A process for cutting or perforating a water-soluble or water-dispersible film or stack of films in the form of a web comprising a plurality of compartments by which each compartment is cut or perforated by applying a laser beam to the film or stack of films. A process is also disclosed for producing a water-soluble or water-dispersible container containing a composition comprises:

A method of manufacturing a battery includes as an initial step providing a cell for a battery having alternating positive and negative electrode plates, wherein each of the electrode plates is separated by an electrically insulative separator layer. Each of the positive and negative electrode plates includes a projecting tab extending from an adjacent upper portion thereof, the projecting tabs of...

A new composition for forming a matrix body which includes spherical sintered tungsten carbide and an infiltration binder including one or more metals or alloys is disclosed. In some embodiments, the composition may include a Group VIIIB metal selected from one of Ni, Co, Fe, and alloys thereof. Moreover, the composition may also include cast tungsten carbide. In addition, the composition may also...

The brake system comprises a braking gear(20) for supplying braking force to an output shaft(14), a first braking member(30) for braking the braking gear(20), an operating means(40) for operating the first braking member(30) and a third braking member(16A) for braking a speed change gear(16) selectively, and a controlling means(50) for controlling the operating means(40). The braking gear(20) mesh...

A process for removing sulfur from a hydrocarbon employs a solid membrane. A feed stream is provided containing a feed liquid hydrocarbon and a feed sulfur species and a sweep stream is provided containing a sweep liquid hydrocarbon. A relatively large quantity of the feed stream is conveyed past one side of the solid membrane, while a relatively small quantity of the sweep stream is conveyed past...

The present invention relates to a process for producing and winding POY filaments not less than 90% by weight PET, based on the total weight of the POY, at spinning takeoff speeds above 3 800 m/min, which comprises a) setting the spinline extension ratio in the range from 50 to 250, b) passing the filaments directly upon exit from the spinneret through a quench delay zone 20 mm to 300 mm in lengt...

A four-wheel drive vehicle (11) has front wheels (15) and rear wheels (20) driven by an engine (12), and a coupling (17) for changing the distribution ratio of torque to the front wheels and the rear wheels. An ECU determines whether engine braking is being applied based on the vehicle speed V and the throttle opening degree Od. When determining that engine braking is being applied, the ECU tempor...

A vehicle drive control apparatus includes an engine (12) that generates power through combustion of fuel, an automatic transmission (10) that transmits a reverse input from a driving wheel to the engine and automatically performs a gear shifting among a plurality of forward gear stages each having a different gear ratio, a fluid power transmission device (14) interposed between the automatic tran...

The invention relates to an endotracheal or tracheotomy tube with a central lumen (2) for supplying and carrying off respiratory air. The tube comprises the following: an inflatable sealing cuff (3) which surrounds the tube (1); a pipe for supplying compressed air to the cuff (3); an aspiration duct (6) situated above or below the cuff (3) and ending outside the tube (1); and a supply pipe (7), wh...

A shorts type disposable diaper comprising an absorbent body which comprises a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent member interposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the absorbent body having a front waist body portion located on the stomach side of a diaper wearer when the diaper is worn and a rear waist body portion located on the back side of the w...

A packaging unit (1) for continuously producing aseptic sealed packages (2), containing a pourable food product, from a tube (14) of packaging material filled with the food product; the unit (1) has a first and second chain conveyor (10, 11) respectively having a number of jaws (12) and a number of counter-jaws (13), which interact with and grip the tube (14) to heat-seal cross sections of the tub...

A collapsible mechanism for molding the bead of a tire includes a series of sectors (132,134) configured for radial and diagonal movement to selectively apply a continuous, uniform surface (148,150) for molding and shaping the bead. The sectors collapse into a retracted, release position to allow for placement of the tire within and removal of the tire from the mold.

Thread-guiding device for collecting spun yarns on bobbins, particularly for open-end spinning frames, constituted by a common thread-guiding rod (22) which carries the thread-guides (21) for the spinning units (2), driven in alternate movement in front of the bobbins being formed by the motion of a driving means (41,55,65) controlled in turn by a motor (47,53,63) capable of alternate rotation and...

An ultraviolet laser beam with a pulse width of 100-300 (nsec) is applied to a resin layer of a printed circuit board to make a hole.

A multi-use assay system accurately docks a removable test strip supporting a reagent-analyte reaction with an optics system including an LED, photodetector, and lenses or light pipes for directing light to and from the test strip. Docking is achieved using alignment fixturing, whereby an optics block holder is relied upon to align the test strip and test pad with the various optical components. S...

A green tire holding device (10) including a frame (12), a rod (14) extending horizontally from the frame (12), and a bladder (16) mounted on the rod (14). The bladder (16) is inflatable to an inflated shape so that it contacts a substantial portion of an inner circumference of a green tire (T) to support the green tire during a pre-curing wait cycle. The green tire holding device (10) can compris...

The present invention is directed to the method of extruding a thermoplastic co-polyester EMA (ethyl methyl acrylate) blended film at temperatures well above the melt temperature of the base thermoplastic co-polyester, the co-polyester/EMA film having enhanced barrier properties. Notably, the present invention contemplates extrusion of co-polyester compounds onto suitable substrates without the ne...

A rail system comprises a track for a rail-mounted vehicle (18-20) and units (7-14) which are adapted to send information to the rail-mounted vehicle (18-20). It comprises at least one group of units with at least one pair of units (7-14), which are arranged in a spaced-apart manner in the transverse direction of the track and which are adapted to send information about the position of each unit ...

The device has a catheter (2) provided near its distal end (3) with a counter bearing device (4) for holding the distal end on a cardial vessel opening (5) and a linear ablation applicator (12) arranged on the far or near side of the counter bearing device and able to be deployed from a stretched passive position into a radially expanded, approximately circular peripheral ablation position.; Eine ...