In an apparatus for cleaning of gases a centrifugal rotor is supported by two bearings, in which it is rotatable about a rotational axis. The two bearings are lubricated by means of an oil mist, which is generated in a space, when oil is sprayed against a turbine wheel supported by the rotor. Whereas the bearing, which is situated nearest said space, is lubricated by oil mist present in the space,...

In a paper web feed unit of a rotary press, a paper web taken out of a paper roll is longitudinally cut into first and second cut paper webs, which are fed out toward the downstream side by a driven roller of a feed-out mechanism, and only the first cut paper web is passed through an angle bar section for transferring the traveling path of the first cut paper web. The paper web feed unit is equipp...

An output shaft (4) of a continuously variable transmission (2) which continuously varies the rotation of an input shaft (1) is joined to a sun gear (5A) of a planetary gear mechanism (5), and joined to a final output shaft (6) via a direct mode clutch (10). An output shaft (3C) of a fixed speed ratio transmission (3) which varies the rotation of the input shaft (1) at a fixed speed ratio is joine...

An optical system having a first order spectral range that is usable in an optical spectrum analyzer receives an broadband optical test signal and a optical calibration signal and couples the optical signals via two optically isolated paths to separate optical detectors. First and second pairs of optical fibers, with each pair having an input fiber and an output fiber, are positioned in a focal pl...

The apparatus to change the upper thread at a sewing machine, and especially a robot, uses a bobbin magazine (1). The robot (2) with its sewing head (15) is mounted at the workstation, which has the thread cutter and thread splicer. The bobbin magazine (1) with the bobbin change unit (12) is fitted close to the robot. The upper thread change system, at a robot sewing machine, has a bobbin magazine...

The invention relates to an optical measuring head for measuring a Raman spectrum and to a method of manufacturing an optical measuring head. The measuring head comprises a first optical fibre means (202) for guiding radiation causing a Raman excitation to an object (220) being measured, a second optical fibre means (218) for guiding the optical radiation from the object (220) being measured for m...

The invention concerns pipes consisting of a tubular body (1), provided with members for connection (2) to a pressurised fluid circuit, and a sheath (5) designed to enclose the tubular body. The invention is characterised in that the sheath (2) is integral with at least two longitudinal cables (6, 7) extending beyond its ends and whereof the ends (6a, 6b, 7a, 7b) are provided with means to be lock...

The use of a mixture comprising reactive oxygen species and reactive fluorine and/or chlorine species in the production of an organic light-emissive device, comprising an organic light emissive region provided between two electrodes such that charge carriers can move between the electrodes and the organic light emissive region, for etching the organic light-emissive region.

An installation for manufacturing accumulators employs a plurality of pallets for supporting the accumulators, a loading station (3), an unloading station (4), a power supply (5), and an electrolyte feeder (6). A casing (7) with projecting supports (8) is positioned side by side and aligned in vertical direction for supporting the pallets to create the same number of accumulator (A) manufacturing ...

A graft fixation device combination. The device is useful for affixing a tissue graft to a bone or other body surface. The combination has a fixation device having two implantation members connected by a connecting member. The connecting member has at least one lateral wing member extending therefrom. The implantation members have longitudinal passageways therethrough. The combination also has an ...

Welding of two or more steel sheets (1, 2), at least one of which has a protective layer of a material with a low vaporization temperature, is carried out by directing a laser beam (L) on two overlapped flanges (1a, 2a) of the sheets (1, 2), which are clamped in position during welding by means of clamping devices (3). These clamping devices are able to hold the flanges to be welded (1a, 2a) in a ...

The object of the present invention is to provide a yarn setting method to the winding tube in the automatic winder and the automatic winder capable of carrying out the setting work of the yarn of the yarn supplying body to the winding tube smoothly and speedily without adding a special device. The automatic winder 1 of the yarn setting method is provided with winding units 2 arranged in a plurali...

A rotating inner scroll (10) for a centrifugal separator with a horizontal axis for separating the liquid and solid phases from a past of crushed olives, comprises an elongated central hub (14) of substantially tubular shape and an outer drum of substantially truncated cone shape. The inner scroll comprises one or more baffles (20) oriented in an axial planes. The baffles are radially extending be...

A lifting device for an automatic pile changing device of a sheet-processing machine, in particular for a sheet-fed offset printing machine with a non-stop feeder, having a main pile-carrying assembly and an auxiliary pile-carrying assembly which can be raised and lowered by means of a motor and an upstream drive unit. The invention allows simple and cost effective synchronization of the main pile...

A method of operating a solid state image sensor ( 1 ) for the acquisition of an image generated by an asynchronous stimulus (S) is described in which the sensor is operated in conjunction with at least one detector ( 4 ) which detects the said asynchronous stimulus. The sensor is regularly reset so as to commence integration from a reset state of the sensor each time a period Tr has elapsed. The ...

The wall construction unit, to form enclosed rooms and also act as a wall cladding, has thin outer facing plates (1,1') with a thermal insulation filling (3) in the gap (2) between them. The thermal insulation is composed of a number of shaped bodies (4) as tiles, of bonded and non-combustible perlite particles. They are bonded to the facing plates with a fireproof adhesive to form expansion joint...

Compositions including ether-capped poly(oxyalkylated) alcohol wetting agents. The wetting agents are low-foaming and have good biodegradability, and can be used in a variety of applications, for example in polymer, anti-foaming, biocidal, coating, fertilizer, pharmaceutical, and drilling fluid compositions.

Gegenstand der Erfindung ist Verfahren zur Herstellung von Innenausstattungskomponenten von Kraftfahrzeugen mit einem definierten Oberflächenprofil, wobei man in einem ersten Schritt einen, den die sichtbare Oberfläche bildenden Werkstoff (1) in einer Werkzeugkavität positioniert und durch Einwirkung von Druck und/oder Temperatur verformt und gleichzeitig die gewünschte Oberflächenprägung erzeugt,...

A method of forming plastics sheets, comprises the steps of supporting a die (or substrate 12 ) between plastics sheets 36 in an enclosure, heating the plastics sheets 36 by infra-red heating element 28 , evacuating air from the enclosure, and urging the plastics sheets 36 into contact with opposite faces of the die (or substrate 12 ) while maintaining a vacuum or a substantial vacuum between the ...

The present invention provides a method of making a ceramic filter, by forming a mixture from NZP-forming raw material powders selected from metal oxide sources capable of reacting to form a reaction product comprising an NZP-type phase having the general formula R1+(y/2)Zr4P6-ySiyO24 where 0<=y<=1.0 and R is one or more of the metals Ca, Sr, and Ba, pre-reacted powder having the same general form...