A bipolar lead-acid is disclosed in which a conductive metal substrate is used for the bipolar plates which may comprise either a multi-layer metallic substrate defined as C/A/B/D, layer C having a layer of positive active material adhered thereto and layer D having a layer of negative active material adhered thereto, C can be lead or lead alloy or a conductive tin, titanium dioxide or ruthenium o...

A semiconductor laser control apparatus (10) includes a semiconductor laser (12), a current driver (16) connected to the semiconductor laser (12), a semiconductor p-i-n photodiode (22) for generating a monitoring current (Im), and an operational amplifier (14). The inverting input of the operational amplifier (14) receives a modulated or control signal (Vc) through a resistor (Ri) and a feedback c...

This invention is a single-lumen balloon catheter and assembly having a variable stiffness shaft that allows for greater guidewire trackability and proximal pushability than previous designs. The catheter has an elongate tubular body that is made of inner and outer coaxial tubes, the inner tube being made of proximal and distal sections, the proximal section being stiffer than the distal section a...

A power control system for controlling the power output of a power amplifier. The power control system draws power from a variable voltage supply, such as a battery, and receives a signal input which indicates the desired power output. The power control system includes a power amplifier for amplifying an electrical signal which draws a current from the variable voltage supply. The power amplifier ...

DISHWASHER DOOR COUNTERWEIGHT There is disclosed a dishwasher door counterweight which comprises a plastic vessel filled with concrete and positioned on a base support frame for a portable dishwasher. The plastic vessel is provided with a body portion and a seat portion such that the body portion extends along and above a rear bracket for the base support frame between the rear wall and wash tub e...

Stabilizing solutions for the storage of blood for transfusions comprising L-carnitine, alkanoyl L-carnitines or their farmacologically acceptable salts are described.

The use of O-esters of L-carnitine with aromatic acids, such as salicylic, acetylsalicylic, nicotinic and trimethoxybenzoic acid is disclosed for producing pharmaceutical compositions suitable to be topically applied for treating dermatoses, such as ichthyosis and psoriasis.

The device comprises a flasher circuit (FC), a first switch (D) which can be placed in two states in which it couples the display lamps (R1, R2) assigned to the right-hand side of the motor vehicle or the display lamps (L1, L2) assigned to the left-hand side of the motor vehicle to the output (12) of the flasher circuit (FC), and a second electric switch (H) with which the simultaneous coupling of...

A description is given of a machine which makes it possible to sprinkle-coat any objects automatically with a powder or to impregnate the same automatically with a liquid and, in this arrangement, to collect excess powder or excess liquid in a bottom funnel and to guide said powder or liquid back into a top funnel by means of a pump or the like. From the top funnel, the respective product passes t...

The purpose of the present application is a lever structure, especially useful for athletic footwear, which comprises a U-shaped lever arm, between the branches of which is pivoted an interconnection element and whose end segments are pivoted on a pair of shoulders projecting from a first base, linked to a first edge of the footwear. The interconnection element is associated with a locking element...

Method for integrating fixtures, normally bathroom fixtures, in "dry" type building structures, achieved with devices 1, 1a, 1b insulated by intermediate elastic pieces 3a, 5b, 8a, 11a, 14a, 23a, incorporated in sectors of corresponding components, so as to produce precise support sheets 20, fastened to profiles 10, 10' of their framework, and able to oppose transfer of vibrations, resonances and ...

The invention concerns a device to make the front wheel of a bicycle a driving wheel. The device provides for the hub of the front wheel to be fitted with a transmission chain 7, to which an alternating linear motion is applied by means of a system of levers with its pivot mounted on a part attached to the front wheel fork, the power being derived from movements applied by the rider to the handleb...

The present invention refers to a farm implement for the simultaneous plowing and milling of ground. The implement comprises a frame 2 with a longitudinal axis L formed by a front portion 3 for coupling to a farm tractor, an intermediate tool carrying portion 5, and a rear portion 4 with wheels 9. The intermediate portion 5 supports a lengthwise driving shaft 20 connected to an external drive that...

The subject matter of this invention relates to medical equipment suitable for first aid for injured patients for use by doctors and nurses and in ambulances which are called to emergencies involving victims who have suffered lesions and who might remain the victims of suffocation given that they may ingest what they should not. This instrument, which is to be used in specific situations, has been...