Dispositivo (10) para formar una pluralidad de acumuladores (14) reunidos en un grupo (12) y posicionados sobre un elemento de soporte (60), especialmente acumuladores para vehículos automóviles, cuyos polos (16, 18) están dispuestos en una pared de carcasa común (20), con un componente plano (22) construido como placa, marco, rejilla, listón, en el que están dispuestos una pluralidad de contactos...

"CENTRìFUGA DECANTADORA". A centrífuga decantadora compreende um transportador de parafuso que tem um corpo (4) que carrega um parafuso que compreende um ou mais filetes (7, 7<39>) e que tem uma velocidade de transporte nominal que varia ao longo do eixo longitudinal. Uma entrada (6) é fornecida no transportador de parafuso para o material a ser separado. O transportador de parafuso é dotado de um...

A nanophase composite duct assembly and method of fabricating the same are provided that comprise an ultra-high strength nanophase aluminum alloy duct joined with a ceramic particulate reinforced metal matrix fitting, preferably using solid-state friction welding. The nanophase aluminum alloy duct is fabricated by extruding a billet formed by a process of cryogenic milling the alloy, followed by o...

An umbrella canopy orientating drive is applied to a large-sized umbrella. The umbrella has a central rod comprised of an upper section to which a canopy is attached and a lower section positionable on a fixed surface. The umbrella canopy orientating device includes a diverging portion having a skirt-like opening to receive the lower section of the central rod; a tube portion receiving the lower e...

A tool belt mounts receiver blocks, preferably of at least two types, permanently along its length. Each receiver block releasibly receives and engages an attaching block of complimentary configuration, the two blocks serving as a two-portion connector. Each attaching block serves to attach, or is integral with, (i) one of any number of tool holders of diverse configurations, each of which tool ho...

A carcass ply producing apparatus for producing a carcass ply constituting a carcass layer of a tire comprisesa supply head for supplying one or a plurality of ply cords, a head driving mechanism for reciprocating the supply head along a widthwise direction of the carcass ply, a sticking body having a sticking surface to which the ply cord supplied by the supply head is stuck, a sticking body driv...

The invention relates to a white film with a thickness of from 10 to 500 mum whose principal constituent is a crystallizable thermoplastic. It also has to comprise at least one titanium dioxide of the rutile type as white pigment and at least one optical brightener. The optical brightener and/or the titanium dioxide are fed as a masterbatch during film production. A white film of this type is part...

The method of the present invention for producing a urethane-based thermoplastic elastomer composition foam comprises the steps of:adding and mixing 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of carbon dioxide (B) to 100 parts by weight of a urethane-based thermoplastic elastomer composition (A) in a molten state, wherein said urethane-based thermoplastic elastomer composition (A) comprises a urethane-based thermo...

An optical inspection system with an improved illumination system. The improved illumination system used to illustrate the invention has a base formed from a printed circuit board. Substrates for mounting lighting elements, which are exemplified by light emitting diodes, are formed also on printed circuit boards. These circuit boards have serrated edges and the diodes are mounted to the serrations...

A system and method for reducing the shop time of a vehicle, e.g., a locomotive, at a maintenance facility by obtaining onboard systems parameter data during a period when the vehicle is inbound to the maintenance facility for required periodic scheduled maintenance, and by determining, at the maintenance facility and prior to arrival of the vehicle at the maintenance facility, from the data recei...

A vehicle tire fabrication method in which a raw tire tube is adhered with two annular hook members and two annular rubber packing members one the inside and an airtight sealing layer and a combination outer tire wall layer on the outside, and then the raw tire thus obtained is put in a vulcanizing mold and vulcanized into a finished vehicle tire, and then the annular rubber packing members are re...

Método para la producción de una masa de metal fundido, preferiblemente acero fundido, en un horno de arco eléctrico, que comprende la formación de una escoria superior espumante con una temperatura de 1400 ¿ 1800ºC y el suministro de oxígeno en forma de gas oxígeno y/o otros portadores de oxígeno, por ejemplo, óxidos metálicos, al fundido para oxidar al menos parte del silicio existente en el fun...

Método para ayudar a asegurar el lavado de las manos, que comprende: proporcionar una sustancia (13) fácilmente identificable que puede eliminarse mediante el lavado; proporcionar un mecanismo de marcado acoplado a la sustancia fácilmente identificable y conectado físicamente a un elemento (10, 18) accionador que está asociado con un hecho que requiere el lavado de las manos; y marcar la mano de u...

A bag including a housing having a storage area and a surface. The bag includes an extendable handle connected to the housing. The bag includes an auxiliary wheel unit having at least one castor connected to the surface which in an extended position extends from the surface at an angle of at least 15 degrees to form an extended support base for the housing, and in a retracted state folds against a...

"COMPOSIçãO DE POLIURETANO, COMPOSIçãO, ARTIGO, COMPOSIçãO DE CUIDADO PESSOAL, PROCESSO PARA PRODUZIR UM POLIURETANO, E PROCESSO DE MISTURA". Um poliuretano respirável tendo um taxa de transmissão de vapor úmido na posição vertical (MVTR) de mais do que cerca de 500 g/m^ 2^/24 horas compreende: a) unidades de cadeia lateral de poli(óxido de alquileno) em uma quantidade que compreende de cerca de 1...

The bed, designed to fold under the seat of a sofa or armchair when retracted, has a frame in three folding sections. The first section (2), which forms the head end of the bed, lifts on lever supports (4) to clear the seat base frame (1), and then slides towards the back of the sofa or chair to leave only a small clearance once deployed. The other sections of the bed frame unfold from the first s...

The arm (4) for supporting the umbrella (5) has one end attached to a carriage (13) which can moved up and down a guide (9) on the pole (2). A stop (17) for the carriage is located on the pole. A support (20, 21) for the upper part of the carriage is located at a distance from the pole. The support is formed by a cap (18) located above the top end of the guide.; Verbeterde paalbevestiging voor zon...

A brake actuation assembly for a vehicle is actuatable to apply and release tension to one or more elements that connect to a brake system of the vehicle. The brake actuation assembly includes an electrically powered brake actuator, a manually operable control, and a manual brake actuator. The electrically powered actuator includes a motor with a driveshaft for driving connection with the elements...

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for operating an automated change-speed gearbox of a motor vehicle. The control device of the change-speed gearbox communicates via signals with a control unit of an anti-block control system. To allow particularly comforatable operation of the change-speed gearbox, the invention envisages that, as a function of signals from the control unit of th...

A method of authorizing a payment transaction is described. The method comprises receiving data relating to a customer's transaction card, and data relating to an original amount of the payment transaction; presenting the original amount data to the customer such that a gratuity amount can be determined and in response thereto receiving data relating to the gratuity amount; establishing a link wit...