A vapor-permeable and waterproof sole for shoes, comprising: - a tread (14) provided with a plurality of through holes (15); - a multilayer pack (16), which is arranged so as to be superimposed on the region where the through holes (15) are provided and comprises a membrane (17) which is permeable to water vapor and impermeable to liquids and a protective layer (18), which is arranged directly bel...

A vapor-permeable element to be used in a composition of soles for shoes, including: a supporting frame, which delimits substantially at least one through hole; a membrane impermeable to water and permeable to water vapor and arranged above the supporting frame so as to cover at least the through hole; at least one vapor-permeable or perforated protective layer for the membrane, arranged between t...

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for dispensing one or more products to an assembly for carrying out this method, including a form-retaining container for receiving the product(s), the container having an outflow opening, and devices for introducing into the container a medium for displacing the product(s). The displacing medium introduction devices are arranged for intro...

Those are new lines with new equipment, compounds, methods to provide immediate answers for the extinction of fires of any magnitude. The containers or Capsules herein proposed are defined as Fire Extinction Flexible Capsules (22), Fire Extinction Hard Containers (22-A), Fire Extinction Hard Spherical Containers (22-B), Refractory Fire Extinction Articulated Container (113), Special Fire Extinctio...

The present invention relates to an apparatus capable of supplying a portion of warm food product, consisting at least of one food component, for example selected among typical components of the dressing of a pizza, and used for filling an edible container, for example a wafer, creating a ready-to-eat single-dose warm food product. The apparatus provides a heating chamber ( 20 ) comprising a reces...

A waterproof and breathable sole for shoes, having a structure that includes a mid-sole component with a membrane made of a material that is impermeable to water and permeable to water vapor and connected in spots with a lower protective layer made of a material that is resistant to hydrolysis, water-repellent, breathable, and/or perforated. A tread made of perforated elastomer is joined perimetri...

An apparatus for reducing fuel consumption in an internal combustion engine such as a diesel engine used in a truck compartment, comprising a thermal insulation cover that also includes reflective fabric over the exhaust manifold, around the intake plenum for intake air and intake air box, covering the turbocharger compressor with a heat insulating material that includes a reflective fabric layer ...

Ampules are disclosed having enlarged proximal portions for easy grasping by the grasping mechanism of the injector. Ampules are further disclosed with separators for mixing lyophilized medication and a diluent. Further disclosed are magazines for holding ampules for sequential use by the hypodermic injector. The disclosed system finds particular use as a mass immunization kit for making numerous ...

Drink dispenser assembly (25,27) comprising a dispenser device (25) with a cooling chamber (26), a hollow column (30) supported on the cooling chamber and a dispensing head (29) on the column for accommodating a flexible dispensing line (28), and a container (27) containing carbonated drink, connected during use to the dispensing line (28) which has a coupling element (32) at an outlet end for con...

An assembly of a container ( 1 ) for drink and a drink dispensing device ( 11 ), each of which is provided with positioning elements ( 13,13'; 16, 16 ') for orientation of the air connector ( 20, 48 ) and the dispensing opening ( 4 ) of the container ( 1 ) with an air channel ( 22 ) and a dispensing line ( 5 ) in the lid ( 25 ) of the dispensing device ( 11 ).

A bio-metallurgical process in which mineral compounds contained in mineral ores or concentrates and constituting substrates for microorganisms, are bio-oxidized to allow solubilization and separation thereof.

A fire extinguishing and fire retarding method is provided comprising the step of confining a fire extinguishing and fire retarding agent in slurry, liquid or gaseous form within a shell wherein the shell comprises such an agent in solid form. An agent such as ice water, or liquid carbon dioxide is useful when employing the shell as "non-lethal" device. The solid shell is sublimable and will burst...

A device for storing and dispensing carbonated beverages such as beer is provided. The device has a fluid compartment and a propellant compartment which are connected through a pressure control means. The pressure control means delivers propellant from the propellant compartment to the fluid compartment as the beverage is withdrawn therefrom to maintain a desired excess equilibrium pressure of the...

A dispensing system for automotive fuel, said system comprising a casing (6) mounted within the ground and containing a fuel flow meter (2) and an associated valve (4), said meter being linked by a fuel line to a fuel tank, said dispensing system further comprsing above-ground structure (10) supporting a dispensing house (12) to which the meter and associated valve within the casing are linked, pr...

Assembly of a tapping device and a container for fluid, in particular beer or soft drink, to be dispensed via the tapping device, dispensing means being provided for the fluid, a pressure chamber being provided in the tapping device, in which pressure chamber, during use, the container extends at least partially, pressure means being provided for feeding a pressure medium into the pressure chamber...

A drink or other liquid container having a surface with a separable cap. A spout is mounted beneath the separable cap and the spout unfolds outwards when the cap is separated from the container. The unfolding spout is constructed of a flexible tubular piece which folds back on itself, under the cap.

The invention concerns a drink or other liquid container comprising a surface (13) provided with a separable cap (14). Beneath the separable cap (14), the container (10) comprises a spout (18) which unfolds outwards when the cap is separated from the cont