1. A method for a cardholder to request fulfillment of an obligation associated with a card and for an issuer to acknowledge this obligation, comprising issue of cards each having an identifier and with each an obligation of the issuer being associated, reading the identifier from the card by the cardholder, the cardholder's presenting to the issuer the identifier read from the card and directions...

PCT No. PCT/SE95/00403 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 6, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 6, 1997 PCT Filed Apr. 13, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/29203 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 2, 1995A method for hydrophilizing a hydrophobic plastic surface which exhibits a hydrophobic polymer that has hydrogens that bind to sp3-hybridized carbon atoms, characterized by the steps of: (i) contacting the plastic surface with a liquid having dis...

Batterieseparator auf Basis von thermoplastischem Polymer, der eine Verbindung gemäß der Formel (I) DOLLAR A R(OR·1·)¶n¶(COOM·x+·¶1/x¶)¶m¶ DOLLAR A enthält, in der DOLLAR A R ein nicht-aromatischer Kohlenwasserstoffrest mit 10 bis 4200 Kohlenstoffatomen ist, der durch Sauerstoffatome unterbrochen sein kann, DOLLAR A R·1· H, -(CH¶2¶)¶k¶COOM·x+·¶1/x¶ oder -(CH¶2¶)¶k¶-SO¶3¶M·x+·¶1/x¶ ist, wobei k 1 o...

Hardenable copper-based alloy contains (in weight %) 4-25 nickel, 4-10 tin, 0.2-2.5 boron as deoxidation and processing additives, and a balance of copper.; Es wird eine Kupfer-Nickel-Zinn-Legierung vorgestellt, die 4-25 Gew.-% Ni, 4-10 Gew.-% Zinn und zusätzlich 0,1-0,6 Gew.-% Be, Rest Kupfer enthält. Die Legierung zeichnet sich gegenüber den bekannten Kupfer-Nickel-Zinn-Legierungen dadurch aus, ...

Die maschinelle Herstellung von zahnärztlichen Restaurationen aus Keramik basiert eine subtraktive Formgebung mittels NC-Fräsmaschinen. Die hochfesten und damit schwer bearbeitbaren HIP-Y-ZrO¶2¶-Keramiken (TZP) erfordern eine steife Fräsmaschinenkonzeption sowie hochtourige Spindeln und verursachen einen hohen Werkzeugverschleiß. Es tritt eine erhebliche Werkstoffschädigung ein. Die endlichen Durc...

The hose element has annular projections (5, 6) on the outer surface of the hose. The projections are spaced out from each other so that they define an annular gap (8) in which a sheet can be fitted between them. The projections may be made in a sector (2) of the hose which is at an angle to the central sector (3).

The machine has a pair of side rails (40) carrying a transport frame (41) for a coil spindle (4), and there are bearing blocks (43) at intervals along the rails. There are U-shaped frames (5) with clamps which grip stub axles (9) on the ends of the spindles. There are guides for the metal strip leaving the reels.

The machine comprises a positioning post (2) for bobbins (3) leaving a bobbin winding machine (1). Each bobbin is picked up by a robot arm (4) or similar and delivered to a turntable (5), where they are removed and palleted by a gripper (6), a piecer (7) with needles or similar, and a labelling post (8). The operation of the various posts and equipment is controlled by information management.

A lead-acid battery electrode plate is manufactured by consecutively supplying a lead or lead alloy sheet; leaving a part in the vicinity of the center of the sheet as a non-expansion portion and expanding both sides like mesh to form a grid body; filling active material paste into the grid body; and cutting the grid body to predetermined dimensions. In the lead-acid battery electrode plate, the n...

In a fuel injection device which supplies fuel to an internal combustion engine via an electromagnetic valve composed of an electromagnetic coil arranged in a casing and a fixed core having a non-magnetic portion 11 interposed between magnetic portions 12, 13, the fixed core is an integrated structure rather than a conventional structure in which the non- magnetic portion is bonded between the mag...

The actuator system has a substrate (12) of non-conducting or semi-conducting material e.g. silicon. It carries a first array of coils (10) which may be energized to produce a magnetic field. Insulating spacers (14) on either side of the coils carry electrodes (18,20) which may touch contact pieces (26,28) on either side of a carrier (22) for a layer of magnetic material (30). There are further s...

A laser welding head (LWH) (3) moves along with controlled motion on a two metal sheet flange edges (6,7) that overlap in an overlapping area (8). The LWH links firmly to a position holder (4) pressing on a direct welding point (5). The surfaces of the metal sheet flange edges have a layer to form protective layer steam during welding.; Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung (1) zum Schweißen von...

A chromium-containing coated cemented tungsten carbide cutting insert that has a substrate and a coating. The substrate comprises between about 5.7 and about 6.4 weight percent cobalt, between about 0.2 and about 0.8 weight percent chromium and the balance tungsten and carbon, and a coercive force of about 195 to 245 oersteds.

An auto rack rail road car has a main deck and upper deck. It is provided wi th a door for controlling access thereto. The door is a radial arm door, and has a ladder mounted thereon by which personnel can ascend the second deck when the door is open. A secon d ladder is mounted to the first deck so that when the door is open the second ladder is positioned to co- operate with the first ladder. Th...

The present invention relates to a substantially planar substrate for use in patch clamp analysis of the electrophysiological properties of a cell membra ne comprising a glycocalyx, wherein the substrate comprises an aperture having a rim, the rim being adapted to form a gigaseal upon contact with the cell membrane. The invention further provides a method of making such a substrate and method for ...

The decanter centrifuge comprises a screw conveyor having a body (4), which carries a screw comprising one or more flights (7, 7~) and having a nominal transport speed varying along the longitudinal axis,. An inlet (6) is provid ed in the screw conveyor for the material to be separated. The screw conveyor i s provided with a baffle (8, 8~) dividing the separation chamber in a substantially cylindr...

The present invention relates to the treatment of disorders using heme oxygenase-1 and heme degradation products.

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.

An auto rack rail road car has a main deck and upper deck. It is provided with a door for controlling access thereto. The door is a radial arm door, and has a ladder mounted thereon by which personnel can ascend the second deck when the door is open. A second ladder is mounted to the first deck so that when the door is open the second ladder is positioned to co-operate with the first ladder. The a...

According to the present state of the art, endoscopic cannulation of the common bile duct and papillotomy and/or sphincterotomy of the Papilla of Vater and/or the Sphincter of Oddi is accomplished by advancing a sphincterotome (or papillotome or cannulotome) into an endoscope/duodenoscope sothat the distal tip of the sphincterotome exits the endoscope adjacent the sphincter muscles at the Papilla ...