A method of providing a line of weakness in packaging film used to package articles such as cigarettes or toiletries. The film is subjected to treatment with a laser beam so as to form an elongate groove in the film. The line of weakness formed by the groove is torn to facilitate removal of the article from the packaging.

The connector between a pipeline and the fit-line (100) uses an inlet and an outlet port on the same side wall of the fitting. An adaptor (110) forming the coupling side, can be fitted on the side wall. It deflects the fluid flow from the adaptor to the inlet port from a plane (E), parallel to the connecting side, orthogonally in the inlet port direction. The adaptor deflects the fluid flow from t...

In a behavior control device of a vehicle adapted to control the brake system according to a calculation based upon vehicle speed detected by a vehicle speed sensor, steering angle detected by a steering angle sensor, and yaw rate detected by a yaw rate sensor such that, when a deviation of the yaw rate detected by the yaw rate sensor relative to a standard yaw rate estimated from the vehicle spee...

A target drive torque is calculated based on a detected value for vehicle speed and a detected value for an accelerator pedal depression amount. A generator torque is calculated for a motor(1,4) based on a battery SOC. An engine(2) is controlled to a torque value which achieves a target drive torque and a generator torque as a target engine torque. The motor(1,4) is controlled to a value which is ...

A battery separator for use in flooded cell type lead acid batteries comprising a backweb of a porous, acid resistant, embossable material with a plurality of major ribs and submini-ribs extending from at least one planar surface of the backweb. The ribs are located across the width of the backweb and extend in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal edges of the backweb. Each major...

The present invention provides a bobbin transfer tray that has a simple structure and is easy to assemble. The present invention is intended for a bobbin transfer tray T having, on the outer circumferential surface 8 of a peg 2, pressing members pressing the core tube 3 of a bobbin B fit over a peg 2, wherein the pressing members consist of spring plates 9 covering the outer circumferential surfac...

The efficiency of producing liquid products from a cryogenic air separation process using a distillation column system having at least a high pressure distillation column (902) and a low pressure distillation column (904) in thermal communication with each other and in which system the low pressure column (904) operates at a pressure of 60 to 520 kPag (9 to 75 psig) and at least 50% of the feed ai...

There is provided a plate stacking and transferring apparatus and method which has a stacking mechanism for continuously stacking plates by using a pair of rollers [7] disposed at the leading end of a conveyor [2] for transporting pasted plates as a plate eject angle adjusting device [3] for nipping the plates by rotation and adjusting the eject angle of the plates, a collision wall [9] for limiti...

A bipolar battery comprising a plurality of framed, bipolar electrodes stacked together and embedded in a housing (60) moulded in situ thereabout. The housing will preferably comprise a polymeric foam material.

A tire-forming drum (10) is arranged such that first tapered portions (14E) of segments (14A, 14B) constituting each of a pair of side drums (14) and second tapered portions (12E, 12F) of segments (12A, 12B) constituting a center drum (12) are adapted to slide with respect to each other. As the segments of the center drum (12) are pressed by the segments of the side drums (14) from inside in a rad...

An electromagnetically actuator (10) is disclosed having an electromagnet (12), a core element (16), the core element having a normally biased initial spaced apart first position distal from the electromagnet when the electromagnet is off and a second stop position proximal from the electromagnet when the electromagnet is on, a first resilient member (20) adapted to bias said core element in the n...

The utility model relates to a water tank and pipeline insulating mouthpiece for a solar water heater. The water tank and pipeline insulating mouthpiece for a solar water heater comprises a water tank body which has a columnar structure, wherein, both ends of which are sealed. A thermal insulation layer is stuck to the exterior of the water tank. An exterior package is stuck to the exterior of the...

The utility model relates to a domestic solar water heater, which needs to solve the techniques of a water tank 1, a heat insulating layer 3, a heat absorbing layer 6, communicating pipes 5, 10, of the heat absorbing layer and the water tank, an organic glass heat dissipation preventing cover 7, a water inlet pipe 9 and an air hole 2. The domestic solar water heater which has the characteristics o...

A method and apparatus are disclosed for establishing communication in a cased wellbore with a data sensor (16) that has been remotely deployed, prior to the installation of casing in the wellbore, into a subsurface formation (20) penetrated by the wellbore. Communication is established by installing an antenna (18) in an opening in the casing wall (24). A data receiver (60) is inserted into the c...

A portable computer (3) is removably connected to a video game machine (2) which processes data, and a digital camera (4) is connected to the video game machine (2). Image data supplied from the portable computer (3) or the digital camera (4) to the video game machine (2) is processed or combined by the video game machine (2), and the processed or combined image data is outputted to the portable c...

Carcass reinforcement is placed on a main cylindrical surface (101). At least one lateral edge is above and offset from a cylindrical resting surface (141). This surface is coaxial with, and has a smaller diameter than, the main surface (101). A profile of rubber compound is deposited on this end, which is then turned back around the rubber mixture profile. The rubber mixture is kept essentially s...

An organic EL device capable of ensuring reliable and easy insulation between electrodes during patterning of the electrodes. The organic EL device includes an organic EL layer including a luminous layer and arranged between anodes and cathodes, as well as electrode separation sections arranged so as to separate the anodes from each other while insulating them from each other. The electrode separa...

An illumination apparatus with a specimen slide holder, an illumination source, an optical cavity producing multiple reflection of illumination light to a specimen comprising a first and a second reflective surface arranged to achieve multiple reflections of light to a specimen is provided. The apparatus can further include additional reflective surfaces to achieve the optical cavity, a slide for ...

Rigid polyurethane foams are prepared from an isocyanate composition containing diphenylmethane diisocyanate, three ring oligomers of polyphenylene polymethylene polyisocyanate and higher homologues of polyphenylene polymethylene polyisocyanate.

The present invention provides an optics assembly, a reflectometer, and a diagnostic device for providing quantitative measurement of optical radiation reflected from a sampling area on an assay matrix. The reflectometer includes an optical radiation source and a detector. The optical radiation source and the detector are mounted in a single plane. An optics assembly is configured to direct the il...