A support apparatus for a medical appliance includes a support, a lifter for mounting the medical appliance, a counterweight, a wire with one end connected to the lifter and the other end connected to the counterweight, the wire being passed over a first pulley mounted rotatably on the support, whereby the medical appliance can be moved vertically with weights of the lifter and the counterweight b...

A computer implemented process for optimizing the decarburization of a predetermined mass of molten metal by controlling the amount of coolants, the charging time of coolants, the dilution ratio of injected oxygen to inert gas, the changing time of the dilution ratio and the amount of injected gases which includes: considering from a standpoint of kinetic theory the reaction in AOD vessel is compo...

The invention relates to a transferable paint film which has a silicone layer serving as a separating layer, said silicone layer being highly cross-linked and of the alkenyl-group-containing polyaddition type and including an adhesive layer as well as a paint layer. The paint layer can be peeled off along with the adhesive layer by hand, and stuck on a surface to be treated with paint.

A device for the destruction of microfilm and similar data carriers with microimage impressions which is designed to shred the data carriers by means of a rotating shredding cutter in the form of a plain milling cutter whose teeth move past a transversely extending stationary cutting edge. A strip feeding unit advances the data carrier strip past this cutting edge along a guide plate, said unit in...

DISPOSABLE CENTRIFUGAL BLOOD PROCESSING SYSTEM Herbert M. Cullis A continuous flow centrifugal processing system for separating whole blood into fractional components includes a centrifugal separator unit having a molded bowl-shaped outer shell dimensioned to fit within a rotatably-driven casing on an associated centrifuge apparatus. A bowl-shaped inner shell disposed within the outer shell forms...

In an electro-mechanical converter of the type wherein a plunger contained in a cylinder is moved in the axial direction thereof by passing a control signal through a solenoid coil wound about the cylinder, the diameter of the plunger is made sufficiently smaller than the inner diameter of the cylinder such that the plunger can move without causing undue friction. The plunger is supported by ball ...

A centrifugal separator system is provided for extracting lighter matter from a liquid suspension. The separator includes a housing having an axis, an inlet port, a lighter matter outlet port and a heavier matter outlet port spaced from the inlet port. A rotatable interior double shell rotor is disposed within the housing. The rotor includes outer and inner shells and defines a centrifugation gap ...

The invention relates to a transferable paint film which has a silicone layer serving as a separating layer, said silicone layer being highly cross-linked and of the alkenyl-group-containing polyaddition type and including an adhesive layer as well as a paint layer. The paint layer can be peeled off along with the adhesive layer by hand, and stuck on a surface to be treated with paint.

PURPOSE:To make it possible to sufficiently hold a treatment jig without damaging the leading end part of said jig, by providing a grasping jig freely protruding from the leading end surface of a plug and elastically holding the leading end part of the treatment jig between the leading end surface and the grasping jig. CONSTITUTION:One end part of a grasping body 23 comprising wire is mounted to t...

In a bottle inspection machine a cylindrical hollow shaft is driven rotationally about a vertical axis. Another shaft is splined in the tubular shaft for rotation therewith. Another rotor is mounted coaxially to the inner shaft and the two rotors constitute a means for transporting bottles in a circular path. A light source is mounted on the radially outer side of the circular path and projects be...

A device for measuring of the concentration of a low molecular weight compound in a complex medium, which comprises a dialyzer (1), an enzyme rector (2) and a measuring unit (3) in communication with each other through a channel system. Furthermore, the device comprises a valving means (a), which is adapted to alternatingly direct the complex medium and the calibration solution, respectively,...

The device for storing and feeding bead cores contains, uniformly arranged on the circumference of the circle and fastened at one side to a supporting body (1), guides (2) to receive bead cores (3) and an apparatus for displacing bead cores which is designed in the form of closed flat-link chains (7) with pistons (8) which interact with the bead cores during the movement of the chains (7), each of...

A heel clamp of a ski safety binding has an integrated ski brake for a ski 26 detached from the ski boot. A pedal plate 26 is arranged in front of the sole support 12, which can be pivoted about a transverse axis 11, by means of which pedal plate the braking arms 17 of the ski brake can be pivoted. When pivoted upwards, the braking arms 17 of the ski brake come into contact with a stop surface 18 ...

An electronic apparatus comprises a random access memory, a central processing unit which supplies a write/read signal to the random access memory to control the input/output of data of the random access memory, a replaceable power source for feeding the central processing unit, and a switch for isolating the random access memory from the write or read signal output from the central processing uni...

PURPOSE:To stably and efficiently pulverize a large amt. of molten metal by specifying the relation of the bore of the atomizing medium nozzle around the downward flowing molten metal flow to the distance between the tip of the nozzle and the geometrical focus of the atomizing medium. CONSTITUTION:With respect to the atomizer for injecting a fluid atomizing medium to a molten metal flow and atomiz...

The invention relates to a method for producing spherical granular material, more particularly metallic material, in which the initial material is first melted down in an electric furnace. The material is atomized as it emerges from a tapping vessel and, after solidification, is hardened, tempered and graded. In accordance with the invention, solidification takes place in a free-movement phase aft...

Unsaturated polyester foams having fine and uniform cells are prepared at an atmospheric temperature from an admixture which comprises in combination a liquid unsaturated polyester resin, a hydrazide compound, a cobalt compound and a powdered inorganic compound selected from the group consisting of percarbonates, perborates and perphosphates.

The invention relates to the use of an industrial sewage sludge for the production of a constructional material in that organic and/or inorganic additives are added to the sewage sludge. The sewage sludges produced in many industrial sectors as waste products are converted as a result in a simple manner into valuable constructional materials, as a result of which the disposal of the sludges is not...