection device 915) for the state of the EGR system; a water injection quantity control device (2) for the water quantity injected into th...

The electromagnet has a magnetic coil (1) and an armature (2) displaced along the coil axis. The armature or the armature rod (21) is supported directly by a bearing provided by a surface (39) of the magnetic field guidance core (3). The core has a precision bore (34) with its inside wall acting as the bearing surface for the armature rod, which is made of a nonmagnetic material, e.g. brass or a b...

The invention relates to a method and device for winding a thread (2) running at a constant speed onto a bobbin (4) by means of a winding spindle (3) driven by a motor (18). The thread is fed to a cross-winding device (8) which moves the thread backwards and forth along the surface of the bobbin transversely to its running direction. Before the thread runs into the cross-winding device, it is guid...

A combined cycle power plant which has a backup function at startup and even during operation, and surely maintains steam cooling in the event of occurrence of an accident. The combined cycle power plant serves to surely maintain steam cooling by conducting to a steam cooling system (400), which causes a high pressure portion being cooled, of a gas turbine to be cooled by steam, a high pressure st...

A combined cycle electric power plant comprising a combination of a gas turbine plant and a steam turbine plant, and using a cooling steam for cooling a high temperature portion (5) being cooled, of a combustor (4) on a gas turbine (2). When a cooling steam is short at the time of startup or suspension, an air line (9) for permitting an outlet air of an air compressor (1) to pressurize a steam pas...

A method of twin sheet thermoforming is provided in which the seam (1) between sheets (7, 8) is trimmed from the finished part by a shearing action between cooperating edges of the mould halves (3, 4). In the preferred from of the invention one mould half (4) is provided with a moveable pinch-off region (13) which retracts under pressure from the other mould half (3) to leave an edge of the mould ...

An extracorporeal blood processing system is disclosed which includes a variety of novel components and which may be operated in accordance with a variety of novel methodologies. For instance, the system includes a graphical operator interface which directs the operator through various aspects of the apheresis procedure. Moreover, the system also includes a variety of features relating to loading ...

A biaxially oriented polyester film for laminating metal sheets, wherein: (A) the film is made from a composition comprising a copolyester which is prepared from (a) a dicarboxylic component comprising 82 to 100 mole % of terephthalic acid and 0 to 18 mole % of 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid or the like and (b) a diol component comprising 82 to 100 mole % of ethylene glycol and 0 to 18 mole % of...

Die Verschlusskappe (1, 2) weist ein Entlüftungsventil und eine zum Anschliessen einer Leitung (5) geeignete, verschliessbare Entnahmeöffnung (13) auf. Sie gestattet die Entnahme der Flüssigkeit, ohne dass Flüssigkeitsdämpfe in nennenswertem Umfang entweichen, und wobei ein Hautkontakt mit der Flüssigkeit praktisch ausgeschlossen ist. Die Verschlusskappe kann ausserdem problemlos in Kombination mi...

A polyester composition having at least 5 weight % of an inorganic filler exhibits improved processability and adhesion to cellulosic substrates. The composition may be extruded into exceptionally thin films having improved neck-in aspects and used in manufacturing a variety of articles, such as food and beverage containers and is particularly useful in the manufacture of microwaveable cellulosic...

Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine Folie aus Polymer-Blends, wobei sie im wesentlichen aus Mischungen weicher Styrol-Polymerisate, die ihrerseits im wesentlichen aus Styrol-Monomer-basierenden Hartphasen und Weichphasen aus Olefin-Monomeren aufgebaut sind und auch als Styrol-TPE bezeichnet werden, mit thermoplastischen Polyurethanen, die auch als Urethan-TPE bezeichnet werden, und das Blend d...

Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Steuerung des Gärprozesses bei der Getränkeherstellung, bei dem erfindungsgemäss vom Inneren des Gärgefässes kontinuierlich oder in Intervallen vom oberen Bereich aus optisch aufgenommene Signale erzeugt werden, die während des Gärprozesses die Oberfläche der gärenden Substanz oder, bei leerem Gärgefäss, den Boden und einen Teil der Seitenwände des Gärgefäs...

A system and method for exchanging used hydraulic fluid with fresh hydraulic fluid in an accessed hydraulic fluid system. The system including a fluid exchange assembly (10) having a fluid receptacle (12) and an interior fluid separation member (18), which may be a distendable diaphragm member. The exchange system further includes features of automatic fluid flow alignment (24), an exchange mode i...

A multiple single use optical sensor includes a series of continuous sensor stripes deposited on a substrate web. At least one sample chamber is adapted to extend transversely across a discrete portion of the series of sensor stripes to facilitate analysis of a sample disposed therein. The sample chamber may be moved, or additional sample chambers provided to enable subsequent measurements of addi...

An electronic search system (1) for a working tool (2), such as a lawn mower or vacuum-cleaner, in which system a border cable (a) is placed so that it separates an inner area (A) from an outer area (C). A first signal generator (3) feeds the border cable with current (Ia), whose magnetic field (7) affects a sensing unit (8) located on the tool, so that the sensing unit emits signals (9) to a cont...

A docking system (1) which essentially comprises at least one docking station (2) for at least one self-propelled working tool (3), and includes the working tool (3) itself, preferably intended for attendance of ground or floor, such as grass-cutting, moss-scratching, watering, vacuum-cleaning, polishing etc. The docking station and the tool can by way of emitted signals establish contact with eac...