A package holder (1), for instance in an installation for the production of a warp, according to which a package (3) with yarn (4) wound thereon is pushed axially onto the holder (1), where it is retained while the yarn (4) is being unwound from the package. The holder (1) consists of a base member (7) having a spring-biased flap (9) which is pivoted outwards by the spring to a position wherein it...

A method for granulating a stream of molten metal which is caused to fall from a launder or the like down into a liquid cooling bath in a tank. The metal stream is divided into droplets in the liquid cooling bath, which solidify and form solid granules. A substantially uniform flow of cooling liquid is caused to flow from one of the side walls in the tank substantially perpendicularly against the ...

The invention provides novel polyesters, fibers and films, nonwovens from the fibers and disposable products of the polyesters such as diapers. The products are degradable under the conditions typically existing in waste composting processes, have low ingredient costs and yet provide strength and toughness properties adequate for end uses such as in disposable diapers. The polyesters are based upo...

A blowing agent emulsion comprising a blowing agent mixture, such that the mixture comprises (1) one or more low boiling, hydrochlorocarbons, (2) one or more low boiling chlorine-free perfluorinated compound, and (3) optionally, one or more low boiling, hydrochlorofluorocarbons, one or more low boiling, hydrofluorocarbons, one or more low boiling hydrocarbons, or mixtures thereof; a foamable polym...

PCT No. PCT/IE92/00012 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 1, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 1, 1994 PCT Filed Sep. 30, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/07468 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 1993.In an information gathering system especially suited to the monitoring of vegetable products in sorting apparatus, a light beam (23) is directed by a scanning source such as a laser (11) at the surface of an object (2) such as a tomato moving i...

The invention provides novel polyesters, fibers and films, nonwovens from the fibers and disposable products of the polyesters such as diapers. The products are degradable under the conditions typically existing in waste composting processes, have low ingredient costs and yet provide strength and toughness properties adequate for end uses such as in disposable diapers. The polyesters are based upo...

Layered, fiber-reinforced composites toughened by the use of thermosetting matrix resins including rigid particles are improved in toughness when the particles are porous and formed of a polyamide. The method is particularly effective in improving the toughness of composites based on thermoset matrix resins, and particularly epoxy resins.

A latex of crosslinked silicone is prepared by emulsifying a vinyl endblocked polydiorganosiloxane and an organosilicon compound having silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms with water and surfactant, adding a platinum catalyst and then heating the emulsion to form the latex. Colloidal silica can be added to the latex to provide a product which is tougher. The water in the latex can be evaporated to provi...

The invention provides novel blends of starch with polyesters, and shaped articles of such blends, including fibers, foams and films, nonwovens from the fibers and disposable products such as diapers. The products are degradable under the conditions typically existing in waste composting processes, have low ingredient costs and yet provide strength and toughness properties adequate for end uses su...

A system and method for performing seismic prospecting and monitoring during drilling of a well (101) are disclosed. The system generates energy, such as acoustic vibrations and electromagnetic energy, at a downhole location (15) and imparts the same into the surrounding earth. The energy may be imparted by the drilling operation itself, or may be generated by a downhole apparatus. Downhole sensor...

Satd. polyester resin bottle with decorative coating applied by cleaning the bottle, e.g., by immersion in freon solvent followed by 5 min. ultrasonic treatment, then applying successively chlorinated PP solvent as primer, which is allowed to dry naturally 2 - 3 min., an acrylic undercoat, which is dried 2 - 3 hrs. at ca. 55 deg. C, a decorative coating, e.g. a layer of polarised pearl paint with ...

PCT No. PCT/SE92/00579 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 2, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 2, 1994 PCT Filed Aug. 24, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/05341 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 1993.A method of heating of bed material in a PFBC plant including a combustor and wherein bed level adjustment due to a load change is accomplished by injecting bed material into or discharging it from the combustor through feeding devices, the met...

The invention relates to coating mineral aggregate with blown bitumen. This invention forms part of a wearing course or surface treatment. When a wearing course is applied or a surface treatment is carried out, a binder is sprayed onto the road surface which is then finished by road metal (hard core) being scattered thereon. The invention will be used as a scattering material to finish such a wear...

Washing machine has a program control with functional control through the program steps, has a time component coupled to each step which is ended by the program control on completion of the program step. USE/ADVANTAGE - The system is for washing machine, and the like, where the program has a number of steps for the various functions within the whole program. The operation allows the overall progra...

Aerobic wastewater treatment processes are controlled utilizing alkalinity measurements. A base line of alkalinity is determined by measuring the alkalinity profile of the influent to the aerobic wastewater treatment process. The alkalinity of the wastewater is sensed at a number of different points (1-8) in the aerobic wastewater treatment process, such as at a clarifier (12, 42) effluent (13, 43...

PCT No. PCT/FR92/00920 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 20, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 20, 1994 PCT Filed Oct. 2, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/07109 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 1993.Novel 3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3(prop-2-enyl)-1-phtalazineacetic acids and derivatives of formula (I) in which R1 R2 and R3 are the same or different and stand for H, a halogen or a linear or branched aliphatic, saturated or unsaturated r...

An electrical plug device (10) is disclosed for establishing an electrical connection when the device is inserted within an electrical outlet socket. The device include a housing (12) and a first blade (14) which extends from the housing for establishing a first electrical connection with the outlet socket. A second blade (16) is electrically insulated from the first blade with the second blade ex...

A wad mat e.g. for paddings or upholsterings in garment industry, furniture industry or bed linen industry comprises separate elements (1), bonded together by means of binder fibers (2). Said elements (1) are pieces of foamed plastic bonded together by means of binder fibers (2), the bond being effected with a thermal treatment by virtue of at least partially melted or softened binder fibers (2) a...

PCT No. PCT/FI92/00270 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 6, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 6, 1994 PCT Filed Oct. 8, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/07342 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 1993.A driving machine includes an articulated boom to which a scoop, bulldozer plate, loader or a similar tool is attachable. The articulated boom has a first arm which is articulated to slew around a joint in another arm of the boom in order to car...

A system is provided to treat wastewater from a metal-working facility, such as an automotive manufacturing plant in a bioreactor using live microorganisms. Such wastewater contains waste fluids which are a mixture of relatively easily biodegradable fats and oils, much less easily biodegradable synthetic fluids, oils and greases, and nonbiodegradable material including inorganic finely divided sol...