The present invention includes the hardware and software necessary to perform virtually any volume of complex transactions, and particularly a large volume thereof, is disposed in a central Application Processing Front End (APFE) which is shared by a plurality of merchants, thereby spreading the cost of the APFE among a large number of users. By including only the minimum amount of hardware compon...

In order to avoid damage to the inner walls of the arc furnace (1) and a reduction of the electric power when material (5) to be melted has been partly burned down in an arc furnace (1), additives (10) are fed to the filling opening of a hollow electrode (7) by means of a loose-material conveyor (25) during this critical melting phase. An arc (6) between the hollow electrode (7) and a melt (4) in ...

A shaving system has blade(s) (106, 108) and a cap (110) all mounted on a housing. The cap is behind the blades and a guard structure (104) is ahead of them. The guard structure a water-leachable shaving aid composite (116) that is delivered ahead of the blades. In different aspects: 1 The structure also has flexible skin-engaging protrusions (114). The aid is delivered to skin behind the protrusi...

A turret (22) for a tire building system having two drums (26,49) with drum shafts (30,42) mounted on the turret and adjusted so that the axes of the drums will be offset and parallel providing a compact turret assembly with a minimum shaft length and weight. The offset drum shafts provide for positioning of the drums in operating positions of different heights (50,52) relative to the floor surfac...

PCT No. PCT/DK95/00460 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 21, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 21, 1997 PCT Filed Nov. 21, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/16387 PCT Pub. Date May 30, 1996A traffic supervision system for transport systems (17) of the type comprising a towing unit and one or more transporting or transported units, the towing unit having a data processing unit (1) with transmit and receive facilities adapted to re...

Process for preparing a flexible foam by reacting a prepolymer having an NCO value of 3-15 % by weight, which is the reaction product obtained by reacting an excessive amount of a polyisocyanate with a polyether polyol or a mixture of such polyols, said polyol or mixture having an average nominal hydroxyl functionality of from 2 to 6, an average hydroxyl equivalent weight of from 500 to 5000 and a...

In a method and to a system suited for monitoring the behaviour of a drill bit (2), the damping associated with a natural mode of the torsional oscillations measured by at least one measuring device (4) placed in the drill string is determined. The appearance of a stick-slip type dysfunctioning is predicted when the damping value decreases significantly as a function of time, and drilling paramete...

The present application relates to a process for the preparation of porous, hydrophilic, highly swellable hydrogels, which comprises freeze-drying hydrophilic, highly swellable hydrogels which have been swollen with water.

Apparatus for the remote measurement of physical parameters, which apparatus comprises sensing means (1) for sensing one or more physical parameters, interrogation means (2) for interrogating the sensing means (1) and making a measurement, a cable (3) for extending between the sensing means (1) and the interrogation means (2), a conduit (4) for extending to a measurement location (5) and which is ...

The invention relates to a process for separating heavy metals from waste water and to precipitant for carrying out this process and to process for manufacturing the precipitant. It known to use the alkaline hydroxide precipitation and the sulphide precipitation to separate heavy metals from waste water. However, these known processes are associated with serious disadvantages which, in the final a...

The socket includes a protective device (35), including the moving shutters (37), which is fixed to the mechanism (11) by a support interposed in the space in the observation window (38,39). Each window is at least sufficiently narrow locally to oppose the passage of a test finger by the normal arrangement of the insulating material of the body (12). The window is at least partially covered by a t...

A process for controlling a gas phase polymerisation reaction in a reactor when changing from a first product (i) made at a first set of conditions to a second product (ii) made at a second set of conditions, comprises: (a) comparing (i) and (ii) reaction temperatures, and changing the product reaction temperature set point to the (ii) reaction temperature if this is lower than the (i) reaction te...

PCT No. PCT/EP95/04542 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 18, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 18, 1997 PCT Filed Nov. 18, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/16218 PCT Pub. Date May 30, 1996A process and a binder for producing fibrous webs and fibrous web moldings, preferably in molding tools, in which fibrous webs are chemically bonded with powdered binders which consist wholly or partly of powder coating material, preferably rec...

New 14alpha, 17alpha-bridged oestratrienes of formula (I) are claimed. When OR3 is in the alpha-configuration: R1, R2, R3 = H, -CO-R4 or -(CH2)n-CO2H, where n = 1-4. R1 may also be benzyl, 1-8C alkyl or 3-5C cycloalkyl; R4 = an organic gp. with up to 11C atoms. When OR3 is in the beta-configuration: R1, R2, R3 = H or 1-12C acyl; R1 may also be 1-8C alkyl. In both cases, A-B is an etheno or etheno ...

Stents are coated with a polymer such that the polymeric coating binds the crossover points of the wires, or, in the case of a zig-zag stent, binds adjacent zig-zags of wires without occluding the interstices of the stent lattice. Suitable polymers include polyurethane, polycarbonate urethane, polyurethane urea, silicone rubber, polyisobutylene copolymer (with styrene, etc.), polyolefin, polyester...

A handle structure for a casket (10) is provided. The handle structure includes a bar (33) and a casket shell (12) spaced apart from the bar (33). The casket shell (12) includes a side panel (28) having an outwardly-facing side surface (66) positioned behind the bar (33) and fixed relative thereto. The side surface (66) includes an outer portion (64) and an edge (60) defining a recessed portion (6...

The invention relates to a method and a device for the manufacture of paint rollers by winding a textile fabric (3) onto a plastic tube (2) along a spiral-shaped line. According to the invention, a number of tube elements (6), having a length suitable for a paint roller, are slipped onto a revolving mandrel (1). The tube elements are clamped together so as to engage one another and so as to allow ...

The invention relates to a method and a device for the manufacture of paint rollers by winding a textile fabric (3) onto a plastic tube (2) along a spiral-shaped line. According to the invention, a number of tube elements (6), having a length suitable for a paint roller, are slipped onto a revolving mandrel (1). The tube elements are clamped together so as to engage one another and so as to allow ...

The invention relates to a method and a device for the manufacture of paint rollers by winding a textile fabric (3) onto a plastic tube (2) along a spiral-shaped line. According to the invention, a number of tube elements (6), having a length suitable for a paint roller, are slipped onto a revolving mandrel (1). The tube elements are clamped together so as to engage one another and so as to allow ...

PCT No. PCT/EP95/04544 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 21, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 21, 1997 PCT Filed Nov. 18, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/17111 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 6, 1996The invention relates to a method to produce an oxide coating that protects against corrosion and wear on the metal surface of a workpiece, more specifically, for the metal surface of a body for accepting a valve, wherein with the use of a cath...