PCT No. PCT/NO95/00119 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 13, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 13, 1997 PCT Filed Jul. 3, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/01181 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 18, 1996The pressure compression mould for the production and/or revulcanisation of tires forms a hollow space where the pressure and the temperature can be regulated. Each sidewall of the compression mould is designed with an elastic and flexible annu...

The control assembly for a valve module (12) uses electromagnetic control of the valves for controlling various fluids, especially compressed air. A number of valve modules are mounted on a common battery support plate (16) with a central compressed air supply and central electrical supply. The contact terminals (30,32) for the electromagnet (28) of the control system are connected directly throug...

Mixtures for preparing hard polyurethane foams are preferably kept in a pressurised container and contain: (a) isocyanate group-containing prepolymers obtained by reacting isocyanurate and if required urethane group-containing polyisocyanates with compounds having at least two hydrogen atoms capable of reacting with the isocyanates and a molecular weight from 62 to 10,000, the prepolymer containin...

Mfg. minute metallic balls (20) uniform in size comprises making short pieces (16; 10) of metallic wire by cutting a fine metallic wire (1) to a given length and shaping the pieces into balls by heating and melting them at a temp. higher than the m.pt. of the metal. @(94pp Dwg.No.20/30)@

Fauteuil de relaxation du type comprenant :. un cadre formant dossier (1),. deux longerons (2) formant assise, articulés avec le dossier (1);. deux accotoirs (4) articulés avec le dossier (1),. un cadre (3) en U formant repose-jambes. un piètement formé de deux jambages, respectivement avant (36) et arrière (35), solidaires des longerons (2), lesdits jambages (35,36) étant articulés entre eux a...

The present invention is an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) fiber with improved handling properties. Unlike previous expanded PTFE fibers, the fiber of the present invention employs a fiber of increased thickness so that the fiber is maintained in an unfolded orientation. The improved processing steps of the present invention create a fiber that has a number of improved properties, includi...

A cardiac pacemaker improves battery longevity by automatically providing optimized threshold amplitude and pulse width values. During capture verification and threshold searching, the pacemaker delivers a pacing pulse and a rapid, maximum amplitude backup pulse in case the pacing pulse fails to capture a patient's heart. Unlike the prior art, the backup pulse is delivered before a predefined Vuln...

A method for remotely controlling one or more working machines (2), for instance road grading machines, asphalting machines or like machines, with the aid of one or more target-seeking total stations (1) set-up at one or more defined places, and also with the aid of reflectors (3) in the form of a ring of cube-corner prisms mounted on respective machines. One or more sectors of the reflector (3) a...

The proposed reflection spectroscopic device comprises the following elements: a) a device for producing (1) and directing (3-5) electromagnetic waves onto a specimen (6) under investigation; b) means (8) for sensing and digitising the resulting reflection spectrum; and c) an analyser (9) configured in such a way that it: c.1) has access to: c.1.1) one or more specific mean value curves, each of w...

Dispositif à circuit électrique de direction assistée comprenant un microcalculateur (55), un montage en pont (44) pour commuter un courant moteur délivré par une batterie pour commander un moteur en fonction d'un signal de sortie du microcalculateur, des structures de câblage (P1 à P5) pour faire circuler un courant élevé, une carte de circuit imprimé isolée (2) pour monter le microcalculateur...

The invention concerns a well logging apparatus adapted to be moved inside a borehole, the apparatus comprising an elongate body 20, a measuring pad 21 adapted to contact the wall of the borehole, a support device for the pad mounted pivotally on one side of the body, and means for applying the pad against the wall of the borehole. The apparatus according to the invention is characterized in that ...

A method of monitoring subsurface formations containing at least one fluid reservoir and traversed by at least one well, by means of at least one sensor responsive to a parameter related to fluids, comprising the steps of: lowering the sensor into the well to a depth level corresponding to the reservoir; fixedly positioning said sensor at said depth while isolating the section of the well where ...

A method of monitoring a fluid reservoir traversed by at least one well comprised the following steps: at least one electrode is connected to the surface and fixed in permanent manner in the well under conditions isolating the section of the well in which it is located hydraulically from the rest of the well and providing electrical coupling between the electrode and the reservoir; a current i...

Method for correcting jerks (uneven) in a fuel-injected internal combustion engine (1) of the type incorporating an electronic engine management system (7) which, on the basis of predetermined strategies and on the basis of values taken by the characteristic parameters (N,Pcoll,Rp) of the operation of the engine (1) determines the values of the control parameters (Av,Ti) which control the operatio...

This invention provides for degradable plastic polymeric blends and methods of making same. The blends comprise a polymeric material and an organosol lignin. The invention also provides for articles of manufacture.

An endoscopic surgical instrument includes a housing, single access conduit formed in the housing, an irrigation port and an evacuation port, each port being connected through independent valves to the single access conduit. The single access conduit has a first end and a second end which is terminated in an aperture formed in the housing. A closure is provided for the aperture. A viewing device, ...

A motor vehicle including modular units for operating two rear wheels of the vehicle the motive unit includes a rigid link which is pivotally connected between the rear wheel and the motive unit, and the motive unit is operable by a motor. A rigid link is pivotally connected, and the rear wheels are spring suspended mounted relative to the frame of the vehicle. In an electrical vehicle form, there...

The present invention provides a method to protect bioactive compounds and microorganisms from inactivation in the gastric tract as well as in foods. The method involves preparation and coating of a multiplicity of microgranules containing the compounds or microorganisms. The microgranules are generally smaller than 500 mu m and have physical characteristics that permit homogeneous filming as wel...

The invention concerns aqueous metallic soap dispersions having improved application properties. These dispersions are obtained by using an aqueous solution of a metal oxide or hydroxide and stirring in a mixture of: a) a linear fatty acid; and b) a branched fatty acid. The dispersions are suitable, for example, as coating agents for preparing paper.