Provided is a fiberglass binder which contains a polycarboxy polymer and a polyol. The polycarboxy polymer has a molecular weight of less than 10,000, and more preferably about 5000 or less. The polyol is preferably triethanolamine. The binder also preferably includes a catalyst which is an alkali metal salt of a phosphorus-containing organic acid. The resultant binder, particularly when used in p...

Regeneration of water treatment media is disclosed which includes a water treatment unit having one or more media therein, and which upon initiation of flow of the water, imparts turbulence and abrasion to the treatment medium to automatically cleanse the medium of light solid contaminants, as well as contaminant coatings on the media. This greatly improves the operation of the media and extends i...

A container for microwave cooking having geometric features which improve the efficiency and uniformity of microwave cooking of food products containing liquids and which enhance boiling uniformity while preventing boilover of the contents. The container has a bottom portion and a side panel wherein the bottom portion contains a central segment in the shape of a section of a sphere. The side panel...

A disposable pull-on diaper 1 includes a topsheet 2, a backsheet 3 and an absorbent core 4 disposed therebetween. In any one of front and rear waist regions 6, 7 of the diaper 1, second elastic members 21 are disposed between the core 4 and the backsheet 3 to extend under tension circumferentially of the waist region and secured to the inner surface of the backsheet 3 only at their portions extend...

A method of operating an engine assembly having a cylinder assembly which defines a combustion chamber is disclosed. The cylinder assembly includes an engine block having a piston cylinder defined therein, a piston which translates in the piston cylinder, and a crankshaft which is mechanically coupled to the piston. The method includes the steps of performing an intake stroke of the engine assembl...

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for removing small-sized cut-out pieces, for instance in the form of discs, when cutting holes and other minor openings in a workpiece (2) by means of a cutting laser beam (1). A suction device (5) is arranged above the detail to be cut-out and located asymmetrically relative to the cutting laser beam. The suction nozzle (6) has a recess (11) for ...

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for removing small-sized cut-out pieces, for instance in the form of discs, when cutting holes and other minor openings in a workpiece (2) by means of a cutting laser beam (1). A suction device (5) is arranged above the detail to be cut-out and located asymmetrically relative to the cutting laser beam. The suction nozzle (6) has a recess (11) for ...

Biomedical devices with antimicrobial coatings are provided. One or more surfaces of the device are coated with lactoferrin to impart antimicrobial properties to the surface.

A high-flux tubular membrane for hydrogen separation in a fluidized bed membrane reactor at high temperatures and high pressures comprises a metal tube reinforced internally with a coil spring. The metal may preferably be palladium, niobium, tantalum, zirconium or vanadium or suitable alloys of such metals. If the metal is not palladium, the metal is preferably coated with palladium. The coil spri...

The method allows the creation of 3-D facial models, which can be used, for instance, for the avatar implementation, video-communication applications, video games, video productions, and for the creation of advanced man-machine interfaces. At least one image of a human face is provided together with a 3D facial model (M) having a vertex structure and comprising a number of surfaces chosen within t...

A twisting machine for polygonal cross-section bars having an independent jaw chuck (3) fitted on a mandrel (2) and a counteracting support (4) slidable on a prismatic guide (5), which is firmly connected to the machine and parallel to said mandrel (2) is disclosed. The jaw chuck (3) comprises mutually co-operating means of rotary connection between said mandrel (2) and said chuck (3), in the form...

A bending machine to wind a strip or the like into a spiral comprising a mandrel (2), a bending tool (3), including a grip portion (32) of an end (50) of a strip (5) and a supporting, guiding and counteracting element (4) on a table (1) of the bending machine is disclosed. The bending tool (3) further comprises a plurality of modular elements (60, 61, 62, 63, 64 ...) consecutively so jointed to be...

Machine (10) for crushing, mixture and processing generally of various materials, consisting of a large pinion (55) freely rotating on a supporting shaft (50), having teeth of considerable width and pitch of considerable amplitude, that mesh with a crown gear (82, 83) having the same kinematic properties, mounted on the internal wall of a container (80) of a height substantially the same as that o...

It is described a novel type of electrode suitable for use as an anode for oxygen evolution from electrolytes containing sulphuric acid, or sulphates, in the presence of manganese, in electrometallurgical processes for the production of zinc, copper, nickel and cobalt and galvanic processes for the deposition of chromium, nickel and noble metals.The anode of the invention comprises a titanium subs...