To overcome the effect of interference by high intensity radiation directed deliberately or accidentally into the imaging aperture, an image sensing apparatus comprises a solid state image sensor, a charge-coupled area imaging array for example, along with a control arrangement for causing the sensor to accumulate an image representative signal pattern and for controlling read-out of that pattern,...

LA PRESENTE INVENCION SE REFIERE A CEPAS DE LACTOBACILLUS Y COMPOSICIONES FARMACEUTICAS QUE LAS CONTIENEN.; The present invention concerns Lactobacillus strains and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.

PCT No. PCT/US96/09861 Sec. 371 Date May 11, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date May 11, 1998 PCT Filed Jun. 7, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/40216 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 19, 1996The invention provides injectable collagen compositions that are reconstituted collagen fiber segments made from acid extracted collagen with telopeptides in a biocompatible carrier, with the collagen concentration in the composition ranging up t...

Stabilized compositions comprising, in combination with a gas, a fluorinated amphiphilic compound. The compositions are particularly suitable for use in diagnostic applications, including ultrasound. The compositions can take the form of vesicular compositions, such as micelles and liposomes.

An elastic restraining strap (7) for a container (1) or the like comprises an elongated band, whose ends are provided with means for fastening the band to a container. The band (11) is made in one piece and comprises at least one elastic band portion and a non-elastic band portion. The elastic band portion is considerably shorter than the non-elastic band portion.

Zur Erkennung der Entnahme und/oder Rückgabe von Gegenständen aus einem mit einem Verschlußmittel gesicherten Vorrat wird ein Verfahren mit folgenden Schritten: Einlesen eines Identifikationsmittels, Freigeben des Verschlußmittels, Erfassen der Entnahme und/oder Rückgabe von Gegenständen aus dem Vorrat und Zuordnen der Entnahme und/oder Rückgabe zu dem Identifikationsmittel, sowie ein Protokollier...

Road network data is divided into a plurality of road network areas and one or a plurality of routes are obtained between the divided road network areas. The obtained routes are stored into a route data storage device 1. When a starting point and a destination are specified from a point input device 2, an area investigating device 3 investigates two road network areas to which the points belong. A...

In an RF filter having an input terminal (270), an output terminal (280), a plurality of resonator elements (211,221,213,223,215,225), and a plurality of coupling reactances (201,203,205,207) for coupling one resonator element to another resonator element, for coupling the input terminal to a resonator element, and for coupling the output terminal to a resonator element, techniques are disclosed f...

The present invention refers to a control device of an actuating element in washing machine, particularly a dishwasher, of the type comprising an electronic control circuit and means for supplying a control signal to the actuating element, characterised in that a supply of alternate current is supplied through an electronic switch (TR1) driven by the electronic control circuit, (MP), to rectifying...

A method for reducing the amount of microfoam in a spray-applied clear waterborne polymeric composition is provided, wherein the clear composition contains certain emulsion-polymerized addition polymers or certain multi-staged emulsion-polymerized addition polymers is formed; is spray-applied to a substrate; and is dried. Also provided are substrates bearing such spray-applied clear compositions.

PCT No. PCT/DE95/00786 Sec. 371 Date May 22, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date May 22, 1997 PCT Filed Jun. 15, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/02683 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 1, 1996An inversion casting device with a crystallizer which has a slit-shaped passage for guiding a substrate strip, this passage being arranged in the base and provided with a seal, and which communicates with a melt feed. A collecting tank is provide...

The production process for building board mainly uses magnesium oxide, magnesium chloride, sawdust and adhesive as raw materials, and makes them pass through such processes of mixing, separating, blending, charging in layers and forming to obtain the invented building board. Said invented product can be made into a series of building boards, such as indoor movable wall board, roofing board, etc.,a...

The present invention regards a particularly quick-setting Portland cement clinker containing calcium fluoro-aluminate (11CaO.7Al203.CaF2) mixed with lime that has not undergone the burning process of the clinker.

A piston assembly operable within a fluid bathed, cylinder wall, comprising a piston body (10) having at least one annular land (36) adapted to be in close-fitting relationship to the cylinder wall (37) an abradable coating (15) tenaciously adhered to said at least the one land (36) effective to create and sustain substantially zero clearance with the fluid bathed cylinder wall and a heat sink in ...

A fuel injection timing control system for a diesel fuel injection pump with a duty-cycle controlled electromagnetic solenoid valve associated with an injection-timing-control timer piston to change a timer-piston axial position or a set position of a pump plunger in response to a duty cycle of the electromagnetic solenoid valve, comprises a control unit for transiently permitting the entry of a d...

This unit comprises two independent rectangular prismatic parts, fitted into each other by superposition, the top or head of the unit involving a flap cover articulated on one of its sides, which carries on its top face, a handle for activation and on the lower face, the continuity bridges. The continuity is established among the service and the couple terminals, two by two, in such a manner, that...

MORTERO CON PROPIEDADES BIOCIDAS. PREPARACION DE UN MORTERO, DE BASE CAL O CEMENTO, CON PROPIEDADES BIOCIDAS, DIRIGIDO PRINCIPALMENTE A LA RESTAURACION DE MONUMENTOS HISTORICO-ARTISTICOS EN EL QUE UNO DE SUS COMPONENTES ES UNA ARCILLA CON PROPIEDADES BIOCIDAS, COMO CONSECUENCIA DE LA PRESENCIA DE UNA SUBSTANCIA BIOCIDA RETENIDA EN ELLA. LA PROPORCION DEL MATERIAL ARCILLOSO QUE SOPORTO AL BIOCIDA E...

SE PRESENTA UN SISTEMA/METODO DE CONTROL ADAPTATIVO PARA UN SISTEMA DE TRANSMISION MECANICA, VEHICULAR, AL MENOS PARCIALMENTE AUTOMATIZADO (10) PARA DETERMINAR EL VALOR DE UN PARAMETRO DE CONTROL (T{SUB, ACCES}) INDICATIVO DE LA FUERZA DE TORSION ACCESORIA CUANDO EL VEHICULO ESTA EN MOVIMIENTO Y EL VALOR DE UN PARAMETRO DE CONTROL (DES/DT RATE) INDICATIVO DE LA VELOCIDAD DE DECELERACION DEL MOTOR ...

The FET receiver circuit uses four input beams, two of which are unique, to turn two series-connected FETs on and off and to generate output signals. The two FETs have respective gates connected to a junction between two detectors in each of two series- and loop-connected detectors. Two input signal beams are simultaneously detected by one detector of one pair and either detector of the other pair...

A hinge for use in inorganically filled composite materials is provided. The hinge has an inorganically filled structural matrix comprising a water-dispersable organic polymer binder, an aggregate material, and a fibrous material. The hinge allows inorganically filled materials to be bent along a line without breakage of the material. The hinge is preferably formed by scoring a formed sheet of ino...