A rotary cutter for a rotary cutting apparatus. The rotary cutter includes a shaft (8) and a mantle (16) having at least one cutting member. The shaft (8) is non-rotatable, and the mantle (16) is rotatably mounted to the shaft and can be removed therefrom in an axial direction. The shaft is adapted to be rigidly mounted in a frame part (10), wherein the mantle is rotatably arranged relative to the...

A rotary cutting unit includes a rotary cutter overlying a rotatable anvil. The anvil includes an axle, at least one anvil portion adapted to co-operate with a knife member of a rotary cutter, and a pair of load transmitting portions adapted to abut a pair of abutment members of the rotary cutter. The pair of load transmitting portions are arranged on each side of the anvil portion. A load receivi...

A rotary cutter includes a hollow rotary mantle (16) having a cutter arbour (17) on an outer periphery thereof, through holes (40,42) extending radially through the mantle, and an air distribution mechanism. The air distribution mechanism includes first (32) and second parts (34). The first part is affixed to the mandrel coaxially therein for rotation therewith. The second part is arranged inside ...

A biosensor is provided, which can measure an analyte in a sample with high precision. The biosensor is produced by disposing a electrode system including a working electrode 12 and a counter electrode 13 on a substrate 11 , and then forming a reagent layer 16 containing a reagent and particulates on the electrode system. The influence of the impurities in the sample on the electrode system can be...

Provided is a method, system, and program for processing Input/Output (I/O) requests to a storage network including at least one storage device and at least two adaptors, wherein each adaptor is capable of communicating I/O requests to the at least one storage device. An error is detected in a system including a first adaptor, wherein the first adaptor is capable of communicating on the network af...

A method and apparatus for managing error/status information generated in the demultiplexing, processing, and handling of data packets from a video transport stream. Error/status information is organized into control fields of error/status packets. The error/status packets are sent to dedicated error/status buffers of bulk system memory where they can be accessed by a system processor during the r...

A strapping machine feed system for automatically detecting a strap error or fault, thereby stopping strap retraction or take-up, and refeeding the strap into the strapping head following the error or fault. The feed system includes a pair of tensioning wheels disposed along a strap path proximal a strap supply, and a pair of feed wheels, defining a nip therebetween, disposed along the strap path ...

A foreign matter detection mechanism for detecting a foreign matter other than a carriage object for the purpose of, e.g., preventing illegal use of a card by detecting a foreign matter other than the card inserted into, e.g., a card reader, a carriage movement mechanism used in the foreign matter detection mechanism and the like, and a method for operating the carriage movement mechanism. The for...

The assembly applies an apex filler to the outer circumferential surface of an annular bead ring. The apex filler applying assembly incorporates an apex filler applicator that is preferably operable in conjunction with a plurality of server mechanisms. One server mechanism is a conveyor that receives a bea d ring. A locator operates in conjunction with the conveyor to position the annular bead rin...

A process for producing in a short time a transparent alkyd resin almost fre e from foreign substances and filtration residues, which comprises subjecting a polyester resin derived from terephthalic acid as a major starting material and reclaimed from a waste to depolymerization with a polyhydric alcohol ingredient comprising a tetrahydric or higher alcohol and then adding a polybasic acid ingredi...

The present invention is related to an apparatus for forming diamond via a chemical vapor deposition process using hot metal filament based on hydrogen and methane gas, and a method thereof. In particular, the present invention provides an apparatus for using the hot filament repeatedly without breakage, in comparison with the conventional apparatus that the filament is limited in one use, and a m...

A sonde and an apparatus for the deployment thereof against a well casing is described, the sonde comprising a resilient C-shaped member ( 22 ) and at least one sensor ( 23 ).

Vehicle differential with a differential housing ( 5 ) consisting of two pressed sheet metal halves ( 6 ). Each sheet metal half is made with radial, gutter-shaped depressions, which are limited at their outer ends by wall portions ( 14 ). A differential pinion shaft ( 15 ) is received in the depressions between the sheet metal halves. The wall portions ( 14 ) limit the axial movement of the diffe...

A method for the cosmetic treatment of skin, especially for epilation, skin remodeling and treatment of acne whereby an appropriate cosmetically effective wavelength of light is produced using a fluorescent material pumped with ultraviolet light from an ultraviolet light source.

A large amount of spinel type silicon nitride powders of a high-pressure phase is produced by mixing raw powders having a particle size of 10 mum or less of alpha-, beta- or amorphous silicon nitride, each of which is a low pressure phase, with non-nitrified metal powders at a ratio of 50 weight % or more, preferably copper powders with a particle size of 100 mum or less, forming a compact with po...

A novel laminate useful for seals particularly for vehicle window seals that are flexible, wear resistant and have a low coefficient of friction, is provided. The laminate comprises a rubber substrate and a polyolefin coating disposed on and adherent to the rubber substrate. The invention also provides novel methods of making laminates, particularly seals. Such method comprises the following steps...

Coatings are provided to give polymeric structures a top coat that improves the gas barrier properties of the structure while enhancing the water resistance of the top coating and while improving the adhesion of the top coat to an underlying layer of the structure. These top coat compositions comprise an organic barrier coating material in combination with an epoxide additive which enhances the wa...

A formulation based on the PTFE, homopolymer or modified, comprising: 1) latex of said PTFE having a particle diameter between 5 and 100 nm, comprising an anionic fluorinated surfactant in an amount in the range 2-25% by weight based on the PTFE; 2) a non ionic fluorinated surfactant added to the PTFE latex in an amount in the range 18-60% by weight based on the PTFE.

The subject invention provides a film having at least one layer comprising an interpolymer of ethylene and at least on comonomer selected from the group consisting of C₃-C₂₀ alpha-olefins, dienes, and cycloalkenes, wherein the interpolymer is characterized as having a high degree of processability, good optical performance, and good mechanical properties. The subject inventio...

A three-tiered data caching system is used on a distributed computer system comprising hosts connected by a network. The lowest tier comprises management facade software running on each machine that converts a platform-dependent interface written with low-level kernel routines that actually implement the data caching system to platform-independent method calls. The middle tier is a set of federate...