There is provided a detergent composition suitable for use in laundry and dish washing methods, comprising a cationic ester surfactant and a alkalinity system and wherein a means is provided for delaying the release of said alkalinity system relatively to the release of said cationic ester surfactant.

The present invention relates to a millimeter-wave communication system for one-way and/or two-way video, voice and data services that leverages cell-site diversity, subscriber-unit adaptability and a reflection dominated propagation model. To this end, a variety of omni-directional and directional antenna plans, cell-site structures and adaptive reception/transmission plans are envisioned in the ...

The card includes one or several writable windows (11, 12), whose size and form correspond to a number block of a lottery ticket, and which are in such way imprinted, stamped or otherwise marked with the winning lottery numbers, that through lying down the card on the lottery ticket, the typed lottery numbers can be compared with drawn winning lottery numbers. An electronic or magnetic memory unit...

An assembly unit (10), for the sanitary installation of a building, has spaced, parallel, first and second pipe sections (14, 16), each having end connectors (22) projecting from the unit and being fitted with one or more shut-off valves (18) and/or meter bases (20) at the same locations. All the above components are enclosed in a square foam block (12) for secure spatial fixing of the components ...

Treatment of brass components to reduce leachable Pb when subsequently exposed to water, comprises: (a) exposing the components to an aq. soln. contg. 0.17-2.1M chloride and 0.06-0.27M pyrophosphate; (b) maintaining the exposure for 3.5-30 minutes at 35-70 deg.C. Also claimed is the above process wherein the components are exposed to an aq. soln. contg. 2 kinds of active species, one which promote...

Disclosed is a method of making a polarization retaining single-mode optical fiber. Longitudinal grooves are formed on opposite sides of a cylindrically-shaped core preform having a glass core surrounded by cladding glass. The core preform is inserted into a glass tube, the tube is shrunk onto the core preform, and the interface between the core preform and the tube is fused to form a solid prefor...

The method involves receiving a membership message of a communication cell control unit when a communication unit is connected to a cell and a conversational group (201). Connections are established between the cell and a multicast server (202) in response to the membership message via a packet network. Preferably, the connections are switched by virtual circuits. A communication request is recei...

A composition which comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and an active ingredient, such active ingredient comprising L-DOPA ethyl ester in an amount which is at least 97%, by weight, of the active ingredient, and L-DOPA in an amount which is less than 1% by weight of such active ingredient is provided by this invention. This invention also provides a process for preparing such a composi...

The invention is directed to an ATM-System adapted three-step switching unit, including an input circuit including a number of incoming group related conductors connected to a first switching stage, an output circuit including a number of outgoing group related conductors connected to a second switching stage and a third switching stage. A control unit coacts with said switching stages in order to...

A system and method for storing and retrieving performance and topology information of a telecommunications network. A network performance data parser (302) receives network performance data messages in real time, parses the messages according to parsing rules (304), reformats the messages according to the parsing rules, and writes out the reformatted messages to a performance data file (308). A n...

The unit extrudes a metered strand of a viscous and/or abrasive medium, especially a sealant. It comprises a positive displacement pump (10) whose connected pistons (20, 22) separate chambers (14, 18) for the medium and for hydraulic fluid. The hydraulic fluid drives the piston, extruding the medium from its chamber (14). The novel feature of this equipment, is supply of the viscous hydraulic flui...

An apparatus for use in determining the thickness of the insulated coating of an electrical cable manufactured in an extrusion process having means for generating an alternating current in the cable core coupled with means for detecting the magnetic field produced by the current flow in the cable such that in combination with a measurement of the distance from the detection means to the coated cab...

A composite gasket material composed of a core of elongated polytetrafluoroethylene wrapped with a high strength porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene film is provided. The composite gasket material exhibits increased resistance to creep while in use so that thickness of the composite gasket material and thus gasket stress is maintained.

An orthodontic appliance (20) such as a bracket is made of a polymeric material with reinforcing fiber structure embedded in the polymeric material. The reinforcing fiber structure includes relatively long filaments (40) that extend about the perimeter of the bracket (20) including the periphery of an archwire slot. In one embodiment, a method for making the bracket (20) includes the steps of plac...

An arrangement for holding a lamp lens (1) in a housing (2) comprises a lens foot (13) which rests in sealant (3) in the housing (2) edge and a bonded joint (4) in which opposing bonding surfaces (5) on both lens (1) edge and housing edge are filled with an adhesive (6).

PCT No. PCT/EP94/02452 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 23, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 23, 1996 PCT Filed Jul. 25, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/03901 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 9, 1995The mechanical hand (16) comprises, on one hand, a zone (46) for the support and sliding of a panel or slab (SP) in a horizontal working plane (WP) and, on the other hand, a handling gripper (36) which can move horizontally along and across the...

A process for eliminating in plastic materials odor/taste-producing substances is described, the plastic material especially having the shape of water pipes, plastic containers or plastic film/sheeting for packing foodstuffs and pharmaceutical preparations, or interior fittings of plastic. In the process, there is added, during processing in the molten state, less than 0.5 wt.-%, preferably 0.05-0...

The skirting and frame is attached to a seal and window holder to form a profile (1). This profile preferably comprises a rubber extrusion (2) with a longitudinal cell (3) and at least one glass receiving groove (4). A metal or plastics hollow section (5) fits into the cell and has the same cross-section. The profile is attached to a plastically deformable metal or plastics moulding. A rubber extr...

A join between two textile leather or leather-like materials is effected by a tape (16) with an adhesive layer (18) applied to the first piece (12) and a similar tape (17) with an adhesive layer (19) applied to the second (13) where the two tapes are laid one on top of the other and pressed together to produce the glued join. Also claimed is a join between two pieces as above but where, instead of...