"APARELHO E PROCESSO PARA TROCA DE CALOR COM LEITO FLUIDIZADO". Um aparelho e um processo para a troca de calor com leitos de fluido compreendem tubos de troca de calor localizados longitudinalmente em relação ao eixo de uma zona de fluidização com um passo retangular, do qual um lado tem um comprimento de pelo menos uma vez e meia o comprimento do outro lado, e/ou com um passo triangular, que tem...

Un procédé de fabrication d'un corps de trépan, d'un autre composant de forage ou d'un autre élément de fabrication, englobe la fabrication d'une matrice à base de matériau particulaire et l'infiltration de la matrice à base de matériau particulaire d'un liant englobant du cobalt ou du fer. Le liant peut être un alliage de cobalt ou un alliage de fer. La matrice à base de matériau particulaire peu...

A tire mold opener having an opening lever pivotally mounted on an upper mold half with one end of the lever positioned for engagement with a lower mold half and the other end of the lever connected to a hoist for rotating the opening lever and pushing the lower mold half away from the upper mold half to separate the mold halves and lift the upper mold half away from the lower mold half upon lifti...

An apparatus for measuring a blood pressure of a living subject, including a blood pressure measuring device which measures a blood pressure value of the subject, a first memory which stores a plurality of blood pressure values measured by the blood pressure measuring device, in an order of measurement of the blood pressure values, a pulse wave detecting device which detects a pulse wave produced ...

A method for calibrating non-invasive breathing monitors with sensors placed on the rib-cage and abdomen of a subject includes determining an initial scaling factor and an optimal multiplicative factor for the readings of the rib-cage and abdomen sensors using one of a least squares, linear regression, or multi-linear regression techniques. A current scaling factor is determined on a periodic basi...

An improved shaft for a golf club and methods of manufacturing the same. A plurality of layers of composite fiber bound within a thermoset resin are bonded to one or more layers of composite fiber bound within a thermoplastic resin using a high peet strength nylon epoxy adhesive. Preferably, the layer(s) of composite fiber bound within the thermoplastic resin comprise the outermost layer of a golf...

A method of making a non-woven fibrous media, combining high vapor permeability and low liquid permeability, includes the steps of providing a non-woven fabric formed from fibers that are prematurely crystallized during fabric formation and have a wide heat of fusion range distribution, and calendering the fabric to soften the small polymer crystals therein of low heats of fusion, but not the rela...

A method for manufacturing an E.V.A. foamed sports equipment includes preparing and stirring an E.V.A. foamable mixture, then integrally forming the foamable mixture into a sports equipment blank with a constantly reduced scale, the constantly reduced scaled sports equipment blank being placed in a reduced scaled heat forming mold to be heated at the temperature of 180° C., then opening the reduce...

An optical-quality plastic part is provided having a PET polarizing film integrally bonded thereto and, optionally, a hard coating integrally bonded to the PET polarizing film. In a preferred construction, the film may be surface treated, either physically and/or chemically, for integrally bonding the film to the optical-quality plastic material. Similarly, in another preferred construction, the f...

Methods for performing rapid and accurate thermocycling on a sample are disclosed. Use of non-contact heating and cooling sources allows precise temperature control with sharp transitions from one temperature to another to be achieved. A wide range of temperatures can be accomplished according to these methods. In addition, thermocycling can be performed without substantial temperature gradients o...

Microfluidic devices for analyzing a plurality of compounds are manufactured for performing high throughput screening assays. The methods are used to manufacture devices that screen large numbers of different compounds for their effects on a variety of chemical and biochemical systems.

A structure made predominately of an NZP-type phase having the general formula RxZ4P6-ySiyO24, where 0<=x<=8, 0<=y<=6, R is Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Y, and/or lanthanides, and Z is Zr, Ti, Nb, Ta, Y, and/or lanthanidess, and optionally a sintering additive. The structure has an open porosity of at least 20% by volume, median pore diameter in micrometers of at least a value defined by the...

An apparatus and method provide non-intrusive in-service testing of audio/video synchronization testing without using traditional audio marker tones. The network includes an A/V synchronous test signal generator which injects video and audio markers into the video and audio non-intrusively and routes the two signals into a switch where they are switched into a channel for encoding and transmission...

Physiological condition monitors utilizing very low frequency acoustic signals and signals indicative of body orientation are disclosed. The physiological condition monitors comprise a sensor that is capable of detecting low frequency acoustic signals in the frequency range of one tenth Hertz to thirty Hertz. The sensor comprises a chamber having portions that form a cavity and a low frequency mic...

An electrical connector for multi-contact medical electrodes with plural-contact tails, including a first elongate member having a first face and an array of electrical conductors, preferably spring-loaded ball plungers, positioned therealong and a second elongate member extending along the first elongate member and having a tail-receiving void, a second face parallel to the void with access openi...

A biomedical electrode comprises a connector stud (1) anchored in a patch of adhesive-coated backing material (7) which is used to secure the electrode to the skin of a patient. The connector stud (1), which is located in a pierced opening in the backing material (7), has a head portion (2) to which an electrical lead of an electromedical monitoring/diagnostic system can be attached, and an electr...

This invention provides an autonomous random dynamic cryptogram lock system which comprises a lock body and a key body. There are non-volatile memories in both the lock body and key body respectively and each memory stores a set of cryptogram corresponding. When unlocking the microprocessor in the lock body checks the cryptograms. If matching, the lock is unlocked, otherwise it gives up alarm. Aft...

A method for conducting a broad range of biochemical analyses or manipulations on a series of nano- to subnanoliter reaction volumes and an apparatus for carrying out the same are disclosed. The method and apparatus are implemented on a fluidic microchip to provide high serial throughput. The method and device of the invention also lend themselves to multiple parallel analyses and manipulation to ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced concrete capable of preventing a damage of reinforcing fiber and reducing a construction period and a cost of manufacturing the concrete. SOLUTION: The method for manufacturing the fiber-reinforced concrete comprises the steps of throwing polypropylene fiber chips 2 each having a ruggedness formed on a surface and a sur...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ink jet recording device which eliminates the occurrence of stains on the backside of a recording medium even in non-margin recording which records up to the ends of the recording medium in the crosswise direction, and enables the high-quality recording. SOLUTION: In the ink jet recording device, recording is made by discharging ink from an ink jet recording hea...