A non-return valve assembly particularly for an incontinence device, includes a least three layers, the layers being secured together, the first layer being a sheet or film of perforated material, and the second layer is a sheet or film of material having cuts therein defining an array of flap valves. The third layer is a material having holes therein, each hole being in registry with an associate...

A system for preventing the overheating of an electromagnetic clutch of an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle caused by slipping of the clutch for a considerably long time. The electromagnetic clutch has a drive member secured to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, a driven member adjacent to the drive member, and a magnetizing coil provided in one of said members. The hea...

A delivery mechanism for a sheet fed printing press in which a rear edge guide in the form of a traverse member guides the rear edges of the downwardly settling sheets into a condition of register. A brake assembly is provided for engaging the trailing edges of the sheets to decelerate them, the assembly being horizontally adjustable to accommodate sheets of different length and the traverse membe...

The invention relates to pressure-medium-actuated riveting tongs with two jaws which are arranged as an extension of the handle of the tongs, can move relative to one another and at the free ends of which are arranged the holder-up, on the one hand, and the riveting set, on the other hand. In order to create pressure-medium-actuated riveting tongs by means of which even those areas of workpieces t...

1. Process for the production of the magnet body of a lifting magnet, consisting of a housing which receives the magnet coil and which is constructed of a magnetizable material, and of an armature guide tube, which is disposed coaxially in the housing and which is constructed of a magnetizable material, the guide tube having a separating joint constructed of a non-magnetizable material, characteri...

In a computerized tomographic apparatus, different detectors are caused to receive radiation along substantially the same beam path through the body in order to permit the evaluation of differences in performance of the detectors. This evaluation is average with other evaluations made in respect of the same detector for other beam paths so as to reduce the risk that erroneous performance differenc...

1. A forming vessel for the lead accumulator plates, in which the lead plates are held by ribbed plates (12 to 21) which themselves are supported in vertical grooves (5 to 9) in side walls, characterised in that the grooves (5 to 9) for the accommodation of the ribbed plates (5 to 9), are provided at such different spacings from one another that lead plates of different sizes can be held by the ri...

An electronic control method for vehicles, wherein, when exercising control to start a vehicle from rest, the vehicle engine and clutch are controlled in a very low speed control mode, if the amount by which an accelerator pedal is depressed is less than a set value. If, however, the amount of accelerator pedal depression is greater than the set value, the engine and clutch are controlled in an or...

An absorbent article structure is provided comprising a permeable, internal layer (10), an intermediate absorbent layer (20) and a liquid-impervious, outer layer (30). Outer layer (30) comprises an inherently-porous paper length (32) impregnated with a selective adhesive forming a liquid-impervious and air-permeable coat (34), which only adheres to itself. A disposable diaper (50) can be manufactu...

In a parapet portion of a curtain wall, indoor side and outdoor side members of each panel unit mounted at the top of the curtain wall are connected via a connector made of heat-insulating material, and a damp-proofing sheet is mounted so as to extend between the indoor side member and a building body to form a heat-insulating damp-proofing layer, whereby the disadvantages that heat received by a ...

A fuel briquette is described in which improved combustion is achieved by producing the briquette in a shape which yields a very large external surface area. This is achieved inter alia by forming grooves and recesses in the outer face(s) of a block of material and by forming holes through the block which further improved the draught during combustion. When the briquette is formed by a wet process...

Manufacture of 2-hydrocarbylglycerols by contacting a 2-haloalkanal with a secondary carbon atom in the 2-position, with formaldehyde in the presence of an aqueous solution containing an alkaline-reacting compound at a concentration of at least 0.5 gram-equivalent per liter of water.

A safety binding adapted to be mounted on a ski.

An apparatus for supplying power to an electrosurgical device comprising a power output means (20) for providing a surgical current (SOUT), a switch means (22) for supplying the power output means (20) with a power signal (Sp) to provide the surgical current (SOUT), a first signal generation means (26) for supplying the switch means (22) with a switch signal (SLF) to turn on and off the switch mea...

A heel piece for a safety ski binding is provided comprising a support member in the form of a slide member on which is pivotally mounted a sole holder having a pedal, a sole engaging portion and an interior cam surface configured to cooperate with a bearing member or cam follower which engages the cam surface. The cam follower is supported by a bearing lever having an axis of rotation near the up...

In the case where the sequential processes to be controlled by the microprocessor ( mu P) must be changed in their setting by inputs from the outside for control and monitoring processes in electrical devices, for example radio devices, these change data must be protected against switching-off or failure of the operating voltage supply. Such protection can be effected by using main memories (NV-RA...

The alloy powder is made using apparatus comprising, in combination, a fluid-cooled hearth 12 for receiving metallic material which defines an alloy and which is to be melted, a plasma heat source 20 adapted to melt the metallic material, a powder metal producer 46, and means to introduce the molten metallic material from the hearth into the powder metal producer. The fluid-cooled walls of the hea...

The invention relates to the heel retainer of a ski binding, in which a vertically pivotable sole retainer is held in the skiing position by a locking lever. The purpose of the invention is to design such a heel retainer in such a manner that it can be opened, optionally with the aid of a conventional release lever, against the force of the release spring, but especially by means of another actuat...

A bottle inspecting apparatus comprises means for conveying bottles while rotating the same; a first light source for exposing only the bottle finish with light; a second light source having a radiation spectrum different from that of the first light source for exposing the thread of the bottle neck; a filter for discriminating the light of the first light source scattered at the bottle finish and...