A method of welding at least two metal sheets protected by a zinc coating that has a low vaporizing temperature. The metal sheets are placed on top of each other in such a manner that at least one metal sheet has a curved section beginning at the weld area. The weld is performed partly on the metal sheets in contact and partly at the separation between the metal sheets in order to allow gases gene...

A system for drying chemical reagents on material, particularly for producing product used in making reagent test strips is described. By drying selected chemicals on substrate drawn past a radiant energy source (preferably an IR source), rapid drying may be achieved while obtaining high-quality product. Airflow sufficient to break or disturb a vapor boundary layer above drying solution may be pro...

The present invention provides a method of making a carbohydrate foam composition. The method produces a foam composition is highly wettable, resilient and has a uniform pore structure suitable for use in products such as absorbent personal products, health care products, and products suitable for fluid distribution and transfer. The foam of the present invention may also be made into sheets suita...

The key case (1) comprises an emergency key (3) comprising a key head (5) and an insert (7) intended to be inserted in a vehicle emergency lock. A longitudinal insert housing (33) receives the insert in the event of non-use of the emergency key. The emergency key can be separated from the case for use. The key head is fixed to the insert by an articulation (9).;

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L'invention concerne un boîtier de clé (1), notamment de véhicule automobile, comprenant :• une clé de secours (3) comportant, fixés l'un à l'autre, une tête de clé (5) formant partie de préhension et un insert (7) destiné à être inséré dans un verrou de secours d'un véhicule en cas d'utilisation, et• un logement d'insert (33) de forme longitudinale, destiné à recevoir l'insert (7) en cas de no...

A method for linking data using persistent links is disclosed. The links are created in a central repository, which maintains an identification class for each entity. The identification class contains all available information concerning the entity. By matching links instead of names and addresses, potential ambiguities and erroneous duplicates are eliminated. The links are encoded before external...

Système de gestion de documents, comprenant un symbole 5, une publication 4 sur laquelle est apposé le symbole 5, un fichier informatique auquel le symbole 5 est associé de façon univoque, un ordinateur 1 ou un réseau d'ordinateurs accessible par l'ordinateur 1 sur lequel ledit fichier est présent, un lecteur 2 apte à lire le symbole apposé sur la publication, ledit lecteur 2 étant relié audit ...

The system provides reading and recording of data by a number of client stations (PC1-PC3), linked by network to a server. The client stations may be used by patients, enabling them to have sufficient access to make reservations in a diary offered by a health professional. The system provides reading and recording of data by communication via a network, with a remote server (SER) and a number of ...

The data base (1) contains information characteristic of each building on an estate. A set of questionnaires (2a,b,c) is used to collect data on the buildings. Answers to the questionnaire are analysed, and combined with works order forms, in order to produce a validated overall project for maintenance works on the buildings. The system comprises a data base (1) containing information characteris...

Ce procédé d'identification d'au moins un objet (6, 8) appartenant à une liste d'objets sélectionnés parmi un ensemble plus grand d'objets présents dans un magasin, comporte :- une étape de comparaison automatique (146) d'un identificateur de liste contenu dans une mémoire d'un terminal mobile avec l'identificateur de liste contenu dans une mémoire d'une étiquette électronique la plus proche de...

The muscle education/re-education apparatus consists of an adjustable lounger with a seat (1), a back (2), a leg support (4) and an adjustable holder (23). The back is pivoted relative to the seat about a transverse axis (3), allowing the user to perform movements with the upper torso flexing relative to the pelvis. It also has a motorised drive for pivoting the back relative to the seat and incor...

The invention relates to a porogenic additive for use in production of silicone elastomer foams, which forms a single phase and which comprises: (1) water, (2) a mineral charge, (3) a texturing agent which is a water-soluble thermoplastic polymer with a high molecular mass equal to or greater than 50,000 g/mol, particularly 100,000 g/mol and (4) preferably a liquid polymer which is water-soluble, ...

The invention concerns a novel family of ferrite material having low magnetic losses at low-level induction as well as at high-level induction (0.1 m Tesla to 50 m Tesla). Therefor a proportion of nickel of prior art ferrite materials is substituted with a proportion of magnesium and copper. This novel family corresponds to the following chemical formula: NixMgyZnzCuwCoeFe2+/- delta O4 with 2(x+y+...

La présente invention concerne un procédé de fabrication de polyfluorure de vinylidène (PVDF) homopolymère ou copolymère, par polymérisation radicalaire du fluorure de vinylidène, et éventuellement d'un comonomère, en dispersion aqueuse en présence d'un agent de transfert et d'un persulfate comme initiateur radicalaire, de façon à obtenir une dispersion aqueuse de PVDF. Selon le procédé de l'inven...

PCT No. PCT/GB95/02564 Sec. 371 Date May 2, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date May 2, 1997 PCT Filed Nov. 1, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/14043 PCT Pub. Date May 17, 1996A passive reservoir for medicament in the form of a plastics bag 1, has a hanging eyelet 2 at its upper end and a lower outlet nozzle 3. The plastics bag 1 has bottom corners 4,5, the left-hand right-angled corner 5 of which encapsulates a data carr...

The display box (4) is fixed to the vehicle dashboard and has a cavity (26) to receive a motor (6). The motor rotates a driving element (8) through a transmission (7) consisting of two screw and pinion stages and a final rack and pinion to alter the angle of the display screen relative to the box. The driving element which is spring loaded against the final pinion operates eccentrically to the piv...

A stent or other intraluminal medical device having markers formed from housings integral with the stent and marker inserts having a higher radiopacity than the stent provides for more precise placement and post-procedural visualization in a vessel, by increasing the radiopacity of the stent under X-ray fluoroscopy. The housings are formed integral to the stent and the marker inserts are made from...

A method to inhibit the ethylene response in plants with cyclopropene compounds by first generating stable cyclopropane precursor compounds and then converting these compounds to the gaseous cyclopropene antagonist compound by use of a reducing or nucleophilic agent.; Un metodo para inhibir la respuesta a etileno en plantas con compuestos de ciclopropeno, al generar primero compuestos precursores ...