When applying a marking, such as an inscription, image or the like, to a foodstuff in the solid state, such as chocolate, imitation chocolate, chocolate-flavour coating, baker's goods (oven-baked dough products), such as biscuits, waffles and the like, the foodstuff is exposed to light radiation and/or energy radiation, such as laser radiation, which locally heats the foodstuff to such an extent t...

A pile board inserting machine comprises two pile board inserting units installed in combination respectively with the two sheet piling units of a sheet-fed printing press. Printed sheets are delivered alternately to the two pile board inserting units every time a predetermined number of printed sheets are delivered to each sheet piling unit, and the pile board inserting unit associated with the i...

An improved electromagnetic actuator of the type comprising (a) a first assembly (12); (b) a second assembly (20) movable relative to the first assembly (12) along an axis of relative movement (30) in response to a command signal, the second assembly (20) comprising magnetic flux source means (44) for defining radially directed flux both in an inward and outward direction relative to the axis of r...

An actual running distance ab from a starting position (A) to a present position (B) of a vehicle is calculated based on input starting position data and positions continuously detected using a GPS device (4) or similar. An estimated running distance bc from the present position to a destination (C) is calculated based on the detected present position and input destination data. A degree of attain...

A polymer attenuation filter (16) in a CT machine is mounted at its center and allowed to expand freely at its ends to prevent cracking of the filter as it expands with temperature and after it becomes brittle with x-ray exposure. Vertical expansion of the filter at its center is accommodated by a stress relief hole (30) cut between the center fastening points (24,28). Relatively greater horizonta...

A process is for measuring the speed of a running non-conductor, a running textile yarn or thread in partic., and involves generation of changes in the electric charges. The process involves a simultaneous application of at least two defined electric charges at a defined distance from each other. The charges are registered at a point located downstream in the direction of the non-conductor movemen...

The electromagnet has a coil (2), a core (1) axially movable within the coil and a yoke enclosing the coil consisting of end walls and side walls (7). At least one end wall is a separate yoke plate like a lid set on the free ends of the side walls and resting under a bias force on the supporting faces (11) of the side walls parallel to the yoke base. The side walls have stop surfaces (9a) aligned ...

The machine has a rotating disc cutter (4) and a feed tunnel (14) for the foodstuff (16). Near the tunnel mouth is an opening (11) for a safety shutter (3) which, when a new piece is to be placed in the tunnel, is raised to prevent access of the hand to the cutter. The holding down strip (1) is pivoted at one end (2, 23) between a pair of cheekplates (6) rotatably mounted on the drive shaft (5). F...

The present invention includes the hardware and software necessary to perform virtually any volume of complex transactions, and particularly a large volume thereof, is disposed in a central Application Processing Front End (APFE) which is shared by a plurality of merchants, thereby spreading the cost of the APFE among a large number of users. By including only the minimum amount of hardware compon...

Procédé et dispositif de préparation à l'ouverture des bivalves, notamment des huîtres. Le procédé consiste à faire s'entrouvrir le bivalve, puis à réaliser un cerclage du muscle adducteur dudit bivalve au moyen d'une bague ou analogue, dont une partie, destinée à la préhension, demeure à l'extérieur du bivalve, afin de permettre ultérieurement, alors que le bivalve est fermé, de sectionner le mus...

An electronic requisitioning system for channeling customer requisition orders to internal suppliers and outside vendors, and processing invoices using a centralized computer system. A customer accesses an electronic item catalog and requisition form to place an order transmitted to the central computer system. Requisitions are segregated by supplier and sent as purchase orders to appropriate inte...

The system for orienting and guiding self-propelled vehicles comprises a plurality of inertia sensors (15,16,17) connected to an electronic computer to which the data relating to the route travelled by the said vehicle (15), such as the steering angle and the path length, is also sent. A multiple head (20) for occasional route detection communicates to the computer (12) the data relating to deviat...

EL DISPOSITIVO (10) REPRESENTADO EN SU POSICION DE ALMACENAJE COMPORTA ESENCIALMENTE UN CUERPO (11) DE MATERIA SINTETICA CONTENIENDO UN DEPOSITO (12) QUE CONTIENE UNA SUSTANCIA MEDICAMENTOSA (13). EL CUERPO (11) ESTA PROVISTO DE UN ADAPTADOR APLICADOR (15). EL DEPOSITO (12) SE PRESENTA BAJO LA FORMA DE UNA CAMISA CILINDRICA (17) DE VIDRIO CERRADA EN UN EXTREMO POR UN TAPON DE OBTURACION DESMONTABL...

A liquid dispensing nozzle (10) assembly is provided for mounting on a liquid container (12) and dispenser having a flexible wall (14) and liquid storage cay ity for manually squeezed dispensing of a liquid from the cavity through the nozzle assembly (10). The nozzle assembly (10) maintains the liquid, such as contact lens saline solution, in sterile condition during storage and repeated dispensin...

There is provided an apparatus and methods for computerized laser surgery. The apparatus comprises apparatus for displaying in real time a visually sensible image of the area of surgery, apparatus for displaying in overlay over the visually sensible image a simulation of the effects of operator indicated laser surgical procedures on the area of surgery and automated apparatus for carrying out the ...

A polyester film having a nodule surface is disclosed. The acrylic coating is preferably a crosslinked composition having a relatively high methyl methacrylate content and specific surfactants. The acrylic coating composition is applied as an aqueous dispersion to polyester film, preferably after corona treatment of the polyester film. The nodule surface reduces the coefficient of friction of the ...

PCT No. PCT/GB91/00907 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 18, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 18, 1992 PCT Filed Jun. 6, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO91/19443 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 26, 1991.A protective cover for upholstered or padded articles such as bedding is made from a microporous ultrafilter material having a pore size of less than 0.0005 mm, to suppress passage of fecal particles produced by house dust mites. To prevent pa...

Disclosed is an automatic travelling apparatus which is capable of taking an image of an area ahead of a vehicle in its running direction by an image pick-up device fixed to the vehicle; determining, by processing the taken image, a permissible travelling area in a X-Y coordinates having the Y-axis corresponding to the axis of the vehicle's running direction; setting a target course in the determi...

The present disclosure relates to an infrared ray moisture meter which measures moisture of paper using absorption of infrared rays, and more particularly to an infrared ray moisture meter in which penetration and scattering by paper is done enough independent of whether the paper is thin or thick, the sensitivity of which is high, and in which attenuation of rays is small and error of measurement...